Sports NBA Thread: 2023-2024 Season

Might post some predicts later but for now I'm wondering about Smogon Fantasy Basketball and who runs that.

Anyways, the suns aren't true contenders...
 
I'm down for any fantasy stuff really, just tag me when you guys have a plan, or if you need any help running it I'm also down to help.
 
The new season is approaching faster than I thought. I told myself to have at least one NBA team to start rooting for this year, but I still haven't made a decision. I hope it's not too late to make a decision, but if any of you would be willing to help me search that would be great. I already have teams for football, soccer, and baseball, and generally speaking I don't care so much about "staying local" as much as I might care about the smaller, often underlooked things a franchise does to stand out that I can appreciate. I might be thinking about this way harder than I need to be, but in my indecisiveness I've even made a list of the things I would and wouldn't want out of my new favorite team(s).

  • Things I Want
    • Players and coaches that (at least as far as we can know) aren't completely toxic
    • People who are doing this for more than just the game (hey, we all have our own causes, right?)
    • Someone who's generally consistently fun to watch regardless of the game's outcome
    • A team and/or group of teams that emphasizes demonstrating the improvements made during practice
    • I don't know if this last one correlates with any specific NBA franchise, but if any of them also make the sport easier to learn more about, that is only a further benefit
  • Things I Don't Want
    • While it's not a complete deal-breaker if the team does a lot of things I like, I ideally don't want to root for some OP super-franchise
    • I absolutely hate it when franchises in any sport that recognize problems but refuse to acknowledge they're problems
    • A team that banks its entire success on, like, one or two players (I am a bit more lenient with this for basketball though since 5v5 is less than, say, 11v11 or 9v9 for instance)
 
bdt2002 said:
The new season is approaching faster than I thought. I told myself to have at least one NBA team to start rooting for this year, but I still haven't made a decision. I hope it's not too late to make a decision, but if any of you would be willing to help me search that would be great. I already have teams for football, soccer, and baseball, and generally speaking I don't care so much about "staying local" as much as I might care about the smaller, often underlooked things a franchise does to stand out that I can appreciate. I might be thinking about this way harder than I need to be, but in my indecisiveness I've even made a list of the things I would and wouldn't want out of my new favorite team(s).

  • Things I Want
    • Players and coaches that (at least as far as we can know) aren't completely toxic
    • People who are doing this for more than just the game (hey, we all have our own causes, right?)
    • Someone who's generally consistently fun to watch regardless of the game's outcome
    • A team and/or group of teams that emphasizes demonstrating the improvements made during practice
    • I don't know if this last one correlates with any specific NBA franchise, but if any of them also make the sport easier to learn more about, that is only a further benefit
  • Things I Don't Want
    • While it's not a complete deal-breaker if the team does a lot of things I like, I ideally don't want to root for some OP super-franchise
    • I absolutely hate it when franchises in any sport that recognize problems but refuse to acknowledge they're problems
    • A team that banks its entire success on, like, one or two players (I am a bit more lenient with this for basketball though since 5v5 is less than, say, 11v11 or 9v9 for instance)
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Become a Dallas Mavericks fan

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Wemby is looking extremely scary, and Chet isn't looking half bad either. Excited for this Rookie class.
 
having grown up a Knicks fan i'm use to Dolan-- Dolaning and then me in turn being like "Okay lemme follow the Lebrons, Butlers, Lillards, etc" I enjoy watching lol.

i'm hoping for our Synder----Washington [Redacted]s/Commanders come up with new ownership - might die before it lmaooo
 
Yearly prediction:

Playoff seedings

East

1 Bucks
2 Celtics
3 Cavs
4 Sixers
5 Knicks
6 Pacers
7 Heat
8 Hawks
9 Raptors
10 Magic

This was pretty straightforward. Couple hard cuts at the end, especially the Nets. There’s a chance the Raptors or Hawks go full fire sale at the deadline.

West

1 Grizzlies
2 Nuggets
3 Kings
4 Suns
5 Mavericks
6 Timberwolves
7 Lakers
8 Warriors
9 Clippers
10 Thunder

Much harder. I think the Kings, Mavs and Grizz will stack up a lot of regular season wins due to their youth and depth. Some hard cuts too with the Jazz, Pelicans and Rockets likely to be competitive… really hard conference to project. I wanted to fit a Thunder leap in there but it’s hard to drop one of the Lakers, Clips or Dubs. Wolves will keep their heads above water due to Ant Edwards emerging as a superstar.

ECF: Celtics over Bucks in 6
WCF: Nuggets over Suns in 6
Finals: Celtics over Nuggets in 7

MVP: Giannis; ROY: Scoot Henderson; DPOY: Evan Mobley
KAT is the first superstar traded, if I had to guess to Toronto or Atlanta
Feeling that Siakam, Donovan Mitchell, and DeRozen might all be moved too
Wemby impresses but will also be on a minutes restriction. Ditto for Chet on the minutes restriction.
OKC pushes some chips in for frontcourt help. Probably not Embiid or KAT, but maybe OG Anunoby and/or Nic Vucevic
Wizards, Spurs, and Blazers make up the top 3 of the lottery
CP3 retires after the season
Expansion franchises for Seattle and Vegas announced
Biggest breakouts: Shaedon Sharpe, Bennedict Mathurin and Jalen Suggs
 

The way Wemby moves for 7’3 is wild to me it kinda reminds me of Kevin Durant but 4 inches taller. He’s going to be a great player
 
Damn he's so fluid
It stands out even more bc i've been watching porzingis play for us and wemby makes him look super stiff in comparison
 
bdt2002 said:
The new season is approaching faster than I thought. I told myself to have at least one NBA team to start rooting for this year, but I still haven't made a decision. I hope it's not too late to make a decision, but if any of you would be willing to help me search that would be great. I already have teams for football, soccer, and baseball, and generally speaking I don't care so much about "staying local" as much as I might care about the smaller, often underlooked things a franchise does to stand out that I can appreciate. I might be thinking about this way harder than I need to be, but in my indecisiveness I've even made a list of the things I would and wouldn't want out of my new favorite team(s).

  • Things I Want
    • Players and coaches that (at least as far as we can know) aren't completely toxic
    • People who are doing this for more than just the game (hey, we all have our own causes, right?)
    • Someone who's generally consistently fun to watch regardless of the game's outcome
    • A team and/or group of teams that emphasizes demonstrating the improvements made during practice
    • I don't know if this last one correlates with any specific NBA franchise, but if any of them also make the sport easier to learn more about, that is only a further benefit
  • Things I Don't Want
    • While it's not a complete deal-breaker if the team does a lot of things I like, I ideally don't want to root for some OP super-franchise
    • I absolutely hate it when franchises in any sport that recognize problems but refuse to acknowledge they're problems
    • A team that banks its entire success on, like, one or two players (I am a bit more lenient with this for basketball though since 5v5 is less than, say, 11v11 or 9v9 for instance)
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I would get on the ground floor of a young team like the Spurs, Rockets, Magic, or Pistons.

Speaking from experience, it's super heartwarming to follow young teams through their development into being good.
 
Wow mizuno hasn't been on in an entire year. I'm ready for keeper league whenever, already went in and set my keepers
 
I'm here! Time flies. Keeper league is up and draft is set for next Saturday 8pm AST (UTC−04:00). Keeper players must be set before Friday.

Tagging players from the past year to confirm: Scofield, Stallion, Del Rio, Ghost_Chill, cb aaron judge, Celticpride, trikx_insane, DiscoDucky, Rabia

As always, reminder of the rules:

  1. Up to three players can be kept
  2. Keeping a player means giving up a draft round equal to the round the players was drafted last year (in our league) + 1. Lets call this the Keeper Value.
    Example: John Wall was drafted 6th last year. Team X can keep him by giving up the 5th round pick this year. (Keeper Value = 5)
  3. If keeping two or more players and they make it so that the same draft round is forfeited, then the additional player can be kept by giving up an additional higher round (so +2 for two, +3 for three...)
    Example: John Wall and Kyle Lowry were drafted in round 6 last year. Team X owns them both. They can be both kept by giving up the 5th round pick and 4th round pick this year.
  4. However, if two or more players make it so that the first round is forfeited, only one of them can be kept.
    Example: Team X has both Lebron James and Kevin Durant, which were drafted in the first round last year. Only one of them can be kept this year.
  5. A player can be kept by the same team for up to 2 years (lets call this the Keeper Contract). If the players was a first round pick the year before, that player can only be kept 1 year (giving up the first round pick for the year being kept).
    Example: Team X drafted Lebron James last year in the 1st round. He can be kept again by giving up the first round pick, but cannot be kept next year by Team X.
  6. Any player kept that was not drafted the year before counts as giving up the very last pick.
  7. The Keeper Contract (i.e. the amount of time a team can keep a player) will transfer when a trade is made and will remain even if a player is dropped.
    Example: Team X has kept J.J. Barea for 1 year. Team X trades him to Team Y. Team Y can only keep him one more year.
    Example: Team X has dropped Danilo Gallinari, who has been kept already 1 year using the 7th round pick. Team Y can pick him up and keep him one more year at the cost of the 6th round pick of the next draft.
 
Mizuno said:
I'm here! Time flies. Keeper league is up and draft is set for next Saturday 8pm AST (UTC−04:00). Keeper players must be set before Friday.

Tagging players from the past year to confirm: Scofield, Stallion, Del Rio, Ghost_Chill, cb aaron judge, Celticpride, trikx_insane, DiscoDucky, Rabia

As always, reminder of the rules:

  1. Up to three players can be kept
  2. Keeping a player means giving up a draft round equal to the round the players was drafted last year (in our league) + 1. Lets call this the Keeper Value.
    Example: John Wall was drafted 6th last year. Team X can keep him by giving up the 5th round pick this year. (Keeper Value = 5)
  3. If keeping two or more players and they make it so that the same draft round is forfeited, then the additional player can be kept by giving up an additional higher round (so +2 for two, +3 for three...)
    Example: John Wall and Kyle Lowry were drafted in round 6 last year. Team X owns them both. They can be both kept by giving up the 5th round pick and 4th round pick this year.
  4. However, if two or more players make it so that the first round is forfeited, only one of them can be kept.
    Example: Team X has both Lebron James and Kevin Durant, which were drafted in the first round last year. Only one of them can be kept this year.
  5. A player can be kept by the same team for up to 2 years (lets call this the Keeper Contract). If the players was a first round pick the year before, that player can only be kept 1 year (giving up the first round pick for the year being kept).
    Example: Team X drafted Lebron James last year in the 1st round. He can be kept again by giving up the first round pick, but cannot be kept next year by Team X.
  6. Any player kept that was not drafted the year before counts as giving up the very last pick.
  7. The Keeper Contract (i.e. the amount of time a team can keep a player) will transfer when a trade is made and will remain even if a player is dropped.
    Example: Team X has kept J.J. Barea for 1 year. Team X trades him to Team Y. Team Y can only keep him one more year.
    Example: Team X has dropped Danilo Gallinari, who has been kept already 1 year using the 7th round pick. Team Y can pick him up and keep him one more year at the cost of the 6th round pick of the next draft.
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