Getting Into Dominican Hoops Stats
So I stumbled across this Dominican basketball league highlight reel while scrolling late one night, right? Dunk after dunk got me hooked instantly. Woke up the next morning thinking, “Who ARE these guys?” Grabbed my laptop still in pajamas and started digging around.
Data Hunting Chaos
First mess was finding legit stats. The league’s official site looked like my nephew’s school project – broken links everywhere. Tried Facebook fan pages, but comments were all without actual numbers. Then remembered that sketchy sports forum where people argue about free throws at 3 AM. Took me two hours just to find current season stats in some random Google Drive folder shared by a user named “BallGod87”. Seriously.
My manual tracking steps:
- Opened like 15 browser tabs with player profiles
- Used calculator app for points-per-game averages
- Wrote stats on sticky notes that kept falling off my monitor
- Double-checked box scores against grainy YouTube livestreams
The “Aha” Moment
Finally crunched enough data to spot patterns. Saw this 19-year-old kid – Jorge Rodríguez – averaging 8 points last season now dropping 24 nightly. My coffee went cold staring at the numbers. Another dude, Miguel Soto, kept scoring 30+ against top teams like it was practice. Turns out his training routine involves shooting 500 threes before breakfast. Wild stuff.
Reality Check
Nearly messed up big time though. Almost called Carlos Jiménez a “rising star” before finding out he’s 34. Got fooled by his fresh haircut in team photos. Lesson learned: always check birth years before tagging players as “up-and-coming”. That would’ve been embarrassing.
Final Showdown
Spent the afternoon arguing with myself over the real MVP. Points leader Antonio Cruz has flashy numbers, but his team loses every close game. Meanwhile quiet guy Luis Ramirez makes clutch buckets when it matters. Finally put Cruz as top scorer and Ramirez as most valuable in my notes. Posted everything before dinner, triple-checking spelling of all those Spanish last names.
Honestly just glad I didn’t mix up any player heights. Last time I wrote “7-foot guard” by accident and got roasted in comments for weeks.
