Season 66 Preview - Part 2
Current League Leaders in Salary
1. 84th Street Hoopers - $450k. Five players at more than $50k.
2. Lion Rebels - $403k. Three players at more than $50k.
3. Mos Eisley Imperials - $342k. One player at more than $50k, which isn't really telling since Mr. Vaughn is set to make $137kk per week this season.
Fab 5's
These aren't necessarily the starting 5, but instead the top 5 paid players, in which we see the same trio with a slight switcharoo:
1. 84th Street - $334k - 74.2% of their total salaries
2. Imperials - $300k - 87.7%
3. Lion Rebels - $288k - 71.4%
Overall, the 16 teams average $182k for top 5 paid players with five teams averaging $50k more than that average and eight teams averaging less than the average.
Current League Leaders in Assumed Top Bench Players (Top 6-10)
1. Coolsville Comets - $105k ($21k)
2. Tulsa Tomatoes - $103k ($25.7k per [4] player)
3. 84th Street - $97k ($19.4k per player)
Just six teams are spending more than the league average on their top 6-10 players.
Season 66 Final Ranking Predictions
Feel free Stephen A me with these things. Just don't Shannon Sharp me ;) And don't forget, these salary numbers will most definitely change, but my terrible predictions never will! Total points achieved in my rankings will be in parenthesis. And typically, I have more commentary, but just arriving in this league, I don't have as much historical knowledge, so forgive me if I'm short-winded...I'm not normally.
16. The Windy City Heroes (0) - Zucchini goes all the way back to season 6 (happy anniversary!) Having transferred out their studs from last season, I'm assuming they're stockpiled for a new batch of stars. I'm certain this won't hold true unless they're looking to head down a division.
15. Celtic Saints (0) - Only two teams with zeros in my ranking mishap this season. Celtic is relatively new and forced up into Div III from IV.45 last year thanks to hitting the bar of Making the Playoffs.
14. Chicago Trojans (1) - PotatoPlayer scored their only points in Top 6-10 and are victims of being crowned champs in IV.51 last season.
13. Maryland Marauders (5) - Have no fear, MattyIce - plenty 13th preseason ranked teams in my flawed system have made it to the playoffs.
12. Hemet Hooligans (7) - Question: what is a hemet? Is it a mistype of helmet? Hazmat? Regardless, a playoff team two seasons running - this will probably be the one to bite me in the ass.
11. MORNINGZZZ (9) - While my own team name is boring, I love a great name - like, what was Coach J on when he signed up his squad in season 29 (10 YEARS AGO)?
10. Eugene Register-Guard 2.0 (15) - John Marcum follows me down from II.4. The former Yard Goats were in the NBBA as recently as season 64 so watch yo' self.
9. Motor City Machines (15) - Edging out Eugene thanks to 13k more in Top 6-10 salary, Motown elevated from IV.23 thanks to the unfortunate luck of bEiNG cRoWNed ChAMpioNs.
Last edited by Baine at 9/20/2024 12:47:33 PM