FINAL POWER RANKINGS

AND YOU THOUGHT THE A-BOMS WERE INSUFFERABLE THIS YEAR...

Chris Paul who, barring a 2009 Draft Lottery miracle—or a patented Barnes Swindle—finishes his Abominable career with two Commissioner Barnes trophies, a Concludings EBP award, and All-Star EBP award, and a regular season EBP trophy. Not too shabby.

Quite frankly, if the Power Rankings owned a WFBL team (and we continue to insist that we do not), we'd have to throw our hands in the air in frustration and just up and quit the WFBL all together. We can imagine how it must feel to see the Commissioner win three of four Concludings titles. But the Power Rankings is weak. You, John Q. Owner, are not weak. You are not a quitter. You will come back next season with more resolve and more determination than ever. Zermatt's back-to-back titles? Just one more bit of motivation to wipe that smile off the Commish's face.

Team, Rank, (Previous), Overall Record (Postseason Adjusted)


1 (3) 100-76-4
In an extremely unexpected turn of events, Chris Paul's "slacker teammates" took their EBP on their collective shoulders, leading the A-Boms to another title. This year's Concludings champs didn't dominate like last year's version, but you can't argue with the results. Can you say "three-peat"? Is that even a word?


2 (1) 100-75-5
If it makes the Sundancers feel any better, they DID go from 7th to 2nd in a year's time, which is quite the turnaround. But ultimately, one can't help but get a feeling of disappointment with the team that was top-four in the league in just about every statistical category, save turnovers. Who knows how their season would have ended had Stoudemire's eye not quit on him?


3 (4) 103-78-8
So this is how the Kobe Bryant era ends in Twin Falls. A season of slumber party rejections, a violent injury spree on the league's top players, a tell-all interview with Peter Gammons, and a third-place finish. It's hard not to wax nostalgic as the Mamba slithers away to some other unsuspecting franchise for the next two years.


4 (6) 101-83-5
It's been said before, but it bears repeating that the same thing happens every year for los Iguanas. Dominating 2/3 of the regular season, late season collapse, playoff chokery, top-5 finish. The Iguanas are who the Power Rankings thought they were!


5 (2) 97-74-9
Well it's obvious that Nephi fans have nothing to hang their heads about after going from worst in the league and trading away Chris Paul to tops in the standings for the majority of the regular season, and not making any crazy "wtf" trades (except for that Udonis Haslem fiasco, lol). Sure, the playoffs were a disappointment, but baby steps, right Nephi?


6 (5) 87-92-1
We here at the Power Rankings think that next to Nephi, Udorn made the biggest step forward this year. In their second season, the Jai-Rai made the playoffs, losing in the first round to Maracaibo. No small task considering the myriad of injuries they were dealt all season.


7 (7) 88-93-8
Next to winning the Concludings—which the U-Dogs did in the WFBL's inaugural season—is there anything better than winning that lovely tote bag? The Power Rankings offers that no, nothing is better. Mostly because of the well-documented fact that this season's tote bag-winner is next season's WFBL Concludings participant!


8 (9) 81-106-2
That's two straight Consolation Bracket (Ladder) championship losses in a row for New York. What happened to the dinosaur-themed team that made the playoffs as the fourth seed and finished fifth overall in 2007? Oh right, they changed their name soon after to the Kings, and haven't made the playoffs since.


9 (8) 95-87-7
The favorites going in to the Consolation Playoffs, the SnowBees' season ended in disappointment, regardless of how the Salt Lake media tries to spin it. It's quote a roller-coaster ride to be a SnowBee fan. 2nd place in '06, 9th place in '07, 6th place in '08, and 9th again in '09. Will Ted's team continue its streak of making the playoffs in even-numbered years?


10 (10) 76-107-6
Inconstency was the theme for Rigby this year. But hey, at least it wasn't a last-place Consolation finish like a year ago, right? The Trojans finished the season in the bottom four in five separate categories, including last place in FG% and Rebs.


11 (12) 79-108-2
Last season's surprise was much quieter this year, and one can only wonder if Diana and Ben didn't lose interest a bit after the losses just kept piling up. Yeah, admit it, you'd lose interest too. 11th place is, technically, the worst finish in Richmond's franchise history.


12 (11) 78-104-7
Is it considered "losing interest" if the interest was never really evident in the first place? As time goes by, and the losing seasons continue for Bayside, it just makes the fact that this team, under its current ownership, won the 2007 championship all the more amazing. Can you imagine if they hadn't won that year? The A-Boms can.