Post by Heebs on Jul 20, 2017 14:01:46 GMT -6
Good afternoon and welcome to the first ever 3050 RT. We hope that you enjoy!
What is your favorite article of the last 5 seasons or so? Why?
Delap: I’m generally a big fan of JHB’s Sim 1 overreactions, but Fason’s Official Random Rankings have the most talking points and generally on-point analysis of anything else that is done.
Eric: TRL Power Hour. I also really like how the active top ten Win Shares article came together.
TimPig: I’ve only just finished my third season, so I’m picking from a slightly smaller sample size, though I did go back and read some older articles as well. I guess it’s not really one article, but I enjoy the Random Rankings Fason does and Sim 1 Overreactions. Special shoutout to BK for his “How to get 5k for an article” article as well.
Heebs: I’m gonna go with Pod Save the Sim League ™, aka the TimPig/Fecta/Rachel pod. Great chemistry, good content. Hope they keep it up and invite special guests. The league is a better place when we have regular pods. Shoutout to Fason’s random stuff articles and eric’s data dumps.
What team is on the threshold of greatness that needs to make one trade to get over the hump? Why? What would that trade be?
SPL: Suns are obviously a team to look at, all they need is a defensive big, that team is already scary as is but I feel they just need a big that will not take away shots. He has plenty of cap room and I am sure he has some contracts he can pick up and there has to be a trade out there he can make. Pistons would be a team I would look at that I think could really be something good. I think if they went out and obtained Ridnour from Seattle that could be a trade that would make that team legit. It would almost be like the other 76ers teams with the core of Havlicek, Ridnour and Bosh along with Mitch Richmond. This team would not be as good defensivly as those 76er teams but it will be able to put up the points. I am not saying that Phil Ford 2.0 is not good, I just think he needs another difference maker and that is a spot that would make most sense to me.
For the suns, the defensive bigs are not as available as they once were. I am sure there is something out there.
For the Pistons, I am looking and not sure how they could match the salary
Looking at what they have, I would say it would have to be something along the lines of expirings, draft picks for Ridnour. He could possibly keep Ford and let him back up Ridnour and make that a very deep team.
Delap: PHX just needs a 3rd big and a 3rd wing and they will be scary good. They could land either of them in FA, so whichever they don’t, they need to go after via trade. The other option is my own Braves… if we could upgrade at the PG spot, things would be fantastic. PHX needs to find a way to turn SVI into 2 quality players, maybe SVI for Eddie Griffin/Danny Granger or something like that.
Eric: Your New York Knickerbockers. We need some more shooting. We're looking for white people. Just regular white people. And you can't get more regular than Kyle Elliot "I love fiber" Korver.
TimPig: At this point, I don’t know how the Raptors aren’t already over the hump, so I’ll go with Portland. They made the Finals last year and have a solid PG and a couple of good looking wings in Howard and Bentil. The bigs need work, but I know Majic has been actively working on that. We’ll see what assets he’s working with after the Jaylen Brown trade. For a trade they should make, how about not four firsts for Jaylen Brown.
Heebs: The Pacers need to make a move to package prospects for an elite shooting guard. Coop, Dozier, or Wilkes could get there eventually, but it will be after Ewing is retired. With Lue in the middle of his prime and Niko entering his prime, the window is now for the Pacers.
What team is on the doorstep of irrelevance that needs to blow it up and start over? Why?
Heebs: Definitely the Jazz. Poor Lebron. Poor 2Poor. He’s had some shitty FA luck to never be able to pair Lebron with anything close to a competent team.
TimPig: I’d say the Knicks, but Eric is smarter than me and I’m sure he knows what he’s doing. Other than that, the Kings need to trade LeBron. He’s 27 and in his prime and could net an insane number of assets. With him in the lineup, you’re not going to lose enough games to get a top pick.
Eric: Philadelphia Sonics. League scuttlebutt has it on good authority that the temperature around the water cooler is decidedly burned rice, according to innumerable sources familiar with the situation. It's one thing to troll other GMs by pretending to shop your players, but these men aren't just ones and zeroes on one of those green text CRT computer monitors from the 1980s. They're human beings, they have names, and they're STILL REAL TO ME, JANET!
Delap: The Pacers core is really old, and they already have a ton of depth… they should look at moving Ewing and Lue for younger pieces in order to continue their winning ways for years to come.
SPL: Twolves are a team that you have to look at, they need to move on. I expect the spurs to now take a step back and that is something they should consider. I also think the heat are a team to look at. They are a Reggie Theus retirement away from being a team with no answer at the PG position. With him being 35, not sure how much longer he can keep up this performance.
A lot of you told me Doug Remer was not a good prospect. On a scale from 1-10, with 10 being the highest and only 9 and 10 being available for you to choose, how dumb are you?
SPL: Sorry bud, still don't like him. He could end up being good like Coop but he could also be complete dogshit. The sample size is just not there for me to want to obtain him for something you were looking to obtain. [Editor’s Note: 10].
Delap: I was not involved in telling you that, but I didn’t think the BASEketball guys would pan out. I was wrong, I guess. We’ll see how they look with extended minutes once you take my advice above.
Eric: You know what I am not familiar with that name. I know a lot of names and I have a lot of names in my head, but I am not familiar with that name.
TimPig: I don’t recall saying Doug Remer is not a good prospect. So…9?
Heebs: His profile was a cut/paste of Coop’s with strike through of “Coop” and inclusion of “Remer” whenever the player was named. 20s confirmed he was built exactly like Coop. I spent a season trying to trade him and got embarrassing levels of interest. I offered him for like 3 or 4 straight picks in this draft until Duc had the sense to say “hell yes.” Put some points in him Duc and laugh all the way to the bank.
Fason's name is supposed to be pronounced Fasin. I guess this isn't a question. Discuss.
TimPig: I pronounce it “Face-on”. It rhymes with “Lace” and “pawn”. I used to think former Gators and Vikings running back Ciatrick Fason pronounced it that way, but apparently he did pronounce it "Face-in". My bad.
Eric: A man's name is his name. He cannot have another name in his life. How may he live without his name? He has given us his soul, leave him his name. His mama named him Faisin, I'mma call him his name: Faisin.
Delap: I always assumed he was named after Donald Faison and just spelled it wrong. I’m pretty sure he’s a huge fan of Clueless and Scrubs.
SPL: I always viewed his name as (fay-son). Not sure to be honest
Heebs: I guess the “o” is silent and the “i” is implied. What the fuck. It makes no sense.
What are your thoughts on veggie dogs?
SPL: Eaten by metro-sexuals on the west coast. Seriously, who the fuck goes to a bar and orders veggies? Do they drink with their pinky pointed up as well? Sorry but if I am eating a dog, I am going down to Maxwell street where we have hookers and crack runners. I am getting a maxwell street with grilled onions and mustard and I am going to be able to live with myself.
Delap: I guess hippies have to eat something. That isn’t a life choice I’m willing to make, though.
Eric: Name the main brain McClane's blame game. Look, I'll have veggiemeat when it's meant to substitute for sausage. hot dog : sausage :: Taco Bell : Mexican, and You Can't Beat the Bell (c) (tm). Taco Bell, the official fast food of the New York Knicks. And that's why I don't eat shrimp. Namaste.
TimPig: They shouldn’t be able to be called “dogs”. I feel that term should be reserved for meat.
Heebs: I’ve actually never had one. From time to time I eat black bean veggie burgers. Those are legit. Usually I make them cheese veggie burgers and cover them in mayo so I’ve effectively overwhelmed the healthy proteins with animal fats and cholesterol. Everything in moderation, right?
hat do you think is a fair number of picks to buyout Kyle Korver and why?
TimPig: If Eric had to give up his next 6 second rounders, it’d really handcuff him in making future trades. But for real…maybe two or three firsts? I’m curious to see what Eric can do with him.
Eric: Negative six lottos. You give me six lottos and maybe, *maybe* I'll let you buy out my close personal friend Kyle. And I've already cornered the market on Knicks seconds so don't even try it.
Delap: Would none be an answer? Kyle Korver is going to have a monster year in New York. He finally has a GM that will play him as a starter and a scoring option. I’m in on the Korver train.
SPL: Not a big fan of Maxver, I know that 20s has a high opinion of him but I just think he is a good player. Maybe if he was on a better contract. In regards to your question, it depends if I had the cap space and what my team was doing. If my team was tanking and I had the cap space, 1-2 firsts would do it.
Heebs: What kind of picks are we talking? Firsts? Lottos? Who is asking these ambiguous ass questions. This is a waste of my fucking time. I’m outta here.
Kyle Korver is traded straight up for Jaylen Brown. Who won the deal?
SPL: I am not a big fan of Korver and I do like Brown, I think Brown is slightly over-paid but he will at least rebound and can play the SG position. I like Brown for Portland.
Delap: The Braves, because they got 6 picks instead of having either of them tied up for long-term money. I’d rather have Brown, I guess, but that’s only because of salary. Korver is the better player.
Eric: The team that actually had enough cap space to take on the player. (If everyone doesn't make this crack I don't even know what's going on with sim league anymore.)
TimPig: Whoever got Jaylen Brown.
Heebs: People with cap space in FA. What a couple of atrocious contracts.
There are talks of having the 5.0 creation draft live. Where should it be and why?
TimPig: Vegas. It’s cheap to get to, plenty of places we could actually have the draft, beautiful weather and women, lots of other things to do that would keep us busy. New York would be fun as well, but I fear that’d be too expensive. (We could also see a Vegas Golden Knights hockey game
)
Eric: Density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (as proposed by Ester Kriegel Sander and Xu) should reveal those lat-long pairs representing core points for a certain estimate of our league's parameters. Everyone else can take a bus for a certain value of bus.
Delap: Dallas or Vegas… because those are likely the only places I would travel to.
SPL: I would be good with Vegas, but selfishly I would prefer something in Chicago. Vegas has a ton of stuff to do and I think that could take away from us even doing the 5.0 draft. I could see this being an uter clusterfuck where we go to vegas for the weekend and accomplish nothing but drink libations, gamble and see some tits and ass. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I just think that it would take away from what are trying to do.
Heebs: I’m good with whatever gets the people there. Vegas could be a shit show, but I think we need to be somewhere with distractions. We’re not going to draft for 2 days straight. Hopefully with us all centrally located we’ll get the draft done in a few hours, leave 20s in the room with some uppers to set up the file, and go have fun.
If we had a live creation draft, which GM will be the first person with a penis on his forehead in permanent marker? Who drew it?
SPL: I will go with BK having the penis on his forhead and I am going to go with JHB that drew the penis. Now, there is a real possiblity that JHB just outlines Devine's penis on BK's forehad.
Delap: I would expect at least one GM to show up with a penis drawn on his forehead… probably JHB… just because he’s a wildcard and wants to keep people on their toes.
Eric: We're too old for this stuff. Also, I'm getting my own room.
TimPig: Billy King will be the first person with a penis on his head in permanent marker. It will have been drawn by Billy King.
Heebs: Eric. I’ll draw it.
What is your favorite mafia moment and why?
Everyone, in unison: Billy King posting his role PM and the subsequent meltdown/defense.
What is your favorite article of the last 5 seasons or so? Why?
Delap: I’m generally a big fan of JHB’s Sim 1 overreactions, but Fason’s Official Random Rankings have the most talking points and generally on-point analysis of anything else that is done.
Eric: TRL Power Hour. I also really like how the active top ten Win Shares article came together.
TimPig: I’ve only just finished my third season, so I’m picking from a slightly smaller sample size, though I did go back and read some older articles as well. I guess it’s not really one article, but I enjoy the Random Rankings Fason does and Sim 1 Overreactions. Special shoutout to BK for his “How to get 5k for an article” article as well.
Heebs: I’m gonna go with Pod Save the Sim League ™, aka the TimPig/Fecta/Rachel pod. Great chemistry, good content. Hope they keep it up and invite special guests. The league is a better place when we have regular pods. Shoutout to Fason’s random stuff articles and eric’s data dumps.
What team is on the threshold of greatness that needs to make one trade to get over the hump? Why? What would that trade be?
SPL: Suns are obviously a team to look at, all they need is a defensive big, that team is already scary as is but I feel they just need a big that will not take away shots. He has plenty of cap room and I am sure he has some contracts he can pick up and there has to be a trade out there he can make. Pistons would be a team I would look at that I think could really be something good. I think if they went out and obtained Ridnour from Seattle that could be a trade that would make that team legit. It would almost be like the other 76ers teams with the core of Havlicek, Ridnour and Bosh along with Mitch Richmond. This team would not be as good defensivly as those 76er teams but it will be able to put up the points. I am not saying that Phil Ford 2.0 is not good, I just think he needs another difference maker and that is a spot that would make most sense to me.
For the suns, the defensive bigs are not as available as they once were. I am sure there is something out there.
For the Pistons, I am looking and not sure how they could match the salary
Looking at what they have, I would say it would have to be something along the lines of expirings, draft picks for Ridnour. He could possibly keep Ford and let him back up Ridnour and make that a very deep team.
Delap: PHX just needs a 3rd big and a 3rd wing and they will be scary good. They could land either of them in FA, so whichever they don’t, they need to go after via trade. The other option is my own Braves… if we could upgrade at the PG spot, things would be fantastic. PHX needs to find a way to turn SVI into 2 quality players, maybe SVI for Eddie Griffin/Danny Granger or something like that.
Eric: Your New York Knickerbockers. We need some more shooting. We're looking for white people. Just regular white people. And you can't get more regular than Kyle Elliot "I love fiber" Korver.
TimPig: At this point, I don’t know how the Raptors aren’t already over the hump, so I’ll go with Portland. They made the Finals last year and have a solid PG and a couple of good looking wings in Howard and Bentil. The bigs need work, but I know Majic has been actively working on that. We’ll see what assets he’s working with after the Jaylen Brown trade. For a trade they should make, how about not four firsts for Jaylen Brown.
Heebs: The Pacers need to make a move to package prospects for an elite shooting guard. Coop, Dozier, or Wilkes could get there eventually, but it will be after Ewing is retired. With Lue in the middle of his prime and Niko entering his prime, the window is now for the Pacers.
What team is on the doorstep of irrelevance that needs to blow it up and start over? Why?
Heebs: Definitely the Jazz. Poor Lebron. Poor 2Poor. He’s had some shitty FA luck to never be able to pair Lebron with anything close to a competent team.
TimPig: I’d say the Knicks, but Eric is smarter than me and I’m sure he knows what he’s doing. Other than that, the Kings need to trade LeBron. He’s 27 and in his prime and could net an insane number of assets. With him in the lineup, you’re not going to lose enough games to get a top pick.
Eric: Philadelphia Sonics. League scuttlebutt has it on good authority that the temperature around the water cooler is decidedly burned rice, according to innumerable sources familiar with the situation. It's one thing to troll other GMs by pretending to shop your players, but these men aren't just ones and zeroes on one of those green text CRT computer monitors from the 1980s. They're human beings, they have names, and they're STILL REAL TO ME, JANET!
Delap: The Pacers core is really old, and they already have a ton of depth… they should look at moving Ewing and Lue for younger pieces in order to continue their winning ways for years to come.
SPL: Twolves are a team that you have to look at, they need to move on. I expect the spurs to now take a step back and that is something they should consider. I also think the heat are a team to look at. They are a Reggie Theus retirement away from being a team with no answer at the PG position. With him being 35, not sure how much longer he can keep up this performance.
A lot of you told me Doug Remer was not a good prospect. On a scale from 1-10, with 10 being the highest and only 9 and 10 being available for you to choose, how dumb are you?
SPL: Sorry bud, still don't like him. He could end up being good like Coop but he could also be complete dogshit. The sample size is just not there for me to want to obtain him for something you were looking to obtain. [Editor’s Note: 10].
Delap: I was not involved in telling you that, but I didn’t think the BASEketball guys would pan out. I was wrong, I guess. We’ll see how they look with extended minutes once you take my advice above.
Eric: You know what I am not familiar with that name. I know a lot of names and I have a lot of names in my head, but I am not familiar with that name.
TimPig: I don’t recall saying Doug Remer is not a good prospect. So…9?
Heebs: His profile was a cut/paste of Coop’s with strike through of “Coop” and inclusion of “Remer” whenever the player was named. 20s confirmed he was built exactly like Coop. I spent a season trying to trade him and got embarrassing levels of interest. I offered him for like 3 or 4 straight picks in this draft until Duc had the sense to say “hell yes.” Put some points in him Duc and laugh all the way to the bank.
Fason's name is supposed to be pronounced Fasin. I guess this isn't a question. Discuss.
TimPig: I pronounce it “Face-on”. It rhymes with “Lace” and “pawn”. I used to think former Gators and Vikings running back Ciatrick Fason pronounced it that way, but apparently he did pronounce it "Face-in". My bad.
Eric: A man's name is his name. He cannot have another name in his life. How may he live without his name? He has given us his soul, leave him his name. His mama named him Faisin, I'mma call him his name: Faisin.
Delap: I always assumed he was named after Donald Faison and just spelled it wrong. I’m pretty sure he’s a huge fan of Clueless and Scrubs.
SPL: I always viewed his name as (fay-son). Not sure to be honest
Heebs: I guess the “o” is silent and the “i” is implied. What the fuck. It makes no sense.
What are your thoughts on veggie dogs?
SPL: Eaten by metro-sexuals on the west coast. Seriously, who the fuck goes to a bar and orders veggies? Do they drink with their pinky pointed up as well? Sorry but if I am eating a dog, I am going down to Maxwell street where we have hookers and crack runners. I am getting a maxwell street with grilled onions and mustard and I am going to be able to live with myself.
Delap: I guess hippies have to eat something. That isn’t a life choice I’m willing to make, though.
Eric: Name the main brain McClane's blame game. Look, I'll have veggiemeat when it's meant to substitute for sausage. hot dog : sausage :: Taco Bell : Mexican, and You Can't Beat the Bell (c) (tm). Taco Bell, the official fast food of the New York Knicks. And that's why I don't eat shrimp. Namaste.
TimPig: They shouldn’t be able to be called “dogs”. I feel that term should be reserved for meat.
Heebs: I’ve actually never had one. From time to time I eat black bean veggie burgers. Those are legit. Usually I make them cheese veggie burgers and cover them in mayo so I’ve effectively overwhelmed the healthy proteins with animal fats and cholesterol. Everything in moderation, right?
hat do you think is a fair number of picks to buyout Kyle Korver and why?
TimPig: If Eric had to give up his next 6 second rounders, it’d really handcuff him in making future trades. But for real…maybe two or three firsts? I’m curious to see what Eric can do with him.
Eric: Negative six lottos. You give me six lottos and maybe, *maybe* I'll let you buy out my close personal friend Kyle. And I've already cornered the market on Knicks seconds so don't even try it.
Delap: Would none be an answer? Kyle Korver is going to have a monster year in New York. He finally has a GM that will play him as a starter and a scoring option. I’m in on the Korver train.
SPL: Not a big fan of Maxver, I know that 20s has a high opinion of him but I just think he is a good player. Maybe if he was on a better contract. In regards to your question, it depends if I had the cap space and what my team was doing. If my team was tanking and I had the cap space, 1-2 firsts would do it.
Heebs: What kind of picks are we talking? Firsts? Lottos? Who is asking these ambiguous ass questions. This is a waste of my fucking time. I’m outta here.
Kyle Korver is traded straight up for Jaylen Brown. Who won the deal?
SPL: I am not a big fan of Korver and I do like Brown, I think Brown is slightly over-paid but he will at least rebound and can play the SG position. I like Brown for Portland.
Delap: The Braves, because they got 6 picks instead of having either of them tied up for long-term money. I’d rather have Brown, I guess, but that’s only because of salary. Korver is the better player.
Eric: The team that actually had enough cap space to take on the player. (If everyone doesn't make this crack I don't even know what's going on with sim league anymore.)
TimPig: Whoever got Jaylen Brown.
Heebs: People with cap space in FA. What a couple of atrocious contracts.
There are talks of having the 5.0 creation draft live. Where should it be and why?
TimPig: Vegas. It’s cheap to get to, plenty of places we could actually have the draft, beautiful weather and women, lots of other things to do that would keep us busy. New York would be fun as well, but I fear that’d be too expensive. (We could also see a Vegas Golden Knights hockey game
)Eric: Density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (as proposed by Ester Kriegel Sander and Xu) should reveal those lat-long pairs representing core points for a certain estimate of our league's parameters. Everyone else can take a bus for a certain value of bus.
Delap: Dallas or Vegas… because those are likely the only places I would travel to.
SPL: I would be good with Vegas, but selfishly I would prefer something in Chicago. Vegas has a ton of stuff to do and I think that could take away from us even doing the 5.0 draft. I could see this being an uter clusterfuck where we go to vegas for the weekend and accomplish nothing but drink libations, gamble and see some tits and ass. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I just think that it would take away from what are trying to do.
Heebs: I’m good with whatever gets the people there. Vegas could be a shit show, but I think we need to be somewhere with distractions. We’re not going to draft for 2 days straight. Hopefully with us all centrally located we’ll get the draft done in a few hours, leave 20s in the room with some uppers to set up the file, and go have fun.
If we had a live creation draft, which GM will be the first person with a penis on his forehead in permanent marker? Who drew it?
SPL: I will go with BK having the penis on his forhead and I am going to go with JHB that drew the penis. Now, there is a real possiblity that JHB just outlines Devine's penis on BK's forehad.
Delap: I would expect at least one GM to show up with a penis drawn on his forehead… probably JHB… just because he’s a wildcard and wants to keep people on their toes.
Eric: We're too old for this stuff. Also, I'm getting my own room.
TimPig: Billy King will be the first person with a penis on his head in permanent marker. It will have been drawn by Billy King.
Heebs: Eric. I’ll draw it.
What is your favorite mafia moment and why?
Everyone, in unison: Billy King posting his role PM and the subsequent meltdown/defense.
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