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I missed almost all of the first quarter of my first game in II.1. Looking at the scores and stats, so did most of the players on both teams, and the fans are jealous that they didn't. 12-10, with two fast offenses, has got to be almost as exciting as watching paint grow or grass dry.

I missed almost all of the first quarter of my first game in II.1. Looking at the scores and stats, so did most of the players on both teams, and the fans are jealous that they didn't. 12-10, with two fast offenses, has got to be almost as exciting as watching paint grow or grass dry.

Tonight's game, meanwhile, is a suck of a different sort. My guys are missing shots contested by the backup SF and I have fewer rebounds as a team 16 minutes into the game than the opposing PF has alone. 11 fouls already, too, which was about my season average last season. Ugh.

Amazing how your team seems to turn it all around in the 2nd half.

Amazing how your team seems to turn it all around in the 2nd half.

Yeah, it helps when I score more points in each of the 3rd and 4th quarters than I did in the whole first half or my opponent did in the whole second half. I enjoy BB but I've got to say it's ridiculous - I think it's probably a fair result all things considered, but the way we get there was insane in that way that only BB can attain. I was just glad I didn't break their starting SF for longer than the game; I hate causing injuries that last because I'm a caring individual, by which I mean that I'd care that their future opponents would benefit from my team's pluckiness.

I suppose now I should have named my team the Waggin' Mutombos, though, since I currently have the top four shotblockers in the league. We may not be good offensively, but we drag you down to our level and beat you with ... hell if I know, but hopefully it keeps working. ;)

Last edited by GM-hrudey at 6/28/2017 11:56:52 AM

Amazing how your team seems to turn it all around in the 2nd half.

See if we can keep that streak going. First half was going well until a 12-0 run against in the last four minutes. My new one-year rental guard who hadn't fouled out in three seasons is looking like he's not going to make it 24 minutes again. Of course, BB being what it is, it could still be either team winning the game by 20+ by the time it's over.

Nothing like accidentally leaving your best player off of the lineup in a game that is a toss up. Gonna mess up training this week too

What is going on. It is 8 pm, a Tuesday night and the games are not underway? Is it an apocalypse? Or just holiday laziness?

Wait what!?! I'm going to play the Window Lickers and the Short window lickers in the same week??

Uhh oh...could someone be banned for owning multiple teams?

It looks like tomorrow night is a preview of the probable Finals series, with Unedible Nut hosting ATL the Hawks. Not sure I'm in the right frame of mind to analyze the matchup since both teams had 20 point leads against me (ATL in the first freaking quarter) and both games had my team missing shots to tie it in the last five seconds of the game. If I did have to decide, I'd say the HCA is probably enough to wing it to Unedible Nut, keeping their perfect record alive, but I've been around BB enough that there'd have to be something in the play by play about one of the players posting their nutsack up on a partially-shaved goat to actually end up surprising me. (And if anyone is upset they're not one of the "probable finalists", they should really try not to be three or more games back ten games into the season). ;)

In terms of a nearly-midseason review, I'm pretty happy with where my team is. The stretch of four straight losses in the league, capped by getting CT'd out of the Cup was not pleasant, but only one of the losses was by double digits and two of them had chances to tie miss, so all in all it's pretty good. I'm also happy that four of my players are in the top five in made three pointers, and I've got the top three guys in blocked shots (with two guys in both groups),and my streak of four seasons with better three point shooting than two point shooting seems safe so far. Still have a chance at finishing in the top four and avoiding a relegation series, which would be a great season in my book.

Last edited by GM-hrudey at 7/28/2017 11:56:45 AM

I have an interesting proposal for Revolutionizing Buzzerbeater in the future.

With the Buzzerbeater all star break approaching and the NBA offseason having a lot of fireworks it has me thinking: How about adding trading to buzzerbeater sometime in the near future? What is professional basketball without a little trade noise? It's part of the games excitement.

This is my proposal: Let teams trade within their 16 team league. This limits cheating because chances are low that people own two teams in the same league. Even if someone were to cheat, it'd be a good way to catch cheating (it's fairly easy to know if a trade is unbalanced). Obviously a deadline can be made (probably the Friday after the All Star game). Player confidentiality may be controversial when it comes to trades. Maybe it would not be fair if you can see the players whole skill set when proposing a trade. At the very minimum, it would be nice if you could see their stamina and free throw ratings, but maybe the rest would be confidential? (And it's up to you to do your own research on the rest).

The reason why I'd like to do this so much, is it would rekindle the Buzzerbeater community. I'm sure many of you are tired of seeing private league invitations and want to have real genuine competitive conversations on here. This would be a great way to connect the community. I think PM's should be allowed if trading is implemented because negotiations are key.