Season 53...Retirees find their place in the MBA universe...plus other season-ending bits

 

-- Newly retired Hall of Fame guard JESSE SHERSHOT of San Jose finishes his 7-season career tied with Uncle Bob Masterson for fifth place in career scoring average at 19.1 points per game.

-- Milwaukee's Hall of Fame center J.J. GARGANTUAN will return for his 17th campaign next season, which is tied for the seventh-longest career in MBA history. He will be tying Mamadou Zongo and Max Payne for the longest career by a Hall of Fame player.

-- Dallas Demons star guard JUZAN DJINN, having just completed his fourth season, is tied for third place in all-time playoff MVP awards with 2. Only Stu Nod and Cappy Gambol, with 3 playoff MVPs, have won more. 

-- The champion DALLAS DEMONS are the 16th team in MBA history to capture a title while also leading the league in scoring.

-- Philadelphia Phobia forward WAWA WEWA added to his record of  consecutive games played, finishing Season 53 with 130 straight appearances. The previous record was 120 by Hall of Fame forward Raisin Sport.

-- The champion DALLAS DEMONS became just the fifth team in history to place three players on the five-man All-MBA team. (Pete Marzano-Juzan Djinn-Kopi Luwak). 

-- Newly retired guard JESSE SHERSHOT of San Jose becomes just the 17th Hall of Fame player (out of 56 retired HOFers) to play his entire career with the same team. 

JESSE SHERSHOT's Hall of Fame write-up follows:

Unquestionably the greatest guard to ever play for the San Jose Fighting Amigos, JESSE SHERSHOT (created by Jesse Sherwood) burst onto the scene as a prime pick with a Rookie of the Year campaign in Season 47 that netted him the first of six consecutive All-MBA team honors. He captured the first of five consecutive scoring titles in his second season, and by his third campaign he led the Amigos to just the second championship in franchise history, winning both the regular season and playoff MVP honors. The 6-5 Shershot, who played both point and shooting guard in his career, would go on to capture two more regular season MVPs (Seasons 51 and 52) while spearheading four consecutive playoff appearances for San Jose. He also achieved six All Star Game appearances in his seven seasons. He led the Amigos in scoring every season of his career, with a personal best of 21.4 ppg in Season 52. Although known mainly for his scoring, Shershot was also a fine passer, defender and rebounder.