Lunch-bucket Joe

The Rosters:
All-Punk
First Team, Second Team, Dishonorable Mentions, Injured List, Graduated Punks, and Punks on Our Radar
All-Fly
First Team, Second "All Hair Fly" Team, and Special Fly Announcer
All-Headband
Eastern Conference and Western Conference

February 10 - 11, 2001
Joe Netsfan's All-Punk Weekend
The festivities continue...

All-Unsung
These are the guys who turn foundering NBA teams into sea-worthy winners. They shut up and do all the things that the "superstars" making $80 million refuse to do. The oarsmen in the galley.

First Team
Coach - Jerry Sloan (Jazz) - Just keeps winning. Ignored for Coach of the Year again and again. Owns the blueprint for staffing teams with Unsungers around Superstars, in his case Stockton and Malone. Even these two perennial Superstars have something of an unsung tinge about them. That's what can happen when you're ring-less.
Assistant - Nate McMillan (Sonics) - Graduated from unsung player to unsung coach. Got a major handful to deal with in Seattle, and not doing a bad job at all.

Guard - Aaron McKie (Sixers) - Can play everything but center. Nets handed him a break-out game this season, where he just seemed to hit everything he put up.
Guard - Bonzi Wells (Blazers) - Might not be on the list much longer, the way he's playing. Steve Smith, indisputably "sung," knows it, and has been sacrificing his own playing time so Bonzi can get off.
Forward - Bryon Russell (Jazz) - Does everything well, but forced into the background by King Karl Malone. Will forever be the guy on the Unsung Poster: Michael Jordan taking his Last Shot. There in the background is Byron "Did he slip or was he pushed?" Russell, Assigned to Guard Greatness, at the pinnacle of Unsung Anti-Glory.
Forward - Peja Stojakovic (Kings) - Has blossomed this year. Probably won't be on next year's list. Deadly three-point thrower. Top of the European Unsung Underclass.
Center - David Robinson (Spurs) - Yes, he's a former All Star past his prime. But with all eyes on Tim Duncan, look what he quietly accomplishes.

Second Team
Guard - Eric Snow (Sixers) - Another reason the Sixers played so well, until his injury. What East Coast team can beat them when he gets back?
Guard - Darrell Armstrong (Magic) - He's no longer the best player on the team, but still might be the most valuable.
Forward - Reuben Patterson (Sonics) - Wasn't even starting until recently. Coming on strong. For withstanding a Gary Payton outburst, should get a Gold Star.
Forward - George Lynch (Sixers) - Can defend or shoot.
Center - Aaron Williams (Nets) - Out of position, but who knew he was this good? Would be even better if he could play less minutes. The return of Jamie Feick should shore up his game.

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