Wally 'Joker' Hartley

Joker Hartley was simply one of the best players in HBL history. In his four-year career he was one of the founding four members of the HBL, won the HBL Title, three rebounding titles, and an HBL Finals MVP Award in 1999. He was also a career SabreCat who became more like "The SabreCat". He had three teammates in his first three years, but found the right combination with Jay Hartley, who he stayed with for two years, won an HBL Title with in 1999 and had an impressive second place finish in 2000. Eventually, the pace of the HBL game took its toll on Joker, who is now retired from the league, but he will always remain the best rebounder and one of the best competitors in HBL history.

TEAMS PLAYED FOR
1997-SabreCats
1998-SabreCats
1999-SabreCats
2000-SabreCats

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Was one of four players to play in the first-ever HBL game...Has led the league in rebounding all three years...Was the leading rebounder in every game he played in for the first two years of his career...Led the SabreCats to a surprise 2-0 start in 1998, and a 4-4 record overall...Was an HBL Champion with Jay Hartley in 1999...Hit "The Shot", widely regarded as one of the most outstanding plays in HBL history, a running hook shot from 12 feet with Chris Hartley right on him to beat the Warriors at the buzzer in Week 2 of 1998...Led the league in steals in 1997...Finished 2nd in MVP voting in 1998...Was Week 1 MVP in 1998...Only player to average at least 30 ppg in both 1997 and 1998...Notched career highs in FG % and 3 Point % in 1998...Had a career high in assists in 1999 while finishing second in that category...Is one of three players to be entering his fourth HBL season...Led his team to a second-place finish out of four teams in 2000...Had his best ever three point shooting season in 2000...Played in his second straight HBL Finals, losing a close series to the Champion Titans in 2000...Amassed an amazing 786 rebounds in his four-season HBL career...

CAREER STATS

Year    FG/Att   %  3P/Att   %  FT/Att  %  PPG  RPG  APG SPG BPG TOPG F
1997    46/137 .336  2/17  .118  ---   --- 31.3*27.6*5.6 2.6*0.3 2.3 12
1998   123/288 .427  2/20  .100  ---   --- 31.0 24.9*4.9 1.3 0.3 4.1 30
1999   122/300 .407  5/23  .217  4/20 .200 23.0 22.3*6.7 0.8 0.0 1.6 NA
2000   114/324 .352 10/45  .222 13/42 .310 17.6 18.5 3.4 1.1 0.1 2.2 24
Career 405/1049.386 19/105 .181 17/62 .274 23.4 21.8 4.9 1.2 0.1 2.5 NA

Key

PPG=Points Per Game RPG=Rebounds APG=Assists SPG=Steals
BPG=Blocks TOPG=Turnovers F=Fouls (not per game)
*=led league in category (team or individual)

CAREER HIGHS
(if underlined, it's an HBL league record)

Points--42, v. Warriors, 1997 Game 2
Shooting--20/29 (.690), v. Warriors, 1999 Week 5
3's Made--3, v. Warriors, 2000 Week 7
3 pt. Shooting--3/8 (.375), v. Warriors, 2000 Week 7
Rebounds--38, v. Warriors, 1998 Week 3
Assists--10, v. Warriors, 1998 Week 4
also v. Warriors, 1999 Week 5
Steals--6, v. Warriors, 1997 Game 2
Blocks--1, three times
Triple Doubles in Career--2

HBL RECORDS OWNED OR SHARED BY 'JOKER' HARTLEY

Offensive Rebounds In A Game--(25), vs. Warriors, 1998 Week 3

Total Rebounds In A Game--(38), vs. Warriors, 1998 Week 3

HBL AWARDS WON BY 'JOKER' HARTLEY

1997 Scoring Champion

1997 Rebounding Champion

1997 Steal Leader

1998 HBL Week 1 MVP

1998 Rebounding Champion

1999 HBL All-Star Game MVP

1999 HBL Week 7 MVP

1999 Rebounding Champion

1999 HBL Finals MVP

2000 HBL Week 3 Co-MVP

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