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From: cws33
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269612.175 in reply to 269612.174
Date: 7/26/2015 9:06:09 PM
EDH Wolves
IV.30
Overall Posts Rated:
241241
Second Team:
EDH Wolves II
I would like to bid you all a fond farewell, after seven years in the NBBA, we are heading back to Div I after enjoying the ups and downs of competing in what I consider the best league in BB. Going into the season we decided to rebuild the Wolves and now feel we have a good foundation for our current project with some interesting trainees in hand and a 5-5 prospect on the board . We have been relegated before so I know that it is hard to bounce back quickly and take nothing for granted as there are many hungry teams vying to come to the NBBA.

Best of luck to you all in your future, and hopefully we shall meet again.

cws

Cws
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269612.176 in reply to 269612.173
Date: 7/26/2015 10:53:50 PM
Arizona Cacti
III.8
Overall Posts Rated:
276276
Wow no offense to Golden Horde, (who's kicked my butt 3 times this year) or Toronto, but it sure felt like it would be Tucumcari v TKI in the finals. Obviously you want to go into the finals with HCA but I think choosing to PON Golden Horde on the road didn't carry a very high chance of success. I think that may be the last time someone underestimates his team.

I wonder if PCT'ing would have changed either game. Doesn't look like it.

From: Dunkface

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269612.177 in reply to 269612.174
Date: 7/26/2015 10:56:24 PM
Arizona Cacti
III.8
Overall Posts Rated:
276276
Apologies for understating this, but epic run over the past few seasons. You planning on tanking next season or trying to a buy a new, slightly younger team to compete again?

From: G Khan

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269612.178 in reply to 269612.176
Date: 7/26/2015 11:03:52 PM
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He also didn't start Aker against me. He had cup enthusiasm advantage over me, so he might have thought that was enough.

But I do like it when teams don't use their NT players against me and use less enthusiasm.

I guess looking at my players salaries doesn't scare anyone!

From: ozone

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269612.179 in reply to 269612.177
Date: 7/27/2015 1:09:00 AM
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Tanking. My next goal in this game is to win a B3 title, and there's just no way that I can do that in the short-term. So I'm going to save my money for several seasons and come back when I think I have a legitimate chance in B3.

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269612.180 in reply to 269612.179
Date: 7/27/2015 6:54:23 AM
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fire sales are interesting. what i learned from the stuff you had on your front lawn:

1) i would bet dimes to donuts that DeSouza had drops in JS / JR -- no way he can score like he was capable with only a 14 / 10 (although a 14 IS is nice).
2) i always thought Enli was your best player. would love to have seen his abilities in his prime.
3) i woulda thought Choi and Toby D. would have been keepers -- low salary, talented, good for a mid-range Cup run.
4) good eye for starting prices. you already have bids on several players.
5) very good eye for value. you don't have my talent for overpaying for lesser ability. i can send you some hints in a private email.

good luck going forward.

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269612.181 in reply to 269612.176
Date: 7/27/2015 9:50:17 AM
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I lost by 28 with 2 correct guesses. I was never getting past Golden Horde - I certainly didn't underestimate him. All my starters played between 112 and 127 minutes the previous week, so even training game shape, everyone was in pretty low 8 GS. I wouldn't have beat any of the playoff teams on the road with that GS, let alone GH.

Plus, if you're not gonna win the title, which I wasn't on the road with bad GS, I think it's financially better to lose now. I didn't pay my 942k in salaries this morning. If I had beat GH, and then lost in the finals in two games, it would have cost me around 400k.

Last edited by magiker at 7/27/2015 9:51:19 AM

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269612.182 in reply to 269612.181
Date: 7/27/2015 10:58:48 PM
Arizona Cacti
III.8
Overall Posts Rated:
276276
If I had beat GH, and then lost in the finals in two games, it would have cost me around 400k.


Didn't they make a change a season or two ago to make it the same financially whether it goes for 2 or 3 games?

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269612.183 in reply to 269612.180
Date: 7/28/2015 1:08:32 AM
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1) i would bet dimes to donuts that DeSouza had drops in JS / JR -- no way he can score like he was capable with only a 14 / 10 (although a 14 IS is nice).


I think he had 16 JS at his prime (or maybe 17). Not sure about JR though, it might have always been 10 actually. I can tell you he had a double drop in OD not long before the playoffs which was particularly painful.


3) i woulda thought Choi and Toby D. would have been keepers -- low salary, talented, good for a mid-range Cup run.


I thought about keeping them, but they're good and still not that old, so I figure they'll sell pretty high. The help that they could give me in the next few seasons is probably not worth the depreciation.

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269612.184 in reply to 269612.165
Date: 7/31/2015 11:28:35 AM
Overall Posts Rated:
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i would say that this season's voting is pretty definitive: being on a winning squad is decisive. Eckert did not get a single vote.

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269612.185 in reply to 269612.184
Date: 7/31/2015 1:53:25 PM
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Didn't even make the all star team.

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