#SLOE: People's Basketball Sim League

Welcome back. For the first time in a decade, the Sixers missed the playoffs in season 55. This was expected after purging our championship roster, but management is not oblivious to the fact that last season was still a major disappointment for our fanbase. We know the Philly faithful have to come to terms with the reality that this rebuild will be several seasons long, but we want all of our fans to be reassured that this front office will always try to put a quality team out there every game night as we continue to navigate out of tax hell. Just do not be surprised if there are some unconventional lineups, outrageous trades, or even speculative draft choices along the way. All we can say is buckle up. It will be a bumpy ride.

Looking ahead, the Sixers are definitely excited about the next generation of talent brewing in Philadelphia. Over the summer, we added two lottery talents in the draft with the former New Mexico Lobo, Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa at point guard and the freshman phenom from Oklahoma State, Chief Kickingstallionsims at power forward. De La Rosa will be a Day 1 starter at PG, but we plan to redshirt Chief K for at least one season while he continues to develop his scoring touch.

Overall, we are still 300+ points away from paying off this tax bill. It will be another long season. But our goals remain the same. Stay competitive against our rivals in the newly formed Maravich Division, continue to churn out points, and get creative with game-planning so the Sixers can play spoiler against playoff hopefuls this season.

Projected starting lineup
PG: Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa
SG: James Wimer
SF: Joshua Owens
PF: Carlos Jose
C: Reginald Fulford
6th: Harold Foley

Any questions?

Do you think you’ll get out of the tax early enough to retain guys like Geronimo and chief? Or are they going to help you get more points from a trade if you can’t exercise RFA rights due to tax?


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greepleairport wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:05 am Do you think you’ll get out of the tax early enough to retain guys like Geronimo and chief? Or are they going to help you get more points from a trade if you can’t exercise RFA rights due to tax?

With 4 seasons to go, my gut feeling is that the tax bill will not be paid off in time before Chief K and Geronimo hit RFA because this past offseason I put cap flexibility over point grabbing so I will need to make up for lost time now. That being said, I think I will have a much better idea of where I stand after next offseason. This latest batch of GMs in the league (Heat, Pelicans, and Suns) are also managing below average teams with future lottery picks and tons of cap space that are just as enticing as any Philly assets. Just taking a quick peek at their recent trade blocks too, these new GMs understand points make your sim world go round so trying to outhustle them will be an interesting challenge.

You mentioned you valued cap flexibility over points this past off-season. Is there a reason behind that? Would seem flexibility wouldn't hold much weight since you can't use it in many ways until your bill is paid. What went into this decision?

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Sham Smith, Bulls.com: The 76ers participated in a lot of trades this offseason where you seemed to take on salary without compensation. With a tax bill still handicapping your team, what was the logic behind doing these trades?

Justin Bieber, Teremana.com; You mentioned a bumpy road. When should 76ers fans expect progress or a winning season? This year, next year or never?

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MexicanMamba wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:30 am You mentioned you valued cap flexibility over points this past off-season. Is there a reason behind that? Would seem flexibility wouldn't hold much weight since you can't use it in many ways until your bill is paid. What went into this decision?

The two complement each other when you are not competing. I disagree with your notion that cap flexibility does not hold much weight however. Sure I do not have buying power to add talent and accumulate points that way, but I can leverage my cap space by selling it for pennies on the dollar with little to no consequence compared to other cap friendly teams who want to optimize their return on every deal so they can compete soon. Whether or not I am able to capitalize on my open books remains to be seen. But in an offseason where not many bad contracts were moved why bother fishing for a few points if there are no bites? I can sit idly by, dump a few rookie deals off my books, load up on vet mins and now position myself as the de facto cap space leader at #5 since the Blazers, Hawks, Jazz, and Timberwolves made a combined 0 moves since draft day. UFA created a handful of bad contracts that can be exploited later. I am in a position now to take advantage of this if the other team agrees.

garbageman wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:51 pm Sham Smith, Bulls.com: The 76ers participated in a lot of trades this offseason where you seemed to take on salary without compensation. With a tax bill still handicapping your team, what was the logic behind doing these trades?

In the immediate term there is very little logic, if there was any at all with those deals. It was probably akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. But I consider it my form of goodwill SLOEmacy. I managed to add about $10M in cap space and got a pair of prospects so why rattle the cage and shake a team down for a few points when everyone is happy and feels like they came out ahead? Let's just say I hope these deals signal one thing down the road. Philadelphia is open for business. The Sixers are the cap space leader now until the four teams ahead of me realize the season started already. So if you have a bad contract that you want to dump for cheap and you still do not message me then you are not playing this game right.

jlmarines wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 8:02 pm Justin Bieber, Teremana.com; You mentioned a bumpy road. When should 76ers fans expect progress or a winning season? This year, next year or never?

What will keep you motivated during these barren years ?

ballsohard wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:56 am What will keep you motivated during these barren years ?

The chance to draft the next cant miss prospect. It has been a handful of seasons since we had a purple potential player sitting atop the mock draft preview so the league is overdue for one to be generated by the simputer. Apart from my team, I'll be motivated seeing jlmarines continue to mismanage the Cavaliers, AngryBanana waste Antonio Blakeney's potential, and rooting for SuperDog's Kings to beat both of them on the way to their first ring.

What should the Kings expect in tax jail?

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SuperDog wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:02 pm What should the Kings expect in tax jail?

we gonna have some fun