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From: A-Dub
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Date: 10/3/2021 9:44:45 PM
Upsyndrome
IV.21
Overall Posts Rated:
708708
Second Team:
Upsyndrome II
I just checked the boxscore. Apex had two guys foul out both in about 30-36 minutes or so. Oh, the irony. Tis life. The GE strikes again. It looks like Mrosla fouled out the bigs that were guarding him. Chek's plan worked out. Well executed plan game plan. I mean, having to guard Mrosla is a game killer (particularly for a big of course).

"You will lose." -Ivan Drago
From: Chekreyes

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310949.58 in reply to 310949.57
Date: 10/3/2021 11:51:07 PM
Overall Posts Rated:
926926
Wow. First of all, awesome series Apex.

Looks like the reverse patient worked wonders. Had never tried it before, but looks like it should maybe have been a go-to. Unlucky with your foul outs, I honestly am baffled by the fouling in clutch games. All season I hadn't been struggling with fouls, but all of a sudden it hit like a truck, and then just... didn't matter in the last game? Your team is killer, and I feel like you will dominate the league next season.

And to your point A-Dub, I had been running a 7-8 man roster all season, but consolidated in the last few weeks with the mindset that risking injury for 2-3 weeks wouldn't be too big of a risk (wrong).

Now I just have to decide how to avoid bankruptcy for next season. I wish I had kept my trainee J. Ledbetter and not acquired this Iranian center. Too expensive and lost my training exemption.

Thanks for all the support! Special shoutout to Mediocrity for the reverse patient suggestion.

From: A-Dub

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310949.59 in reply to 310949.58
Date: 10/4/2021 1:50:34 AM
Upsyndrome
IV.21
Overall Posts Rated:
708708
Second Team:
Upsyndrome II
Now I just have to decide how to avoid bankruptcy for next season. I wish I had kept my trainee J. Ledbetter and not acquired this Iranian center. Too expensive and lost my training exemption.


Sounds like it's "money ball" time for you. You gotta think get conservative and offload huge salaries for cheaper, more efficient players.

You mentioned the reverse patient: that tactic is the reason I had bigs with 15-16 OD, because I didn't want to be caught with my pants down and be exploited. I sacrificed rebounding for OD at PF (Elbert Ray), which also helped me save money. It's harder to save money now that most D1 players are all 150+TSP now.

"You will lose." -Ivan Drago
From: Apex

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310949.60 in reply to 310949.57
Date: 10/4/2021 9:01:14 AM
Atelier
IV.13
Overall Posts Rated:
421421
Adub: Yeah it happens, honestly the biggest mistake was not dswapping Lackey and Timmons. One has significantly better OD than the other and would have helped. Foul outs happen and aren't preventable, that one was.

LP was actually tactically ran to dodge what I was assuming to be an LI 2x guess. I wanted to run it inside even with the guess just trying to get the pace 2x miss.

I'm pretty baffled that my guys struggled to keep up with yours at this GS. Graham at 7, Bales at 8, Ansarifard at 8 (going 6-7). Lackey at 9GS but up a horrid 5-15 and was pretty useless on the offensive end all series.

Chek: Congratulations on the W, great win! Nice work on finding the reverse patient and zone to get out of that. Reverse patient ate me up inside pretty well and the zone kept you out of foul trouble. I think without the zone, I would have been able to catch someone in foul trouble but that did a good job of sprinkling the fouls across your team.

I'll see you and everyone else in here next season!

From: Chekreyes

To: Apex
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Date: 10/4/2021 11:30:44 AM
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I probably switched my lineup a dozen times throughout the day, so I am glad I stuck with the zone and reverse patient. I agree that the GS looked miserable for me, and I am surprised I could pull through even with the garbage GS. You clearly managed minutes better, I think every single one of your guys was at 9? Impressive.

Edit: Also, I like the idea of going LP to avoid the double guess, which worked, but I wonder if the slow pace of that offense against my 3-2 is what made it so hard for your team to score. I've found that if you are going LP instead of LI that you are making a bet on your passing game, which I think is hard for a lot of teams in today's meta. With Bales at PG I have had some success with slow tactics, but usually I think they get eaten up by teams with high OD.

Last edited by Chekreyes at 10/4/2021 11:38:26 AM

From: Apex

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Date: 10/4/2021 12:29:28 PM
Atelier
IV.13
Overall Posts Rated:
421421
I think that's a good analysis of the game as a whole. I'm looking to make some lineup changes for next season that should make my roster a bit more versatile. I noticed your flow was significantly better than mine even given your GS. So there for sure is a PA disparity that helped you out throughout the series.

But hey, there will be 2 solid USA teams going into B3 competition next season so hopefully you and I can get a few wins for the USA here. B)

From: Chekreyes

To: Apex
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310949.63 in reply to 310949.62
Date: 10/4/2021 6:28:23 PM
Overall Posts Rated:
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Man thank goodness that 'Lebron Slams Up' team is gone. Was tired of facing them.

Who's this Atelier guy?

Last edited by Chekreyes at 10/4/2021 6:28:41 PM

From: A-Dub

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Date: 10/4/2021 7:08:16 PM
Upsyndrome
IV.21
Overall Posts Rated:
708708
Second Team:
Upsyndrome II
I never liked that team name anyways. I support this rebrand.

"You will lose." -Ivan Drago
From: Apex

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Date: 10/4/2021 7:15:40 PM
Atelier
IV.13
Overall Posts Rated:
421421
The team name was a meme from the team name that I made when I made my first BB account at 13 years old in season 15, "Lebron Slams Down". So when I rejoined I called it Lebron Slams Up so that I could reconnect with a bunch of the older players still around.

But now everyone knows me and I know everyone and the names served its purpose and deserved the rebrand.

Trust me I didn't like it much either, best 100k I've spent yet.

Last edited by Apex at 10/4/2021 7:18:18 PM

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Date: 10/8/2021 5:50:38 PM
Delta 9
II.4
Overall Posts Rated:
6565
Second Team:
Euphoria Seekers
Congratulations on the title, Chekreyes !!

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Date: 10/13/2021 12:27:37 AM
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Appreciate it!