2030 170 Pistons SF LeBron James retires
2030 170 Celtics SF Kevin Durant retires
2030 170 Hawks PG Kyrie Irving retires
2030 170 SuperSonics C Tacko Fall retires
2030 170 Jazz SF Nikola Jokic retires
2030 170 76ers C Jusuf Nurkic retires
2030 170 Celtics SG Buddy Hield retires
2030 170 Hawks PG...
Merv beat me to the punch and did this for every team, but I was determined to finish my article up as it is a little different. I tried to touch on the draft, talk about strengths and weaknesses, and give my advice on what the heck the team should do. Only touched on the Atlantic division as this...
Teams Near the HC or Sub MLE
Boston
Total Salary: $80,642,453
21st Pick
Key FAs: None
Boston looks like they won't have the MLE to add to the roster. We know Joe is desperate to make some moves but only if you're willing to take back someone not named Paul or Michael. I think the most likely...
I think we can all agree that all things being equal, supercamping a player is the best way to try to maximize their development. You pick up an extra 2 RC points in addition to the strength bonus. They are Ashes-endorsed. They are the ultimate developmental shot in the arm. I mean,...
The folks down at ESPN were discussing in a recent production meeting the lack of content focused around SLN these days. In honor of the 19th season of the league, noted Page 2 writer and occasional ESPN the Ocho host, Sill Bimmons, along with fellow ESPN the Ocho host, Pepper Brooks, pitched and...
What's up SLN fam! I'm back with over/under achievers comparing point differential to win %. As of Day 85, there is definitely a larger discrepancy between win % and point differential than usual:
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Overachievers (difference of 2 or more places):
The Jazz,...
It’s Tonger again, back with another nerdy article. I’ve been noodling on this article over the past 3 seasons as I’ve gotten up to speed on the league and how it works. There’s an incredible amount of depth to the league and to the simulation engine...
Credit to Jwoo for the article idea – time is waning on MDW and it’s 3am in Portugal, but Tarik Black ain’t gonna camp himself so here we are. These are the rostered guys who are technically eligible for the frenzy based on ratings that have no...
1st Pick - Karl Anthony Towns
This man is another versatile two way big men entering the draft in recent years. Hes strong with Stocks AND rebounds. Sounds like hes got a good interior game. Will be interesting to see how he is supercamped but there's little doubt his floor is all star for years...
As I was sitting thinking about comparative value across positions started wondering exactly how many players at each position have A ratings and decided to just go through the league and take stock. Obviously the ratings we can see aren't everything when it comes to valuation — stats are usually...
One of the most fun parts of the NBA 2K series (or really any sports video game that fits that criteria) is being able to add an expansion team and try to put together a not-totally-ass roster from scratch. I'm bored so I am going to put together a hypothetical 30th team for SLN. The New Orleans...
After my Zach Lowe-ish piece seemed to do pretty well as an article format, I figured I might take another stab at it. Why not tackle the NDL?! It's our favorite thing to hype up when a player averages crazy numbers!
The Contenders
1. Lakeland Magic
There might be some bias here, but hey, we...
We ended up with 19 submissions, which is a solid number! Wanted to make sure we had like two-thirds in before pubbing results, so thanks everyone for taking the time to do it. Here are the results with some analysis (and jokes!) that are sure to earn me lots of RP.
I’m bored flying cross-country so I figured why not write up some fun reactions, maybe a hot take or two since there hasn’t been a podcast. We’ll give the Magic a mini-section at the end to eliminate any bias in the other categories.
Teams Outperforming Expectations
1. Utah Jazz
I gotta be...
TL; DR: More free RP for a quick post! Prob wait til after FA to fill it out.
In addition to Team Awards, GMs can earn a quick and dirty 125RP by replying in this thread and filling out the below questionnaire - not required, but why not? Copy down the questions in a reply post and fill 'em out....
Every year, every GM's got his studs and it's duds, his craftiest moves and most embarrassing flops. For 75RPs, fill out the answers to the following questions and post it in the thread - think of these as your...
Kicked this idea around on the pod and finally got around to it today. Took a look at how the draft lotto has played out over the 18 (18!!!) draft lottos we’ve done as a league from 1997-2014.
The spreadsheet lists:
(1) the expected pick;
(2) the average actual draft position;
(3) the highest...
We're back with updates to the ranks and tiers through Day 90. Some outliers: the Blazers are now getting 1.9 more boards than any other team; the Mavs were joined at the top of the stock pile (pun intended) by the Sonics , with 1.1 more stocks than any other team; the Rockets are allowing 4.7...
Taking a look at the ol' TANKR ratings. Some outliers: the Blazers are getting 1.5 more boards than any other team; the Mavericks are getting 2.2 more stocks than any other team; the Rockets are allowing 4.4 fewer oPPG than any other team; and the Knicks are the worst at everything!
Good gentlemen of SLN, it is late and the eve of my busiest week of the year, but I can't sleep and as I was doing rough accounting for my reward camps got anxious about paying to develop all these youngsters and so I decided to cook up an article since I won't have time for a while and we are...
Here we are with another edition of....MERVALYTICS (yayyyyyyyy *cue music theme*). This version will be even quippier so we can get some of that extra sweet sweet RP because Mahcus and Orange Julius need some camps!
Free Throw Rate
Look out league! We got a new leader atop the free throw rate...
Holy cow this postseason flew by! I’m getting flashbacks to high school of sitting down to write an important paper the night before it was due at 8am, only this time it’s an article for fake basketball that I grade myself for fake money, so it’s...
Tossing up this mock draft for everyone to take a gander at in the morning. This is a really fun and deep-looking draft to where this exercise was actually fun and interesting. Lot of B potential guys will be on the board in the 30s. Plenty of players that can be considered sleepers. Going to be...
Ashes is a god and spruces drafts up mightily where he sees fit! Before going through each draft, I thought there would be more stips, but Ashes has strategically placed stips within each draft. I do think as drafts become more modern, and we get into college, high...
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Free Agency CAN begin 24-hours after the end of the draft (or in theory sooner) but will not start until everyone completes their bids. Send Free Agent Bids to Ashes. Post in this thread when you do. If we get 29/29 of GMs to submit bids ahead of time, that's 200 in FREE CANDY for all of us!
Voting is open now and will remain open until Wednesday EOD. Chair this season is GX, text your top 3 to me (301-300-0581) ( i understand i am also in the running so to show transparency i will send out an excel doc will all the votes tallied for anyone to verify)
