[Weekly Challenge] Week 3: MAMBA GENESIS - 3-PEAT with the Lakers

[Weekly Challenge] Week 3: MAMBA GENESIS - 3-PEAT with the Lakers

Hey all. Week 3 challenge is here.

Week 2 was a war. 7 entries again, and the difficulty jump didn't scare anybody. People were trading entire rosters trying to pry rookie LeBron out of Cleveland. Check last week's thread for the full stories: https://www.reddit.com/r/BasketballGM/comments/1v7klbc/weekly_challenge_week_2_heatles_speedrun_go/

Leaderboard as it stands

We have a clear frontronner now. Can anyone dethrone u/Think-Response-3675 ???

WEEK 2 RESULTS - HEATLES SPEEDRUN (tiebreaker: regular season record in second clinching season)

🥇 u/Think-Response-3675 - 3 seasons - 5 pts (back-to-back weekly wins, somebody stop this man)

🥈 u/MichiganSteamies - 4 seasons, 73-9 - 3 pts

🥉 u/EntrepreneurWooden99 - 4 seasons, 71-11 - 2 pts

Shoutout to everyone who ran it back all week, every valid entry got a point.

This week we're upping the difficulty AGAIN. Two rings wasn't enough. Now we want three. In a row. Vamos.

THE CHALLENGE

Start with the Lakers at the 1997 preseason. Win 3 championships IN A ROW. Fewest seasons to complete the third title wins.

Shaq just took his talents to Hollywood and there's a skinny 18-year-old from Lower Merion on your bench. You know what this duo becomes. The real Lakers 3-peated in seasons 4 through 6 (2000, 2001, 2002). Your job: beat Phil to it.

THE FINE PRINT

• All 3 titles must be in CONSECUTIVE seasons. Win 2, lose one, win 2 more? Doesn't count. The count resets
• 1997 counts as season 1, your count ends the season you clinch the THIRD straight ring

GROUND RULES (same as always)

• God Mode OFF the whole run
• Default difficulty
• Real Players mode
• No editing players, contracts or ratings
• No force trades

HOW TO SUBMIT

Drop a comment with:

• Seasons it took to complete the 3-peat
• Screenshot of Team History showing all three titles
• Your record in the third clinching season

SCORING

1st: 5 pts | 2nd: 3 pts | 3rd: 2 pts | Any valid submission: 1 pt

TIEBREAKERS (in order): most regular season wins in the third clinching season, then playoff record in that run, then earliest submission.

DEADLINE

Next Sunday, August 9th at 11:59 PM ET.

Challenge ideas for future weeks? Drop them below.

Let's go BBGMers!

Peace