In the wake of the NBA's lockout in 2011, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison decides to develop his own pro basketball league (http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7058281/we-need-renegade-basketball-league) to leverage on the popularity of NBA players who are still severed from their league.

Joined by spurned Seattle would-be owned Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, the PBF gets started in 2011.

With many believing the NBA was at its best with fewer teams and Ellison a team of billionaires interested in owning teams coming together with the players, a 24-team league was formed called the Premier Basketball Federation or PBF.

Two 12-team conferences would form and among the rules were that teams cannot play in any existing NBA market. I also added a rule of no non-USA teams. I did some research to find the best markets. (http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/on-numbers/scott-thomas/2011/08/22-markets-have-nba-potential.html?page=all&appSession=008116340982898&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=&cpipage=2&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy=)

Using real life players, this league would be set in modern times obviously since we're simulating in a sense the NBA had it broken up after the last lockout.

The league will start with a Snake draft. With just 24 teams and a hard salary cap starting at 30 million, the idea is the league will give players ownership but also, weed out the parity that so many people dislike about the former NBA.

Mostly curious to see how teams unfold in this new scenario. I spent less time on developing franchise names and logos and stuff, because I just wanted to get started. Over time, if it sticks, all of that might evolve.

Here's the setup of the league in both conferences. In some cases, chose major cities in states in the metro areas of NBA teams, but tried to diversify by giving areas with no NBA representation a chance on the big stage.



2011 PBF Standings

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EASTERN W L PCT HOME DIV CONF
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Hartford 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Baltimore 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Richmond 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Rochester 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Worcester 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Aurora 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Birmingham 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Lehigh Valley 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Little Rock 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Nashville 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Columbus 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0

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WESTERN W L PCT HOME DIV CONF
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Anaheim 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Kansas City 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Seattle 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
San Jose 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Las Vegas 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Colorado Springs 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Albuquerque 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Austin 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
San Bernadino 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Tucson 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Fresno 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0
Anchorage 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0

Here is the draft order for the initial draft of the PBF.



2011 Draft Order Draft Preview

# Team Selection Pos
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1 Birmingham
2 Nashville
3 Baltimore
4 Hartford
5 San Jose
6 Columbus
7 Rochester
8 Las Vegas
9 Albuquerque
10 Pittsburgh
11 Kansas City
12 Tucson
13 Seattle
14 Anaheim
15 Fresno
16 Colorado Springs
17 Anchorage
18 Lehigh Valley
19 San Bernadino
20 Austin
21 Aurora
22 Little Rock
23 Worcester
24 Richmond




Again, it's a snake draft. The regular season is 70 games. 12 teams make the post-season. I'm still deciding whether I'll take over a team or let the AI just build all of the teams, because I'd like to see where everyone ends up and then let the chips fall from there.

My minor league is a created 9-team Canadian league with a small salary cap. I imagine only fringe NBAers will ever end up there.

Now that the draft and free agency are done, I should -- in theory -- go around the league and give you a sense of what players are where. There are few superteams thanks to 24 teams giving you just enough parity and the draft inevitably made that easier too.

Rather than diving right in, though, I think I'm going to spend the first season letting the computer make its deals and all of the post-draft stuff that would happen in real life. Then when the playoffs show up, we can just take a look at the cream of the crop. If there's some player you're looking for from real life, you'd just tell me and I'll highlight him.

2011 PBF RECAP
Here's the regular season standings in the first season of the PBF. Lots of parity.



2011 PBF Standings

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EASTERN W L PCT HOME DIV CONF
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Birmingham 46 24 .657 27-8 32-14 32-14
Baltimore 43 27 .614 27-8 30-16 30-16
Columbus 40 30 .571 21-14 27-19 27-19
Pittsburgh 40 30 .571 26-9 26-20 26-20
Lehigh Valley 39 31 .557 25-10 26-20 26-20
Nashville 36 34 .514 24-11 24-22 24-22
Hartford 36 34 .514 22-13 22-24 22-24
Worcester 35 35 .500 22-13 20-26 20-26
Little Rock 32 38 .457 22-13 19-27 19-27
Aurora 32 38 .457 22-13 17-29 17-29
Rochester 23 47 .329 17-18 17-29 17-29
Richmond 22 48 .314 19-16 16-30 16-30

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WESTERN W L PCT HOME DIV CONF
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San Bernadino 43 27 .614 27-8 31-15 31-15
Kansas City 39 31 .557 25-10 26-20 26-20
Austin 39 31 .557 29-6 25-21 25-21
Fresno 37 33 .529 22-13 23-23 23-23
San Jose 36 34 .514 23-12 23-23 23-23
Anaheim 35 35 .500 20-15 23-23 23-23
Seattle 34 36 .486 22-13 25-21 25-21
Anchorage 34 36 .486 23-12 24-22 24-22
Tucson 32 38 .457 23-12 18-28 18-28
Colorado Springs 31 39 .443 20-15 20-26 20-26
Las Vegas 29 41 .414 19-16 20-26 20-26
Albuquerque 27 43 .386 19-16 18-28 18-28



Here were the regular season award winners:


2011 PBF Season Summary Awards

Award Pos Name Team PPG RPG APG SPG BPG
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GM of the Year: Desmond Carter Birmingham
Coach of the Year: Everette Taylor Columbus

Most Valuable Player: SF Kevin Durant San Jose 31.3 7.9 2.5 0.6 1.1
Rookie of the Year: PG Kyrie Irving Anaheim 17.1 4.8 3.5 1.3 0.2
Defender of the Year: C Andrew Bynum Las Vegas 16.0 12.0 1.8 0.4 2.7
6th Man of the Year: PG Steve Nash San Bernadino 12.8 2.0 2.6 0.5 0.1
Most Improved Player: SF Kevin Durant San Jose 31.3 7.9 2.5 0.6 1.1

All-League 1st Team: C Dwight Howard Nashville 14.9 11.3 2.4 1.2 1.9
All-League 1st Team: PF Blake Griffin Kansas City 23.7 8.1 3.4 0.5 0.4
All-League 1st Team: SF Kevin Durant San Jose 31.3 7.9 2.5 0.6 1.1
All-League 1st Team: SG Dwyane Wade Anchorage 23.9 6.1 3.0 2.4 0.7
All-League 1st Team: PG Chris Paul Baltimore 15.7 4.9 10.3 2.9 0.2

All-League 2nd Team: C Andrew Bynum Las Vegas 16.0 12.0 1.8 0.4 2.7
All-League 2nd Team: PF LaMarcus Aldridge Nashville 24.1 6.4 1.7 0.3 0.8
All-League 2nd Team: SF LeBron James Birmingham 23.6 8.2 5.5 1.7 0.4
All-League 2nd Team: SG Kobe Bryant Tucson 21.9 5.6 3.7 0.9 0.2
All-League 2nd Team: PG Stephen Curry Columbus 21.7 3.4 5.8 2.2 0.3

All-League 3rd Team: C Brook Lopez Baltimore 16.1 7.1 1.3 0.3 1.9
All-League 3rd Team: PF Kevin Love Hartford 23.1 10.2 1.3 0.5 0.3
All-League 3rd Team: SF Ersan Ilyasova Lehigh Valley 15.2 9.7 2.8 1.0 0.5
All-League 3rd Team: SG Marcus Thornton Kansas City 16.5 3.5 2.2 1.3 0.1
All-League 3rd Team: PG Russell Westbrook San Bernadino 19.9 4.8 3.8 2.1 0.2

All-Defense 1st Team: C Andrew Bynum Las Vegas 16.0 12.0 1.8 0.4 2.7
All-Defense 1st Team: PF Tim Duncan Rochester 16.3 10.0 2.3 0.6 2.1
All-Defense 1st Team: SF Josh Smith Pittsburgh 14.1 8.8 2.8 0.9 1.0
All-Defense 1st Team: SG Dwyane Wade Anchorage 23.9 6.1 3.0 2.4 0.7
All-Defense 1st Team: PG Chris Paul Baltimore 15.7 4.9 10.3 2.9 0.2

All-Defense 2nd Team: C Dwight Howard Nashville 14.9 11.3 2.4 1.2 1.9
All-Defense 2nd Team: PF Chris Andersen Aurora 8.1 6.8 0.8 0.8 1.9
All-Defense 2nd Team: SF Kenneth Faried Austin 14.4 9.5 1.9 1.0 0.9
All-Defense 2nd Team: SG Andre Iguodala Las Vegas 12.8 4.7 3.1 1.9 0.3
All-Defense 2nd Team: PG Ricky Rubio Worcester 14.5 3.4 6.0 2.5 0.3

All-Rookie 1st Team: C Nikola Vucevic Lehigh Valley 11.0 9.8 1.4 0.6 1.4
All-Rookie 1st Team: PF Gustavo Ayon Worcester 9.0 9.1 1.7 1.2 1.3
All-Rookie 1st Team: SF Kenneth Faried Austin 14.4 9.5 1.9 1.0 0.9
All-Rookie 1st Team: SG Klay Thompson Baltimore 13.1 3.5 1.7 0.9 0.2
All-Rookie 1st Team: PG Kyrie Irving Anaheim 17.1 4.8 3.5 1.3 0.2

All-Rookie 2nd Team: C Nikola Pekovic Seattle 11.1 8.9 1.5 0.7 1.1
All-Rookie 2nd Team: PF Greg Smith Columbus 8.1 6.9 1.0 0.5 1.2
All-Rookie 2nd Team: SF Chandler Parsons Fresno 11.7 5.2 2.6 1.4 0.3
All-Rookie 2nd Team: SG E'Twaun Moore Tucson 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.0
All-Rookie 2nd Team: PG Ricky Rubio Worcester 14.5 3.4 6.0 2.5 0.3

YD,

In terms of draft position versus record, where was the best place to pick? #1? #24?

YD,

In terms of draft position versus record, where was the best place to pick? #1? #24?

Good question. Let's take a look?

1 Birmingham (46-24)
2 Nashville (36-34)
3 Baltimore (43-27)
4 Hartford (36-34)
5 San Jose (36-34)
6 Columbus (40-30)
7 Rochester (23-47)
8 Las Vegas (29-41)
9 Albuquerque (27-43)
10 Pittsburgh (40-30)
11 Kansas City (39-31)
12 Tucson (32-38)
13 Seattle (34-36)
14 Anaheim (35-35)
15 Fresno (37-33)
16 Colorado Springs (31-39)
17 Anchorage (34-36)
18 Lehigh Valley (39-31)
19 San Bernadino (43-27)
20 Austin (39-31)
21 Aurora (32-38)
22 Little Rock (32-38)
23 Worcester (35-35)
24 Richmond (22-48)


Here were the first rounders for every team. The game obviously overrated PGs and will load up on them unnecessarily.



Pick Pos Player Team
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1 SF LeBron James
2 C Dwight Howard
3 PG Chris Paul
4 PF Kevin Love
5 SF Kevin Durant
6 PG Stephen Curry
7 PF Tim Duncan
8 C Andrew Bynum
9 SG Manu Ginobili
10 SF Josh Smith
11 PF Blake Griffin
12 SG Kobe Bryant
13 SF Carmelo Anthony
14 PG Ty Lawson
15 PG Jeremy Lin
16 PF Dirk Nowitzki
17 SG Dwyane Wade
18 PG Tony Parker
19 PG Russell Westbrook
20 SF Kenneth Faried
21 PF Pau Gasol
22 PG Mike Conley
23 PG Jrue Holiday
24 PF Kevin Garnett
25 SF Paul Pierce
26 PG Ricky Rubio
27 PG Tyreke Evans
28 C Tyson Chandler
29 C Joakim Noah
30 PG John Wall
31 SF Ersan Ilyasova
32 C DeMarcus Cousins
33 PG Kyle Lowry
34 PF Amare Stoudemire
35 PG Kyrie Irving
36 PG Monta Ellis
37 SF Rudy Gay
38 C Omer Asik
39 C Anderson Varejao




Here are the playoff teams:

PLAYOFF TEAMS
EAST
1. Birmingham
2. Baltimore
3. Columbus
4. Pittsburgh
5. Lehigh Valley
6. Nashville

WEST
1. San Bernardino
2. Kansas City
3. Austin
4. Fresno
5. San Jose
6. Anaheim

I think the issue is who teams drafted at their relative positions and how many franchise players were available in certain spots. Bad AI drafting probably helped the cause.

Birmingham got LeBron, which is proxy for playoffs. I'd say that probably that San Bernardino did a good job at 19, Pittsburgh's roster seemed the most complete to me at first glance. But I'll need to take a closer look to see how they did in the first year overall as we do the playoffs to determine which team I think is the best out of the gate.

1ST ROUND PLAYOFFS

San Jose over Fresno 3 games to 1
Austin over Anaheim 3-2
Lehigh Valley over Pittsburgh 3-1
Columbus over Nashville 3-1

Here are the clinch games in each series. All rounds are best-of-five. It'll let you see who is on each team.



Columbus 98, Nashville 88 - 4/25/2012

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1 2 3 4 T Columbus Leaders Nashville Leaders
CLB 20 27 23 28 98 Points: Nick Young 32 Points: George Hill 18
NSH 23 23 17 25 88 Rebounds: Spencer Hawes 11 Rebounds: Dwight Howard 11
Assists: Stephen Curry 4 Assists: George Hill 4

Columbus (40-30):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Spencer Hawes C 38 3-9 0-0 0-0 4 11 0 1 1 0 2 10 6
Greg Smith PF 32 1-6 0-0 0-0 0 8 2 0 1 0 2 19 2
Mike Miller SF 40 5-9 3-6 2-2 2 9 3 0 0 3 1 -1 15
Nick Young SG 34 10-20 5-8 7-8 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 9 32
Stephen Curry PG 37 8-16 2-5 4-4 1 2 4 2 0 3 3 24 22
Tracy McGrady SG 25 5-11 2-2 0-0 1 3 2 1 2 0 5 15 12
J.J. Barea PG 11 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 -14 2
Jamaal Magloire C 10 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Mike Dunleavy PF 9 0-3 0-3 1-1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -12 1
Eric Maynor SG 3 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
35-82 12-26 16-17 11 43 15 4 4 11 17 98
42.7% 46.2% 94.1%

Nashville (36-34):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Dwight Howard C 37 3-9 0-0 1-2 3 11 2 0 1 4 3 -24 7
LaMarcus Aldridge PF 37 3-9 0-0 7-10 0 4 2 0 2 1 2 -7 13
Nicolas Batum SF 35 6-11 1-4 0-0 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 -11 13
Chauncey Billups SG 34 6-11 1-1 0-0 0 6 3 1 0 1 3 -13 13
George Hill PG 38 6-17 2-8 4-4 4 7 4 1 0 1 2 -10 18
Serge Ibaka PF 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 -3 4
Randy Foye SG 14 5-6 2-3 1-2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 13
Gilbert Arenas PG 10 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Jermaine O'Neal C 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 14 2
Wesley Johnson SF 13 2-5 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
34-77 7-18 13-18 9 37 20 4 7 12 17 88
Game Summary:

Game Stats CLB NSH
Halftime Score 47 46
FGM-FGA 35-82 34-77
FG% .427 .442
FTM-FTA 16-17 13-18
FT% .941 .722
3PM-3PA 12-26 7-18
3P% .462 .389
Rebounds 43 37
Assists 15 20
Steals 4 4
Blocks 4 7
Turnovers 11 12
Team Fouls 17 17





Austin 89, Anaheim 85 - 4/27/2012

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1 2 3 4 T Anaheim Leaders Austin Leaders
ANA 18 17 24 26 85 Points: Shaun Livingston 18 Points: Kenneth Faried 20
AUS 25 22 21 21 89 Rebounds: Chris Bosh 10 Rebounds: Emeka Okafor 10
Assists: Marc Gasol 5 Assists: Rajon Rondo 5

Anaheim (35-35):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Marc Gasol C 32 4-6 0-0 0-0 1 7 5 1 5 1 5 -3 8
Chris Bosh PF 38 5-12 0-0 3-4 4 10 1 0 1 3 1 -8 13
Richard Hamilton SF 29 5-12 0-4 2-2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 12
Kyrie Irving SG 42 5-18 1-8 0-0 2 5 3 2 2 3 2 -6 11
Ty Lawson PG 41 8-22 1-6 0-0 1 5 5 3 1 3 2 1 17
Andray Blatche C 25 3-9 0-0 0-0 2 5 0 2 2 0 2 3 6
Shaun Livingston SF 32 9-12 0-0 0-0 0 3 4 3 1 1 3 -10 18
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
39-91 2-18 5-6 11 40 20 11 13 12 16 85
42.9% 11.1% 83.3%

Austin (39-31):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Emeka Okafor C 36 3-12 0-1 2-6 1 10 2 3 3 2 1 7 8
Joakim Noah PF 38 8-11 0-1 0-0 2 10 3 0 1 2 1 -1 16
Kenneth Faried SF 37 8-12 0-0 4-10 4 9 2 1 1 4 4 8 20
J.R. Smith SG 35 3-6 1-4 0-0 0 2 4 1 0 6 2 -1 7
Rajon Rondo PG 35 5-15 0-0 0-0 0 2 5 4 0 3 1 -3 10
Zach Randolph C 23 5-10 0-0 1-1 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 11
Mo Williams PG 13 3-8 1-2 4-4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 11
Shawn Marion SF 11 0-4 0-0 0-0 2 5 3 1 0 0 1 -4 0
Gerald Henderson SG 13 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
38-83 2-8 11-21 14 45 21 10 5 20 12 89
Game Summary:

Game Stats ANA AUS
Halftime Score 35 47
FGM-FGA 39-91 38-83
FG% .429 .458
FTM-FTA 5-6 11-21
FT% .833 .524
3PM-3PA 2-18 2-8
3P% .111 .250
Rebounds 40 45
Assists 20 21
Steals 11 10
Blocks 13 5
Turnovers 12 20
Team Fouls 16 12





Lehigh Valley 97, Pittsburgh 77 - 4/25/2012

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1 2 3 4 T Pittsburgh Leaders Lehigh Valley Leaders
PIT 11 26 16 24 77 Points: Josh Smith 21 Points: Tony Parker 26
LVY 23 30 21 23 97 Rebounds: Anderson Varejao 10 Rebounds: James Singleton 16
Assists: Anderson Varejao 3 Assists: Ersan Ilyasova 5

Pittsburgh (40-30):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Al Horford C 34 5-10 0-0 4-4 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 -7 14
Anderson Varejao PF 39 1-6 0-0 0-0 4 10 3 0 1 4 2 -15 2
Josh Smith SF 36 7-12 2-3 5-6 2 9 1 0 0 2 3 -7 21
Jason Kidd SG 37 2-11 1-9 2-2 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 -18 7
Jeff Teague PG 34 2-10 0-3 3-4 0 1 3 1 2 2 3 -27 7
Lamar Odom PF 9 0-3 0-0 3-4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 -7 3
Greg Stiemsma C 14 2-5 0-0 2-2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 -15 6
Courtney Lee SF 22 3-12 0-4 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 2 5 -17 6
Keyon Dooling PG 14 2-3 1-1 6-6 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 5 11
Leandro Barbosa SG 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
24-72 4-20 25-28 11 38 11 6 5 14 14 77
33.3% 20.0% 89.3%

Lehigh Valley (39-31):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Nikola Vucevic C 35 3-6 0-0 0-0 1 13 0 0 4 4 4 11 6
Derrick Favors PF 30 3-12 0-0 0-0 3 6 2 0 1 4 5 10 6
Ersan Ilyasova SF 31 5-11 3-7 4-4 5 10 5 2 0 2 4 10 17
Ray Allen SG 41 4-14 0-4 2-2 0 3 5 2 0 3 0 18 10
Tony Parker PG 30 11-18 2-2 2-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 4 19 26
Kosta Koufos C 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11 2
James Singleton PF 34 7-12 0-0 0-0 8 16 5 2 0 1 3 22 14
Nate Robinson PG 18 3-8 1-3 0-0 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 3 7
Wesley Matthews SG 7 3-3 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 7
Jason Smith SF 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Rodrigue Beaubois C 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
41-87 7-17 8-8 17 53 25 9 5 16 24 97
Game Summary:

Game Stats PIT LVY
Halftime Score 37 53
FGM-FGA 24-72 41-87
FG% .333 .471
FTM-FTA 25-28 8-8
FT% .893 1.000
3PM-3PA 4-20 7-17
3P% .200 .412
Rebounds 38 53
Assists 11 25
Steals 6 9
Blocks 5 5
Turnovers 14 16
Team Fouls 14 24





Columbus 98, Nashville 88 - 4/25/2012

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1 2 3 4 T Columbus Leaders Nashville Leaders
CLB 20 27 23 28 98 Points: Nick Young 32 Points: George Hill 18
NSH 23 23 17 25 88 Rebounds: Spencer Hawes 11 Rebounds: Dwight Howard 11
Assists: Stephen Curry 4 Assists: George Hill 4

Columbus (40-30):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Spencer Hawes C 38 3-9 0-0 0-0 4 11 0 1 1 0 2 10 6
Greg Smith PF 32 1-6 0-0 0-0 0 8 2 0 1 0 2 19 2
Mike Miller SF 40 5-9 3-6 2-2 2 9 3 0 0 3 1 -1 15
Nick Young SG 34 10-20 5-8 7-8 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 9 32
Stephen Curry PG 37 8-16 2-5 4-4 1 2 4 2 0 3 3 24 22
Tracy McGrady SG 25 5-11 2-2 0-0 1 3 2 1 2 0 5 15 12
J.J. Barea PG 11 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 -14 2
Jamaal Magloire C 10 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Mike Dunleavy PF 9 0-3 0-3 1-1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -12 1
Eric Maynor SG 3 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
35-82 12-26 16-17 11 43 15 4 4 11 17 98
42.7% 46.2% 94.1%

Nashville (36-34):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Dwight Howard C 37 3-9 0-0 1-2 3 11 2 0 1 4 3 -24 7
LaMarcus Aldridge PF 37 3-9 0-0 7-10 0 4 2 0 2 1 2 -7 13
Nicolas Batum SF 35 6-11 1-4 0-0 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 -11 13
Chauncey Billups SG 34 6-11 1-1 0-0 0 6 3 1 0 1 3 -13 13
George Hill PG 38 6-17 2-8 4-4 4 7 4 1 0 1 2 -10 18
Serge Ibaka PF 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 -3 4
Randy Foye SG 14 5-6 2-3 1-2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 13
Gilbert Arenas PG 10 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Jermaine O'Neal C 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 14 2
Wesley Johnson SF 13 2-5 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
34-77 7-18 13-18 9 37 20 4 7 12 17 88
Game Summary:

Game Stats CLB NSH
Halftime Score 47 46
FGM-FGA 35-82 34-77
FG% .427 .442
FTM-FTA 16-17 13-18
FT% .941 .722
3PM-3PA 12-26 7-18
3P% .462 .389
Rebounds 43 37
Assists 15 20
Steals 4 4
Blocks 4 7
Turnovers 11 12
Team Fouls 17 17

CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS
San Bernardino def. San Jose 3-2
Kansas City def. Austin 3-1
Lehigh Valley def. Birmingham 3-1
Baltimore def. Columbus 3-2



San Bernadino 93, San Jose 85 - 5/5/2012

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1 2 3 4 T San Jose Leaders San Bernadino Leaders
SJO 26 26 14 19 85 Points: Kevin Durant 23 Points: John Wall 25
SBR 29 26 15 23 93 Rebounds: Kevin Durant 10 Rebounds: Jason Thompson 9
Assists: David Lee 7 Assists: John Wall 7

San Jose (36-34):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Greg Monroe C 35 5-6 0-0 0-0 1 5 4 0 0 2 4 -6 10
David Lee PF 31 5-10 0-0 3-4 2 8 7 0 0 1 2 -1 13
Kevin Durant SF 42 8-17 1-3 6-6 1 10 2 2 2 3 1 -8 23
Jordan Crawford SG 36 3-10 0-2 0-0 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 -2 6
Brandon Jennings PG 41 7-16 3-7 4-6 0 1 6 0 1 2 3 -7 21
Ed Davis PF 29 1-5 0-0 2-2 3 7 1 0 2 0 0 -9 4
Tony Allen SG 19 4-6 0-0 0-0 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 -7 8
Damien Wilkins SF 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
33-71 4-12 15-18 9 34 26 5 5 11 15 85
46.5% 33.3% 83.3%

San Bernadino (43-27):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Tiago Splitter C 37 5-10 0-0 1-1 2 7 2 0 0 3 4 3 11
Jason Thompson PF 32 6-10 0-0 2-2 4 9 4 0 0 0 4 11 14
Dorell Wright SF 32 3-9 1-2 0-0 1 4 1 1 1 2 3 9 7
Russell Westbrook SG 41 8-21 3-6 0-0 3 8 4 0 0 2 4 12 19
John Wall PG 38 11-22 0-2 3-4 0 1 7 3 2 2 3 0 25
Steve Nash PG 17 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
Dominic McGuire PF 16 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 -1 4
Rudy Fernandez SF 16 2-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -1 5
Jeff Foster C 11 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 6
David West PF 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
40-85 4-10 9-11 11 36 22 5 3 10 22 93
Game Summary:

Game Stats SJO SBR
Halftime Score 52 55
FGM-FGA 33-71 40-85
FG% .465 .471
FTM-FTA 15-18 9-11
FT% .833 .818
3PM-3PA 4-12 4-10
3P% .333 .400
Rebounds 34 36
Assists 26 22
Steals 5 5
Blocks 5 3
Turnovers 11 10
Team Fouls 15 22



Baltimore 122, Columbus 85 - 5/5/2012

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1 2 3 4 T Columbus Leaders Baltimore Leaders
CLB 19 31 24 11 85 Points: Nick Young 16 Points: Andrea Bargnani 22
BAL 28 32 31 31 122 Rebounds: Tracy McGrady 8 Rebounds: Richard Jefferson 10
Assists: Stephen Curry 8 Assists: Chris Paul 10

Columbus (40-30):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Spencer Hawes C 32 5-12 0-1 0-0 2 6 1 0 2 1 5 -13 10
Greg Smith PF 26 4-8 0-0 1-2 2 5 1 0 0 1 4 -13 9
Mike Miller SF 36 5-7 1-2 1-2 0 5 2 1 0 3 0 -20 12
Nick Young SG 30 4-11 2-3 6-7 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 -31 16
Stephen Curry PG 34 5-13 2-6 2-2 0 1 8 0 1 4 4 -18 14
Tracy McGrady SF 31 4-12 2-7 2-4 1 8 4 1 0 0 1 -20 12
J.J. Barea PG 14 3-7 1-3 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -19 9
Jamaal Magloire C 16 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 -24 0
Mike Dunleavy PF 12 1-5 1-1 0-0 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 -15 3
Eric Maynor SG 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -12 0
Jonas Jerebko C 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
31-77 9-24 14-19 9 33 20 3 4 16 21 85
40.3% 37.5% 73.7%

Baltimore (43-27):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Brook Lopez C 33 6-9 0-0 5-6 3 6 1 1 2 2 3 19 17
Andrea Bargnani PF 30 8-14 1-1 5-8 1 7 1 1 1 2 1 20 22
Klay Thompson SF 31 6-11 3-6 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 27 15
James Harden SG 27 6-9 2-3 2-2 1 3 1 1 0 2 4 17 16
Chris Paul PG 29 4-13 1-5 4-4 1 5 10 2 0 2 4 15 13
Richard Jefferson SG 31 4-6 1-2 1-2 2 10 5 1 0 4 3 16 10
Jordan Farmar PG 19 2-5 0-1 2-2 1 5 9 2 0 0 1 22 6
Al Harrington PF 18 5-7 2-3 3-4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 17 15
Brandan Wright C 15 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 18 2
Chase Budinger SF 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Steve Blake SG 3 2-3 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
44-81 12-23 22-28 11 46 32 8 4 12 18 122
Game Summary:

Game Stats CLB BAL
Halftime Score 50 60
FGM-FGA 31-77 44-81
FG% .403 .543
FTM-FTA 14-19 22-28
FT% .737 .786
3PM-3PA 9-24 12-23
3P% .375 .522
Rebounds 33 46
Assists 20 32
Steals 3 8
Blocks 4 4
Turnovers 16 12
Team Fouls 21 18




Kansas City 114, Austin 102 - 5/3/2012

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1 2 3 4 T Kansas City Leaders Austin Leaders
KCY 34 25 22 33 114 Points: Blake Griffin 24 Points: Zach Randolph 21
AUS 27 25 36 14 102 Rebounds: Omer Asik 9 Rebounds: Emeka Okafor 14
Assists: Kemba Walker 7 Assists: Rajon Rondo 9

Kansas City (39-31):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Omer Asik C 41 4-8 0-0 2-2 1 9 1 1 1 5 3 8 10
Blake Griffin PF 36 9-15 0-0 6-8 2 7 0 0 0 1 3 3 24
Kawhi Leonard SF 35 6-16 2-6 7-7 1 5 2 3 1 2 2 19 21
Marcus Thornton SG 34 4-9 0-2 3-3 1 2 2 0 0 3 3 8 11
Kemba Walker PG 35 8-16 2-2 3-4 0 6 7 3 1 4 1 4 21
J.J. Hickson PF 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 11 0
Raymond Felton PG 13 5-7 2-4 4-4 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 10 16
Anthony Randolph C 7 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
Thabo Sefolosha SG 26 2-7 0-2 3-4 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 7
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
40-81 6-16 28-32 9 36 16 11 5 16 17 114
49.4% 37.5% 87.5%

Austin (39-31):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Emeka Okafor C 42 6-13 0-0 2-2 2 14 7 1 2 3 3 -15 14
Joakim Noah PF 21 3-7 0-0 1-1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 -4 7
Kenneth Faried SF 39 9-14 0-0 2-3 2 9 1 1 0 4 6 -2 20
J.R. Smith SG 35 7-12 1-4 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 -8 17
Rajon Rondo PG 35 6-11 0-0 1-2 1 5 9 2 0 4 4 -4 13
Zach Randolph PF 33 8-16 0-0 5-6 2 8 3 0 0 2 2 -9 21
Mo Williams PG 13 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 -10 4
Shawn Marion SF 9 1-5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -12 2
Gerald Henderson SG 13 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -6 4
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
44-86 1-8 13-16 8 40 28 5 3 18 27 102
Game Summary:

Game Stats KCY AUS
Halftime Score 59 52
FGM-FGA 40-81 44-86
FG% .494 .512
FTM-FTA 28-32 13-16
FT% .875 .813
3PM-3PA 6-16 1-8
3P% .375 .125
Rebounds 36 40
Assists 16 28
Steals 11 5
Blocks 5 3
Turnovers 16 18
Team Fouls 17 27




Lehigh Valley 89, Birmingham 68 - 5/3/2012

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1 2 3 4 T Birmingham Leaders Lehigh Valley Leaders
BIR 19 13 17 19 68 Points: LeBron James 23 Points: Ersan Ilyasova 19
LVY 27 20 26 16 89 Rebounds: Roy Hibbert 11 Rebounds: Ersan Ilyasova 13
Assists: LeBron James 4 Assists: Tony Parker 8

Birmingham (46-24):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Roy Hibbert C 34 3-7 0-0 1-2 5 11 2 0 0 2 1 -16 7
Paul Millsap PF 33 3-9 0-0 1-2 1 6 1 3 0 3 2 -16 7
LeBron James SF 38 8-18 1-4 6-6 3 7 4 0 1 3 1 -14 23
O.J. Mayo SG 31 3-11 1-6 2-2 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 -12 9
Goran Dragic PG 36 3-12 0-2 1-2 2 5 1 0 2 1 3 -16 7
Al-Farouq Aminu PF 15 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 -5 0
Sebastian Telfair PG 12 0-3 0-0 4-4 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 -5 4
Anthony Parker SG 23 3-7 1-5 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -13 7
Semih Erden C 14 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 -5 2
Mike Bibby SG 4 0-0 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
24-72 3-17 17-22 14 38 14 4 6 15 12 68
33.3% 17.6% 77.3%

Lehigh Valley (39-31):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Nikola Vucevic C 28 3-6 0-0 0-0 1 9 0 0 3 2 3 16 6
Derrick Favors PF 34 6-9 0-0 4-4 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 16 16
Ersan Ilyasova SF 37 8-18 3-9 0-0 4 13 3 3 2 2 2 15 19
Ray Allen SG 37 4-7 3-5 0-0 1 4 1 2 1 3 0 14 11
Tony Parker PG 35 6-16 0-1 0-0 0 1 8 1 1 0 2 18 12
Kosta Koufos C 20 1-6 0-0 0-0 4 5 1 1 2 0 0 5 2
James Singleton PF 22 6-9 0-0 2-2 1 6 1 0 1 2 4 8 14
Nate Robinson PG 13 3-8 0-5 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 6
Wesley Matthews SG 11 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3
Jason Smith SF 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
38-81 7-21 6-6 11 43 17 7 10 11 17 89
Game Summary:

Game Stats BIR LVY
Halftime Score 32 47
FGM-FGA 24-72 38-81
FG% .333 .469
FTM-FTA 17-22 6-6
FT% .773 1.000
3PM-3PA 3-17 7-21
3P% .176 .333
Rebounds 38 43
Assists 14 17
Steals 4 7
Blocks 6 10
Turnovers 15 11
Team Fouls 12 17




Without the Big 3, LeBron is sort of helpless.

CONFERENCE FINALS

Upstart 5th seed Lehigh Valley are blazing through the playoffs. They'll take on Baltimore for a trip to the inaugural PBF championship. In the West, San Bernardino takes on Kansas City, as the two best teams in that conference square off in the tilt everyone has been waiting for.

We can take a look at the Final Four of this year's PBF right now.

When this all started, I was skeptical of the run and gun situation that San Bernardino is putting out there, but now that they've gotten this far, I'm starting to think the AI knew something I didn't.

Just judging from the rosters, any idea what club stands out to you as the team to beat?

SAN BERNARDINO

San Bernardino Averages

Player Pos Gm Gs Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-test test test test test
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Russell Westbrook PG 70 70 34.2 19.9 1.4 4.8 3.8 2.1 0.2 2.0 2.8 2.7
David West PF 62 62 33.4 16.2 1.7 6.6 2.4 0.6 0.9 1.7 2.4 3.2
John Wall PG 67 67 35.2 14.9 0.8 4.5 7.4 1.7 0.5 3.1 2.9 2.3
Steve Nash PG 70 3 24.2 12.8 0.8 2.0 2.6 0.5 0.1 1.3 1.0 1.8
Tiago Splitter C 65 65 33.5 10.9 2.6 8.2 1.5 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.2 1.8
Dorell Wright SF 68 68 31.5 8.4 1.3 5.2 2.1 1.2 0.3 1.1 1.9 3.8
Jason Thompson PF 70 13 26.4 8.2 1.8 6.2 1.2 0.3 0.6 1.3 2.5 1.6
Rudy Fernandez SG 70 2 17.3 5.9 0.4 1.6 1.0 1.5 0.1 0.8 0.7 -0.7
Beno Udrih PG 36 0 8.2 4.0 0.2 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.7 -1.0
Dominic McGuire SF 42 0 9.1 1.4 0.5 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.2
Jeff Foster C 37 0 7.7 1.2 0.5 1.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.9 -0.2
Lester Hudson PG 1 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Trevor Booker PF 3 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.3
Troy Murphy PF 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
Solomon Jones PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


KANSAS CITY

Kansas City Averages

Player Pos Gm Gs Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-test test test test test
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Blake Griffin PF 70 70 34.6 23.7 2.5 8.1 3.4 0.5 0.4 2.7 2.7 3.7
Marcus Thornton SG 70 70 34.1 16.5 1.2 3.5 2.2 1.3 0.1 1.4 2.7 1.5
Kemba Walker PG 70 70 34.7 14.0 0.3 3.1 5.5 1.7 0.4 3.1 1.8 3.6
Kawhi Leonard SF 63 63 33.3 12.1 2.0 6.7 1.9 2.4 0.3 1.7 2.1 -0.2
Thabo Sefolosha SG 70 7 28.0 10.6 0.7 3.8 2.0 1.3 0.4 1.3 2.2 2.2
Omer Asik C 70 70 35.3 8.9 2.8 10.4 1.8 0.6 2.0 2.7 3.1 3.2
Raymond Felton PG 70 0 15.0 5.4 0.5 1.5 2.4 0.9 0.1 1.0 1.1 -0.9
Anthony Randolph PF 70 0 12.8 4.3 1.1 3.2 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.6 -0.9
J.J. Hickson C 70 0 13.8 4.1 1.2 3.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.1 -1.4
Ian Mahinmi C 15 0 4.1 1.9 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.2
Jeremy Tyler PF 25 0 4.0 1.7 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.7
Jordan Hill C 4 0 1.8 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -3.0
Sean Williams PF 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Kevin Seraphin PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Samardo Samuels PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


BALTIMORE

Baltimore Averages

Player Pos Gm Gs Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-test test test test test
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Brook Lopez C 70 70 34.5 16.1 2.1 7.1 1.3 0.3 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.4
Chris Paul PG 70 70 36.2 15.7 0.9 4.9 10.3 2.9 0.2 2.8 2.5 3.2
Andrea Bargnani PF 70 70 30.1 15.6 1.1 4.9 1.2 0.7 0.5 1.7 2.2 1.4
James Harden SG 70 70 33.9 13.3 0.9 5.1 3.4 1.6 0.3 1.9 2.6 1.6
Klay Thompson SG 70 70 32.1 13.1 0.6 3.5 1.7 0.9 0.2 1.3 2.9 2.8
Richard Jefferson SF 70 0 27.1 8.9 0.6 2.9 1.3 0.8 0.2 1.3 2.3 1.9
Al Harrington PF 70 0 17.7 6.1 1.1 4.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.8 1.5
Jordan Farmar PG 49 0 11.9 5.7 0.3 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.9 0.0
Brandan Wright C 70 0 13.5 4.1 0.9 3.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8
Steve Blake PG 45 0 7.3 2.2 0.1 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1
Chase Budinger SF 32 0 3.8 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 -1.2
Anthony Tolliver PF 8 0 2.5 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 -0.6
Ben Gordon SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hedo Turkoglu SF 4 0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -1.0
Darryl Watkins C 3 0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 -3.3


LEHIGH VALLEY

Lehigh Valley Averages

Player Pos Gm Gs Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-test test test test test
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Ray Allen SG 58 58 37.1 17.9 0.8 3.8 2.7 1.2 0.2 1.3 2.1 3.7
Tony Parker PG 50 50 35.6 17.2 0.7 3.3 7.7 1.2 0.2 2.9 1.8 7.1
Ersan Ilyasova SF 70 70 38.7 15.2 3.0 9.7 2.8 1.0 0.5 1.9 2.6 6.4
Derrick Favors PF 70 70 30.6 11.6 3.0 6.8 1.5 0.6 1.7 1.7 3.0 5.7
Nikola Vucevic C 70 70 31.4 11.0 3.0 9.8 1.4 0.6 1.4 1.6 2.4 7.0
James Singleton SF 46 0 21.8 8.5 1.4 5.2 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.1 2.5 1.8
Nate Robinson PG 70 20 17.1 7.3 0.2 1.7 2.5 0.8 0.1 1.6 1.8 2.9
Wesley Matthews SG 70 12 16.5 7.3 0.5 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.7 1.2 2.7
Rodrigue Beaubois PG 38 0 15.9 6.2 0.3 1.2 1.6 1.1 0.2 1.1 1.3 -2.1
Kosta Koufos C 70 0 16.4 5.0 1.7 4.9 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.9 1.7 -0.2
Chris Wilcox PF 40 0 11.9 3.9 0.8 2.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.1
Jason Smith PF 41 0 6.3 2.1 0.7 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 -0.4
Chris Johnson PF 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 -1.0
Nick Collison PF 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Germano Fajardo C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Programming note. I'm going to acquire the Anchorage franchise next year and move them to the mainland U.S. for next season.

Here's their roster.


Anchorage Averages

Player Pos Gm Gs Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-test test test test test
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Dwyane Wade SG 70 70 38.9 23.9 1.9 6.1 3.0 2.4 0.7 2.6 2.7 0.9
DeMarcus Cousins C 70 70 32.9 15.4 3.0 9.3 1.5 1.3 0.6 2.4 3.7 2.3
Al Jefferson C 71 17 28.4 13.9 1.3 6.6 1.4 0.4 1.4 1.5 2.3 0.2
Francisco Garcia SG 62 62 33.8 10.4 0.6 4.0 1.2 1.3 0.7 1.4 2.4 0.9
Andre Miller PG 70 70 31.8 9.7 0.9 3.0 6.4 1.4 0.2 2.5 2.7 0.5
Elton Brand PF 70 58 31.2 9.1 2.5 7.2 1.5 0.8 1.7 1.5 2.5 -0.4
Gary Forbes SF 70 8 22.4 6.4 1.1 4.0 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.2 2.1 -1.1
Eric Bledsoe PG 70 0 17.3 5.0 0.7 2.1 2.5 1.4 0.3 1.8 1.7 -0.8
Linas Kleiza SF 35 0 8.0 2.1 0.4 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.7 -1.3
Bismack Biyombo PF 31 0 4.1 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 -2.1
Hamed Haddadi C 37 0 6.4 0.8 0.2 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.7 -0.6
Ronny Turiaf C 3 0 4.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.3 -2.7
Daniel Orton C 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kurt Thomas PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mikki Moore C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


I haven't decided whether I'm going to fold them and create an expansion team or just acquire the franchise and move it. Obviously would love to have D-Wade and Boogie Cousins together to build with, but that's almost too easy and I would almost prefer an expansion draft to work through. But we'll see.

PBF FINALS 2011-12

What a crazy series!



GAME 1: Kansas City 114, Lehigh Valley 82
GAME 2: Lehigh Valley 102, Kansas City 99
GAME 3: Lehigh Valley 106, Kansas City 105
GAME 4: Lehigh Valley 98, Kansas City 65
GAME 5: Lehigh Valley 106, Kansas City 105

Candidate cities for the Anchorage club have been narrowed down to these finalists: Gary (IN), Newark (NJ), St. Louis (MO)

http://dberri.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/nba-expansion.png

Went and got this. (http://wagesofwins.com/2011/10/31/could-your-city-give-a-sports-team-a-good-home/)

In the end, after some debate...a last minute offer came from San Juan, Puerto Rico and a Puerto Rican magnate Lorenzo Zambrano of CEMEX to move the Anchorage franchise to Puerto Rico next season.

So San Juan will get the team.

Little Rock moving to the Western Conference, San Juan to the Eastern and will be an expansion team meaning we'll have to start from scratch. Sort of sucks, but we'll say that it was a condition of San Juan getting a team that it had to be an expansion franchise and if they'd moved to one of the cities on the mainland, they'd have been able to keep the players.

But for me, it just creates a challenge which is what my goal is. There should be a dispersal draft too and then an expansion draft. Not sure how it will work, but we'll see how it goes.

Apparently San Juan gets to participate in the dispersal draft AND the expansion draft AND the first-year playoff draft. So that'll be good.

The dispersal draft is just whoever they had under contract, meaning just Boogie Cousins and D-Wade are the two options and everyone else apparently doesn't get any love. Not sure I get it. But glad we get the #1 pick in this scenario and can take either of those guys. I'd love to take Wade since he's a playmaker, but Cousins is a rare talent and plays a position that's especially hard to fill in this game. So we're going to take him instead.

D-Wade ended up in Richmond as they had the #2 pick.

We had the 4th overall pick in the NBA draft, this is the Anthony Davis draft. We're going to try to pry that pick from Richmond using the 4th overall pick, and some other pieces.

San Juan traded a 2012 1st rounder (4th overall), '12 2nd rounder, 2013 2nd rounder, 2014 1st & 2nd rounder to Richmond in exchange for the 1st pick in the 2012 draft.

Might seem like a lot to give up, but Davis anchoring the PF position for us to go with Cousins to me, seems like a lethal combo that we can't pass up.

Here's the expansion draft pool we have to choose our 12 players from in San Juan:



2012 Draft Pool Draft Preview

Player Pos Age Cur Pot Ins Jps Fts 3ps Hnd Pas Orb Drb Psd Prd Stl Blk
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Al-Farouq Aminu SF 21 D D B D D D C B C C B C
Shelden Williams PF 28 D D B F D F B B C D C C
Mo Williams PG 29 C B A B B C F F F C C F
Chris Wilcox PF 29 D B C F D F C C C D C C
Hakim Warrick PF 29 C D B F C D C C C D D D
Charlie Villanueva PF 27 D C B B C F D C B D D C
Jason Thompson PF 25 C D C F C D B C B D D C
Hasheem Thabeet C 25 D D C F D F C C C F D B
Jason Smith PF 26 C C B F C F C C C F D B
Greg Smith PF 21 C C C F D F C C C F D C
Thabo Sefolosha SG 28 D A B B C D D C C B B D
Joel Przybilla C 32 D D C F F F C B B F F C
Patrick Patterson PF 23 C B B D C F C C B D D C
Timofey Mozgov C 25 D D B F D F B C B F D B
Brad Miller C 36 D C A C B D D C B D D C
C.J. Miles SG 25 C C B B C D F D D C C D
Carl Landry PF 28 C D B F C F B C C F D D
Enes Kanter C 20 D D B F D F A B B F D C
Amir Johnson PF 25 D B B F D D B C C D D B
Stephen Jackson SF 34 C C B C D D F C C C C D
Taj Gibson PF 27 C D C F C F B C C D D B
Sundiata Gaines PG 26 C D D D C D D D D B A F
Raymond Felton PG 28 C B B B B B F D D B B F
Toney Douglas PG 26 C B A B B D F D D B B D
DeMar DeRozan SG 22 B C B D C D F D D C D F
Carlos Delfino SG 29 C B B B C D F C C C B F
Shannon Brown PG 26 C B A C C F F D D B C D
Kwame Brown C 30 D D D F D F B B C F D C
Corey Brewer SF 26 C D C D C D D D D B A D
Gilbert Arenas PG 30 C C B C D D F D D C B F
Tony Allen SG 30 C B B F C D C D D B A C
Evan Turner SF 23 C C B D C C F B C C D F
J.J. Redick SG 28 C B A A B D F D D C D D
Jodie Meeks SG 24 C C A B C F F D D C C F
Wesley Johnson SF 24 D C B B C D D D C C D C
Ryan Hollins C 27 D D C F D F C D C F F B
Gerald Henderson SG 24 C B B D C D D D D C D D
Jordan Hamilton SF 21 D C D C D F D C C C D D
Willie Green SG 30 C A B A C F F D D C D F

Player Pos Age Cur Pot Ins Jps Fts 3ps Hnd Pas Orb Drb Psd Prd Stl Blk
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Gerald Green SF 26 C C B B C F D D C C D C
Ben Gordon SG 29 C B A A C D F D D C D F
Wayne Ellington SG 24 C B A B B D F D D C D D
Chase Budinger SF 24 C C B B C D D C C C D D
Leandro Barbosa SG 29 C B B B C D F D D B C F
Arron Afflalo SG 26 C A B B C D F D D C D F




Not sure what route we'll go yet, but obviously we'll want a solid bench, guards and a SF to round out the likely Davis/Cousins frontline.

SAN JUAN EXPANSION DRAFT RESULTS
Here's who we drafted.


2012 Draft Order Draft Preview

# Team Selection Pos Previous Team
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1 San Juan Al-Farouq Aminu SF Birmingham
2 San Juan J.J. Redick SG Colorado Springs
3 San Juan Mo Williams PG Austin
4 San Juan Thabo Sefolosha SG Kansas City
5 San Juan Amir Johnson PF San Jose
6 San Juan Brad Miller C Seattle
7 San Juan Arron Afflalo SG Hartford
8 San Juan Enes Kanter C Little Rock
9 San Juan Gilbert Arenas PG Nashville
10 San Juan Evan Turner SF Anaheim
11 San Juan Ben Gordon SG Baltimore
12 San Juan Taj Gibson PF Worcester

Here's San Juan's 2012-13 roster at the start of the pre-season


San Juan Offense

Player Pos Ht Age Cur Pot Ins Jps Fts 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Brad Miller C 6-11 36 C- D A- C C+ D D F C C B
Enes Kanter C 6-11 20 D D+ B F- D+ F B D B+ C B
DeMarcus Cousins C 6-11 22 A- D B- F- D+ D- A- D- C+ B+ A-
Al Jefferson C 6-10 27 A- C B F- C- D+ C- C- C+ D- A
Anthony Davis PF 6-10 19 C+ C B F- D F+ C C B- C+ A-
Amir Johnson PF 6-9 25 C C B- F- C D+ A- C A- C- A-
Taj Gibson PF 6-9 27 C C- C+ F- C F B+ C C C- B+
Al-Farouq Aminu SF 6-9 22 D- D B D D D C C+ C C B+
Grant Hill SF 6-8 40 C D+ A- C- C- D+ F+ C+ C+ C A-
Kyle Korver SF 6-7 31 C- C+ A- A C F+ F- C+ C- F+ A-
Evan Turner SF 6-7 23 D C B D+ C D+ D- B C D+ A-
Arron Afflalo SG 6-5 26 C- B A- A- C- D+ F- B- B C A
Thabo Sefolosha SG 6-5 28 C- A B+ B C D+ F- B- B- D A-
MarShon Brooks SG 6-5 23 C B B C C F D+ B C C- B+
J.J. Redick SG 6-4 28 D+ B A A- C D- F- B C C- A-
Kirk Hinrich SG 6-3 31 C B- B+ A- A- C F- B D F A-
Ben Gordon SG 6-3 29 C- C+ A- A- D+ D- F- B+ C- C- A-
Gilbert Arenas PG 6-4 30 C+ C B C D D+ F- A- C C- A-
Shelvin Mack PG 6-3 22 C C C+ C A- C F B+ C C- B+
Mo Williams PG 6-1 29 C B A B+ B- C F- A D+ D A-

Computer just offered me Kevin Durant for Boogie Cousins. I need to turn up trade difficulty, it seems.

Just pulled off a three-team deal:

San Juan gets PG Ricky Rubio & SF Earl Clark

Worcester gets PG Gilbert Arenas and a San Juan 1st rounder (2013) and Colorado Springs gets SG Ben Gordan and a Worcester 2nd (2015)

Durant is out another three months, which will tank any possible hopes of this team doing much post-season wise.

We acquired Tayshaun Prince from Worcester earlier in the season for Mo Williams.

We missed the playoffs, but with Durant coming back for the last 7 weeks of the season, managed to at least end the year with a winning record.


2012 PBF Standings

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EASTERN W L PCT HOME DIV CONF
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Baltimore 46 24 .657 28-7 29-17 29-17
Birmingham 44 26 .629 30-5 29-17 29-17
Columbus 41 29 .586 26-9 29-17 29-17
Lehigh Valley 39 31 .557 23-12 24-22 24-22
Aurora 38 32 .543 28-7 25-21 25-21
Nashville 37 33 .529 23-12 23-23 23-23
Pittsburgh 36 34 .514 24-11 25-21 25-21
Richmond 36 34 .514 21-14 24-22 24-22
San Juan 36 34 .514 26-9 22-24 22-24
Hartford 34 36 .486 20-15 16-30 16-30
Rochester 25 45 .357 18-17 14-32 14-32
Worcester 23 47 .329 15-20 16-30 16-30

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WESTERN W L PCT HOME DIV CONF
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Fresno 49 21 .700 30-5 32-14 32-14
Austin 43 27 .614 28-7 29-17 29-17
Kansas City 40 30 .571 27-8 27-19 27-19
San Bernardino 40 30 .571 25-10 30-16 30-16
Anaheim 39 31 .557 28-7 24-22 24-22
Las Vegas 38 32 .543 25-10 26-20 26-20
Tucson 32 38 .457 22-13 22-24 22-24
Seattle 29 41 .414 21-14 19-27 19-27
San Jose 28 42 .400 20-15 23-23 23-23
Little Rock 27 43 .386 17-18 17-29 17-29
Colorado Springs 25 45 .357 19-16 18-28 18-28
Albuquerque 15 55 .214 10-25 9-37 9-37



TEAM STATS

San Juan Averages

Player Pos Gm Gs Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-test test test test test
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Ricky Rubio PG 70 70 35.5 10.0 0.5 3.2 6.6 1.9 0.1 3.1 2.7 -2.2
Al Jefferson C 70 70 33.3 15.7 1.9 8.7 1.7 0.4 1.5 1.8 2.7 -0.8
Kevin Durant SF 42 36 33.0 21.8 1.0 6.3 2.2 0.9 0.4 1.8 1.9 4.0
Anthony Davis PF 70 70 32.6 13.8 1.8 5.9 1.4 1.3 1.2 2.2 2.9 -0.5
Tayshaun Prince SF 68 68 31.1 11.0 1.3 4.6 1.6 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.9 -1.9
Taj Gibson PF 70 12 18.9 5.7 1.6 4.5 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.8 1.9 -0.7
Thabo Sefolosha SG 70 22 18.8 6.5 0.4 2.6 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.6 1.4 -2.2
J.J. Redick SG 65 0 15.6 6.3 0.2 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.3 0.0
Enes Kanter C 70 0 13.9 2.8 1.3 3.7 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.4
Kyle Korver SF 63 0 11.3 4.6 0.1 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.0
Kirk Hinrich SG 52 0 10.2 4.8 0.1 0.8 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.1 1.3
Earl Clark SF 39 0 8.3 1.7 0.4 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.6 -0.8
Amir Johnson PF 8 0 2.1 1.3 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.8
Al-Farouq Aminu SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brad Miller C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0