QFBA Rag – 2008-09 Season - Volume Two

Bye Bye Freight Train

Oh, this one has to hurt. Train Wreck draws a bye on the week he has two players crack the 70 point barrier and another at 50. Of course, one of those 70+ performances wouldn’t have counted anyway since it came on the heels of a 26 point showing on Tuesday. Still, starting the right five could have yielded over 270 fantasy points. This yellow journalist was too lazy to actually check but I’m pretty sure that would have been an all time QFBA record.

The irony is that this comes just after Coach Andrew “Yo Mama” complained about the Bye situation, pointing out the he and Jitterbugz had one more Bye week than everyone else. This has just got to stick in the big guy’s craw.
The sad thing is that the Train Wreck isn’t really that good and it’s unlikely that this fluke will ever repeat. Tsk tsk, ‘tis a shame.

Meatadors Just Miss

Meatadors were in this one right up until Thursday, when D. Howard posted a nearly human 27 fantasy points. Not the numbers we’ve come to expect from Superman but enough to get the Ball Babies past the Meat Beaters 171 to 164. Truth be told, 171 for the Ballers may be on the low end on the spectrum with this lineup. Davis is likely to average better than this week’s 31 once he fully healthy and gets his feet under him in his new home and Howard routinely goes off for double this week’s output.

Never let it be said that the Cap is too big to admit when he’s wrong though. Jose Calderon might turn out to be better pick at guard than reported last week, though he’s going to need to find some consistency if he’s going to help Coach Dutt have a successful rookie season.

The guy I’d be concerned about now, if I were coaching the Egg Beaters, is Marion. He’s capable of big numbers but I don’t think he’s in a situation that lends itself to seeing Mr. Locker Room Poison go off. Maybe a healthy Maggette is a better choice in that slot? Just sayin’...

Bruisers Bop Dopey Dubbers

How does a team with Kobe Kornhole, Me-Myself-and-Iverson and Ya-ouchie Ming get hammered by 66 points? Well, it doesn’t help when Ming comes in at a measly 15 against a stifling Celtic defense. Everyone for the Dubbers looked to just be going through the motions while their opponent became the first team this season to crack 200 behind Bron-Bron’s 60.

Anthony and Bosh both put up 41 for April and the Bruisers while their worst player came in at 30. Right now the teams to beat this year look like The FJ’s and the Ballers- besides the Cap’n, of course. Look for these Dubbers to make a little noise too, at least until I talk them out of Kobe. I HATE that bastard but I LOVE winning even more.

Cap Takes It Easy On ‘Bus

I’m trying to keep ‘Bus from getting discouraged this year, knowing how frustrating it is trying to turn this “C” draft team into a winner but it’s tough to hold this crew back. I told my guys to cruise, and most cooperated, but Wade just couldn’t resist banging out 50.

I’m sure Inky was frustrated when he started D-Will behind reports that his return was imminent and then he didn’t play. It didn’t matter too much since he was unlikely to put up the needed 51 in his first game of the season.

The good news for the Stinky One is that the wise folks at Yahoo! made Wife-Beating Randolph Center eligible this week, solving the ‘Bus biggest dilemma. Move Randolph to Center, D-Will plays and this one coulda been a Dubya. Look out, ‘Bus is making his case for Executive of the Year and will likely find his share of wins before it’s all done.

‘Bugz Blow Chance

I see some real weaknesses on this Clutch the Tittie team but they managed to pull this one off. Frankly, I didn’t expect much from Brad “Roll Me Another Joint” Miller in his first game back from suspension and he didn’t exceed expectations but did manage enough to get Coach Tobias past the JitZ by a measly four points.

Iguodala was the real weakness for Coach S, coming in at all of 9 points. His 20 point average isn’t a whole lot better than that but it would have done the job this week.

If da Cap were coaching that team, Iggy would be gone and I’d be looking for a replacement for Gasol, whose 25 might be as good as it gets for him in his new home. The Flakers just have too many weapons for him to put up the kind of numbers he has in the past. But that’s just me, I could be wrong... Nah.