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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] LOL he is the worst! Nah Andrew is fine. He is not the best GM but he is not the worst. His activity is good for the league and hasn’t done a horrible job with his team… yet. LOL I hate Andrew on the boards so this is a lose lose situation.

Play: Fiction.[/b] Andrew is the worst GM in the league by far. He brings nothing to the league. We could hire a better GM that has the same amount of activity. I really hated that Deron trade for him. Thad is a potential FA and can leave the Rockets this upcoming off-season. Those suns first round picks are 5 to 6 years away, the Rockets need assets to help them with their rebuild NOW.Skillz got a much better deal for Roy.

Broph: Fiction.[/b] His activity is solid, but, he really isn’t active on the trade market unless he has to be. He posts sure, but, overall as a gm he kinda, well no, really blows. Not to mention how many times has he been fired for activity? No guarantees he stays this active. Passing up on good deals to take a friends shitty one is awful too….dunno how you can think Monta and Henry and picks is worse than Thaddeus and picks.

Insane: Fact.[/b] In my opinion, Andrew hasn't done a horrible job at all with his team. Couple this with the fact that he is one of the most active GM's in the league lately, I don't see why he would be fired. I think with some people, this might be a case of bandwagoning onto one of Spencer's opinions. Spencer's been wrong for constantly attacking Andrew for his activity when Andrew is one of the most active GM's. He may not make many league related posts, but so what? His team sucks, is he supposed to talk about how his team gets raped every sim?

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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] They have the same team coming back but a lot teams got a lot better. I think they can probably make it to the finals but I think they would fall short against the team that comes out of the west.

Play: Fact.[/b] I can’t see anyone beating the Nets. They are loaded once again. Melo is a top 3 SF, Paul is the 2 time reigning MVP, and Noah is a top 5 PF in the league. The only weakness the Nets have is depth but Paul, Noah and Anthony have only missed a combined 5 games throughout their careers so far.

Broph: Fiction.[/b] The Suns have so much firepower following the Deron raping, and they are solid defensively all around as well. Aldridge is sick so far, Deron is unbelievable as always, McCants is great, outside the turnovers, Leon Smith provides good play off the bench, Iggy, Redick….that team is so stacked. The Nets have Paul, yes, and Melo, and Noah, but Pierce provides a weakness. Scola is solid, no doubt, and if moved into the lineup should provide a big boost to the D, but the depth is still ehh.

Insane: Fiction.[/b] Don't take this as hating, but I don't see the Nets making it out of the East. I think that they dodged a bullet in not having to square off with the Bucks in the playoffs last season. If they were to meet, that Bucks frontcourt, combined with the Demar Derozan/Dwayne Wade wing tandem would be too much for the Nets. This is not even taking into account the number of Western teams improving and becoming contenders. The Suns are looking like the favorites so far with a good balance of firepower and defense, but don't sleep on Denver, Toronto or San Antonio either, these teams all have what it takes to go deep into the post season..

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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] I think the Nets are definitely but after that it gets a bit shaky. The suns have a sick outside team now with jj mcants and deron with solid big up front. I like the team we have been able to put together with Eddy Bosh and Marv and the Bucks are still very good but I think the Wolves are right there as well. Roy and monta is sick with Brand up top. I would probably have the Wolves and Suns from the west and Nets and Bucks from the east to make it even.

Play: Fiction.[/b] The Nets are the team to beat in the league. Suns are right behind the Nets, I loved what Mark did this offseason. One of the best off-seasons, ive seen in BBS. I like the Bucks but I feel they have a weakness at the Small Forward position. I would place Miami as the 4th best team in the league. Heatflash has made several good moves this past season and off-season. I love how his team is currently setup.

Broph: Fact.[/b] Honestly, I do think the Nets Suns and Bucks are in the top 4, but, I am not sure about the Nuggets, however, Curry/Andersen/Bosh/Marvin is sick, and, probably top 4. On the other hand, they will need to upgrade over Lawson at PG, but, that shouldn’t be too hard, as Lawson is a solid prospect, and he has futures. The Nets and Suns are tops in their conferences in all reality, and I think putting the Bucks and Nuggets 2nd in each. Each team is loaded.

Insane: Fiction.[/b] I agree with the Nets, Bucks, and Suns, in no particular order, however I do not think the Nuggets are part of that group. If I had to choose, I'd probably pick San Antonio or Toronto to be part of the top four teams in the league. San Antonio still has a nice group of veterans that can win a lot of games, and play well when it matters. In Toronto, Iverson's still ballin out, so they will be in the mix come postseason. Toronto has a really solid starting five, and DJ always seems to get the most out of his players with his depth charts.

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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] The nets are the defending champs and they didn’t lose anyone. The heat have a nice team assembled and they will be much better but I just don’t think they have enough fire power to really challenge the Nets for the crown.

Play: Fiction.[/b] New Jersey will runaway with the Atlantic. Miami has a great team right now but I can’t see any team taking the Division crown from the Nets.

Broph: Fiction.[/b] The Nets just have too much firepower to be beat out in the Atlantic. While Nelson, Gordon, Smith, Woods, and Al Jefferson are all good players, really none of them is a first option scorer, with Woods falling off last season, and turnovers between Gordon Nelson Smith and Woods are definitely a big problem. Meanwhile, in New Jersey, the defending champs should have things rolling from the start. The Heat will need to move for a true star most likely if they want to compete for the Atlantic title.

Insane: Fiction.[/b] While I love the team that HeatFlash has put together, I don't think they're quite ready to unseat the Nets. The Heat have a lot of depth and young talent, but they don't really have that superstar that can up the level of the whole team, and the Nets have two players who can do that. If HeatFlash tries to consolidate his talent, Miami will definitely become a problem in the future. For example, sending RodriGue packing along with Eric Gordon and some 1sts could probably net him any superstar veteran guard that becomes available in the near future. On the other hand, HF may just want to sit on the team and wait for Gordon to become the superstar that he needs, because he eventually will be that.

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Nanz: Fact.[/b] Yeah I think it’s very good for the league. I think everyone was tired of having big small forwards taking over the position and dominating it by scoring, rebounding and shutting down the more traditional pg’s. So yeah I think the rule is good for the league as long as Spence keeps taking it case by case, and that should be easier once we start making fake players.

Play: Fact.[/b] I love it. Best rule ever! The value of point guards rose significantly(except Deron Williams)since the rule was put in place. I hated having every SF/SG with pretty decent handles playing point guard. It’s a big flaw in FBB and I’m glad Spencer started to control it.

Broph: Fact.[/b] Easily good, as it helps increase the value of true PG's around the league, players who really weren't PG's but could play PG, like a Redd, or a Adam Morrison, filled up a spot on a team that a real PG could have been playing. Now the league can have players that can pass well at the wing but can't play PG, making for more versatile player sets. Also, it prevents the high handling low passing Wing at PG FBB problem from being exploited.

Insane: Fact.[/b] Great rule, I was tired of people playing small forwards with good handles as point guards and having them dominate my traditional point guard in every way. Which also fucked up the trade market because real point guards didn't have near the value that they should have had. Now that this rule is in place, the league will be a much better place with no Adam Morrisons or Boris Diaws running point.

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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] LOL damn Andrew getting it hard just how he likes it lol. He is not the worst gm here by far! There are other GM’s here who have done a worse job than him thus far. I think everyone went nuts on his deron trade because it was pretty bad but at least he did get Thad…. Even though he should have just kept deron for the time being.

Play: Fact.[/b] See Deron Williams trade. I also hate how Andrew tries to talk down to new gm's...There no reason for a garbage GM to talk shit to anyone.

Broph: Fact.[/b] He hasn't done anything significant to his team in his first few seasons....then he goes and deals a top 3 player in the league for an expiring player on a Rookie Contract and a couple picks. Yes, Thaddeus Young is very good, but, he is nowhere near Deron level, and why risk losing him this offseason. Monta+Henry and picks was a nice offer, and I would bet if he didnt like Henry, he could have gotten Henry switched for someone else. Maybe in hind sight Henry isnt great but the deal took place before TC, and Monta is still arguably better than Thadds, and he is locked up. On the other hand, maybe I should call Fiction, and claim mops as the worst….he is pretty damned bad too, but a GM who has been fired 3 times should take the title.

Insane: Fiction.[/b] There are worse GM's for sure and I will refrain from naming names. I disliked the Deron deal for him mainly because Thad's expiring and Monta Ellis is way better, but if Thad stays, it's not that bad at all. Not the best value he could've gotten, but Thad is going to be an elite scoring SF that also plays great D. On the whole, Andrew hasn't done a good job, but he hasn't done that bad of a job either. Definitely not bad enough to warrant being called the worst GM. He was fired mainly for inactivity those other times, so I don't think that can be used as an excuse to call him the worst GM when he is one of the most active GM's in BBS right now

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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] I really wanna say he is not but damn those ratings aren’t what I thought they would be. B A scoring is awesome but we all thought he has going to be a lot better. He is scoring 23 a game and he is a good player but thus far he is not the franchise player we all thought he was going to be. He is still young and has B potential but the time is ticking. He is not a bust because he is still young and a good player.

Play: Fiction.[/b] I wouldn’t say KD is a bust but he hasn’t lived up to the high expectations yet. Durant is a great scorer and thats where it stops for him.

Broph: Fact.[/b] Durant was supposed to be a franchise changing player, but all he has turned into is a nice scorer. He doesn’t play defense well, steals and blocks are ehh, isn’t insane or anything at taking care of the ball, isn’t an amazing scorer. He is just good, and when a player is supposed to be franchise changing, good just doesn’t cut it. Now of course there is still time to improve, and obviously he will receive max offers this offseason, but at this point he is a bust.

Insane: Fact.[/b] Yessir, Broph was fortunate to get what he did for Durant. Durant only does one thing well right now, and hasn't come close to being the player everyone thought he would be. I think part of the problem is that Spence made him so one-dimensional, starting him at C defense. Which is a pet peeve for me because Spencer said it's to keep players from becoming too good. Going off on a tangent here but what's the point of making someone like Russell Westbrook who's one of the best defenders in real life, and giving him C defense so he doesn't become too studly? Weak.

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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] Lebron is a beast and he is one of the leagues best player but I don’t know if I would say THE best. You have Deron doing 30+ at pg with a good assist to turnover ratio. You also have kobe putting up crazy numbers still at his age. I guess at this point I would go with Deron.

Play: Fiction.[/b] Deron Williams is the best player in BBS hands down. If BBS started a creation draft right now and I ended up with the first pick, I’m taking Deron.

Broph: Fact.[/b] Not to take anything away from Deron Williams, or Kobe Bryant, but Bron is insane, he can do everything, and suddenly he is taking care of the ball. 3.2 steals, 1.7 blocks 1.3 turnovers, 32.5 points 11 .2 boards and 4.5 assists…wow. A A scoring is also pretty much amazing. Deron is the best PG in the league, but he doesn’t provide th steals and blocks, and while Kobe is nice, he is getting up in age, and isn’t the same passer that Bron is, or scorer I would bet.

Insane: Fiction.[/b] Deron Williams is the best player in the league. Deron's doing 31/6/12 and LeBron's doing 31/11/5, but Deron's percentages are much better across the board. In a game where an elite point guard can dominate the league much more so than any other position, I'll say Deron is the best player for that reason.

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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] I think the West has better 1-8 teams right now.the 76ers tore it down and the bulls have as well to some degree. The west right now is a much tougher conference with the wolves getting better suns nuggets clipper. It should be a tough year.

Play: Fact.[/b] The East will always be better than the West. It’s not close. Especially when you have guys like Andrew, Insane, Traves, and Jah managing teams out West.

Broph: Fiction.[/b] I decided on this question, then of course players continued to shift to the West. The top tier of the West is so much deeper than the top tier in the East.
The East top tier is the Nets, Bucks, then maybe the Heat and Raptors, but in the West, Phoenix, San Antonio, Denver, New Orleans all are obvious top tier, and the Grizz, Warriors and Clippers make up the second tier. Hell, Minnesota is off to a slow start, but they could probably fit in the upper tier. In the West I count 10 teams trying to compete, meanwhile the West has only maybe 9. (Mops may not know how to compete, so Im not counting him). The West is just overall stronger.

Insane: Fiction.[/b] The West has always been better. Nets are the best team in the East but they just got handled by the Suns who came into the Nets building without Al Horford and won comfortably. Overall, the West just has more tougher teams that are competing for a playoff spot, and better elite teams as well. Out East, you have shitty ass teams like the Bulls just taking up space and wasting air.

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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] Melo is a better player. Dwight has sick ratings for a big but the numbers don’t back it up. Melo made the clippers sick before he got injured and lost to the thunder and melo just won a ring with the Nets. Melo has avg’d more than 30 ppg every single year after his rookie season…that is nuts.

Play: Fact.[/b] Dwight can score, rebound, pass, and block shots...He can do it all. I hate Carmelo’s defense.

Broph: Fiction.[/b] Before seeing the first sim I may well have answered Fact, but, Dwights turnovers are so bad, and Melo is putting up insane numbers at 38 and 11. Not to mention Melo and the Nets just beat Dwight and the Grizz in 7 in the finals. Dwight is a sick Center no doubt, but, right now his turnovers hurt him. Dwight is an excellent passer, scorer and defense and rebounding big though.

Insane: Fact.[/b] After 7 seasons of having faith in him, Dwight has finally become the player I thought he could be when I drafted him back then. 27 PPG, 14 RPG, 5 APG, 1 SPG, 3 BPG. I can live with the turnovers when he dishes out that many assists. Melo is nice, but I would rather have the guy that affects so many other facets of the game. Dwight leads the league in free throw attempts, he's putting other teams in foul trouble so we can get to the line more, and also plays elite defense and rebounds like a mad man. Other than scoring, Melo doesn't really do too much.

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Nanz: Fiction.[/b] I don’t think the league ratings are about to get inflated at all. I like the way it is right now and I don’t really see a problem with anything. One TC is just one TC too early to worry about that.

Play: Fiction.[/b] Ratings are perfect right now. I don’t think they are inflated at all. Spencer has done a pretty good job with ratings so far. I have no complaints about them.

Broph: Fiction.[/b] I trust that Spence knows what he is doing, there are a lot of really good players, but, meanwhile, there are a lot of shit players for the tanking teams. Honestly though, I love the way ratings are right now, there are so many fun players. A lot of teams are stuck with shitty PG’s Shitty posts and some of those players with great ratings just don’t play well.

Insane: Fiction.[/b] Not right now. I do think the league is on the cusp of seeing some inflated ratings though. We'll know this is happening when we start seeing too many good players being left in free agency. This past training camp was very kind to almost every team, so I definitely could see inflation become a problem if the trend of great training camps continues over the next few seasons.

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Nanz: Fact.[/b] Hard to argue against Jennings and Evans. It looks like Evans can play the 2 for now and Jennings the point. The thing is that they don’t have their pick so this might be it as far as young pieces but reke and bj is sick. Also, I can’t think of another option.

Play: Fiction.[/b] The Bulls have the best future in BBS easily. Bogut, Udoh, Hayward, Holiday, and Crawford>>>>>Philly.

Broph: Fact.[/b] Honestly, I don’t know if I can truly say they do, but at this moment, the trio of Reke, Jennings and Sullinger looks sick. The Bulls have more overall youth, with Udoh, Bogut, Hayward, Holiday, all under 25, but, the 76ers can add Rudy Gay, a perfect role player to that mix of youth, along with mbah a Moute. I do think that the 76ers are hurt by the fact that they cant tank this year with no pick, but, all in all they are still set for years to come….or three, since that’s when Jennings and Reke come up for FA.

Insane: Fact.[/b] TSC gave up too much for Kobe, but he still does have Tyreke and Jennings, so I really don't see an argument being made for any other team for having the best future. Especially not the shitty ass Bulls, because Tyreke by himself >>>>> Play's whole team. When your two 21 year old guards are being mentioned as one of the best back courts in the league already, you know you have yourself a good situation.