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I wasn't much better than my opponent...

On neutral court you beat that team 80% of the time. Give him HCA and it's a toss up. BC Lučenec is making a game of that only due to the significant effect of HCA.

That's exactly the same situation in NFL and nobody complains about that.

NFL is probably the only sport/league that has fewer upsets that basketball. The difference is HCA is more pronounced in BB than in real life. Add in the huge gulf between the best and worst teams in BB and there's a huge random effect from the draw and HCA.

Yeah, the very best teams that have stockpiled up money and can spend into the negatives on a weekly basis should see their way through, but for everyone else the chance that you move on is heavily dictated by the random draw.



Last edited by brian at 12/13/2012 10:41:34 AM

I've just realized that this seasons B3 thread is up and running. These are my 5 cents regarding the B3 balance discussion.

I think the current system is not great but is reasonably effective and fair for two main reasons:
1. The best or at least one of the best teams always wins in the end, which is the most important factor. Usually it's a team with an unsustainable salary, but it's still one of the best teams overall. The leader through the first stage is not important. The eventual winner is what matters.
2. Very few deserving teams fail to make the top 32 phase. And as long as you get there, you have a chance to win it all.

The biggest problem with the B3 scheduling issue is not with the type of teams that get into B3, rather the total number of games that can be played within a single season. It's difficult to make a perfect system for a worldwide competition with only 13 matchdays per season. Of course there is still plenty of room for improvement, but i don't think a complete overhaul of the system would necessarily fix these issues. Possible ways to improve could be deriving a formula (based on WR maybe?) that would make each teams schedules even or dropping the HCA entirely. Or they can introduce a minimum salary limit (similar to what is already implemented to fix the tanking issue). Even shortening the "regular 8 game season" to 7 games and creating a top 64 phase might make the competition more realistic and better.

Overall, my point is there are tweaks that can be made a but a complete overhaul might make things worse rather than better.


P.S. That Tehran - Metalist Kharkov game was awesome. I am not a big fan of Heydar Vahedi due to his very low JS, even for a C, but he is a one of kind player in BB regardless and i respect that.

Time for the playoffs, just some stats for the prediction.

(Players with 15K salary or higher included.)

team………………………… salary in $
FlareX UnieX……………… 1,464,663
Yesilyurt_Sk……………… 1,172,781
Toruńskie Anioły………… 1,166,481
Masinac RD………………… 1,113,542
Philosopher Kings ……… 1,104,137
Dionysus…………………… 1,048,097
Vottem Cowboys……… 1,016,230
King Drive Ballers………… 1,003,170
Kivipäät……………………… 971,243
Tavolara BBC……………… 944,977
Defenders………………… 941,947
Basket Mizu Arlon……… 927,753
翼翅…………………………… 913,600
Nøtterøy Funkadelics…… 905,584
Xsago Phantoms………… 882,057
Joué Basket Club………… 861,738
Meidling Parrots…………… 853,244
Diamond Phoenix………… 844,402
ny knicks…………………… 840,526
Matarroa BC………………… 820,995
Inbarim……………………… 816,487
Fire Country Trail Blazers…789,923
Bullish Mentality…………… 774,933
KHS-T3……………………… 761,627
Oslo Mushroomheads…… 751,315
Feccesh……………………… 739,417
BC Lučenec………………… 732,773
Thrylos BC…………………… 727,949
Nitra Corgons……………… 700,793
Kalevan KoriKonkarit……… 696,254
十二旅………………………… 648,637
Kalashnikov Stars………… 239,838

Despite the higher payroll, it feels like an upset beating Defenders

nice to see both USA teams advancing

It's a toss up, on the one hand it's Neutral. On the other hand, I was basically missing a guy in our previous game.

I'm looking forward to the rematch though. I mean, I'm brand new to the B3, and it seems pretty cool to me that I'm going to play someone else in the world twice in 1 season. I doubt I'm in the B3 next season, but when I get back to the B3 it'd be fun if there was a little USA-Japan rivalry brewing.

Also...why the hell are your league games played at 5 AM? That's obscene.