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Post#1541 » by Strick » Sat May 21, 2022 12:10 am

Torn between staying incognito until the draft to not tip my hand and joining the draft threads :lol:
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Post#1542 » by Fat » Sat May 21, 2022 12:18 am

Strick wrote:Torn between staying incognito until the draft to not tip my hand and joining the draft threads :lol:


You gonna have the easiest pick in the lottery :lol: I wanted 3rd pick
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Post#1543 » by Strick » Sat May 21, 2022 12:35 am

Angryfatboy wrote:
Strick wrote:Torn between staying incognito until the draft to not tip my hand and joining the draft threads :lol:


You gonna have the easiest pick in the lottery :lol: I wanted 3rd pick

Lol it is pretty stress free but I’m talking about potential trade up options or guys I can snag in the 2nd round which I currently have 3 of the top 5 2nd round picks. Don’t need “my guys” getting more buzz than they need :lol:
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Post#1544 » by Strick » Sat May 21, 2022 12:57 am

I might be buying Rockets league pass too because whoever I pick very well might be paired up with SenGAWD :lol:
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Post#1545 » by Context » Sat May 21, 2022 3:02 am

Strick wrote:
Angryfatboy wrote:
Strick wrote:Torn between staying incognito until the draft to not tip my hand and joining the draft threads :lol:


You gonna have the easiest pick in the lottery :lol: I wanted 3rd pick

Lol it is pretty stress free but I’m talking about potential trade up options or guys I can snag in the 2nd round which I currently have 3 of the top 5 2nd round picks. Don’t need “my guys” getting more buzz than they need :lol:

I only scouted my top 20...but you have a good eye so Im looking forward to see who you take in the 2nd round Strick...
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Post#1546 » by Buzzard » Sat May 21, 2022 10:27 am

Context wrote:
Strick wrote:
Angryfatboy wrote:
You gonna have the easiest pick in the lottery :lol: I wanted 3rd pick

Lol it is pretty stress free but I’m talking about potential trade up options or guys I can snag in the 2nd round which I currently have 3 of the top 5 2nd round picks. Don’t need “my guys” getting more buzz than they need :lol:

I only scouted my top 20...but you have a good eye so Im looking forward to see who you take in the 2nd round Strick...

I did something similar but mostly focused on my top 15.
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Post#1547 » by Context » Sat May 21, 2022 10:31 am

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Context wrote:
Strick wrote:Lol it is pretty stress free but I’m talking about potential trade up options or guys I can snag in the 2nd round which I currently have 3 of the top 5 2nd round picks. Don’t need “my guys” getting more buzz than they need :lol:

I only scouted my top 20...but you have a good eye so Im looking forward to see who you take in the 2nd round Strick...

I did something similar but mostly focused on my top 15.

Yeah you made some very good selectins as well...curious to see who you draft Buzz...
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Post#1548 » by Buzzard » Sat May 21, 2022 10:40 am

Context wrote:
Buzzard wrote:
Context wrote:I only scouted my top 20...but you have a good eye so Im looking forward to see who you take in the 2nd round Strick...

I did something similar but mostly focused on my top 15.

Yeah you made some very good selectins as well...curious to see who you draft Buzz...

I think the back half of this lottery is iffy as heck. Half will be plausible starters or better; then the other half will be role players to bust.
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Post#1549 » by Strick » Sat May 21, 2022 5:28 pm

Buzzard wrote:
Context wrote:
Buzzard wrote:I did something similar but mostly focused on my top 15.

Yeah you made some very good selectins as well...curious to see who you draft Buzz...

I think the back half of this lottery is iffy as heck. Half will be plausible starters or better; then the other half will be role players to bust.

Definitely not last years class. That class was deep and tons of potential. I do think there are some potential gems and it is a bit underrated overall
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Post#1550 » by 3toheadmelo » Sat May 21, 2022 11:45 pm

Back to back Finals appearances… very blessed and grateful for this. I dreamt of this 5 years ago!

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Good series Hoffa. You almost pulled a crazy come back against us.
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Post#1551 » by Fat » Sat May 21, 2022 11:56 pm

I’m Looking for another pick in the draft either late lottery, late teens or early 20s
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Post#1552 » by 2010 » Sun May 22, 2022 12:04 am

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Post#1553 » by 2010 » Sun May 22, 2022 12:52 am

Congrats to Cleveland and San Antonio on advancing to the Finals!

To my man Smash, hold your head high. You are one of the best GMs to ever do it and I know you’ll be building A PROBLEM this off-season once you get to work.

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Post#1554 » by 3toheadmelo » Sun May 22, 2022 1:10 am

Congrats to the Spurs! Will be a grueling battle against them.

Smash I know you are disappointed by this result but I know you will get back in ur bag and come back with an even stronger team.
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Post#1555 » by mpharris36 » Sun May 22, 2022 1:26 am

Absolute blood bath of a series. Wouldn't have expected anything less from a matchup vs the only 2 +70 win teams in the history of BAF. The punches and counterpunches. Kudos to Smash for building a power house and just seemed like HC advantage reigned supreme with me being able to sneak out 1 road victory in the slimmest of margins.

Durant a freakin animal. The best player in the SIM, nothing I tried slowed him down all series. And the rest of that roster is just built so well. Hell of a run Smash.

Congrats to CLE on b2b Finals appearances...looking forward to that battle!
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Post#1556 » by Smash3 » Sun May 22, 2022 1:12 pm

2010 wrote:Congrats to Cleveland and San Antonio on advancing to the Finals!

To my man Smash, hold your head high. You are one of the best GMs to ever do it and I know you’ll be building A PROBLEM this off-season once you get to work.

No one else worth a mention.


Appreciate you bro, we can only control what we can control and that is building great teams. Time to enter what will probably be the best off season for a lot of teams – clean slate for everyone.
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Post#1557 » by Smash3 » Sun May 22, 2022 1:17 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:Congrats to the Spurs! Will be a grueling battle against them.

Smash I know you are disappointed by this result but I know you will get back in ur bag and come back with an even stronger team.


Congrats on back to back finals Melo! Now end the final chapter of the first BAF run with back-to-back titles bro.
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Post#1558 » by Smash3 » Sun May 22, 2022 1:26 pm

mpharris36 wrote:Absolute blood bath of a series. Wouldn't have expected anything less from a matchup vs the only 2 +70 win teams in the history of BAF. The punches and counterpunches. Kudos to Smash for building a power house and just seemed like HC advantage reigned supreme with me being able to sneak out 1 road victory in the slimmest of margins.

Durant a freakin animal. The best player in the SIM, nothing I tried slowed him down all series. And the rest of that roster is just built so well. Hell of a run Smash.

Congrats to CLE on b2b Finals appearances...looking forward to that battle!


What a series! MP your Spurs were built tough as *****, we had double digit leads every game in San Antonio but your Spurs clawed their way back every time. Then they won a game 6 on the road with 1-point – damn. Congrats on making it out the wild wild west.
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Post#1559 » by Smash3 » Sun May 22, 2022 1:59 pm

To the city of Portland and Blazers fans:

I know Rip City was hoping the Blazers would finally hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy this season, so this is a disappointing end. However what we've accomplished and built here over the years was no easy feat.

- All time regular season BAF win-loss record
- BAF finals appearance
- Tied (3) for most conference finals appearances
- Five straight playoff appearances
- Historic 70-win season
- Longest regular season winning streak

With that being said we have to give a shout out to the competition in BAF. There's a reason we have had four different champions in four years, the group of GMs we have in BAF always bring their A-game and the parity is something else. Most importantly this great game wouldn't have been possible without our great commissioner Bishnykfan, so again I just have to mention how we appreciate your time and effort in running BAF.

We've seen the trophy slip away from us one too many times, but to the city of Portland.... With the new group of Blazers we will be signing in the off season, I expect us to be back here same time next year with a different outcome.

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Post#1560 » by DaGawd » Sun May 22, 2022 2:12 pm

5th pick is available for the right price..
Preferably a first included for next year in any potential deal
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