Build a Franchise (Season 5)- Discussion thread
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the Embiid injury sucks man. No one wants to see that.
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E-Balla wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:E-Balla wrote:Y'all didn't believe me did you? I been saying it since last year I was basically gambling my season on the ratings of him, Ben, and Westbrook. By the end of the season Ben should be 4 stars and Moses 3, that's when it'll really kick into gear. He was the obvious bet for the "super overrated player based on per minute production" player this year. Had to get him and keep him.
Notes for the night:
- Chicago is officially scary as hell. Got outrebounded by 14 and won big, that's my whole strategy to win most games lol.
- Lebron with ANOTHER stinker. Uh oh.
- Zion, Sexton, and Luka starting the season bad doesn't bode well for people that'll be playing them midseason when they probably start playing hot. Only a matter of time.
- Melo thinks he's slick. I'm noticing a low +/- from certain bench guys when I realized that's garbage time minutes artificially lowering them.
- San Antonio shot 18-36 from deep. Portland shot 1-9. Portland won by 2 in a game with 21 lead changes. Insane gameplan from the sim coach but it worked.
- The Dinwiddie Bench reigns supreme!!!
- 6 steals from Nance, 42-17 from Moses, but I don't like these games so far. Love the W's especially against 2 teams I'll be in the running with later, but my team is not playing well in the areas we specialize in and we have one of the 3 best teams in the conference tomorrow and another Monday.
wait what did I do
Randle at +2?I'm adding everyone's stats to these spreadsheets I see it all lmao.


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E-Balla wrote:Capn'O wrote:Holy **** Eballa really is John Connor
I told y'all I was studying the last few seasons to see what was OP and what wasn't. See what was overvalued and what wasn't. Offensive rebounding was the winner by far. Moses averaged 6 ORB per 36 last year. Led the league.
Makes sense. Without doing as much research as you have, PER seems to correlate well as well. Why mediocre bigs seem to be overvalued.
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The Embiid injury is trash but NewEra is a beast. He's still got a team good enough to keep him floating with Nerlens and Favors holding him down inside for a half dozen weeks.
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Damn that Embiid news sucks…. i know NewEra will find a way to keep his team very competitive until he’s back tho

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Capn'O wrote:E-Balla wrote:Capn'O wrote:Holy **** Eballa really is John Connor
I told y'all I was studying the last few seasons to see what was OP and what wasn't. See what was overvalued and what wasn't. Offensive rebounding was the winner by far. Moses averaged 6 ORB per 36 last year. Led the league.
Makes sense. Without doing as much research as you have, PER seems to correlate well as well. Why mediocre bigs seem to be overvalued.
They messed me up and changed the defensive ratings a lot. Helped a bit though because it meant Frank Jackson became a good defender, but it made Moses lower than I expected.
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E-Balla wrote:mpharris36 wrote:Phish Tank wrote:umm.... Moses Brown
I think we found the new SIM Whiteside!
Y'all didn't believe me did you? I been saying it since last year I was basically gambling my season on the ratings of him, Ben, and Westbrook. By the end of the season Ben should be 4 stars and Moses 3, that's when it'll really kick into gear. He was the obvious bet for the "super overrated player based on per minute production" player this year. Had to get him and keep him.
Notes for the night:
- Chicago is officially scary as hell. Got outrebounded by 14 and won big, that's my whole strategy to win most games lol.
- Lebron with ANOTHER stinker. Uh oh.
- Zion, Sexton, and Luka starting the season bad doesn't bode well for people that'll be playing them midseason when they probably start playing hot. Only a matter of time.
- Melo thinks he's slick. I'm noticing a low +/- from certain bench guys when I realized that's garbage time minutes artificially lowering them.
- San Antonio shot 18-36 from deep. Portland shot 1-9. Portland won by 2 in a game with 21 lead changes. Insane gameplan from the sim coach but it worked.
- The Dinwiddie Bench reigns supreme!!!
- 6 steals from Nance, 42-17 from Moses, but I don't like these games so far. Love the W's especially against 2 teams I'll be in the running with later, but my team is not playing well in the areas we specialize in and we have one of the 3 best teams in the conference tomorrow and another Monday.
I was trying to figure out how I can lose a game where I make 17 more 3's than the OPP and made the exact same amount of FG's. I gave up 47 goddamn FT's.

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LeBron finally gets a deep team full of help and he suddenly transforms into an inefficient mid-teens scorer.

Beat a good team in Orlando tho, so I won’t complain too much. But I’m still in evaluation phase. Sample size is still small.

Beat a good team in Orlando tho, so I won’t complain too much. But I’m still in evaluation phase. Sample size is still small.

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Holmes down. Time to unleash The Green Kornet.
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BAF fam, I truly appreciate the empathy in regards to Embiid’s injury. For real. It sucks cause he was off to a phenomenal start, but I’m grateful it’s only 46 days. I see this as an opportunity to really test my skills and have fun with it. Challenges like this only make us stronger and I’m totally up for it!
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15 points, 7-10 shooting, +26, 1-1 record since being inserted into the starting lineup
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NewEra wrote:BAF fam, I truly appreciate the empathy in regards to Embiid’s injury. For real. It sucks cause he was off to a phenomenal start, but I’m grateful it’s only 46 days. I see this as an opportunity to really test my skills and have fun with it. Challenges like this only make us stronger and I’m totally up for it!
If anyone is up for it its you. It does get to see how the rest of your roster is in a larger role but it sucks for you obviously the most but for the league too.
Obviously you are one of the top teams I want to go against everyone top team, selfishly, to gauge where my team is at (and I think most would agree with that). Because there are no hand outs in the post season so all these are important test.
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Steph Curry/Chris Paul/Ryan Rollins
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Walker Kessler/Daniel Gafford/Adem Bona
Nikola Jokic/Santi Aldama/Isaiah Stewart
Aaron Nesmith/Josh Hart/Jaime Jaquez
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46 days isn’t that long. Warriors will be contending once Embiid is back, I really like that team as currently constructed. Embiid will be back and get right back to dominating in a a little over a month
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NewEra wrote:BAF fam, I truly appreciate the empathy in regards to Embiid’s injury. For real. It sucks cause he was off to a phenomenal start, but I’m grateful it’s only 46 days. I see this as an opportunity to really test my skills and have fun with it. Challenges like this only make us stronger and I’m totally up for it!
Thinking about our discussions during the Lillard trade, great move demanding Noel.
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No Dame or Melo against the Cavs. Well that sucks


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Capn'O wrote:Duck Fallas man. Jokic finally getting Sim respect. God help us all.
I was waiting for that and was hoping the sim would adjust. With the Pistons and all these up and coming teams I gotta try to go in while I can.
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Context wrote:Buzzard wrote:I really do not get the Pistons being so good. Their three best players are Ball, Barnes, and Herro. That is a lottery team all day in the NBA. Then again, maybe they are not that good but they are a bad match up for me....
The Knicks dream of this line for Robinson:
18/13 and 2 blocks. He played 33 minutes and did not commit one foul. Dream on SIM God, Dream on
come on buzz dont join the hater who and1'd this![]()
theyve explain this a million times already besides -this is not real ---i could give you a million things in this game that woudnt happen in real life...
Well here is how this is going to work for me. My team is my team. I like them a lot and think its a team that can make some noise. But if I am wrong, then I am just wrong. I will continue to lose despite playing my best players; and I will have a lottery pick.
I will see you in the playoffs or I will see you in the lottery. My work is done.
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Deeeez Knicks wrote:Capn'O wrote:Duck Fallas man. Jokic finally getting Sim respect. God help us all.
I was waiting for that and was hoping the sim would adjust. With the Pistons and all these up and coming teams I gotta try to go in while I can.
How in the blue hell are we supposed to guard those two if they're both rated properly?
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Andddddd I beat the hawks f*ck me


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Buzzard wrote:Context wrote:Buzzard wrote:I really do not get the Pistons being so good. Their three best players are Ball, Barnes, and Herro. That is a lottery team all day in the NBA. Then again, maybe they are not that good but they are a bad match up for me....
The Knicks dream of this line for Robinson:
18/13 and 2 blocks. He played 33 minutes and did not commit one foul. Dream on SIM God, Dream on
come on buzz dont join the hater who and1'd this![]()
theyve explain this a million times already besides -this is not real ---i could give you a million things in this game that woudnt happen in real life...
Well here is how this is going to work for me. My team is my team. I like them a lot and think its a team that can make some noise. But if I am wrong, then I am just wrong. I will continue to lose despite playing my best players; and I will have a lottery pick.
I will see you in the playoffs or I will see you in the lottery. My work is done.
I hear you bro...so your approach is - you are playing your way and whatever happens happens?

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