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Fall ’18 Week 5 Power Rankings (D1 Sun)

1ST DIVISION SUNDAYS

1) THE LIZARDS (3-0)

SCOUTING REPORT: As usual, The Lizards are top of the class. New additions (G) Jon Cohen and (G) Jeff Sills have fit right in, filling the offensive void left by (G) Joe Zenz and (G) Gianni Mattea who are not on the roster this season. This is D1 Sunday’s biggest, if not most balanced, team.

 

2) SHOWCASE NYC (3-0)

SCOUTING REPORT: This is Showcase’s first appearance on Sundays and they’ve acclimated well. This is a roster full of long-time TDL veterans led by speedy (G) Jarrett Lee and versatile scorer (F) Jason Wu. Their defense is not always consistent, but when they’re motivated on D, they can win it all.

 

3) LACE’O MY ASO (2-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: LMA are two-time champs so don’t count them out no matter where they are in the standings. They just find a way to win with their consistent intensity and commitment to defense. Prolific scorer (G) Mathew Joshy making an appearance is a good sign as well. 

 

4) YUNG NO FLY ZONE (1-2)

SCOUTING REPORT: At full strength NFZ can beat anyone. The question is whether they’ll ever have more than the bare minimum of players available. Adding (G) Sid Menon in his return to TDL is a huge help. He is a top-end scorer in this division.

 

5) SK WAR DOG (1-3): SKW (F) Westley Telfare may be D1’s most talented player, but is he enough?

6) SHAWN KEMP’S KIDS (1-3): Defense has been solid, but SKK need scoring help.

7) NATIONAL CHAMPS + CHRIS (1-3): Attendance has been inconsistent, but they have solid pieces.

Fall ’18 Week 5 Power Rankings (Premier)

PREMIER DIVISION

1) NY DREAM (3-0)

SCOUTING REPORT: Dream still has to sort out who exactly is on their roster, but whoever it is, he will be very good at basketball. This team has what equates to no “salary cap restrictions” and the talent they’ve had come through is some of the best the league has ever had. 

 

2) WE HAD GAME (4-0)

SCOUTING REPORT: Before taking last season off, We Had Game had been the favorite to win it all for two straight seasons. They fell just short in both. So, with essentially the same personnel and another strong start, it’s championship or bust. (G) Michael Springer leads a more balanced scoring attack.

 

3) NYK SPARTANS (2-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: Coming off their first Premier title two seasons ago, the Spartans have high hopes yet again this season. (G) Josh Hyon continues to be a top tier guard at this level, and they’re getting some balanced scoring from key players, they should be able to make another run.

 

4) FREE AGENTS (2-2)

SCOUTING REPORT: The Agents certainly miss the explosive scoring of (G) Aaron Smith, but (G) Kyle Lew is playing the best ball of his career right now. (F) Chris Menasche can say that, too. Rookie (G) Ryan Murawski has been a solid add, but this is a short roster with little depth.

5) GET THE STRAP (1-2)

SCOUTING REPORT: Newcomer (G) Marquis Johnson is proving to be a big-time scorer at this level who brings great size (6-4) at the scoring guard position. There is some potential here, especially with 6-9 (C) Anthony Cox joining the team this week. 

 

6) PEACE & LOVE (1-2): Solid guard play, but the front court has been non-existent so far.
7) GAME 7 (1-3): On paper, this team should be better than this every season.
8) PACIFIC (0-3): This is PAC’s first season in Premier, but no (G) Sam Bobley has hurt.

Fall ’18 Week 5 Power Rankings (D1 WN)

1ST DIVISION WEEKNIGHTS

1) SHUT ‘EM DOWN (4-0)

SCOUTING REPORT: Multi-time scoring champ (G) Courteney Tabron is back with an electric play-making guard in newcomer (G) Terrance Bostick. The last time SED played, they ran the table. This is largely the same roster, slightly improved. They may be the favorites again. 

 

2) PREMATURE SHOOTERS (3-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: Point (G) Shane Gillelle is back with a vengeance after a quite summer season. At his best, he’s a perennial MVP candidate. Add (G) Emery Clark has also been solid so far giving PRE the highest-scoring back court through mid-season.

 

3) THE OLD GUYS (3-2)

SCOUTING REPORT: Veteran (F) Jason Durecout continues to be a prolific scorer at the D1 level, and (F) Erik Pettie gives OLD a second 20 ppg scorer. With (F/C) Desmin James holding down the paint, this is a balanced team that can play for the chip in their first season.

 

4) STICKY’S FINGER JOINT (1-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: They haven’t played much yet, winning their first game and taking a forfeit in the second, but this is a talented roster. They don’t have a player over 6-1 listed yet, but these are some very athletic guards. (G/F) Aliou Cisse could very well average 30 ppg this season.

5) HONEY BADGERS (1-2)

SCOUTING REPORT: It’s always a tendency to start counting the Badgers in the regular season. Their spotty attendance leads to unexpected losses, but as they showed last season, if they make the playoffs, they can win it all every season. It is, however, a tougher field this season to win a spot.

 

6) PWC VINO (1-2): (G) Dain Scheibel is back and with (G) Gavin Singh, that’s a potent back court.
7) YOLO (1-3): Solid defense here, but their offense is last in the division.
8) TRIPLE D (0-3): Rookie (G) Tobi  Taniguchi is a great, efficient add. Not out of yet by any means.

Fall ’18 Week 5 Power Rankings (D2 WN)

2ND DIVISION WEEKNIGHTS

1) SWISH KEBABS (4-0)

SCOUTING REPORT: There are a lot of players on this roster right now, and we may not really know where they stand until they narrow it down, but 4-0 is 4-0, and they still have arguably the best two-way player in the division in (G/F) Brian Law.  In one game (G/F) Stefan Cheplick looked great, but he can be streaky. If he stays hot, Swish might be the team to beat.

 

2) UNITED NATIONS (3-0)

SCOUTING REPORT: Getting (F) Joseph Bassey back has been a huge upgrade to the UNN front line, which was solid if undersized already. And newcomer (G) Brian Sanders have given United the consistent scoring (so far) that they’ve missed in their past two seasons. If he stays this efficient, United can make a run.

 

3) NYC GRITTY COMMITTEE (3-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: Gritty also has too many players on its roster, not all of which will be able to stay on. But no matter who is left, this is a dynastic franchise filled with veteran players that have been there a hundred times. Gritty will contend yet again this season even if takes some times for what may or may not be new additions to mesh.

 

4) BIG BOOKIE BRAND (3-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: Bookie has the division’s–and maybe the league’s–best shooter in (G) Sammy Merkin, and (G) Michael Albalah is no slouch either. They won the Sunday D2 chip two seasons ago with Merkin out of the lineup. They should be viewed as contenders again this season, though they’re missing pieces on the front-line and (F/C) Ben Strulowitz is returning from injury.

5) UNCLE BOUGHT A COW (2-2)

SCOUTING REPORT: We tentatively put the Cowboys here over HB Tribe, only because their record is one game better, but Tribe may overtake them soon Uncle have not performed well against top tier teams, and scoring has not been their strong suit. The loss of the Weiss brothers has certainly been evident this season

 

6) HB TRIBE (1-3): Don’t sleep on last season’s finalists yet. Too many veterans to count them out. 
7) FREE AGENTS (1-2): Not a deep roster, but solid pieces. (G) Sid Menon maybe the cure-all. 
8) SPACE JAM (1-2): Veteran team that’s been in the mix for awhile, but wins hard to come by.
9) SUPREME TEAM (0-3): No (G) Jeff Syham & (C) Max Choi, SUP doesn’t have the firepower they need.
10) THE UNIT (0-4): (G) Joey Chin gives UNT quickness at the guard, but their offense is last in D2.

Fall ’18 Week 5 Power Rankings (D3 WN)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

1) NYC GRITTY COMMITTEE (4-0)

SCOUTING REPORT: It’s not clear exactly who is on this roster yet, but taking the players that have logged multiple games played thus far, it’s a pretty stacked roster. New addition (G) David Chu brings a deep threat they’ve never had, and (G) Peter Moon is an active young player who can score and defend. (F) Jae Park has also made an instant impact since joining the team.

2) PNEST1 (3-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: Two seasons ago, PS1 was one of the surprise teams in the league with their scrappy play. Now that they’ve added a bona fide top end scorer in (G) Vegas Dave Wong and another gritty two-way player in (F) Kenny Liu, Pnest1 is a new powerhouse. Veteran (G) Peter Mei is still the motor that keeps this gravy train running. Expect PS1 to  contend for the title.

3) OMB (2-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: Veteran (G/F) David Hsiung has long been one of D3’s most prolific scorers, particularly for this franchise in the Sunday league. Now, OMB is making their first foray into weeknights, and Hsiung’s had one of his best seasons thus far. It should be no surprise that their only loss was the one game he missed. (F) Ned Babbit has been a solid addition thus far as well.

 

4) 30-FOR-30 (2-2)

SCOUTING REPORT: Somehow multi-time MVP candidate (C) Ezekiel Shin hasn’t been nearly as dominant this season as in the past. We’re not sure why just yet, but 30F is also struggling on offense despite captain (G) Rob Lee having his best season scoring-wise with a team-high 16.3 ppg. Other than that, the roster is pretty much the same, they should be able to turn this around.

 

5) Missandei’s Melons (2-2)
6) Klaytheists (1-2)
7) Yieldmo (1-2)

 

 

EASTERN CONFERENCE

1) SMASH N BOUNCE (3-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: With key players out this season, the former contenders asked to move into the Eastern Conference, which they are now perhaps not surprisingly on top of now. And suddenly, (F) Eric Chang, one of Smash’s players that was supposed to be out this season has already made a dominant cameo. If Chang stays on, SNB will obviously dominate this conference. 

2) BULLETPROOF TIGERS (2-1)

SCOUTING REPORT: The Tigers are a vintage team from the FBNYC era, returning to league play with some new faces. (G) Josh Krisnky has been a solid scoring threat for BPT so far this season with 17 ppg, good enough for Top 10 in the division. With so many rookies on the roster, it’s hard to say where they’ll end up, but this is a decent start. Also, Shawn Fury can’t be a real name.

3) FREE AGENTS (2-2)

SCOUTING REPORT: Also a solid start for FAS, they’ve done a good job of pulling in two solid wins so far given the circumstances of a new team, but scoring is not the team’s strength. What they have is probably enough to make the playoffs in the East, but to really challenge for the title, someone else will have to step as a secondary scorer behind (G/F) Gary Etienne, Jr.‘s 15.8 ppg. 

 

4) INFERNO (1-2)

SCOUTING REPORT: Inferno picked up a much-needed win over NFZ last week to stay in the mix. Prior to that, (G) James Merkin had been playing his best basketball since entering TDL, averaging a team-high 21 ppg, good enough for  #3 in the league, but it hadn’t translated into wins. INF has plenty of firepower this season, now they have to figure out the defensive side of the ball.

 

5) No Fly Zone Ultra (1-3)
6) Three 6 Latvia (1-3)
7) We Thought We Were Up (0-3)

TDL Summer 2016 Week 2 Power Rankings (D2 WN)

Rank Team Record Comments
1 (n/a)
GA7		 2-0 Game 7 is winning by an average margin of 26 ppg in two wins so far this season. They are young, they are fast, they play with high energy, and by the end of the season you may be looking at the best back court in D2, along with the best big man in (C) Young Song. So far, this team is on the fast track to moving up to D1 next season.
2 (n/a) PRB 2-0 Pretty Boys are the weeknight version of the defending champs (SXP) with two big adds, (G) Caleb Lui & (F) Pierre Riddle. Both give PRB the kind of defense and hustle that SXP lacked. (G) David Chu should easily lead the league in scoring again. With their veteran roster, this team is still the favorite to win it all until we see how they play vs GA7.
3 (n/a) BOM 1-1 Led by a core of do-it-all (F) Sherwin Salar, defensive stalwart (F) Joe Bravo and veteran scorer (F) David Hsiung, the Bomb Squad was an overtime away from going to the chip last season (as BSH). (G) Ryan Kim gives them more athleticism and another shooter. This isn’t the deepest team, but their Top 4 can run with any team.
4 (n/a) NGC 1-1 NYC Gritty Committee moved up to D2 to keep (F) Brandon Sang on the roster and he will bolster a formidable front-line. But the offense will still run through (G) Mark Lee, who will bring it night in and night out. The x-factor is always (F) Steve Chung. Whether or not he is making shots is whether or not this team is a contender.
5 (n/a) DYN 1-1 This is a big, versatile team with a lot of pedigree, but the NY Dynasty are old as dirt. Four players on the roster top 40 years of age, they ALL top 35 except for (G) Nelson Yu (34). So this really depends on a game-to-game basis whether they have the legs to win. Is it any consolation that 10 years ago they sweep every team in this division? Probably not.
6 (n/a) GMM 0-2 Guard Me Maybe may still be fiddling with their roster, but this is a team with solid pieces. (G) Kento Kato, (G) Tommy Wong and (F) Jin Bae Kim form a quick, dynamic backcourt. And (F) Adam Wang is a solid, versatile add, but this team lacks size with (C) Kevin Leung as their only big. They’ll have to shoot better than 33% to win.
7 (n/a) MOS 0-2 Mo Speights, Mo Buckets is a new team this season, so there is a bit of trial and error as far as finding the right level of play. So far they have struggled, but MOS has shown no quit. Due to the 7-team format this season, all teams will make the playoffs, so all MOS has to do is get hot at the right time. You just never know.