NFA 2016-2017: Weeks 1-3 Roundup

Haven't felt like writing updates lately but have still been writing down weekly scores in Excel and after seeing it through week 3, I was compelled to write one tonight. Not sure if I will post an update every week but I will post stuff throughout the season. Also, may change hte format up on this recaps and nix the transactions and stat correction stuff.

Draft Recap
It was a crazy draft, as the first 3 picks were autopick which meant defending champ, Arlington Assaulters, was able to get DeMarcus Cousins 4th overall. Being that Arlington Assaulers is the only team to have won the NFA without either Cousins or Howard, you would think he would run away with the league this year.... However, that has not been the case so far in the first 3 weeks. Granted, it's only 3 weeks which is a small smaple size, but still, since he went wire-to-wire last year, he has set the bar pretty high.

New comer, GG Foulin', took Giannis over Howard at 5th overall, which history says may come back to bite him, we shall see. Pgastan Foul Club took Blake Griffin at 7 after Oww Ming's Flagrants took Howard at 6. Russell Westbrook went 8th overall and Karl Anthony Towns went 9th overall to the Hitsquad on autopick.

Other notable picks:

Arlington Assaulters took Matt Barnes in the 2nd Round
Pgastan FC took Markieff Morris in the 2nd Round
Oww Ming's Flagrants took Draymond Green in the 2nd Round
GG Foulin' took Kyle Lowry in the 2nd Round

We shall see if Pgastan FC's Analytics Department can carry over his 2nd half surge from last season to this season, but so far he sits in 5th place. 

Stat Corrections
I know I said I may not do this regularly but so far there have only been 3 stat corrections. One is from a free agent but the other was huge.

- Demarcus Cousins had an ejection given to him on October 29th. Arlington Assaulters had him active so he gained 100 points
- Demarcus Cousins had a technical foul given to him on October 29th. Arlington Assaulters had him active so he gained 40 points

Having an ejection retroactively given to a fouler is pretty rare, I think it has happened one other time since I have started doing these blogs but I can't confirm. In either case, Arlington Assaulters gained 140 points.


Standings as of November 14, 2016 (Weeks 1-3)

1. Arlington Assaulters- 1665
2. GG Foulin'- 1565
3. Oww Ming's Flagrants- 1555
4. Ohsnappers!!!- 1460
5. Pgastan FC- 1155
6. Rodman'sWeddingDress- 1135
7. F'N FLOPPERS- 1105
8. They Call Me Gamblor- 1030
9. Baltimore Hitsquad- 955

As you will be able to see in the points graph below, there is a clear top 4 and bottom 5 already. We shall see if this stays throughout the season or if teams make a run at the top tier or some top tier teams fall to the bottom tier.

Transactions
Not going to go over transactions tonight, but the following teams have not made a transaction this season:

Pgastan FC
Ohsnappers!!!
They Call Me Gamblor


Points Graph

 




Well that's it for tonight.

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM