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Oh joy... To add to the excitement, I play HSD in the first game. Could be the decider to see who takes the lead for that relegation battle!

Repost from the draft thread:

The ABBL draft was as usual not very impressive.

Draft Round 1

Saunders, Monte Whitebeard 1 1 scrub.
Harding, Lopeti Pancakes with Jam and Cream 2 1 $3k 18 perennial allstar
Phillips, Alan hopelessly addicted 3 2 $3k 18 perennial allstar
Tuong, Thuc peaceNroll 4 1 scrub
Rutland, Jared Black Label Society 5 1 scrub
Bryan, Xavier Whompas Donkeys 6 1 scrub
Salter, Igor Persepolis Immortals 7 1 $4k 18 superstar
McBryde, Ernie Urmummas 8 1 scrub
Plaza, Dan Guanzheng Goldfish 9 3 $3k 18 perennial allstar
Shulgan, Nick Yarra Park Bears 10 1 scrub
Hearst, Preston Monkey Business 11 1 scrub
Slipper, Bryce WA IS A DUMP 12 1 scrub
Ward, Neil Aussie Pride 13 1 $3k 18 allstar
Youmin, Ma Chelsea Seagulls 14 2 scrub
Mahmoud, Benji Stone Slashers 15 2 scrub
Salter, Dwight Koopasaurus 16 2 scrub

Pick #24 Urmummas got a $3k 19 year old MVP.
Pick #36 peaceNroll got a $2k 18 year old superstar.
Pick #38 Whompas Donkeys got a $3k 19 year old superstar.
Pick #41 Guanzheng Goldfish got a $2k 18 year old superstar.

Guanzheng Goldfish were the only team that didn't get one of their top two picks in the first round. Persepolis Immortals got the only good player with the 7th pick of the draft.

Best player:


Igor Salter (32053154)
Point Guard
Owner: Persepolis Immortals
Weekly salary: $ 3 633
Age: 18
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: superstar
Igor Salter was pick 7 in the season 25 draft by Persepolis Immortals.

Second best player:

Leonard Benga (32053151)
Center
Owner: Urmummas
Weekly salary: $ 2 990
Age: 19
Height: 6'10" / 208 cm
Potential: MVP
Jump Shot: awful Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: atrocious Handling: mediocre
Driving: inept Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: pitiful
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: average
Experience: atrocious
Leonard Benga was pick 24 in the season 25 draft by Urmummas.

For the 3rd best player in the draft we are down to one of the three $3k 18 year old perennial allstars or the $2k 18 year old superstar.

I know, I am conflicted tanking as this will be my first time in 20 seasons doing it The reality of this is I don't have any funds in the bank to compete with the rosters in our side of the draw.

I have been close to giving it away this season. Looking at your draft this year, maybe the ABBL is due for some quality picks in S26.

bout time i got a decent draftee! too bad i dont have a trainer to train him with, man if only he was 18 ... could of made a small mint

haha yeah could be difference between a Durant or a Oden.

Let the tanking begin!

or... be like the Phoenix Suns - 17 wins - 10 losses. Had the worst record in the western conference last season but seeded 6th this season.

"For all the suspicions about the Suns chasing a draft lottery tanking strategy, McDonough made it clear to Babby and Sarver that he'd never be a part of it. In working with the Celtics, in studying the NBA, McDonough had learned that pursuing pingpong balls isn't a strategy to get out of the lottery – it's typically a ticket to return year after year."

can anyone else hit edit on player faces and change the look of your draftees???

It certainly looks tough, all the teams on this side are well and truly established and it would take some lucky trades to come up with anything good enough to last. I doubt very much that I'll be so lucky and history has shown that teams who tank their initial ABBL visits do have a tendency of re-appearing.

I'm not decided yet but losing time to come up with a decision.

Ah der, didn't read the update

HSD is not tanking ppl, it's official. Guess that just leaves me... :-(

HSD is not tanking ppl, it's official. Guess that just leaves me... :-(

Someones gotta do it

Seems a bit senseless to me jumping on the "buy a $800k team just to survive" team, so the choice seems pretty obvious to me. Just hope I can sell those "unwanted" players at a reasonable price now.