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I am confused, are we more concerned about bad teams being bad and playing the lottery or good teams manipulating their line up to be bad to secure better lottery odds for their pick?
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Capn'O wrote:bishnykfan wrote:...
Does the Sim have a feature where it ranks a team based on overall player rating? A measure like actual performance vs. projected performance might capture lineup manipulation. So basically e-balla would be at one end of this spectrum and then you have... well... we all know.
Basically a "coach" ranking.
That's just coach of the year?
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I hated seeing an Embiid, Butler or any other star who has sat out their teams games in the past six seasons sit out games so a team can intentionally lose

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mpharris36 wrote:Buzzard wrote:bishnykfan wrote:
I agree with this also. Not calling out any individual GMs because I don't think they did anything wrong technically but I hated seeing an Embiid, Butler or any other star who has sat out their teams games in the past six seasons sit out games so a team can intentionally lose. I hated seeing a team bench their starters in a play-in game so they would intentionally lose.
Going into the year, very few teams actually think that they can win a championship in the NBA. But they never sit out their stars for chunks of the season. We can do it in BaF because there is no consequence to it. If people are ok with that, then so be it. You aren't answering to an owner, a fanbase or the bottom line like actual teams do.
There should be levels of punishment. Tanking the last two weeks of the season should not exact the same punishment as sitting Embiid for almost half the season. That is another reason I voted against it. It was too black and white about pulling a pick.
wasn't that was why there was a 3 strike system? No way someone could accumulate 3 strikes in a week or two window.
The only people facing the most impactful punishment aren't going to be the people in the last couple weeks that throw in the towel. Its the people 20 games in doing that.
They likely didn’t find it appealing how the strikes stuck with you across more than one season. But in that case you vote to pass the rule and then simplify amend it. Not do nothing at all and keep the status quo.

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bishnykfan wrote:
there is no guarantee that this league lasts forever. It takes up an insane amount of time for me and between work and family, this gets a little more difficult each year. I want to continue for as long as I can and I don't currently plan on stopping, but considering tomorrow is not guaranteed for anyone…..
For me, I would rather see a violation like this effect a teams free agent ranking. Maybe weight the "player happiness" ranking more for teams that tank or give to many load management days. A team that sits its stars should be hurt on the FA market, not by changing the contracts that are already on the books. Maybe drop a team that violates this rule a tier or two on the market for x number of years or some other way to make it hurt to tank.
First off, the bold hurt me to my soul.
The quoted I agree with. In addition to scrapping the youth/draft pick category in the FA rankings as Mph mentioned. When and if the rule is revised in such a way, I will vote “for”.
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When you don’t have any Big stars to sit and you have diplomatic immunity from being called a tanker.


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Man I wish I could speed up this process but I’m not going to do something dumb to do it.
I hate getting beat up.
I hate getting beat up.
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E-Balla wrote:Capn'O wrote:bishnykfan wrote:...
Does the Sim have a feature where it ranks a team based on overall player rating? A measure like actual performance vs. projected performance might capture lineup manipulation. So basically e-balla would be at one end of this spectrum and then you have... well... we all know.
Basically a "coach" ranking.
That's just coach of the year?
Coaching is a free agency factor, no?
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Capn'O wrote:bishnykfan wrote:...
Does the Sim have a feature where it ranks a team based on overall player rating? A measure like actual performance vs. projected performance might capture lineup manipulation. So basically e-balla would be at one end of this spectrum and then you have... well... we all know.
Basically a "coach" ranking.
Not really, closest thing is the power rankings. Could do teams preseason ratings compared to the final rankings to see which team outperformed their expectations. Of course, the way players move in this league not sure that would be a true representation.
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bringbackhoffa wrote:I am confused, are we more concerned about bad teams being bad and playing the lottery or good teams manipulating their line up to be bad to secure better lottery odds for their pick?
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I'm not concerned at all about bad teams being bad. Every league has bad teams and I have no issue with a GM who has built a bad team. My issue personally is with teams who could be decent who choose to be bad at the expense of their players/fans etc.
And for TC, lol...that is not a shot fired at AFB, Richard or any of the other 10+ GMs who have sat good players or manipulated their lineup over the years. There is nothing in place so teams are free to do what they want to do until enough people choose to do something about it.
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PG- Oscar Robertson/Bob Cousy
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bishnykfan wrote:bringbackhoffa wrote:I am confused, are we more concerned about bad teams being bad and playing the lottery or good teams manipulating their line up to be bad to secure better lottery odds for their pick?
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I'm not concerned at all about bad teams being bad. Every league has bad teams and I have no issue with a GM who has built a bad team. My issue personally is with teams who could be decent who choose to be bad at the expense of their players/fans etc.
And for TC, lol...that is not a shot fired at AFB, Richard or any of the other 10+ GMs who have sat good players or manipulated their lineup over the years. There is nothing in place so teams are free to do what they want to do until enough people choose to do something about it.
I know it was not shot from you Bish. I just wanted to post it lol.
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Jae Crowder and Eric Gordon can be had. Useful players on expiring contracts, reach out with offers...
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Jakob Poeltl/Moussa Diabate/Karlo Matkovic
Ivica Zubac/Nick Richards/Oscar Tshiebwe
Jamal Murray/Ty Jerome/Dante Exum
Zach Lavine/Ochai Agbaji/Corey Kispert
Aaron Gordon/Josh Okogie/Javonte Green
Jakob Poeltl/Moussa Diabate/Karlo Matkovic
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Anyone looking for cheap $1 depth. Jordan Goodwin (2 2nds), Troy Brown (2nd), Edmond Sumner (free) are available
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I see some guys shopping guys...is the freeze over now that we have FA tiers set?
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Teams with cap space:
Dillon Brooks- $100/1 year (expiring) is available.
All NBA Defensive Team irl in 2023, and averaged 14.3 PTS, albeit inefficiently.
He’ll prolly have one of the highest DEF ratings of all wings in BaF due to the All Defensive Team accolade.
If you strike out in free agency and need a strong defensive wing with enough versatility capable of guarding the SG/SF/PF positions, on a contract that will allow you to have the cap flex to re-enter the market next offseason, PM me.
Looking for two 2nds in return.
Dillon Brooks- $100/1 year (expiring) is available.
All NBA Defensive Team irl in 2023, and averaged 14.3 PTS, albeit inefficiently.
He’ll prolly have one of the highest DEF ratings of all wings in BaF due to the All Defensive Team accolade.
If you strike out in free agency and need a strong defensive wing with enough versatility capable of guarding the SG/SF/PF positions, on a contract that will allow you to have the cap flex to re-enter the market next offseason, PM me.
Looking for two 2nds in return.

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mpharris36 wrote:I see some guys shopping guys...is the freeze over now that we have FA tiers set?
Looks like the official free agency date is still TBD so I’m going to guess no not yet
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Zach Lavine/Ochai Agbaji/Corey Kispert
Aaron Gordon/Josh Okogie/Javonte Green
Jakob Poeltl/Moussa Diabate/Karlo Matkovic
Ivica Zubac/Nick Richards/Oscar Tshiebwe
Jamal Murray/Ty Jerome/Dante Exum
Zach Lavine/Ochai Agbaji/Corey Kispert
Aaron Gordon/Josh Okogie/Javonte Green
Jakob Poeltl/Moussa Diabate/Karlo Matkovic
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