MBA Questions YOU Want to Know

In answer to queries by Philly we have the following:

--Curly Hogbottom, in eight seasons, has already compiled a record 23 honors on his card, surpassing the legendary Uncle Bob Masterson's 21, which the point guard racked up in his 10-season career.
Hogbottom has been in eight all-star games, won the rookie of the year award, was Season 19 and Season 22 MVP and Season 19 and Season 22 Playoff MVP and has earned first-team All MBA a record 7 times. Additionally, he has three championship rings and seems to be on his way to his fourth.
For the record, the next four top honor-gatherers after Uncle Bob are:
--Cappy Gambol, who nabbed 19 honors in 7 seasons
--Link Lennex, 17 honors in just 6 short seasons
--Stu Nod, 17 honors in 12 campaigns (the first seven coming off the bench for Tyler Masterson)
--Doc Watson, 15 honors in 9 seasons split between Houston and Chicago

Cutpile Perusal

Who, Philly asks, has spent the most time in the cutpile?
I will answer this in more than one way. Remember, we are in Season 23.
Believe it or not, the optimistic, sturdy KIRIN CONNOR, who we all laughed at lo those many years ago for posting a career 3-point shooting percentage of something ridiculous like 2 percent, is STILL in the cut pile, refusing to give up the ghost. Connor, who began his career in Season 4 with Oklahoma City, played in the MBA for 13 seasons before hitting the cut pile in Season 17. He has not emerged since, and his card has deproved to an emaciated shell of his former self. But still, he hangs on, hoping for one more shot on the table. Retirements have been rolled for already, so he will be back in the cut pile again this coming season.
The longest time in the cut pile by someone still there is PUG MAHONE, the old Irish center, whose Gaelic name translates to "Kiss My Ass." Mahone has been in the cut pile, off and on, 12 different seasons. He's played three full seasons in the MBA and had cups of coffee in three others. He actually last saw action in Season 20, when he was on the Milwaukee roster as a backup all season long and averaged 2.5 points per game in four contests, never missing a shot from the field or the free throw line. Mahone started his career in Season 9.
Guard JALAPA VALLEY has been in the cut pile the entire 6 seasons of his existence.
Guard RIVERS JORDAN came up for MBA air twice in an eight-season "career." He came up in Season 16, spent two years in the cut pile, played a partial season with Dallas (averaging 6 points in two games), joined the Philadelphia club the following year for the playoffs and picked up a championship ring. It was then all downhill...four more years in the cut pile and retiring after this season.
6-7 forward WA WA CHUCKLES joined the league in Season 18 and is still waiting for his first call-up...six seasons of futility. He's no longer laughing.
EPI PHONE...now here's a guy Chuckles can relate to. Phone came in the league in Season 17, spent seven years in the cut pile and is retiring after this season. Oh, the humanity!
And finally, BUDDY MILLER...who never missed a shot in the MBA, shooting a perfect 100 percent from the field and free throw line for the Sacramento River Dogs in Season 16 (1.9 points per game in 7 games) is retiring after spending the next 7 seasons amongst the non-wanted. In total, he had 9 years in the reject envelope. But ah, that one glorious year. He'll go back to Nashville where he is the best damned guitar player Emmylou Harris ever had.

AND FINALLY...the final Philly question as to the career of Buck-Buck Bagaak.
The 6-6 forward is alive and well, currently in his third MBA season, all spent on the roster of the great Philadelphia Phobia. He hasn't seen much action in that time period, but let's face it, the Phobia are the only team in the history of the MBA to start two Hall of Fame forwards in the same lineup (Curly Hogbottom and Cam Bodia). At least the back-up has garnered a championship ring in his limited action and may get a second. He's been good enough to stick on one of the best rosters in history, and considering the above players in the cut pile entry, it would be safe to say that the career of Buck-Buck, does not suck-suck.