The LSD Era
It all started back in 2011. A teenage manager, then called "King James 136" running the helm of a team called Lebron Slams Down (LSD). Completely clueless about training or tactics, he took tutelage amongst the stronger managers in the community. Slowly learning more and more, he spent a lot of time trash talking the competition in the forums and not enough time winning. 15 seasons passed and all the hard work ended in a playoff run in division 3 and a top 64 finish in the cup.
This teenage manager then went off to college. His BB account went bot and his progress was reset. This became the end of the LSD era. But the story was not yet over...
The LSU Era: Pre-NBBA
In season 39, the teenage manager who is now a young adult decided to pick back up his interest in BuzzerBeater during one boring summer night. Now going by Apex, he decided to pick a name that would help him find friends and connections he made in his first journey. That name was Lebron Slams Up (LSU). This time, he wasn't playing to make a D3 playoff push or a top 64 cup finish, he wanted to be immortalized in BuzzerBeater history.
Authors Note: This is the end of me talking about myself in the third-person, I promise
After only a few seasons, the team managed to produce their first U21 competitor, Warren Bright. He led a D2 run in Season 42 which promptly led to a fire sale of the whole roster, as it was definitely not D2 ready. After a few seasons of tanking and training, the team saw the new training changes as an opportunity to develop talent at speeds faster than any teams were able to before him. This led to the pickup of Nick (Big Raz) Rasmussen and Barry Askew to helm the new era of LSU basketball.
By Season 47, Raz and Askew assisted the U21 national team in a silver run in U21 and assisted LSU to their second D3 championship. The team continued to improve for the next 2 seasons, picking up Greg Maynard and Andrew Calvert in the process. By season 50, the team was ready for their first D2 finals run. Little did they know they would come up against a hungry 22-0 Brighton Mammoth squad and have injuries to 4 different players throughout just that playoff series alone. The team fought hard but wasn't able to pull it out, obtaining a silver D2 trophy and promoting to the NBBA by virtue of auto-promotion. The team felt it was undeserving but kept our heads high.
The LSU Era: NBBA
Upon entering the NBBA, there were 2 already present juggernauts that were above any other teams. Upsyndrome with A-Dub at the helm and Cassville Yuck with Yuck leading the charge. The LSU roster still needed some time to develop and would not be able to compete to that level for several seasons. Knowing this, management came up with a plan to fill our holes at PF and C while also slowly transitioning the team to All American and earning some cash at the same time. This process led to several 2nd place finishes in the NBBA and several semi-finals losses to the conference champion - Upsyndrome, who had a healthy hold on the league.
Eventually though, all dynasties must come to an end. When A-dub sold off the stars of the Upsyndrome roster at the end of season 53, the NBBA had an opening at the top. At the same time, USA NT star Greg Lackey appeared on the transfer list and LSU made their move to acquire him him. With this acquisition, LSU was able to take the cup and finish the league season with a 15-7 record, something the team hoped would be good enough to contend for the championship. However, in the other conference, Chek and his team Flash Mashers (FM) had just finished signing USA NT star Phillip Mrosla to a deal. Mrosla led them to a 17-5 finish that season as the playoffs began. Both FM and LSU were able to ge