TDL Fall 2016 Championship Preview (Premier)

Premier Division

(1) METTA WORLD WAR vs (2) TEAM SIX

Championship – Wednesday (12/6) 8pm at Murry Bergtraum HS

Team Notes Team Score Team Team Notes
Guess who’s back? In four seasons now, Metta World War has reached the championship game three times. They have never lost a title game, and they have never lost to SIX in any game. The Mettas are here to pick up some black & gold snapbacks. Their only weakness all season, if you can call it that, was depth. Often playing short-handed, it hasn’t mattered yet, but with SIX’s deep roster, it just might.
MWW
7-0

65-63
SIX
6-1		 As much as MWW is looking to reassert their dynasty, Team Six is looking to build onto theirs. They are the defending champs after all, and they want those gold snapbacks just as badly, if not more. They have the deepest roster in the league, and a clutch PG at the helm who makes all the right plays at the end of games. They’ve never been more evenly matched with MWW, this one is virtually a toss-up.
Key Player: Chaz Thomas

Easily the best two-way player that TDL has ever seen. Thomas is an MVP candidate every season, and this was one of his best, leading the team in scoring, steals and blocks. In the semis, he was 100% tuned in. If that holds up, can’t lose.

X-Factor: Shamel Arasmo

Arasmo is also a former MVP, which attests to how much talent is on the MWW roster. This hasn’t been his strongest season, but he is more than capable of a dominant final game to close out another title. 

 Pos: G/F
17.8 ppg
3.7 spg
1.7 bpg

 

Pos: G
14.7 ppg
3.5 apg
3.2 spg
Pos: G
18.7 ppg
4.3 rpg
7.3 apg

 


Pos: F
19.5 ppg
12.5 rpg
3 apg

 Key Player: Scott Weisfeld

If Thomas is the MVP for MWW then Weisfeld stakes that claim for SIX, that’s because both are not only counted on for big #s, but they’re also the catalyst on both ends of the ball teams. Never mind his size, Weisfeld is a huge competitor.

X-Factor: Marcus Brown

Brown hasn’t been present for quite some time, but he is still eligible for the playoffs. When he was on the floor for SIX this season, he was a dominant force. He can be the game changer if he’s available.