Hello faithful readers! The 2010-11 season its almost upon us, with decisions made and the heat of expectations rising. With so much emotion in the air, why not harness it all into lively smack talk for arbitrary glory?
Introducing, Basketbawful's Bawful Fantasy league! For this first league, we'll use standard scoring and rosters. Compete head to head with this blog's witty writers! Spots are limited, of course, but we can let you jump in for the vets minimum.
Think you got what it takes? Write in the comments why you would like to join. Or write something that makes me laugh in general and you're in. Or if you can guess what the witty league password is, you're in. (I guess by that point you could just log in and make a team, w/e.) Of course we ask for active players this season, to prevent shady Summer-2010-esque free agent collusion and all that.
THE LIVE DRAFT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16TH AT 9:00 PM EST! That's 6pm PST, 7PM MST, 8PM CST, 5PM AKST, 4PM HST, or whatever other dumb timezone you use! (Draft time subject to change pending massive missed draft responses or Steve Nash getting traded to the Knicks).
Check out the link below, it should be open to view for the public (with a Yahoo ID): (EDIT: ok I have no idea how to make it so everyone can see the results. Possibly after I take off the password.)
http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/bawful
In The Spirit Of Stern, Your Humble Commissioner,
-AnacondaHL
P.S. ProTip: chris is drafting Omri in round 6 based on some insider's info!
Introducing, Basketbawful's Bawful Fantasy league! For this first league, we'll use standard scoring and rosters. Compete head to head with this blog's witty writers! Spots are limited, of course, but we can let you jump in for the vets minimum.
Think you got what it takes? Write in the comments why you would like to join. Or write something that makes me laugh in general and you're in. Or if you can guess what the witty league password is, you're in. (I guess by that point you could just log in and make a team, w/e.) Of course we ask for active players this season, to prevent shady Summer-2010-esque free agent collusion and all that.
THE LIVE DRAFT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16TH AT 9:00 PM EST! That's 6pm PST, 7PM MST, 8PM CST, 5PM AKST, 4PM HST, or whatever other dumb timezone you use! (Draft time subject to change pending massive missed draft responses or Steve Nash getting traded to the Knicks).
Check out the link below, it should be open to view for the public (with a Yahoo ID): (EDIT: ok I have no idea how to make it so everyone can see the results. Possibly after I take off the password.)
http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/bawful
In The Spirit Of Stern, Your Humble Commissioner,
-AnacondaHL
P.S. ProTip: chris is drafting Omri in round 6 based on some insider's info!
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ED
I'm good at fantasy because I'm good at statistics and math, not just because I'm Asian, but probably 99% because I'm Asian.
I also want to kick Basketbawful's ass in fantasy for hating on Vince Carter every chance he gets. He's trying!.. He just has a big vagina. PLEASE LET ME PLAY! WILL BE EXTEMELY ACTIVE!
-WANG
For example, preppypoof and anonymous, contact me!
http://deadspin.com/5661113/allen-iverson-recognizes-the-sad-truth-about-allen-iverson
I would be good for this league, because even though I'm a bball fan, I've actually never joined a bball fantasy league. I don't know why not, because it combines my two favorite things: roundball and Dungeons & Dragons-like stat management.
I can also be a pretty big shittalker. I'm not sure if that would disqualify me or not.
For example - (points + rebounds + assists) / Total number of millions on the payroll.
And to make it completely impossible to manage, you can only play guys that actually have playing time in the game.
Mike S
Go Bags!
In the meantime, if you are actually interested in this league, contact me at an email address that should be very obvious @yahoo.com
I'll pick the participants based on this thread and the emails I receive tomorrow.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs295.snc3/28419_398312548982_736523982_4283940_6739152_n.jpg
I also would like to get bi weekly updates on how the league is doing as part of your suggestions post.
On draft day I promise that --IF-- I get the first pick I will draft Sasha "The Machine" Vujacic.
Expect me to post a "Machine" comic strip everytime Vujacic gets your favorite player in Technical foul trouble.
On top of that I will draft exactly ZERO players from the Heat.
If you are a Heat fan be advised that I will actively monitor the trading block just to make sure I block or oppose to your trades so that your favorite players don't make it to your lineup.
Michael Hsu - This one is a normal scoring league. However...
Paul - ...it is possible to turn on personal fouls, technical fouls, ejections, and foul outs as categories if we so choose...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AsRLMrwjlg&feature=related.
if you want, you can e-mail at yahoo at manningtowayne87td@yahoo.com
That way, when Antoine Walker makes his triumphant comeback to the Association, I can be first in line to acquire him!
...because I am in last place and thus first on the waiver order. :P
kaptcha=hotst as in even blogger knows i am the hotst.
Also if I get in I'll probably be the person that takes and gets stuck with Bogut.
I'm a fan of the blog, I know a lot about the NBA, and I'm not the type to pull any crazy shenanigans once I've agreed to a trade. Plus I may have insight into who Coach Thibodeau will be playing at the 4 spot, and would share that with the group.
A few slots left!
FG, FT, TOs, and fouls would be obvious. For counting stats (points, rebounds, etc.) you'd probably have to compare averages to discourage people from just benching their whole team each week.
Scalabrine has to be the number 1 overall pick in a league with these rules, right??
Jason and James, send me emails.
1. I believe in fundamental basketball so much:
a. I've drafted Nick Batum in my other fantasy leagues
b. I drafted Rondo & Gordon because I'd love to see them defend together in real life. (P.S. - do you think the clips are dumb enough to do a Gordon for Shaq & Bradley trade? Roll on Dec 15)
2. I believe you when you say Glen Robinson should have been drafted #1
3. I've played only 1 US pick-up game (I'm Oz based), and had the inverse of your Italy experience going from passing-ball to rebound-coast-to-coast-cause-if-I-pass-it-I-won't-get-it-back-ball. The game was on UNC courts (no less), and I was congratulated for making a sound entry pass - it wasn't a 'good' pass, it was the 'right' pass
4. I'll contibute commentary on the fantasy league bi-weekly to 'bawful
5.the password is "Kokomo"
Words cannot describe.
Paul - ...it is possible to turn on personal fouls, technical fouls, ejections, and foul outs as categories if we so choose...
So does that mean I'm in?
If so, my yahoo email is blaster2475@yahoo.com
i want in to see what you, anaconda and the others got. i've been playing for 5 years at least, so i think i am not awful - unless that's a requirement.
the pass gotta be one of the following
1. larry bird
2. larry bird shorts
3. fantasawful (sounds awful too)
4. Matt Ten Dam
so, am i in ?!
"David Kahn trades...", except that I don't trade for PGs & SFs exclusively.
and also because the time difference means i'll likely be drunk for the draft..
eduvancosta@hotmail.com
Cause i love fantasy basketball! (I guess, never tried it before, and you really need someone who doesn't have a clue of what he's doing! I mean, this is a basketbawful league, isn't it?)
I will also draft Mark Titus.
If I don't hear back from those earlier, a few spots will open.
kobe head... me BASH!!!
these are my last few fantasy teams from the last five years:
1. Wasatch Hotboxers
2. Coney Island Whitefish
3. Penetration Dribble
4. Utah Jizzards
5. Factory Meats
6. Strawberry Cobras
7. Idaho Diktaters
8. Flesh Bazooka
9. the Oilers
10. Idaho Diktaters
i make massive basketball art you can see here:
adamtaye.com
definitely make the categories include techs, ejections, fouls, 3 pts attempted and minutes played.
Thanks to everyone who replied, honestly I didn't think so many of you were into the numbers. You can bet the draft results will be made into a post next week, where we can joke who sucked and all that.
Also... I made this video 3 years ago to go to the Sprite Slama Facepalm Contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AsRLMrwjlg&feature=related.
Dialogue at the end of the video:
- A ver la mano, rota, no? Esto mola tio.
- ¡Esto mola que te cagas!
- Ya no vas poder hacer mas mates...
Translated:
- Show your hand, is it hurt? You rock, man.
- It's f'ckin' awesome man.
- You won't be dunking anymore.
(Fortunately he was wrong)
The password could be Black Mamba, Ostertag, Cheap Shot, Vujacic, Vag Carter, NashRulez, Varegina, BirdGOAT, Wario, Koncak... I wouldn't have guessed it, bawful never ends.
Can't wait for the next season/bawful show to start.
Mourning Bonner
the way i've been playing so far was (these settings are not for the casual fan, but for people who know their nba):
- as many teams as possible (around 12-15 usually)
- players per team between 12 and 15, so overall there are a little less than 200 players drafted. this means the teams won't be mostly composed of all-stars and borderline all-stars, so you have to know your scrubs. it also leaves undrafted some players that might become very interesting in case of an injury or a draft, so keeping an eye on the FA pool is a must.
- no tweener position. no G, no F, no util. those are for kids. real men draft keeping team needs in mind. also, this way you don't end up with a guy that drafts 4-5 C and then refuses to make trades cause he can play them all at the same time.
positions used: 2 of each PG, SG, SF, PF, C. the rest (3 to 5) are bench.
- no limit of games per position. when drafting some guy you gotta pay attention if he's injury prone or not - even scrubs.
- categories: pts, reb, ast, stl, blk, fg%, ft% and to. no need to include the 3pm, as they're already included in the pts. it also gives too much (and completely undeserved) value to chuckers, as they're rewarded twice for scoring (pts and 3p made) but penalized just once for low efficiency (fg%).
you might consider adding fouls and technicals to the categories, so you have a nice, round 10.
- no trade deadline, no trade limit, no of moves limited to about 30.
these have been distilled through years of playing, so you can think of them as a bordeaux 1982 of fantasy rules. enjoy them responsibly.
Turn on the thinking tank for next season... technicals, ejections, blocks against, trillions... that's the stuff life is mad of!!!!
Scoring should depend on salary... for instance, dividing score/year salary * years contract... higher the salary, higher the bawfullness!!
I sent an email anyway.
I was part of a baseball fantasy league this season, despite knowing nothing about it.
PussyAintGotNoFace, a name that surely should ring some bells here!
Well, Im probably one of the few mexican basketball fantasy players, you will always want one fantasy players who talk about tacos and mariachis.
I was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, I go plenty of experience and I LOVE seen the gringos reaction when they get beaten by a mexican guy... BTW im like a skinnier sasha vujacic.. If that didnt made you laugh nothing will..
send invite to giorgiot.poli@gmail.com
P.S. I vote again for changing the main banner pic to LeBron in his tablecloth decision shirt. Gilbert is sporting a tormented beard now.
If let into the league, all communication by me would be modeled after that of Rudy Fernandez's agent.
http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/10/6/1734402/rudy-fernanadezs-european-agent-gerard-darnes-doubles-down-sends
this one's from Malaysia!
(look it up on a map...)
They throw pots and pans down some steps...
was that good enough for a laugh =]
anyway i should play in your league because i almost always finish in 1,2,or 3 when i play other leagues so i will be bringing the heat........
I also gloated after trouncing my wife's team on Fleaflicker last year, if that counts for anything (other than me being a massive tool).
(a) I will be active and send copious amounts of trade requests, both serious and frivolous.
(b) My message board chatter will employ the deadpan wit of Gregg Popovich, the thoughtfulness of Nash, the bombast of Sheed, the absurdity of blog-era Gil, and the precision of an Andre Miller alley oop. I promise to keep the discourse fun and lively in our bizarre internet-enabled community.
(c) I had previously planned on taking a year off from fantasy to see if I enjoyed the L more without the distraction of rooting for arbitrarily-chosen players to earn specific stats. Securing a spot in this fantasy league would prohibit me from making this grave mistake.
1)I created that word for it: Bafultasy. You're welcome.
2)I'm in Michigan, and Illitch is buying the Pistons, so I provide pizza for everyone while getting The Pistons some money to hire someone who won't draft Darko or pay big money to Charlie V.
3)I am not Charlie V.
4)Insert classic Pistons/Darko joke here.
5)If you don't heed my warning on letting me in, you'll receive a Technical Foul. Sorry, those are the emphases for the season. "The Fans" all call in complain about how much you complain.
Yeah, that's it. "The Fans" That's a good one to use again.
6)You just got a T for arguing Point 4 with me. One more, and you'll be out of the league, too.
I eagerly await your predestined choice to allow me into your league this year. I've had some success at public leagues in Yahoo, but would love to try my hand against fellow Bawfulytes!
Another new word, and I'm on fire!
I do however live in Australia and this could be a fantastic opportunity for you to spread the word of bawful on a global scale.
Also I will wreck your shit.
Bushka
Feel free to join!
The password is the teamname of this years NBA Champion!
http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba/75619
- 12 or 14 teams only, for even numbers in the playoffs. And I've done 14 team leagues before, don't really like it.
- The tweener spots are necessary for the different strategies, because not everyone can draft a balanced 9 category team. Besides, your double PF double C suggestion doesn't stop those 4 C people anyways, since almost all of them are double eligible at PF.
- We are playing H2H so adds per week is really the only important thing.
-Also implies that we need an odd number of categories. Ideally, fg% ft% and 3pt could be combined into TS%, but for now the 3pt category is provided as the counter balance to blocks, and without it would make drafting guards much less important in any strategy.
Use the "Join Custom League" button!
ID: 75619
Password: celtics
Experience: Plenty of fantasy basketball years, usually replete with hilarious team names aimed at Kwame Brown and/or Darko Milic. Grew up as Charles Barkley fan for the Phoenix Suns. Terrified of Shawn Kemp (for legitimate reasons).
Related Activities: Pick up basketball, reading Basketbawful, agreeing with generally everything Barkley says on TNT, even when it doesn't make sense, rooting against Chuck Hayes.