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168956.58 in reply to 168956.57
Date: 3/26/2011 3:14:50 PM
Koopasaurus
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Like it or not I wish I could do what bryce does, but I dont have the means to do so.. so it looks like I'll be going back to div2 =(

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168956.59 in reply to 168956.58
Date: 4/2/2011 7:39:49 PM
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Geez, spirit of competition much bryce? I think we all knew that if anyone, it'd be bryce that would be the one to exploit the new "no paid salaries in the offseason once you're out of the finals" rule and try to buy a championship but 1.67mil salaries is going a bit over the top isn't it?


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168956.60 in reply to 168956.59
Date: 4/2/2011 8:53:59 PM
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Salaries mean nothing Dire, WA is still the underdog, you have 1 hand on the cup already and if you lose it will be a choke, surely your GM button will get you over the line!

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Date: 4/2/2011 8:57:11 PM
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yeah but you're forgetting he is the master of the BB economy - he knew the market was going to crash and cashed in his chips at the right time!

I figure he could have won it without the extra 400k in salary but i guess he wanted to make sure.

There's a whole lot of ways to win a championship....he just picked the most expensive and unsustainable one!

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168956.62 in reply to 168956.60
Date: 4/2/2011 8:59:20 PM
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yeah but you're forgetting he is the master of the BB economy - he knew the market was going to crash and cashed in his chips at the right time!

I figure he could have won it without the extra 400k in salary but i guess he wanted to make sure.

There's a whole lot of ways to win a championship....he just picked the most expensive and unsustainable one!

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168956.63 in reply to 168956.62
Date: 4/3/2011 6:45:16 AM
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It doesn't need to be sustainable. He only needs the guys for 3 weeks them dump most of them back on the market before he goes bankrupt. In the meantime he has won a championship ..... no different from NBA teams loading up just before the trade deadline like Bibby being traded and waived and then landing in Miami.

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168956.64 in reply to 168956.63
Date: 4/3/2011 6:58:36 AM
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NBA has a salary cap though. Miami can still play with Bibby and all their current roster next season if they want to.

I don't think it's any secret that this team isn't sustainable and half of them won't be around after the finals, that's kind of the point. He has more than double the salaries of any other team and even triple some of the ABBL team salaries now. Kind of defeats the whole purpose of strategy, planning, training, even playing at all etc if someone is just going to buy the championship at the end of the season.

The only upside is that all that money he hoarded after tanking a season HAS to be just about gone by now.

From: mllama

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168956.65 in reply to 168956.64
Date: 4/3/2011 7:26:44 AM
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Personally, I quite like the latest purchase, he was bound to win anyway (seriously, if you can't win with 400K salaries more than your nearest opponent, give up the game), so the latest addition just wastes a bit more cash.

Its one of the problems with the large salary guys being so cheap, that its a very easy and cheap tactic to just buy them up before the playoffs. Anyone can do it - heck I've got enough cash to buy a couple of those sorts, I'd just rather not, as I think its low, and would rather win without resorting to such tactics. Each to their own I guess...

Anyway, a couple of good mathups this round. You'd think WA will easily get up over BHB, and BLS easily over Avalon, barring a late addition.

Myself and BPS and Canberra and Pancakes should be the games to watch. Both could go either way, but I reckon HCA will be to much to overcome in both games. Anyway, looking forward to it!

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168956.66 in reply to 168956.64
Date: 4/3/2011 7:33:15 AM
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The NBA has a "CAP", it is only a soft cap not a hard cap which is why their cap is a joke. But that wasn't my point it was only a comparison.

If this becomes a tactic that people regularly use then the game will be ruined, simple as that. Maybe they can bring the playoff deadline back to maybe week 8 or something, that way people would have to carry players for a number of weeks meaning teams would only "load up" on 1 maybe 2 players at the most because of the cost???

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168956.67 in reply to 168956.66
Date: 4/3/2011 7:40:23 AM
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I almost think the better bet would be to stop players salaries getting so high that they are so cheap in the first place

Not sure how it could be done though. Maybe an individual player's salary could be capped or something?

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168956.68 in reply to 168956.67
Date: 4/3/2011 9:10:21 AM
Koopasaurus
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Not to sure how they will tackle that problem but there a lot of world class BB managers addressing their concern. Esp in regards to the buzzer beaters best tournament, and very soon the CUP tourney.

I was so close to buying one of these rent o' players myself, but I came to my senses and chose a more safer option with a 150k salary big man which is much more sustainable for me.

The thought of a 300k-400k salary big men on my roster just scares me, but of course if I had WA's bank roll I wouldn't wouldnt think twice. Kudos to him for beating the system and coming up with such a brilliant plan.

Even though he may be buying a title, he still had to tank a season of ABBL to be to put himself in a position to win a few more ABBL titles. Sure his plan might not go down well with some of you guys, but he still had a plan and will most likely get away with two consecutive abbl titles or more.


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