The SABL BS

Issue 92 July 2002

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

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Wow, it's been a busy summer so far at league offices! The new schedule of events is now posted at our 2002-2003 Schedule Of Events. link.

Our annual draft is set for 1 pm, Nov. 3.

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!

These trades take effect now:

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

OK gang, it's that time you know and love again! Time to cough up that $15 in annual dues to your favorite dictator - er - commissioner for next year's fun in the good old SABL.

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.

Congratulations again to the Dragons' Paul Bennett, who has won his second-straight SABL Coach Of The Year honor. Paul, who also won his first SABL Championship this year, is the first SABL coach to win Coach Of The Year twice. Galactic Coach Steve Walters won it in 2000 and Brooklyn Coach Steve Feldheim won our first SABL Coach Of The Year honor in 1999.

Get those votes in by August 1! Pick your favorite player, but just one player, in either conference, to win this coveted title! Send me your votes ASAP!

Do not pick two players. Do not pick one from each conference. Just pick one overall, just like the NBA does!

In what has become an SABL tradition, the Amazing Feeneys will again play our best of seven 2002 SABL All-Star contest.

Here's who they'll be playing with, your 2002 SABL All-Stars. Starters are listed first:

ROYAL CONFERENCE

PG - Marbury (Tri City), B. Davis (Richmond)

SG - E. Jones (East Asia), Allen (Akron)

SF - McGrady (Iowa), Carter (Iowa), Mashburn (Richmond)

PF - Garnett (Akron), Nowitzki (Richmond)

C - Mutombo (Miles), Sabonis (Bettendorf), D. Robinson (East Asia)

CLASSIC CONFERENCE

PG - Cassell (St. Lucie), Kidd (Bakersfield)

SG - Iverson (Finney), Stackhouse (McLean)

SF - Jamison (Chapel Hill), K. Bryant (St. Lucie), Pierce (Good News)

PF - Malone (Galactic), Marion (Tulsa), Abdur-Rahim (Good News)

C - O'Neal (St. Lucie), Duncan (Holcomb)

I gave in and redid my dual boot of Windows ME and Windows XP to accommodate stupid Strat-O-Matic's computer basketball game. That means I won't be going to Galactic Coach Steve Walters' house and running the league from there. Nope, I decided Steve might not like to be awake at 3 am on a regular basis, so I'll be doing it all right here again next season.

We will reevaluate our continuance with Strat at the end of next season.