Bigs
Abraham Joum Maker Bol - Good shooting stretch big. Solid shot-blocker with good post defense. Slightly above average rebounder. Handles are so-so. Needs to hit the weights.
Sam Funches - Decent scorer inside and outside. Might get close to a steal and block a game. Serviceable post...
It’s Tonger again, back with another nerdy article. I’ve been noodling on this article over the past 3 seasons as I’ve gotten up to speed on the league and how it works. There’s an incredible amount of depth to the league and to the simulation engine...
Credit to Jwoo for the article idea – time is waning on MDW and it’s 3am in Portugal, but Tarik Black ain’t gonna camp himself so here we are. These are the rostered guys who are technically eligible for the frenzy based on ratings that have no...
1st Pick - Karl Anthony Towns
This man is another versatile two way big men entering the draft in recent years. Hes strong with Stocks AND rebounds. Sounds like hes got a good interior game. Will be interesting to see how he is supercamped but there's little doubt his floor is all star for years...
As I was sitting thinking about comparative value across positions started wondering exactly how many players at each position have A ratings and decided to just go through the league and take stock. Obviously the ratings we can see aren't everything when it comes to valuation — stats are usually...
One of the most fun parts of the NBA 2K series (or really any sports video game that fits that criteria) is being able to add an expansion team and try to put together a not-totally-ass roster from scratch. I'm bored so I am going to put together a hypothetical 30th team for SLN. The New Orleans...
After my Zach Lowe-ish piece seemed to do pretty well as an article format, I figured I might take another stab at it. Why not tackle the NDL?! It's our favorite thing to hype up when a player averages crazy numbers!
The Contenders
1. Lakeland Magic
There might be some bias here, but hey, we...
We ended up with 19 submissions, which is a solid number! Wanted to make sure we had like two-thirds in before pubbing results, so thanks everyone for taking the time to do it. Here are the results with some analysis (and jokes!) that are sure to earn me lots of RP.
I’m bored flying cross-country so I figured why not write up some fun reactions, maybe a hot take or two since there hasn’t been a podcast. We’ll give the Magic a mini-section at the end to eliminate any bias in the other categories.
Teams Outperforming Expectations
1. Utah Jazz
I gotta be...
TL; DR: More free RP for a quick post! Prob wait til after FA to fill it out.
In addition to Team Awards, GMs can earn a quick and dirty 125RP by replying in this thread and filling out the below questionnaire - not required, but why not? Copy down the questions in a reply post and fill 'em out....
Every year, every GM's got his studs and it's duds, his craftiest moves and most embarrassing flops. For 75RPs, fill out the answers to the following questions and post it in the thread - think of these as your...
Kicked this idea around on the pod and finally got around to it today. Took a look at how the draft lotto has played out over the 18 (18!!!) draft lottos we’ve done as a league from 1997-2014.
The spreadsheet lists:
(1) the expected pick;
(2) the average actual draft position;
(3) the highest...
We're back with updates to the ranks and tiers through Day 90. Some outliers: the Blazers are now getting 1.9 more boards than any other team; the Mavs were joined at the top of the stock pile (pun intended) by the Sonics , with 1.1 more stocks than any other team; the Rockets are allowing 4.7...
Taking a look at the ol' TANKR ratings. Some outliers: the Blazers are getting 1.5 more boards than any other team; the Mavericks are getting 2.2 more stocks than any other team; the Rockets are allowing 4.4 fewer oPPG than any other team; and the Knicks are the worst at everything!
Good gentlemen of SLN, it is late and the eve of my busiest week of the year, but I can't sleep and as I was doing rough accounting for my reward camps got anxious about paying to develop all these youngsters and so I decided to cook up an article since I won't have time for a while and we are...
Here we are with another edition of....MERVALYTICS (yayyyyyyyy *cue music theme*). This version will be even quippier so we can get some of that extra sweet sweet RP because Mahcus and Orange Julius need some camps!
Free Throw Rate
Look out league! We got a new leader atop the free throw rate...
Holy cow this postseason flew by! I’m getting flashbacks to high school of sitting down to write an important paper the night before it was due at 8am, only this time it’s an article for fake basketball that I grade myself for fake money, so it’s...
Tossing up this mock draft for everyone to take a gander at in the morning. This is a really fun and deep-looking draft to where this exercise was actually fun and interesting. Lot of B potential guys will be on the board in the 30s. Plenty of players that can be considered sleepers. Going to be...
Ashes is a god and spruces drafts up mightily where he sees fit! Before going through each draft, I thought there would be more stips, but Ashes has strategically placed stips within each draft. I do think as drafts become more modern, and we get into college, high...
I was texting with someone today and was looking at old trades to get an idea of how the value of future picks really turned out so I figured why not write an article where we can see some of the initial reactions, what the picks became, and analyze if it really was good value or not. My goal...
I ran an analysis on Full Season statistics to see who were the overachievers and underachievers for the 2013 season. Especially since the playoff seedings were so tight this season, it's interesting to see where each team should've lined up based on average point differential.
Need to make more content so I can afford to scout all 40 of these B potential guys in the draft, today we are going to look at the players who are (by no mathematical formula at all) delivering the best bang for their buck on cheapo deals this season. I'm not gonna count rookie contract guys just...
u/MagicSuperFan407: Hey guys, I was riding the monorail at Disney with some guy wearing a bunch of Magic swag, and he dropped his thumb drive so I swiped it. Looks like it had all their scouting information on the upcoming draft classes. Check this sh!t out!!
Here we are, post frenzy in the great crusade for RP to make my hopefully #1 picks great! Today’s entry, league pass rankings. There are a few completely arbitrary and unclear criteria to figure out this order. So here we go.
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Congrats to Merv and the Magic on a championship. Play that song! Draft is starting tomorrow 7/6 at 11am CT. The Nets are on the clock and can pick at anytime.
Player pool:
Draft Order:
Round 1:
| # | Team | Trade | Player |
|:------:|:------:|:------:|:------:|
| 1 | New Jersey Nets | |...
Sad to see Wiseman go (looking forward to see how he develops at SF if Jesse so chooses) but can't pay everybody and have had a huge crush on Winslow for like 8 seasons...and we need some TO efficiency in...
