WBS NEWS

[GM Lucas]

Free Agency News

L.B Cage

L.B Cage goes back and forth between matching money offers from Mexico and Seattle as the rookie power forward signs a 3-million-dollar deal with Seattle. Sources are already reporting that L.B Cages 3-million-dollar offer may reset the price for rookies going forward.

ESPN:LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

Free Agency News

Marquess Sawyer

Another former Panama City big man gets scooped up as Marquess Sawyer finds a home in DC. DC fans are happy to add a player, who off the bench tallied 10 points and 7 rebounds a night fpr Panama.

ESPN:LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

Free Agency News

Morgan Jackson       Dahnay Ward

Panama City signs the "Cross over king" Morgan Jackson for two years 3 million dollars and turns right around gives the same deal to outspoken rookie Dahnay Ward. With two rookies now getting signed for 3 million dollars, word is spreading that other rookies are demanding that be the starting point or they are going to the IBA

ESPN:LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

Free Agency News

Mervin Hemphill

Former Veteran Minnesota, DC point guard signs with Mexico for 1 year at 3.5 million per to prove he still has it.

ESPN:LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

LEAGUE NEWS

Rookies around the league watched as Seattle and Panama handed out 3 million dollar deals to rookies and now are requesting that if teams want to sign them, teams must start at 3 mil or don't make the offer because they will sign with the IBA for a year. Now feeling is that not all rookies feel this way so for now it will be wait and see to see what these young WBS hopeful's do moving forward

ESPN:LOSSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY DAY 3

[GM Lucas]

LEAGUE NEWS

Oaklands A.I.M.E has released 25 year old Super star power forward Sherman Thorton against Oaklands coaches wishes. the Super star power forward was set to make 32,000,000 dollars this upcoming season and was set to be a high valued free agent next season. The coaches nor Sherman were available for comment but Sherman's agent Mizz Shown has stated that the free agent is looking for upwards of 25 million or he goes to the IBA

ESPN:LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

International Basketball Association News

President and CEO of the IBA has finalized deals with 4 other countries to join the IBA. This would make IBA a 12-team league and a direct competitor with the WBS. In an international sports forum in Brussels, Belgium. Jean Claude Von Doom introduced. the four new teams including incoming new redesigns for current teams. ESPN will be keeping a close eye and will bring you all the information you need as he unveils the new teams, their owners and the countries they will represent.

ESPN: BRIAN WINDHORST

[GM Lucas]

Free Agency
Panama Hustles and lands biggest fish currently available as Panama City is setting up a for big run as they sign PF Sherman Thorton  for 11mill this year with a pay bump of 35 next FG. A huge move after failing to land Johnny Walls. GM Fosters lands in favor of one of the leagues toughest agents Mizz Shone. Sherman had a lot to say...

"I know the coaches in Oakland didn't want to release me and that was messed up that we are letting machines make life altering decisions. I know I can get a job but what happens when machines cut guys trying to land a spot. Pure bullshit, and then to top it off, these other GM's don't think it's worth making me and offer. Well, GM Fisters just got lucky, he just got one mad mother [bleep]I'm gonna prove that machines don't have no place in a business about people."

[GM Lucas]

Free Agency

Nephew of ESPN analyst Skip Bayless, Jasper Bayless and Undrafted Rookie, Damon York agree to sign with the Black Rock Scorpions.

[GM Lucas]

Free Agency

Mexico gets all three of their guys in day 3 as John Ognstad, Seaweed Harper and Mace Forgesmith are all headed to Mexico.

[GM Lucas]

FA SIGNINGS

BAR HARBOR STORM
PG DUNKATRON
PG Swifty Lightfoot
C Jamal Higgins

D.C PATRIOTS
PG Marc Brown
SG Dahntay Johnson

TEXAS SAVIORS
SF Alan Jackson
C Gee Hawkins

MANHATTAN MOGULS
SF Cam Sezgin
SF Will Curry

MOTOR CITY MACHINES
SG J'Dinkalage Morgoone
PG Samuel Daniels
PF Marvin Hackett

OAKLAND HUSTLE
SG Michael Laws
PG Alexander Ludwig

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

Mexico City adds to depth sighing Center Jamaal Penders for 1 year at $1.5MM

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

Bar Harbor continues to fill out their roster adding Shooting Guard Hilton Elliot

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

GM Gooch looks to finalize Motor City's depth by adding former teammate of Lucas Fonseca at Brockport, Small Forward Donnie Penney with a 3 million dollar contract

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

D.C keeps adding pieces as they bring back Star small forward, Earl Tarver who played last season for Italy in the IBA after not getting any contracts offers. Earl Tarver signs on and agrees to the veteran minimum of two-million dollars to play alongside Johnny Walls. His agent Mizz Shown had some words...

"If it wasn't for my client's distaste for how the IBA is run he would play out the rest of his career over there. Against my advice he wants to sign on to a prove it deal. You can bet your ass someone will be backing up the Brinks truck next season"

[GM Lucas]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

CEASE FIRE

Internation Basketball Association super star and Australia Small Forward Cease Fire breaks his silence about not joining the WBS in a meeting with BBC sports broadcast

"Don't know what the fuss is about mate, I'm pretty sick and tired of American sports calling themselves world champions and they never faced any team from any part of the world. Sounds a bit ridiculous if you ask me wouldn't you say mate, I urge all those talented stars to stop waiting around for the WBS to throw you crumbs and come make a name for yourselves and be crowned REAL WORLD CHAMPIONS!. IF WBS thinks otherwise, I'm sure our leader Jean Claude Von Doom would love to put our best against their best for rightful ownership over the moniker of WORLD CHAMPION. A bit disappointed in what Tarver had to say about us, but then again, our league isn't for everyone eh, we tend to play ab it stronger here"

ESPN: BRIAN WINDHORST

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

Famed New York City Street baller and West 4th legend Nico Cutlass signs a deal worth 3 mil to go play in Maine. The Rucker star who refused to hire an agent said he would do it himself and he did, drawing attention from the WBS in last season summer league is now a professional baller for the Storm

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

New York Native out of Brooklyn Tech High School, SF Matt Allen, signs on with Manhattan Moguls on a 1 tear deal, set to make 2 million dollars to prove if he can play in the WBS. The high school star led Brooklyn Tech to a nearly undefeated season and went on to carry BTHS to the second round where they were bumped by eventual High School champions Mount Vernon.

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

Motor City adds to their roster buy signing. 6'10 power forward, Edem Crudup

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

D.C continues to fill out their roster adding Michigan Small Forward Jeremy Snow

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

Earlier on today, the IBA and it's commissioner Jean Claude Von Doom presented 10 teams participating in the IBA this season. The announcements came during the international Sports and Entertainment forum in Brussels, Belgium. The ten new teams have all applied and were granted access to the league this season as new owners emerge, and players start finding new homes. The very first team announced came as no surprise and the Russians are defending champions of last season.The team now Owned by Russian movie mogul Ivan Drago Sr, the father of Vancouver power forward Ivan Drago will Play out of Siberia and be named the Siberian Tigers.

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

Famous Canadian Child actor turned Musician and Entrepeneur, Draks, is bringing the Canadian Mounties to the IBA as the second team has been announced. The Canadian Mounties will be playing out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada!

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

A private group known only as the 88's were granted access to the IBA and will be bringing the Tokyo Samurais to the IBA. They will play out of Tokyo, Japan.

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

Ben Delatoro, a commercial re-estate tycoon in Puerto Rico will be bringing the Puerto Rican Coquis to the IBA. Delatoro was granted access to the IBA after failing to purchase a WBS team. During Minnesotas sale, the WBS did not even consider his offer to buy the Minnesota Rain and bring them to Puerto Rico.

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

Extreme Sport brothers, Jaka and Juma Ako will bring New Zealand into the world of basketball. Labeled the brothers of destruction because of their love for extreme sports and their competitive nature, they now have the New Zealand Southern Lights joining the IBA. Playing out of Auckland New Zealand, Jaka jokes about joining his own team and competing while Juma has no interest and would rather be rather parachuting motorcycles off of bridges

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

Kingston Marley made a living in his teen years giving guided tours during excursions for Caribbean Cruises lines. Worked his way up and started his own tour company in his mid-twenties and now owns every cruise tour and excursion company in Jamaica and has decided to bring his own team, the Jamaican Goleo to the IBA.

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

South African Prince, Prince Amunda Jafar has decided to break away from the family business of just being royalty. Wanting to make his own mark, Prince Amunda Jafar has decided to take a portion of his wealth and bring a South African team to the IBA. The South African Lion Kings will play out of Johannesburg, South Africa.

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

Rolando Gracie, brother of the famous Jujitsu martial artist Gracie family convinced his brothers to help him hi bring a team to the IBA that can represent Brazil. The Graice brothers agreed, leaving Rolando to be the sole team owner and face of the organization, playing out of Rio de Janeiro, Rolando brings the Brazilian Iguanas to the IBA

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

Being one of the original owners of an international team before the IBA was formed, Hugo Smith brings the Aussie Roos to the IBA. Being one of the teams to make the championship game automatically grants you another season int he IBA as the Roos will be playing out of Sydney.

[GM Lucas]

INTERANTIONAL NEWS

The final team to be granted access to the IBA is the Venice Piraeus. Owned by Paulina Picasso, the great grand niece of legendary artist Pablo Picasso, has grown board of running art galleries throughout Italy and France and says she wanted more out of life, a challenge. She is bringing the Venice Piraeus to the IBA and will be playing out of Venice.

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

Bar Harbor Storm sign PF Jason Phillips, PF Corey Lindquist and PF Antwan McCoullagh to finish rounding out a complete roster

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

DC completes their roster by adding veteran shooting guard, Jamie Minton

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

Vancouver makes final roster signing as they ink Center out of Butler, Jules Drexler on a one year deal

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

Texas Saviors round out their roster by adding rookies PF Kareem McKay and SF Lydell Kenna on one-year deals.

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

"Motor City signs veteran guard Rodney Smith to complete their roster"

[GM Lucas]

LEAGUE NEWS

Wayne Wilkinson    Binkentios Melikis

Agent Tom Parker

Once again, rookie small forward Wayne Wilkinson is on the move AGAIN!. This time he has been traded to the Black Rock Scorpions. Wayne Wilkinson wasn't as upset, he told reporters he was psyched to be closer to his older brother Talon who plays in the HIFL for the Las Vegas Scorpions. His agent Tom Parker saw it differently, this is what he had to say

"...I've been a pretty even keel guy, but that doesn't seem to work well with these GM's. You know when Wayne was traded from D.C, I figured Manhattan would do well for Wayne's brand considering his brothers were major stars in the HIFL. I spoke to GM Gates about it as a professional courtesy and figured, new season, a lot of moving parts, but NOW, NOW! A 7th overall pick in the draft, to blatantly trade him a second time is an outright disregard for this young man's future. It's a disregard for GM and agent relationships and an outright abuse of power given to GM's. I am filing an injunction from to league to step in and start imposing fines for this type of maneuvering or start paying rookies more to cover the nonsense they have to go through. This is such lack professionalism towards rookie's and all players alike. My client just had to decline a home after putting a down payment in DC. NOW, he just put a down payment on a condo in Long Island which he now must hire lawyers to figure out how to get his money back from both places. At this point between the moving around and down payments, he almost starting to lose money. I am stating this now, to all GM"s. Do not attempt to trade any of my clients this season without contacting me first for permission or there will be more to worry about than just losing games"

ESPN: LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

FREE AGENCY

Manhattan Moguls end free for all free agency with signing 9 year veteran and 6'7 shooting guard, Jelani Stewart

[GM Lucas]

LEAGUE NEWS

"After a tremulous rookie season that saw former college standout Chris Stone fail to get drafted only to be given a chance by Black Rock saw his hopes dwindle even further. Last season, Chris Stone found himself signing a 2 year deal with the Scorpions only to be tossed out of preseason practice, buried on the depth chart and eventually deactivated. It was due to the intervention of GM Black Death who pulled Chris Stone aside, got him helped and demanded that 5 time coach of the year Niela Redeal give the young man a chance is the only reason Chris Stone starting emerging showing the potential many saw in college. Sources were saying that the constant losing was causing Chris Stone to fall further into depression as he started having melt downs blaming the organization for sabotaging his career. Soon after last season ended, Stone disappeared only reemerge with what some was calling, a chip the size of Navada on his shoulder. Well, all of that newfound motivation will have to find a new home as the only man who believed him, GM Black Death, released the young brash player today after a big trade saw Black Rock land Rookie PF forward sensation Wayne Wilkinson. GM Black Death could not be found for comment but sources claim authorities had to be called to the Rock to apprehend Chris Stone who was destroying company property in a tirade screaming that GM Black Death Betrayed him. His agent Tom parker who is currently filing an injunction against the GM's and the league for abuse of power and unprofessional business practices refused to speak only stating.

"I've had it with these GM's......."

[GM Lucas]

George Braswell    Richard Karcher

B.K ROOKIE SUMMER CAMP

In it's pilot season, the Braswell/Karcher Rookie summer camp was a huge success. Coaches, owners and players throughout the league are praising the efforts of two of the greatest to players to the game for their rookie initiative but while many send praise, some GM's were not happy stating they believed Braswell staged the entire event to attract more clients to his own agency. One Agent who didn't want to be mentioned said ...

"......Why weren't agents allowed to watch. We were told our presence would create conflict of interest, yet from what I hear, Braswell never left the facility, held seminars and even gave instruction to players whereas one player decided to release his agent and sign on with Braswell. If you ask me, that in it's self is a conflict of interest. Braswell was a dirty player and now he's looking like a dirty agent."

Other agents refused to comment but the overall feelings were that, though this summer camp was beneficial that there needs to be guidelines between communication other agents or team representatives can have with players. Talks within the league offices are starting to think about expanding this summer league into a full-blown summer camp with games, standings and a summer league championship.

ESPN: LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

PRE-SEASON NEWS

Sources out of Smokey Mountain facilities are reporting that there was an altercation in Pre-season practice between Damian Darko and Higgins McSwine that had to be separated. It was revealed it started when Darko showed up wearing the number 1 jersey which is Higgins McSwine number since high school. The coach had asked Darko to change his jersey when he replied that Higgins should have to since he wasn't even drafted. Sources say Higgins just laughed it off until Coach Murray blew his lid and yelled at both men to quit acting like children. Higgins agreed to remove it for the time being to continue with practice when Darko Muttered, "Be a good little boy before I tell your daddy" Which led to Higgins getting into Darkos face and shoving it which led to both men locking up as the rest of the team had to break it up. No one could be reached for comment but those around said coach stormed out the gym before it could even be broken up"   

ESPN: LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

After being let go by Black Rock Scorpions, Chris stone was invited to play for the Jamaican Goleo international Squad where he signed a 1 year deal. News from BBC sports and other ESPN sources say he stormed out the practice facility after being told he would-be coming off the bench. As of right now Chris Stone cannot be found as the team is preparing to begin their season.

[GM Lucas]

PRE-SEASON NEWS

Being the last player signed by Manhattan in free agency seemed to have woken up the beast in Jelani Stewart who had one heck of a pre-season scoring 101 points in two games leaving Manhattan fans feeling great about the season ahead. What was more impressive, the 34-year-old added 18 rebounds and 8 assist in those two games. After he spoke to reporters

"I was sitting home waiting, I wasn't protected. Then I watch players who anywhere near me getting paid and signed. I called my agent, we called Russia and Puerto Rico and my agent convinced me to end my career in the WBS. I'm not sure if this is my last year but I want to go out a winner, so yeah, at 34 I got a chip on my shoulder"

ESPN:LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

WEEK 1 NEWS

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Pts 32.2  Ast 6.8  Rebs 4.4  Bks 0.8  Stls 0.4

Not sure if Vancouver would consider sending the schedule makers roses, but five games in seven days has Vancouver off to their best start in franchise history. And of course Derion Williams is playing at full strength, but it was major clutch shots throughout the week by Ryan McCain including a 54-point outburst against Oakland that helped carry Vancouver to a 5-0 start and earn him Player of the week honors.

------------   

--------------

-------------

Other League News

- A.Rochfort is removed 3 minutes into the game after he comes down hard on his side and is held out. He goes on to watch a Young Mexico team score only 14 points in the fourth as they are unable to keep up with Black Rock Scorpions.

- Texas starters watch their bench falter twice against Vancouver as their entire bench scores 39 combined in two games.

- Oakland starts off 0-3 despite strong performances from the Siberian connection, rookies Zangief Mila and Alexander Ludwig.

- Higgins McSwine starts off slow as Smokey Mountain starts 0 - 3 causing Damian Darko to tell the media he should be starting.

- After being down 74 - 56 to Seattle, D.C's Marques Sawyer tries to carry the team off the bench in the 3rd quarter by launching 11 3-pointers connecting once. Teammates could clearly be seen disapproving on the bench.

- 2022 MVP Jerald Chadwick explodes out the gate not missing a step and finds unlikely partners as rookies Aleksandras Kazlauskas and Dunkatron carry Bar Harbor to a 2-1 start.

- Vancouver starts 5-0 for the first time in team history.

- Seattle's Brandon Hollbrook calls Vancouver's start a fluke stating, "They haven't played us yet"

- Manhattan opens the week 2-2 losing a big game early against rival Bar Harbor despite Dustin Gilchrist and Jelani Stewart having monster games.

- Larry Keely suffers concussion and misses two games and Kurt Berry struggles to find a Rythm as Black Rock Starts 2-3

- It's only one game but Fender Esquire and Lucas Fonseca seem to be working like a well-oiled machine as both score half the teams points to carry Motor City to their first win. To add, Each had 1 assist, to each other!.

- Panama fires score keeper as Devon Walls name shows up as C.Macey on the scoreboard and stat sheets.



----------

----------

----------

INJURY NEWS

Black Rock Scorpions
Larry Keely - Mild Concussion- 7 days

Axel Johnson - Sore Knee - 4 days

D.C Patriots
Smoke Stacks - Sprained Toe - 1 week

Motor City Machines
Lucas Fonseca - Ankle Sprain - 5 Days

------------

    ------------

------------

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

IBA purposes an interleague All - Star game for the 2023 season at a neutral site. WBS seems to be rejecting the offer for 2023 but stating the very real possibility of having an interleague All -Star game for the 2024 season. Von Doom calls it cowardice and states he will not accept any champion from WBS calling themselves WORLD CHAMPION until both leagues play one-another.

[GM Lucas]

WEEK 2 NEWS

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

WEEK 2: average 43.3pts  Ast 4.2  Rebs 8,1

MVP Jerald Chadwick is once again putting Bar Harbor on his back. Having scored 260 points in 6 games which saw Bar Harbor go to 5-4 but drop to third in the division. Jerald's performance of the week included giving a 66 point pefromace and two 44 point performances, one of those 44-point performances handed Vancouver it's first and only lost so far of the season. Scoring 10 of his 44 with a 1:03 in the game including a 3 pointer to put them up with .4 seconds on the clock helped Bar harbor earn a big victory at home.

Other Top Performers
Lucas Fonseca 54 pts, 4-5 3pts, 5 Rebs, 6 ast @ Smokey Mountain Mist
Mila Pires 57 Pts, 9-14 3 pts, 6 rebs, 7 ast, 2 stls @ Bar Harbor Storm
Johnny Walls 55 Pts, 16 Rebs, 8 ast, 1 stl, 2 blks @ Oakland Hustle

--------

OTHER LEAGUE NEWS

TEXAS AND MEXICO GO TO WAR, BUT THIS TIME, NOT AT THE ALAMO

Major Injury Scare in the first meeting this week between Texas and Mexico City. Kasey Babayaga having himself a game, already having put up 44 points was going for a dunk with under a minute to go with Texas already winning by nearly 20 points at home when Storm McCastle came from behind in what at first looked like an attempt to hit the ball out of KGB's hands but then grabbed onto Kasey bringing him down hard. The stadium erupted in boo's and the whistles were blown. Even with the technical foul being hadned to McCastle, that did not stop PF John Ohanlon from grabbing McCastle and taking a swing as both teams had to be separated. The fans began throwing debris at the Mexico City Bench and the ref and security had to step in. Between KGB having to be helped off the court, the fans needing to be settled down and court cleaned and the scrummage breaking out on the court between players the game was delayed for 22 minutes to finish what was left of the game. Ohanlon was ejected from the game and Mccastle was sent to the locker room with under a minute to go. KGB got up and walked off the court holding his arm to a sigh of relief and cheers. The Commissioner put out an extremely serious warning to both teams as Texas had to head down to Mexico City to play the second game later in the week. Coach Grimes did not let KGB travel in order to rest and undergo further test. initial reports stated KGB landed hard and got the wind was knocked out of him but coach Grimes was not going to chance playing his star player. Not having KGB in the second game made all the difference as Mexico City beat Texas by nearly the same point differential of their first meeting of the week. More Technicals were handed out when with under 20 seconds left, Jarred Anderson did a monster dunk and stared at the Texas while jogging back down the court which led to Texas Bench stepping on the court making obscene gestures towards jarred Anderson. Both teams received technicals for taunting. Alot more to come from this story as some are calling for a suspension of Storm McCastle and John Ohanlon. After last years rumble between Texas and Smokey Mountain the commissioner will have his hands full with what may become a PR nightmare between both teams and Kasey's dad, agent Krillin Babayaga. More fines are coming but will there be suspensions.

- Coaches in Oakland are becoming extremely frustrated stating they believe AIME is already trying to tank to build a better team through the draft. Zac Sheppard was heard saying he wants out of Oakland

- Magic in the Motor City as Fender and Lucas seem to be propelling Motor City to a 3-0 start and scoring at a record pace.

- With Zac Sheppard starting to make his feelings known about wanting a trade, teams will be interested but what will AIME want in return.

- Social media is lighting up with threats being thrown at Mexico City and Storm McCastle. Threats are being directed at the next game Texas and Mexico play each other causing concern over safety.

- Former WBS and international star Mires Pires is reminding the league of his dominance and along with John Holden are carrying Smokey Mountain Mist.

- Seattle starts 5-0 for the first time in their storied franchise history, PG Brandon Hollbrook likes where they are at but states "until we beat Motor City and Vancouver, 5-0 don't mean much"

- Jelani Stewart and Dustin Gilchrist are playing MVP Calibur basketball can can't understand how they are losing as they watch Manhattan fall to 3-5 while being blown out by Bar Harbor.

- Jerald Chadwick tells reporters Bar Harbor should be 8-2.

- Larry Keely attempts to play but seven minutes into the game pulls himself out as he watches Black Rock play inspired and  pick up a win in OT vs Smokey Mountain.

- Vancouver loses a heart breaker to Bar Harbor in the final .4 seconds of a great game. Larry Tart takes the blame and says he didn't get to Chadwick quick enough after he saw the defense break down.

- D.C Patriots find themselves at the top of the division in first place as owner Don Potus states "This team is the real deal, We aren't frauds like some other teams in this division"

- With the international basketball League getting ready to begin, teams are finalizing rosters. Owners of the WBS are calling for the league to release the free agent list and make it available to all teams even though they agreed as part of the new contract that the FA list would not be released until each IBA teams roster was finalized.

ESPN: LISSTTE LABOWSKI

---------------

[GM Lucas]

WEEK 3 NEWS

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Lucas Fonseca had one hell of a week. Started off with 25 points and 8 assist. One of those assist came when Lucas passed up the final shot to find an open Fender Esquire in the corner who launched the game winner against Smokey Mountain Mist in their home stunning the crowd of over 20,000. After injuring his ankle against Vancouver and leaving the game with only 2 points he showed up with 30 points against Bar Harbor in which he and Fender scored 30 plus points each. In that game Motor City went into the fourth quarter trailing 107-100 as Fender kept them in the game. Lucas took over with 19 of his 30 coming in the last 8 minutes of the game to help carry Motor City to a 145-133 victory.

Other Top Performers
Fender Esquire 100 points and 23 Rebounds in 3 games.
Kasey Gobochov Babayaga 51 points, 18 rebounds 1 game
Ryan McCain 80 points 13 Assist, 11 Rebs 2 games

--------

-Offensive Guru and head coach Bowser Black Resigns from Oakland leaving former head coach of the Panama City Breakers Jarvis Isenhour as the interim head coach.

-Fender Esquire and Lucas Fonseca both averaging over 30 points for Motor City. After Lucas Wins the Player of the Week, Fender tells reporters "I don't give a F@$K about that award, they don't like me enough to give it to me so I'm here to raise a title in their face"

- Texas opens up their game plans and it pays off as Babayaga scorches Black Rock for 51 points and 18 boards but then he needs to be helped off the court with and given fluids leading to coach Grimes having to sit him the next game.

- D.C loses to a Texas team who was sitting Babayaga in the final 6 minutes. Players were seen arguing in the tunnel after the game.

- Age starting to show as Larry Tart is completely shut down by Wei Lei of Motor City. Decides not to talk to reporters in a very uncharacteristic move for one of the most liked players in the league.

- Kurt Berry lights up Texas with 54 points on 8-17 3-point shooting only to be used as a decoy in the last 13 seconds leading to a Tobias Brown wide open miss costing Black Rock a close game losing 121-124 to Texas. Kurt was livid after the game game and stormed off the court.

- Maryjan Javonovic scores 61 to avoid Seattle to falling to Panama City who had five starters in double digit points

- John Holden starting to heat up once again for Smokey Mountain and helps carry Smokey Mountain past Panama City

- Chadwick wanted more help, Mark Jaruzelski answers as he pours in 43 but it still wasn't enough to beat Motor City as Bar Harbor loses 133-145

- Dustin Gilchrist isn't enough as Manhattan goes winless for the week. In Bar Harbor, Deaundra Anderson would not come back in the game late when Manhattan was down by 6 against Bar Harbor and eventually walked off the court with 3 minutes left.

- Early foul trouble then ejection leads to Mexico's Jared Anderson exiting the game early 2nd quarter against Oakland when he got into trash talking confrontation with fan which had to have the game be stopped leading to an ejection.

-----

After the fallout from the battle at the Alamo 2, Commissioner Jackson hands out fines and penalties to Texas and Mexico for their part in the bench clearing brawl last week. Storm McCastle and Ohanlon will both receive 1 game suspensions. Mexico will be fined 500K for the statements made on social media by Jared Anderson and Mace Forgesmith. Texas will be fined 500k for the involvement of coach Grimes trying to pull Texas players back but nearly came to blows with Mace Forgesmith in the process. Jackson had a few words.

"This is goddamn ridiculous if you ask me. Guys got heated, it's basketball. I admit, the lay on Babayaga was unnecessary but what proceeded was damn near uncalled for, unprofessional and bush league. We have to be better. The world is watching"

INJURY NEWS

Seattle Grunge

Eran Aharoni - Sore Calf - 2-4 days

Texas Saviors

Kasey Gobochov Babayaga - Dehydration - 1-2 days

-----------------------------

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

With shocking developments WBS Commissioner announces that the IBA and WBS have agreed to meet at a neutral site for an international All-star game in place of the traditional All-Star game. Sources from both sides say that this has been in the works since Jean Claude Von Doom announced the creation of the IBA last season. Jules Jackson addresses the media..

"We pride ourselves in proving we are the best league in the world. To do so we have to face what the world has to offer. I have been working with Owners and Player union reps behind closed doors to avoid media sensationalism and avoid creating a circus for a lot of teams who currently are home to some of the best players in the world. We have been working tirelessly to make this dream of a true world champion possible which is why so important as a league we keep our noses clean and act as professionals. More details to follow in the coming weeks but every team will be represented. We will be going with a twelve-man roster so one player from each team will be selected by their GM. Right now, that is what we are willing to divulge and will bring clarity with the weeks to follow"

[GM Lucas]

WEEK 4 NEWS

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Lucas Fonseca
2 games; 77 Pts, 11-18 3 pt fg. 22-39 FG shooting
Back-to-back weeks, Lucas Fonseca of the Motor City Machines takes home the honors of POTW. While there were many great performances like Bar Harbor's Mikolaj Jaruzelski's triple double and Kurt Berry 12-26 from 3 point land, Motor City swept the week with Fonseca's performance. We could even said Troy Mitchell of the same Motor City Machines could have squeaked in with his 26 assists in two games but the clutch scoring, timely steals and lack of turnovers by Lucas Netted him the award for the second straight week.

OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
(Scorpions) KURT BERRY, 135 points in three games (2 game average 45 pts)
(Storm) Mikolaj Jaruzelski Triple double 28 pts, 10 assist, 12 rebs
(Mist) Mila Pires: 4 games 111 points, Helped carry Smokey to 3-1 record with two bigs wins against Bar Harbor and Manhattan.

-----------------

OTHER LEAGUE NEWS

- (BLACK ROCK) Coach Jackson limits Keely upon return stating "Keely doesn't look right" coaches Black rock to 2-1 for the week on Berry's shoulders

- (SMOKEY MOUNTAIN) Mila Pires carries Smokey to two big upsets as they send Manhattan to last place and beat Bar Harbor. They go 3-1 as Smokey Mountain Fans are getting excited.

- (MANHATTAN) Coach Bedard of Manhattan seen arguing with Deaundera Anderson ont he sideline. Benches the disgruntled star for the rest of the game. Manhattan loses to Smokey Moutain. Angered Gilchrist tells reporters "MANHATTAN NEEDS TO GET HIS ASS OUT OF HERE"

- (SEATTLE) Fans begin Chanting MVP as Maryjan Javanovic nails 3 pointer which helps cut down a 22 point deficit against Motor City to bring Seattle back within 2 late in the fourth. The foul out would be costly as they go on to lose the game in the final 2 minutes

- (BAR HARBOR) Mikolaj Jaruzelski did all he could and is now looking like he's worth all the money paid last season. He tells reporters "Chadwick says we need to step up, so that's what I am doing". Despite the efforts Bar Harbor suffers crushing defeat giving allowing Oakland to get their first win at Bar Harbor.

- (PANAMA) Jax rummy citing, the colorful and vibrant Owner of the Panama City Breakers is calling for GM Fosters to make a move and put them in position to win after the big upset over Vancouver. GM Fosters mixes things up and it pays off as Pan goes 1-1 for the week.

- (VANCOUVER) Derion Williams father passes away hours before the game. Still plays but has a really bad night as he is pulled from the game after emotional breakdown right before the half. Derion's departure was to much as Vancouver loses to Panama City.

- (MEXICO CITY) On the day McCastle gets suspended, Anderson is scratched for unidentified illness. Fans are reporting they saw him getting into problems at a Texas night club but no one knows if it was Texas Fans telling the truth or not. Nothing has been confirmed, sources say Mexico City is looking into the situation.

- (D.C) D,C scores 31 in the fourth over a tough Mexico Defense to win at home. Earl Tarver and Johnny Walls are just to much for Mexico City. Walls tells reporters he can't wait for Seattle to come east.

- (TEXAS) Texas coach comes under fire from fans for sitting Babayaga in the second game vs Mexico leading to a Texas loss. Disgruntled Babayaga says he was feeling fine and didn't understand why he was sat down in such a big game.

- (MOTOR CITY) Game of the week saw second year man Lucas Fonseca have to constrain Fender after Esquire was fouled hard for a third time by Maryjan Javanovic. Fender afterwards tells reporters "Motor City is a brotherhood, We got each others backs but the league needs to stop protecting their golden boys like Maryjan, Derion, Julius and Kasey"

- (OAKLAND) After coach Black resigns, Coach Isenhour leads Oakland to their first win at Bar Harbor. Eloy tusk questions if the A.I.M.E is the right person to GM the team. states he will look into alternative upgrades if he can't find an Owner. Then says Zach Sheapard wants out o he will look to trade him this week.


---

INJURY REPORT

Bar Harbor: Dunkatron - Bruised hand: 2-3 days
Mexico city: Wayne Olson - Sore leg: 3-4 days
Texas: Julian Perex Cruz - Brusied sternum: 4-5 days

----------------

INTERNATION NEWS

the international basketball league starts this week and the world of basketball is a buzz. Commissioner and CEO of the IBA Jean Claude Von Doom tells the world to pay attention. Fans are excited since the announcement of the World All Star game taking place this season. Many IBA stars like Austrailia's Cease Fire, Japan's Honzo Nakamura, Puerto Rico's Cuba Macey and former WBS super stars Jerald Hardwick and Gerald Smith are already in the press challenging the WBS.

------

NCAA NEWS

While the basketball world has eyes on the WBS and IBA, NCAA releases their top 20 going into the season

NCAA TOP 20

1- Iowa
2-Oregon
3-Miami
4- Colorado State
5- Tulsa
6- Maryland
7- Marquette
8-North Carolina
9- Saint Johns
10- UCONN
11- Washington
12- Akron
13- Utah
14- Boise State
15-Kansas
16- Washington State
17-Syracuse
18-Florida State
19-Northwestern
20- Hawaii

[GM Lucas]

LEAGUE NEWS

Oakland officially puts Zac Sheppard on the block. Eloy Tusk says he wants to honor Sheppards request as one of the last remaining players from the championship team but wants to do so both Sheppard and the Hustle walk away winners. Oakland is looking for young players with potential. They are willing to take on contracts for Draft compensation. Eloy tells ESPN he wants to get this done this week.

ESPN: LISSETTE LABOWSKI

[GM Lucas]

LEAGUE NEWS

Deaundra Anderson says he will not play another game for Manhattan and wants to be traded or released. Says he is willing to play anywhere he can start even if it means leaving to the IBA for the year. Owner of the Manhattan Moguls, Eddie Phoenix Jr commented and says he is ready to fine Deaundra for every game he misses if he holds out.

ESPN: MALIKA ANDEREWS

[GM Lucas]

LEAGUE NEWS

Ojn the eve of superstar center Zac Sheppard being traded, Eccentric super genius Eloy Tusk pulls the plug on A.I.M.E appointing former head coach of Panama, Jarvis Isenhour the Gm position. he was also appointed the coach when Bowser Black walked out. Some fans are calling for Eloy to sell the team and bring normalcy to a franchise that has been on a rollercoaster since winning the WBS title. Eloy vows to bring stability in the form of a new GM by next season. When asked why the sudden shift with A.I.M.E Eloy shared his toughts

"Most times I sit back and am the overseer of all things Oakland Hustle. I did not step in when A.I.M.E released Sherman Thorton without retaining any compensation. I had to trust the process. I built and programmed A.I.M.E to make the right choices for long term success. A.I.M.E acquired us over 3 first round picks during the draft which lead me to believe things were working perfectly. After losing our head coach, Bowser Black due to disagreements with roster construction, I started seeing the percentage of possible trades, here I am watching the offers come in with Jarvis and there are clearly a few players he would like to add or offers he prefers but A.I.M.E's percentage tracker of acceptability was choosing deals none of the coaches wanted. I was not going to stand back and Watch Jarvis, Robinson and Baloney walk out the door. I had to step in. After I disconnected A.I.M E I realized a firewall I had in place had been breached and a code was changed, I'm not sure if this was an oversight, if this was A.I.M.E recoding herself and evolving or were we hacked. I am currently working with my cyber security team to track down the culprit. Until then Oakland fans can rest ashore a human will be running things from this point on"