NLTP Mid-Season Discussion
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With Week 4 in the books and a break ahead of us, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on where we're at as a league.
Which A + B teams are looking the best, which are looking the worst?
Which do you see getting a lot better, or worse?
Which teams will reach the Nuper or Buper
Who will win the respective awards?
Will any free agents be the difference maker on a struggling team?
What are some of the biggest surprises this season?
Any other thoughts on league/teams, etc?
Posted Dec 21, 2017, 10:04 PM UTC · edited
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At this point you're all probably tired of my opinion, but I can't resist:
A: While I still think OPH is the best team in the league, BAP is very close. I see five contenders at the moment: OPH, THG, BAP, ATB, and BWO. All five of these teams could easily win the Nuperball, and I would be hard-pressed to say any would be a clear favorite over another (see OPH-BWO last week). BBB is borderline, but they haven't been able to beat the best teams yet.
B: BBB stands in a league of their own.
I won't go into worst teams, but the power rankings make it pretty evident.
I see ATB getting better and being in the conversation as best in the league. They have gotten better each week, with the help of Homie coming back and adding some big FA. With anka called up, they have the waiver points to make a big difference. BWO will get out of their trend of splitting each week and improve their record. OPH is significantly better than their record due to a recent split to BWO and a sweep without Suchit.
Teams getting worse will depend on who ends up ghosting, especially now that we have 3 weeks without a game. With that said, I think BBB and NVM are higher in the standings than they will end up.
I'm predicting a BAP-BWO Nuper.
MVB: Suchit
OBOY: Suchit
DBOY: 777z
O Team Ball: Some Man 8
D Team Ball: Karamat
Fuck your GASP: WRIG :)
There are SO many, but the ones that stand out are:
Ballparts and fractal on BC
SM8 on BAP
Karamat on THG
Warped Potato on BBB
TCB under-performing
OPH and Suchit even more dominant than expected
None of MOB quitting or being suspended yet
RAMMSTEIN, Coach G, and ThePlayMaker looking like top-notch offenders
p-d0g and iSuck looking like top-notch defenders
B-team is a mess and it's a shame we can't do anything about it.
Edit: Well, the 777z callup changes things....
ATB is making the nuper. I don't cocaptain for non-nuper teams
I dunno if BBB was missing someone significant last night but if not I'd say we are up there with them for B team
Demman missed some halves because of lag issues, but yeah, LBT-B is 100% on BBB-B's level in head-to-head.
On the same front, I've got to praise tmmbl for her drafting and eye for talent. BBB was expected to finish the year 9th or so, but she identified and acquired undervalued players (CoachG), hot free agents (WarpedPotato), and low-risk flyers (me) who've paid off. Now she's got an obviously top-2 B-team and the pieces for a top-3 A-team.
Watch out for BAPs b team! We are putting together the works of something really good
We were missing Radius tbh
Yeah I'd definitely put some more respect on you guys than the parent comment did. A lot of great players on your team. I think if ping wasn't a thing it would swing our way, but that's a part of the game at the end of the day. Definitely an awesome match up between the 2 teams though
MVB can't win O/DBOS.
Man fuck my whole comment then.
:(
Lmao 😂😂 u/iSuck3
Look at their record with and without him!
it's a losing battle... Apparently i'm a perma meme
how about the fact that we have beaten several of the 'easy nuper contenders' with a 50 tc team straight from the auction? we were ranked very low in post-draft evaluations and with no help from any FAs on the a-team lineup whatsoever we seem to be holding our own against the best teams in the league right now - losing by 1 cap in both games to BAP and splitting ATB and HOG. thats more surprising if u ask me.
Hey Cook,
i'd say its pretty surprising we havent gone 0-6 the last 3 weeks.
dude that's not a good look for your self esteem
Listen to yourself lol
how am i wrong? teams that were already objectively better than us without their FA pickups/unbans aren't able to put us away convincingly when we are the same exact team analyst ranked bottom 2 in the league in his post-draft analysis.
Oh you’ve convinced me now my bad
I played offense against your team.. I don't play offense..
At the end of the day... If you don't win in playoffs/get knocked out. no one is going to say "hey, at least they only used half their allocated tc in the auction or Hey, at least they didnt get any FAs to improve their team."
i completely agree with you - im not trying to make that point. all i am saying is that it is surprising we are still somewhat successful as a team right now despite those massive setbacks.
I think a lot of teams had have some massive set backs... don't really know if you're is the only one
777z just got called up so you can just pencil me in there in his place.
D8 might have somethin to say about that