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BucsBlue finally gets a W.... feels like its been a long time. Snake has taken the grab trainee's and rebuild route. It sucks to see him not be competitive i feel like he and i have been "Rivals" in this league quite a bit. But i know he's an active and good manager he HAS a reason for rebuilding and he's probably sitting on about 2 million in funds also....

This league as always will be extremely competitive again and i am excited to see the scores every league game night!

Looks like teams have been busy on the transfer market.

Are the minutes on the weekly stats page screwy for anyone else?

Yes the weekly mins says that Tommy didn't play... But he has stats and I know he played. So it must be a gliche... I don't know how to tell BB about it. I'm guessing they will catch it.

In regards to being busy. Lets just say that management of BucsBlue did NOT take an 0-2 start all that well. Especially coming off of a season that everyon expected them to win the playoffs. Management addressed what the coaching staff has been complaining about for 2 seasons and that's depth!!!!!!!! Team finally has 2-3 guys on the bench that the coaching staff is comfortable putting in. Hopefully this reduced injuries, min played, and fatigue.

Need to get some team chemistry that's going to be the next challenge

wow, you are not screwing around! it's boom or bust at lob city. on paper, everyone else is playing for 2nd place!

Wow, and I don't think I've ever seen a 5 week injury before, either. One of my guys had a 3-week once and that was like forever. There's a note on the BB front page that says they are aware of the minutes bug and working on it right now.

Last edited by squirrel at 2/2/2015 9:21:36 AM

I wouldn't say boom or bust... but we are ALL IN to get out of D3... This is our 4th season in the league... First season we finished 3rd and lost to Snake River in first round of playoffs... Second season we were 20-2 lost in Playoff semi's... Last year 1st in league lost in League championship game......

Feels like BucsBlue has been a stronghold for 3 seasons with nothing to show for it... Management has decided that this season if we go down its going to be going down on our terms. The team added strong veterans to go with our MVP candidate Tommy. And think this team can potentially win this league and be good for at least 3 seasons. before we NEED to infuse youth. Hopefully at some point we can luck up and land another Tommy Lee in the draft like we did in our Inaugural Season.

Best of luck to everyone...Stay healthy, kick butt in the Cup... and i am looking forward to another competitive year as we go!

In one parting NOTE its only right for management to say a formal Good Bye to Wilburn Marcus! It was an emotional farewell as Wilburn was on the original roster generated by BB when Bucsblue was created at 19yrs old...Following that first season Tommy Lee was drafted & him and Wilburn have grown together, trained together and have been what this team was built around. Tommy having the higher potential clearly took his game slightly farther than Wilburn (who did suffer 1 3 week injury in prime of his training) Tommy was NOT on board with selling Wilburn but understands for this team we needed the revenue and were able to grab 2 60k players for the 1.2 Million Wilburn sold for.
-Wilburn was a top assist guy all 3 seasons in III.7, Averaged a min of 15PPG each season, and last season was the 5th MVP vote getter in the Conf. We wish him well as he's moved to a team where he is the Highest Salary player. (and going to be their KEY guy going forward we assume.)... Management was AFRAID and SURPRISED no one from III.7 looked to picking up Wilburn as we didn't want to have to play against him.

Ok enough of my rant!!!

I'm all about patience. It took me 14 seasons to escape DIV.

I'll be in the NBBA by about season 98.

We are 5 Games into the season and lets just say if last season was any indicator of this league then this year is off to an even more interesting start. West side is Undefeated, Snake is in Rebuild mode, and tons of storylines inbetween, AND 2 cup games in we already have 2 casualties. With that said after a quater of the season lets see what III.7 sportingNews has a power rankings....

#1 Bakers Street--- I know a shock given they have 1 loss, but Hyman Ryder is the REAL DEAL, this team handled BucsBlue immediately following his player additions and has a+45 Point Dif without playing rebuilding Snake yet. This team was for real last season and are back and focused.
#2 West Side--- Easily could be #1 (Big 8 Bias) A team that didn't make playoffs last year due to sacrficing some league wins for cup wins early last season. TIGERS are NOT playing any games. Remi Bois is being a stud as expected and West Side has found the receipe to get it rolling early. Beat Star Studded D2 relegate Marsh handly. West side is For Real!
#3 Marshland--- The D2 Relegate has just 1 loss to undefeated Tigers, but holds the largest LEAGUE Pt Dif...This team is stacked on paper (a 75k & 85k Backcourt...Both getting over 15 Ratings in games). Early season prediction this team WILL be in the league finals (unless they suffer an injury). Game against Lambda could be interesting.
#4 Walnut Street-- at 26 how good is Marc Tremol? He didn't make as big a jump in salary as expected (i believe he was injured? maybe missed training) but this guy could easily be a 100k player. However the team's leading scorers are sub 30k players at PG & PF. This team wins despite its highest salary player being its most productive player. Tremol controls the boards and the other put up the points! Walnut has it going with a high Pt Dif and just 1 loss!
#5 Lambda--- Currently sitting at 3-2 but has the 2nd highest Pt Dif in the league. Could make an arguement for the #4 spot in the power rankings. This team has been a staple in the playoffs and top of this league for multiple seasons. This team has a well balanced starting lineup but the salaries get low for his bench. Great manager keeps game shape in order which allows his starters to play at top potential. has big games against Crosstown & Marsh. Is Lambda a real contender?

From here its very Debatable

#6 CrossTown--- Crosstown sits at 6 because of its record but some would say power rankings are about if teams met on a neutral court who would win... Crosstown's ONLY 2 losses are against Undefeated Tigers, and 1 loss Marsh (predicted to get to finals) with that said Crosstown could easily argue why are they not 4 or 5. Well they get a chance to prove that worth with a game against Lambda next! Team salary not scary, they just are balanced and playing well together.
#7 Philly--- Philly comes in at #7 over Warhawk... Philly still has the Reigning MVP and he's not even their leading scorer. Cutler is on a rampage! 20+PPG & 15 Rebs! if he keeps up that productivity and Fischer the MVP gets going look out! Loss to Crosstown kept them from #6 spot. this team has potential but they sit at 7 because how far can they really go?
#8 Warhawks-- Why does this team come in behind 2 other 3-2 teams? its quality of wins! (3 wins are against Snake, Homeboyz n Mitsubishi) 2 of those teams has red Pt Diffs & Mits has a 5 injury to its 2nd best player. Plus Warhawk just got beat by 30 to BucsBlue who doesn't have a winning record! Warhawk was helped by its schedule and the weakness of the Big 8 could go 4-3 in early conf play (thats NOT good)
#9 BucsBlue---Yes you can argue this is a Bias selection, BucsBlue is 2-3 (how do they jump both Mits & UNC) Both have better Pt Dif not to mention Mits BEAT BucsBlue game 1 of season. Here it is...1st Mits & UNC have 4 wk injuries to 30k+ players, 2nd Mits win over Bucs was by 5 TIE vs Norm. And Bucs just beat 1 loss Warhawk by 30! On a neutral court who'd you pick? Bucs, Mits, Unc?
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