Shaggy fantasy hoops 2021

[BigOrange1 6476]

good work gentlemen.  next year, we should have this down better.

[Capn81 379]

good work gentlemen.  next year, we should have this down better.

I agree, well done all.

[RCRanger03 1049]

Wasn't Tristan Thompson a keeper? I never saw him get drafted

[Radical Larry 28665]

He was supposed to be an 11th round keeper but was not drafted. 

[RCRanger03 1049]

A serious breach of ethics, had I known he was available I wouldn't have drafted Harden damnit!

[BigOrange1 6476]

yeah he was supposed to go to durdy at pick 106.  

[ztejas 43686]

Everyone that fucked up and made us roll back the draft should throw an extra $50 in the kitty.

[shadow_operative 15932]

after having given a cursory glance to everyone's teams, it is my opinion that Rex and BO are the teams to beat as of today. both teams look very good top to bottom, and each team has some excellent drafting (or trading) from last year to thank for that, at least in part. i see a few other teams out there who i'm not looking forward to playing as well. should be a great season. good luck ya buncha jabronis. 

Edited December 21, 2020 by shadow_operative

[shadow_operative 15932]

this is the first time in five years i wasn't able to draft Andre Drummond. i'm gonna miss you buddy. 

[ztejas 43686]

9 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

after having given a cursory glance to everyone's teams, it is my opinion that Rex and BO are the teams to beat as of today. both teams look very good top to bottom, and each team has some excellent drafting (or trading) from last year to thank for that, at least in part. i see a few other teams out there who i'm not looking forward to playing as well. should be a great season. good luck ya buncha jabronis. 

Haven't looked around - whoever I'm playing this week has a nice squad. There were some great keepers so I'm assuming there are a couple of hammer teams out there. My strategy was to take high ceiling guys to have an outside chance with some potential keeper steals late to play for next year. 

Should be fun. Let's pray for no torn ACLs and minimal covid fuckery. 

[RCRanger03 1049]

Can everyone update in here when/if you change your team name. It's hard as hell to keep track at the beginning of the season

RCRanger03 = UT Intramurals Age 30+ League

Thank God for 3 IR spots

[shadow_operative 15932]

Cool Lester Smooth

[ztejas 43686]

Spitballed some team-centric names but I don't think I can beat and am sticking with LiAngelo's rap sheet.

[RCRanger03 1049]

Harden violating the COVID protocol and tonight's Rocket's/Thunder game postponed... 

[BallamaticBevo 56]

Well the time to buy low on LaMelo is now. Take this trash from me. I’ll trade him for some Best Buy coupons and 2 HDMI ports

[ztejas 43686]

46 minutes ago, BallamaticBevo said:

Well the time to buy low on LaMelo is now. Take this trash from me. I’ll trade him for some Best Buy coupons and 2 HDMI ports

How do you feel about Andrew Wiggins?

I already have Devonte Graham on my roster, though. Probably don't want them both. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

man I wanted Dejounte. he was huge for me last year. gonna be one of the best picks of the entire draft. 

[ztejas 43686]

11 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

man I wanted Dejounte. he was huge for me last year. gonna be one of the best picks of the entire draft. 

I just snagged Lonnie off the FA list. Looks like Pop is playing him 30+ minutes a night.

[shadow_operative 15932]

ESPN has the worst track record  for when a player gets hurt. this morning:

 

"KAT hurt his wrist but is expected to play tonight, as his x rays came back negative."

 

this afternoon:

 

"KAT has been diagnosed with a dislocated wrist and will be evaluated on a week to week basis."

 

every fucking time with ESPN. they don't know shit about fuck.

[shadow_operative 15932]

as for my second round pick, i just saw this:

 

in other words, he probably has a broken back and spinal stenosis. 

Edited December 28, 2020 by shadow_operative

[BigOrange1 6476]

i am trade request.

[ztejas 43686]

Jokic with 19 on 8/11 shooting with 12 boards and 18 fucking assists. Just 3 turnovers and 3 steals on top of it all to boot. 

Easily statline of the year so far.

[shadow_operative 15932]

i love him so much. 

[Radical Larry 28665]

He was one rebound away from having a triple double in all three of the Nuggets' games. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

one of the most puzzling and amazing things about this league: Andre Drummond has never been a first round pick. he's a top 5-7 player who plays 80 games every year, and he's never been a first round pick. my buddy and i were one pick away from getting him in the 2nd round *again* this year. IIRC we got him in the 4th three seasons ago. can't really explain it, but it's true. man is a BEAST who exceeds his draft position every single year.

Edited January 2, 2021 by shadow_operative

[ztejas 43686]

5 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

one of the most puzzling and amazing things about this league:

You mean besides @RexWilson having LeBron and KD on the same team?

Just checked: KD has missed one game, so that diminishes his value a bit, but in the other 5 he is going 28/6/4/1/1 on 51/50/90 splits with just 3 turnovers/g. And that's in 33 mpg. Per minute he is basically recreating his MVP season so far. Disgusting.

Edited January 2, 2021 by ztejas

[RexWilson 1354]

8 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

one of the most puzzling and amazing things about this league: Andre Drummond has never been a first round pick. he's a top 5-7 player who plays 80 games every year, and he's never been a first round pick. my buddy and i were one pick away from getting him in the 2nd round *again* this year. IIRC we got him in the 4th three seasons ago. can't really explain it, but it's true. man is a BEAST who exceeds his draft position every single year.

I knew I had to take Drummond with my 2nd round pick. I gave up my third and knew I wouldn't be happy with the center options in the fourth. You and I tend to value certain players/stats similarly so I knew you would have Drummond high in your list.

3 hours ago, ztejas said:

You mean besides @RexWilson having LeBron and KD on the same team?

Just checked: KD has missed one game, so that diminishes his value a bit, but in the other 5 he is going 28/6/4/1/1 on 51/50/90 splits with just 3 turnovers/g. And that's in 33 mpg. Per minute he is basically recreating his MVP season so far. Disgusting.

Last year, I traded away some players too early based on early season stats (Jokic) and my moves never paid off. Once it was clear I wasn't going to be contending, I acquired KD in a trade and picked Klay off the free agents and kept them on my roster preparing for this year. One of those moves worked. 

[ztejas 43686]

2 minutes ago, RexWilson said:

I knew I had to take Drummond with my 2nd round pick. I gave up my third and knew I wouldn't be happy with the center options in the fourth. You and I tend to value certain players/stats similarly so I knew you would have Drummond high in your list.

Last year, I traded away some players too early based on early season stats (Jokic) and my moves never paid off. Once it was clear I wasn't going to be contending, I acquired KD in a trade and picked Klay off the free agents and kept them on my roster preparing for this year. One of those moves worked. 

I'm salty because I had nothing worth keeping and I'm currently being handed an absolute ass beating by you. My team picked a great week to collectively shit the bed.

I kind of knew I'd be playing for next year, though.

[ztejas 43686]

Question - are players received in trades eligible to be kept by the receiving team? i.e. if I trade someone - does that also trade their draft "rights" for next year?

If not I think it should.

[RCRanger03 1049]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Question - are players received in trades eligible to be kept by the receiving team? i.e. if I trade someone - does that also trade their draft "rights" for next year?

If not I think it should.

They were last year, you keep the value they were drafted at

[RexWilson 1354]

I'm glad we added the third IR spot. Covid & postponements have been rough.

[shadow_operative 15932]

it's definitely been necessary. every week so far either I or the team i'm playing against us using all three spots. in fact we're usually filling 5/6 if not 6/6 between the two of us. crazy year. 

Edited January 13, 2021 by shadow_operative

[ztejas 43686]

Have guys been IR eligible off of covid protocols? I've had mostly DTDs so far - but I think only one of those was covid related. 

 

[RexWilson 1354]

Currently all 3 on my IR are listed as out due to covid. Previously KD was. I have had a few DTD covid guys as well.

[shadow_operative 15932]

yeah i've had Embiid at DTD for covid related issues, while Markannen has been out for a week (and counting) due to covid. 

[BigOrange1 6476]

On 1/6/2021 at 8:51 AM, ztejas said:

Question - are players received in trades eligible to be kept by the receiving team? i.e. if I trade someone - does that also trade their draft "rights" for next year?

If not I think it should.

definitely.

[Radical Larry 28665]

Lost Trae Young and Beal games this week due to covid. Fun fuckin’ times.

[Capn81 379]

Yeah, this year is going to be brutal. Already a crapshoot on how many starts you might actually get each week.

[ztejas 43686]

Zion is now out due to covid protocols. In the blurb they question how much time he'll miss. They even say "consider him DTD". Yet they list him O and IR eligible. 

 

[ztejas 43686]

I love when lineups lock at 11 am on a Monday.

Yes I'm going to bitch about it.

[BigOrange1 6476]

totally agree with you.  it fucking sucks.

[RCRanger03 1049]

6 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

totally agree with you.  it fucking sucks.

It's all been terrible. My set for the year and forget lineup with minimal maintenance strategy is worthless.

[Radical Larry 28665]

Yeah that got me yesterday. Picked up someone for a game later in the day, rosters were locked, and found out before tipoff that they were out. This season is a mess.

[shadow_operative 15932]

agree with everything above. i've never been a huge fan of the rosters locking the day of in the first place- seems to me you should be able to add/drop players and insert them into your lineup so long as their game hasn't started yet. but this year, with all of the sudden cancellations, you go out and add two guys to sub in *due to other cancellations*, and then those two guys have their games canceled as well. 

at this point it seems that A)there's a real chance that we once again fail to complete the season, and B)if we do make it, then everyone needs to just worry about making it into the playoffs and then just hope for the best. the seeds this year will not be a reflection of the actual best teams in order. 

Edited January 18, 2021 by shadow_operative

[ztejas 43686]

Does anyone want Jamal Murray?

[shadow_operative 15932]

ok, so today was the first morning of the season for me where i wake up and realize that i sent out 10 trace offers last night and that one of them was accepted. came kinda late this year, it usually happens by week two lol. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

13 hours ago, ztejas said:

Does anyone want Jamal Murray?

lol oh yeah, this post is what set off my trade offer barrage. i remember that now. i had previously stuffed it down with some brown, but now i remember why last night was the night. my fantasy hoops season has officially started. let's get it on!

[ztejas 43686]

Just now, shadow_operative said:

lol oh yeah, this post is what set off my trade offer barrage. i remember that now. i had previously stuffed it down with some brown, but now i remember why last night was the night. my fantasy hoops season has officially started. let's get it on!

I see that a trade came through for you. The first one you hit me with was interesting. The brown must have been talking when you tried to take Simmons off my hands.

[shadow_operative 15932]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I see that a trade came through for you. The first one you hit me with was interesting. The brown must have been talking when you tried to take Simmons off my hands.

yeah man, i can't help myself, i do this every year lol. my late night trade offer barrages are a staple of this league. and yeah, i usually try to start off with offers that are somewhat reasonable/realistic, and then i'm eventually like, "ehhhhh, give me your no.1 draft pick/nightly triple double threat, sound good?" lol.

in the end i probably gave up more than i wanted to with the trade that did get accepted, but i'm happy with my return. i still have plenty of big men, but Lavine and Dray will really help with points, threes, assists, and steals. the trade should work out for both teams of everyone stays healthy.

[ztejas 43686]

1 minute ago, shadow_operative said:

and then i'm eventually like, "ehhhhh, give me your no.1 draft pick/nightly triple double threat, sound good?" lol.

To be fair, my 3rd pick has been atrocious and just had 5 points 4 rebounds and 2 assists last night. So you weren't thst far off the mark.

But yeah, Simmons is my ONLY TD threat. Unless I'm getting one back I can't do that.