Week 7's tumult as realized by Evol Intent and the Wu Tang Clan. The dunk, quothe the Raven. Nevermore? Idealogues shy no longer, bear witness to your patron saint to flocks of seagulls... anything truly is possible. Four stars.
3:19 is money
Dec 1 2009 1:43 AM
ooooweee!! #1 is smoooooth!
Offensive foul...
Nov 20 2009 10:56 PM
I'm guessing thats a referee FAIL.
oh shit
Nov 20 2009 10:12 PM
he actaully dunked!
will moy
Nov 20 2009 5:36 PM
great fail!
Ren, Commish
Nov 20 2009 2:56 PM
Way to go, Rich! You got one.
great dunk
Nov 20 2009 2:01 PM
very clean...
2K9 FALL Power Rankings (Week 7)
FBNYC, 11.18.09
There's a new sheriff in town
Hypebeasts dominant in late season take over
They have plenty of young talent on the roster but who knew they'd be so good so fast? If SLA (G) Joe Kim is the front-runner for MVP, HYP (G) Ian Yu is making up space. He's got help, (F) James Li and (F) Jason Wu are two of the best athletes in the league and (C) George Chan and (C) Howie Chu are two of the biggest. Add a defensive-minded point in (G) Leon Chu with sharpshooters (G) Will Moy and (G) Virgil Borbo and you have a team built for Yu to lead them to the promised land. -- Kenny "The Jet" Li
FBNYC 2K9 FALL Power Rankings - Week 7
Diff.
Rank
Team
Record
Comments
+4
1.
HYP
(5-1)
(G) Ian Yu and the Hypebeasts are taking the league by storm. They look pretty unbeatable right now. They're just too athletic and too deep, they're making a lot of teams look old right now. Player-coach (G) Virgil Borbo will make sure they keep their focus into the playoffs.
+1
2.
NYF
(5-2)
With the league turned on its head the past couple of weeks, the Fury have managed to keep theirs above water. The key going forward will be the continuing development of (G) Rommel Dolar as veteran (F) Young Yu will be suspended indefinitely for his part in Saturday's altercation.
-2
3.
QIK
(4-3)
Quicks haven't had the same line-up twice this season which has made for some uneven play in the past two weeks. Now, they'll lose (F) Alex Stewart, also suspended indefinitely for his part in the altercation on Saturday. (C) Pat Pilar may need to take on starter's minutes now.
+1
4.
SWA
(4-3)
This team just keeps looking better and better. Inconsistent free throw shooting and the lack of a true perimeter shooting threat might be the only things keeping SWA from taking it to the next level. But, with that big and versatile front-court, they might not need it.
-3
5.
SLA
(4-3)
The Slayers still have plenty of talent but their guys need to show up. There's no reason a 10-man roster should have to pick up any subs for the game. A team that started off with a lot of promise, a lack of depth is making for a lack of interest.
+1
6.
FAS
(1-6)
Agents finally won one, then played a solid 3 qtrs against the Hypebeasts before relapsing to old 4th qtr habits. (F) Dooley Watts has been a solid addition but the key will be to keep (F) Chris Moore involved offensively. Sometimes, the don't go his way and it's a mystery why.
-1
7.
AOD
(1-6)
Will (G) Usama Nausrudeen be back? Of course his AOD teammates want to see him make Florida's ABA squad but that will also basically mean the end of their season. Unless, (G) Andrew Hara and (C) Len Kamdang have something left up their sleeves. They've shown some signs lately.
Observations... first Pogo, then DJ, then Vic, the Phenom, Y2K... and now, you got it... MC Pee Pants, welcome to the Dunk Club... what's the greatest in-game dunk in FBNYC history? Nominations... DJ over Varun... "EZ" Ezra Hoover over James Lam... Pogo over guy from X-Factor... anyone? ...hey Drew, we know it wasn't offensive... Daniel Kweon aka "Harvey Birdman"... Chris Moore aka "007"
in other news...
Nov 20 2009 7:32 PM
agents are not in last!! haha
better seeding for the playoffs!!
FBNYC
Nov 20 2009 3:44 PM
For you newbies... youtube.com/watch?v=QohEP3KbQQo. It's about 2:23 in. Video quality was terrible back then but you'll get the picture.
re: Y2K
Nov 20 2009 2:57 PM
Yea, definitely big ups to Yosh... that dunk was perfect.
Y2K
Nov 20 2009 11:13 AM
Just a quick shoutout to Yoshi, whose dunk sealed a 'chip in the A League for Dream League East. 1) It came in the chip game of the A League 2) it came off an absurd feed between the legs if I recall from Bang 3) It was totally unexpected 4) (not that it matters) but I'm not sure there a nicer person in the Asian Basketball scene than Yoshi...and he doesn't always get the props he deserves....Go Yoshi!
re:
Nov 20 2009 10:14 AM
go to the "A" league and theres a youtube clip of DJ in action
re:
Nov 20 2009 9:27 AM
for the newbies in FB.. any chance you can show those old clips you're talking about? or link if its already online.
re: The Jet
Nov 19 2009 7:26 PM
dj over varun all the way
The Jet
Nov 19 2009 3:20 PM
I'm tempted to go with the New Jack... Ezra on James Lam was uglyface nasty. But DJ picking Varun's pocket on a cross-over then going down court to yam it on his face when he tries to block it? Thats legendary stuff. That's on a shot blocker we're talking about.
FREE YY!!!!
Nov 19 2009 2:47 PM
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liren
Nov 19 2009 1:04 PM
ezra's was nice but pogo over guy from x factor top on my list
2K9 FALL Weekly Player Awards (Week 7)
FBNYC, 11.18.09
Ian Yu (HYP) G | 5-10 | 155 lbs Week 7 Stats PPG: 17.5 RPG: 9.0 APG: 4.5
"C-Wonder" is the quite simply the fastest player on the court right now. He's two steps ahead of everyone else out there and he's carried his HYP team to a 5-1 record. He's even added a 3-ptr to the repertoire, there's just nothing he can't do.
Runner-Up: Andrew Hara (AOD) 12 pts, 8 reb, 8 ast
Rommel Dolar (NYF) F | 5-10 | 150 lbs Week 7 Stats PPG: 20.0 RPG: 5.0 APG: 6.0
Much like Yu, Dolar was moving better than anyone else on the court in Wk 7. When the rookie guard is assertive, his speed and handle get him anywhere he wants on the court. That's exactly what he did in a big conference win vs. QIK.
RU: Derrick Tyson (SWA) 18 pts, 12 rebs, 3 blks
The Sam Lo Award for Hustlers
Rich Chang (NYF) 16 rebs, 1 stl
Against a team stacked with legit big men, Chang was bigger with a game high 16 rebs. No one in the game was even 7 rebs close to his mark.
Runner-Up: James Li (HYP) 8.5 rpg, 2 bpg
Defensive Player(s) of the Week
D. Tyson (SWA) 12 rebs, 3 stl, 3 blk
Tyson might be the best two-way big man in the league right now. Leading his SWA team in scoring and shutting down the paint for everyone else.
Runner-Up: James Li (HYP) 8.5 rpg, 1 spg, 2 bpg
The "High Five" Club George Chan (HYP) 13-12-1-1-1 George Chan (HYP) 10-9-2-1-2 Daniel Kweon (NYF) 14-5-1-2-1 Rob Toste (FAS) 11-5-2-1-1 Derrick Tyson (SWA) 18-12-3-3-3
Discorama Rookie of the Week D. Tyson (SWA) 18 pts, 12 reb, 3 blk
The Outstanding Rookie Award is no contest this season. Tyson has been that much better than everyone else. MVP isn't out of the question.
Runner-Up: Chris Moore (HYP) 14 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast
The "John Starks" Award Mike Song (FAS) | 0-12 FGs (.000)
Well, it doesn't get any worse than this. So, Song has that going for him. This is the most FG attempts in FBNYC history without a make.
Dishonorable Mention: Min Park (AOD) 5-18 FGs
The "Chris Dudley" Award A. Gillespie (SWA) | 1-4 FTs (.250)
Just about the only thing Gillespie is not doing right now is making FTs. The Swagganauts won so the rookie forward can't be too upset.
Dishonorable Mention: Dave Liu (SWA) 2-4 FTs
2K9 FALL Week 7 Results
FBNYC, 11.16.09
2K9 FALL WEEK 7 RESULTS
The Slayers (4-3)
59
Hypebeasts (5-1)
75
Player of the Game Ian Yu (HYP) 21 pts, 8 rebs, 6 asts
SLA (F) Joe Kim rises up from under the basket to find an open teammate. Kim topped 20 pts for the 4th time this season but his 8-23 FGs (.348) was a season-low.
Beasts overwhelm yet again short- handed Slayers
MLK HS, NYC -- SLA (F) Joe Kim has certainly shown on more than one occasion this season that he can carry his team but this is ridiculous. For the 2nd straight week, SLA has put all it's fortunes in the hands of arguably the league's front-runner for MVP and virtually him alone.
Arriving with only 5 players in Week 6, Kim was unable to lift SLA over a Swagganauts team that is improving every week and with only 5 again in Week 7, SLA's prospects for beating a red-hot HYP led my dark horse favorite for MVP (G) Ian Yu was slim to none. And, a 27-12 1st quarter lead from the Hypebeasts (more...)
We'd be inclined to agree except that if you think about it, there have been only six Asian Americans who have dunked in the short history of FBNYC basketball.
Christian "Pogo" Stevens, Darren "DJ" Jiang, Varun Manocha, Harris "The Phenom" Chung, Yoshi Kagitomi and now, of course, Rich "MC Pee Pants" Chang.
There have been non-Asians as well: Kevin Forde, Brian "This is Sparta" O'Neill and Ezra "EZ" Hoover and there are guys who could dunk but still haven't done so in a game, Brandon "Beastmaster" Chock, George Chan, James Li and especially Robby "No Way This Kid Has a 42" Verticle" Huang.
It takes an extraordinary set of circumstances for As-Am players in any league to dunk the ball. So, Rich is kind of a big deal now. He's a big shot and you should kiss his hand when he walks by. And, if ever someone 6' or under dunks? And, over someone? Site renovation. This thing is gonna look like Mao-era socialist propaganda.
agreed
Nov 18 2009 10:58 AM
Lots of asians, even this league, around his height cant come close to dunking. we are not blessed.
16 rebounds vs the QiKs is impressive though.
re: rich
Nov 18 2009 10:56 AM
he's actually 5'8, but has 7 inches of hair
re: re: Rich
Nov 18 2009 10:50 AM
He's barely 6'4" but that's still pretty big and he should be able to dunk easily... if he were anything but Asian.
re: Rich
Nov 18 2009 10:37 AM
this is true, we shouldn't make a big deal about his dunk... he's like 6'8.
Rich
Nov 18 2009 9:59 AM
Forget his stupid dunk. Look at his 16 boards against the biggest team in the league. Well done.
rich
Nov 18 2009 12:46 AM
yes, i would like to see his dunk. do we have it on video?
re: re:
Nov 18 2009 12:13 AM
Video!!! We need video evidence!!
re:
Nov 17 2009 9:30 PM
yeah quicks also missing ken, victor, jason, michael thompson... anyways... rich's two handed dunk actually true???!
re: re: the Jet
Nov 17 2009 8:45 PM
Yea, he never hit any threes before, what about in other leagues? He was shooting them like that's what he was supposed to be doing. I guess if Channing Frye can do it, why can't anyone else?
re: the Jet
Nov 17 2009 5:55 PM
Yeah - they came back without bryant, jon, or Young (their main scorer). Rommel and Rich had big games, and Daniel hit some big time threes too. who knew he had that
rich dunk
Nov 17 2009 5:25 PM
whats this i hear about rich dunking?
The Jet
Nov 17 2009 5:24 PM
Don't know if it was an upset but it was definitely an impressive comeback win. They looked like they were down and out after the "situation."
[8/26] (G) Sam Dedwiler added to BOI playoff roster.
[8/24] (G) Jamie Rillay added to AOD roster. (G) Jon Scheiman returns to team.
[8/19] (F) Lamar Smith added to AOD roster.
[8/10] 6-6 (C) Shion Campbell added to ASN roster.
[8/5] 5-11 (G) Garrett James and 6-5 (C) Ezra Hoover added to NYF roster.
[7/28] Audacity of Dope adds (G) Jamie Rillay, former NC Central (F) Lamar Smith and Euro pro (G) Anwar King for Wednesday's game.
[7/26] NYC Fury (G) Roman Perez will be out indefinitely for workout in Spanish pro league. (C) Nacho Martin also returns to Spain.
[7//23] Audacity of Dope (G) Jon Scheiman will be out 2 weeks for workout in Israeli pro league.
[7/22] DB Connections have added (G) Mike Kim and 6-5, 230 lbs (F) Stan Grayson out of Wesleyan College.
[7/7] Spanish pro (C) Nacho Martin will be on loan to NYF for tonight's game vs. MNK.
[6/30] NYF has added (F) Varun Manocha to their roster.
[6/24] Former FA (F) Jon Yevin has entered the expansion team United Nations.
[6/23] Free agent (G) Jon Scheiman has been to the Audacity of Dope roster.
[5/27] FAS (G/F) Nick Watson is a free agent.
[5/26] Former European pro (G) Anwar King and friend (still playing in Europe) have entered the free agent pool.
[5/25] Captain Jimmy Chang is looking to bring back 2K7 SPR Champion Below the Rim with former St. Johns (G) Jon Scheiman and 2K7 SPR Chip MVP (C) Jiang Yu.
[5/23] The MonStars will feature European pro 6-9 (C) Nick Harrington and RED league All-FBNYC First Team (G) Kevin Kentish.
** MAY ** 2K10 SPR "Blue" League Players of the Month
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Rich Chang (NYF) 16 rebs, 1 stl
D. Tyson (SWA) 12 rebs, 3 stl, 3 blk
