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11/25/2016 - Yorkville BC has just acquired Florentas Ramašauskas for $ 4 080 000.

i've been waiting for this shoe to drop since you got in the league. looks like a fine player, and young, too.

well hopefully i dont relgate or its not a great purchase. I promoted a couple seasons ahead of my original plan. i actually found an evernote doc with my orginal team building plan after i bought okobi and chen. kind of funny planning for a DI where you could buy an elite starter for around 2 million and backups for around 1 million.

Besides, relegation and my shitty managing this season, I am a little concerned about the state of BB. I dont really know how much longer the game has left in the tank. I dont think the BBs have really been thinking about the future consequences of some changes they have made.

Lack of an app, new managers, and inflation are still big problems. I was looking at the TL, and some players that werr similar builds I bought in DIII are going for 1-2 million dollars. How do you expect to retain users, if it takes a whole season to save money to buy one DIII starter.

I have concerns about the salary changes that are about to happen. I spent two plus years training players, and now I feel like about to get screwed.

A couple of thoughts:

1) you are absolutely correct about training. i look at A-Dub's HoF prospect and see two skills at atrocious. to simply get those up to mediocre requires, i figure, a season's worth of training, and those are not even core skills. it would be nice -- and lower prices and change the game -- if training could somehow produce an NBBA-level player at age 22 or so -- that an Anthony Davis was at least theoretically possible. as it is now, no chance.

2) it certainly does look like a buyer's market right now.

3) i am here to tell anybody who is listening that High Point Heroes is a very good team. their world ranking jumped this season from the 220s to the 80s and they haven't finished rising. they have an excellent, balanced squad capable of executing a number of tactics well, along with a superior defense. well managed, too, as they go into the Finals with high levels of enthusiasm. according to BuzzerManager, their game score against the Tragic was in the low 180s, which is absolutely stratospheric. finally, they should be as good or better next season. i should wish them good luck, but my heart is hoping they have seven severe injuries in the first two minutes of tomorrow's game.

Great observations, H, but don't you mean a "Seller's" market right now?

As we are in the midst of the build-up to this week's championship games, I wanted to point out an interesting storyline:

Eugene and I have played 17 times(in league matches and a single playoff game), dating back to season 19. Eugene has been the better team on 15 occasions while I have only ever won twice, including a win earlier this season. If I am to win the championship, I will have 3 matches to double my all time win total versus the Register Guard. Statistically, things aren't in my favor, but games aren't played on paper... will be interesting to see it all play out.

Last edited by Procta at 11/28/2016 1:16:45 PM

the car parked next to me at the gym had a decal on the rear window for High Point University.

i consider that an ominous sign from the gods.

the car parked next to me at the gym had a decal on the rear window for High Point University.

LOL someone from my alma mater ended up in Oregon? Ominous indeed.

Good luck to the both of you. I'm excited to see how this one plays out.

From my fan survey

"The team had a good run in the cup this year: 4.5"

*facepalm*

Fuck. I invested 40k every week since the start of this season, and I ran out of scouting points with three 18 year old prospects left completely un-scouted. Admittingly, I spent four points scouting POT on two 19 y/o prospects (one was by accident when using my phone).

My top two prospects = 18 5/4 (A, A-). All three un-scouted 18 y/o prospects are 6-0 in height. If anyone get's a 5/5 18 y/o player consider it an early christmas gift.

Last edited by A-Dub at 11/29/2016 3:59:46 AM

I didn't waste much on scouting/interviewing after finding out the generally low level of talent (TSP) in this year's draft. If there is anyone with 5 potential out there, he's not a 5/5 and has a long road ahead to come close to achieving that potential. I'm picking 3rd and am okay with any of my top three choices, so decided to hang on to the 100 scouting points I still have. Perhaps I can bounce back up here after a season or two and have another shot at a high draft choice. Two seasons would probably be better, as at 10k per week on scouting I'd be back over 150 points by then.

It's been nice being up in the NBBA for a season, but I don't think I have much of a chance of beating Phyr at his place tonight. Wasn't able to find guys I liked at prices I was willing to pay to upgrade my roster this season to make it NBBA worthy. Basically I'm still just a strong DII team, and an aging one at that.