#SLOE: People's Basketball Sim League

T-Wolves/Spurs:

I suspect things will be more competitive this season - but it would be almost impossible for it to be less competitive (top seeds went 16-1 last season).

The Timberwolves are a bit of a matchup problem for the Spurs - they don't have the big bruisers to go at The Admiral and The Round Mound of ...

The race for the Pacific during Sim #12...

STARS -
Who's rising? Who's falling? Who's shooting?
Which players do you think took big steps forward this season?
Which players trend towards falling off?
Which players are set to have big playoff performances?
Rising? I've said it before, I'll say it again. It's Karl MalOPe. I haven't ...

Portland same

Are the Spurs still runaway champions?
What is the same, or different from the opening coronation that tells you they will or will not run through everyone who stands in their way?
How often do GM's overreact to player motion that looks great on paper?
No, they aren't "runaway" champions. They ...

PORTLAND BLUNTFORCETRAUMABLAZERS

C: LaSalle Thompson (C) - 40
PF: Buck Williams (PF) - 40
SF: James Worthy (SF) - 40
SG: Johnny Newman (SG) - 40
PG: Lester Conner (PG) - 40
6th: Charles Smith (C/ PF ) - 16
7th: Calvin Natt (SF/SG) - 16
8th: Michael Williams (PG) - 8
9th: Sarunas Marciulionis (SF ...

EDIT: Same

MVP race looks wide open this year.
Who's the MVP in your opinion? Why?
Who will the computer pick?
Will this player do anything spectacular to close the season and separate himself, or does he mostly just need to be consistent?
I usually look at the Player of the Month awards to give me the CPU ...

PORTLAND BLUNTFORCETRAUMABLAZERS

C: Charles Smith (C) - 40 (remove PF)
PF: Buck Williams (PF) - 40
SF: James Worthy (SF) - 40
SG: Johnny Newman (SG) - 40
PG: Lester Conner (PG) - 40
6th: Orlando Woolridge (C/PF) - 16
7th: Calvin Natt (SF/SG) - 16
8th: Michael Williams (PG) - 8
9th: Sarunas ...

This was recorded after all-star weekend, but the focus is more on rule structure, particularly the draft, the lottery, and salary caps and why the Cat is of the opinion that sometimes you need to go back and ask "why did this get put in place" to understand why things are the way they are, and why ...

May blow your mind that I'm asking this question this early, but the standings seem to be close to locked in for the season.
How many teams do you expect to move from their current spot?
Who will rise?
Who will fall?
What do you think about the tiers of competition that we're looking at this ...

Looks like a few teams are willing to pay taxes this year to keep their roster in tact, some significantly.
How deep would you be willing to go into the tax to win a title?
How deep would you go for a contender that's not the favorite?
What implications does the tax have on dynasties in our ...

PORTLAND BLUNTFORCETRAUMABLAZERS

C: LaSalle Thompson (C) - 40
PF: Buck Williams (PF) - 40
SF: James Worthy (SF) - 40
SG: Johnny Newman (SG) - 40
PG: Lester Conner (PG) - 40
6th: Charles Smith (C/PF) - 16
7th: Calvin Natt (SF/SG) - 16
8th: Michael Williams (PG) - 8
9th: Orlando Woolridge (C/PF) - 0 ...

Michael Williams
Potential Training - JPS (C=> B) - 25 points

Payment: viewtopic.php?p=132049#p132049

OBJECTIVE: 1,878 Words - 5 points
SUBJECTIVE: Saving me the trouble of doing the word count and using the "new post" to break things up like commercial breaks are both very appreciated and earn you a point there. More or less covered the whole league, which is good, but the combination of style ...

OBJECTIVE: 2,432 Words - 6 points
SUBJECTIVE: Covers the whole league; I mentioned earlier it's hard to go deep when you also go broad, but I appreciate that this article dug a little deeper than the preseason one (granted, it's a little easier to do so once you have actual games to look at), but I ...

OBJECTIVE: 900 Words (RPF) - 3 point, 533 words (Darth) - 2 points
SUBJECTIVE: Covers both teams (division rankings) and individuals (statistical leaders), which is kind of covering the whole league twice over, so three points for RPF there. The opening illustration alone is easily worth another ...

OBJECTIVE: <250Words - 0 points
SUBJECTIVE: There may not be a lot of words on the page here, but (1) there is clearly work going in on the back-end here to come up with the graphics, (2) it covers the whole league, and (3) I love me a good "weekly installment" series. Unfortunately, this petered ...

OBJECTIVE: 797 Words - 3 points
SUBJECTIVE: This doesn't cover every team in the league, but not every team has an MVP candidate. This does a good job of covering a subject of interest (who will win MVP) and I was appreciative of the extra care taken to include an injured McHale in the review when ...

Trailblazers release Leroy Combs. Sorry, buddy.

Portland BluntForceTraumaBlazers

C: LaSalle Thompson (C) - 40
PF: Buck Williams (PF) - 40
SF: James Worthy (SF) - 40
SG: Johnny Newman (SG) - 40
PG: Lester Conner (PG) - 40
6th: Orlando Woolridge (C/PF) - 16
7th: Calvin Natt (SF/SG) - 16
8th: Dana Barros (PG) - 8
9th: Saruna Mariculionis (SF/SG ...

EDIT: New DC submitted below (forgot about the Charles Smith injury)