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23/24 All Star Weekend - Part 2
23/24 All Star Weekend Part 2

@sebsheep @BenitoSTARR @P-Nut @hobbers @weetee @Dan @reelworld

3 Point Contest

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1st Round - 4 advance

Keegan Murray: 28
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Nobbers never does well in these, but he's always invited. I guess nobody dares tell him no.
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Very high level of shooting in the 1st Round! That means BenitwoSTARRLET is eliminated, the winner of the last 3 contests.
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26 is almost always enough to make it to the 2nd Round, but this time it's not! With three 27's, we have to have a tiebreak round to determine which two will advance.
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That means SebJr is out, and Lil-Nut and Dan II will move on!


2nd Round - 2 advance
Keegan Murray: 24
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It'll be Dan II versus reelworld II in the final round. That has only happened once before, with Dan II emerging the victor.

Final Round
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It's Dan II! With that he equals reelworld II's three wins, only trailing BenitoSTARR and Solius' 5, as well as BenitwoSTARRLET's 4.

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23/24 End of Regular Season
23/24 End of Regular Season

@BenitoSTARR @Dan @Dr. Dwayne @P-Nut @Salt Bailly @Skizzo @Solius @Stobzilla @The Cat @V.O. @altodevil @hobbers @oneniltothearsenal @reelworld @sebsheep @weetee @Heine

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Final Standings

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Play-in tournament

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sontodevil's Memphis and Lil-Nut's Miami are eliminated. Pepper Bailly's Milwaukee are in the playoffs, while Nobbers' Cleveland and BenitwoSTARRLET's New Orleans have to win one more game to make it.
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Cleveland are out, but New Orleans are going to the playoffs! Both were long shots, so getting one of them is pretty surprising.

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Playoff bracket

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8 Cafite matches, not sure how I'm going to sort that out. Damn you for being so competent and spread out.


Regular season stats

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Regular season league leaders

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I think I'll do a post where I show all the playoff teams, since there are so many of you involved this year.
 
You are doing an amazing job nimic!

2nd seed, quitr happy with that. I feel nothing is guaranteed this playoff, looking forward to it
 
This is our year. We need to win this year. Kudos to @nimicFor keeping this going so long.
 
I want my contract ripping up this season please @nimic
 
23/24 Playoff Preview
I'm used to being bigger favorite than this... Hopefully we can win this round, and then we should be better than Lakers/OKC in the next round. If that happens everything can happen

(I, and most likely all of us, need something positive after the Lpool match)
 
23/24 Playoffs - 1st Round (East)
23/24 Playoffs - 1st Round East

@oneniltothearsenal @reelworld @Sonius @Skizzo @Dan @Salt Bailly

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You guys couldn't make it simple for me, huh? All I needed was for all the games to become sweeps, and I could have fit everything into one update with just a couple of combined pictures here and there. But NooOOoo, instead you give me this nonsense.

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Both Cafite teams take the lead. It wasn't quite as comfortable a victory for the Pacers, but Sonius is carrying a slight injury. Two Nil with 31 points from 6 made shots (and also 6 assists, 6 turnovers and 6 fouls)


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Very solid performance by all the Cafites involved here. Skizzlet leads the Hawks to a comfortable series lead, while Pepper Bailly and the Bucks win by the smallest possible margin despite Dan II's 45-point performance.

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And we're all even, in both games! Two Nil with his least impressive triple double yet. Another game with 6 fouls (and thus fouled out), but it's no wonder they lost when 3 other starters also fouled out, and none from the Celtics. Sonius had a poor three point shooting game, but 23/25/5 is a pretty cool stat line. 112-113 is not as cool.


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Disaster! Skizzlet suffers a fractured foot, and the Bulls immediately capitalise by making it 1-1. It's also all even between the 76ers and the Bucks, which might make it clear why this update is actually two updates.

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Good performances by both reelworld II and Two Nil this time, but Boston still beat them by a very slim margin. In the other game, Sonius has a monstrous 37/15/2 performance to lead the Pacers to yet another close victory.


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The Skizzlet-less Hawks drop behind in the series, and Dan II's first bad 3P shooting performance lets the Bucks get ahead of the 76ers.

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When you give Onuralp Bitim 18 points, you're probably losing. That's no shade on him, I'm sure he was a fine player, but the Caf boys should be championship contenders! On the other hand, we're back to square one between the Pacers and the Wizards. The corpse of Kevin Durant is giving Sonius a run for his money.


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The Hawks bring it back to 2-2, that's surprising! The other game looks close to done, however, as Dan II has another poor shooting night and Pepper Bailly efficiently leads the Bucks to a commanding 3-1 lead.

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The Knicks aren't done quite yet! A very efficient 25/20/10 performance by Two Nil, and in only 34 minutes in the court at that! Mind you, the reason he didn't play more is that he got ejected - again - but you can't have everything. Luckily they have dependable reelwo- oh there he goes too.


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36-year old Kevin Durant with a 37 point performance, after wee Sonius played his heart out in vain.


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This is much closer than it should be, which just underscores how unfortunate it is that the Hawks lost Skizzlet.


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Dan II is back, and Pepper Bailly might as well not have showed up. This one isn't over.

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3-3! Both reelworld II and Two Nil with strong and efficient performances. The latter even avoided getting ejected, limiting himself to 5 out of 6 possible fouls (I'd put "points to head.jpeg" here, but I've reached my picture limit so feel free to mentally insert it).


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Screw you Kevin Durant, Sonius has had enough of you and your winning ways.


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Ah well, this was going to be very difficult for Atlanta without Skizzlet. Boston aren't weak either.


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Another 3-3 game! This time Pepper Bailly has a great game and Dan II has a comparatively middling one, but it came down to their respective teammates. We go to game 7!

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Our lads have completed the comeback! 31/17/11 and 25/4/13 are great scorelines.


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Another huge rebounding performance by Sonius, 24/26/5! 10 offensive rebounds is disgusting. This conference is a blood bath - I couldn't begin to tell you what's going to happen in the next round.


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The 76ers complete the comeback as well! It was a decent enough performance by Pepper Bailly, but when Dan II scores an efficient 40 you're probably not going to win.

That means we'll have the New York Knicks against the Indiana Pacers, and the Philadelphia 76ers against the Chicago Bulls in the 2nd Round.
 
I‘m a trainwreck here and didn‘t even play, great write up nimic
 
23/24 Playoffs - 1st Round (West)
23/24 Playoffs - 1st Round West

@BenitoSTARR @sebsheep @weetee @V.O. @Dr. Dwayne @Heine @oneniltothearsenal @reelworld @Solius @Dan

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The Jazz take game 1, but as the prohibitive favourite you would have expected them to do even better. The injury to Luka Doncic is a worrying sign, though they won without him. But maybe an opening for BenitwoSTARRLET's Pelicans? The other game went pretty much as expected, with Houston winning relatively comfortably.


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Easy win for the Spurs, and a great 27/8/17 game from Heine. The Thunder also take a solid win, Dr. Junior nearly dropping a 40-bomb.

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Bismack Biyombo is back for Utah, and it was sufficient to take a commanding 2-0 lead over New Orleans. SebJr's 35/15/3 performance managed to drag Sacramento right back into the series, on the other hand, despite good performances by both weeweetee and Lil' V.O..


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Heine has to go off with a minor injury, and the Mavericks capitalize immediately. Nobody on the Thunder has a good shooting game except for Dr. Junior, so the other series is also all evened up.

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Oh! This is not ideal for the Utah Jazz. That's their three best players all out injured - two of them in the same game, and both of them already playing with minor injuries (Nobbers can tell you how dangerous that is). BenitwoSTARRLET takes advantage and puts up a very efficient performance.


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Close, but the Rockets take the lead with a 43/10/10 triple double from weeweetee. SebJr is shooting well, but it's not quite enough.


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Crushing victory for the Thunder, with a super-efficient 24/6/8 (and no turnovers) from Dr. Junior.


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The Spurs strike back, with a great performance from Heine.

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This one is 2-2! The injuries might sink Utah, and the Pelicans won't have to be asked twice to take advantage.


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This is better from the Rockets. It's interesting that while we might literally be seeing the shallowest team vs the deepest team in the NBA, that seems to have equalized somewhat in the playoffs. You can have as many 55 rating players as you want, but if the other team has weeweetee and Lil' V.O., you need your own stars to compete. Mind you, the East should have taught us that 3-1 isn't a safe lead, so let's not conclude quite yet.


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Two 39-point performances from Oklahoma City, it's hard to compete with that. Though I'm not quite sure how the Lakers managed to lose with such an efficient performance.


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The Mavericks aren't done yet!

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The Pelicans have only gone and taken the lead. This is the 10-seed versus the 1-seed, don't forget.


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SebJr did his best, but the star power of the Rockets was just too damn high!


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Easy 4-1 series win by the Oklahoma City Thunder. It's a good sign that they can win so comfortably while Dr. Junior has an off night.


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The Spurs seem to win big and lose small, which I guess is ideal if you're going to both win and lose. This was truly a team effort from San Antonio.

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Incredible. Even with Biyombo and Doncic back, and with BenitwoSTARRLET having an extremely uncharacteristically bad shooting night, the Pelicans eliminate the Jazz. The offensive rebound difference is... mighty.


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The Champions are through! Heine wasn't exactly in the shadow of Nobbers and Sonius, but this is clearly his team. Of course, that means that if he has a bad game, all bets are off. This time he very much didn't.


The unfortunate injury to Skizzlet means we won't quite have a Cafite in every team, but we've got at least one in every series. I can't imagine Chicago going all the way, so we should have a Cafite champion this year as well. I think anyone here can win it. The biggest underdog is obviously BenitwoSTARRLET and her Pelicans, but nobody here is unbeatable. I thought Utah were favourites, but we saw what happened there. New York are the only remaining 60+ win team, so maybe this is their year?

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To see this thread bumped without a tag. Man. Does it hurt.
 
Some great individual playoff performances again, only to be hamstrung by this team.
 
nimic said:
Drafts from now on will solely be retired players, but I might take it one step further and manually move up some legends. Not all of the better players, but some.
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Make it I play with MJ please. I don‘t care what the others say - he‘s the goat.
 
23/24 Playoffs - 2nd Round
23/24 Playoffs - 2nd Round

@Heine @weetee @V.O. @Dan @Solius @BenitoSTARR @Dr. Dwayne @oneniltothearsenal @reelworld

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17 points is low for Dan II, but it was plenty enough for the 76ers. Actually, one point would have been enough, given their 17 point winning margin. The other game wasn't any closer, though it's not hard to see why the Pacers eventually won. Gilgeous-Alexander took 25 shots and scored 15 points, fewer than both reelworld II and Two Nil, and far fewer than Sonius on the other team.


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Easy win for the Rockets. No notes. Slightly less easy, but still easy, win for the Spurs. Dr. Junior really should be taking more shots, if the Thunder want to have any chance here.

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Still not the best shooting performance from Dan II, but still easily enough to beat the Bulls. Zion going 3-19 may have something to do with it. The Pacers also take a 2-0 lead against the Knicks, though this one was much closer than game 1. It shows the strength of the Pacers that Sonius, the mastermind of the 1-0 win, only scored 11 - and they still won!


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A pretty good game by BenitwoSTARRLET, but you're not winning when weeweetee scores 53 points, and goes 14 out of 20 from three. Finally, we've got four 2-0 series in the 2nd Round, as the Spurs take a pretty easy victory over the Thunder. Are we just going to get four sweeps, then?

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Another easy win, and Dan II's shooting is just getting better for every game now.


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3-0 to Indiana! Is this really going to be that easy? I thought they had a chance to win, certainly, but a sweep? It's not like the New York stars are playing that poorly either.



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The Rockets are cruising here, with two more good performances by their stars. On the other hand, Dr. Junior's poor shooting couldn't stop the Thunder from getting one back against the Spurs. That's promising.

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A decent game by Dan II, but the Bulls get their game. I wouldn't be worried.


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The Knicks get one back too!


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As do the Pelicans! There won't be any sweeps this round. BenitwoSTARRLET gets her triple double, but with blocks instead of rebounds. Absurd.


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Despite having the more efficient game and the highest scoring teammate, Heine is soundly beaten by Dr. Junior, and the series is even!

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Well, it wasn't a sweep, but the 76ers will take a 4-1 win over the Bulls. Philadelphia are showing a lot of depth these playoffs. Possible championship contenders?


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The Knicks aren't done yet! Sonius has a gigantic 34/18/8 game, but almost everyone on the Knicks has a pretty good game - and that's just about enough for a 2 point winning margin.


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The Houston Rockets take the 4-1 series win! The Pelicans shouldn't be too disappointed, however, given they finished 10th in the regular season, fighting their way through the play-in, beating the 1-seed, and taking a game off the best duo in the league.


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The Spurs stop the rot. 17, 18, 19, 25 and 26 points from your starters is a very good sign.

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It's 3-3! The Knicks have certainly not given up, and it's surely squeeky bum time in Indiana. reelworld II and Two Nil both played very well, though the latter got ejected again. We go to game 7!


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Ah, well! The Thunder fought hard, but in the end the West still goes through San Antonio. Heine is finally let off the shooting leash, and it was just about good enough to secure the close-ish win. Dr. Junior played a good game, and a good series.

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The reverse sweep is averted, and the Pacers will move on to the Conference Finals! Heartbreak for the Knicks, who lose star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to a fractured tooth just 43 seconds into the game. They still get reasonably close, but you have to imagine it would even closer with Gilgeous-Alexander - as long as he didn't have one of his 5-25 shooting nights, at least. Still, injuries are a part of the game. Just ask odds favourites Utah Jazz, if you can find them way back in the 1st Round.


Well it's confirmed, a Cafite is definitely winning the league. Two of them have won before (Heine and Sonius), while weeweetee, Lil' V.O. and Dan II would be first-timers. It's impossible to predict what's going to happen here. Houston have the star power advantage, but they also have the least depth, so those might cancel each other out.

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20/20 FT quota is <3

Let‘s show Heine who‘s boss @V.O. !
 
How crazy do you want me to have the drafts in the next few years? If I put too many legends in, that could get in the way of some legacies. Some of them are bound to get really good. I guess @P-Nut has the youngest player. How many legends do you want to play with/against? :lol:
 
Leave it balanced until we all die out, then ramp up the craziness
 
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Leave it balanced until we all die out, then ramp up the craziness
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Probably too much effort for me to do that when there aren't any Caf players in anymore, since I have to manually move these players around the drafts. Though I can definitely see myself doing a quick "next 50/100 years" update thing.

I guess in a sense having some legends every draft class is the Caf Player Experience (TM). Sonius, weeweetee, Heine and Dr. Junior were all the same draft, along with Towns, Porzingis, Russell, Jokic. They also had loads of established Cafites to challenge. We really supercharged the average rating for top players with you lot. Poor normies didn't stand a chance (except Kevin Durant and some few others).
 
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Probably too much effort for me to do that when there aren't any Caf players in anymore, since I have to manually move these players around the drafts. Though I can definitely see myself doing a quick "next 50/100 years" update thing.

I guess in a sense having some legends every draft class is the Caf Player Experience (TM). Sonius, weeweetee, Heine and Dr. Junior were all the same draft, along with Towns, Porzingis, Russell, Jokic. They also had loads of established Cafites to challenge. We really supercharged the average rating for top players with you lot. Poor normies didn't stand a chance (except Kevin Durant and some few others).
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Fair enough. I'd also vote for making a player called methodevil who is 99 everything but only plays one season on the worst team.
 
nimic said:
How crazy do you want me to have the drafts in the next few years? If I put too many legends in, that could get in the way of some legacies. Some of them are bound to get really good. I guess @P-Nut has the youngest player. How many legends do you want to play with/against? :lol:
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Feel free to go nuts. Put them all in 1 draft class for me, especially if you're not carrying on after I retire
 
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