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You rock man. I read everything. Enjoying it all.

Here's my reaction to placement and comments:
1. My franchise is definitely middle of the pack right now. My hope is to sneak into the playoffs this year so my attendance can stay strong and financials can remain decent. But make no mistake this franchise is in full on training mode. I'm all in on my young guys and that means I may be making more moves this season. If I do, it probably won't be to get better overall, but instead to get better young guys to train.

2. I'd say annoyed not upset. I got normal'd so I can take a close loss. It was at home so yah that's a bit annoying. And I picked 3-2 versus a low post, also annoying. The last one is on me. I was reading up on Discord about managers using 3-2 and decided I try my hand. I picked the wrong game to test this out. So yah that' pretty annoying. I think I'd be angry if I had picked a 2-3 and we had the same enthusiasm and still lost by 2 at home. He had the tactics and enthusiasm in his favor so 2 points is just fine by me. Should be a good rubber match later this season at his place.

3. Tough schedule for me this week.

Where am I? I'm here in this thinker position wondering why every third quarter my team feels like it has to play who can imitate Trajan Langdon and John Starks the best by jacking up the most unnecessary shots.

Other than that hoping these new additions gel before our team song is regulate

Haha - love the references!

Just to be clear (for everyone’s sake) all of my posts are definitely written tongue in cheek. Love the back and forth!

Day 3 (Saturday 30 April 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Philly Dribble 94 - Mighty Moose Rockets 82
Linndale 85 - Lion Rebels 98
Seattle SuperSonicz 102 - San Dominica Warriors 118
War Birds 79 - Rip City Revival 98
Dallas Bomskwad 79 - The Beer Bellys 108
Weather Society 128 - pintipv 141
Żubr Białystok 81 - Gremlins 112
Miami Cleo 62 - The Ashkickers 83

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 141 : pintipv
Rebounds : 66 : Gremlins
Assists : 28 : Rip City Revival
Steals : 11 : Gremlins
Block Shots : 10 : Żubr Białystok

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 43 : C. Masetti (Weather Society)
Rebounds : 21 : W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets)
Assists : 9 : V. Laddha (Rip City Revival)
Steals : 4 : D. Nava (Gremlins), J. Campino (Gremlins)
Block Shots : 4 : J. Campino (Gremlins)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : V. Laddha (Rip City Revival) (14 Points, 11 Rebounds, 9 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 26
Shooting Guard : D. Donlon (pintipv) (35 Points, 5 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Small Forward : C. Masetti (Weather Society) (43 Points, 9 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42
Power Forward : W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets) (37 Points, 21 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45
Center : A. Leonard (Dallas Bomskwad) (26 Points, 15 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33

MVP of the evening
W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets) (37 Points, 21 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45

The bad performance of the evening
R. Alderman (Dallas Bomskwad) (0 Points, 0 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -6

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : C. Geiger (The Beer Bellys) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : B. Goričan (Rip City Revival) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : M. Maurin (Miami Cleo), G. Locus (Miami Cleo), W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets), J. Fleurent (Mighty Moose Rockets), B. Lutz (Lion Rebels), Y. Delagnès (Żubr Białystok), P. Traganitis (Żubr Białystok), A. Leonard (Dallas Bomskwad), J. Felip (Dallas Bomskwad) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : C. Masetti (Weather Society) : 6 Three points

The best performer : P. Fasselli (Philly Dribble) : Rating : 15.5

The worst performer : P. Mandosio (pintipv) : Rating : 2.0

Week 2 Game 1 Recaps
In game 1 of the week, Philly covered their spread and showcased some pretty great outside offense and defense. Though Mighty Moose Rockets were even at the half, the third quarter was very detrimental with Philly outscoring them by 16 in the period to lead to their win and remain undefeated.

In game 2, The Ashkickers more than covered with a convincing defeat of Miami Cleo who went with the Patient attack which only resulted in scoring output of 15 or less in each of the last three quarters. Down 10 at the half, they never really had a chance after the 1st period.

San Dominica Warriors dominated game 3 of the night, more than covering in their matchup against Seattle. While the SuperSonicz kept it close each quarter, they never could pull one off, ending in the 16 point defeat.

I had the Gremlins as 18.5 point favorites and they went on to destroy Żubr Białystok by 31, with 64 second half points. Żubr was only down 9 at the half, but couldn't stage a come back as they fell to 1-2.

Linndale was a 7.5 point favorite, but fumbled it away as the Lion Rebels defeated them in a surprise by 13. Linndale was only down by 3 at the half, but LR held strong, pulling away in the 4th for the win, moving them back into 4th in the Big 8, but still behind Linndale because of point differential.

In the 2nd most dominate game of the evening, The Beer Bellys (15.5 point favorites) came out hot against the Bomskwad, scoring 67 first half points, including holding Dallas to only 10 first quarter points. Down 21 after the first and shooting 5-25 from three did them no favors.

Rip City's Nikky Nay torched the War Birds with 40 points in 35 minutes and easily covered the points to win by 19 on the evening.

And last, but not least, Weather Society put up a good fight scoring the 2nd most points of the evening - the only problem was they gave up the most points on the evening, allowing pintipv to score 141 and beat them by 13. Both teams shot over 50% from the field (including from 3) with neither teams perimeter defense showing much bite.

Early Season Transfer Report

Combed through some transfer numbers - kind of interesting to see some numbers.

From about April 15th, here are some totals for you:
Total Amount Earned by Transfers
Great 8: $3,079,500 (one giant fee for Carlos Alberto Calderon helped nudge this up into the stratosphere)
Big 8: $1,672,000

Total Amount Spent on Transfers
Great 8: $2,144,799
Big 8: $1,636,000

Net gain of $934,701 for the Great 8, while the Big 8 was a slightly smaller net gain of $36,000.

Salary Differences Post Transfers
The Big 8 sold off a salary total of $137,682 but brought in a salary total of $226,886 (almost $90k more); on the other side, the Great 8 brought in $376,248 while selling off $198,075 (over $175k increase).

Highest Activity of Transfers
The Great 8 sold off 7 players and brought in 8, but no team brought in more than 2 players, with most only bringing in one. Only four of the eight Great 8 teams sold a player, with three of them selling off two each. The Big 8, meanwhile, sold off 10 players and brought in 11, but the greatest mover and shaker among both sides has been Seattle SuperSonicz who've revamped their roster, selling off 4 players and bringing in 5.

That's all for today - good luck in tonight's games!

I'm just gonna start with this before the results: you CRUNCH TIMED me iBeStrugglin?!? *insertlaughingtearsemoji*

Day 4 (Tuesday 3 May 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Mighty Moose Rockets 79 - Linndale 111
Lion Rebels 82 - Seattle SuperSonicz 95
San Dominica Warriors 97 - War Birds 81
Rip City Revival 75 - Philly Dribble 97
The Beer Bellys 113 - Weather Society 101
pintipv 93 - Żubr Białystok 113
Gremlins 93 - Miami Cleo 81
The Ashkickers 106 - Dallas Bomskwad 73

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 113 : Żubr Białystok, The Beer Bellys
Rebounds : 69 : Żubr Białystok
Assists : 29 : The Beer Bellys
Steals : 13 : The Beer Bellys
Block Shots : 13 : The Ashkickers

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 34 : D. Donlon (pintipv)
Rebounds : 19 : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels)
Assists : 12 : D. Nava (Gremlins)
Steals : 4 : G. Gattoni (The Ashkickers), É. Blanchet (San Dominica Warriors), J. Segovia (The Beer Bellys), C. Geiger (The Beer Bellys)
Block Shots : 4 : T. Colomina (The Ashkickers), O. Reine (The Ashkickers), J. Felip (Dallas Bomskwad)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : J. Segovia (The Beer Bellys) (28 Points, 3 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Shooting Guard : G. Gattoni (The Ashkickers) (24 Points, 3 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 4 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Small Forward : F. Cristancho (Seattle SuperSonicz) (24 Points, 10 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Power Forward : T. Colomina (The Ashkickers) (19 Points, 14 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33
Center : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) (12 Points, 19 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28

MVP of the evening
T. Colomina (The Ashkickers) (19 Points, 14 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33

The bad performance of the evening
K. Brown (Lion Rebels) (5 Points, 0 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -8

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : M. Živanić (War Birds) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : C. Masetti (Weather Society), E. Rutledge (Rip City Revival), Z. Fatik (Rip City Revival), F. Grossman (pintipv) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : M. Maurin (Miami Cleo), A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo), C. Simpkins (Mighty Moose Rockets), D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok), D. Donlon (pintipv) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : D. Donlon (pintipv) : 9 Three points

The best performer : W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets) : Rating : 17.0

The worst performer : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo) : Rating : 5.5

lol i coudlnt go down 0-4 and I already know Philly and Linndale probably coming in as heavy favorites on us so had to do what we had to do XD

lol - all good, friend. Kicked myself for not going normal though!

I can't be mad at him. I would have done the same thing at 0-3 and my game 5 be facing that Philly Buzzsaw. Question is are you gonna go Hail Mary crunch time or go TIE and gain the enthusiasm

Week 2 Power Rankings
Welcome to this week's edition of DIV III.11 Power Rankings! See my previous power rankings post for details on how I'm pulling this ((314150.24)) - without further ado:

1. Gremlins - No surprises here - still undefeated and never really challenged (though Miami at least kept pace with them and only lost by 12). Slight dip in Gremlins efficiency, but is now leading the league overall in that. They also lead the league in allowed Opponents' EFF.

2. Ashkickers - Ashkickers are the closest to Gremlins, but we're deprived of this matchup for another week. No struggles for them this week to remain undefeated after four games. They too saw a slight dip in EFFG while they improved their OPP EFF by nearly 9 points.

3. The Beer Bellys - our first leap up comes from "thatguy"'s squad who've taken to DIV III quite well, though it is admittedly on the heals of defeating what appears to be two of the worst three teams in the Great 8. No shame in getting a win (but great shame in experiencing a loss in a game you should've won - see commentary below). Beer had the second highest EFFG improvement from last week and held even with their OPP EFF, resulting in this ranking.

4. Philly Dribble - our first Big 8 team in the power rankings, though they have an argument to be in the top three overall. Phil_Wings team took care of business with two potentially dangerous foes to be our final undefeated team in this list and this coming week appears to be a cake walk for them. Their EFFG dropped compared to the first week of the season, but they improved their OPP EFF.

5. Linndale This hot up and comer is playing good defense and have surprised a few teams this season with their tenacity. Even though they're middle of the pack in EFFG, they're still top 3 in OPP EFF. They suffered their first loss this week but dominated their other game to come in 5th, up from 6th.

6. San Dominica Warriors This week's largest mover, jumping 5 spots. The Warriors handled the dirty work this week and in the process improved their EFFG by nearly 20 points and their OPP EFF by almost 15. Relatively tough matchups for them this week against Mighty Moose Rockets and the Lion Rebels.

7. pintipv Holding stead in the rankings this week, pint's crew weathered the storm of Melon Collie's squad and then suffered their first defeat to Zubr. However they improved on their EFFG by almost 7 points. They face the true test this week going up against 1 & 2 in these rankings.

8. Mighty Moose Rockets MMR saw a significant dip in their own EFFG but improved on their OPP EFF. Even though they lost both their matchups this week to clunk to a 1-3 start, Walenty Kofan and Jean-Louis Fleurent are nothing to sneeze at!

Last edited by Baine at 5/12/2022 4:28:23 PM