QFBA Rag – 2008-09 Season - Volume Eight

Climate Change

While the entire country has been experiencing the effects of climate change in the weather, there has also been a big change in the climate here at the QFBA in the form of our first blockbuster trade. Incubus and Cap'n Parrotdead, after hours of high-level negotiation behind closed doors, has pulled off a six player deal involving marquee players like D-Will and D-Wade. This is certainly D-trade of D-year.

Coach 'Bus has already nominated himself for Executive of the Year for trading two free-agent picks for the NBA's leading scorer. Time will tell who got the better of the deal but Coach Cap'n readily admits he was a tad generous because he felt bad about saddling The Bus with this awful team after he generously stepped in to help the league. Of course, Coach 'Bus did have the same opportunity to draft his own team as the rest of us, but that's another story.

FNU the One With Balls

Coach Andrew Fruity Train let yet another opportunity to show some balls slip away by refusing Cap's offer to bet $10 that Cap would outscore FT this week. Since Andy would have won that wager, it just proves the old adage of no guts, no glory.

FNU vs Fruit Train turned out to be the best game of the week. With Effen You nursing a lead, this one came down to Howard vs. Stoudemire on Thursday. Howard's numbers came in first and his Sub-par-man 30 left the door open for Stoudemire to save the day for his team. As he racked up the numbers, it looked like Stoudemire just might pull off the come from behind win for Coach Don't-Call-Me-Andy, but his 42 were just a little shy and the Effers squeaked past for the Dubya.

Having been bit by the matchup bug several times this season, FNU has lately proven that these things tend to even out over the course of the season.

Sympathy For Incubus

You gotta feel for the 'Bus, which may explain why the Cap was so merciful toward him this week. With Clutch the Tittie getting 22 from Howard, who looked like he wasn't going to play at all, and a lousy 10 from Miller, 'Bus was primed for his first win, even after McGrady's 48. Then Danny Granger (who?) pops off with 61 and the 'Bus breaks down yet again.

Man, that's gotta hurt...

Cinderella Gets Evil Step Mother

Coach April is really living the charmed life. She's been clobbering people all season and even when she finally has a bad game, she plays one of only two teams she could have beaten this week. This one has to hurt even more for Coach S knowing that Crawford for Iguodala would have given her the win, even without the additional 14 she'd have gotten from Jackson, who was supposed to be injured, over Nene. It's always tough to lose but even more so when you know the win was within your grasp.

At this point, someone needs to bring the Cap's undefeated kid down. My favorite teams are quickly becoming the Deadheads and whoever plays the Bruisers.

Dubbers Knock CPD Down to .500 - Spurring Blockbuster Trade

It's like the Cap told Bus this week: Cap will either prove genius or bum from this deal but he didn't get into this thing to play .500 ball. This should have been a huge year for the Cap but, admittedly, he made a couple of mistakes that have been compounded by a rash of injuries.

Cap saw that Randolph was undrafted and nearly snatched him up but hesitated too long and let him get away. Then Cap trades McGrady for Brand because he didn't trust McGrady to stay healthy and it's Brand the disappoints even without his injury troubles. Can you imagine that damage Cap could be doing with a lineup of Wade, McGrady, Smith Boozer and Randolph? Scarey!

I'll tell ya, it's been a tough season so far for the Cap. At this rate, I may force myself to walk the plank.

But back to the game at hand. No one aside from Wade had a particularly decent game for Cap'n Parrothead punctuated by Brand's 12 in a game in which he left early with an injury that will keep him out for at least a month. With Dubbers putting up the weekly high score at 201, it might not have mattered anyway.

Dubbers have suffered a couple of disappointing losses this year but are sitting right on the Bruisers bumper now and looking like the contender I thought they'd be. Woe is me...