NBA 2021-22 Season Catch-All

Yeah he should totally be in the Croatian HoF. Even though Dream Team really kicked their asses to make a point, hehe.

Blind_Evil wrote:

The Basketball HOF takes international and college play into account, and he was really accomplished in Europe from 1985-1992.

Good reminder, because I was also raising an eyebrow.

Sabonis is in, and should be, based on Euro and international play.

Gauging interest for Fantasy basketball, I'm organizing again! I realize it's early but it would help my planning to know how many teams we might have. It's always better with more.

I am flirting with making the rosters positionless...

gamerparent wrote:

Gauging interest for Fantasy basketball, I'm organizing again! I realize it's early but it would help my planning to know how many teams we might have. It's always better with more.

I am flirting with making the rosters positionless...

I would like to try fantasy basketball. I've never participated in a fantasy league.

blackanchor wrote:

I would like to try fantasy basketball. I've never participated in a fantasy league.

Yay! stay tuned, we'll have more solid info closer to October when the season starts! Start thinking of your team name, lol.

Meanwhile if you have any questions, please feel free.

Some preliminary info:
League host/platform - Yahoo
Format - Head to Head
9 Categories - FG% FT% 3PT% PTS AST REB BLK STL TURN
DRAFT (date TBD) - Live draft, draft order randomly assigned, snake format (eg. 1 to 12 pick, then 12 to 1, etc)
Rosters (~14 players) - 1 x Guard, 1 x Forward, 9 x Utility (any position), 3 x Bench, plus 4 x Injury List+ spots

EDITED to add that this is a free league cost $0 and there's no $ prize, only the satisfaction of winning

RIP Bill Russell

IMAGE(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZA4WRyX0AMQ17k?format=jpg&name=large)

Man, the 80's were wild.

Top_Shelf wrote:

Man, the 80's we're wild.

Yeah I heard a story on Sirius last month about Glenn Frey writing the song Smuggler's Blues for Miami Vice and then getting to star in the show as the drug smuggler. Haha.

@blackanchor I sent you a DM

For anyone who is keen to sign up, I've set up a new league on Fantrax called "Positionless Ball"

https://www.fantrax.com/newui/fantasy/joinLeague.go?leagueId=d7rwp62gl6cttc9f

If the ball has no position, does it exist?

gamerparent wrote:

@blackanchor I sent you a DM

For anyone who is keen to sign up, I've set up a new league on Fantrax called "Positionless Ball"

https://www.fantrax.com/newui/fantasy/joinLeague.go?leagueId=d7rwp62gl6cttc9f

Oh, forgot to do the decent thing and mention I won't be participating this year. I'm all fantasy sportsed out so I'm skipping all of them.

But thanks for putting this together again Gamerparent.

Has anybody played the Basketball GM web browser game? I saw it posted on Reddit earlier in the summer and have enjoyed it a fair bit.

Pretty neat, I guess.

I don't really like number retirements. I like how in soccer you'll get talks of clubs/countries having "New Number Nines" and such, with new players wearing the same number as a legend from a team's pass bringing up the memories of the past. Retiring the number kind of puts that player in stasis and they come to mind less often.

Same. I'm fine with #42 being retired in the MLB, but I think it's better to let the number live on, albeit with the understanding of its significance. Wearing the #6 should be an honor.

I like what the MLB did where you have Bill Russell day where everyone wears #6. I haven't worked out how fouls would work but...

Bronny to Lakers confirmed!

Lakers to tank for Bronny confirmed.

I don’t think they’ll have to tank to get him.

Yeah some draft people think it’s currently a bit of a long shot for him to get picked. Others say late first round to early second.

But even if you assume he’s a first round pick, the Pelicans have the rights to their 2024 pick.

It's nuts to consider, but I think quite a few NBA teams would sign him, even if he has ZERO chance of working out in the NBA, because getting him probably means getting LeBron.

Lakers ain’t above it. They signed Giannis’ brother who was a fringe possibility at best.

Prederick wrote:

It's nuts to consider, but I think quite a few NBA teams would sign him, even if he has ZERO chance of working out in the NBA, because getting him probably means getting LeBron.

Sounds like the move is to draft Bronny with a high 1st and then extort the Lakers.

Durant: Trade me
Nets: No

Durant: Fire the coach and GM
Nets: No

Durant: I might retire
Nets: No you won’t

Durant: OK, I will play
Nets: Sounds good

Just wait for the December "trade me" to come back...

Tweet about Westbrook and Pat Bev together. Legitimately the funniest outcome.

https://twitter.com/thepettiestla/st...

Chet Holmgren to miss entire NBA season with foot injury

laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

(Literally.)

Should be unsurprising to everyone.

Teams are revealing their city unis and the PHX one is all about the throwback to the old Barkley-era jerseys. Video starts with an NBA Jam montage showing Pip/Grant, then Payton/Kemp (!) on the screen...and then a highlight of Thunder Dan dunking wide open on the Supersonics.

It's time for a SEA franchise. Everyone wants it.