As you can see I have been quite busy this week, but things are churning along I promise. I have a half day at work today (Labor Day…) but I’ll be dropping SLN and NDL sims and a whole slew of draft profiles (and some draft information for the drafts to come) this evening. But of course let’s get...
For years, the Pistons have been suffering from mismanagement and a deeply apathetic front office. Ownership chose to leave the SLN and join the rap group D12 on a non-guaranteed contract. And yet, a talented young roster and brilliant new conservator have the franchise trending upward.
A malfunctioning vending machine stocked with sushi from Takanassee Lake. A director of player personnel who believed dunks were worth five points. A drug-addled unauthorized mascot that turned out to be Sen. Jon Stevens Corzine blowing off steam. Twelve months (it’s been like six weeks?) into a...
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SLN's best at getting to the line. Congrats Kwame Brown!! I'd say this was generally the names you'd expect albeit with a couple tiny usage guys like Joakim and Ratfuck. It did make me...
I’m bored on a cross country flight so why not take a peek ahead to some re-signings and free agency. This could be a seismic offseason for a lot of franchises depending on how their re-signings go.
In Need of Friendly Re-Signings
1. Houston Rockets
2. Phoenix Suns
3. Seattle Supersonics
4....
I'm taking it upon myself to start raising NDL AWARENESS in article form moving forward.
Behold, the first installment of my totally arbitrary but very thoughtful analysis of the top prospects in the NDL this season. I will take many factors into consideration but ultimately just want to highlight...
gonna point out some oddities
Kings had the 3rd biggest differential in shot attempts and shot more efficiently than opponents. The refs hated them this year though and they lost at the line
Suns had the #1 turnover differential, and #1 FGA differential, and finished 8 games under...
I call it a bit of a 5x5. All of this discussion over GMOTY made me think, what actually were some of the best moves and who deserves some props. I'm sure everyone will disagree with me or say that I'm overrating my own moves. We want DISCUSSION!
I was going through the regular season awards, and I was particularly struck by a few of the FBB selections (looking at you, Amare!). And so, I decided to bring back one of my old SLOR article series in honor of the weirdness. THE PEOPLE’S REGULAR SEASON...
2011 was a big year for many of us SLN GMs. I graduated high school, The Stockton Kangz finished up his 200th FBB season, and of course, Hoff was born. In the real NBA, the slight decline in the value of the USD brought with it a growth in European trade,...
The year is 2010. You’re cruising your 03 Camry around the school parking lot looking for the spot closest to the exit that gives you a straight shot to Wendy’s when the lunch bell dings. The only TikTok you’ve ever heard of is the new Ke$ha song...
Lawd have mercy, now that’s what I call a draft file; there are dudes who will go 16 this year that would probably have been top 5 in other drafts, and, if we’re talking about the GOAT Bill Walker, top 3. 2008 was a...
Sorry boys, got super busy and dropped the ball a little bit on the Big Board this year…kinda like how Greg Oden’s balls dropped onto the front page of Deadspin 2010, but that’s neither here nor there. This will be a bit of a quicker Big Board with the draft...
Many remember 2006 as the year America’s Vice President blasted a 78-year-old campaign contributor in the face with birdshot because he thought he was a quail. Or maybe because the Dems were fighting Medicare reform and this was one of the tough choices Cheney...
It’s that time of year again, muchachos – you know the drill, draft board and stupid puns. The title pun is a little dark considering this disease is a pretty major issue in Luol’s home country of Sudan, but we’ve all heard enough jokes about Delonte West banging...
DMorrell’s alarm rings. It rings again. He checks his phone, checks the calendar, checks the 12-foot-wide digital atomic clock he projects onto the ceiling of his bedroom 24/7, showing the countdown to the ‘03 draft. It’s here. It’s finally fucking here.
Bella Yao, Bella Yao, Bella Yao, Yao, Yao: The 2002 Big Board
Ah, 2002. Brady won his first Super Bowl, Pepsi Blue hit the market for the first time, and perhaps the year’s biggest surprise debut, Gandalf the Grey came back as Gandalf the White to open a fat can of whup-ass on Mordor.
Oh, how delectable this draft file is after the decidedly…fragrant meal that was last year’s shit sandwich. Ashes did what he could with the 2000 class, but he went doubly hard on this one to get that taste out of our mouths – what an embarrassment of riches...
A Shit Sandwich Plus Jamal Crawford, aka the 2000 Draft Big Board
Ah yes, Y2K, the year when our computers miraculously didn’t fail us but the NBA draft certainly did. Widely regarded as perhaps the worst class of the modern era, these 58 bums managed 3 total All-Star appearances across all of...
An Equally Unresearched Big Board for the 1999 Draft
Ohhhh it’s that time of year again…we’ve crowned a new champion (congrats Ralph) and the most exciting (and perhaps scariest) phase of sim basketball is upon us – the offseason. I love the smell of REWARD CAMPS in the morning!
Season 3 is upon us. Timeflies… RPs too! I’m going to be so poor after this camp - a measly 300RP left. Good thing about being poor is that’ll motivate ya! I ripped through this and assume there will be major typos so apologies in advance if it reads like it was written by a year 1 foreign exchange...
I looked at the draft file and the draft notes, but given that these players were so present in my basketball childhood, a lot of my decisions in shaping this Big Board were influenced pretty heavily by whether they looked cool on TV when I was...
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Tanking
1. No Inside Offense.
2. Nav Rule (You must sign appropriate players to fill positions on your DC)
3. Start your best players and maintain reasonable option choices. There is room for experimentation at my discretion. No...
As you can see I have been quite busy this week, but things are churning along I promise. I have a half day at work today (Labor Day…) but I’ll be dropping SLN and NDL sims and a whole slew of draft profiles (and some draft information for the drafts to come) this evening. But of course let’s get...
