2021 Fantasy B-Ball

[Kyler Murray]

You can now officially rename the premier league to Greek Superleague

[WeekapaugGroove]

This is my first win in like 10 years here in our fantasy leagues. Pretty happy with how the season went. My pace at the start of the year was absolutely absurd but that saved me in the end as I finished the year missing 5 keeper players with injuries. To win in just my 2nd year with a team full of young players lead by a guy nobody thought could be the centerpiece of a fantasy team (Kyrie) is great too. I didn't have any insane players on my team that every fantasy player dreams of having.

I suppose I can finally reveal my strategy this year too: The first part was obvious in that I already had a team built around point guards (point guards tend to correlate in FT%, pts, ast, and stl), anchored by only 1 (kind of elite) shot blocker in Mitchell Robinson.

Since I knew my core was decent, I didn't concern myself so much with categories and being well rounded so much as I did with simply getting good players who were starter-worthy. If I had an overlap in stats, I knew this wouldn't mean too much as I figured players would be missing a lot of games with covid, and (in hindsight) the non-covid injuries that happened this year also sort of ended up helping the case for this strategy.

It got close at the end but I was still somewhat confident as I saw the standings for the individual categories that I would edge this one out. There were a lot of good teams this year and quite frankly next year to beat some of these teams again I will have to get better. I think there are a few teams that are clearly better than mine on paper.

My personal team's MVP this year is of course, Kyrie Irving


He is my favorite player in the game and it was great to win with him as my best player.

I maxed out my games for both leagues.

Finished 4th in Premier and tied for 3rd in Dynasty, despite a pretty obvious rebuild situation about halfway through the year.

For dynasty, looking to move Russell Westbrook or John Wall. Westbrook will cost significantly more, but he finished as a top 25 guy this year so still an elite fantasy guy.

I thought I would easily finish first in assists with my lineup of Trae/Kyrie/Fox but Westbrook was amazing and single handedly won you that category.

Anyone want to talk about their picks for awards like MVP/best fantasy player, steal of the draft, ROTY, etc?

For dynasty:
MVP: Nikola Jokic (72 games, 26,11,8 and 56% FG%)
ROTY: LaMelo Ball (16/6/6)
Steal of the draft: Chris Boucher (13/7, 1.5 3s, 2 bpg, 60 games, 39th pick overall)
Waiver pickup of the year: Kelly Olynyk (13/7/3 with 2 3s, 1 spg, torrid pace on the Rockets)
Most disappointing: Anthony Davis
Breakout player/breakout star: no idea

Congrats!

Im hoping for a little more injury luck next season. Will have some interesting keeper decisions next summer.

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[Terovibe]

You can now officially rename the premier league to Greek Superleague

A new era of antetokounbros has come. Beware.

[Terovibe]

I would also like to address my will to join the dynasty league. If there is an open spot somehow, count me as a candidate.

[Kerrsed]

The G league has been pretty wild the last 2 weeks. I was 10th almost all season and now that the GP are leveling out the top 4 or 5 has all been within 5 points of each other and changing every day.

So you don't have a definitive top 3 yet on the last day?

In premier looked like Kerrsed was going to be bottom 3 for awhile and then I checked a few days ago and he was 4th to last...thought he might escape but now he just dropped to bottom 3, like 1 pt behind 4th to last.

Mathias by far in last. Haven't seen him for awhile. But he may no longer be following the Suns now that we are good because it just doesn't feel right and is transitioning to a Celtics fan since they have been disappointing and he lives in Boston.

Yeah its crazy, a few nights ago at one point it said i was in 9th place somehow. I tried doing everything i could to make a comeback but that was a bigger mountain than i could overcome. Honestly its mostly my fault for gambling so much in a year that shouldn't have been gambled with. Besides my top pick (Tre Young), my next5 picks all missed around half the season each.

Dynasty was the worst though. Aldridge retiring out of nowhere. OKC just up and deciding that Horford is done for the season half the way through. Seriously, there were 72 Games this season, and look how many my Vets actually played:\

Lebron James 45 Games Played
Jamal Murray 48 Games Played
Eric Gordon 27 Games Played
Al Horford 28 Games Played
LaMarcus Aldridge 26 Games Played

Only 2 stayed healthy (Cp3 & Brook Lopez). The rest of my Dynasty team was filled with no-minutes playing rookies like Vassell and Bane and Kira Lewis Jr. that were supposed to help lessen the blow of my vets getting older.

[Kerrsed]

Yeah, I was around 9 in dynasty a couple weeks ago, then jumped to 6th, then I think 4th. Kind of ridiculous...obviously people are tanking....sitting guys who could contribute. I'm sure not many teams had played all their games given the injuries and COVID stuff, but could still swap out their non keepers.

Then we have the super lopsided trade of KD and Hayward for Zion and Huerter, basically granting someone the championship.

Sour grapes ... I wasn't gifted a championship and worked hard to go from last place to a second place finish.

You do realize I got Durant for only 28 out of 62 possible games and Hayward for 34 out of 62 games. Both were out a lot of the season. Miyagi got twice as many games from Zion and Huerter.

In addition, MPJ was out 10+ games for COVID protocol. LaMelo Ball for 49 of 72 games because of injury. Mike Conley only 48 out of 72 because of injury and COVID. Herro for 48 out of 72 because of injury and COVID protocol twice. Keldon Johnson for 54 out of 72 because of COVID and injury.

Thad Young and Kelly Olynk were ironmen for me this season and I picked them both up 10-20 games into the season. I would have likely won if I didn't have to play Melton, Neto, Grayson Allen, and a bunch of other scrubs for a total of 67 games.

Honestly I was against the trade, but most importantly at the end of the season I still had fun doing this... so no big deal. There's going to be turnover going into next season and hopefully Kerrsed starts setting his lineups again.

STARTS SETTING UP MY LINE-UPS?!?!?!? Who the F was i supposed to play when half my team was out? I had my IR filled and the guys that i took from the player list to replace those injured guys were also sitting out games and injured! I was setting my line-ups daily and the only time you saw a guy on my bench who ended up playing was when Lebron came back for like a game and then sat out the next handful of games and then out of the blue decided to play another game. Dont try to throw me under the bus like i was tanking! My team was absolutely decimated with injuries and missed game! Those 5 vets that i previously listed played a total of 174 Games out of a possible 360! And then im stuck replacing them with guys like Terrence Ross (Who only played 46 games) and Desmond Bane (Who would have 1 solid game and go the next 5 failing to score in double digits and providing little else).

[MrMiyagi]

Games Played in Dynasty
1st - Sunskerr - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
2nd - Bigfoot - 648/648 - 100% of games played
3rd - bwgood77 - 636/648 - 98.1% of games played
3rd - golanator - 648/648 - 100% of games played
5th - wheezy - 628/648 - 96.9% of games played
6th - WeekapaugGroove - 619/648 - 95.5% of games played
7th - Mathias - 643/648 - 99.2% of games played
7th - This Team rated PG - 638/648 - 98.4% of games played
9th - Big-D - 643/638 - 99.2% of games played
10th - Tastic - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
11th - Wordsenuff - 648/648 - 100% of games played
12th - Three6Latvia - 646/648 - 99.6% of games played
13th - Qwigglez - 633/648 - 97.6% of games played
14th - Ulquiorra - 634/648 - 97.8% of games played
15th - Kerrsed - 563/648 - 86.8% of games played
16th - MrMiyagi - 640/648 - 98.7% of games played

I personally feel like this is pretty damn good given this weird year in basketball.

As for me and Bigfoot's Trade (All numbers are contributions after the trade):
KD+Hayward - 62 games, 50.2% FG (492/980), 85.4% FT (283/331), 133 3pt, 1400 points, 401 reb, 292 assists, 55 steals, 51 blocks
Per Game: 2.1 3s, 22.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 4.7 apg, .8 spg, .8 bpg

Zion+Huerter - 112 games, 54.2% FG (831/1533), 71.5% FT (372/520), 128 3pt, 2162 points, 568 reb, 423 assists, 117 steals, 52 blocks
Per Game: 1.1 3s, 19.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.0 spg, .4 bpg

Zion is 20, Huerter is 22, KD is 32, Hayward is 31. So I got 52.3% of my 3s pg, 85.7% of my ppg, 78.1% of my rpg, 78.7% of my apg, 125% of my spg, and 50% of my bpg production, 83.7% of my FT%, 107.9% of my FG% to get 10 years younger, as well as a 2nd rounder for my 3rd rounder. Not to mention Bigfoot had to drop Bogdan Bogdanovic who I picked up.

Overall, I feel like my team got better this season, and better than that - I'm more invested in my team than I have been in 3 years.

And I'm still waiting for someone to grow a pair and post their superior trade offer.

[TASTIC]

Congrats to the winners! Not sure I'll be back in dynasty or G-League.

Baby #2 is on the way in October and I just don't have as much time between renovating the house and work. I did a heap of moves as usual but mostly just set my lineup for the week and got on when I could. Didn't do as much research and most 'fantasy' time was spent on making some coin in DFS...

[bigfoot]

This is my first win in like 10 years here in our fantasy leagues. Pretty happy with how the season went. My pace at the start of the year was absolutely absurd but that saved me in the end as I finished the year missing 5 keeper players with injuries. To win in just my 2nd year with a team full of young players lead by a guy nobody thought could be the centerpiece of a fantasy team (Kyrie) is great too. I didn't have any insane players on my team that every fantasy player dreams of having.

I suppose I can finally reveal my strategy this year too: The first part was obvious in that I already had a team built around point guards (point guards tend to correlate in FT%, pts, ast, and stl), anchored by only 1 (kind of elite) shot blocker in Mitchell Robinson.

Since I knew my core was decent, I didn't concern myself so much with categories and being well rounded so much as I did with simply getting good players who were starter-worthy. If I had an overlap in stats, I knew this wouldn't mean too much as I figured players would be missing a lot of games with covid, and (in hindsight) the non-covid injuries that happened this year also sort of ended up helping the case for this strategy.

It got close at the end but I was still somewhat confident as I saw the standings for the individual categories that I would edge this one out. There were a lot of good teams this year and quite frankly next year to beat some of these teams again I will have to get better. I think there are a few teams that are clearly better than mine on paper.

My personal team's MVP this year is of course, Kyrie Irving


He is my favorite player in the game and it was great to win with him as my best player.

I maxed out my games for both leagues.

Finished 4th in Premier and tied for 3rd in Dynasty, despite a pretty obvious rebuild situation about halfway through the year.

For dynasty, looking to move Russell Westbrook or John Wall. Westbrook will cost significantly more, but he finished as a top 25 guy this year so still an elite fantasy guy.

I thought I would easily finish first in assists with my lineup of Trae/Kyrie/Fox but Westbrook was amazing and single handedly won you that category.

Anyone want to talk about their picks for awards like MVP/best fantasy player, steal of the draft, ROTY, etc?

For dynasty:
MVP: Nikola Jokic (72 games, 26,11,8 and 56% FG%)
ROTY: LaMelo Ball (16/6/6)
Steal of the draft: Chris Boucher (13/7, 1.5 3s, 2 bpg, 60 games, 39th pick overall)
Waiver pickup of the year: Kelly Olynyk (13/7/3 with 2 3s, 1 spg, torrid pace on the Rockets)
Most disappointing: Anthony Davis
Breakout player/breakout star: no idea

Julius Randle definitely a candidate as the breakout player.

[bwgood77]

This is my first win in like 10 years here in our fantasy leagues. Pretty happy with how the season went. My pace at the start of the year was absolutely absurd but that saved me in the end as I finished the year missing 5 keeper players with injuries. To win in just my 2nd year with a team full of young players lead by a guy nobody thought could be the centerpiece of a fantasy team (Kyrie) is great too. I didn't have any insane players on my team that every fantasy player dreams of having.

I suppose I can finally reveal my strategy this year too: The first part was obvious in that I already had a team built around point guards (point guards tend to correlate in FT%, pts, ast, and stl), anchored by only 1 (kind of elite) shot blocker in Mitchell Robinson.

Since I knew my core was decent, I didn't concern myself so much with categories and being well rounded so much as I did with simply getting good players who were starter-worthy. If I had an overlap in stats, I knew this wouldn't mean too much as I figured players would be missing a lot of games with covid, and (in hindsight) the non-covid injuries that happened this year also sort of ended up helping the case for this strategy.

It got close at the end but I was still somewhat confident as I saw the standings for the individual categories that I would edge this one out. There were a lot of good teams this year and quite frankly next year to beat some of these teams again I will have to get better. I think there are a few teams that are clearly better than mine on paper.

My personal team's MVP this year is of course, Kyrie Irving


He is my favorite player in the game and it was great to win with him as my best player.

I maxed out my games for both leagues.

Finished 4th in Premier and tied for 3rd in Dynasty, despite a pretty obvious rebuild situation about halfway through the year.

For dynasty, looking to move Russell Westbrook or John Wall. Westbrook will cost significantly more, but he finished as a top 25 guy this year so still an elite fantasy guy.

I thought I would easily finish first in assists with my lineup of Trae/Kyrie/Fox but Westbrook was amazing and single handedly won you that category.

Anyone want to talk about their picks for awards like MVP/best fantasy player, steal of the draft, ROTY, etc?

For dynasty:
MVP: Nikola Jokic (72 games, 26,11,8 and 56% FG%)
ROTY: LaMelo Ball (16/6/6)
Steal of the draft: Chris Boucher (13/7, 1.5 3s, 2 bpg, 60 games, 39th pick overall)
Waiver pickup of the year: Kelly Olynyk (13/7/3 with 2 3s, 1 spg, torrid pace on the Rockets)
Most disappointing: Anthony Davis
Breakout player/breakout star: no idea

Congrats...when I looked at your roster after seeing you win I was a little surprised because I had in my mind that the top few teams were stacked....and it didn't look like you had a bunch of top tier players.

As for Westbrook, man, he surprises me. I love Jokic, but looking back at my trade last year of Gobert and Westbrook for Jokic and Smart...I just did not expect Westbrook to keep putting up these numbers. When he went to Houston with Harden, figuring Harden dominates the ball, I figured he would drop off, which he did a bit at first, but then he came on after that and was surprisingly good. As for this year, just checking the box scores daily, damn....especially when you don't have turnovers as a cat, he's a beast, though he may hurt in FG% a bit.

The part about that trade that killed me the most though was blocks. I was fine in blocks with Gobert and not much else for bigs, but making that trade and Jokic not really getting blocks, suddenly I am one of the worst in that category.

[bwgood77]

I maxed out my games for both leagues.

Finished 4th in Premier and tied for 3rd in Dynasty, despite a pretty obvious rebuild situation about halfway through the year.

For dynasty, looking to move Russell Westbrook or John Wall. Westbrook will cost significantly more, but he finished as a top 25 guy this year so still an elite fantasy guy.

Just looking at your roster, I'd probably have a tough time deciding my keepers with that one.

You have one rookie I drafted too and one I had on my roster for awhile.

[sunskerr]

Games Played in Dynasty
1st - Sunskerr - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
2nd - Bigfoot - 648/648 - 100% of games played
3rd - bwgood77 - 636/648 - 98.1% of games played
3rd - golanator - 648/648 - 100% of games played
5th - wheezy - 628/648 - 96.9% of games played
6th - WeekapaugGroove - 619/648 - 95.5% of games played
7th - Mathias - 643/648 - 99.2% of games played
7th - This Team rated PG - 638/648 - 98.4% of games played
9th - Big-D - 643/638 - 99.2% of games played
10th - Tastic - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
11th - Wordsenuff - 648/648 - 100% of games played
12th - Three6Latvia - 646/648 - 99.6% of games played
13th - Qwigglez - 633/648 - 97.6% of games played
14th - Ulquiorra - 634/648 - 97.8% of games played
15th - Kerrsed - 563/648 - 86.8% of games played
16th - MrMiyagi - 640/648 - 98.7% of games played

I personally feel like this is pretty damn good given this weird year in basketball.

As for me and Bigfoot's Trade (All numbers are contributions after the trade):
KD+Hayward - 62 games, 50.2% FG (492/980), 85.4% FT (283/331), 133 3pt, 1400 points, 401 reb, 292 assists, 55 steals, 51 blocks
Per Game: 2.1 3s, 22.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 4.7 apg, .8 spg, .8 bpg

Zion+Huerter - 112 games, 54.2% FG (831/1533), 71.5% FT (372/520), 128 3pt, 2162 points, 568 reb, 423 assists, 117 steals, 52 blocks
Per Game: 1.1 3s, 19.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.0 spg, .4 bpg

Zion is 20, Huerter is 22, KD is 32, Hayward is 31. So I got 52.3% of my 3s pg, 85.7% of my ppg, 78.1% of my rpg, 78.7% of my apg, 125% of my spg, and 50% of my bpg production, 83.7% of my FT%, 107.9% of my FG% to get 10 years younger, as well as a 2nd rounder for my 3rd rounder. Not to mention Bigfoot had to drop Bogdan Bogdanovic who I picked up.

Overall, I feel like my team got better this season, and better than that - I'm more invested in my team than I have been in 3 years.

And I'm still waiting for someone to grow a pair and post their superior trade offer.

Great analysis!! I agree with Kerrsed that he basically had no opportunity to even field a complete team with the way covid/injuries struck his team.

Your team will be one of the ones to watch as you put together more pieces around Zion. You might be another season off from competing but with the way some of these young guys are breaking out so soon, who knows. A lot of teams seem to have a mix of young players and old players, but one of the teams that has primarily a young core that I think could be dangerous next year is Dbook in ur mouth, who has Doncic, Barrett, Sexton, John Collins, Jarrett Allen, and Lonzo ball all as young guys who have had a couple years in the league now and are starting to really put up some nice numbers.

Where do you see your team heading next year?

Congrats...when I looked at your roster after seeing you win I was a little surprised because I had in my mind that the top few teams were stacked....and it didn't look like you had a bunch of top tier players.

As for Westbrook, man, he surprises me. I love Jokic, but looking back at my trade last year of Gobert and Westbrook for Jokic and Smart...I just did not expect Westbrook to keep putting up these numbers. When he went to Houston with Harden, figuring Harden dominates the ball, I figured he would drop off, which he did a bit at first, but then he came on after that and was surprisingly good. As for this year, just checking the box scores daily, damn....especially when you don't have turnovers as a cat, he's a beast, though he may hurt in FG% a bit.

The part about that trade that killed me the most though was blocks. I was fine in blocks with Gobert and not much else for bigs, but making that trade and Jokic not really getting blocks, suddenly I am one of the worst in that category.

My team had a lot of good role players. Robinson, Plumlee, Boucher, and Kyle Anderson were all super huge contributors and the result of a LOT of offseason homework I did. I think the worst guy I had on my team who started a decent number of games (34) was DiVincenzo.

Speaking of DiVincenzo, man I really wish I had drafted Richaun Holmes at that pick instead. I didn't realize Whiteside was not a good player. Props to you on calling it and that pickup. I think I must have inquired like two or three times about Holmes with a package built around Tastic's 2nd rounder and some combination of a role player or two, and prospect for Holmes.

[dmastro32]

Games Played in Dynasty
1st - Sunskerr - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
2nd - Bigfoot - 648/648 - 100% of games played
3rd - bwgood77 - 636/648 - 98.1% of games played
3rd - golanator - 648/648 - 100% of games played
5th - wheezy - 628/648 - 96.9% of games played
6th - WeekapaugGroove - 619/648 - 95.5% of games played
7th - Mathias - 643/648 - 99.2% of games played
7th - This Team rated PG - 638/648 - 98.4% of games played
9th - Big-D - 643/638 - 99.2% of games played
10th - Tastic - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
11th - Wordsenuff - 648/648 - 100% of games played
12th - Three6Latvia - 646/648 - 99.6% of games played
13th - Qwigglez - 633/648 - 97.6% of games played
14th - Ulquiorra - 634/648 - 97.8% of games played
15th - Kerrsed - 563/648 - 86.8% of games played
16th - MrMiyagi - 640/648 - 98.7% of games played

I personally feel like this is pretty damn good given this weird year in basketball.

As for me and Bigfoot's Trade (All numbers are contributions after the trade):
KD+Hayward - 62 games, 50.2% FG (492/980), 85.4% FT (283/331), 133 3pt, 1400 points, 401 reb, 292 assists, 55 steals, 51 blocks
Per Game: 2.1 3s, 22.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 4.7 apg, .8 spg, .8 bpg

Zion+Huerter - 112 games, 54.2% FG (831/1533), 71.5% FT (372/520), 128 3pt, 2162 points, 568 reb, 423 assists, 117 steals, 52 blocks
Per Game: 1.1 3s, 19.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.0 spg, .4 bpg

Zion is 20, Huerter is 22, KD is 32, Hayward is 31. So I got 52.3% of my 3s pg, 85.7% of my ppg, 78.1% of my rpg, 78.7% of my apg, 125% of my spg, and 50% of my bpg production, 83.7% of my FT%, 107.9% of my FG% to get 10 years younger, as well as a 2nd rounder for my 3rd rounder. Not to mention Bigfoot had to drop Bogdan Bogdanovic who I picked up.

Overall, I feel like my team got better this season, and better than that - I'm more invested in my team than I have been in 3 years.

And I'm still waiting for someone to grow a pair and post their superior trade offer.

Great analysis!! I agree with Kerrsed that he basically had no opportunity to even field a complete team with the way covid/injuries struck his team.

Your team will be one of the ones to watch as you put together more pieces around Zion. You might be another season off from competing but with the way some of these young guys are breaking out so soon, who knows. A lot of teams seem to have a mix of young players and old players, but one of the teams that has primarily a young core that I think could be dangerous next year is Dbook in ur mouth, who has Doncic, Barrett, Sexton, John Collins, Jarrett Allen, and Lonzo ball all as young guys who have had a couple years in the league now and are starting to really put up some nice numbers.

Where do you see your team heading next year?

That was the idea when I took over this team and traded any older players that I had. I believe Griffin and Butler were two of them. Need a couple guys to diversify their game and 1 or 2 more good moves and think I will be in good shape.

[WeekapaugGroove]

Games Played in Dynasty
1st - Sunskerr - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
2nd - Bigfoot - 648/648 - 100% of games played
3rd - bwgood77 - 636/648 - 98.1% of games played
3rd - golanator - 648/648 - 100% of games played
5th - wheezy - 628/648 - 96.9% of games played
6th - WeekapaugGroove - 619/648 - 95.5% of games played
7th - Mathias - 643/648 - 99.2% of games played
7th - This Team rated PG - 638/648 - 98.4% of games played
9th - Big-D - 643/638 - 99.2% of games played
10th - Tastic - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
11th - Wordsenuff - 648/648 - 100% of games played
12th - Three6Latvia - 646/648 - 99.6% of games played
13th - Qwigglez - 633/648 - 97.6% of games played
14th - Ulquiorra - 634/648 - 97.8% of games played
15th - Kerrsed - 563/648 - 86.8% of games played
16th - MrMiyagi - 640/648 - 98.7% of games played

I personally feel like this is pretty damn good given this weird year in basketball.

As for me and Bigfoot's Trade (All numbers are contributions after the trade):
KD+Hayward - 62 games, 50.2% FG (492/980), 85.4% FT (283/331), 133 3pt, 1400 points, 401 reb, 292 assists, 55 steals, 51 blocks
Per Game: 2.1 3s, 22.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 4.7 apg, .8 spg, .8 bpg

Zion+Huerter - 112 games, 54.2% FG (831/1533), 71.5% FT (372/520), 128 3pt, 2162 points, 568 reb, 423 assists, 117 steals, 52 blocks
Per Game: 1.1 3s, 19.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.0 spg, .4 bpg

Zion is 20, Huerter is 22, KD is 32, Hayward is 31. So I got 52.3% of my 3s pg, 85.7% of my ppg, 78.1% of my rpg, 78.7% of my apg, 125% of my spg, and 50% of my bpg production, 83.7% of my FT%, 107.9% of my FG% to get 10 years younger, as well as a 2nd rounder for my 3rd rounder. Not to mention Bigfoot had to drop Bogdan Bogdanovic who I picked up.

Overall, I feel like my team got better this season, and better than that - I'm more invested in my team than I have been in 3 years.

And I'm still waiting for someone to grow a pair and post their superior trade offer.

Damn kind of embarrassed I was one of the lowest in games played. Honestly I got frustrated with all my injuries about 2/3 of the way through the year stopped paying attention to it daily after I decided I couldn't win.

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[wheezy]

Spoiler:

Games Played in Dynasty
1st - Sunskerr - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
2nd - Bigfoot - 648/648 - 100% of games played
3rd - bwgood77 - 636/648 - 98.1% of games played
3rd - golanator - 648/648 - 100% of games played
5th - wheezy - 628/648 - 96.9% of games played
6th - WeekapaugGroove - 619/648 - 95.5% of games played
7th - Mathias - 643/648 - 99.2% of games played
7th - This Team rated PG - 638/648 - 98.4% of games played
9th - Big-D - 643/638 - 99.2% of games played
10th - Tastic - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
11th - Wordsenuff - 648/648 - 100% of games played
12th - Three6Latvia - 646/648 - 99.6% of games played
13th - Qwigglez - 633/648 - 97.6% of games played
14th - Ulquiorra - 634/648 - 97.8% of games played
15th - Kerrsed - 563/648 - 86.8% of games played
16th - MrMiyagi - 640/648 - 98.7% of games played

I personally feel like this is pretty damn good given this weird year in basketball.

As for me and Bigfoot's Trade (All numbers are contributions after the trade):
KD+Hayward - 62 games, 50.2% FG (492/980), 85.4% FT (283/331), 133 3pt, 1400 points, 401 reb, 292 assists, 55 steals, 51 blocks
Per Game: 2.1 3s, 22.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 4.7 apg, .8 spg, .8 bpg

Zion+Huerter - 112 games, 54.2% FG (831/1533), 71.5% FT (372/520), 128 3pt, 2162 points, 568 reb, 423 assists, 117 steals, 52 blocks
Per Game: 1.1 3s, 19.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.0 spg, .4 bpg

Zion is 20, Huerter is 22, KD is 32, Hayward is 31. So I got 52.3% of my 3s pg, 85.7% of my ppg, 78.1% of my rpg, 78.7% of my apg, 125% of my spg, and 50% of my bpg production, 83.7% of my FT%, 107.9% of my FG% to get 10 years younger, as well as a 2nd rounder for my 3rd rounder. Not to mention Bigfoot had to drop Bogdan Bogdanovic who I picked up.

Overall, I feel like my team got better this season, and better than that - I'm more invested in my team than I have been in 3 years.

And I'm still waiting for someone to grow a pair and post their superior trade offer.

Damn kind of embarrassed I was one of the lowest in games played. Honestly I got frustrated with all my injuries about 2/3 of the way through the year stopped paying attention to it daily after I decided I couldn't win.

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Yeah I was barely ahead of you in GP.
Was there a decision on the # of games missed thing? Mostly just mentioned Kerrsed since he was last in GP and didn't see him jump in that discussion (and he would help me argue against having a penalty this year).

[WeekapaugGroove]

Spoiler:

Games Played in Dynasty
1st - Sunskerr - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
2nd - Bigfoot - 648/648 - 100% of games played
3rd - bwgood77 - 636/648 - 98.1% of games played
3rd - golanator - 648/648 - 100% of games played
5th - wheezy - 628/648 - 96.9% of games played
6th - WeekapaugGroove - 619/648 - 95.5% of games played
7th - Mathias - 643/648 - 99.2% of games played
7th - This Team rated PG - 638/648 - 98.4% of games played
9th - Big-D - 643/638 - 99.2% of games played
10th - Tastic - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
11th - Wordsenuff - 648/648 - 100% of games played
12th - Three6Latvia - 646/648 - 99.6% of games played
13th - Qwigglez - 633/648 - 97.6% of games played
14th - Ulquiorra - 634/648 - 97.8% of games played
15th - Kerrsed - 563/648 - 86.8% of games played
16th - MrMiyagi - 640/648 - 98.7% of games played

I personally feel like this is pretty damn good given this weird year in basketball.

As for me and Bigfoot's Trade (All numbers are contributions after the trade):
KD+Hayward - 62 games, 50.2% FG (492/980), 85.4% FT (283/331), 133 3pt, 1400 points, 401 reb, 292 assists, 55 steals, 51 blocks
Per Game: 2.1 3s, 22.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 4.7 apg, .8 spg, .8 bpg

Zion+Huerter - 112 games, 54.2% FG (831/1533), 71.5% FT (372/520), 128 3pt, 2162 points, 568 reb, 423 assists, 117 steals, 52 blocks
Per Game: 1.1 3s, 19.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.0 spg, .4 bpg

Zion is 20, Huerter is 22, KD is 32, Hayward is 31. So I got 52.3% of my 3s pg, 85.7% of my ppg, 78.1% of my rpg, 78.7% of my apg, 125% of my spg, and 50% of my bpg production, 83.7% of my FT%, 107.9% of my FG% to get 10 years younger, as well as a 2nd rounder for my 3rd rounder. Not to mention Bigfoot had to drop Bogdan Bogdanovic who I picked up.

Overall, I feel like my team got better this season, and better than that - I'm more invested in my team than I have been in 3 years.

And I'm still waiting for someone to grow a pair and post their superior trade offer.

Damn kind of embarrassed I was one of the lowest in games played. Honestly I got frustrated with all my injuries about 2/3 of the way through the year stopped paying attention to it daily after I decided I couldn't win.

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Yeah I was barely ahead of you in GP.
Was there a decision on the # of games missed thing? Mostly just mentioned Kerrsed since he was last in GP and didn't see him jump in that discussion (and he would help me argue against having a penalty this year).

I'm down to waive it this year because there were a **** ton of injuries. Personally I had so many injuries at one point I couldn't field a roster without cutting guys I wanted to keep. But also being honest once Giannis and Embiid were hurt along with my other list of guys out I kind of gave up because I knew I couldn't win. That's on me and I could/should have kept battling for like 3rd.

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[Kerrsed]

Its definitely a discussion that needs to be had. I was still actively putting out players when i could. I grabbed replacement players for my injured ones, but to be honest they were ass players. With so many injuries this season so many people were forced to grab replacement players and it left the wavier wire pretty bare. But i did skip playing both Kira Lewis Jr and Devin Vassell when i could because even though i do believe they have a future and want to hold on to them, its hard to play them in actual games when they only get like 5 minutes and their shooting percentages would have dragged me down even further than the one or two assists/rebounds would have helped. Towards the end i did play Vassell every game i could to try to make it back (And he did surprisingly well and the Spurs started to actually give him minutes).

Im down for whatever decision is made. I was still active (Played 641 games on my less injured non-keeper team in the Premier league). I wasnt tanking (Wouldnt want to waste a season with my old players). I was just hit with most of my guys missing half the season with injuries. Since im pretty much the only one with a ton of missed games i'll just sit back and let the rest of you decide my fate.

[bwgood77]

Congrats...when I looked at your roster after seeing you win I was a little surprised because I had in my mind that the top few teams were stacked....and it didn't look like you had a bunch of top tier players.

As for Westbrook, man, he surprises me. I love Jokic, but looking back at my trade last year of Gobert and Westbrook for Jokic and Smart...I just did not expect Westbrook to keep putting up these numbers. When he went to Houston with Harden, figuring Harden dominates the ball, I figured he would drop off, which he did a bit at first, but then he came on after that and was surprisingly good. As for this year, just checking the box scores daily, damn....especially when you don't have turnovers as a cat, he's a beast, though he may hurt in FG% a bit.

The part about that trade that killed me the most though was blocks. I was fine in blocks with Gobert and not much else for bigs, but making that trade and Jokic not really getting blocks, suddenly I am one of the worst in that category.

My team had a lot of good role players. Robinson, Plumlee, Boucher, and Kyle Anderson were all super huge contributors and the result of a LOT of offseason homework I did. I think the worst guy I had on my team who started a decent number of games (34) was DiVincenzo.

Speaking of DiVincenzo, man I really wish I had drafted Richaun Holmes at that pick instead. I didn't realize Whiteside was not a good player. Props to you on calling it and that pickup. I think I must have inquired like two or three times about Holmes with a package built around Tastic's 2nd rounder and some combination of a role player or two, and prospect for Holmes.

That goes back to my blocks. After taking Hayes with my first pick, I knew I had to try and get blocks with my next two...or at least the best 2 bigs, but there were no shot blockers, so I took Holmes (who I knew was like a top 40 fantasy player the prior year) and Adams, who wasn't that good.

I was all set to take Wiseman at #3 in the draft if he fell but I figured he was #1 and at worst 2 and researched all other players and decided on Hayes. When Wiseman dropped it was so surprising and I had been set on Hayes, that I ended up taking Hayes. I kind of have to keep him, but I almost certainly should have taken Wiseman given my roster.

[MrMiyagi]

Its definitely a discussion that needs to be had. I was still actively putting out players when i could. I grabbed replacement players for my injured ones, but to be honest they were ass players. With so many injuries this season so many people were forced to grab replacement players and it left the wavier wire pretty bare. But i did skip playing both Kira Lewis Jr and Devin Vassell when i could because even though i do believe they have a future and want to hold on to them, its hard to play them in actual games when they only get like 5 minutes and their shooting percentages would have dragged me down even further than the one or two assists/rebounds would have helped. Towards the end i did play Vassell every game i could to try to make it back (And he did surprisingly well and the Spurs started to actually give him minutes).

Im down for whatever decision is made. I was still active (Played 641 games on my less injured non-keeper team in the Premier league). I wasnt tanking (Wouldnt want to waste a season with my old players). I was just hit with most of my guys missing half the season with injuries. Since im pretty much the only one with a ton of missed games i'll just sit back and let the rest of you decide my fate.

16th pick for you!

I'm honestly fine with waiving the rule this year. I think your team was uniquely ravaged this season and shouldn't be penalized for it.

[MrMiyagi]

Spoiler:

Games Played in Dynasty
1st - Sunskerr - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
2nd - Bigfoot - 648/648 - 100% of games played
3rd - bwgood77 - 636/648 - 98.1% of games played
3rd - golanator - 648/648 - 100% of games played
5th - wheezy - 628/648 - 96.9% of games played
6th - WeekapaugGroove - 619/648 - 95.5% of games played
7th - Mathias - 643/648 - 99.2% of games played
7th - This Team rated PG - 638/648 - 98.4% of games played
9th - Big-D - 643/638 - 99.2% of games played
10th - Tastic - 645/648 - 99.5% of games played
11th - Wordsenuff - 648/648 - 100% of games played
12th - Three6Latvia - 646/648 - 99.6% of games played
13th - Qwigglez - 633/648 - 97.6% of games played
14th - Ulquiorra - 634/648 - 97.8% of games played
15th - Kerrsed - 563/648 - 86.8% of games played
16th - MrMiyagi - 640/648 - 98.7% of games played

I personally feel like this is pretty damn good given this weird year in basketball.

As for me and Bigfoot's Trade (All numbers are contributions after the trade):
KD+Hayward - 62 games, 50.2% FG (492/980), 85.4% FT (283/331), 133 3pt, 1400 points, 401 reb, 292 assists, 55 steals, 51 blocks
Per Game: 2.1 3s, 22.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 4.7 apg, .8 spg, .8 bpg

Zion+Huerter - 112 games, 54.2% FG (831/1533), 71.5% FT (372/520), 128 3pt, 2162 points, 568 reb, 423 assists, 117 steals, 52 blocks
Per Game: 1.1 3s, 19.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.0 spg, .4 bpg

Zion is 20, Huerter is 22, KD is 32, Hayward is 31. So I got 52.3% of my 3s pg, 85.7% of my ppg, 78.1% of my rpg, 78.7% of my apg, 125% of my spg, and 50% of my bpg production, 83.7% of my FT%, 107.9% of my FG% to get 10 years younger, as well as a 2nd rounder for my 3rd rounder. Not to mention Bigfoot had to drop Bogdan Bogdanovic who I picked up.

Overall, I feel like my team got better this season, and better than that - I'm more invested in my team than I have been in 3 years.

And I'm still waiting for someone to grow a pair and post their superior trade offer.

Great analysis!! I agree with Kerrsed that he basically had no opportunity to even field a complete team with the way covid/injuries struck his team.

Your team will be one of the ones to watch as you put together more pieces around Zion. You might be another season off from competing but with the way some of these young guys are breaking out so soon, who knows. A lot of teams seem to have a mix of young players and old players, but one of the teams that has primarily a young core that I think could be dangerous next year is Dbook in ur mouth, who has Doncic, Barrett, Sexton, John Collins, Jarrett Allen, and Lonzo ball all as young guys who have had a couple years in the league now and are starting to really put up some nice numbers.

Where do you see your team heading next year?

Spoiler:

Congrats...when I looked at your roster after seeing you win I was a little surprised because I had in my mind that the top few teams were stacked....and it didn't look like you had a bunch of top tier players.

As for Westbrook, man, he surprises me. I love Jokic, but looking back at my trade last year of Gobert and Westbrook for Jokic and Smart...I just did not expect Westbrook to keep putting up these numbers. When he went to Houston with Harden, figuring Harden dominates the ball, I figured he would drop off, which he did a bit at first, but then he came on after that and was surprisingly good. As for this year, just checking the box scores daily, damn....especially when you don't have turnovers as a cat, he's a beast, though he may hurt in FG% a bit.

The part about that trade that killed me the most though was blocks. I was fine in blocks with Gobert and not much else for bigs, but making that trade and Jokic not really getting blocks, suddenly I am one of the worst in that category.

My team had a lot of good role players. Robinson, Plumlee, Boucher, and Kyle Anderson were all super huge contributors and the result of a LOT of offseason homework I did. I think the worst guy I had on my team who started a decent number of games (34) was DiVincenzo.

Speaking of DiVincenzo, man I really wish I had drafted Richaun Holmes at that pick instead. I didn't realize Whiteside was not a good player. Props to you on calling it and that pickup. I think I must have inquired like two or three times about Holmes with a package built around Tastic's 2nd rounder and some combination of a role player or two, and prospect for Holmes.

Hopefully upwards, even just a little bit - 12th would be pretty big for me. There are quite a few of the incoming rookies that I like, but the real difference makers are going to be the young guys who've been in the league 2-4 years breaking out. I've got to do some more research in that department, but there are some guys on my radar already. Like everyone, I want to see how the offseason goes and who moves where. I'm not against getting good value vets in the draft, but I'm definitely skewing toward guys in their early-mid 20s.