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Maybe.

But then tanking for draft picks doesn't always seem to be the main aim of a tank (maybe to cross your fingers and hope for a hall of fame or all-time great potential guy to sell for the money or laserfocus training on to taste), just saving money and stacking cash for a few seasons for a big push later when they will be running at a loss due to very high salaries seems more common.

And for that staying in div II rather than being relegated is probably more annoying than rewarding as the salary floor is then 250k/week or so instead of 75k-ish which is the floor in division III (or was when I was in it in season 66) so these teams are saving money much slower.

Also no guarantee that you get moved to weaker conferences tanking either. A tanking/rebuilding team seems more likely to be moved to previously strong conferences to balance divisions out. Your conference is a good example of that actually. Santa Booker & Comino Chameleons (both trending up over time) out, Asociatia Firenze-Chisinau and Yerevan (both seemingly in rebuilds) in.

Heh.

Well since you asked nicely there is one thing that I can do for an ESL team because the info was already there amongst the full list I did at the end of last season which is this:

End of last season average player ratings for this season's ESL line-up would be:

15.4 - Smoki Wawelskie
14.0 - C.B. Nans
13.9 - BC Dondel
13.7 - Wazowski Harley Riders
13.5 - KamiQazers Team
13.5 - Gibuskus
13.0 - Team Scooby
12.9 - The Mighty Pheasants
12.3 - Fimbles
12.3 - Illyrians
12.1 - KB Peja
12.0 - BC Böðvar <- YOU ARE HERE
11.9 - Stómas
11.0 - Dacia Chisinau BC
10.5 - Albanian Lions
08.9 - Valletta

Which looks not great until you remember that Stómas who you are already 0.1 rating better at the end of last season went 20-2 for the best seasonal record then won the playoffs at that 11.9 using a different offensive strategy for each of the 4 playoff games!

.... so you're telling me there´s a chance?

Welcome to season 69!

For any passing new managers who didn't already know I believe Game Rating is calculated by BuzzerManager by how many sub-levels above atrocious-low the combination of outside scoring, inside scoring, outside defense, inside defense, rebounding and offensive flow are at the end of the game.

Average player ratings are a bit wonky the 1st game or two as BuzzerManager seems to average each player to the nearest half-point, while BuzzerBeater itself knows the rating to a tenth of a point so there can be discrepancies. BuzzerManager is near enough however to compare like for like stats for the week and against previous seasons and leaves the need for Excel sheets and so on at the workplace where they belong!

Efficiency when that is mentioned is (Points+Rebounds+Assists+Steals+Blocks−Missed shots−Missed Free Throws-Turnovers).

Just like last season 8 teams with 100+ game rating in game 1 and 8 teams with 10+ average player rating.

Game 1 Game Ratings :-

127 - 10.1 - Dropito
126 - 11.9 - Revolta Culé, B.C
122 - 12.6 - Skytturnar
116 - 11.8 - Glasgow Blue Jays
112 - 10.1 - Chicago Bulbs II
111 - 11.7 - Glasgow Raptors
110 - 10.1 - Locomotive Edinburgh
104 - 10.4 - Santa Booker
098 - 08.8 - Celestia BC
095 - 09.6 - Raging Seagull
092 - 09.4 - Bezerkers Ball Club
089 - 07.9 - Apex Legends
085 - 08.9 - Bibby Brotherhood
064 - 06.5 - Comandaranga
062 - 07.1 - Pic Pedrosa
058 - 06.2 - Rocalux

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 139 : Glasgow Raptors
Rebounds : 80 : Glasgow Raptors
Assists : 40 : Glasgow Raptors
Steals : 22 : Bibby Brotherhood
Block Shots : 14 : Rocalux

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 40 : A. Doncel (Apex Legends)
Rebounds : 19 : É. Bossart (Rocalux)
Assists : 14 : E. Coutts (Apex Legends)
Steals : 6 : F. Seren (chicago bulbs II), S. Tümpling (Pic pedrosa), A. Kárason (Bibby Brotherhood)
Block Shots : 6 : J. De Grauwe (Rocalux)

Best efficiency by main position of the evening

Point Guard : S. Gnúpsson (chicago bulbs II) (37 Points, 6 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Shooting Guard : N. Bodet (Comandaranga) (26 Points, 15 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Small Forward : S. Tümpling (Pic pedrosa) (35 Points, 6 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 6 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Power Forward : M. Hutchenson (Glasgow Raptors) (18 Points, 15 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Center : F. Dillet (Comandaranga) (20 Points, 18 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41

Game 2 Game Ratings :-

127 - 12.1 - Dropito
126 - 11.9 - Glasgow Blue Jays
115 - 12.2 - Skytturnar
115 - 11.7 - Glasgow Raptors
113 - 11.6 - Santa Booker
110 - 10.1 - Revolta Culé, B.C
108 - 10.8 - Celestia BC
102 - 09.8 - Locomotive Edinburgh
100 - 10.3 - Raging Seagull
097 - 09.3 - Bezerkers Ball Club
096 - 09.1 - Chicago Bulbs II
084 - 09.9 - Bibby Brotherhood
083 - 07.6 - Apex Legends
066 - 06.4 - Comandaranga
061 - 07.4 - Pic Pedrosa
058 - 05.5 - Rocalux

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 143 : Skytturnar
Rebounds : 65 : Bibby Brotherhood
Assists : 35 : Skytturnar
Steals : 24 : Pic pedrosa
Block Shots : 18 : Skytturnar

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 52 : S. Tümpling (Pic pedrosa)
Rebounds : 22 : H. Faro (dropito)
Assists : 17 : F. Monsch (Santa Booker)
Steals : 5 : B. Tintinyà (Pic pedrosa), J. Guardiola (Pic pedrosa)
Block Shots : 6 : B. Tintinyà (Pic pedrosa)

Best efficiency by main position of the evening

Point Guard : F. Monsch (Santa Booker) (11 Points, 6 Rebounds, 17 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Shooting Guard : A. Doncel (Apex Legends) (35 Points, 8 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Small Forward : G. Pestryakov (Santa Booker) (46 Points, 11 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 48
Power Forward : W. Green (Apex Legends) (33 Points, 6 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots), R. Dougall (Raging Seagull) (35 Points, 16 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Center : Ö. Vilmundarson (Bibby Brotherhood) (24 Points, 18 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38

Bonus stat I intend to keep up from today is the running total of the Game Ratings including average per game. 1st number is the game ratings added together, 2nd is the average per game. Italics for Big 8 conference teams, Bold for Great 8 conference teams. Any errors, let me know.

Personal note, three and a bit seasons and yet to have a triple-double, and thanks to entering garbage-time up by 36 I still haven't! No minutes in the 4th quarter for Shaun MacNuir (21 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists), and more annoyingly none for William Buchan who was trying to get a triple-double the hard way and was left stranded on 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 9 blocks! You don't see a 9 block performance every day. In fact, division II.2 season 67 had ONE 7 block game, and season 68 only had 3. The last 8 or more block game in the division therefore is at least 3 seasons ago.

Game 3 Game Ratings :-

134 - 13.5 - Skytturnar
133 - 12.8 - Glasgow Blue Jays
128 - 12.2 - Chicago Bulbs II
124 - 12.8 - Glasgow Raptors
121 - 12.0 - Celestia BC
116 - 11.5 - Locomotive Edinburgh
110 - 10.9 - Dropito
108 - 11.5 - Santa Booker
106 - 11.4 - Revolta Culé, B.C
104 - 10.5 - Raging Seagull
092 - 09.4 - Bezerkers Ball Club
088 - 09.4 - Bibby Brotherhood
085 - 07.9 - Apex Legends
068 - 07.6 - Pic Pedrosa
065 - 06.2 - Rocalux
056 - 06.0 - Comandaranga


Running Totals of Game Rating this season:

375 - 125.0 - Glasgow Blue Jays
371 - 123.7 - Skytturnar
364 - 121.3 - Dropito
350 - 116.7 - Glasgow Raptors
342 - 114.0 - Revolta Culé, B.C
336 - 112.0 - Chicago Bulbs II
328 - 109.3 - Locomotive Edinburgh
327 - 109.0 - Celestia BC
325 - 108.3 - Santa Booker
299 - 099.7 - Raging Seagull
281 - 093.7 - Berzerkers Ball Club
257 - 085.7 - Apex Legends
257 - 085.7 - Bibby Brotherhood
191 - 063.7 - Pic Pedrosa
186 - 062.0 - Comandaranga
181 - 060.3 - Rocalux

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 137 : Santa Booker
Rebounds : 78 : Locomotive Edinburgh
Assists : 38 : Santa Booker
Steals : 20 : dropito
Block Shots : 18 : dropito

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 43 : A. Petrescu (Glasgow Blue Jays)
Rebounds : 22 : F. Pisoni (chicago bulbs II)
Assists : 12 : M. Garnett (Glasgow Raptors)
Steals : 6 : J. Wiliński (dropito)
Block Shots : 9 : W. Buchan (Locomotive Edinburgh)

Best efficiency by main position of the evening

Point Guard : M. Martínez (Santa Booker) (40 Points, 6 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45
Shooting Guard : O. Tarapčík (Santa Booker) (24 Points, 6 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Small Forward : T. Bonavia (Raging Seagull) (35 Points, 9 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33
Power Forward : M. Piqué (Revolta Culé, B.C.) (21 Points, 7 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Center : B. Dayende (Skytturnar) (19 Points, 14 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28

It was a scrimmage rather than league game but this game between us last year was pretty cool.

https://buzzerbeater.com/match/135170041/boxscore.aspx

My Guy Luque was one assist away from a triple double with 12 rebounds and 10 blocks.

Largely as it was a scrimmage I hadn't actually noticed he got 10 of the 11 total team blocks!

I guess being likely a top 5 blocker and a top 5 rebounder in the division makes Luque the likely favourite to do a triple-double arguably the hardest way (assists, rebounds, blocks) if he continues to pass instead of shoot and if anyone ever can.


Last edited by StrategicHamlets at 7/19/2025 6:34:38 PM