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Season 69 Preview

Scores next to team names are the average player ratings for the whole team in season 68.

Some teams may be strengthening / starting a rebuild and therefore may change quality drastically. But this should still give an idea of where everybody compares as of today.

These conferences presented in reverse order of toughness in my personal opinion:

#8 - II.4 Big 8 -

08.1 - Inverness Cats
07.8 - Big Bunda
07.6 - Botanical Power
06.7 - Banana Tropical
06.7 - Hull Radom
05.8 - BBBall
05.2 - Lokomotiva Flamers
04.2 - Aberdonian Kings (was Ziggs Blasters)

4 autopromoted teams given a conference where they can spend money on their arenas, slowly build over 2 seasons to their salary floor, and at least challenge in the meantime rather than being obliterated every game and leave Buzzerbeater after a 1-21 season. I see the vision here!

#7 - II.4 Great 8 -

12.4 - KOTAYK
09.9 - Mackattack
09.9 - Comino Chameleons
09.6 - Breiðholt SubSonics
07.0 - Petrocub-Moldova
05.5 - Ciocan Lakers
05.1 - Tinymanny
04.3 - Razs Legends BC

The other 2 autopromoted teams go in the other II.4 conference which even without KOTAYK in would be stronger than the above.

#6 - II.3 Big 8 -

10.3 - Duncan Donuts 2.0
10.2 - Flower of Scotland
10.0 - The Dabberz
09.4 - Sporting Club vikingur
09.0 - Cleveland Sparta
09.0 - Hawkboys
06.0 - Llegendes dAndorra
04.6 - Crv Jeep

Despite the above rating it is likely to be Flower of Scotland who still have a super-dangerous ESL standard top 6 winning this but do any challengers have a deep squad to give the largely teenage 2nd unit trouble?

#5 - II.1 Big 8 -

11.8 - Devstry
10.5 - Minas Morgul
10.2 - Ucigasii
10.1 - Virtus Floriana
09.7 - Victoria Killers
07.9 - Vagarshapat
06.7 - Minions DAL
06.4 - Lux

Devstry very strong, Minas Morgul having 3 of the 4 top salary players for sale suggests a rebuild there continues, and noticeably better at the bottom end than the above conferences.

#4 - II.2 Great 8 -

12.0 - Glasgow Raptors
10.8 - Santa Booker
10.0 - Raging Seagull
09.2 - Locomotive Edinburgh
09.1 - Bibby Brotherhood
09.0 - Apex Legends
08.1 - Berzerkers Ball Club
05.7 - Pic pedrosa

Santa Booker's reward for being likely the strongest 8th place finisher in Nations of Europe division 2 history? A move to a weaker conference where a playoff final spot can be the target. Above previous conferences as 7 deep.

#3 - II.3 Great 8 -

12.8 - Fighting Cats
12.0 - Barcelona Chisinau
11.7 - Cythreuliaid Conwy
11.5 - Blindhead
10.7 - Ljónin
10.1 - The Brick Squad
06.9 - Asociatia Firenze-Chisinau
05.8 - Yerevan

Last season's "group of death" and likely #1 ranked conference weakened at bottom end with Comino Chameleons and Santa Booker both leaving, still a real tough playoff spot to get though!

#2 - II.2 Big 8 -

12.6 - Glasgow Blue Jays
11.7 - Dropito
11.6 - Skytturnar
11.6 - Celestia BC
11.6 - Revolta Culé, B.C
08.9 - Chicago Bulbs II
06.9 - Rocalux
05.7 - Comandaranga

BC Böðvar get promoted :) . Replaced by Dropito :0 . Will be a VERY good team missing the playoffs anyway.

#1 - II.1 Great 8 -

13.6 - Icelandia
11.0 - The Red Hammers
11.0 - Malta Pissedons
11.0 - The Others
10.8 - Bardagakappi
10.1 - Barcelona Dragons
09.4 - Olympique Balti
09.0 - MT Andorra

Strongest ESL relegation team ends up in already the deepest quality conference. Not really a better landing spot for The Others either. New "group of death". Should be an Icelandia win but a barfight behind them.

Very nice teaser for the upcoming season!

However, it is sad that there are no human players in the Div III anymore. This means that teams that have lost the relegations are still able to stay in a Div II environment. This means that tanking for draft picks AND shifting to a weaker conference due to auto-promotion rules has become an even more viable strategy...

Can you also post the stats in my new division as well?
Just kidding

I am gonna miss these posts!

Good luck to you all

Maybe.

But then tanking for draft picks doesn't always seem to be the main aim of a tank (maybe to cross your fingers and hope for a hall of fame or all-time great potential guy to sell for the money or laserfocus training on to taste), just saving money and stacking cash for a few seasons for a big push later when they will be running at a loss due to very high salaries seems more common.

And for that staying in div II rather than being relegated is probably more annoying than rewarding as the salary floor is then 250k/week or so instead of 75k-ish which is the floor in division III (or was when I was in it in season 66) so these teams are saving money much slower.

Also no guarantee that you get moved to weaker conferences tanking either. A tanking/rebuilding team seems more likely to be moved to previously strong conferences to balance divisions out. Your conference is a good example of that actually. Santa Booker & Comino Chameleons (both trending up over time) out, Asociatia Firenze-Chisinau and Yerevan (both seemingly in rebuilds) in.

Heh.

Well since you asked nicely there is one thing that I can do for an ESL team because the info was already there amongst the full list I did at the end of last season which is this:

End of last season average player ratings for this season's ESL line-up would be:

15.4 - Smoki Wawelskie
14.0 - C.B. Nans
13.9 - BC Dondel
13.7 - Wazowski Harley Riders
13.5 - KamiQazers Team
13.5 - Gibuskus
13.0 - Team Scooby
12.9 - The Mighty Pheasants
12.3 - Fimbles
12.3 - Illyrians
12.1 - KB Peja
12.0 - BC Böðvar <- YOU ARE HERE
11.9 - Stómas
11.0 - Dacia Chisinau BC
10.5 - Albanian Lions
08.9 - Valletta

Which looks not great until you remember that Stómas who you are already 0.1 rating better at the end of last season went 20-2 for the best seasonal record then won the playoffs at that 11.9 using a different offensive strategy for each of the 4 playoff games!

.... so you're telling me there´s a chance?

Welcome to season 69!

For any passing new managers who didn't already know I believe Game Rating is calculated by BuzzerManager by how many sub-levels above atrocious-low the combination of outside scoring, inside scoring, outside defense, inside defense, rebounding and offensive flow are at the end of the game.

Average player ratings are a bit wonky the 1st game or two as BuzzerManager seems to average each player to the nearest half-point, while BuzzerBeater itself knows the rating to a tenth of a point so there can be discrepancies. BuzzerManager is near enough however to compare like for like stats for the week and against previous seasons and leaves the need for Excel sheets and so on at the workplace where they belong!

Efficiency when that is mentioned is (Points+Rebounds+Assists+Steals+Blocks−Missed shots−Missed Free Throws-Turnovers).

Just like last season 8 teams with 100+ game rating in game 1 and 8 teams with 10+ average player rating.

Game 1 Game Ratings :-

127 - 10.1 - Dropito
126 - 11.9 - Revolta Culé, B.C
122 - 12.6 - Skytturnar
116 - 11.8 - Glasgow Blue Jays
112 - 10.1 - Chicago Bulbs II
111 - 11.7 - Glasgow Raptors
110 - 10.1 - Locomotive Edinburgh
104 - 10.4 - Santa Booker
098 - 08.8 - Celestia BC
095 - 09.6 - Raging Seagull
092 - 09.4 - Bezerkers Ball Club
089 - 07.9 - Apex Legends
085 - 08.9 - Bibby Brotherhood
064 - 06.5 - Comandaranga
062 - 07.1 - Pic Pedrosa
058 - 06.2 - Rocalux

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 139 : Glasgow Raptors
Rebounds : 80 : Glasgow Raptors
Assists : 40 : Glasgow Raptors
Steals : 22 : Bibby Brotherhood
Block Shots : 14 : Rocalux

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 40 : A. Doncel (Apex Legends)
Rebounds : 19 : É. Bossart (Rocalux)
Assists : 14 : E. Coutts (Apex Legends)
Steals : 6 : F. Seren (chicago bulbs II), S. Tümpling (Pic pedrosa), A. Kárason (Bibby Brotherhood)
Block Shots : 6 : J. De Grauwe (Rocalux)

Best efficiency by main position of the evening

Point Guard : S. Gnúpsson (chicago bulbs II) (37 Points, 6 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Shooting Guard : N. Bodet (Comandaranga) (26 Points, 15 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Small Forward : S. Tümpling (Pic pedrosa) (35 Points, 6 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 6 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Power Forward : M. Hutchenson (Glasgow Raptors) (18 Points, 15 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Center : F. Dillet (Comandaranga) (20 Points, 18 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41

Game 2 Game Ratings :-

127 - 12.1 - Dropito
126 - 11.9 - Glasgow Blue Jays
115 - 12.2 - Skytturnar
115 - 11.7 - Glasgow Raptors
113 - 11.6 - Santa Booker
110 - 10.1 - Revolta Culé, B.C
108 - 10.8 - Celestia BC
102 - 09.8 - Locomotive Edinburgh
100 - 10.3 - Raging Seagull
097 - 09.3 - Bezerkers Ball Club
096 - 09.1 - Chicago Bulbs II
084 - 09.9 - Bibby Brotherhood
083 - 07.6 - Apex Legends
066 - 06.4 - Comandaranga
061 - 07.4 - Pic Pedrosa
058 - 05.5 - Rocalux

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 143 : Skytturnar
Rebounds : 65 : Bibby Brotherhood
Assists : 35 : Skytturnar
Steals : 24 : Pic pedrosa
Block Shots : 18 : Skytturnar

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 52 : S. Tümpling (Pic pedrosa)
Rebounds : 22 : H. Faro (dropito)
Assists : 17 : F. Monsch (Santa Booker)
Steals : 5 : B. Tintinyà (Pic pedrosa), J. Guardiola (Pic pedrosa)
Block Shots : 6 : B. Tintinyà (Pic pedrosa)

Best efficiency by main position of the evening

Point Guard : F. Monsch (Santa Booker) (11 Points, 6 Rebounds, 17 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Shooting Guard : A. Doncel (Apex Legends) (35 Points, 8 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Small Forward : G. Pestryakov (Santa Booker) (46 Points, 11 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 48
Power Forward : W. Green (Apex Legends) (33 Points, 6 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots), R. Dougall (Raging Seagull) (35 Points, 16 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Center : Ö. Vilmundarson (Bibby Brotherhood) (24 Points, 18 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38