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sup sports fans.  another great week of games in the RWCBA and congrats on the superawesome New York Yankees for returning to the World Series.  this league is shaping up to be super competitive with great games and great fans.  Thanks to all 10 of our fans out there, you guys are the best.  and lets give a shotout to the great commissioner who organized this league.  what a devestatingly handsome fellow(with a great PER to boot).

week 2 boxscores here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuUFUFrWrCr7dGdJSnJic0JXUUhaVm9FWS1XOFdJd3c&hl=en

Game 1:

Team Mark(47) – Team Sam (41)

Team Hero: Ronell John

Stat of the Game: +8 point differential from the free throw line

Another great week one game that cemented Team Mark as the early favorites to win it all as well as showing that Team Sam should be a top contender as well.  A true contrast of styles with the team Sam showing the power of team work with team Mark showing the power of people who are just really good at basketball.  Ronell fueled the team Mark attack again, scoring 23 points and grabbing nine boards.  Team Sam showed that last week was no fluke with a strong effort led by benwallace clone kevin kim and tayshawnprince clone sam kwon.  both sides are missing key players as jooho has been crippled with the hardest injury to shake(ministry) while mark has been crippled with the second hardest(work).  rumor has it that mark is still training for the kumitae and looking for that elusive mcrib sandwich.  he is also worried about his big lips being chapped for the upcoming winter.  jon law and ray lee made successful debuts, repping the oldschool RWC.  they were rumored to go gang banging after the game since they are original gangstars.

Game 2 recap:

Team Dan(50) – Team Mark (45)

Team Hero: Lamont Chichester

Game 2 showed how much difference one player can make in a league of poorly skilled out of shape asian guys.  team dan was bolstered with the return of Dan and having a full game of the most excellent Lamonster.  Meanwhile Team Mikey suffered the brutal loss of bigman Jung Suh to work, the nagging injury that will last all season long.  Jooheon Yoon rebounded from a so-so performance in game 1 with a strong 24 point 14 rebound effort, but also now carries the dubious distinction of being the first person to foul out in RWCBA history.  Team Dan was fueled by an 11-2 2nd half run with big 3s from The Mayor John Park and Dan.  Despite going to an intentional fouling system and hoping for poor free throw shooting, Lamont showed he is a cool cat and ended up finishing 8-13 from the charity stripe, helping the horrendous RWCBA league average in the process. Hans Cho made a jumpshot and girls cheered for him. Though he showed no emotion, internally he rejoiced.

Game 3:

Team Paul(33) – Team Jaemin(32)

Team Hero: Adam Eldridge

A game that featured the debut of Adam “skywalker” Eldridge, but turned out to be an intense defensive struggle to the end.  Adam jumped for the tip and the crowd oooohed.  he showed his athleticism with some nice rebounding and the crowd ahhhhed.  then basketball was played.  this game featured the first zone when team Jaemin showed off a nasty 3-2 zone that was difficult to break at times. Team Paul, however, was up tot he task unleashing a fierce man to man defense with great ball pressure from andy oh, jon kim, and adam.  This game saw pre-season favorite team jaemin drop to 0-2.  rumor has it that timo is searching for this reporter in order to deliver a booty kicking for delivering the sports illustrated jinx.

and now what everyone lives for, THE POWER RANKING:

1. Team Mark – steady at number one.  so far no team has had an answer for the perimter duo of ronell and andrew.  This team is still missing some nice bigs in mark and dongchul so they sky is the limit.

2. Team Paul – a very strong effort against the preseason favorites in a game which both teams wanted badly.  adam showed off incredible athleticism and overall this team has the potential to be the best perimeter defensive team in the league.  still some struggles at time on offense

3. Team Sam – finally some respect.  Team Sam showed that their smart low-TO approach is allowing them to stay in and grind out games.  This team is still awaiting top bigman Jooho’s debut, but he is currently searching for the best general tso’s chicken in midtown west.  In addition, this team will probably enjoy the most “homecourt” advantage through their rabid superfans.

4. Team Dan – a nice bounceback win.  this team showed off that it can be deadly from the 3 point line with a killer run in the second half.  A very non traditional team makes this one a tricky one to match up with, it’ll be interesting to see how they face off versus a strong perimeter defending team next week.

5. Team Mikey – A team with solid parts, but still lacking an identity offensively and defensively.  Not having bigman Jung will always hurt, but this team needs to figure out what its trying to accomplish as a team on both ends of the court.  Dave Park, please do not play lacross games before basketball.

6. Team Jaemin – the preseason favorites fall all the way to the bottom and still have not tasted sweet victory.  the road only gets harder as they face the undefeated team mark in week 3.  let’s not go crazy though, as this team has only lost by a combined 4 points in its first two games.  one or two tiny adjustments can lead to a nice victory.