PCTI Players' Poll: #9 Donley/Cock Boy

The Brat's Preamble: Well, this one kind of sucked to write. My reason for doing this project in the first place was to drum up a little motivation for everyone going in to the weekend. I – like everyone else, I assume – felt like this off season has been way too quiet and knew that everyone was aware that 1. it can be unwise to talk too much 2. every storyline is exhausted. I hoped that this would provide some interesting reading and give everyone extra motivation at a time when that can be very valuable.

I haven't really felt too bad about the stuff I've written, mostly because I'm just relaying information, only putting in my two cents where it's needed to clarify or when I simply can't help myself. But the real reason why I'm cool with this entire exercise is that everyone will have the chance to write their own story in a few weeks.

Of course that doesn't apply to Donstick and that's why this sucks.

That feeling is compounded when I talk to the commish and he tells me that nobody cares more about PCTI and looks forward more to that weekend than the Cock Boy. That's praise to the highest degree. 

Voting Breakdown: highest vote: 5, lowest vote: 13

PCTI Lifetime Record: 2-1. First loss was in PCTI IIII. A little history lesson: Cockboy was actually invited to play in the inaugural PCTI but was not able to commit due to a schedule conflict. That means Donley will have missed all or parts of three of six PCTIs. Considering one of his PCTIs was the KD, he's surprisingly only played in 14 of a possible 24 games. Only Skillz can hold a candle to him in the durability concerns department.

Lifetime Stats: 7.7 ppg (T-7 with Beas), 4.7 rpg (8^th), 3 blocks (T-11 with BenWilson. Of course Don is gonna take some hits in the accumulated stats due to what I mentioned above), 17 steals (T-5, this is an impressive number for a guy lacking in games played and is a sign of his athleticism and aggressiveness on defense), 17 assists (14^th, not a great number but Donley is an attacker, that's not news to anyone), 34.6 percent shooting (13^th, considering Don gets layups and shoots at an adequate percentage by PCTI standards from distance, you could make an argument that this number really ought to be higher), 26.9 percent from three (9^th) and the all-important Sabin Productivity number: 71 (13^th, bbbbburn)

Lifetime Bests: 13 points (multiple times), 9 rebounds (KD, game 1), 2 assists (multiple times)

Other Notes: I thought Donley had a bigger high point game in there but alas, 13 it is.

Some of Cockboy's numbers may not look great but there's something to be said for the fact that for much of every PCTI, someone has to try to make something happen. You can say in hindsight that it was a forced play or even a guy being selfish, but perhaps the least selfish team in PCTI history was the kittens. At some point someone has to attack and shoot otherwise you're gonna get a whole lot of pass and screen away with precious little to show for it.

Donley's evolution is the most concrete example of the PCTI career arc. Year one he was a pleasant surprise to his teammates, many of whom had no idea what to expect. He showed up in shape, aggressive and played with a fun loving confident attitude. Nothing about any of that has changed in the two PCTIs since and that's a testament to his commitment and attitude. In the KD he added a wrinkle as a heel with his swashbuckling. By PCTI IIII the expectations were raised even more and like so many of us, that meant the only place he could possibly go in the minds of the brethren was back down. And I think that's where we find Cockboy now, making it all the more tragic that he can't play this year. He'd probably play about the same or slightly better and would start the cycle all over again: pleasant surprise, PCTI upper middle-class, overrated and repeat.

To this point, Donley got 12 percent of the vote for the player who has played most above his ability level in PCTI, the back handed compliment that Bruiser won. Donley finished in a three way tie for second. On the flip side, one voter picked him as the guy who has played most below his potential.

He also got 18 percent of the vote for PCTI's most overrated player. Again, that puts him in second place. On the flip side, one voter picked him as PCTI's most underrated player.

He got a vote for the guy you'd most like to see lose and one vote for best looking. Smart money says he voted for himself on that one.