Thursday, February 10, 2011

Pohninger Midseason Rankings




The playoff race is getting as tight as these new NBA Jerseys

Week 13

Rank
Team
TOTAL
FG
FT
3S
PTS
RB
AS
ST
BL
TO
1st
DreamTeam
95
7
12
8
13
13
14
14
13
1
2nd (tie)
Merlness
81
12.5
6
10.5
12
6
9
10
11
4
2nd (tie)
**Team Canada**
81
12.5
2
8
14
14
12
7
9.5
2
4th
Tru Warrior
79.5
11
14
14
11
12
11
2.5
1
3
5th (tie)
BigCountry
77
9
11
6
7
10
10
5
14
5
5th (tie)
Pohn Wall
77
5
5
13
10
8
8
6
12
10
7th
Cliphairs
73.5
10
9
12
4
1
13
9
7.5
8
8th
Sho-nuff Shamans
70
6
10
8
8
5
7
11.5
3.5
11
9th
Big Sexy
66
2.5
7
2
9
11
6
13
9.5
6
10th
Gone Fishin’
60
8
3
3
5.5
9
3
8
7.5
13
11th
Where’s Leon
55.5
14
1
1
5.5
7
5
11.5
3.5
7
12th
Pippen Aint Easy
49.5
1
13
10.5
3
3
4
4
2
9
13th
Cocaine Convict
40.5
4
4
5
2
4
2
2.5
5
12
14th
DNP-Coach’s Decision
39.5
2.5
8
4
1
2
1
1
6
14

Week 14

Rank
Team
TOTAL
FG
FT
3S
PTS
RB
AS
ST
BL
TO
1st
Sho-nuff Shamans
91
7
12
14
14
12
9
11
11
1
2nd
Gone Fishin’
85
8
13
9
12
14
5
8
3
5
3rd
Merlness
80.5
6
7
2
10.5
10
13
12
13
7
4th
**Team Canada**
79.5
9.5
2
10
13
13
7
13
10
2
5th
DreamTeam
77.5
12
6
3.5
9
8.5
14
14
6.5
4
6th
Tru Warrior
77
14
14
11
4
8.5
11
1
12
12
7th
BigCountry
73.5
13
11
8
10.5
6.5
11
6.5
5
3
8th
Cliphairs
72
11
9.5
13
8
5
11
6..5
4
11
9th
Pohn Wall
65.5
1
3
12
7
6.5
11
5
14
6
10th
Big Sexy
57
2
5
6.5
5
4
8
9
8.5
9
11th
Cocaine Convict
52.5
4.5
1
6.5
6
11
4
3
8.5
8
12th
Where’s Leon
48
4.5
8
1
2
3
3
10
6.5
10
13th
DNP-Coach’s Decision
46
9.5
9.5
5
1
1
1
4
1
14
14th
Pippen Aint Easy
34.5
3
4
3.5
3
2
2
2
2
13
                                   
Week 15

Rank
Team
TOTAL
FG
FT
3S
PTS
RB
AS
ST
BL
TO
1st
Sho-nuff Shamans
94
14
6
14
14
11
7
9
13
6
2nd
DreamTeam
90.5
12
11
8
10
9.5
14
13
8
5
3rd
Pohn Wall
86
1
13.5
13
11
9.5
11
10
14
3
4th
Cliphairs
76.5
3
13.5
8
5
5
13
14
10.5
1.5
5th
Big Sexy
75.5
5.5
12
6
12
12
10
11.5
5
1.5
6th
**Team Canada**
73.5
9
3.5
10
13
14
12
7
1
4
7th
Merlness
70.5
4
8
11
7
4
9
8
10.5
9
8th
Gone Fishin’
63
13
1
8
9
13
3
6
3
7
9th
BigCountry
60
11
9
2
4
6
8
4
8
11.5
10th
Cocaine Confvict
59.5
2
7
4.5
6
7
2
5
12
14
11th
Pippen Ain’t Easy
57
8
5
4.5
5
2
5
11.5
8
8
12th
Where’s Leon
53
5.5
10
1
3
8
6
3
5
11.5
13th
Tru Warrior
47
10
2
12
2
3
1
2
5
10
14th
DNP-Coach’s Decision
35.5
7
3.5
3
1
1
4
1
2
13

Notes

-          Brother Love? With 5 huge weeks in a row, Sho-nuff has put himself in position to make the playoffs.  Could this  be the 1st year we see the brothers in the postseason?

-          Name Change = Game Change.  While the name changing king, Pohn Wall, has yet to change his title this year.  There are some interesting results by some of the others.  Since Gone Fishin’ has changed his name, he seems to be more active and relevant, but was it seams to have been just a little to late.  Big Sexy has taken a step back, but is this due to his team or to his team name?  And finally, Tru Warrior might not want to mess with things by changing his name as his game has plummeted since the switch from darkhorse.

-          Pohninger Midseason Awards  (PTs = equals Yahoo Rank – Actual Rank)

BEST DRAFT                        Merlness
RUNNER UP                         Big Country

With hits on his 1st 5 picks (All ranked in the top 40), no one else has 5 top 40 players on their entire roster, and late round gems like DJ Augstin and DeMar Derozan.  No one else can match Merlness.  His draft has carried him through the top 3 despite a league low 2 moves.  Big Country has 3 top ten players with his first four picks, I guess having 1st pick overall really does help.

STEAL OF THE DRAFT                  DreamTeam (Dorrell Wright 120 Pts)
RUNNER UP (TIE)                          Cocaine Convict (Wilson Chandler 83 Pts) 
                                                     Tru Warrior (Kevin Love 39 pts)

With everyone expecting Kevin Love at this spot, Yahoo actually ranked him 41st overall before the season began.  And as much as he has improved to #2 he was still a 4th round selection.  Compare that to Dorrell Wright going from 140th to 20th and being chosen in the 10th round and the results aren’t even close.

PICKUP OF THE YEAR                   Sho-nuff Shamans (Landry Fields 200 Pts)
RUNNER UP (TIE)                           DNP-Coach’s Decision (Arron Afflalo 190 Pts)      
                                                      Sho-nuff Shamans (Amir Johnson 95 Pts)

While Fields had shuffled around from a number of teams, Sho-nuff actually held on to this fantasy surprise, as a rookie!!!  What a waste of a pick-up by DNP as he is rotting away on a team on pace to have the worst fantasy season ever (yup that even includes Leon from last year)

GM OF THE YEAR (TIE)                DreamTeam
                                                   Sho-nuff Shamans

If not for a the number of moves(80), as well as a few other head scratchers (Chris Kaman?)  DreamTeam would be alone here.  With a major trade, solid draft, and excellent waiver wire prowess, for the first time DreamTeam has a legitimate shot to win it all this year.  Patience is a Virtue, and for Sho-nuff it looks to have paid off as he is peaking at the right time.  By holding on to his 1st 7 picks, and additions such as Fields, Amir Johnson, Nick Young, and Chuck Hayes, Sho-nuff has set him-self up well and is flexible enough (only 50 moves) to do damage if he can make the final 6.
Posted by EP3 at 5:53 AM

5 comments:

  1. DimesFebruary 10, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    So much fantasy goodness, I don't know where to begin. Thank you for the detailed analysis and commentary, Pohn. It feels great to be GM of the year.

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  2. EP3February 10, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    remember, this is the "midseason" award for GM of the year.

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  3. SteveFebruary 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    So much work left to do...

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  4. UnknownFebruary 10, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    these are some epic pohninger rankings. hahaha, yeah DreamTeam, let's not get crazy, it's only midseason!! and how come I'm getting all this hate for changing my name, but then DreamTeam's continual "I'm the greatest team in this league" banter(even prior to his ascent to #1 in the standings this last week) never got any hate!?? looks like I need to kick it into the next gear in this 2nd half and move on up.

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  5. DimesFebruary 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    Kick it into gear? Nah, DH, you're fine where you are. In fact, sliding down two or three spots would probably make you feel more like a Tru Warrior heading into the playoffs... xD

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