Cross-decades draft, East vs West, Discussion thread

Dr Positivity · Post #141 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sat Apr 30, 2022 2:36 am

spree8 wrote:Looking back at this draft, I dunno how the hell I didn’t think of forming a LeBron-Joker duo. I need to cut back on the happy trees

You couldn't take Jokic as you were in the East no matter what

spree8 · Post #142 » by **spree8** » Sat Apr 30, 2022 2:43 am

Dr Positivity wrote:
spree8 wrote:Looking back at this draft, I dunno how the hell I didn’t think of forming a LeBron-Joker duo. I need to cut back on the happy trees

You couldn't take Jokic as you were in the East no matter what

Welp, that’s another reason why I need to cut back on those happy trees… wudda dummy lol.

flaco · Post #143 » by **flaco** » Sat Apr 30, 2022 6:53 am

wackbone wrote:
flaco wrote:Voting is now open!

Unfortunately, Colbinii and Stan didn't show up, hence we will proceed with 8 teams instead of 10. Everyone is free to cast their ballot regardless of whether they participated in the game. Voters have to rank all participating teams from best to worst. You cannot vote for your own team. Teams will be awarded points based on inverted order of the top 8 teams. 7 points for a #1 vote down to 1 point for a #7 vote. The best team from each conference qualifies for the Finals. I'll be collecting the ballots via PM. I'll post the final results in this thread as soon as all participants cast their ballot. For transparency purposes, I already sent my ballot to MadNESS.

If two or more teams tie for the top 2 spots in their conference, tie breaker will go to the team with the most #1 votes. If still tied, team with most #2 votes wins, if still tied most #3 votes wins and so on. If tied until the end, we'll run play-in games.

Good luck everyone!

MadNESS wrote:.

Dr Positivity wrote:.

spree8 wrote:.

Blazer50 wrote:.

Larry_Russell wrote:.

uberhikari wrote:.

wackbone wrote:.

When does voting wrap up?

When all participants cast their ballot. I have received 5 ballots. 2 more to go.

Post #144 » by **MadNESS** » Tue May 3, 2022 2:06 am

So did this game die?

flaco · Post #145 » by **flaco** » Tue May 3, 2022 7:04 am

MadNESS wrote:So did this game die?

Still waiting for Blazer50 to send me his ballot.

Blazer50 wrote:

Sorry mate, but if you don't send your rankings by Wednesday at 10AM, you'll get disqualified from the game.

flaco · Post #146 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:08 pm

Unfortunately, Blazer50 hasn't showed up yet, hence he's disqualified from the game.

Time to announce the results...

flaco · Post #147 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:21 pm

League Power Ranking: 7

uberhikari
(13 points)

flaco · Post #148 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:24 pm

League Power Ranking: 6

Larry_Russell
(19 points)

flaco · Post #149 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:26 pm

League Poewr Ranking: 5

spree8
(20 points)

flaco · Post #150 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:30 pm

League Power Ranking: 4

MadNESS
(23 points)

flaco · Post #151 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:33 pm

League Power Ranking: 3

Dr Positivity
(24 points)

The Toronto Raptors are the best team in the Eastern Conference. They qualify for the Finals!

flaco · Post #152 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:35 pm

League Power Ranking: 2

flaco
(31 points)

flaco · Post #153 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:39 pm

League Power Ranking: 1

wackbone
(36 points)

The Phoenix Suns have the best record in the regular season, hence they get the home court advantage for the Finals. They need 3 votes to win the game, whereas the Raptors need 4 votes.

flaco · Post #154 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:47 pm

For transparency purposes, here are all the ballots.

Larry_Russell wrote:Team 1: Seattle Supersonics
Team 2: GS Warriors
Team 3: Phoenix Suns
Team 4: Lakers
Team 5: Raptors
Team 6: Uber
Team 7: Knicks

MadNESS wrote:Best

1.) wackbones
2.) Blazer50
3.) Dr. P
4.) Spree8
5.) Flaco
6.) Larry_Russell
7.) uber

Worst

uberhikari wrote:1. Blazer50
2. wackbone
3. Dr Positivity
4. Larry_Russel
5. spree8
6. MadNESS
7. flaco

spree8 wrote:1: flaco
2: MadNess
3: uber
4: wackbone
5: Larry
6: Blazer
7: Dr P

Dr Positivity wrote:1. wackbone
2. flaco
3. Blazer50
4. MadNESS
5. Larry_Russell
6. spree8
7. uberhikari

wackbone wrote:1. flaco
2. spree
3. Larry_Russell
4. Dr Positivity
5. Blazer50
6. Ness
7. uber

MadNess can verify that I sent him my ballot prior to the start of the vote.

flaco wrote:For transparency purposes, I'm sending you my ballot prior to the start of the vote. Please post this in the discussion thread once I announce the final results.

from best team to worst team
1. wackbone
2. Dr Positivity
3. MadNESS
4. spree8
5. uberhikari
6. Larry_Russell
7. Blazer50

Total
wackbone - Phoenix Suns: 36
flaco - Seattle SuperSonics: 31
Blazer50 - Golden State Warriors: 30
Dr Positivity - Toronto Raptors: 24
MadNESS - Los Angeles Lakers: 23
spree8 - New York Knicks: 20
Larry_Russell - Boston Celtics: 19
uberhikari - Cleveland Cavaliers: 13

wackbone · Post #155 » by **wackbone** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:48 pm

Sweet deal!

Larry_Russell · Post #156 » by **Larry_Russell** » Wed May 4, 2022 7:51 pm

Damn. Thought I had a much better team than 7th.

wackbone · Post #157 » by **wackbone** » Wed May 4, 2022 8:01 pm

Larry_Russell wrote:Damn. Thought I had a much better team than 7th.

Just look at the east standings though, you, Spree, and Dr P were all pretty close. The West teams had a huge advantage in this one so it’s not really fair to compare your East team to the whole including West teams, if that makes sense.

Dr Positivity · Post #158 » by **Dr Positivity** » Wed May 4, 2022 8:10 pm

Larry_Russell wrote:Damn. Thought I had a much better team than 7th.

I'd guess fit of Giannis beside a non spacing center(s) and mediocre bench were probably the biggest reasons your team wasn't more popular

flaco · Post #159 » by **flaco** » Wed May 4, 2022 8:17 pm

Dr Positivity wrote:
Larry_Russell wrote:Damn. Thought I had a much better team than 7th.

I'd guess fit of Giannis beside a non spacing center and mediocre bench were probably the biggest reasons your team wasn't more popular

Yep, pairing Giannis with two non-shooters at Center killed it for me. Had Larry_Russell selected KG over Giannis, the Celtics would have been way higher on my ballot. Definitely a top 3 team, possibly even the #1 team. In a vacuum, imo Giannis > KG, but we aren't building in a vacuum. Fit matters.

Dr Positivity · Post #160 » by **Dr Positivity** » Wed May 4, 2022 8:38 pm

flaco wrote:
Dr Positivity wrote:
Larry_Russell wrote:Damn. Thought I had a much better team than 7th.

I'd guess fit of Giannis beside a non spacing center and mediocre bench were probably the biggest reasons your team wasn't more popular

Yep, pairing Giannis with two non-shooters at Center killed it for me. Had Larry_Russell selected KG over Giannis, the Celtics would have been way higher on my ballot. Definitely a top 3 team, possibly even the #1 team. In a vacuum, imo Giannis > KG, but we aren't building in a vacuum. Fit matters.

Yea I'm pretty sure LR beats me with Frazier/Miller/Pierce/Celtics KG/Russell, that's stacked