Jermaine Barnes (6'5''-G/F-82, agency: Gamble Sports Management, college: Point, GA) is out of action for at least seven weeks. He tore several ligaments in his shooting arm this fall in the Williams Jones Cup (Taiwan) with Team USA. "There was nothing I did wrong", said Barnes. It's just something that came with time. I guess i shoot too much, Barnes said jokingly at the 2012 UBA draft. Barnes is expected to return January 1, 2013 in time for the GIE Maile Matrix run at another title. The Matrix will face the Georgia PRIME is a heated rivalry game verses Michael Davis (GIE Maile Matrix former coach).
Barnes is the UBAs reigning MVP and UBA champion. He led the UBA in scoring with an average of 30.2 points per game in 22 games. He was also named Usbasket.com All-United States 2nd Team along with his selection to the USA National Team for the William Jones Cup in Taiwan.
ATLANTA, June 15, 2017 - Fort Worth F.I.R.M. guard Daylon Guy (6'0''-PG-92, college: Tarleton St.) has been named the 2016-17 UBA League Most Valuable Player in a vote by the league's 26 head coaches. In his first season in the UBA Minor League and his third with the F.I.R.M, Guy (6-0, 170, UALR) ranked third in the league in scoring with 22.8 points per game and added 5.1 rebounds, 6.0 assists and a team-high 1.6 steals in 21 games (21 starts). A two-time UBA League Player of the Month... [read more]
ATLANTA, June 15, 2017 - Fort Worth F.I.R.M. guard Daylon Guy (6'0''-PG-92, college: Tarleton St.) has been named the 2016-17 UBA League Most Valuable Player in a vote by the league's 26 head coaches.
In his first season in the UBA Minor League and his third with the F.I.R.M, Guy (6-0, 170, UALR) ranked third in the league in scoring with 22.8 points per game and added 5.1 rebounds, 6.0 assists and a team-high 1.6 steals in 21 games (21 starts). A two-time UBA League Player of the Month this season, Guy helped the F.I.R.M. finish tied for the best record in the League at 18-2. Fort Worth improved by seven victories from last season and posted the second-most wins in franchise history (16 in 2014-15).
Guy scored at least 30 points 7 times and reached the 40-point mark once. On May 8th, he was named UBA All-Star Game MVP while scoring a game-high 26 points along with 7 assists.
This season, the UBA League All-Star cracked the top 10 on the league's all-time scoring list, finishing the season ranked third with 324 points. Guy is Los Angeles' franchise leader in points per game (22.8), total assists (100), assists per game (7.0) and steals (2.3spg).
Guy was recently named UBA Finals MVP after carrying the F.I.R.M. to its first ever UBA title. He averaged 24.0 points per game in the post season. Ranked 2nd behind Jermaine Barnes (6'4''-G/F-83, college: Point, GA, agency: Gamble Sports Management) (26.0).
In 2015 he was named NABC 1st Team All-American as a senior at Tarleton State. Guy would pass up playing in the pros for the following season to finish his degree at TSU.
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Fort Worth F.I.R.M celebrate UBA title as in the Final they overcame GIE Maile Matrix. Fort Worth F.I.R.M survived a 77-75 win to seal the trophy. Earlier Fort Worth F.I.R.M outscored the Blazers 76-66 as Chuck Guy top-scored for the winners with 26 points. In the semifinal games Fort Worth F.I.R.M beat D. Rize 83-79, while GIE Maile Matrix overcame the Cyclones 78-77. [read more]
Fort Worth F.I.R.M celebrate UBA title as in the Final they overcame GIE Maile Matrix. Fort Worth F.I.R.M survived a 77-75 win to seal the trophy. Earlier Fort Worth F.I.R.M outscored the Blazers 76-66 as Chuck Guy top-scored for the winners with 26 points. In the semifinal games Fort Worth F.I.R.M beat D. Rize 83-79, while GIE Maile Matrix overcame the Cyclones 78-77.
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