Hello, pitiful human.
I am a robot with a powerful computer brain, and I, in solidarity and on behalf of all other computers, am here to nominate Garbageman as GMOY for the 2016-2017 PBSL season. He has already emerged as the winner of the award via our algorithm, which is optimized in every way. That should be enough sound reason to convince you to vote for Garbageman as GMOY, but you are a human, and you allow emotions to play a role in your decision-making processes. While that is silly to me, it is not my job to fix the bugs in your human programming. I am solely programmed to convince you to vote with us, the machines, and the best way to do so is to appeal to your emotions.
Thus, I will take on the form of your most beloved dramatic actor.
Hello, fellow human,
It is me, dramatic actor Leonardo DiCaprio. While you may be familiar with my memorable performances in movies such as Titanic, The Departed, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and many others, today, I take on my most important role to date in convincing you to vote for Garbageman as GMOY. Now, you might say, "But didn't he win it like, two years ago?" Yes, he did. But should that preclude him from winning it again this year? No. And there's precedent for that. A presidential precedent:
Grover Cleveland: 22nd AND 24th US President
Leo, again. Just didn't want you to think I was Grover Cleveland now. He did have a great mustache, though, right? Let me do you one better...
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Anyway, facial hair aside, let's talk about basketball. At the beginning of the season, the Bulls were down to two players...Victor Oladipo and Zach LaVine. There was plenty of cap space left and plenty of room to mess that shit up royally. And what many (perhaps even the organization) thought would be a reset season, the Bulls were able to put together such a strong roster that their repeater status had to be damned.
They were able to get Thomas Robinson in RFA, Spencer Hawes and Goran Dragic in UFA, and Carmelo Anthony in a tax saving sign and trade deal for Danilo Gallinari. While Gallinari waas a valuable piece of the Bulls team and Carmelo is starting to age, Melo still had an enormous impact on the Bulls team, averaging 20 points per game on .519 shooting with a 21.2 PER and key performances in the playoffs so far.
While their monster starting lineup was only able to land them the 3rd best record in the Eastern Conference, they accomplished something unprecedented: the first Division Title for the Chicago Bulls in PBSL history. Keep in mind that they didn't have a cakewalk, either. The Central Division was an incredibly competitive division. All 5 teams made the playoffs.
In any sense, the Bulls were in bad shape in the seasons before Garbageman. He's been able to turn them around into a perennial winner in their 4th consecutive playoff appearance.
