Post by SPL on Nov 17, 2016 8:58:38 GMT -6
Getting back into the interviews again, had to start with the person that deserves it, here he is... The Logo
I know you have been in this league for a long time, do you remember how that came to be and how you got brought into this?
- Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this website, a new basketball simulation league, conceived by Matt Prehm, and dedicated to the greatness that is the NBA.
But really way back in the year 2010 or so I think, TMB user Mops started a thread on TMB about starting a basketball simulation league and I signed up because it seemed better than going to class at the time. After multiple exits, some of them being forceful, and other being on my own, I am still here standing.
A huge congratulations on your back to back championships, I think this is 3 or 4 for you now. Is this most satisfying or was it one of your previous?
- It is now #4x4 actually. And I wouldnt say any of these are satisfying, its more a sigh of relief to not waste #dump3036. I would say my most satisfying was my first one with Clyde back in the day when I took down one of the other dynasties in the league, the Houston Rockets.
I mean to be quite honest it has gotten a little bit boring. I am ready to see how I recover after Franchise goes to the retirement home
You do a lot for this league with keeping track of the league currency (dump bucks) and the casino. Is this something you enjoy doing and how much of a time commitment is this for you?
- I love doing the casino. A little bit less for the bank. At most it takes me like 30-45 minutes, the longer being in the preseason when everyone is doing upgrades or during the draft when dump bucks are being traded with no regards for human life. As long as people keep tagging me in the trade OPs or when they do upgrades, it is a well oiled machine.
You have been in this league for a long time and you have seen a ton of GMs come and go, can you give me your top 5 and bot 5 gms and reasons why they are on the list?
Top 5:
1. Soup
2. 20x4
3. Ward2Dunn
4. Poetic
5. Ohhaithur
Pretty much the Mount Rushmore of TMBSL GMs
Bottom 5:
5. Duc15
4. Clutch
3. Devine
2. RW
1. harryg
really 1-4 could be interchanged and I wouldn't disagree. Duc gets put on this list because he was the least successful GM for how fucking long he actually did it.
Let's talk about something outside of sim league, your basketball challenge that you owned. We are now a bit removed from when that happened, share some thoughts on how that came down and your feelings after it was over.
- It was just pure euphoria tbqh. I was pretty confident on the layup part, but once I BANKED in that free throw a massive rush of adrenaline just hit me like a truck. Then I was setting up for a 3 pointer when I was showered with DP. I got the ball back after it slipped from my hands, lined up my shot again, and drained the 3 pointer nothing but net. At that point, my body just went into shock.
What is the best sporting event that you have ever attended and tell us a little about it.
As everyone knows, I am not too fond of going to sporting events. But my favorite event had to be seeing the Mavs RAISE THAT BANNER! The actual game sucked dick but it was the second time that one of my teams won a professional championship and the Mavs are my #1 pro team so it was special to finally see Dirk, Kidd, Terry, and Marion all get those rings.
Everyone has that 1 person that gets under their skin. Who is that one GM that you would like to banish to an island never to be heard from again and why them?
- The only person that actually got under my skin in TMBSL was ex-GM ohhaithur, but we kissed and made up when we met each other a month or so ago when Gravy ditched him to stay in his Tarrant County bubble.
I have my friendly rivalries with Petey and Heebs. I like to egg on Eric and the way he misreads the software #XMan. I've learned not to take anything seriously that is said on here because most if not all of you are good guys.
Who is your all time favorite athlete and why?
1. DIRK - well obviously
2. Von Miller - Gig 'em
Can you give me your all time starting 5 in sim league?
C: Andrew Bynum 2.0
PF: Dejuan Blair 4.0
SF: Myles Turner 4.0
SG: Jimmy Jackson 2.0/4.0
PG: Reggie Miller 2.0
If you could make one change in sim league, what change would that be and why?
- I have no qualms with what Commissioner 20/20/20/20 is doing with the league and I hope he continues on with what he is doing
What is your drink of choice?
- Dr. Pepper obviously
We have the Holiday season coming up, If you could remake some of those movies (charlie browns, bad santa, rudolph the red nose, home alone etc....) what roles would you insert some of the current and past members of the sim league?
- Bad Santa with Odin playing the santa giving out busts to all of the lotto teams while he was commissioner.
Handsome Pete as Charlie Brown, Dumptime as Lucy, Eastern Conference Championship as the football
Santa Clause: 20s lb Turkey as Tim Allen's character and Soup falls off of his roof and dies and he has to take over as commissioner
Any shout outs or last words that you would like to make?
I would like to thank Commissioner 20x4 for giving me this grand opportunity. I would like to thank my good buddy Soup for creating Steve Francis and Jimmy Jackson, without you none of this is possible. I would like to thank Fason for getting the rule to pass that Bird can't play SG, it fits perfectly on my team. I would like to thank Handsome Pete for always giving me proper motivation to get me back into this league, without you none of this is possible. I would like to thank Heebs for his unbridled optimism. Without you having that it wouldn't be any fun to see your hopes and dreams crushed every season. I would like to thank Eric for all the little things he does to help the commissioner out even though he is misguided when it comes to the software and what stats make up a good player. And to everyone else, thank you so much for having me, its been a blast and Happy Holidays!
