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From: blid
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297705.16 in reply to 297705.15
Date: 3/8/2019 11:28:35 AM
Overall Posts Rated:
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Stumbled a bit in the early going, which emptied out my decent arena and started bleeding money. Definitely belong near the bottom of those league rankings. I even resorted to selling off my top player Stevie Cuellar to fix the budget -but I've resented him ever since I drafted him anyway... very one-dimensional while also expensive, because he's fairly well-developed in his few strengths.

Going forward I think I can use Fortunate-Diamond as my starting frontcourt and pick up a $10-15k salary back-up big without losing much of a step at all from Cuellar's departure. But that won't help me pick up any ground in the league really. The rest of the squad is balanced and deceptively good for their salaries but fall squarely in that bottom of DivIII/top of DivIV territory.

At least now that I've got the holes in my ship all patched up I can focus on training up the young guys without taking on any water.

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297705.17 in reply to 297705.16
Date: 3/13/2019 10:18:58 AM
Overall Posts Rated:
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Intense OT thriller at the Storm last night. Here's the highlight of the night: (104582924)

5 0:37 130 — 144 C. Sanderson (H) goes up strong for an inside shot
5 0:37 130 — 144 M. Fatsoulakis (A) is called for a shooting foul.
5 0:37 130 — 144 M. Fatsoulakis (A) is assessed a flagrant foul.
5 0:37 130 — 144 Free throw missed by C. Sanderson (H).
5 0:37 130 — 144 H. Guanfu (H) brought in for N. Matos (H) at SF.
5 0:37 130 — 144 Change at PF: B. McLeod (H) in. D. Pina (H) out.
5 0:37 130 — 144 G. Maille (A) substituted for M. Hámori (A) at PG.
5 0:37 130 — 144 C. Gaitanidis (A) substituted for C. Tsamaslidis (A) at SG.
5 0:37 130 — 144 G. Vigulis (A) brought in for N. Meserdis (A) at PF.
5 0:37 130 — 145 C. Sanderson (H) gets the free throw to go.
5 0:14 130 — 145 C. Sanderson (H) attempts a hook shot
5 0:14 130 — 145 M. Fatsoulakis (A) is called for a shooting foul.
5 0:14 130 — 145 M. Fatsoulakis (A) is assessed a flagrant foul.
5 0:14 130 — 145 M. Fatsoulakis (A) was ejected from the game!


First time I've seen two flagrants within a minute of each other. He must be angry because he found himself on the transfer list


From: Artie M

To: blid
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297705.18 in reply to 297705.16
Date: 3/14/2019 10:20:00 AM
Overall Posts Rated:
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I’m with you: training homegrown players isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Good luck the rest of the season!

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297705.19 in reply to 297705.17
Date: 3/14/2019 10:24:27 AM
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I bet your boy Sanderson made fun of his last name. Fat soul.....

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297705.20 in reply to 297705.19
Date: 3/17/2019 2:54:00 PM
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Looks like a much more competitive Great 8 conference this season heading into ASB.

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297705.21 in reply to 297705.20
Date: 4/24/2019 9:18:42 AM
Overall Posts Rated:
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Can't believe I got bounced out of playoffs by ~50 point differential. Shoulda crunch timed the last game to lock in that 4th seed. Worst case, if I still lost, my boys would be heading into relegations gassed out, so probably better that I didn't.

Last edited by Hank the Bank at 4/24/2019 9:18:54 AM

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297705.22 in reply to 297705.21
Date: 4/24/2019 11:37:10 AM
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Reminiscent of last season's Big 8 finish where the final playoff spot and 6th place were separated by 9 points total in season Point Differential (and where my team took their foot off the gas in a season-ending blowout to give back 17 points in the final quarter).

But what I really can't believe is the 21-1 team just got knocked out by an 11-11 team with a season-long +14 PD. Both teams even played at the same effort level!

Also, that Raleigh-Dallas game was a total barnburner. 166-162?!

From: Artie M

To: blid
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297705.23 in reply to 297705.22
Date: 4/24/2019 11:01:18 PM
Overall Posts Rated:
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Yeah, it was a really weird finish to the season and an opening night of playoff games. I can't believe Deportivo Saprissa lost. Burlington CT'd me in the last regular season game to fight for that 4th playoff spot. It looks like his missed gamble may result in relegation. Hank the Bank is going to win his 4th straight relegation series.

Madness all over the place.

Last edited by Artie M at 4/24/2019 11:01:58 PM

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297705.24 in reply to 297705.23
Date: 4/25/2019 12:09:14 AM
Deportivo Saprissa
III.10
Overall Posts Rated:
178178
Second Team:
Purple & Gold
I wasn't going to beat your at the end, so I went fck it!

let's try something different and messed with my rotations and tactics all together.

But congrats to Diamantes on their win, they're my pick to represent the Big 8

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297705.25 in reply to 297705.24
Date: 4/25/2019 9:00:45 AM
Overall Posts Rated:
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On the positive side, you're still going to promote due to your record.

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297705.26 in reply to 297705.25
Date: 4/26/2019 6:59:37 AM
Deportivo Saprissa
III.10
Overall Posts Rated:
178178
Second Team:
Purple & Gold
I don't know, We'll see.

Not sure how that works exactly.

It will be interesting if I do promote, since it may force me to decide if I use my extra millions to be relevant in T2, or just
go with flow and save it for the right time.

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