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Had to break it down into multiple sections continuing now

Defensive player of the year
The nominees are Anthony Davis from New York, Pablo Speeci from Righteous Rebellion, Ljudevit Dolic from Sloths
The winner is Anthony Davis, for being the anchor of New York and the perfect complement to Kendrick

Now the team/manager awards
First Manager of Year
The nominees are New York, Pittsburgh, and Monkeykid
The winner is New York simply because he went 22-0

Next up best Rivalry
The nominees are Beachlife vs Sloths, Pittsburgh vs SM, and Monkeykid vs Boom is Art
The winner is Beachlife vs Sloths. Usually the teams have to be from the same conference for this but I make an exception here. The lowest scoring game in BUZZERBEATER HISTORY earns you this award.

Overachieving team, given to the team that performed above expectations this season
The nominees are Pittsburgh, Monkeykid, and Beachlife
The winner is I don’t know. I was going to give to myself given I had just promoted here and made the finals, but I don’t know what everyone thought I was capable of, so I am leaving it blank and allow fellow manager to say what they think.

The Upset of the Year
The nominees are CC Mavs over Green Gremlins, Philadelphia over Monkeykid, and Rebellion over Pittsburgh
The winner which I painfully say is the Rebellion over myself. I am still steaming over that game because it cost my everything. Without that lose I would be 20-2 and earned automatic promotion to D2, and series against New York would not have mattered. I am still steaming because a team who literally FORFEITED their last game is going to cost me a trip to D2. Now that rant aside, the perfect storm happened in that game. Injuries, foul trouble, tactics, bad play pretty much everything went wrong for me and rebellion beat me.

Nice write up, I think most things are spot on, but Han did have a game off... against the Sloths (before we sold Walo, who contributed on Defense as well.)... 0-7 from downtown, under 20 over all....

https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/114481232/boxscore.aspx

Defense, its all my team has. :) Though you can note he scored 32 on us in the after Walo era.

Edit> for overachieving of those 3, I'd go Monkeykids, just based on a simple wins to player salary equation.

Last edited by Yakoska at 6/26/2021 5:46:07 PM

Why am I even in the conversation for Manager of the Year? lol
I didn't do anything special.

I also don't think my team overachieved. My team did this year what it has for the last several... we play good enough to make the playoffs and don't really do anything in said playoffs. The only difference is I didn't get booted round 1, but I'd say that's more of a fluke. That game could have gone either way.

Pittsburgh is my vote for overachiever for all the reasons mentioned. A team that just comes in here and dominates right off the bat is extremely impressive.

Myles Owen was definitely a great mid-season pick-up... but that's also kinda cheating because he's basically a cheaper, slightly less-skilled version of the guy I sold off before buying him. Was just trying to get some money. Of course, the way I play doesn't make any player look too stand-out... if I played normal basketball, Owen would probably have really good numbers on the season... but I play for training, so it's very difficult for me to get a top 5 scorer or defensive guy based on actual stats.

Maybe if I actually become happy with my team one day, I'll play properly instead of just training guys and rolling them over for new guys to train xD

Congratulations to Coach Swift and the rest of the Dragons for having that perfect season. Good Luck as you move up. Pittsburgh should be the favorite for next season. I will see you guys back in two seasons as we re-group and train.

Also, Han didn't take the night off it was just a off-night as I tried a different offensive scheme to get another player involve that didn't work. Blame that one the Coach.

Fair enough, good luck!

Well that is that. A buzzerbeater at halftime your up 18, New York you can't miss! I have to say I feel slightly cheated. I did everything right game planning wise. My team commits an almost automatic turnover every time we stop you which often given you are shooting almost 60% from the field against my best defensive lineup. Kendrick running right though Steinwender, Hansen torching Conomos, neither should be happening. Nothing against you personally New York, I just BB has it out for me tonight.

Congrats.... Dragons on blasting back into D2.
That being said truly appreciate all the extra effort and work here by some great managers. It was a nice surprise after a few seasons of silence here to get some “life” put back in forums.

Looking forward to next season let’s keep it rolling!

I agree - makes it a lot more fun to participate in when it's active!

I have played... a lot of seasons... many on auto pilot. I have NEVER before drafted talent with the "Announcer" potential... wow.