Q&A with Abe

I altered the format a little this time and instead of a "complete the thought" format, we went with a straight Q&A.

Abe didn't just pleasantly surprise me, he went above and beyond by taking the opportunity to not only answer the ten questions but ask a few of his own.

As for the colors, it's the way it showed up in my inbox and in the spirit of this being Abe's forum, I've elected to keep it in its original form:

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1. We've heard good things about the dog walking business is going, can you give us an update? I could bore the hell out of everyone with details, but things are going really well. One might even say we are growing like a weed here in Colorado. Bazinga.

2. Did Ben give you advance notice that he was going to pass up the first pick? 

Nope. 

3. Did you take that move personally? 

Nah. I could see myself doing something like that. Gamesmanship... I dig it.

4. Ben seemed to suggest that he did it because if you two were on the same team there would be no stopping you guys. Would you agree with that? 

Yea I got that impression too. I think last year was pretty good evidence of that, though. We should all take a moment to applaud his generosity.

5. The most underrated player in PCTI is? 

McFish. Guy is primed for a breakout year.

6. You shot the ball the first five times you touched it in last year's PCTI, was that intentional? 

Had no idea that was the case but just went back and watched. It wasn't. 5th shot came with about 3 minutes left in the first half with a lot of touches in between. And you call yourself a journalist...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: I took a risk on this one hoping Abe wouldn't call me out and he did. Truth is, I had no idea how many or few times he shot it before passing it. Though I will say that I didn't just make this statistic up. Someone told it to me a few days prior to our Q&A.)

7. Your game is among the most discussed, what do you think everyone gets wrong about you? 

We all have each other's games pegged pretty well at this point, so most of what's said is spot(light) on. (are we still doing those?) If I had to choose, I think I rebound at about 10% of my potential, primarily due to lack of effort, even though my numbers are usually good. I'm going to shoot for 20-30% of my potential this year.

8. When are your thoughts about your squad this year, assuming you know who is on your squad?

Yea I know 'em. Curious to see what father time has done to Jeff. Injuries from playing with small children doesn't bode well for competing at PCTI's highest level.

9. Are you tired of hearing that Danny is the best guy to guard you? 

He is the best. He takes this kind of thing more personally than anyone else in PCTI. He's willing to sacrifice everything to make my life difficult on the offensive end. 

None of us care as much as he does. So no, not tired. It's well deserved. On a side note, I thought it was interesting that he chose Ben as his least favorite to guard. He is my least favorite to guard, too.

10. What do you think of the opponent? If you have not idea who is on the other team, you can use this space for whatever you please. 

Definitely a lot of question marks with the new blood as far as what to expect in the PCTI environment and how they will live up to their hype and assessments. Since they both are on the same team, that makes it even more of a factor. Hell, it may even be advantageous to them since a lot of us don't know their games and tendencies as well as we know everyone else's.

To the BORED...

Since this is our version of a "Golf Trip", would it be worth investing in a decently nice golf style trophy, a cup perhaps, that we can engrave with the winners team name every year? As to who get's to keep the trophy during the offseason... I think it should be a punishment that can be decided by vote. Mainly a punishment because, who wants to keep track of that and be responsible for it all year? Danny of course would. We could have it be it's own post weekend category when we are voting on All Tourney and MVP. Maybe change the category every year like dumbest turnover, most embarrassing drunken moment, worst shooting percentage, etc. that is announced pre weekend. Please consider.

more importantly...

WHEN IS THE ROOMMATE DRAFT???