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Ah man, I hope I'm not the main culprit for those position change rules. I know I've made a few queries about that but nothing since mid last season. And most of my queries were based on my own depth chart listing out of position people above in position people making me wonder. Mine were less about gaming the system for contract purposes and more about getting playing time for players (or to cover for outgoing trades)

So we can play people out of position if we want to by adjusting the depth chart right? We just can't officially change them or know what their rating would be in that position unless we use our 1 true position change for the season?

And what about rookies coming into the team? I assume if we want to change them out of their drafted position, it counts as our one change for the year right? Would make sense, just want to make sure as a few times I had planned to draft a rookie with the full intent of immediately changing his position

EDIT: Also I assume that means we can only position change someone if we have excess at the position then? Unless we immediately sign a replacement? Since we can't position swap a second person to cover the hole

That is fucking hilarious. Best thing I have read all day. Like seriously, only the Browns man.

I don't understand that Benjamin trade at all unless there's behind the scenes problems we don't know about

Oh whoops lol, thought I had until tonight. No biggy as wasn't going to do anything major anyway.

Like has been said, Orlando for sure will cool off. Last night was kind of an example of what to expect where they had all the hustle still but buckets just weren't dropping. It's actually amazing that game was as close as it was late on because the gap should have been way bigger. Kemba Walker single handedly won that game for them though, he was immense

Orlando were predicted 34 wins at season start, I'd be happy with anything above that. If we can make .500 I'd be ecstatic

That rogue weapon is really good too in dual class arena. Obsidian shard or something, I regularly got it out for 0

davidponte posted...

I guess he was never made great again.

Mr every day off

Like I get why it's a discussion and why it has a real chance of happening but I would hate it if both Georgia and Alabama made it (or any 2 teams that meet in a conference title game) . Largely because to me at that point the conference title game is a play in game. It's already on neutral ground so it's not like the loser can say well we lost a close one but were on the road

Notre Dame could really play spoiler if they win out. I don't think they should be top 4 right now but if they win out they have a solid case since everyone around/above them will knock each other out.

I don't think the committee tries to be cute this early. They know a lot will play itself out and by tossing Notre Dame into top 4 now they potentially back themselves into a corner if say Wisconsin goes unbeaten and Clemson win out plus Alabama/Georgia is close

Because ball is still moving when his foot hit end zone so not a catch. After that he is on top of the defensive back (i.e. not down) and by the time he gets down on the ground again he no longer has the ball.

How do you establish possession midair? He doesn't have possession when he touches the ground.

kevwaffles posted...

It wasn't even a tie. The receiver clearly had hands on the ball first.

How do you establish possession midair? He had the ball in the air, he landed on the defensive back and didn't hit the ground. Defensive back strips it before he touches ground.

Also called interception on field, not enough from videos to overturn. At best you go with call on the field in that scenario

I mean we won anyway but I still feel the same. The refs were horrendous largely because they were inconsistent. They didn't call it the same both ways

The refs have screwed us so bad in this game. They have gifted Penn State 14 points whilst then not calling more egregious shit in the same scenario for us. We haven't helped ourselves but this should be a 1 point game at worst,right now not 14. Possibly even us up 1 possession

61-34 at half time. What even is this

Well they are actually hustling on D which has something we never did before. I don't have stats to hand but I am sure that every defensive stat is up and I'd guess blocks and steals by a lot

Not being hapless at scoring is definitely a huge factor though. Gordon, Fournier and Vucevic all playing way better than in recent years.

Our off-season incoming were Isaac, Simmons, Mack, Affalo, Speights, Payne, Birch, Iwundu. But only first 3 are seeing playing time. The starting 5 is the same as last year (well Payton is injured)

We're up by 25 now (54-29)

At some point I expect to wake up and discover that none of this season has actually happened because I cannot believe this is essentially the same Magic team I have watched play trash for the last few years

Like this is what I expected out of these players a few years back when I was full of hope. But that kinda disappeared after watching them underperform for so long

EDIT: We're 19 up on the Spurs at the start of the second which is why I mention it

I mean it's not the same scenario but the reason I like it to a monster 1 year deal is because for 2 reasons really.

1. You theoretically save a lot of money because the deal is backloaded. You offered something like 7 years / 77m but what you're actually paying is probably 4 years / 38m or 5 years / 50m. Whereas if you just offered 4 years or 5 years, you likely have to pay more.

2. A lot of the money is 'fake' money in that it's never getting paid. You're essentially offering 25-37m in imaginary money. Which is a huge bonus over someone offering a normal length contract. I'm going to assume that if someone offered 4 years / 38m and someone offered 7 years / 77m, he's picking the second contract despite them both theoretically paying the same assuming a retirement at 38

So yeah it's not the same thing as a monster 1 year deal but I view it in similarly because of the advantages it gives you

Like I said, I actually have no problem with it because you are going to be overpaying for a player who is presumably going to decline and you have no way out of the deal given his annual bonus so it's a fair deal really. And I also don't actually care about a rule being implemented, I just like commenting on things really.

I wouldn't have said anything if nobody else mentioned it. I also did the exact same thing to my own players when resigning them so can hardly complain.

Just to be clear I don't actually care that much, only gave my 2 cents as someone else brought it up

1 out of 3. One of them even took less money (but longer deal) and other was AI so god knows what they offered. Bleh, well they were going to be back-ups/future starters after retirements so not a huge deal, might be why they opted against signing for me.

The 7 year deal thing is kinda borderline really. Offering an old guy 7 years should be viewed in the same light as offering someone a monster 1 year deal (something we are not allowed to do) imo. That being said, that contract is astronomical and he's going to be paying 10-11m a year for a 37-38 year old who may have dropped to low 90s or worse at that point when other teams are paying like 5m for guys in the lower 90s. So he's going to pay for it eventually which is why I'm ok with it.

Would be hard to implement a rule for it as you'd have to do ages based on positions since they retire at different times. Like maybe you can't sign anyone to a contract that puts them beyond 38 on expiry? And lower for skill positions that retire sooner? 35 or so? Once they hit that age you can only offer 1-2 year deals or something?

But that's hypocritical of me anyway when I have 36-37 year olds on my roster with 4 year deals (granted I wasn't competing against anyone for their contracts)

This year he has been good from the 3 yeah, previously he just never shot from there. Small sample size but he's looking good

transience posted...

https://twitter.com/NBA_Math/status/922119517085474816

this is cute.

hey, those who have been watching Orlando this year - is Vucevic for real? by the numbers he's probably #2 for MVP behind Giannis. Orlando's been winning too. crazy!

Vucevic has always been solid and it frustrates the hell out of me that our fans lay into him when he's putting up close to 20 a game. Like I don't care if his defense isn't great when he has consistently been our best scorer for the last 3-4 years

Genuinely do not understand how anyone who has watched the games can have USF above UCF. Not likely to matter year end but annoys me nonetheless

I dunno, him kicking people in the nuts and generally being dirty is hilarious

+650

Man, sometimes being a blind homer (and drunk) pays off. Or might. I have $100 on Magic to beat Cleveland straight up tonight because someone goaded me into it

I assume you only have to disclose the class not the type of deck? Like why would you disclose more than that?

Need to look at my collection. Not sure what 3 decks I can muster in current format.

2 part trade because we can't trade future picks yet maybe? Only thing I can think of

Tanking works. Trust in the process!

Was impressed by what I saw from the Magic last night. For the first time in a long time they seemed to actually put a shift in instead of so many players half assing it. Not sure Fournier will consistently be that guy getting points at the death though, I've seen it before and he's very hot/cold, last night he just happened to be hot.

I'd imagine Simmons will force his way into the starting line up over the year and Isaac will get more minutes but we looked better than I expected, people actually defended. I think I remember it saying we had 7 blocks by the 3rd or something, that's unheard of for us. 0 minutes for Hezonja is telling, looking like such a bust pick. Wasn't impressed with it at the time, certainly not now either

That's the first opening game we have won since 2012 too.

Yeah in hindsight I should not have taken Griffin at all. I can't remember who was on the board at the time but I think I felt pressured into it by board state and was hoping he'd be like like an 82 or at least 81, I was super disappointed he was same rating as Gant. Especially as Gant was taken a year earlier yet is still a year younger, really wish he didn't miss an entire year on IR.

I'd far rather have Rocky Hands on the roster plus an extra high round pick and only one of Gant or Griffin. The contracts alone are a pain in the ass.

Jesus Christ, I use the ignore feature for the first time ever like a week ago and it's pointless as A. Apparently I didn't get all the alts, B. People still quote the shit anyway and C. People argue with him so I still have don't escape the shit.

He might do better with Grossman! Guy he is replacing had a similar rating and was posting like 1000 ish yards and quite a number of TDs a year. Granted he was like the only WR on the team with zero back up

Jamario Thomas has been a beast for me, pretty sure he's missed games and still racked up heavy yards. He isn't someone I'd have taken via draft myself too as I don't take RBs high. Although maybe as in my first season I had no idea the value of positions in the draft.

Laurinaitis has worked out really well for me too. Seems I do well drafting MLBs as the 3 I've taken have all jumped up a lot in rating since drafting them. Both Tufts and McClain have leaped up a lot and have produced too. Although nobody has matched what Vrabel did for me in his final season!

These are awesome reads, especially for those of us who don't know the full draft history.

Both got my pick right but I actually run 3-4 so wasn't worried about grabbing a DT high. I had told KCF to just take best available DT, OLB, DE or G.

Feels like last few years there hasn't been a position where I could draft someone and start them immediately. Always drafting someone as a future replacement or if injuries occur

Guns aren't really the problem but I still don't understand why anyone actually needs a gun in the first place.

Remember last year an AI team took a 1st-2nd round guy (FS irc) as like pick 2 or 3 or something and then he ended up being something ridiculous like high 80s. So might not factor into it too much, granted the AI probably cheats

I left home at 18 and never went back. I think anything past early 20s is little weird depending on circumstances/culture

The thing is you play a deck that has long games. Long games are more prone to minor misplays and are also more prone to RNG effects showing up making you feel like that is why you lost even if a misplay you made 5-10 turns earlier actually impacted the result just as much.

Conversely I just threw together a deck and won 5 in a row in my first sitting since the last patch. I won all 5 with the only RNG effect I used being adapt a friendly minion.

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VeryInsane posted...

UltimaterializerX posted...

https://clips.twitch.tv/StupidHappyLampPeteZarollTie

Not a skill game, never will be a skill game.

And yet you needed me to take your account to get it to Legend

Hm...

You have more free time than me. Can't make legend playing like 5 hours a week

No way do you only play 5 hours a week with the amount of whining you do in here.

Also pretty sure you could get to Legend playing 5 hours a week since I'm sure people make Legend on Day 1 of rankings.

I don't think I would ever enter a league where I couldn't be present for my draft. Like I know how a lot of people let it autodraft due to schedule, etc. It would just be a deal breaker for me

Emeraldegg posted...

I believe you just have to be under the cap space by the start of preseason? Not 100% sure though

This is right. And I assume if you don't sort your shit out, the game autocuts people in the same way it autosigns needs that aren't filled

Trying to work out everything I gave up this year and what I got in return. I think something like:

Gave up
1st Round Pick (#25)
2nd Round Pick (#25)
3rd Round Pick (#25)
4th Round Pick (#25)
5th Round Pick (#25)
CB Ricky Manning (80 - 32yo)
WR Jordy Nelson (80 - 24yo)
WR Demiko Goodman (82 - 27yo)
DT Marlon Favorite (85 - 28yo)

Gained
1st Round Pick (#31)
2nd Round Pick (#12)
3rd Round Pick (#10)
4th Round Pick (#12)
WR Robert Meachem (90 - 30yo)
WR Deion Branch (89 - 34yo)

Technically I gave up Lutui too but as I also gained him same season, that kinda cancels itself out.

I think I made out ok other than the fact I have left myself open to be ravaged by retirements next year. I could potentially lose the following I think?

WR Deion Branch (89 - 34yo)
OLB Lavarr Arrington (90 - 35yo)
DE Raheem Brock (89 - 35yo)
C Brad Meester (95 - 36yo)
G Zach Piller (90 - 37yo)
G Mike Goff (90 - 37yo)
SS Jermaine Phillips (90 - 34yo)
P Ben Graham (87 - 39yo)

Better hope I make a deep run this year lol

Yeah my feelings of it being weak weren't because of the lack of Evil Morty (who it became obvious would not appear once it showed the president), it was that it just lacked the oomph you expect of season finale and there were quite a few episodes this season that were better.

It just didn't feel like a finale at all. Ricklantis or Morty's Mind Blowers would have been better finales. Morty's Mind Blowers in particular could have easily been modified to be the finale either by having something impactful being erased or showing a mind blower with consequences as the last one. Hell, you could have even linked Mind Blowers to the Ricklantis events at a stretch by having all those events on a vial.

Like I dunno, it wasn't a bad episode last night. I just wanted more from a finale, it just didn't feel like one and I half wonder if they changed plans as there had been rumors of a longer season this year. I wonder if we will get a surprise episode like episode 1 in the future (maybe at Xmas from what post credits said?). They are really good at referencing something and then sticking to it like they did with the April 1st episode. They even did it in this episode (the South Park Minecraft episode was Oct 2 2013, so almost 4 years to the day like Rick said). Probably clutching at straws though

That seemed like a really weak episode given it was a season finale.

Haven't seen the promos but I assumed from the description on my TV guide it was an Evil Morty episode? It mentions tangling with the president