Just going to tie up a few loose ends before the season starts.
Transactions
-Ohsnappers!!! added Kevin Seraphin and dropped Kevin Durant on October 21st
-Ohsnappers!!! added Tyler Zeller and dropped Carmelo Anthony on October 21st
-Ohsnappers!!! added Tyler Zeller and dropped Carmelo Anthony on October 21st
-Pgastan FC traded Tony Allen to Arlington Assaulters for Jason Smith in the 1st trade in NFA history (see previous blog post)
NFA Glossary Addition
-Techy Potential (TP): The likelihood of a particular player getting a techy in a given game, usually given in percentage points or a ratio.
As we embark on this new NFA season, may your fouls be flagrant and your ejections many!
Getcha foulin' on!
FM
Monday, October 26, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
BREAKING: First Trade in NFA History
Yesterday, the first trade in NFA History went official. Pgastan Foul Club and Arlington Assaulters were the two clubs to pull off the trade. PFC traded Tony Allen (SG, SF) since he had a glut of Shooting guards for Jason Smith (PF, C) from AA, as he was lacking SGs.
"Yeah, I'm just trying to build depth for my squad so they can handle the long grind of an NFA season" says, PFC Owner, CEO, GM, Manager, Assistant Coach, Trainer, and Ball Boy (It's a one man operation here).
Maybe this will finally open up the flood gates for more trades in the future. It took up until the beginning of the 7th season to get a trade in NFA.
"Yeah, I'm just trying to build depth for my squad so they can handle the long grind of an NFA season" says, PFC Owner, CEO, GM, Manager, Assistant Coach, Trainer, and Ball Boy (It's a one man operation here).
Maybe this will finally open up the flood gates for more trades in the future. It took up until the beginning of the 7th season to get a trade in NFA.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
2015-2016 NFA Draft Recap and Season Preview
The 7th annual NFA draft concluded earlier tonight. What will follow is a team by team draft recap with a season preview.
All 8-teams returned from last year so I will do this by draft order starting with the number 1 pick.
Oww Ming's Flagrants
Oww Ming's Flagrants won the DeMarcus Cousins lottery as he got the first pick. His team is:
PG- Eric Bledsoe (PG, SG)
SG- Kobe Bryant (SG, SF)
SF- Gainnis Antetokounmpo (SF, PF)
PF- DeMarcus Cousins (PF, C)
C- Willie Cauley-Stein (C)
Util- Chris Paul (PG)
Util- Paul Pierce (SF, PF)
BN- Jahlil Okafor (C)
BN- Taj Gibson (PF, C)
BN- Isiah Thomas (PG)
Pretty well rounded team for Oww Ming, doesn't appear too heavy on one position or another. Has to be preseason favorite simply because of Cousins.
Baltimore Hitsquad
The Hitsquad got the 2nd pick, here is how his team shapes up:
PG- Aaron Brooks (PG)
SG- Mario Chalmers (PG, SG)
SF- Wilson Chandler (SG, SF)
PF- Andre Drummond (PF, C)
C- Dwight Howard (PF, C)
Util- Jusuf Nurkic (C)
Util- Alex Len (C)
BN- Marresse Speights (PF, C)
BN- Andrew Bogut (C)
BN- Nene Hillario (C)
The Hitsquad surpirsingly took Durmmond over Morris at 2, but he is hoping the gamble pays off. He is loaded at Center, so he may need to drop a few players to get some depth at other positions. "Drummond is younger so he may be building to his prime" says the Hitsquad owner.
Pgastan FC
Pgastan FC, had the 3rd overall pick, so here is his team:
PG- Oj Mayo (PG, SG)
SG- Pj Tucker (SG, SF)
SF- Evan Turner (SG, SF)
PF- Markieff Morris (PF, C)
C- Kenneth Faried (PF, C)
Util- Jonas Valanciunas (C)
Util- Zach Randolph (PF, C)
BN- DeMar DeRozan (SG, SF)
BN- Enes Kanter (C)
BN- Tony Allen (SG, SF)
Pgastan FC's roster looks pretty well rounded too, though, only carrying 1 PG (but that tends to be common for Foul Clubs in the NFA). Perhaps, a little too heavy at SG, but all his SGs can play SF. On paper his team looks good, but we shall see once we start fouling.
They Call Me Gamblor
The 2-tiime defending runner-up had the 4th pick in the draft, is this finally his year? Let's take a look at his team:
PG- Russell Westbrook (PG)
SG- Lance Stephenson (SG, SF)
SF- Rudy Gay (SF, PF)
PF- Amir Johnson (PF, C)
C- DeAndre Jordan (C)
Util- Timofey Mozgov (C)
Util- Patrick Beverley (PG, SG)
BN- Gerald Henderson (SG, SF)
BN- Kelly Olynyk (C)
BN- Andrew Wiggins (SG, SF)
Gamblor has a really balanced lineup from a position standpoint and looks to have decent techy potential by most of his players. He went with Point Guard for his first round pick, always a risky play, just ask Pgastan FC who took Kyle Lowry 3rd overall last year but finished fifth in the league.
Rodman'sWeddingDress
The defending champ (and winner of 3 of the first 6 NFA seasons) had the 5th overall pick, so let's evaluate his team.
PG- Goran Dragic (PG, SG)
SG- JR Smith (SG, SF)
SF- Draymond Green (SF, PF)
PF- Blake Griffin (PF, C)
C- Joakim Noah (PF, C)
Util- Hassan Whiteside (C)
Util- Marcus Smart (PG)
BN- Tyler Hansborough (PF,C)
BN- Spencer Hawes (PF, C)
BN- Nikola Mirotic (SF, PF)
The defending champ looks to have a formidable team going with Blake Griffin at 5 overall and then Draymond Green for his 2nd round pick.
Ohsnappers!!!
Ohsnappers!!! missed the draft and did not pre-rank his foulers:
PG- Stephen Curry (PG, SG)
SG- James Harden (SG, SF)
SF- Kevin Durant (SF, PF)
PF- Anthony Davis (PF, C)
C- Al Horford (PF, C)
Util- LeBron James (SF, PF)
Util- Kawhi Leonard (SG, SF)
BN- Carmelo Anthony (SF,PF)
BN- Jimmy Butler (SG, SF)
BN- Klay Thomson (SG, SF)
Easily has the weakest team on paper, but that's what happens when you miss the NFA draft. Let's see if he can manage his way up the standings.
Arlington Assaulters
Arlington Assaulters, who finished in 4th last season by a mere 5 points, had the 7th of 8 picks in the NFA draft. Let's take a look at his team:
PG- Kyle Lowry (PG)
SG- Dion Waters (SG, SF)
SF- Matt Barnes (SF)
PF- Marcus Morris (SF, PF)
C- Tyson Chandler (C)
Util- Nikola Vucevic (PF, C)
Util- Steven Adams (C)
BN- Ed Davis (PF, C)
BN- Jason Smith (PF, C)
BN- Amar'e Stoudemire (PF, C)
Arlington Assaulters reluctantly took Matt Barnes 7th overall, which may be surprising given that he scored over 2000 points last year. AA appears to be Center heavy as well. With Stoudemire injured, AA is the first team to utilize the Injured List (IL) Spot. He placed Stoudemire on the IL and picked up Paul Millsap (PF, C).
F'N FLOPPERS
F'N FLOPPERS had the 8th and final pick in the 7th Annual NFA draft. Let's look at his team:
PG- John Wall (PG)
SG- Ben McLemore (SG)
SF- Josh Smith (SF, PF)
PF- Serge Ibaka (PF, C)
C- Roy Hibbert (C)
Util- Jason Thompson (PF, C)
Util- Marc Gasol (C)
BN- Nerlens Noel (PF, C)
BN- Kendrick Perkins (C)
BN- Carlos Boozer (PF, C)
F'N FLOPPERS is very PF and C heavy, has no depth at PG, SG, or SF. We shall see if that changes as the season goes on but this is not that uncommon actually as PFs and Cs tend to score the most in NFA. It really comes down to personal preference for each Foul Club owner.
Conclusion
It will be interesting to see how these roster's change throughout the season and I might blog about that at certain points during the season to see how rosters shape up compared to these draft day rosters. It's really hard to project NFA stats, so I won't. But given past trends, the team with DeMarcus Cousins usually wins so Oww Ming's Flagrants should be penciled in as the preseason favorite.
Here's too a great season. May your fouls be flagrant and your ejections many!
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
All 8-teams returned from last year so I will do this by draft order starting with the number 1 pick.
Oww Ming's Flagrants
Oww Ming's Flagrants won the DeMarcus Cousins lottery as he got the first pick. His team is:
PG- Eric Bledsoe (PG, SG)
SG- Kobe Bryant (SG, SF)
SF- Gainnis Antetokounmpo (SF, PF)
PF- DeMarcus Cousins (PF, C)
C- Willie Cauley-Stein (C)
Util- Chris Paul (PG)
Util- Paul Pierce (SF, PF)
BN- Jahlil Okafor (C)
BN- Taj Gibson (PF, C)
BN- Isiah Thomas (PG)
Pretty well rounded team for Oww Ming, doesn't appear too heavy on one position or another. Has to be preseason favorite simply because of Cousins.
Baltimore Hitsquad
The Hitsquad got the 2nd pick, here is how his team shapes up:
PG- Aaron Brooks (PG)
SG- Mario Chalmers (PG, SG)
SF- Wilson Chandler (SG, SF)
PF- Andre Drummond (PF, C)
C- Dwight Howard (PF, C)
Util- Jusuf Nurkic (C)
Util- Alex Len (C)
BN- Marresse Speights (PF, C)
BN- Andrew Bogut (C)
BN- Nene Hillario (C)
The Hitsquad surpirsingly took Durmmond over Morris at 2, but he is hoping the gamble pays off. He is loaded at Center, so he may need to drop a few players to get some depth at other positions. "Drummond is younger so he may be building to his prime" says the Hitsquad owner.
Pgastan FC
Pgastan FC, had the 3rd overall pick, so here is his team:
PG- Oj Mayo (PG, SG)
SG- Pj Tucker (SG, SF)
SF- Evan Turner (SG, SF)
PF- Markieff Morris (PF, C)
C- Kenneth Faried (PF, C)
Util- Jonas Valanciunas (C)
Util- Zach Randolph (PF, C)
BN- DeMar DeRozan (SG, SF)
BN- Enes Kanter (C)
BN- Tony Allen (SG, SF)
Pgastan FC's roster looks pretty well rounded too, though, only carrying 1 PG (but that tends to be common for Foul Clubs in the NFA). Perhaps, a little too heavy at SG, but all his SGs can play SF. On paper his team looks good, but we shall see once we start fouling.
They Call Me Gamblor
The 2-tiime defending runner-up had the 4th pick in the draft, is this finally his year? Let's take a look at his team:
PG- Russell Westbrook (PG)
SG- Lance Stephenson (SG, SF)
SF- Rudy Gay (SF, PF)
PF- Amir Johnson (PF, C)
C- DeAndre Jordan (C)
Util- Timofey Mozgov (C)
Util- Patrick Beverley (PG, SG)
BN- Gerald Henderson (SG, SF)
BN- Kelly Olynyk (C)
BN- Andrew Wiggins (SG, SF)
Gamblor has a really balanced lineup from a position standpoint and looks to have decent techy potential by most of his players. He went with Point Guard for his first round pick, always a risky play, just ask Pgastan FC who took Kyle Lowry 3rd overall last year but finished fifth in the league.
Rodman'sWeddingDress
The defending champ (and winner of 3 of the first 6 NFA seasons) had the 5th overall pick, so let's evaluate his team.
PG- Goran Dragic (PG, SG)
SG- JR Smith (SG, SF)
SF- Draymond Green (SF, PF)
PF- Blake Griffin (PF, C)
C- Joakim Noah (PF, C)
Util- Hassan Whiteside (C)
Util- Marcus Smart (PG)
BN- Tyler Hansborough (PF,C)
BN- Spencer Hawes (PF, C)
BN- Nikola Mirotic (SF, PF)
The defending champ looks to have a formidable team going with Blake Griffin at 5 overall and then Draymond Green for his 2nd round pick.
Ohsnappers!!!
Ohsnappers!!! missed the draft and did not pre-rank his foulers:
PG- Stephen Curry (PG, SG)
SG- James Harden (SG, SF)
SF- Kevin Durant (SF, PF)
PF- Anthony Davis (PF, C)
C- Al Horford (PF, C)
Util- LeBron James (SF, PF)
Util- Kawhi Leonard (SG, SF)
BN- Carmelo Anthony (SF,PF)
BN- Jimmy Butler (SG, SF)
BN- Klay Thomson (SG, SF)
Easily has the weakest team on paper, but that's what happens when you miss the NFA draft. Let's see if he can manage his way up the standings.
Arlington Assaulters
Arlington Assaulters, who finished in 4th last season by a mere 5 points, had the 7th of 8 picks in the NFA draft. Let's take a look at his team:
PG- Kyle Lowry (PG)
SG- Dion Waters (SG, SF)
SF- Matt Barnes (SF)
PF- Marcus Morris (SF, PF)
C- Tyson Chandler (C)
Util- Nikola Vucevic (PF, C)
Util- Steven Adams (C)
BN- Ed Davis (PF, C)
BN- Jason Smith (PF, C)
BN- Amar'e Stoudemire (PF, C)
Arlington Assaulters reluctantly took Matt Barnes 7th overall, which may be surprising given that he scored over 2000 points last year. AA appears to be Center heavy as well. With Stoudemire injured, AA is the first team to utilize the Injured List (IL) Spot. He placed Stoudemire on the IL and picked up Paul Millsap (PF, C).
F'N FLOPPERS
F'N FLOPPERS had the 8th and final pick in the 7th Annual NFA draft. Let's look at his team:
PG- John Wall (PG)
SG- Ben McLemore (SG)
SF- Josh Smith (SF, PF)
PF- Serge Ibaka (PF, C)
C- Roy Hibbert (C)
Util- Jason Thompson (PF, C)
Util- Marc Gasol (C)
BN- Nerlens Noel (PF, C)
BN- Kendrick Perkins (C)
BN- Carlos Boozer (PF, C)
F'N FLOPPERS is very PF and C heavy, has no depth at PG, SG, or SF. We shall see if that changes as the season goes on but this is not that uncommon actually as PFs and Cs tend to score the most in NFA. It really comes down to personal preference for each Foul Club owner.
Conclusion
It will be interesting to see how these roster's change throughout the season and I might blog about that at certain points during the season to see how rosters shape up compared to these draft day rosters. It's really hard to project NFA stats, so I won't. But given past trends, the team with DeMarcus Cousins usually wins so Oww Ming's Flagrants should be penciled in as the preseason favorite.
Here's too a great season. May your fouls be flagrant and your ejections many!
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
Monday, October 12, 2015
National Foul Association Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Going to repost this for the beginning of the 2015-2016 season but may update this during the season if we develop new terms here at the NFA HQ.
Fouler: One who participates in the sport of fouling (i.e. a player)
MVF: Most Valuable Fouler
The Donkies: Mid-season and End of the season awards for the NFA
Techy: Technical Foul
Flaggy: Flagrant Foul
Performance Foul: Any foul other than a personal foul (Technical, Flagrant, or Ejection)
DTE: Double Techy Ejection
Techy Foul Out Combo (TFO Combo or TFOC): When a player gets a techy and a foul out in the same game resulting in 130 points.
Stat Correction Sunday: When Yahoo! updates stats for fouls, resulting in technicals or flagrants taken away
Stat Donker: Stat Tracker
MSD: Mobile Stat Donker (Yahoo!'s smartphone app)
FTS: Foul That Shit!
DTEFOC: Double Techy Ejection/Foul Out Combo (When your foulers 6th foul is also his 2nd techy)
Techy Potential (TP): The likelihood of a particular player getting a techy in a given game, usually given in percentage points or a ratio.
Good luck to all the Foul Clubs out there.
Let your fouls be flagrant and your ejections many!
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
Fouler: One who participates in the sport of fouling (i.e. a player)
MVF: Most Valuable Fouler
The Donkies: Mid-season and End of the season awards for the NFA
Techy: Technical Foul
Flaggy: Flagrant Foul
Performance Foul: Any foul other than a personal foul (Technical, Flagrant, or Ejection)
DTE: Double Techy Ejection
Techy Foul Out Combo (TFO Combo or TFOC): When a player gets a techy and a foul out in the same game resulting in 130 points.
Stat Correction Sunday: When Yahoo! updates stats for fouls, resulting in technicals or flagrants taken away
Stat Donker: Stat Tracker
MSD: Mobile Stat Donker (Yahoo!'s smartphone app)
FTS: Foul That Shit!
DTEFOC: Double Techy Ejection/Foul Out Combo (When your foulers 6th foul is also his 2nd techy)
Techy Potential (TP): The likelihood of a particular player getting a techy in a given game, usually given in percentage points or a ratio.
Good luck to all the Foul Clubs out there.
Let your fouls be flagrant and your ejections many!
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
Sunday, April 19, 2015
2014-2015 End of the Season Donkies
It's that time of year again, which also means the last blog post til the next NFA season starts in October/November.
The Roger Murdock Persistent Fouling Award (Most Personal Fouls):
Andre Drummond wins the award with 285 fouls (He won the midseason RMPFA as well so very consistent fouling from Mr. Drummond).
The Shawn Kemp Award (Most Foul Outs):
DeMarcus Cousins wins the award with 10 foul outs (He also won the midesason award)
The Rasheed Wallace Legacy Award (Most Technical Fouls):
We have a 2-way tie with Markieff Morris and Russell Westbrook, each had 15 techies (Both shared the midseason award along with Matt Barnes who finished with 13).
The Charles Oakley Award (Most Flagrant Fouls):
We have a 5-way tie between Kyle O'Quinn , Paul Pierce, Andrew Bogut, Jusuf Nurkic, and Markieff Morris each had 3 Flagrants
The Dennis Rodman Award (Most Ejections):
We have a 7-way tie between Matt Barnes, Aaron Brooks, Eric Bledsoe, Markieff Morris, Marcus Smart, Hassan Whiteside, and Kevin Garnett each with 2 ejections (Matt Barnes and Aaron Brooks won the midseason award)
Donkies by Position Note State Lines below are: (Personal Fouls-Foul Outs-Techies-Ejections-Flagrants):
PG: Russell Westbrook with 1820 points (184-2-15-1-1)
SG: Eric Bledsoe with 1605 points (189-1-10-2-0)
SF: Matt Barnes with 2120 points (240-2-13-2-1)
PF: Markieff Morris with 2505 points (245-4-15-2-3)
C: DeMarcus Cousins with 2465 points (241-10-14-1-0)
6th Man Award (Highest Point total for a fouler who went undrafted): Jusuf Nurkic with 1755 points (207-6-3-0-3)
And the 2014-2015 Most Valuable Fouler (MVF) is:
Markieff Morris with 2505 points (245-4-15-2-3)
That's it for this year, check back when the season starts in the Fall again.
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
The Roger Murdock Persistent Fouling Award (Most Personal Fouls):
Andre Drummond wins the award with 285 fouls (He won the midseason RMPFA as well so very consistent fouling from Mr. Drummond).
The Shawn Kemp Award (Most Foul Outs):
DeMarcus Cousins wins the award with 10 foul outs (He also won the midesason award)
The Rasheed Wallace Legacy Award (Most Technical Fouls):
We have a 2-way tie with Markieff Morris and Russell Westbrook, each had 15 techies (Both shared the midseason award along with Matt Barnes who finished with 13).
The Charles Oakley Award (Most Flagrant Fouls):
We have a 5-way tie between Kyle O'Quinn , Paul Pierce, Andrew Bogut, Jusuf Nurkic, and Markieff Morris each had 3 Flagrants
The Dennis Rodman Award (Most Ejections):
We have a 7-way tie between Matt Barnes, Aaron Brooks, Eric Bledsoe, Markieff Morris, Marcus Smart, Hassan Whiteside, and Kevin Garnett each with 2 ejections (Matt Barnes and Aaron Brooks won the midseason award)
Donkies by Position Note State Lines below are: (Personal Fouls-Foul Outs-Techies-Ejections-Flagrants):
PG: Russell Westbrook with 1820 points (184-2-15-1-1)
SG: Eric Bledsoe with 1605 points (189-1-10-2-0)
SF: Matt Barnes with 2120 points (240-2-13-2-1)
PF: Markieff Morris with 2505 points (245-4-15-2-3)
C: DeMarcus Cousins with 2465 points (241-10-14-1-0)
6th Man Award (Highest Point total for a fouler who went undrafted): Jusuf Nurkic with 1755 points (207-6-3-0-3)
And the 2014-2015 Most Valuable Fouler (MVF) is:
Markieff Morris with 2505 points (245-4-15-2-3)
That's it for this year, check back when the season starts in the Fall again.
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
Thursday, April 16, 2015
NFA 2014-2015 Season Recap
Don't really see the point in an introduction to this post so I'm not going to write one. Let's look how the final 3 days of the NFA season finished up, shall we?
Stat Corrections for Week 24: As I stated in the Week 24 Roundup, there was one major stat correction that could have effected the title race, the other one was to a player who was a free agent at the time so won't touch on it.
- Russell Westbrook had a techy taken away from him retroactive to April 12th. They Call Me Gamblor had him active that week so he loses 40 points.
This went through today actually when the final standings updated. Yesterday They Call Me Gamblor was only 30 points behind Rodman'sWeddingDress for the title so anything could have happened. Let's see what did:
Final NFA Standings:
1. Rodman'sWeddingDress- 11130 (+125)
2. They Call Me Gamblor- 11035 (+150)
3. Baltimore Hitsquad- 10230 (+95)
4. Arlington Assaulters- 10225 pts (+135)
5. Pgastan FC- 9685 (+155)
6. F'N FLOPPERS 9570 (+170)
7. Oww Ming's Flagrants 8290 (+240)
8. Dis Is Dat Donk Ball- 8220 (+260)
In the final 3 days, each team on the bottom of their respective duels ended up outscoring the leaders of their duels but it was not enough for anyone to steal the lead in the end as there was no movement in the NFA standings in this shortened 3-day week. Dis Is Dat Donk Ball scored the most out of anyone this week and he joined the 8000 point club. This is the highest score for the last place finisher, so it seems Foul Club managers are starting to get a hang of the sport of fouling and how to manage a foul club. Oww Ming's Flagrants won his duel by 70 points.
For 5th place Pgastan FC held on as he actually had the biggest lead going into this week of all the duels. Both teams put up some decent points but Pgastan FC was aided by an Evan Turner Techy on the final day of the season to help solidify his 5th place finish. This is PFCs worst finish in NFA so he'll be looking for a bounce back next season.
The duel for 3rd place happened to be where all the action was. Baltimore Hitsquad barely (and I mean barely) held on to win his duel by 5 points (that's one personal foul!). Not sure what a tiebreaker would have been so glad it didn't come to that (probably would have had to split the bronze medal. Both foul clubs had bench techies this week so it could have swung either way had either manager managed their club differently. Arlington Assaulters will rue the day he left Matt Barnes on his bench, but that is the nature of fouling.
Finally, for the title Rodman'sWeddingDress won his 3rd title in 6 years and he ended up winning it by 95 points. Russell Westbrook actually had 2 techies taken away from him over the last 3 weeks, so while that was not the difference, it definitely made for a better sweat on the final evening of fouling. Maybe the Blackhawks can become the Rodman'sWeddingDress of the NHL with their 3rd title in 6 years....
Recap:
Rodman'sWeddingDress brings back some sanity to NFA as the team with DeMarcus Cousins' is back in the winner's circle. Arlington Assaulters broke the trend of the winning team having either Cousins or Dwight Howard last year as he made some phenomenal waiver wire pickups to come out of nowhere and steal an NFA title.
This is the smallest margin of victory for a winner ever in league history. They Call Me Gamblor finished 2nd last year only 295 points behind 1st and this year finishes 95 points behind 1st place. I guess if this trend continues he'll win next year....
Rodman'sWeddingDress didn't come close to beating his own record set in 2010-2011 for most points in a season at 13,470. It is quite possible no club will ever approach that as he had Howard and Cousins. As this was Cousins' rookie year he went undrafted and RWD snagged him up from the waiver wire during the 1st week or so of the season.
This was the most exciting season yet in the league as the title race went down to the wire, usually clubs have it wrapped up at least a week in advance. I'll leave you with a list of NFA titles and a points graph. Don't forget to check back in a few days for the End of the Season Donkies!
NFA Titles:
Rodman'sWeddingDress 3 - 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2014-2015
Pgastan FC (formerly Donkey Engine and Steam Donkey FC) 2 - 2009-2010 and 2012-2013
Arlington Assaulters 1- 2013-2014
Final Points Graph:
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
Stat Corrections for Week 24: As I stated in the Week 24 Roundup, there was one major stat correction that could have effected the title race, the other one was to a player who was a free agent at the time so won't touch on it.
- Russell Westbrook had a techy taken away from him retroactive to April 12th. They Call Me Gamblor had him active that week so he loses 40 points.
This went through today actually when the final standings updated. Yesterday They Call Me Gamblor was only 30 points behind Rodman'sWeddingDress for the title so anything could have happened. Let's see what did:
Final NFA Standings:
1. Rodman'sWeddingDress- 11130 (+125)
2. They Call Me Gamblor- 11035 (+150)
3. Baltimore Hitsquad- 10230 (+95)
4. Arlington Assaulters- 10225 pts (+135)
5. Pgastan FC- 9685 (+155)
6. F'N FLOPPERS 9570 (+170)
7. Oww Ming's Flagrants 8290 (+240)
8. Dis Is Dat Donk Ball- 8220 (+260)
In the final 3 days, each team on the bottom of their respective duels ended up outscoring the leaders of their duels but it was not enough for anyone to steal the lead in the end as there was no movement in the NFA standings in this shortened 3-day week. Dis Is Dat Donk Ball scored the most out of anyone this week and he joined the 8000 point club. This is the highest score for the last place finisher, so it seems Foul Club managers are starting to get a hang of the sport of fouling and how to manage a foul club. Oww Ming's Flagrants won his duel by 70 points.
For 5th place Pgastan FC held on as he actually had the biggest lead going into this week of all the duels. Both teams put up some decent points but Pgastan FC was aided by an Evan Turner Techy on the final day of the season to help solidify his 5th place finish. This is PFCs worst finish in NFA so he'll be looking for a bounce back next season.
The duel for 3rd place happened to be where all the action was. Baltimore Hitsquad barely (and I mean barely) held on to win his duel by 5 points (that's one personal foul!). Not sure what a tiebreaker would have been so glad it didn't come to that (probably would have had to split the bronze medal. Both foul clubs had bench techies this week so it could have swung either way had either manager managed their club differently. Arlington Assaulters will rue the day he left Matt Barnes on his bench, but that is the nature of fouling.
Finally, for the title Rodman'sWeddingDress won his 3rd title in 6 years and he ended up winning it by 95 points. Russell Westbrook actually had 2 techies taken away from him over the last 3 weeks, so while that was not the difference, it definitely made for a better sweat on the final evening of fouling. Maybe the Blackhawks can become the Rodman'sWeddingDress of the NHL with their 3rd title in 6 years....
Recap:
Rodman'sWeddingDress brings back some sanity to NFA as the team with DeMarcus Cousins' is back in the winner's circle. Arlington Assaulters broke the trend of the winning team having either Cousins or Dwight Howard last year as he made some phenomenal waiver wire pickups to come out of nowhere and steal an NFA title.
This is the smallest margin of victory for a winner ever in league history. They Call Me Gamblor finished 2nd last year only 295 points behind 1st and this year finishes 95 points behind 1st place. I guess if this trend continues he'll win next year....
Rodman'sWeddingDress didn't come close to beating his own record set in 2010-2011 for most points in a season at 13,470. It is quite possible no club will ever approach that as he had Howard and Cousins. As this was Cousins' rookie year he went undrafted and RWD snagged him up from the waiver wire during the 1st week or so of the season.
This was the most exciting season yet in the league as the title race went down to the wire, usually clubs have it wrapped up at least a week in advance. I'll leave you with a list of NFA titles and a points graph. Don't forget to check back in a few days for the End of the Season Donkies!
NFA Titles:
Rodman'sWeddingDress 3 - 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2014-2015
Pgastan FC (formerly Donkey Engine and Steam Donkey FC) 2 - 2009-2010 and 2012-2013
Arlington Assaulters 1- 2013-2014
Final Points Graph:
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
Monday, April 13, 2015
Week 24 Roundup: Home Stretch Edition
I guess technically this edition is the penultimate edition as the season will end on Wednesday and I'll write up a Season Round Up... though I guess that's a different title so I guess this is the last weekly roundup. Anyway, this will be a shorter version than normal as I'll wrap up everything on Thursday and then post the Season Donkies probably over the weekend.
Stat Corrections: Stat corrections for the final 10 days will be applied on April 15. As of now there is only one and that player was a free agent when it happened but Russell Westbrook had his techy yesterday rescinded and that will probably show up tomorrow in stat corrections. They Call Me Gamblor has him and he is in 2nd place currently 120 points behind 1st, so he basically needs that to have any shot at the title.
Standings as of April 13, 2015:
1. Rodman'sWeddingDress- 11005 (+335)
2. They Call Me Gamblor- 10885 (+400)
3. Baltimore Hitsquad- 10135 (+415)
4. Arlington Assaulters- 10090 pts (+315)
5. Pgastan FC- 9530 (+385)
6. F'N FLOPPERS 9400 (+195)
7. Oww Ming's Flagrants 8050 (+265)
8. Dis Is Dat Donk Ball- 7960 (+335)
So we had 2 duels change who was leading them over this last week, which I'll get to in second, but first let's look at the bottom duel. Dis Is Dat Donk Ball gained on Oww Ming's Flagrants and is only 90 points behind, also he is 40 points from joining the rest of the foul clubs in the 8000 point club. The first duel to switch leaders was the 5th place duel. Pgastan FC gained 190 points on F'N FLOPPERS to pull ahead of him by 130 points, which was aided by an Eric Bledsoe DTE.on April 7th. The 2nd duel to switch leaders was the 3rd place race. Baltimore Hitsquad gained 100 points on Arlington Assaulters this week to pull ahead of him for the final trophy by 45 points. This is undoubtedly the closest race of the 4 duels and given that it is for a trophy it should be an exciting final 3 days. Finally, the race for the title is still close, as They Call Me Gamblor is 120 points (though soon to be 160 points assuming Westbrook's techy is taken away) behind 1st. Rodman'sWeddingDress has 2 foulers on his starting roster this week who are injured and Cousin's has been ruled out for the final two games. Can he hold on and win his 3rd NFA title? Check back in a few days.
Transactions:
-Arlington Assaulters added Adrian Payne and dropped Henry Walker on April 12th
-Arlington Assaulters added Vince Carter and dropped Paul Millsap on April 12th
-They Call Me Gamblor added Archie Goodwin and dropped Hassan Whiteside on April 13th (apparently he didn't realize that he'll never be able to play Goodwin as these are weekly roster changes and you have to add the day before).
Well check back in a few days to see how this exciting NFA season concludes!
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
Stat Corrections: Stat corrections for the final 10 days will be applied on April 15. As of now there is only one and that player was a free agent when it happened but Russell Westbrook had his techy yesterday rescinded and that will probably show up tomorrow in stat corrections. They Call Me Gamblor has him and he is in 2nd place currently 120 points behind 1st, so he basically needs that to have any shot at the title.
Standings as of April 13, 2015:
1. Rodman'sWeddingDress- 11005 (+335)
2. They Call Me Gamblor- 10885 (+400)
3. Baltimore Hitsquad- 10135 (+415)
4. Arlington Assaulters- 10090 pts (+315)
5. Pgastan FC- 9530 (+385)
6. F'N FLOPPERS 9400 (+195)
7. Oww Ming's Flagrants 8050 (+265)
8. Dis Is Dat Donk Ball- 7960 (+335)
So we had 2 duels change who was leading them over this last week, which I'll get to in second, but first let's look at the bottom duel. Dis Is Dat Donk Ball gained on Oww Ming's Flagrants and is only 90 points behind, also he is 40 points from joining the rest of the foul clubs in the 8000 point club. The first duel to switch leaders was the 5th place duel. Pgastan FC gained 190 points on F'N FLOPPERS to pull ahead of him by 130 points, which was aided by an Eric Bledsoe DTE.on April 7th. The 2nd duel to switch leaders was the 3rd place race. Baltimore Hitsquad gained 100 points on Arlington Assaulters this week to pull ahead of him for the final trophy by 45 points. This is undoubtedly the closest race of the 4 duels and given that it is for a trophy it should be an exciting final 3 days. Finally, the race for the title is still close, as They Call Me Gamblor is 120 points (though soon to be 160 points assuming Westbrook's techy is taken away) behind 1st. Rodman'sWeddingDress has 2 foulers on his starting roster this week who are injured and Cousin's has been ruled out for the final two games. Can he hold on and win his 3rd NFA title? Check back in a few days.
Transactions:
-Arlington Assaulters added Adrian Payne and dropped Henry Walker on April 12th
-Arlington Assaulters added Vince Carter and dropped Paul Millsap on April 12th
-They Call Me Gamblor added Archie Goodwin and dropped Hassan Whiteside on April 13th (apparently he didn't realize that he'll never be able to play Goodwin as these are weekly roster changes and you have to add the day before).
Well check back in a few days to see how this exciting NFA season concludes!
Keep Foulin' Y'all!
FM
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