Summary: Individually speaking, there wasn't a great deal of change, either plus or minus, to MBA players this season. It appears that free agents did the most improving overall.
-- Turk Attaturk, Los Angeles forward acquired in free agency from Philly, improved to a 5 against the pass, which will make him a tough defender on the edge for The Big One.
-- Milwaukee guard Itstha Bishop, who tied for the league lead in scoring last season, improved against both the pass and the dribble to 2s on each, making him a tougher defender.
-- Phillip Mianus, acquired in free agency from Oklahoma City, improved his passing to a 5, making his move to small forward more palatable, while also going from a 3 to a 4 against the dribble.
-- Second-year San Jose point guard Donny Dupons improved three times. He's now a 4 against the pass and has a block on 8 against the shot. The third improvement was going from a 0 to a 1 on offensive rebounding, so, no big whoop there.
-- San Jose's newly acquired Hall of Fame center J.J. Gargantuan, entering his 19th season, is showing his age a little more, having lost a point against the dribble and the pass, where he is a 0 and a 1, respectively. However, he can still alter shots with the best of them.
-- Seattle picked up Karma Chameleon from Sacramento in free agency, and the offensive-minded guard upgraded twice against the shot, adding a deny on 5 and upping his forced miss on 11 to a block.
-- Seattle's All-MBA center Chochky Galumpkus, on the verge of the Hall of Fame, has added passing to his already impressive card. After getting a career-high 2.6 assists per game last season, he upped his passing ability from a 7 to an 8.
Demons regress: The four-time defending champs from Dallas fared the worst in improvements this season. Of the 8 players up, 7 either got slightly worse or remained the same. Guard Vicious Hick is now a zero against the dribble and center Biggus Dickus went from a 6 passer to a 5. But overall, the regressions were negligible. The good news for the rest of the league is that the Demons players did not get even better than they have been.
