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NBA Fantasy Draft Diary

NBA fantasy drafts are one of those things that should take an hour, but somehow it takes three, and it is not a fun three hours. From the clowns who intentionally let the clock tick down (if you do this, fuck you), to the clowns who don't even log in to the draft (whats the point?), and everything else in-between, this is one of the worst parts of the fantasy season. The definite worst part is rallying together a group to play. This year we almost didn't have a fantasy season because dudes used the "too busy excuse". Buddy, that excuse is for lame ass high school kids who are too immature to say "no". Set your line ups, check when you can and... well there's nothing else. Anyways, to pass the time until my draft, I decided to do a diary of the draft. This is probably a way worse idea than I think, but time is moving much faster and I can use this space to vent when I get the last pick. This years group is very promising. Lots of shit talk already, some ...
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Western Conference Standings Prediction

Time for the fun side of the NBA! I really don't understand why the West seems to always be a way tougher conference than the East, but at this point I actively dock accomplishments on the East side. Lebron is awesome for sure but does he really make 8 straight finals appearances playing in the West? Would the Pacers have made the playoffs last year if they had to play the Western conference? (no). Zach Lowe (the godfather of NBA analysis and talk) even said that Eastern conference all-star appearances should be weighrd at like 0.6 times a Western appearance, he wasn't even joking. I expect nothing to change this season so the win totals in the West will be higher overall. I also really wish that the NBA would adopt the 1-16 format for the playoffs. There is no way that Houston-Golden State should have been a conference final last season. 1. Warriors, Record prediction: 63-19 This team is broken. They have so many weapons and ways to beat you that its not even fun to pick t...
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Eastern Conference Standings Prediction

As mentioned in the previous post, here are my predictions for the East along with a few thoughts for each team. Some thoughts may even be well thought out. Others... well if we're being honest, some teams are a total mystery to me. 14-year old me would have been able to write an encyclopedia about this. I used to pride myself for being able to name at least 10 guys on every NBA roster. Reality hit me when I saw a photo of the Brooklyn Nets pre-season roster and struggled to name 2 guys. Times have changed. 1. Boston, Record prediction: 62-20 The argument here is pretty simple. They won a ton of games last year and they did it without their two marquee players (you know who they are). Nobody in the Celtics front office will admit it, but they were thrilled that Tatum, Rozier, and Brown got a ton of extra reps and extra minutes last year. The Celtics really are one of the best teams in the league and on any given night, any of 6! players could do serious damage. To top it off th...
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The Greatest Fantasy League Ever and NBA Predictions

Two years ago a friend of mine invited me into an NBA fantasy league. On its own that piece of information is not so special. What is special is how this league works. For starters, there is no picking of players, its purely a predictions league. The concept is really simple: rank the East and West conference teams from 1-15 and predict each teams final win-loss record. The scoring system is outrageous. You get a point for correctly picking a team's spot and 5 bonus points if you get their spot and record. Those rules are simple enough, where it gets messy is when your predictions are wrong. For each spot that you miss you lose the difference in points multiplied by 3 (ex. You pick Dallas to be a 9 seed and they finish 15th, you would lose 6 points multiplied by 3 for a total loss of 18). For each game that you miss you lose a point (So say you predicted Dallas would be 41-41 but they finish 21-62, you would lose 41-21=20 points). So yeah, the winner usually has a negative score. ...
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What Made Basketball Fun Again?

I have to be honest: I never thought I would make it back to writing a blog and am really happy that I am doing it again. I wont bore you with the details (you probably don't care anyways) or explain what this blog will be about, I just hope that if you've stumbled upon this blog; that you enjoy reading it. To tip things off, I am going to write as many words as I humanly can about the NBA season. Basketball is my favorite sport (both to watch and to play) and its also the most fun sport to follow. An MLB game drags worse than a job you hate, and the NFL is a 4 hour long commercial with football breaks. Those sports are better consumed casually. The NBA? You can go super deep, super casual, and anywhere in between. Watching and NBA game and having twitter is absolute nirvana. Another cool thing is that basketball is in the process of its "moneyball" revolution, where people are paying attention to trends and useful stats that help teams win basketball games. I could...
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