Week 3 Preview

11:45 - Old Spice vs Retired Ballers

John Moody

Andrew Billups

The first place matchup was supposed to be the battle of Anthony Billups’s old team versus his new team but due to his vacation, he won’t be part of it. His brother, Andrew, however is more than capable of carrying the scoring load, he’s currently 8^th in the league in scoring, and 1^st in threes per game with 5. They do have a tough task  in holding down John Moody who is second in the league in scoring with just over 20 a game. The huge front line of Old Spice is killing the boards, they’ve accumulated 91 rebounds through 2 games. The defending champs have also added Jason Paderon, formerly of the Situation, making up the perimeter offense they lost in Rod Hamilton and Anthony Billups. The Retired Ballers also have Vinny Russo, who filled up the stat sheet in his league debut with a 10-7-3-3 game. The Retired Ballers have very balanced scoring so holding them down could be a tough task.

12:45 - Steven Seagal vs Chico's

Anthony Roxey

Vlad Kryshtal

Surprisingly absent from the league’s top 15 scorers is Henry Martinez, who was second in the league in scoring last year with over 22 points per game. With only 4 points in their win last week, it only means that the team is even more dangerous as they no longer require a quality game from Martinez in order to win. The big man duo of Anthony Roxey and Vlad Kryshtal have more than proven that they could hang with the bigs in the league, as they are second in the league in rebounding and along with Martinez, boast 3 in the top 8 rebounders in the league. They take on Chico’s who are desperate for a win. Led by Rich Ferrara’s 13 ppg, Jay Hirshy has proven he could be a pretty good #2 with 9.5 rebounds and 2 blocks per game. Other than that, they lack another scoring option, their second leading scorer is Claudio Perfetto who is 30^th in the league with 7.5 ppg. If somebody can step up, Chico’s may be able to surprise people.

1:45 - House Team vs Trojan Men

Kevin LaTourette

The Trojans have had a complete turn-around season, due mainly to the addition of Kevin LaTourette and his 18 ppg average. Right behind him is James Parese with 17.5 points. They were able to hang with Old Spice for the whole game despite their lack of size mainly with the emergence of Paul Rodriguez, their second leading scorer from last year. The House team has the guards to bother the Trojans with pressure from Tom Downing who is first in the league in steals with 5 per game. Nelson Pizarro had a good all-around game with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and they should provide good matchups against the Trojan guards.

2:45- Knicks vs SiC

Jeremy Apostol

Jon Smith had a big debut with a 24 point, 6 rebound debut. Tyshon Adams should be matched up against Jeremy Apostol, who is looking to rebound from an off-week in which nobody from SiC scored over 6 points. The Knicks also have to contend with Jon Buchnik, the biggest player in the league, who had 12 rebounds and 2 big blocks in his first game. He’s a game changer as long as he is in the game, but of course at his size, stamina will be an issue. Jason Valera has good size as a backup, and those two may need to be the difference against a very dangerous Knicks team who were only a couple unlucky bounces away from beating a solid Situation team.