BAT 13.0 Official Discussion Thread

MaseInYourFace · Post #81 » by **MaseInYourFace** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:34 pm

I would be down to do one if we switch it up a little. Different format or something. The last one I did fizzled out early.

Blue Ninja · Post #82 » by **Blue Ninja** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:35 pm

Blue Ninja wrote:A little iffy on my summer schedule, but I'll try and work around it.

Put me down for the Phoenix Suns.

Gonna have to pull out. Got another job, that's going to be taking out most of my time. Sorry guys, but would be willing to judge at the end if yall want.

swisscheeseD · Post #83 » by **swisscheeseD** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:48 pm

MaseInYourFace wrote:I would be down to do one if we switch it up a little. Different format or something. The last one I did fizzled out early.

I always liked the idea of doing a straight-up "Win Now" BAT...these rookies being allowed in the draft are so subjective, at least if you had a "Win Now" BAT, there is much more risk involved in selecting rookies, and definitely a whole lot of strategy on which of those prospects you would select and in what type of role they are thrust upon.

I know the argument is that whomever is lucky enough to land one of the Top 5 picks has a crazy advantage, well, yea they do...as they always do in these BAT's. But there are PLENTY of "Win-Now" players you can build with in this league. Everyone reaches on youth and the rooks early on, there are always big time players available even into the beginning of the 3rd Round.

What I would propose is a "Win-Now" BAT with a March Madness Bracket Style Tournament. Assuming complete health of every individual selected. I don't want that to be confused with thinking Kobe Bryant becomes prime Kobe, or Rose becomes prime Rose, or even that Joel Embiid reaches his Hakeem Olajuwon ceiling...it's assuming the health of a player at this particular stage in his career. This will definitely open up a lot of subjectivity towards discussion and should definitely make things interesting. We can determine a "Power Ranking" throughout the draft process after each round, and at the end, we'll set up the Tournament based off the end results of those rankings. And we vote collectively on each matchup until we determine a winner.

CoolKids · Post #84 » by **CoolKids** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:07 pm

HuuHaa wrote:Ill take the Pistons

have you ever taken part before?

Context · Post #85 » by **Context** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:14 pm

guys seriously...just leave the BAT alone and work with what the defense gives you lol...too much whining- with all due respect

br7knicks · Post #86 » by **br7knicks** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:11 pm

swisscheeseD wrote:
MaseInYourFace wrote:I would be down to do one if we switch it up a little. Different format or something. The last one I did fizzled out early.

I always liked the idea of doing a straight-up "Win Now" BAT...these rookies being allowed in the draft are so subjective, at least if you had a "Win Now" BAT, there is much more risk involved in selecting rookies, and definitely a whole lot of strategy on which of those prospects you would select and in what type of role they are thrust upon.

i agree. that's why i think we should do it now instead of waiting til the NBA draft. we haven't seen the rookies and how they play, what's the point in having them? if we need to include the rookies, we might as well wait til after SL so we can have a clue on how they play against, at least, other mediocre NBA level talent

Mecca · Post #87 » by **Mecca** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:16 pm

I'm in.

Cbrunn2 · Post #88 » by **Cbrunn2** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:42 pm

I'll give it a go if you guys need anyone else

swisscheeseD · Post #89 » by **swisscheeseD** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:41 am

Coolkids, Blue Ninja pulled out, gotta update the main page. Looks like we're still a few GM's away from getting this started. What's the verdict on a start date?

Mecca · Post #90 » by **Mecca** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:33 am

Confident my BAT 12 team would contend for a title.

Westbrook and Gobert creating havoc on defense with shooters like Korver Olynyk and Afflalo.. Dear God.

CoolKids · Post #91 » by **CoolKids** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:01 am

swisscheeseD wrote:Coolkids, Blue Ninja pulled out, gotta update the main page. Looks like we're still a few GM's away from getting this started. What's the verdict on a start date?

Ill take him off. Were gonna go with whatever the vote is. If we have 30 signed up and the majority have voted for ASAP we will begin a day or two later.

ctorres · Post #92 » by **ctorres** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:39 am

Mecca wrote:Confident my BAT 12 team would contend for a title.

Westbrook and Gobert creating havoc on defense with shooters like Korver Olynyk and Afflalo.. Dear God.

My BAT 12 team would stop you on your tracks! Dellavedova changed everything.

EMG518 · Post #93 » by **EMG518** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:21 am

ctorres wrote:
Mecca wrote:Confident my BAT 12 team would contend for a title.

Westbrook and Gobert creating havoc on defense with shooters like Korver Olynyk and Afflalo.. Dear God.

My BAT 12 team would stop you on your tracks! Dellavedova changed everything.

Your team would beat his, it is nice to have Durant on your team.

CoolKids · Post #94 » by **CoolKids** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:25 pm

EMG518 wrote:
ctorres wrote:
Mecca wrote:Confident my BAT 12 team would contend for a title.

Westbrook and Gobert creating havoc on defense with shooters like Korver Olynyk and Afflalo.. Dear God.

My BAT 12 team would stop you on your tracks! Dellavedova changed everything.

Your team would beat his, it is nice to have Durant on your team.

What team do you want

Cbrunn2 · Post #95 » by **Cbrunn2** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:49 pm

Pencil me in for Philly , I don't see them taken yet

swisscheeseD · Post #96 » by **swisscheeseD** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:53 pm

ctorres wrote:
Mecca wrote:Confident my BAT 12 team would contend for a title.

Westbrook and Gobert creating havoc on defense with shooters like Korver Olynyk and Afflalo.. Dear God.

My BAT 12 team would stop you on your tracks! Dellavedova changed everything.

Your BAT 12 team doesn't make the playoffs without the injured Durant and Tony Parker's worst season of his career.

ctorres · Post #97 » by **ctorres** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:33 pm

swisscheeseD wrote:
ctorres wrote:
Mecca wrote:Confident my BAT 12 team would contend for a title.

Westbrook and Gobert creating havoc on defense with shooters like Korver Olynyk and Afflalo.. Dear God.

My BAT 12 team would stop you on your tracks! Dellavedova changed everything.

Your BAT 12 team doesn't make the playoffs without the injured Durant and Tony Parker's worst season of his career.

Durant might as well not even be drafted in BAT if his injury is going to be held against him like that.

:cry:

EMG518 · Post #98 » by **EMG518** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:47 pm

CoolKids wrote:
EMG518 wrote:
ctorres wrote:
My BAT 12 team would stop you on your tracks! Dellavedova changed everything.

Your team would beat his, it is nice to have Durant on your team.
What team do you want

I was going to leave it up to chance and let everyone else pick first.

swisscheeseD · Post #99 » by **swisscheeseD** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:49 pm

ctorres wrote:
swisscheeseD wrote:
ctorres wrote:
My BAT 12 team would stop you on your tracks! Dellavedova changed everything.

Your BAT 12 team doesn't make the playoffs without the injured Durant and Tony Parker's worst season of his career.

Durant might as well not even be drafted in BAT if his injury is going to be held against him like that.

Why wouldn't it be held against him? You're telling Mecca that your team would "stop him in his tracks" in regards to his comment on how he'd contend for a title. Well, hate to break it to ya, Durant wouldn't hypothetically be part of that, as he was out for the rest of the season. He missed so much time in fact, a more talented OKC Thunder team didn't even make the playoffs in the West.

Injuries are a part of how people view these BAT teams. It's the reason why everyone was so high on my team early, than completely soured once Bosh was diagnosed with the blood clots. I had to trade Bosh and depth for Nowitzki, just to keep my team in the running. If not for Bosh going down, my team would have been even better than what it turned out to be.

swisscheeseD · Post #100 » by **swisscheeseD** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:12 pm

Only 5 spots left to join...and still 6 GM's who haven't selected a franchise yet (Fury, Mecca, Maseinyourface, Grinditout, bishnykfan and EMG518).

Available Franchises...

-Minnesota Timberwolves
-Toronto Raptors
-Boston Celtics
-Cleveland Cavaliers
-Indiana Pacers
-Oklahoma City Thunder
-Houston Rockets
-San Antonio Spurs
-Los Angeles Clippers
-Phoenix Suns
-Sacramento Kings