Everyone who has retired. I stacked the next 10-ish draws with more legends, to make the final updates of this even spicier. LeBron James and Michael Jordan are coming in 2026 - among others.
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Everyone who has retired. I stacked the next 10-ish draws with more legends, to make the final updates of this even spicier. LeBron James and Michael Jordan are coming in 2026 - among others.
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2025 Draft and Free Agency
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2025 Draft and Free Agency
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Free Agency
Draft
Trades
Stobzilla II (Hornets)
sontodevil (Cavaliers)
Pepper Bailly (Bucks), SebJr (Magic) - just two teams betting that the other team is going to be worse in 2029.
Nobbers (Pelicans) - getting three 60-rating players for one seems like a decent move for the Pelicans. Celtics are clearly trying to maximize their starting 5 to be as good as possible right now.
Stobzilla II (Hornets), reelworld II & Two Nil (Knicks) - Knicks thinking about the future. Probably clever with two old and getting older stars.
Dr. Junior (Thunder)
Dan II (76ers)
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Free Agency
Draft
Trades
Stobzilla II (Hornets)
sontodevil (Cavaliers)
Pepper Bailly (Bucks), SebJr (Magic) - just two teams betting that the other team is going to be worse in 2029.
Nobbers (Pelicans) - getting three 60-rating players for one seems like a decent move for the Pelicans. Celtics are clearly trying to maximize their starting 5 to be as good as possible right now.
Stobzilla II (Hornets), reelworld II & Two Nil (Knicks) - Knicks thinking about the future. Probably clever with two old and getting older stars.
Dr. Junior (Thunder)
Dan II (76ers)
Cavs are so bad 
Cavs are so bad
And they keep trading away their picks, so they aren't getting much better. They do have a couple of first rounders for 2027 (or rather they will until they trade them away), so hey, maybe they get lucky?
25/26 Season Preview - Part 1
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25/26 Season Preview Part 1
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No comments this time, so provide your own commentary! I'm sure altodevil will be along shortly to let everyone know the depths of his regard for Cleveland.
I'll have a post with the rest of the non-Caf NBA teams after Part 2, by popular demand (weetee liked it, and he's a popular guy).
Power Rankings
Team Finances and Strategy
Preview
BenitwoSTARRLET - Brooklyn Nets (37-45)
sontodevil - Cleveland Cavaliers (28-54)
Lil-Nut - Golden State Warriors (39-43)
Skizzlet - Atlanta Hawks (51-31, Champions)
Stobzilla II - Charlotte Hornets (36-46)
The Cub - Denver Nuggets (22-60)
Sonius - Indiana Pacers (44-38, Conference Finals)
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No comments this time, so provide your own commentary! I'm sure altodevil will be along shortly to let everyone know the depths of his regard for Cleveland.
I'll have a post with the rest of the non-Caf NBA teams after Part 2, by popular demand (weetee liked it, and he's a popular guy).
Power Rankings
Team Finances and Strategy
Preview
BenitwoSTARRLET - Brooklyn Nets (37-45)
sontodevil - Cleveland Cavaliers (28-54)
Lil-Nut - Golden State Warriors (39-43)
Skizzlet - Atlanta Hawks (51-31, Champions)
Stobzilla II - Charlotte Hornets (36-46)
The Cub - Denver Nuggets (22-60)
Sonius - Indiana Pacers (44-38, Conference Finals)
Ffs Murray!
25/26 Season Preview - Part 2
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25/26 Season Preview Part 2
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Dan II - Philadelphia 76ers (52-30, 1st Round)
Pepper Bailly - Milwaukee Bucks (34-48)
Dr. Junior - Oklahoma City Thunder (46-36, 1st Round)
Heine - San Antonio Spurs (58-24, Runners up)
Nobbers - New Orleans Pelicans (45-37, 1st Round)
reelworld II & Two Nil - New York Knicks (62-20, 2nd Round)
SebJr - Orlando Magic (44-38, 1st Round)
Lil' V.O. & weeweetee - Houston Rockets (Conference Finals)
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Dan II - Philadelphia 76ers (52-30, 1st Round)
Pepper Bailly - Milwaukee Bucks (34-48)
Dr. Junior - Oklahoma City Thunder (46-36, 1st Round)
Heine - San Antonio Spurs (58-24, Runners up)
Nobbers - New Orleans Pelicans (45-37, 1st Round)
reelworld II & Two Nil - New York Knicks (62-20, 2nd Round)
SebJr - Orlando Magic (44-38, 1st Round)
Lil' V.O. & weeweetee - Houston Rockets (Conference Finals)
25/26 The Rest
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The Rest
In descending order of Power Ranking
Boston Celtics
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Clippers
Memphis Grizzlies
Chicago Bulls
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards
Phoenix Suns
Dallas Mavericks
Miami Heat
Sacramento Kings
Detroit Pistons
Minnesota Timberwolves
Portland Trailblazers
Toronto Raptors
In descending order of Power Ranking
Boston Celtics
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Clippers
Memphis Grizzlies
Chicago Bulls
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards
Phoenix Suns
Dallas Mavericks
Miami Heat
Sacramento Kings
Detroit Pistons
Minnesota Timberwolves
Portland Trailblazers
Toronto Raptors
We are suddenly turning into a deep team with one star… strange feeling
Oh god look at my wage. Will have to sell the Lambo.
But not the goat farm or the pickle plantation.
25/26 30-Game Update
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25/26 30-Game Update
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Award Races
Trades
BenitwoSTARRLET (Nets), SebJr (Magic)
Lil-Nut (Warriors), Heine (Spurs)
Lil-Nut (Warriors), Pepper Bailly (Bucks)
Stobzilla II (Hornets) - Lakers trying to maximize their starting 5, and in the process they've made the Hornets both better and more future proof than they were. A rare W for Charlotte.
Dan II (76ers)
Dan II (76ers), Two Nil & reelworld II (Knicks) - the funniest possible timeline is the one where G.G. Jackson doesn't sign a new contract with the Knicks when it expires at the end of the season. It definitely won't happen, but...
Skizzlet (Hawks), Stobzilla II (Hornets) - seems awfully pessimistic.
Pepper Bailly (Bucks), BenitwoSTARRLET (Nets) - Bucks are already playing the "I think you'll be worse" game with the Magic, so why not play it with the Nets as well?
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Award Races
Trades
BenitwoSTARRLET (Nets), SebJr (Magic)
Lil-Nut (Warriors), Heine (Spurs)
Lil-Nut (Warriors), Pepper Bailly (Bucks)
Stobzilla II (Hornets) - Lakers trying to maximize their starting 5, and in the process they've made the Hornets both better and more future proof than they were. A rare W for Charlotte.
Dan II (76ers)
Dan II (76ers), Two Nil & reelworld II (Knicks) - the funniest possible timeline is the one where G.G. Jackson doesn't sign a new contract with the Knicks when it expires at the end of the season. It definitely won't happen, but...
Skizzlet (Hawks), Stobzilla II (Hornets) - seems awfully pessimistic.
Pepper Bailly (Bucks), BenitwoSTARRLET (Nets) - Bucks are already playing the "I think you'll be worse" game with the Magic, so why not play it with the Nets as well?
Contract in the shredder just waiting to press the button.
Better from the Pacers.
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Mediocrity thy name is Brooklyn Nets
Time to move out from your dad's apartment.
Lil Nut has been a complete disgrace. Have I got anywhere near a 50% playoff rate?
Only twice in the playoffs, and twice lost in the play-in tournament.
shambles of a playerSounds sad, not playing playoffs...
Might actually consider tearing the contract up, I'm afraid we are on a downward spiral here :/
Might actually consider tearing the contract up, I'm afraid we are on a downward spiral here :/
25/26 All Star Weekend Part 1
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25/26 All Star Weekend Part 1
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Let's start with this one, shall we?
Standings
Dunk Contest
Round 1
Round 2
Trades
Skizzlet (Hawks) - okay, that's a big one!
Stobzilla II (Hornets)
Skizzlet (Hawks), Stobzilla II (Hornets) - I'm not sure about this one...
Lil-Nut (Warriors), Skizzlet (Hawks) - the champions trading away okay players for a pick. Let's see if it pans out.
Nobbers (Pelicans), weeweetee & Lil' V.O. (Rockets) - armed robbery
Dan II (76ers)
No Cafites involved, but I had to include this end of an era. 38-year old Kevin Durant is still worth a first round pick, how about that?
League Leaders
All Star Teams
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Let's start with this one, shall we?
Standings
Dunk Contest
Round 1
Green: 30
Zion: 45
Barnes: 49
Skizzlet: 50
Green: 31 (61)
Zion: 50 (95)
Barnes: 35 (85)
Skizzlet: 50 (100)
Round 2
Zion: 45
Skizzlet: 38
Zion: 5 (45)
Skizzlet: 0 (38)
Zion becomes the first 4-time winner! Skizzlet couldn't quite maintain his Round 1 form.
Zion becomes the first 4-time winner! Skizzlet couldn't quite maintain his Round 1 form.
Trades
Skizzlet (Hawks) - okay, that's a big one!
Stobzilla II (Hornets)
Skizzlet (Hawks), Stobzilla II (Hornets) - I'm not sure about this one...
Lil-Nut (Warriors), Skizzlet (Hawks) - the champions trading away okay players for a pick. Let's see if it pans out.
Nobbers (Pelicans), weeweetee & Lil' V.O. (Rockets) - armed robbery
Dan II (76ers)
No Cafites involved, but I had to include this end of an era. 38-year old Kevin Durant is still worth a first round pick, how about that?
League Leaders
All Star Teams
A slight improvement for the young lad!
Top 5 for assists and steals, 100 offensive IQ 92 for 3pts but someone never trouble the scoring charts myself
I smell a new mvp
This player regen is getting less creative
25/26 All Star Weekend Part 2
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25/26 All Star Weekend Part 2
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Three Point Contest
Seems like three players have really monopolized the 3 Point Contest. The last time we got a winner who wasn't called reelworld Ii, BenitwoSTARRLET or Dan II was in 2015 when P-Nut won, and before that again it was Solius. Time for a new winner, maybe?
1st Round - 4 advance
Cam Whitmore: 21
Jalen Green: 19
Thank god, no tiebreaks. The shooting so far is better than it's been the last few years. Only 27s and 28s are through, so that means we'll see Dan II, reelworld II, Lil-Nut and weeweetee in the 2nd Round.
2nd Round - 2 advance
Dan II is almost certainly through with that one.
It'll be weeweetee to face Dan II!
Final Round
Well, I guess we're not getting a new winner this year either! That's Dan II's 4th win, equalling reelworld II and BenitwoSTARRLET, and only trailing Solius and BenitoSTARR's 5.
All Star Game
The West takes it! And that's without MVP candidate Josh Giddey, who was out injured. This means the West has won all three All Star Games since the change back to conference teams. I'll include the full All Star Weekend history below (and also put it in the 1st post along with the other league history).
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Three Point Contest
Seems like three players have really monopolized the 3 Point Contest. The last time we got a winner who wasn't called reelworld Ii, BenitwoSTARRLET or Dan II was in 2015 when P-Nut won, and before that again it was Solius. Time for a new winner, maybe?
1st Round - 4 advance
Cam Whitmore: 21
Jalen Green: 19
Thank god, no tiebreaks. The shooting so far is better than it's been the last few years. Only 27s and 28s are through, so that means we'll see Dan II, reelworld II, Lil-Nut and weeweetee in the 2nd Round.
2nd Round - 2 advance
Dan II is almost certainly through with that one.
It'll be weeweetee to face Dan II!
Final Round
Well, I guess we're not getting a new winner this year either! That's Dan II's 4th win, equalling reelworld II and BenitwoSTARRLET, and only trailing Solius and BenitoSTARR's 5.
All Star Game
The West takes it! And that's without MVP candidate Josh Giddey, who was out injured. This means the West has won all three All Star Games since the change back to conference teams. I'll include the full All Star Weekend history below (and also put it in the 1st post along with the other league history).
Pretty sure I‘ve won every single All-Star game they threw me in. Dedicated to ol‘tee
You're 7-0, with three more out injured.
18 feels like some sort of record low
Finally won something again.
18 feels like some sort of record low
It's a number basically reserved for non-Caf (and non-Kyle Korver) participants the last few years.
Before we get to the final standings, here's a fun fact: a playoff team owns the picks from 3 out of the 5 worst teams. Here's the draft class:
25/26 End of Regular Season
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25/26 End of Regular Season
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Final Standings
Playoffs: Two Nil and reelworld II get the Knicks to the top spot in the East for the 7th season in a row. This is the only first time they've got fewer than 60 wins, however, and only 3 wins separate the top 4 seeds. That includes the reigning champions, the Hawks. Though it might seem a cause for concern that Skizzlet's team only finished 3rd in the East, their 56-26 is Atlanta's best record since 1994. If they can win the championship with 51 wins, why not 56 wins? The Pacers are a bit behind the top 4, but 51 wins for Sonius is actually a 7 win improvement over last year. Finally we have the Magic in 6th, with a decent record but a very poor recent record. SebJr will actually have to be the assist king this time.
Play-in: Stobzilla II and the Hornets have had a good season, and both record and MOV seem to suggest we should be seeing them in the playoffs. The same can't necessarily be said for BenitwoSTARRLET's Nets. The 76ers have an even worse record, but they have a top 4 record in the East since the last update. Let's see if that counts for anything in the play-in.
Better luck next year: Another 11th place for Pepper Bailly and the Bucks. It's a 1 win improvement over the year before, but that's like saying you've got one less haemorrhoids than yesterday. Which might be an improvement for sontodevil, who has been having an absolute torrid time with the Heat at the tail-end of the season.
Playoffs: Here's some shocking news... it's the Spurs and the Rockets, in that order! Heine finds himself with the best record, and the second best MOV, but the recent form is nothing to write home about. For weeweetee and Lil-V.O. it's the opposite, at least as far as MOV and recent form go. +2.7 just about matches the 5th best team in the East, though 49 wins would actually put them 6th. The West's been dominating for a while, but maybe it's the East's time?
Play-in: Lil-Nut and Nobbers are coming into this play-in with quite different expectations. The Heat are on pretty decent form, and have a winning record, just about, while the Pelicans have a losing record and losing form.
Better luck next year: I'm not surprised to see the Nuggets in this section, but I'm a little surprised to see the Thunder here. Last year Dr. Junior's team finished with a good 46-36 record. Going 8-16 to close out the season surely didn't help. In fact, if they had just gone 12-12 instead they would have made the play-in with a game to spare. If The Cub's Nuggets can go 13-12, the Thunder should have been able to as well. Though unlike the former, the latter are actually moving in the right direction.
Player stats
League Leaders
Play-in tournament
Phoenix and Charlotte are through as the 7-seeds. Golden State will play New Orleans for the 8-seed in the West, and Brooklyn will play Washington in the East.
Golden State and Washington are through to the playoffs! Their reward is getting to play San Antonio and New York.
Playoff bracket
Injuries
Memphis Grizzlies
Washington Wizards
San Antonio Spurs
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Final Standings
Playoffs: Two Nil and reelworld II get the Knicks to the top spot in the East for the 7th season in a row. This is the only first time they've got fewer than 60 wins, however, and only 3 wins separate the top 4 seeds. That includes the reigning champions, the Hawks. Though it might seem a cause for concern that Skizzlet's team only finished 3rd in the East, their 56-26 is Atlanta's best record since 1994. If they can win the championship with 51 wins, why not 56 wins? The Pacers are a bit behind the top 4, but 51 wins for Sonius is actually a 7 win improvement over last year. Finally we have the Magic in 6th, with a decent record but a very poor recent record. SebJr will actually have to be the assist king this time.
Play-in: Stobzilla II and the Hornets have had a good season, and both record and MOV seem to suggest we should be seeing them in the playoffs. The same can't necessarily be said for BenitwoSTARRLET's Nets. The 76ers have an even worse record, but they have a top 4 record in the East since the last update. Let's see if that counts for anything in the play-in.
Better luck next year: Another 11th place for Pepper Bailly and the Bucks. It's a 1 win improvement over the year before, but that's like saying you've got one less haemorrhoids than yesterday. Which might be an improvement for sontodevil, who has been having an absolute torrid time with the Heat at the tail-end of the season.
Playoffs: Here's some shocking news... it's the Spurs and the Rockets, in that order! Heine finds himself with the best record, and the second best MOV, but the recent form is nothing to write home about. For weeweetee and Lil-V.O. it's the opposite, at least as far as MOV and recent form go. +2.7 just about matches the 5th best team in the East, though 49 wins would actually put them 6th. The West's been dominating for a while, but maybe it's the East's time?
Play-in: Lil-Nut and Nobbers are coming into this play-in with quite different expectations. The Heat are on pretty decent form, and have a winning record, just about, while the Pelicans have a losing record and losing form.
Better luck next year: I'm not surprised to see the Nuggets in this section, but I'm a little surprised to see the Thunder here. Last year Dr. Junior's team finished with a good 46-36 record. Going 8-16 to close out the season surely didn't help. In fact, if they had just gone 12-12 instead they would have made the play-in with a game to spare. If The Cub's Nuggets can go 13-12, the Thunder should have been able to as well. Though unlike the former, the latter are actually moving in the right direction.
Player stats
League Leaders
Play-in tournament
Phoenix and Charlotte are through as the 7-seeds. Golden State will play New Orleans for the 8-seed in the West, and Brooklyn will play Washington in the East.
Golden State and Washington are through to the playoffs! Their reward is getting to play San Antonio and New York.
Playoff bracket
Injuries
Memphis Grizzlies
Washington Wizards
San Antonio Spurs
This should go well
1st seed actually... Don't really understand it as we seem to be getting weaker every season, at the same time it looks like I had an MVP season and that might explain it
With Murray out injured this could be a tougher match than it should be against a play-in team
With Murray out injured this could be a tougher match than it should be against a play-in team
I'm done hoping for a title. I'll just take not being embarrassed before reaching the finals. So far, we have to be one of the most underperforming super teams of the whole experiment.
True, but before you lot that used to be the Rockets, and they got their ring in the end.