The SABL BS

Issue 93 August 2002

FROM COMMISSIONER SCOTT ELLIS, 2^ND AMER. BASKETBALL LEAGUE

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Bulldogs Coach Tom Jargo cuts the above.

Dragons Coach Paul Bennett has made a couple of cuts, as noted above.

These trades take effect now:

18. Good News trades Abdur-Rahim, Snow, Olajuwon, M. Curry & its 2nd pick to St. Lucie for Payton, G. Hill, P.J. Brown & Ervin Johnson

17. Good News trades Dampier and Jason Williams to Finney for Olajuwon & B. Barry

16. Holcomb trades Fox and D. Anderson to Chapel Hill for Christie

15. Holcomb trades Weatherspoon, D. Glover, St. Lucie's 3rd and McLean's 4th to Finney for Fox & A. Hardaway

14. St. Lucie trades S. O'Neal, Weatherspoon & its 3rd pick to Holcomb for Duncan & Laettner

13. Holcomb trades R. Strickland to Finney for C. Atkins

12. St. Lucie trades D. Anderson & its 1st and 2nd picks to Holcomb for A. Houston

11. Miles trades Ewing to Bettendorf for Sabonis

10. McLean trades VanExel and its fourth round pick to Holcomb for Bakersfield's 1st pick and Holcomb's 2003 2nd pick.

9. St. Lucie trades its 2003 1st pick to Richmond for E. Johnson

8. Holcomb trades Terry, M. Miller and Finney's 1st pick to Bakersfield for Houston, Mohammed and Bakersfield's first pick

7. Holcomb trades Cato, Artest & Oakley to Finney for Garrity, Russell and Finney's 1st and 2nd picks

6. Miles trades K. Clark and its 2003 2nd pick to Richmond for Mashburn.

5. River City trades Reggie Miller to Miles for Chapel Hill's 1st and Miles 1st round draft picks.

4. St. Lucie trades its 2003 2nd pick to Davenport for Weatherspoon

3. St. Lucie trades J. Vaughn to Brooklyn for P. J. Brown

2. Davenport trades its first pick to Brooklyn for Q. Richardson and Brooklyn's 1st pick.

1. Holcomb trades Garrity and Best to Finney for Mike Miller

Although roster cuts aren't due for over a month yet (Oct. 6), Bettendorf Coach Mark Feeney has let Edney, Avery, S. Jackson, McPherson and Eschmeyer go. If any of those players have at least one minute in the NBA last year, they will have a computer card and will be eligible to be drafted.

Brooklyn Coach Steve Feldheim, who owns Davenport's pick, which is the first in the draft this year, has informed league offices of his intention to draft Pau Gasol number one on Nov. 3.

OK, only eight SABL coaches have paid their dues. Yep, I know it's hard to believe, but even after our annual dues were lowered 25% to a mere $15, some coaches still have not paid yet. It's the best Strat online basketball league value in the world, but we are in a recession, so I understand why some of ya' have not forked over this year's dough yet.

But . . . remember that you will not be allowed to draft unless you've paid your dues. So why not get that check in the mail today and make it out to your favorite Strat-O-Matic leader, me, Scott Ellis. You'll feel better.

Finney's Allen Iverson wins 2002 SABL MVP

The vote wasn't even close. The Longhorns' Iverson is hands-down this year's MVP. He set a new league PPG record this year (34.6) and led the league in steals (2.1 per game). He single-handedly led Doug Dillingham's team to the West Division title. Congrats to Doug and his Answer.

Just contact your friendly neighborhood commissioner, Scott Ellis at scottie@adelphia.net, and you could be the proud owner of a franchise in the country's number one online Strat-O-Matic Basketball league, the Second American Basketball League! Email me today! It only costs $15 a year in annual dues!

Wowie Zowie!

If we don't get a coach to run the time before the draft starts, the commissioner (yours truly) will cut and draft for the franchise. If we don't get a coach before the regular season starts, the team will be on autoplay until we get a coach.

The Amazing Feeneys have once again finished this year's All-Star series, but it was a brief affair. Although some of the games were close, the Classics won the series in four straight games, 120-106, 113-112, 109-108 and 115-104. Check out our All-Stars link for the box scores.

And thanks again to Kevin Feeney and his brood for playing this annual SABL tradition.