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10/11 Trade Deadline Update

No Cafite trades, surprisingly!

@hobbers (BOS)
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@Solius (MEM)
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@Samid (CHA)
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Next up: All Star Update (I might skip the trade deadline update next time, since there's so few games between them).
Amazing consistency across my players
 
Why the feck have the Grizzlies fallen apart so badly?
 
I just want 1 successful season :lol:
 
10/11 All Star Weekend
2011 All Star Weekend

Quick standings update. As I said, next season I'll drop the previous update and just combine them into this one. But here's a few games of progress (or regress..ion?)

Observations:
  • @Skizzo and the Pacers are finding some form and solidifying their playoff chances.
  • @sebsheep and the Heat aren't quite there yet, but 6-3 is a good start.
  • 4-5 isn't great for @Dr. Dwayne and the Jazz, given they are only wins ahead of the Clippers just outside of the playoff spots.
  • The surprisingly bad Kings (@oneniltothearsenal and @P-Nut) are looking to improve, while the surprisingly bad Grizzlies (@Solius) are still surprisingly bad.
  • Both conferences seem rather top heavy, with three or four pretty good teams and a whole bunch of meh. On the plus side, that means anything could happen. Well, almost anything. I don't think @Samid or @reelworld are making the playoffs.

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All Star Weekend

Dunk Contest - Kevin Durant ain't shit

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3 Point Contest - fewer Cafites than for a while, partly due to injuries. 5x winner @BenitoSTARR is in, as is 3x winner @Solius and perennial participants @Samid and @P-Nut. Solius hasn't won since he had this third in a row in 2004. 3x Caf-destroyer Kyle Korver is also here.

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1st Round - 4 advance

Martell Wester: 25
Kyle Korver: 22
Kirk Hinrich: 26
J.R. Bremer: 28

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The reigning 3-Point Champion is out just like that! 21 is the worst BenitoSTARR has shot in one of those, by some margin.
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Better from Samid, 26 might be enough to go through.
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P-Nut needs Solius to shoot 25 or lower.
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27! We've only got two Cafites in the 2nd Round (Samid and Solius - the SS boys), which is great news for me (fewer screenshots). Unless someone starts shooting identically and takes us into tiebreak rounds. Don't you fecking dare Solius, I will end you.


2nd Round - 2 advance

Kirk Hinrich: 19
J.R. Bremer: 24
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Solius is easily through!
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Samid too! It's an All-Caf final round.

Final Round

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Samid did well to get to the final round, but it's the return of 3P-Solius!

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All Star Game

West - @P-Nut returns as West captain, his 5th time in a row. @Solius, @Dr. Dwayne and @altodevil also return.

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East - @BenitoSTARR loses the East captaincy to bonafide superstar Kevin Durant. @hobbers makes his 11th appearance and @Samid his 6th, while @Salt Bailly continues his veteran arc by making his 2nd all star team in a row. We've also got a (sort of) newcomer: The Cub (@The Cat). @V.O. misses out on injury.

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The East wins! 2nd time in a row, and the 5th time in 6 years.
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10/11 End of Season and Playoff Bracket
10/11 End of Season and Playoff Bracket

Final Conference Standings


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Western Conference - another strong season from @altodevil and the Lakers. @Dr. Dwayne makes his 5th playoffs, and his first with Utah - though their poor form in the last third of the season almost put them out. Conversely, the decent form of the Kings makes sure that the new duo of @oneniltothearsenal and @P-Nut make the playoffs with one win to spare! Half the playoff teams from the West have a below 50% win record.

At the bottom of the conference we have two youngsters, @Stobzilla at the Hornets and @reelworld on the Nuggets. Both had almost decent records to end the end the season. reelworld II in particular might take heart from actually having a winning record in the last 25 games of the season. @Solius also has one with the surprisingly bad Memphis Grizzlies, though it was not quite good enough for a playoff spot. Incredibly only three wins off, though.

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Eastern Conference - what drama! @Salt Bailly's Toronto Raptors end the season with a very good 15-10 record, and winning their last two games was enough to put them even on wins with two teams who didn't make the playoffs, the Cavs and @BenitoSTARR's Knicks - pulling ahead on tiebreakers. Right ahead of them we have @sebsheep who also had a good end to the season, and right ahead of that @Skizzo, who kinda didn't - but still had enough of a buffer to make it in 6th.

The two Cafite final hopes in the East are definitely @V.O. with the Nets and @hobbers with the Celtics. Both will probably have to beat a strong Washington Wizards to get there, though, and hobbers will have to do it in the 2nd Round. At the bottom we have the unsurprisingly bad Charlotte Bobcats, though @Samid did help them nearly double their wins with a 7-17 end. @weetee's Hawks aren't quite that bad, but still pretty bad. @Dan and @The Cat were only two games from 39 wins, and coincidentally lost their last two games.

Regular Season League Leaders

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Playoff Bracket


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Injuries - only starting 5:
Kevin Durant (Washington): 3 games
Channing Frye (Washington): 3 games
Chris Bosh (Toronto): 8 games
Zoran Planinic (Philadelphia): 1 game
Anfernee Hardaway (Miami): 13 games
Jared Dudley (Indiana): 7 games
Nick Fazekas (Indiana): 4 games

Oh and...
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(Indiana)
 
Bugger. Well we'll see what the Grizzlies do next season.
 
Six teams in the playoffs with losing/tied records, including half the teams in the West. That's got to be some kind of record? :lol:
 
Six teams in the playoffs with losing/tied records, including half the teams in the West. That's got to be some kind of record? :lol:

Yep!

Including ties:

2010 - 2 (San Antonio, Golden State)
2009 - 5 (Cleveland, Minnesota, Clippers, Portland, Indiana)
2008 - 2 (Denver, Memphis)
2007 - 2 (New Orleans, Seattle)
2006 - 5 (Clippers, San Antonio, Sacramento, Seattle, Boston)
2005 - 2 (Boston, Charlotte)
2004 - 5 (New York, Golden State, Memphis, Sacramento, Houston)
2003 - 4 (Boston, Clippers, San Antonio, Golden State
2002 - 3 (Washington, Toronto, Miami)
2001 - 0
2000 - 2 (Milwaukee, San Antonio)
1999 - 2 (Atlanta, Houston)
1998 - 2 (Indiana, Memphis)
1997 - 4 (Boston, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Portland)
1996 - 5 (Boston, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Golden State, Dallas)
 
If only me and Solius would have had 1 season together rather than just missing out on the meet up.

Surprised to make the play offs so suppose this has been a good season.
 
If next season Denver can land either Kawhi or Kyrie then hopefully that would be enough for playoff!
Next draft is pretty bad though beside those two