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Hi everyone...

Just wanted to throw out a first starter thread for this upcoming season. I was in D3 for probably 12-13 seasons before having to take a small detour to rebuild with some youth. Its good to be back in a league that has all managers again no more bots or BS. It is sad to see that D4 leagues have turned into 3-4 real managers and the rest bots tho. But the good is it made training really easy. SO here i am....

Question if we are interactive meaning if the managers here actually will jump on in my old league we used to do preseason rankings, mid season rankings, Power rankings, and more just to add a little fun to the league. I stopped doing that in D4 clearly cuz it was all bots but if some of you guys would actually interact and give input its a fun way to keep the season fresh. Let me know if thats of interest! GOod luck everyone!!!!!

I'd be interested! Good stuff. And welcome back - I'm in a similar boat, having previously been in D3 and then had to reload before coming back.

Last season was my first here (and in III) in general and it didn't look super active... in fact, my old D4 league was more active... but who knows? Maybe people just need someone to invite them to come out of hiding :p

Either way, best of luck to everyone this season!

I can’t believe I lost that game...

This is my 2nd team. My original team made it to division II twice and spent a bunch of time in DIII. I took over the old Silverbacks franchise with this team which I thought was pretty cool. Since then I've been on a promote or demote trajectory.

I had planned to go all-out for this league until Marshland dropped 10mil. I'm now debating between tanking entirely, or doing well enough to stay in this league and go for it next season, which I hate the idea of for some reason.

I hope everyone can stay healthy, especially trainees.

Playing just well enough to stay up is what I did my fist DIII season (so last season basically). Thought I'd get a great player in the draft since I was like 3rd pick... I got 3 underdeveloped players... great potentials, but poor starting skills. None of them worth anything.

I'm definitely not doing that ever again. Wasn't worth the gamble, even if I did managed to win my RL series. This year, I'm going to play normal. I don't expect to make the playoffs still because my team isn't great, but no semi-tanking.

Well guys we are 3 games into the season and 3 teams remain undefeated with a couple teams 1-2 & 2-1 having some interesting Point Dif. However early in the year can't put alot of stock into things as team manage mins for Cup runs and also feel out what lineup or rotations work best. We take our first look at the teams 3-0 & then we will look at the teams that are 1 loss teams following Tuesday's games.... Lets start with the FAVORITE!!!!!

What we do know is that Maine Lobstahs are picking up right where they left off last year. Bringing back a squad that went 19-3 who lost to eventual promoting team in the semifinals. They bring a good mix of youth and veterans and bolster a 240k weekly salary among their top 7 players. With 5 players averaging double figures. This team has the right amount of depth and balance to finally capture what they missed out on last season!

Secondly we look at the Marshland Mammals... Winners of 2 relegation series to stay in D3. After falling out of D2 the Mammals are looking to get a taste of D2 again. They are off to a 3-0 start after finishing last season at 8-14. They bring a massive 292K lineup made up of their 7 main players. They clearly made moves late last year adding players and then again this year and are primed to take down the league and get back to D2. The "tanking for money but winning relegation" strategy has clearly worked and they're ready!

Lastly the newcomers BucsBlue... Bucs are no stranger to D3 basketball here in BB they were 12 season D3 veterans including 3 finals appearances and 1 finals appearance as the Number 1 overall seed. Bucs Never got over the hump of actually winning and in one of those instances lost to a Familiar Foe in Marshland Mammals in the D3 championship! Bucs then relegated and begin to restructure their team selling away MVP and other stars from the team that was aging. After 2 seasons in D4 Bucs come back to D3 with an entirely new roster. Bucs Come to the table with a 242k lineup making up 7 players and some strong youthful players that will have to show theyre ready for Big Boy basketball!

I appreciate the kind words for my squad... But I'm blowing it up and putting my effort into the 3-season plan. Time to train some young guns and keep my head above water!

Holy hell 95 points for my SF new league record! Wowza. Check out those stats!

Somehow survived another 7th v 5th match-up... I dunno how I keep staying alive and remaining up here in D3, but I'm not complaining!

You gave me a tough matchup and now I find myself getting relegated back to League IV. Pretty disappointed after finishing 5th in the conference but obviously my squad wasn't good enough to stick around.