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I made it!
In my 66th season, I finally made it to DII. Lets see how long I can hang around over here. I am guessing not that long.

Good luck to all of you!

Lacy is one of the best 25 year olds I've ever seen so he'll win you some games.

I compiled some numbers across teams based on top 8 salaries players for each team. This analysis is not full proof as some teams have more salary efficient players than others, and listed position can be misleading, but without further ado, here's my analysis for the season.

Great 8

The top 6 Top 8 salaries all come from the Great 8. This might be a blood bath as people fight to stay out of the relegation zone.

Team Name ---------- | Top 8 salary | # Guards | # Bigs | >$100k | >$80k | >$50k | >$25k
1. Lion Pride --------- | $611,601 --- | 7 --------- | 1 ----- | 2 ------- | 5 ------ | 6 ----- | 7
2. Slashing Dragons- | $545,481 --- | 5 --------- | 3 ----- | 3 ------- | 3 ------ | 4 ----- | 7
3. ElectricTriangles -- | $542,833 --- | 6 --------- | 2 ----- | 0 ------- | 3 ------ | 6 ----- | 8
4. Deronimo ---------- | $536,149 --- | 5 --------- | 3 ----- | 1 ------- | 4 ------ | 6 ----- | 6
5. Diorite Pistons ---- | $494,057 --- | 4 --------- | 4 ----- | 1 ------- | 4 ------ | 5 ----- | 6
6. OC Raiders -------- | $475,894 --- | 4 --------- | 4 ----- | 2 ------- | 2 ------ | 4 ----- | 6
7. CC Mavs ----------- | $458,865 --- | 4 --------- | 4 ----- | 2 ------- | 2 ------ | 3 ----- | 5
8. Pen15 -------------- | $238,983 --- | 5 --------- | 3 ----- | 0 ------- | 0 ------ | 2 ----- | 3

Big 8

Team Name --------------- | Top 8 salary | # Guards | # Bigs | >$100k | >$80k | >$50k | >$25k
1. Green Bay Gunners --- | $466,197 --- | 4 --------- | 4 ----- | 1 ------- | 2 ------ | 4 ----- | 5
2. ExplosiveBubbleWrap - | $460,268 --- | 5 --------- | 3 ----- | 0 ------- | 1 ------ | 6 ----- | 7
3. In your face ------------ | $445,498 --- | 4 --------- | 4 ----- | 0 ------- | 2 ------ | 5 ----- | 7
4. Fighting Kelts ---------- | $441,734 --- | 4 --------- | 4 ----- | 1 ------- | 1 ------ | 6 ----- | 6
5. Trenton Thunder ------ | $414,547 --- | 6 --------- | 2 ----- | 0 ------- | 3 ------ | 4 ----- | 5
6. CA Foreigners ---------- | $409,320 --- | 6 --------- | 2 ----- | 1 ------- | 1 ------ | 1 ----- | 5
7. New York Chunks ------ | $407,577 --- | 5 --------- | 3 ----- | 1 ------- | 1 ------ | 4 ----- | 7
8. Las Vegas High Rollers | $348,225 --- | 4 --------- | 4 ----- | 1 ------- | 1 ------ | 2 ----- | 4

Now for the more contentious post, predictions!

Great 8
1. ElectricTriangles
A nice solid team, with depth across the top 5. Heavy OD team that is hard to score on. Last season their offense held them back, but this season I think they'll be able to overcome it.

2. Lion Pride
Top salary team, but 4 of his top 8 are 35+, unless those players are swapped out, this team could be underperforming it's salary by the end of the seaon.

3. Deronimo
Last season's conference runner-up, they could finish higher, but like Lion Pride age might catch up to this team this season.

4. Slashing Dragons
A top heavy team, but things fall off after the top 3 players. Not enough depth to contend with the top teams.

5. Diorite Pistons
Another top heavy team with 4 players over 90k salary, but not sure the backups will be good enough. Could sneak into the playoffs though.

6. OC Raiders
Another team similar to the two teams above them, all three will be vying for that last playoff spot.

7. CC Mavs
The team with the best bigs in the conference. With a 3-2 heavy league, this team could surprise if other teams cannot contain their bigs.

8. Pen15
Lowest salaried team by a wide margin, will need to spend of that promotion money to stay up.

Big 8

1. In your face
It's hard to pick against the reigning conference champion. Solid team, no reason they can't win the conference again

2. ExplosiveBubbleWrap
This all US team looks like they can hold on their own with anyone in the conference, they should be deep and balanced enough to compete for the #1 spot.

3. Green Bay Gunners
Griffith and Bin-Sulayman make a dynamic front court and make this team a threat, but I just don't have enough confidence in the guards.

4. Fighting Kelts
This team needs a little better high-end talent to keep with the top teams, but should be a solid playoff team.

5. New York Chunks
The depth of this team keeps them from falling lower in my predictions, but I'm not sold on it carrying them to the playoffs.

6.Trenton Thunder
A good top 5, but needs more than that to keep up with the top teams.

7. CA Foreigners
Sherman will be a difference maker for sure, but he needs more support if this team is to avoid a relegation series.

8. Las Vegas High Rollers
The last minute sale of Salvo impacts the outlook on this team, though depending on how Salvo is replaced, this team could finish higher than 8th.

And of course after I post this EBW decides to buy another C. Can't change my predictions now, too late!