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By the time of this thread's creation, we are just a few hours away from the start of B3's Knockout Stage. Who do you think will bring home the trophy? As of now, I see very high chances of a three-peat occurring. Personally, I'd like to see one of two teams winning this season: Młoty Stargard, which has performed consistently well for so long while pretty much always being in the bottom of the last 32 salary-wise, or Codemasters, which is probably the only team to make wide use of defensive switches against high-level competition; and that defensive philosophy was built around two self-trained players.

Here's how team salaries are looking before the round of 32:

(#x = Knockout Stage Seed)                                  Relevant transfers since September

1. Syndicalists' BC - $ 1 209 556 (#7)                     +1 ($ 69 206 PF)                        
2. KK Mordor - $ 1 020 228 (#5)                              -1 ($ 92 063 PF), + 1 ($ 255 119 PF)
3. Green Machines - $ 1 016 898 (#15)
4. Folgado Lakers - $ 949 436 (#6)                          -1 ($ 50 364 SG), +1 ($ 77 536 SF)
5. The King and I - $ 943 770 (#1)
6. Cassoulet Forever - $ 932 655 (#12)                   +1 ($ 66 036 PF)
7. Augustiner 75ers - $ 930 908 (#2)
8. Bulldog team Ostrava - $ 921 063 (#4)
9. Capricornus - $ 891 878 (#13)
10. trenchtown - $ 854 148 (#17)
11. Volketswil 76ers - $ 846 217 (#31)
12. HucJiaB - $ 831 942 (#9)
13. fay_stelaios - $ 829 035 (#8)                              +1 ($ 189 329 PF)
14. Defensor Sporting Club - $ 826 407 (#20)
15. ESV Laim - $ 824 439 (#11)
16. E-5 - $ 824 234 (#30)                                           +2 ($ 26 884 PG, $ 111 020 C)
17. DK Shaolins - $ 820 978 (#22)
18. Vitoria Deluxe - $ 799 737 (#25)
19. 飛龜 - $ 795 828 (#24)                                         -1 ($ 50 458 C), +1 ($ 41 946 C)
20. Diamond Phoenix - $ 773 666 (#21)
21. KK.Play-Off - $ 766 825 (#18)                              +1 ($ 132 615 PF)
22. SUPERLIGOTA - $ 730 459 (#32)
23. BC Sakura - $ 729 332 (#10)
24. Młoty Stargard - $ 728 886 (#14)
25. kokosari - $ 719 740 (#29)
26. king of monoi - $ 680 585 (#27)
27. Atsalakotoi B.C. - $ 647 089 (#23)
28. Sbumbers - $ 639 577 (#26)                                  -1 ($ 128 065 C)
29. Codemasters - $ 629 152 (#3)
30. Nitra Corgons - $ 619 654 (#28)
31. Joué Basket Club - $ 571 086 (#16)
32. Kurajberi - $ 545 335 (#19)

If I were to point the most underperforming team salary-wise, it would be The King and I (Yes, the #1 seed!), while the overperformer would be by far Codemasters.

Last edited by Densler at 10/6/2015 11:24:01 PM

One fact: just 4 teams with less than 824k salaries (the median of the salaries distribution) have made the round of 16. After removing the teams which were kicked off the competition, the original table by Densler remains as follows:

(#x = Knockout Stage Seed)                                  Relevant transfers since September

1. Syndicalists' BC - $ 1 209 556 (#7)                     +1 ($ 69 206 PF)                        
2. KK Mordor - $ 1 020 228 (#5)                              -1 ($ 92 063 PF), + 1 ($ 255 119 PF)
4. Folgado Lakers - $ 949 436 (#6)                          -1 ($ 50 364 SG), +1 ($ 77 536 SF)
5. The King and I - $ 943 770 (#1)
6. Cassoulet Forever - $ 932 655 (#12)                   +1 ($ 66 036 PF)
8. Bulldog team Ostrava - $ 921 063 (#4)
9. Capricornus - $ 891 878 (#13)
10. trenchtown - $ 854 148 (#17)
11. Volketswil 76ers - $ 846 217 (#31)
12. HucJiaB - $ 831 942 (#9)
13. fay_stelaios - $ 829 035 (#8)                              +1 ($ 189 329 PF)
15. ESV Laim - $ 824 439 (#11)
21. KK.Play-Off - $ 766 825 (#18)                              +1 ($ 132 615 PF)
24. Młoty Stargard - $ 728 886 (#14)
27. Atsalakotoi B.C. - $ 647 089 (#23)                                  -1 ($ 128 065 C)
29. Codemasters - $ 629 152 (#3)

I didn't realize I had the highest salaries coming in, and by a fair margin too. I've gone all in to win BBB, but at this point, I can only sit back and hope I don't embarrass myself.
I wouldn't sleep on The King and I, or quite frankly any of those in the Deluxe PL, they are all very strong teams... for those that are top tier and not in that PL, what are you waiting for?

There is a big problem with The King and I team that is making them unlikely to win BBB.

Update of the table with the teams which have made the quarter-finals. After removing the teams which were kicked off in the round of 16, the original table by Densler remains as follows:

(#x = Knockout Stage Seed)                                  Relevant transfers since September

1. Syndicalists' BC - $ 1 209 556 (#7)                     +1 ($ 69 206 PF)                        
2. KK Mordor - $ 1 020 228 (#5)                              -1 ($ 92 063 PF), + 1 ($ 255 119 PF)
4. Folgado Lakers - $ 949 436 (#6)                          -1 ($ 50 364 SG), +1 ($ 77 536 SF)
5. The King and I - $ 943 770 (#1)
8. Bulldog team Ostrava - $ 921 063 (#4)
12. HucJiaB - $ 831 942 (#9)
21. KK.Play-Off - $ 766 825 (#18)                              +1 ($ 132 615 PF)
24. Młoty Stargard - $ 728 886 (#14)

Another fact: from the top 8 seed after the Round Robin, 5 of them are playing the quarter-finals. The other three teams, which are exactly the ones paying less salaries (HucJiab, KK Play Off and Mloty) were the #9, #18 and #14.

Nice one!

For those who have seen my game and wonder why I played such a tactic...my sf got injured last saturday and I couldn't really replace him. Sometimes I hate this game -.-

However I wish the best of luck for the remaining teams!