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>>> Hammy, why don't you start off and I will follow up with the Cyborgs...

Here are the new teams.

Big8:
Forza Juventus, relegated from league II.4
Indiana Thunderstorm, champion of league IV.6
MastersOfBBall, champion of league IV.36

Great8:
Arlandria Rockers, champion of league IV.38
West Lawn Mowers, champion of league IV.2

Welcome to all! ;)

If everyone is cool with it, how about everyone post a short paragraph about your team and what you think you will do this season?

The Knickerbockers enter their fourth season in DIII.8 and fourteenth season overall.

They seem to have taken some lessons to heart after spending three seasons struggling to find a rhythm in DII.1. The Knickerbockers, keenly aware of the deep competition in higher divisions, are biding their time. They're developing some strong young talent with an eye towards low salaries through balance. They're also keenly aware of money and continue to grow a war chest through strong fundamentals and keeping a close eye on the transfer list.

While team president and general manager Karl Malone has his sights set on greatness through a bold (and private) long term strategy he seems to have more grounded goals for the season:
• Have a strong run in Cup
• Enjoy a good fiscal season
• Continue investing in our young talent
• Finish in the top 3 teams in the Great 8

The Knickerbockers franchise prides itself on strong team defense, and looks to bring in more diverse offensive threats through a few roster moves in the first half of the season.

Good luck to my fellow DIII.8'ers in season 30!

Work and life got busy this week, so I am a little late in implementing my own idea... So here we go.

The Blood Kings are now starting their 7th season in DIII.8 and my 15th season overall. There has been a great deal of stiff competition here in DIVIII and each season there has been that one (or two or three) teams that we could not beat when it came to the playoffs.

So we spent a great deal of time developing some lesser talent. They are not big dollar players, but provide a great balance to the team and are far more effective than their salary indicates.

Last season, we were one injury away from promoting to DIVII. That would of probably been a disaster as I don't think we are ready to fully compete at DIVII levels, but it would of been a nice salary boost and give me a chance to get another key piece with the higher gate revenues.

Because we had not planned on being that close to promoting to DIVII, the Blood Kings did no roster moves last season they followed this philosophy:

* Develop Talent
* Develop Arena
* Stash away some cash

But starting this season, they sold off defense stalwart Otgar Morganas. He was brought to the team the year we promoted to DIV 3 to help provide a dominant defensive presence. His offensive skills were not good enough to be started in DIVIII, but in rotation he was killer as he could shutdown most any defender he was matched up with.

So starting this season, the Blood Kings are running a thin roster while they look for a replacement for Otgar Morganas. They have interviewed 20 candidates so far this off-season and are toying with bringing in another inside presence or possibly bringing in another shooting guard.

But each time we thought we had a candidate, they ended up getting better offers from other teams. We are not going to overbid for a player, but wait and try to get someone who will be the right fit and the right price.

So this season the key word for the Blood Kings is 'Patience'... and no. That is not the planned offense I will be running in Saturday's game against the Cyborgs.

Good look to all and I hope to hear from everyone!









Last edited by Hammy at 1/23/2015 8:08:41 PM

>>> Season 30 for the Cyborgs...

After last season's late downward spiral due to financial issues, the Mad Scientist has decided to game plan for the future of the Cyborgs, this experiment should take about 3 seasons until the Cyborgs will be competitive again. This is not what the Cyborg Nation fans want to see or hear and will most likely show their disapproval again this season and not come out to the Laboratory and support their team...

1st Priority - Control Expenses
2nd Priority - Develop Trainees
3rd Priority - Continue to upgrade Arena

Another area that the Cyborg Management Team needs to improve on is the utilization of the TL....

As the start of Season 30 approaches the Cyborgs will be shooting for a 5th place finish this season. Having a depleted roster, no depth and trying to develop Trainees getting 5th place could be wishful thinking...

Good Luck to all and let's have a fun Season 30 and keep the League Forum active.... Mad Scientist

1st games tonight. good luck to all! ;)

Night results
shm 116 - Ducksnorts 120
Illinois Riveters 106 - Defenseless Babies 98
West Lawn Mowers 80 - Rip City Outlaws 101
Arlandria Rockers 102 - Knickerbockers 134
Blood Kings 69 - Cyborgs 85
Diaper Dandies 86 - TarTeam 103
Brûleurs de loups 114 - MastersOfBBall 110
Indiana Thunderstorm 89 - Forza Juventus 106

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 134 : Knickerbockers
Rebounds : 54 : Diaper Dandies
Assists : 35 : Knickerbockers
Steals : 12 : Defenseless Babies
Blocks : 8 : shm

Personal best performances of the evening
Points: 76: L. Valentynovicius (MastersOfBBall)
Rebounds: 20: C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws)
Assists: 11: R. Negrete (shm)
Steals: 4: P. Betts (Defenseless Babies), L. Skidmore (Rip City Outlaws), B. Civilis (Blood Kings), J. Proctor (TarTeam), C. Ortiz (MastersOfBBall)
Blocks: 3: C. Moineau (shm), A. Owen (Ducksnorts), W. Anderson (Defenseless Babies), A. Radimonas (Arlandria Rockers), S. Evgin (Cyborgs)


5 best of the evening
Point Guard: M. Budnieks (Arlandria Rockers) (57 Points, 4 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steal, 1 Block ): Evaluation: 49
Shooting Guard: L. Valentynovicius (MastersOfBBall) (76 Points, 3 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steal, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: 51
Small Forward: K. Crooks (Brûleurs de loups) (30 Points, 7 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steal, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: 34
Power Forward: C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws) (33 Points, 20 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Blocks ): Evaluation: 45
Center: H. Macis (Brûleurs de loups) (29 Points, 10 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 1 Steal, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: 36


MVP(s) of the evening
L. Valentynovicius (MastersOfBBall) (76 Points, 3 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steal, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: 51


The bad performance of the evening
J. Blanton (Blood Kings) (1 Point, 0 Rebounds, 1 Assist, 0 Steals, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: -5


All kinds of statistics
Players who forgot to remove them mittens: C. Laurenza (Illinois Riveters), G. Kazadajevas (Arlandria Rockers): 6 Turnovers

Players targeted by the referees: L. Leprêtre (shm), I. Aponte (Ducksnorts), D. Boudreau (Defenseless Babies), B. Civilis (Blood Kings), F. Bettega (Brûleurs de loups), C. Liotta (MastersOfBBall): 6 Personals faults

The iron man: R. Negrete (shm): 53 Minutes

The shooter: D. Fetto (Knickerbockers): 7 Three points scored

The best performer: S. Guajardo (TarTeam): Rating: 15.5

The worst performer: C. Gay (Brûleurs de loups): Rating: 4

>>> Once again great job in putting all this together....

Season 30 for the Diaper Dandies:

After a strong run during Interconference plan the Diaper Dandies made the playoffs last year. With a fairly young, versatile and cheap roster they look to compete and finish around .500 again this year, but aren't a serious threat to promote.

Strengths: Versatility, the Dandies can throw a lot of different looks and personnel groupings at you which means tactically they are a challenge to prepare for.

Depth: The top 8 guys on the team can all play a variety of positions, so there is no 1 injury that blows up the season.

Weaknesses: The coach can't put together a coherent training stategy and the bandaid effect is impacting younger player development.

Outside Shooting: No one on the team can consistently shoot 3's (although Kargu is streaky), and that takes the offense out of balance.

Goals for this year:
-Shrink the roster a bit, although I like 16 guys, I don't need them.
-Win some cup games
-Bank some cash

Good luck everyone!

Last night I ran out my B team against Cyborgs, and they played ok. Notably however, my PG shot the ball 59 times. Think of what an astronomicl number that is. I wasn't running outside isolation, or anything that crazy.

I wasn't at the game, but apparently my bigs stopped coming down to play offense in the 3rd quarter last night because Thomas "The Black Hole" Mueller wasn't giving up the ball.

Night results
Knickerbockers 85 - Blood Kings 93
Cyborgs 102 - Diaper Dandies 70
TarTeam 103 - West Lawn Mowers 83
MastersOfBBall 110 - Indiana Thunderstorm 97
Forza Juventus 94 - shm 111
Ducksnorts 95 - Illinois Riveters 71
Defenseless Babies 76 - Brûleurs de loups 93
Rip City Outlaws 122 - Arlandria Rockers 68

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 122 : Rip City Outlaws
Rebounds : 59 : Brûleurs de loups
Assists : 32 : Cyborgs
Steals : 12 : Illinois Riveters
Blocks : 10 : Diaper Dandies, Rip City Outlaws

Personal best performances of the evening
Points: 51: T. Muller (Diaper Dandies), L. Valentynovicius (MastersOfBBall)
Rebounds: 20: Č. Šimko (Indiana Thunderstorm)
Assists: 12: G. Rebrina (Ducksnorts)
Steals: 4: I. Normandin (West Lawn Mowers), F. Wall (Illinois Riveters), L. Skidmore (Rip City Outlaws), S. Khan (Rip City Outlaws)
Blocks: 6: C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws)


5 best of the evening
Point Guard: L. Skidmore (Rip City Outlaws) (22 Points, 4 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: 31
Shooting Guard: L. Valentynovicius (MastersOfBBall) (51 Points, 1 Rebound, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: 43
Small Forward: S. Kwok haan (MastersOfBBall) (25 Points, 8 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 2 Blocks ): Evaluation: 32
Power Forward: C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws) (36 Points, 19 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 6 Blocks ): Evaluation: 60
Center: D. Dyer (Cyborgs) (28 Points, 13 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block ), Č. Šimko (Indiana Thunderstorm) (26 Points, 20 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steal, 1 Block ): Evaluation: 37


MVP(s) of the evening
C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws) (36 Points, 19 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 6 Blocks ): Evaluation: 60


The bad performance of the evening
S. Spampanato (Illinois Riveters) (11 Points, 2 Rebounds, 1 Assist, 2 Steals, 0 Blocks ): Evaluation: -12


All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens: M. Gann (Diaper Dandies): 6 Turnovers

Players targeted by the referees: T. André (Knickerbockers), D. Hernández Campos (West Lawn Mowers), J. McCabe (Arlandria Rockers): 6 Personals faults

The iron men: M. Fotheringham (Knickerbockers), D. Fetto (Knickerbockers), O. Hyde (Diaper Dandies), M. Gann (Diaper Dandies), I. Normandin (West Lawn Mowers), Č. Šimko (Indiana Thunderstorm), J. Hotař (Indiana Thunderstorm), M. Šuhájek (Indiana Thunderstorm), F. Dikun (Illinois Riveters), L. Skidmore (Rip City Outlaws), A. Harrell (Rip City Outlaws), C. McDermott (Rip City Outlaws), T. Lujan (Arlandria Rockers), A. Lovininkaitis (Arlandria Rockers), B. Sears (Arlandria Rockers), S. Dhertoge (Arlandria Rockers): 48 Minutes

The shooter: L. Valentynovicius (MastersOfBBall): 9 Three points scored

The best performers: S. Guajardo (TarTeam), C. Laurenza (Illinois Riveters): Rating: 15

The worst performer: B. Hansen (West Lawn Mowers): Rating: 4