Headstrong Determination: Ben Hansbrough's Journey to the NBA

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Quote: Originally Posted by hoopla32

Is anyone else having trouble getting pictures to upload to 2K Community? I'll upload a picture mid-game and it'll say "Upload Complete" but the picture(s) never show up on the 2K Community website in my profile.

yep had probs all week with it, i imagine i have about 50 screenshots still tryin to get thru. very frustrating, crappy screen captures will have to do for now! great start man, plenty of turnovers though!

[hoopla32]

Quote: Originally Posted by seaboh

yep had probs all week with it, i imagine i have about 50 screenshots still tryin to get thru. very frustrating, crappy screen captures will have to do for now! great start man, plenty of turnovers though!

Yeah, it's just been this week for me. I can get crappy screenshots through my phone I guess until it gets back to normal.

As for the turnovers, I'd say at least 4 or 5 of the 15 turnovers Hansbrough has had in two games weren't his fault. A teammate would sail a pass, Hansbrough would sort of get his hand(s) on the ball deflecting it out of bounds and he would be credited for the turnover instead of the passer. And then of course there's the obligatory 1-3 turnovers a game with your PG where the CPU makes a near impossible interception. I'm also playing with a set of sliders that has USER pass accuracy pretty low and that leads me to inadvertently sailing a few passes per game with my PG that he probably normally wouldn't throw away.

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December 9, 2010: Flash vs. Armor (W)

Dec 11, 2010 - Armor @ Flash
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Springfield Armor (2-0)	17	19	31	25	92
Utah Flash (2-0)	22	21	29	40	112

Utah Flash
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kris Joseph	29	10/17	3/5	6/9	7	6	3	2	1	29
Ben Hansbrough	29	7/17	1/3	4/5	3	5	0	0	2	19
Manny Harris	26	4/6	0/1	8/9	2	5	1	0	2	16
Jaime Skeen	25	6/11	0/0	0/0	13	2	1	1	0	12
Brandan Wright	27	3/10	0/0	4/6	10	1	0	1	1	10

Springfield Armor
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jacob Pullen	28	8/17	2/5	14/14	10	3	0	0	4	32
Andre Nicholson	26	3/8	0/0	9/14	7	0	0	0	0	15
Marshon Brooks	29	4/14	0/3	5/5	5	0	0	0	2	13
Kentavious Caldwell	26	2/11	0/2	4/6	6	2	1	0	4	8
Matt Janning	24	2/6	1/2	4/4	3	0	0	0	1	9

Player of the Game


Kris Joseph, Utah Flash
29 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks

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Ryan "Rocky" Henderson
"An aspiring journalists inside view and take on a team and league no-one really cares about."

Alright Flash fans, it's time for my first blog. Here's to hoping a devoted blog to an NBDL team located in a town in Utah most people haven't even heard of can get off the ground!! Can't ask for a much better start to the season. The team is off to a 3-0 start and the play of two players in particular have been outstanding. First let me start off by saying my man-crush on Ben Hansbrough grew a little the first week of the season. The kid is a straight-up balla and he just knows how to score the ball. He told me that he did lose some sleep after the first two games in which he combined for 15 turnovers but his 73 points in those two games helped him get up in the morning.

Ben also stated that he and the team would not be where they are at if it wasn't for Kris Joseph. Kris has turned into a very reliable second scoring option and has flashed a brilliant all-around game in the first three games of the season. I also love the camaraderie Kris and Ben have been building up. They are both undrafted rookies who felt they were unfairly overlooked and, together, appear to be set on a mission to destroy every hapless D-League team in their way. I got the chance to spend an evening with the two at their apartment a few nights ago and you could tell the two had already become close friends. It was interesting to see them interact while we enjoyed a six0pack of IBC Cream Sodas and watched game-film. Well, they watched and dissected game-film. I half-heartedly pretended I understood what they were discussing while daydreaming about having these types of nights with the two while they are doing their thing in the NBA.

This will have to do for now, though. This has been Rocky Henderson with your first Ultimate Utah Flash Fan Blog post. For the seven or eight of you that read this, please do me a favor and tell a few of your friends about this. Maybe I can have get my readership up to double digits when I blog again next week.

Ben Hansbrough's Stats (thru 3 games)

Ben Hansbrough Stats - 2010
Player	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FG%
Ben Hansbrough	3	27.3	30.7	4.0	7.3	2.0	0.0	5.7	52.8

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December 13, 2010: Flash at Redclaws (W)

Ben Hansbrough finishes off the fastbreak with a dunk

December 13, 2010 - Flash @ Redclaws
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Utah Flash (3-0)	25	25	25	25	100
Maine Redclaws (3-0)	15	17	21	25	78

Portland Trailblazers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ben Hansbrough	25	7/17	2/3	13/15	7	11	0	0	3	29
Kris Joseph	25	8/9	1/1	8/13	7	3	3	0	3	25
Jaime Skeen	23	5/10	0/0	0/1	11	0	1	0	2	10
Brandan Wright	24	6/8	0/0	0/1	4	1	2	0	0	12
Gabe Pruitt	10	3/4	0/0	2/4	4	3	0	0	2	8

Houston Rockets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Robert Vaden	25	5/14	4/10	0/0	4	1	1	0	0	14
Allan Ray	10	4/12	3/7	2/2	1	4	0	0	0	13
Othello Hunter	27	5/8	0/0	0/1	8	1	0	1	2	10
Patrick Ewing Jr.	26	5/16	0/0	0/0	5	4	1	1	2	10
Demetris Nichols	24	3/7	0/3	1/2	8	2	2	0	4	7

Player of the Game


Ben Hansbrough, Utah Flash
29 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists