Year Round Basketball Thread + NBA Fantasy League

[SirSamuel016]

Seems this post is pinned so here are the 2025/26 award predictions that I've received so far! If you haven't sent already then feel free to shoot me your list!

 

[Newkerzy]

Ah idk, Randle was absurd during regular season. His shooting alone went from very poor to elite "overnight" on really good volume. On top of that, leading the Knicks back into playoffs? Even the narratives fit haha.

It's the hardest award to guess so seeing I wasn't that awful picking Ayton feels decent enough.

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Wiseman for RotY tho...

If we’re going by narratives, then Ayton definitely should’ve won that. Again though, it’s a shame it’s only awarded before the Finals.

That said, you did deserve the L for Wiseman though .

Idk how to feel about my pick though. It feels like I could’ve gotten a better chance if the Nuggets were more willing to give the youngsters more opportunities.

 

[scav]

You're talking about something that happened half a decade ago. In the meantime he has obviously aged and his very physical game obviously regressed... With a huge injury out of nowhere on top.

Sorry but .500 TS% on almost 4 turnovers per 36 in playoffs is indefensible for a ball dominant guard in this NBA, especially one that doesn't shoot many (and probably should shoot even less) 3s. And that's counting his great years. His shooting and handling got way worse and him being forced to change his routine fucked his FTs.

But yes even with all that it's much simpler to get a good team around him than with Ben, not arguing that. I just think both are somehow overrated and underrated at the same time hahaha

dont gimme dem stats or i would throw his triple double record at your face. lets talk fact, he took a team of bum to the playoff in the west. something hard to do alone, curry failed to do it this season. yes not the same circumstance but you get the gist of it.
If anything the 2nd half of his stint with the Wizz showed his recovery. people like to ignore his triple double records when it's used to prove he's an exceptional player but then they throw his bad stats. just look at what he bring to the table and what he accomplished, that was half a decade ago but he's not necessary worst. like i said after KD, he never had the proper circumstance other superstars have. a good teammate, being healthy and a decent coach with a decent team. people expect him to win like that?

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now i aint saying WB is a top 5 but he def a top 20 imo. i wouldnt place Ben in top 40

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Ben is Dpoy but he's at the point where he's hurting his team more than he's helping. Embiid is out there dribbling like PG from the 3pts line cuz the real PG of the team want nothing to do with the offense. Then of course Embiid get gassed fast and have ton of TO in the 4th from trying to score without a legit PG while being a big man

 

[Hardy]

dont gimme dem stats or i would throw his triple double record at your face. lets talk fact, he took a team of bum to the playoff in the west. something hard to do alone, curry failed to do it this season. yes not the same circumstance but you get the gist of it.
If anything the 2nd half of his stint with the Wizz showed his recovery. people like to ignore his triple double records when it's used to prove he's an exceptional player but then they throw his bad stats. just look at what he bring to the table and what he accomplished, that was half a decade ago but he's not necessary worst. like i said after KD, he never had the proper circumstance other superstars have. a good teammate, being healthy and a decent coach with a decent team. people expect him to win like that?

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now i aint saying WB is a top 5 but he def a top 20 imo. i wouldnt place Ben in top 40

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Ben is Dpoy but he's at the point where he's hurting his team more than he's helping. Embiid is out there dribbling like PG from the 3pts line cuz the real PG of the team want nothing to do with the offense. Then of course Embiid get gassed fast and have ton of TO in the 4th from trying to score without a legit PG while being a big man

Padded triple doubles mean little really.

The competition in the west was fiercer and Curry still got the warriors to 8th place, tbh. And again, that's years ago.

I think ranking players would be fun. I don't think I have WB in the top 20 at all though. I do have him higher than Ben, yes.

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5 Lebron KD Giannis Harden Curry
Kawhi
10 AD Luka Embiid Jokic
15 Lillard PG Tatum Jimmy Trae
20 Kyrie Beal Lavine CP3 Booker

Siakam/Vucevic/Bam/Jaylen/ KAT/Zion/Donovan/Murray/Gobert/Middleton...

Klay maybe? Demar <3

There's a solid case of him being out of top 20.

 

[scav]

Lavine top 20. Homie cant even take his team to the playoff in the mfcking east. Wb did it in the west but you discard it and call him stat padder

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Good numbers without winning thats what i truly call stat padding if anything

 

[Hardy]

He's at the end of the top 20 you can change him with anyone else I listed

 

[scav]

Imma do my top 20 later but i dont think i'd put PG in there

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Donovan better than PG imo

 

[Hardy]

Really? Last playoffs he played like Pacers PG

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Nooooo

 

[scav]

he played good post season for the first time since he left the pacers, i'm not convinced yet lmao

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Don turned jazz from trash into 1st in the west. i believe they win it all this season if they didnt have injuries

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dude was out there dropping 40pts-ish on kawhi and pg

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just checked to refresh my memory, yeh Don missed lot of time before playoffs due to ankle injury. cameback, injured his ankle again during game 3 against clippers. still played on a bad ankle and dropped 39pts during game 6. All that with Mike Conley being injured

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yeah i take the Don over PG, no question about it. dude is kinda underrated. they would've swept clippers with mike conley if Don didnt injure his ankle during game 3. they had no answer for him

 

[M3J]

Clippers with Kawhi and Ibaka would have been dangerous

 

[goldb]

Who do we have for the fantasy league? Just reply to this post so we can tally.

1. @goldb

Opening night is exactly 1 month from now.

Also, I never posted the results of the NBA awards based on our predictions but here you go:

Noone got more than 1 prediction right. Only @Newkerzy predicted the eventual winners right.

 

[Hardy]

Ah yes I'm in.

Newk should be in too

We should have a date for both predictions and joining I guess.

 

[goldb]

Joining...end of the month? It would be nice to have more than 10 teams to be fair, so we can do some recruiting. @xi0 do you want to join?

Well pre-season starts on 3rd Oct. If we want to have predictions done before preseason then I'd say deadline 30th September. If we want to see some gameplay before making decisions then 15th October.

Currently our fantasy draft night is set for 18th October, I wonder if we can bring it forward? and have it done on a weekend when everyone would likely be more available. @scav

 

[scav]

Joining...end of the month? It would be nice to have more than 10 teams to be fair, so we can do some recruiting. @xi0 do you want to join?

Well pre-season starts on 3rd Oct. If we want to have predictions done before preseason then I'd say deadline 30th September. If we want to see some gameplay before making decisions then 15th October.

Currently our fantasy draft night is set for 18th October, I wonder if we can bring it forward? and have it done on a weekend when everyone would likely be more available. @scav

i think making a live draft with everybody on is not realistic. so i set the offline draft the 18th since the season officially start the 19th. until then people can change their pre-draft ranking. what date you suggest?

we got 8 people confirmed including lagoat
haku said maybe, didnt confirm yet but i think he's coming
syx also said maybe

if those 2 confirm we're 10. tbf im hoping we get a 12 ppl league lol

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yeah @xi0 get in there

 

[goldb]

i think making a live draft with everybody on is not realistic. so i set the offline draft the 18th since the season officially start the 19th. until then people can change their pre-draft ranking. what date you suggest?

we got 8 people confirmed including lagoat
haku said maybe, didnt confirm yet but i think he's coming
syx also said maybe

if those 2 confirm we're 10. tbf im hoping we get a 12 ppl league lol

No, actually that's a much better idea you've got for the draft.

I think I'll put out a notice

 

[Hardy]

Pre season is whatever, I wouldn't put the limit before it.

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Scav, maybe you should play around a bit with the schedule?

It was pretty unfair last time that some had to play against other people twice but not others lmao. Also playoffs should end like two weeks before the regular season to avoid getting fucked because teams irl are saving their stars.

 

[scav]

Pre season is whatever, I wouldn't put the limit before it.

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Scav, maybe you should play around a bit with the schedule?

It was pretty unfair last time that some had to play against other people twice but not others lmao. Also playoffs should end like two weeks before the regular season to avoid getting fucked because teams irl are saving their stars.

i'll check the schedule later
thanks for the reminder almost forgot playoff should end 2weeks before reg season end

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we need also to discuss if we play with a trade deadline. took us by surprise last time

 

[goldb]

Just quickly looking at the settings, did we also not have 2 IR(Injury Reserves) last season?

Since we're planning for our playoffs to end before the regular season, we should have trade deadline as last week of playoffs or something.

 

[scav]

Just quickly looking at the settings, did we also not have 2 IR(Injury Reserves) last season?

yes, i just put it back to 1
also set 18 matchup. so it end 2 weeks before playoff and every team get to play each team 2 times in a 10 teams setup

 

[Hardy]

yes, i just put it back to 1
also set 18 matchup. so it end 2 weeks before playoff and every team get to play each team 2 times in a 10 teams setup

I guess last year it was extra hard because of the compact season. Nice.

I agree 2 injured spots is too much, covid should be controlled... I hope

 

[SirSamuel016]

Who do we have for the fantasy league? Just reply to this post so we can tally.

1. @goldb

Opening night is exactly 1 month from now.

Also, I never posted the results of the NBA awards based on our predictions but here you go:

Noone got more than 1 prediction right. Only @Newkerzy predicted the eventual winners right.

You know I'm coming back for Fantasy League my guy

If we're doing predictions again, here's where I see it currently...
NBA Champions: Lakers
MVP: James Harden
DPOY: Anthony Davis
6th Man: Jordan Clarkson
ROTY: Cunningham
MIP: Talen Horton Tucker
COTY: Donovan (getting there with the bulls climbing the East a fair bit)