Post by Funky George! on Aug 21, 2008 21:15:16 GMT -5
1. After complaints about laziness in his trade block, a lack of posting and failure to return PMs, is it time to cut the cord on Donatello?
I like Donatello, but unfortunately I do think he should be let go. He's really not a good fit in BBS' ultra-competitive nature. So yeah, I think it's time for a new GM in New Orleans.
2. Nobody has been fired from the Contract Year, though it's safe to say multiple guys have done very shitty jobs throughout their stint in this league. Change the rule to make it stricter and present your case here.
I think it should be changed to make it so that in order for you to survive you have to go at least .500 and make the playoffs. It's not too much stricter, but I don't think it needs to be stricter honestly.
3. Is Outlawz in the middle of turning his team into a contender, or with shitty TCs from his draft picks and an inability to get any interest in Rip, has this been his first big failure in BBS?
He's going to turn it into a contender, I have no doubt. You can always count on Outlawz building great teams.
4. Do the Lakers really have enough offense to be do any damage in the playoffs?
Absolutely. They're a very dangerous team.
5. Who had the best offseason? Who had the worst?
No one really had a great offseason, and that's really a first as far as I can remember, but I'll say Outlawz. He acquired the best player in the league, re-signed Ivan who now looks sick, signed Rip, and also had a solid draft. I think Cleveland had the worst offseason, because James is in his contract year and the team is basically the same as it was last year when they were a lottery team.
6. Would you have fired Lumley?
Yes. Nice guy, bad GM.
7. Who is the most impossible GM to trade with?
Dave. He's a good GM, but he tremendously overvalues some of his players and is way too pushy in trade talks.
8. Which team will win BBS this year?
Portland. Dan's built a heck of a team, and I think they're going to be extremely tough to beat in a 7 game series.
9. This offseason, Mark shopped the package of Elton Brand and Baron Davis for just one top prospects. Baron Davis and Elton Brand are two absolute superstars in the primes of their careers. Both have arguable the best set of ratings of any player at their respective positions if you forget the names Tony Parker and Gilbert Arenas. For some of examples of the ridiculousness of the trade market, Allstar wouldn't deal Mark Patrick Patter for Brand. He couldn't land Demar Derozan; he couldn't land Al-Farouq Aminu; he couldn't get Andrew Bynum. God forbid he ask about a guy like Chris Paul, who, gasp, has worse handles than Baron and isn't two superstars. He's just one. But he's six years younger than both these guys so his value is apparently 10x theirs combined. Objectivity aside, this is an indictiment of how pathetically warped some GMs are when it comes to what it takes to be a good GM. So, how severely do teams around the league overrate youth? If you disagree, well, you better fucking write an essay. And please, name names.
Very much so. We all want our players to be as young as possible, but some GM's are just ridiculous in the way they undervalue great veteran players and overvalue young players. I mean, take a look at Kevin Garnett or Vince Carter or Antawn Jamison for example, these guys are all 33 or older and yet are still some of the most productive players in the league. I think it's a league-wide thing more then certain GM's, but I think there are a few GM's who stand out - Allstar & Donatello for example are two who severely overvalue youth. I've done it myself in the past too, I think we all have, but it's getting to a point where it's just ludicrous. I had TMac & Hinrich available for a young stud, and the best I got offered was Devin Ebanks. Look at the best GM's - they're not afraid to make risky moves and go with an older group of players, and that's why they're the best, because they don't let the whole "youth" obsession cloud their judgment, and instead make smart, objective moves to make their teams better.
10. Now, name some more names. Pick five GMs and tell them why they're doing a terrible job.
AllStar - I've been saying this for over a year. He's just not at all a good GM. He doesn't know how to build good teams, and he always blames other people or outside aspects like FBB for his teams' failures. But, when he fails in every league with every team he builds, I think it's more then the game not going his way, it's him.
Donatello - He needs to hurry up and make some trades or he's gone. He's just too patient and conservative for this league.
DJ - Stop being so damn stingy and do something. Of all the GM's in the league, he's done the absolute least since the beginning. He's just gotten insanely lucky in the lottery.
Kris - He's a great guy, but he overvalues his players and never makes enough trades to make his team a contender, he just seems to sit on his teams.
Jah - He's not a bad GM, he's just annoying as fuck to trade with because he refuses to give up anything to get something. He's the only GM I've ever seen who 12+ years into a sim still had 2 players from his first-year roster STILL on his team. He's way too complacent and he just never makes trades to improve his team, he sits on his players for years.
11. Washington sits in the 45+ win range in a depleted East. He has two elite talents and lots of good chips but hasn't kept an active block to add a piece. What does JAH need to do to put his team over the top?
He needs to make some trades and take some chances and stop being so damn complacent. See my above answer.
12. What's the future for the Detroit Pistons? At this point, should Reilly keep squeezing the most he can out of his vets and turning deals for whichever impact player he can get, or is it time for Reilly's first rebuild in pretty much 40 BBS seasons?
Reilly needs to try and squeeze out 40 wins this year, and then deal off his guys for whatever he can get this off-season, and then start over.
13. Whatever you want to talk about. Shoot. Go. Do it.
Maniac, you suck. A lot.
I like Donatello, but unfortunately I do think he should be let go. He's really not a good fit in BBS' ultra-competitive nature. So yeah, I think it's time for a new GM in New Orleans.
2. Nobody has been fired from the Contract Year, though it's safe to say multiple guys have done very shitty jobs throughout their stint in this league. Change the rule to make it stricter and present your case here.
I think it should be changed to make it so that in order for you to survive you have to go at least .500 and make the playoffs. It's not too much stricter, but I don't think it needs to be stricter honestly.
3. Is Outlawz in the middle of turning his team into a contender, or with shitty TCs from his draft picks and an inability to get any interest in Rip, has this been his first big failure in BBS?
He's going to turn it into a contender, I have no doubt. You can always count on Outlawz building great teams.
4. Do the Lakers really have enough offense to be do any damage in the playoffs?
Absolutely. They're a very dangerous team.
5. Who had the best offseason? Who had the worst?
No one really had a great offseason, and that's really a first as far as I can remember, but I'll say Outlawz. He acquired the best player in the league, re-signed Ivan who now looks sick, signed Rip, and also had a solid draft. I think Cleveland had the worst offseason, because James is in his contract year and the team is basically the same as it was last year when they were a lottery team.
6. Would you have fired Lumley?
Yes. Nice guy, bad GM.
7. Who is the most impossible GM to trade with?
Dave. He's a good GM, but he tremendously overvalues some of his players and is way too pushy in trade talks.
8. Which team will win BBS this year?
Portland. Dan's built a heck of a team, and I think they're going to be extremely tough to beat in a 7 game series.
9. This offseason, Mark shopped the package of Elton Brand and Baron Davis for just one top prospects. Baron Davis and Elton Brand are two absolute superstars in the primes of their careers. Both have arguable the best set of ratings of any player at their respective positions if you forget the names Tony Parker and Gilbert Arenas. For some of examples of the ridiculousness of the trade market, Allstar wouldn't deal Mark Patrick Patter for Brand. He couldn't land Demar Derozan; he couldn't land Al-Farouq Aminu; he couldn't get Andrew Bynum. God forbid he ask about a guy like Chris Paul, who, gasp, has worse handles than Baron and isn't two superstars. He's just one. But he's six years younger than both these guys so his value is apparently 10x theirs combined. Objectivity aside, this is an indictiment of how pathetically warped some GMs are when it comes to what it takes to be a good GM. So, how severely do teams around the league overrate youth? If you disagree, well, you better fucking write an essay. And please, name names.
Very much so. We all want our players to be as young as possible, but some GM's are just ridiculous in the way they undervalue great veteran players and overvalue young players. I mean, take a look at Kevin Garnett or Vince Carter or Antawn Jamison for example, these guys are all 33 or older and yet are still some of the most productive players in the league. I think it's a league-wide thing more then certain GM's, but I think there are a few GM's who stand out - Allstar & Donatello for example are two who severely overvalue youth. I've done it myself in the past too, I think we all have, but it's getting to a point where it's just ludicrous. I had TMac & Hinrich available for a young stud, and the best I got offered was Devin Ebanks. Look at the best GM's - they're not afraid to make risky moves and go with an older group of players, and that's why they're the best, because they don't let the whole "youth" obsession cloud their judgment, and instead make smart, objective moves to make their teams better.
10. Now, name some more names. Pick five GMs and tell them why they're doing a terrible job.
AllStar - I've been saying this for over a year. He's just not at all a good GM. He doesn't know how to build good teams, and he always blames other people or outside aspects like FBB for his teams' failures. But, when he fails in every league with every team he builds, I think it's more then the game not going his way, it's him.
Donatello - He needs to hurry up and make some trades or he's gone. He's just too patient and conservative for this league.
DJ - Stop being so damn stingy and do something. Of all the GM's in the league, he's done the absolute least since the beginning. He's just gotten insanely lucky in the lottery.
Kris - He's a great guy, but he overvalues his players and never makes enough trades to make his team a contender, he just seems to sit on his teams.
Jah - He's not a bad GM, he's just annoying as fuck to trade with because he refuses to give up anything to get something. He's the only GM I've ever seen who 12+ years into a sim still had 2 players from his first-year roster STILL on his team. He's way too complacent and he just never makes trades to improve his team, he sits on his players for years.
11. Washington sits in the 45+ win range in a depleted East. He has two elite talents and lots of good chips but hasn't kept an active block to add a piece. What does JAH need to do to put his team over the top?
He needs to make some trades and take some chances and stop being so damn complacent. See my above answer.
12. What's the future for the Detroit Pistons? At this point, should Reilly keep squeezing the most he can out of his vets and turning deals for whichever impact player he can get, or is it time for Reilly's first rebuild in pretty much 40 BBS seasons?
Reilly needs to try and squeeze out 40 wins this year, and then deal off his guys for whatever he can get this off-season, and then start over.
13. Whatever you want to talk about. Shoot. Go. Do it.
Maniac, you suck. A lot.
