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40 free throws, 3 starters with 6 fouls, I think I had never seen that before.

Just did some calcs on this for fun. Based on my fouls last season (same players), 28 fouls is a 3.5 sigma event... which means a 0.05% probability. Quite impressive. Some caveats in those calculations of course (22 games is a small sample, distribution is not perfectly normal, ...)

about the salary, for what's i'm concerned, it has been possible because of the reserve I did druing the building of my team but i'm losing money since ;)

Wow, with all your championship and cup titles, and your revenues from all other sources, I'm quite surprised that even your team is losing money every week. I don't think many BBBL teams are actually making money instead of losing money. Reaching a positive cashflow seems to be the hardest part of the game nowadays, the game has certainly become more difficult economically during the last seasons.

Last edited by Eagle at 6/28/2024 4:57:13 PM

The rules of the game state that, if a team manages to win the championship AND the cup in the same season, then there will only be 1 team playing Buzzerbeater Best tournament for that country. So, last season SpirouGuigits managed to win both championship and cup. So can someone explain me, how it comes that Paros Bulls is also playing Buzzerbeater Best tournament ?

grtz,
Eagle.

Last edited by Eagle at 6/28/2024 4:59:57 PM

about the salary, for what's i'm concerned, it has been possible because of the reserve I did druing the building of my team but i'm losing money since ;)

Wow, with all your championship and cup titles, and your revenues from all other sources, I'm quite surprised that even your team is losing money every week. I don't think many BBBL teams are actually making money instead of losing money. Reaching a positive cashflow seems to be the hardest part of the game nowadays, the game has certainly become more difficult economically during the last seasons.

It’s impossible to be profitable with a 1.4M+ team, no matter what you do.
BB is a cyclical game, where superteams come and go and win (almost) all the titles.
Teams like Paros and Kelmis, who stay at the top for dozens of seasons (while also grabbing a title here and there) are quite rare. Even then, whenever you reach the B3, you’re just not competitive with all the superteams competing.
Most of the times it’s just one superteam winning everything for 3-4 seasons then rebuilding for a few seasons before coming back for more.
Not taking anything away from those superteams here obviously at the end of the day BB is a management game, and the best way to succeed is to fill the bank account, then empty it in order to fill the trophy room, and repeat.

I know things are supposed to be like that, but I really don't like to play that way. Therefore trophies will remain scarce, maybe have a little bit of luck after a superteam goes into rebuild while the new contender isn't yet at full strength.

But I'll never be able to compete against a 1.4 M roster any day. Not that I'm willing to, if you can afford that kind of firepower.

But I still enjoy playing the game, dedicating my teams to producing quality players. Guys like Desmet, Gaethofs, or Beerten have had a huge impact on Belgium's performances at the international level and I expect to produce more of that quality material.

A huge step forward would be to be able to use them in my own teams, however :p

Of course! There are many ways to enjoy the game. And while not going for a cyclical kind of management with huge peaks and deep troughs might not yield as many trophies, it can indeed bring a lot on the side.

And as u said, and as you also said, it’s also possible to win something between 2 super teams!

Of course, having a go at B3 is a whole other thing, I get it. I think you can win the BBBL with a 800 - 900 k roster if you have players with exceptionnaly low wages.

But training has it's limits. Even in your team, Vanbeselaere and Paques are "yours" (and Ras, thank you for him, he's a cool one), all the other guys (Desmet, Noe, Ryckbosch, Vanzeir) had to be bought, which requires a solid bank account, and you're still not turning a profit despite winning everything, which even furthers the need of a big money stockpile.

And once again, I'm not criticizing, your trophy room speaks for itself, but as you said you have to train and earn money, which is the very definition of tanking.

It's also the reason I had to go back to D.2 for several seasons, trying to be competitive at the highest level for a very long time isn't sustainable. That's a pity, but the way it is. After going back down, I made money, trained a couple of guys that are now BBBL worthy, with the saved money I could buy a good reliable belgian player (Laurent) and If I hadn't done that I would have been demoted. I'm forced to play the way I don't want to because it's pretty much the only way.

Sorry for ranting, I realize I feel very salty writing this. And I really don't minimize your accomplishments, which are amazing. I'm simply sad that there is only one "right" way to play the game.