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However, you don't have to look far to see another player with 4m+ DMI. Luke Simmons is another beast!

Damian Rose will be much better (what I wanted Simmons to be but was unable because of the high IS). I stopped training Simmons at 29, and Rose at 25 will have only 9 less skill points (plus being 7'1 with mostly inside training to go).

In other news it's sad that the player I drafted, trained, and literally built my team around (Tanner) will be 38 years old next season. It's mind boggling that he's still a decent starter SF/PF (as a defensive role player). With Simmons not carrying my team like his 220k salary should suggest (hehe), I can't say Tanner still isn't the heart of my team.

Injuries (and the game shape catchup it brings) really ruined my season. Everything's pointing toward selling Simmons and doing a small rebuild, but we'll see.

I remember, against my team, Rose came in off the bench and had a 21.5, or 22.0 player rating. Crazy. It will be interesting to see what he look like when he's on the NT.

Alright, well here is my ad hoc and too brief Finals Preview...

I'm going off of game ratings for this, using the latest five games as they resemble the closest to the team's current rosters.

Cantaloupes vs Upsyndrome... and keep in mind that the Cantaloupes have home court advantage.

OS 8.2 vs 6.7
IS 8.6 vs 11.2
OD 9.5 vs 10.8
ID 9.6 vs 10.7
REB 7.7 vs 8.1
FLOW 8.5 vs 7.5

Of course, these ratings have a lot to do with playing certain tactics, and ECE played a diverse set of tactics over the last five games while Upsyndrome stuck with inside and balanced offenses.

The glaring discrepancy in these ratings exists in YCU's IS vs ECE's ID, which is the only case where one of the team's offense outshines the other's defense. YCU has a wee advantage on the boards, and ECE benefits from a stronger flow.

This looks to be a tough challenge for ECE, who may need to call upon the deep seeded intensity of The Melon Garden's faithful to intimidate YCU into a game 1 loss.

YCU could change things up and go on an outside attack for the first time all season, but looking at their clear dominance inside, why would they? Then again, it could be a means to throw a wrench into ECE's strategist's plans for putting a stop to them.

ECE has a more diverse arsenal to choose from, having enjoyed success from Inside, Outside, and Balanced offenses, so it will be interesting to see which switch they flip against YCU.

Without further ado, may the best team win.

I'm not making a prediction.

I'm not making a prediction.

Me either.

Nice write up.

Good Luck, Fellas! (y)

The much anticipated write up. Great read. +1

Thanks for the warm wishes everyone!

Another old scrub in his late 40s is going to a 1-season-old team in a certain countryfor about $100k. (same country as did this: (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/player/9138765/history.aspx) recently).
This particular team has never paid over $4k for a player before. Something definitely isn't right on a country-wide level. The same could be said if suddenly there were like 100 USA teams adopting my buying habits / roster makeup. But there isn't.

I'm selling one of my terrible rookies, Jay Wahl. He's almost bad enough to compete with some of your 40 year olds.
He would be honored to join the Lethargy.

ECE has a more diverse arsenal to choose from, having enjoyed success from Inside, Outside, and Balanced offenses, so it will be interesting to see which switch they flip against YCU.

Fun fact, since I could not find any big advantage in gameplanning for one tactic or another, I just picked my top 6 tactics and rolled a dice for what to play this game.

Just to let everyone know, we are officially the cool kids of USA BB. Maybe even all of BB. We have the biggest S32 thread in all of the virtual American BBspace. Our thread is bulging out to over 300 posts. The NBBA doesn't even have 200. Only one DII is over 100. I didn't check DIII though but I can not even.

I must say, I've enjoyed conversing in this Div more than any other.
Only the Mighty Spartans impressive game recaps and predictions back in DIV rival the genius that goes on here.

ECE has a more diverse arsenal to choose from, having enjoyed success from Inside, Outside, and Balanced offenses, so it will be interesting to see which switch they flip against YCU.

Fun fact, since I could not find any big advantage in gameplanning for one tactic or another, I just picked my top 6 tactics and rolled a dice for what to play this game.

...and that led you to the best record in the league. Awesome.

I may try that next season.

Well, that game got interesting.... GG, Bob.