Draft is over

So Drummond is 14+ Oreb% 32+ Dreb% In the sim, only 4 players qualify, he is the only guy with over 1 spg.

Posted by jkaye24 on 4/15/2016 4:31:00 PM (view original):
Does this count as mentioning undrafted players? Albeit for a draft 3 months away. Prob best to let it play out.

That rule is effective only when the draft is actually taking place.

beware: Drummond's FT% is abysmal. TS% is only 50%.

Is Whiteside a 2nd rounder?

In this draft or in the $52 million draft or both??? I guess we will find out next season in the $52 million league. My question is does Whiteside go higher than Bill Walton?

I guess so.

15-16 Whiteside plays roughly as many minutes as Rudy Gobert, but he's $600,000 more expensive for only 26 minutes.

I've been thinking that Bill Walton should go higher, so......is Whiteside a 1st rounder?

yes......Ben Wallace is. Whiteside is better than Ben Wallace, even though he plays less minutes.

Posted by bds9992 on 4/16/2016 5:38:00 PM (view original):
I guess so.

15-16 Whiteside plays roughly as many minutes as Rudy Gobert, but he's $600,000 more expensive for only 26 minutes.

I've been thinking that Bill Walton should go higher, so......is Whiteside a 1st rounder?

yes......Ben Wallace is. Whiteside is better than Ben Wallace, even though he plays less minutes.

Yes to me Wallace is better than Whiteside only because of minutes. Otherwise Whiteside side would be a first rounder to me. He's a solid 2nd rounder to me

Drummond's been screwed on defense rating - meanwhile Kobe gets a 70 and Harden gets a 62

Posted by copernicus on 4/16/2016 6:06:00 PM (view original):
Drummond's been screwed on defense rating - meanwhile Kobe gets a 70 and Harden gets a 62

I'm watching game 2... Harden is a joke

Time to get some real predictions up in here.

10 Bold predictions!

10. Sly misses the playoffs
Over the last 7 seasons (at least), slymonium has the best ODL regular season record out of every owner (with me a close second). He has led the league in wins at least 4 out of those seasons and tied for the lead in another. But this year? Sly will miss the playoffs and miss them handily. Sorry sly, prove me wrong!

9. The Atlantic will have the best overall record.
This division is a murderers row of top notch owners and has three of the teams I think can win the whole thing this season (only 7 teams have what it takes to win it all in my opinion, three in this division, four in the other conference). A fourth team from this division makes the playoffs and this will be the only division with four.

8. The Central will have the worst overall record.
Good news for Central teams: Someone has to win the division! I'm guessing mikee1, although I could see jhsukow as well. They are my two playoff picks from this division.

7. Someone takes my "Best Offense" crown
I have led the league in points per game for four seasons in a row. This season that ends. Favorites to lead the league in scoring:
A. cjok1051
B. jt7king
C. eleibowitz
D. ncmusician_7
E. bds9992

6. No one outside of the 19,300 and 19,500 minute range wins a playoff series (Bonus prediction: No one without 400 3's wins a playoff series)
It hasn't happened in at least 7 seasons (both minute range and 3's) and it is not happening this season either.

5. A non-division winner will win the whole thing for a seventh consecutive season!
It's happened six straight seasons now. While getting the bye is still huge and gives you the best chance to win the whole thing, it is no longer a guarantee. I have a working theory as to why this is right now, but need another season or two to make sure. I do think you can make a team that will succeed both in the regular season and in the playoffs in this format, but I think I screwed it up this season with my T-Mac pick.

4. Playoff Seeding:

__East________West
1. seapilots____dh555
2. mikee1______benhoidal
3. eleibowitz____ashamael
4. jt7king______cjok1051
5. jhsukow_____ncmusician_7
6. uptwongbv___bds9992


3. Quarter-Finals!
jt7king over seapilots in 7
eleibowitz over mikee1 in 5
cjok1051 over dh555 in 7
benhoidal over ashamael in 7

2. Semi-Finals!
eleibowitz over jt7king in 7
benhoidal over cjok1051 in 6

1. Eleibowitz wins the championship (5 year is a thing! Believe it!)
eleibowitz over benhoidal in 6

Team name grades!
This is just for fun and not meant to cause offense to anyones team name. You will see that I have a certain preference for ODL team names and if yours doesn't fit that specific preference you probably won't be rated high. However, this is just one person's opinion so please don't take offense.

There is a good chance I will misinterpret what your team name means. If this is so and you care about the grade you got, just let me know and I will re-grade you.

A+
Jabbarwokawhi - seapilots - Best player + great pop culture reference = A. Bonus points for also adding another player in the name!

A
Crying Jordans - mikee1 - perfect blend of topical pop culture reference and your best player.

A-
Forgot About Dray - jkaye24 - People forgot about Dray in the third round this year! Lose a few points for not using your top draft picks.

B+
Bismack Talking Smack - eleibowitz - Perfect use of rhyme and player, but you lose major points for using a non-drafted player
Full Court Pressey - amerk1180 - Perfect use of Pressey's name, but why Paul Pressey?

B
Feed the Big Dog - copernicus - Good quote from your best player, just think there were better quotes and nicknames for a Shaq team.
Title Defense - cjok1051 - Not original, and doesn't say anything about the team, but you're the champ so you get points for that.

B-
Legend of the Deadheads - benhoidal - I use my best two players and evoke memories from my similar last team. But lose major points for originality.

C+
Ashlanta Mustangs - ashamael - Extra points for the classic use of your own name in every one of your leagues, points off for not making it relevant for this team

C
ImHuntingForLittleMexicanGirls - dh555 - Major points for using a quote from your best player, major points off for picking the most racist quote possible

C-
You're not my supervisor!! - jt7king - random Archer quotes are fun, but not for a team name. Bonus points because I love Archer!
BK's Average Joes - bkbillups - Have some faith in your team! Average grade for the Average Joes.
Person of Disinterest - jhsukow - Not sure I agree that this is extremely clever, but pop culture + drafted player = decent rating. Points off for it being your lowest minute player and knowing nothing about the show! haha

D
'splash into the beast' - omegax - random Sunny quotes are fun, but not for a team name.
Ours Is The Fury - banditone - Love some SOIAF, but this is a basketball league! Also lose points for using it over and over.
Ruffin It - milest - okay use of Michael Ruffin's name, but why on earth use Michael Ruffin's name???

F
Future Lottery Pick - slymonium - While I happen to agree with this prediction, I personally hate names with no confidence.
my pg is junk - ysw128 - not a very inspiring team name.
Jordan Williams Miller - ncmusician_7 - Just listing off three of your players is not a good team name.
My team would be better with 2016players - jcred5 - No confidence in your team = bad ranking. Plus I don't think your name is accurate.
Sun King - bds9992 - the Sun King is either Helios, Ra, or Steve Nash, depending on your religion. None of them are on your team.

I(ncomplete)
Family Values - 98average - does this have anything to do with your team?
SteppenwolfExpress - banditone - I don't get it
Bold Front - thomcat - is this supposed to mean something?

Man I get the jinx in the forum and then get my name downgraded because of a technicality

Persons of Interest is a TV show ...Since I drafted him very high (considering his minutes I'm using.284 ouch), the name Person of Disinterest is EXTREMELY clever. I don't know if its a good show or not, so, points off for that would be fine.

Besides that, I loved your predictions and those tasty nuggets of info. Great job.

My team has 395 3's...Only matters if I make the playoffs though.