It was a clash of #1 vs #2! It was a game of epic importance ...It was ... well ... a pathetic game :(
I was one of the three players that fouled out in for our team. Our centers shot 4/35 !!!! What the hell is up with that? I can see people having a bad day, but was the coach even at the game? If a player is throwing up bricks, you sit the boy down or move him to a new position to see if that helps. You certainly don't wait 30+ shots until he become "hot". It makes no sense. We lost by 23 so I don't feel as bad. I figure if the C position only took half of those shots and any other position picked them up we would have had a much closer game. There have been some nights our C position has really played well for us, this was not one of them.
Of course at PG we did not have a productive night, but at least we didn't prevent the team from succeeding (like 30 missed shots does). Still, having 10 fouls at the PG position is not right and we need to figure out a fix for that at some point. Our team would benefit from a scout big time, but if you look to our message boards, it does not look like many of my teammates communicate much any more. Everyone just shows up and does their job they way they think they need to. That may be a good reason why we are still #2 in our division and not in a position to challenge for #1 yet.
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21 January 2008
Ohgie Mcgee shares a close divisional game
O.K. you get what you wish for I guess! We finally had a close game in our division, but we came out on the wrong side of the event. We were playing the Penya All Stars who are a couple of positions below us in the standings. They played one heck of a game with the final scoring being 142 -128
Our 3rd quarter really stunk. We only scored 23 while we allowed 38 points. That is just not acceptable! We have such a hard time in the 3rd quarter almost every game. There may have to be some coaching adjustments we need to help us out.
Looking back at the last bunch of games, we have had strong 1st and 4th quarters consistently, but the third is always a weakness for us. I will have to talk to coach to find out what he is thinking on this topic.
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Our 3rd quarter really stunk. We only scored 23 while we allowed 38 points. That is just not acceptable! We have such a hard time in the 3rd quarter almost every game. There may have to be some coaching adjustments we need to help us out.
Looking back at the last bunch of games, we have had strong 1st and 4th quarters consistently, but the third is always a weakness for us. I will have to talk to coach to find out what he is thinking on this topic.
So how do you keep up with all the strengths and weaknesses going on in the league? Well, I find it best to visit http://www.talkdep.com to check the official cyberdunk forums. Check it out.
14 January 2008
Ohgie Mcgee ponders the rollercoaster league
Well it is always good to win, and you almost come to expect that you will lose a game eventually, but wow, we get clobbered when we loose. There is no such thing as a close game in our league this year. We will blow out teams by over 100 points and then wham...we get whipped by a similar amount, especially in the international rounds.
The league is young still, although it feels like I have been playing games forever now. I wonder if there may be too many leagues and not enough quality players. We certainly have the "haves" playing against "have nots" on any given night. I think we may have had 3 games this season that were within 10 points. I know I should not be complaining about winning all the time, but I do not get better by blowing out some new players. I get better by being challenged. After sleep walking through our blowouts I get quite the rude awaking when faced with a much better team. For instance take a look at our latest game vs Diablos De Hispannia, C.b
We lost 72 to 131 to begin with. I thought I sucked from the field with 1/15 shooting but it turns out that most of the other players on our team did worse, especially if you look at how many shots were taken. The only way we scored in this game was by going to the foul line. Speaking of fouls... we were in foul trouble all game long. We lost three starters to foul trouble. Normally, when we are getting blown out I get in foul trouble but I managed to contain myself well not drawing a single foul. Of course I didn't register a steal or block at all so I guess I could have been a bit more aggressive. Horrible night all around for all players on our team. We get so complacent beating up all of the teams we get that we do not improve ourselves well enough to play with the big boys.
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The league is young still, although it feels like I have been playing games forever now. I wonder if there may be too many leagues and not enough quality players. We certainly have the "haves" playing against "have nots" on any given night. I think we may have had 3 games this season that were within 10 points. I know I should not be complaining about winning all the time, but I do not get better by blowing out some new players. I get better by being challenged. After sleep walking through our blowouts I get quite the rude awaking when faced with a much better team. For instance take a look at our latest game vs Diablos De Hispannia, C.b
We lost 72 to 131 to begin with. I thought I sucked from the field with 1/15 shooting but it turns out that most of the other players on our team did worse, especially if you look at how many shots were taken. The only way we scored in this game was by going to the foul line. Speaking of fouls... we were in foul trouble all game long. We lost three starters to foul trouble. Normally, when we are getting blown out I get in foul trouble but I managed to contain myself well not drawing a single foul. Of course I didn't register a steal or block at all so I guess I could have been a bit more aggressive. Horrible night all around for all players on our team. We get so complacent beating up all of the teams we get that we do not improve ourselves well enough to play with the big boys.
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19 December 2007
Ohgie Mcgee living with the holidays down under
My trainers keep pushing me to bring up a few deficiencies I have. At times I wish they would get off my back! I know they get paid to make me better and that the hoops they are having me jump through will eventually help me somehow, but at some point in all of this training...well I feel I may be loosing some of my edge.
Recently, the trainers have been pushing speed drills on me. Not only are these exhausting drills, it is almost impossible to see any slight improvements. It has to be working, because I have had some fans come up lately and ask me why I seem to be moving so much quicker on the court. Again, I know it will help in the long run, but I don't like it much lately.
It is the holiday season even here down under, but all my family is back in the states. I had thought that I might be able to make some close friends, but I really have not yet. Maybe my usually happy, outgoing mood has been much more subdued lately and that is pushing people around me away? That is probably part of it. Another part of it may be that I don't spend as much time checking out the local culture. It seems I am so beat after practice, games, training that I just sit in front of the tube and veg. Back in the states the days are shorter this time of year, but here in Austrialia they are having their summer. To celebrate the holidays now is like .. well ... celebrating the 4th of July in January. It seems almost fake like the little tree I have put up.
Well, our team keeps winning and at least my focus on games has not wavered much. I have not been happy with some of my recent games, but the coach just sent us all a memo for the holidays thanking us for making him look good, so I guess my game is not slipping as much as I thought it might. We have a week before we get a day off, I am looking forward to that day off almost like kids look forward to the weeks off they get back home.
At any rate, I hope all who read this have a happy holiday season!
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Recently, the trainers have been pushing speed drills on me. Not only are these exhausting drills, it is almost impossible to see any slight improvements. It has to be working, because I have had some fans come up lately and ask me why I seem to be moving so much quicker on the court. Again, I know it will help in the long run, but I don't like it much lately.
It is the holiday season even here down under, but all my family is back in the states. I had thought that I might be able to make some close friends, but I really have not yet. Maybe my usually happy, outgoing mood has been much more subdued lately and that is pushing people around me away? That is probably part of it. Another part of it may be that I don't spend as much time checking out the local culture. It seems I am so beat after practice, games, training that I just sit in front of the tube and veg. Back in the states the days are shorter this time of year, but here in Austrialia they are having their summer. To celebrate the holidays now is like .. well ... celebrating the 4th of July in January. It seems almost fake like the little tree I have put up.
Well, our team keeps winning and at least my focus on games has not wavered much. I have not been happy with some of my recent games, but the coach just sent us all a memo for the holidays thanking us for making him look good, so I guess my game is not slipping as much as I thought it might. We have a week before we get a day off, I am looking forward to that day off almost like kids look forward to the weeks off they get back home.
At any rate, I hope all who read this have a happy holiday season!
Why not stop by http://www.talkdep.com to find out how players around the world are enjoying the holidays?
15 December 2007
Ohgie Mcgee introduces a team mate
I have to introduce you to the most productive player in Austrialia Division 3. His name is Pistachio Arilla and he leads the league in many different categories. In the record books he is listed as playing SG, but anyone that has seen his play state that his play can be found at every position but C. He can score from anywhere on the court, he is blazing fast, and boy does he like to shoot! His confidence in shooting is remarkable in that he can throw up 3 bricks and then hit 5 shots in a row. It is almost like he has no consciousness.
It may sound like he is a ball hog, but he leads the team in Assists as well! It helps that we have many talented players on our team so anyone he passes off to has a great chance to score. Funny how that works. If you pass to good players it seems like your assists go up. What a concept.
Finally, Pistachio has had games in which he has dominated on the boards. If the SG on the other team takes many shots, Pistachio shows tremendous ability in boxing out to get rebounds, even after trying for a blocked shot! If his guy is not shooting, well you can not only guarantee that his guy is not getting the rebound, but often he is able to box out someone else or sneak in to steal a rebound from some very shocked players.
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It may sound like he is a ball hog, but he leads the team in Assists as well! It helps that we have many talented players on our team so anyone he passes off to has a great chance to score. Funny how that works. If you pass to good players it seems like your assists go up. What a concept.
Finally, Pistachio has had games in which he has dominated on the boards. If the SG on the other team takes many shots, Pistachio shows tremendous ability in boxing out to get rebounds, even after trying for a blocked shot! If his guy is not shooting, well you can not only guarantee that his guy is not getting the rebound, but often he is able to box out someone else or sneak in to steal a rebound from some very shocked players.
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09 December 2007
Ohgie Mcgee reports from down under
I knew that coming into the division 3 in Austrialia was going to be quite the easy stint and so far it has proven to be so. We just played the 5th place division one team and only lost by 30+ points so that is not too shabby at all for a division 3 team.
I did notice something different with my player me this game. I saw that my fatigue was dropping before this game. At first I thought about dropping my intesity abit, but after looking at the fact that we were playing such a good teem I kept my intensity high. Instead I changed my play style from my normal offensive self to more of a special team player. I did take a few less shots, but everything else seemed to be the same relatively. I did have 7 asst and some rebounds but those numbers were right around normal. Maybe the assits might have been 1 or 2 above my average for this year, but that seems to be it. I did notice that I got both of teir PG to foul out, which gets me thinking that maybe we might have done better if I stuck with my normally agressive offensive style. Meanwhile my fatigue shot right back and I felt great this morning getting up.
Today we will continue to crank through division 3. It is nice to win, but without a challenge every day ... well it is just a battle of stats really. I will have to highlight one of our players next time I log an entry here. He is awesome!
Why don't you head over to http://www.cyberdunk.com
and check out who I may be reporting on later on. Hint: he dominates the division 3 world in Austrialia.
I did notice something different with my player me this game. I saw that my fatigue was dropping before this game. At first I thought about dropping my intesity abit, but after looking at the fact that we were playing such a good teem I kept my intensity high. Instead I changed my play style from my normal offensive self to more of a special team player. I did take a few less shots, but everything else seemed to be the same relatively. I did have 7 asst and some rebounds but those numbers were right around normal. Maybe the assits might have been 1 or 2 above my average for this year, but that seems to be it. I did notice that I got both of teir PG to foul out, which gets me thinking that maybe we might have done better if I stuck with my normally agressive offensive style. Meanwhile my fatigue shot right back and I felt great this morning getting up.
Today we will continue to crank through division 3. It is nice to win, but without a challenge every day ... well it is just a battle of stats really. I will have to highlight one of our players next time I log an entry here. He is awesome!
Why don't you head over to http://www.cyberdunk.com
and check out who I may be reporting on later on. Hint: he dominates the division 3 world in Austrialia.
26 November 2007
Ohgie Mcgee moves down under
This is so cool! My contract just recently expired with the Boston Blaze in the USA Golden League. As my contract was running down, my agent was calling me every day, two to three times a day, to let me know that teams from all over the world were interested in me. There were over 20 serious offers and I am humbled by that much interest. That was my initial reaction, but soon afterward I became overwhelmed with the amount of research that was needed. I have spent many hours over the last 5 days talking with managers, visiting remote team sites and generally deciding where the next part of my pro career goes.
In the end I found a team that is the process of starting off in the lower leagues building up a team effort to take over the highest leagues by doing many of the ideas I have always believed in. Time will tell if things work out as well as I hope, but right now things look very nice!
I signed on with Sale Flyers in Australia. They are only in the 3rd division (at the top), but my idea is that we can solidly get out team set up this year to be able to cruise through the 2nd division next year and hopefully jump into the 1st division soon afterwards. I still have so many players to meet, so many moving arrangements to plan, and of course I have to get over there and get back into game shape! I have been spending so much of my training time looking over contracts and other junk that really does not help my playing. Now it is time to pay the price and get back to work. Stay tuned to find out how this new move works out...
Why don't you stop over to http:/www.cyberdunk.com to join in the fun? You never know where you might end up playing!
In the end I found a team that is the process of starting off in the lower leagues building up a team effort to take over the highest leagues by doing many of the ideas I have always believed in. Time will tell if things work out as well as I hope, but right now things look very nice!
I signed on with Sale Flyers in Australia. They are only in the 3rd division (at the top), but my idea is that we can solidly get out team set up this year to be able to cruise through the 2nd division next year and hopefully jump into the 1st division soon afterwards. I still have so many players to meet, so many moving arrangements to plan, and of course I have to get over there and get back into game shape! I have been spending so much of my training time looking over contracts and other junk that really does not help my playing. Now it is time to pay the price and get back to work. Stay tuned to find out how this new move works out...
Why don't you stop over to http:/www.cyberdunk.com to join in the fun? You never know where you might end up playing!
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