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GG, to game 3 we go.

I feel like my chances are very slim. No way this crew gets through 48 mins without at least one foul out.

I just checked your GS. Graham is in 7 GS? oof. That's not good. Did you not train GS? I train that during playoffs exclusively (FYI: you do receive secondary pops training ST/FT/GS and it is worth it during the postseason).

Hopefully your injured player recovers and gives you some much needed depth come Sunday; but if not . . . you are in for a wild ride my friend.

Apex might actually pull off "a duble" (trade marked). lol That would be impressive, but of course, it's always unfortunate when one team has such bad luck. . . but that's the risk of running a tight rotation with not much depth. Usually six or seven rotation teams will not have any foul prone players. I myself stray away from such players, especially if I lack depth. That might be something you may want to look to address for next season. You may need to shake up your roster and replace any foul prone players (not named Graham or Mrolsa) in favor of adding depth to your roster.

Anyways . . . Good luck to both managers!

I did train GS, but with Aksak out so early in that game multiple players ended up with 90+ minutes and didn’t get the GS increase I was hoping for.

This is starting to look frighteningly like my silver cup run where I lost the gold to a D2 team due to fouls. Guess I didn’t learn my lesson.

I did train GS, but with Aksak out so early in that game multiple players ended up with 90+ minutes and didn’t get the GS increase I was hoping for.

This is starting to look frighteningly like my silver cup run where I lost the gold to a D2 team due to fouls. Guess I didn’t learn my lesson.

Well, that's unfortunate. You just need depth, and nothing special either . . . just 2 or 3 players with 15K-20k+ salaries w/ 16+ defense that can hold leads while your starters sit on the bench. I was baffled when I found out your only players outside your best 6 are basically tank commanders. You've been walking on thin ice all season long.

That's why my strategy for this series has been to pound the paint each game. At this point even with guesses it's just too strong fouling his guys out and other offenses don't accomplish that as well. But I will say dealing with a 6 man roster like his is no joke. I know BB wanted to start making changes to the low roster size teams which dominate at the highest level of play but they were never really made. I built my 8 man roster around that premise and it hasn't paid out yet. Lackey is really the only one who has the edge against his guys full strength and my backups coming in game 1 were a solid -10, -12, -5 for the 10 minutes they were in.

We'll see if that strategy actually pays off tonight. I have a feeling that with the game shape difference it will play out a few more points to my favor in comparison to game 1 but if not then I'll say that I tried and will need to retool a strategy for next season.

Either way this goes, it's been one hell of a finals series Chek and I hope to meet you back here next season! I'm sure a lot of the other managers will have their own opinions on that however. NBBA is strong as ever!

Last edited by Apex at 10/3/2021 7:52:32 PM

Going inside to draw fouls makes sense. I've done the same in the past; however, it didn't work as I intended as the foul prone player I had hoped to get out of the game went the full 48 minutes to my dismay. Ironically, one of my players fouled out -- which was rare.

It looks like Chek got a correct inside GDP which took some of the air out of your strategy. That's the risk of going inside in big games: that's the most commonly predicted GDP. And being on the road and having a correct GDP against your team is a real game changer.

The way this series has played out has been weird. I don't think anyone knew who was going to win game 3. Actually, I think most of us were leaning in favor of Apex -- even Chek seemed to be leaning that way. I think game1 was a bit misleading due to the scrubs coming in and playing significant minutes. Credit Chek for getting the correct inside GDP and having some luck to boot. It looks like his team is running away with it. He found a way. HCA and the reverse-PI w/ Morlsa may have been too much too handle. Interesting result.

Silver lining: both managers won titles this season and both should be proud! Y'all built some great teams and the final series was entertaining. I expect no less in future seasons. Congrats fellas!

None of your players fouled out? You lucky bastard. Haha. Congrats, man! Well deserved. I'm sure you went through quite the scare. Apex built a strong team and of course yours proved to be every bit as strong. It was a great series for sure.

I just checked the boxscore. Apex had two guys foul out both in about 30-36 minutes or so. Oh, the irony. Tis life. The GE strikes again. It looks like Mrosla fouled out the bigs that were guarding him. Chek's plan worked out. Well executed plan game plan. I mean, having to guard Mrosla is a game killer (particularly for a big of course).

Wow. First of all, awesome series Apex.

Looks like the reverse patient worked wonders. Had never tried it before, but looks like it should maybe have been a go-to. Unlucky with your foul outs, I honestly am baffled by the fouling in clutch games. All season I hadn't been struggling with fouls, but all of a sudden it hit like a truck, and then just... didn't matter in the last game? Your team is killer, and I feel like you will dominate the league next season.

And to your point A-Dub, I had been running a 7-8 man roster all season, but consolidated in the last few weeks with the mindset that risking injury for 2-3 weeks wouldn't be too big of a risk (wrong).

Now I just have to decide how to avoid bankruptcy for next season. I wish I had kept my trainee J. Ledbetter and not acquired this Iranian center. Too expensive and lost my training exemption.

Thanks for all the support! Special shoutout to Mediocrity for the reverse patient suggestion.

Now I just have to decide how to avoid bankruptcy for next season. I wish I had kept my trainee J. Ledbetter and not acquired this Iranian center. Too expensive and lost my training exemption.

Sounds like it's "money ball" time for you. You gotta think get conservative and offload huge salaries for cheaper, more efficient players.

You mentioned the reverse patient: that tactic is the reason I had bigs with 15-16 OD, because I didn't want to be caught with my pants down and be exploited. I sacrificed rebounding for OD at PF (Elbert Ray), which also helped me save money. It's harder to save money now that most D1 players are all 150+TSP now.