Week 1 Roundup: And We're Off Edition

And with that the 2021-22 NFA Season has started! Since we don't have enough weeks to do the points graph yet, you'll see that starting week 4, that means we are going to do the Performance Foul Watch like we have the last few years to start the season. If you don't know what it is, we're just tracking each team's first performance foul as well as the first type of performance foul league-wide. So without further ado here we go!

Performance Foul Watch

 

Oww Ming's Flagrants - Techy on 10/20/21
Baltimore Hitsquad - Techy on 10/20/21
Pgastan FC - Techy on 10/20/21
Rodman'sWeddingDress - Techy on 10/19/21
GG Foulin' - Techy on 10/20/21
Ohsnappers!!! - Techy on 10/20/21
F'N FLOPPERS -
Gamblor - Techy on 10/22/21
Arlington Assaulters -

First Ejection -
First Flagrant - Oww Ming's Flagrants on 10/23/21
First Techy - Rodman'sWeddingDress on 10/19/21
First Foul Out - GG Foulin' 10/22/21

So after just 1 week only 2 teams (F'N FLOPPERS and Arlington Assaulters) don't have a performance foul yet. And all we need for the league cycle is an ejection but that could be a while. We'll see how fast that comes. 

 

Stat Corrections
- There were no stat corrections this week

 

Transactions

- Ohsnappers!!! added Nemanja Bjelica on October 21st

- GG Foulin' dropped Hasan Whiteside on October 24th

- GG Foulin' dropped Spencer Dinwiddie on October 24th

- GG Foulin' dropped Fred VanVleet on October 24th

- GG Foulin' added Scottie Barnes on October 24th

- Arlington Assaulters dropped Zach Lavine on October 24th

 

Standings as of October 25th, 2021

 
1. Gamblor - 475 (+475)

2. GG Foulin' - 465 (+465)

3. Pgastan FC - 405 (+405)
4. Oww Ming's Flagrants - 350 (+350)

5. Ohsnappers!!! - 345 (+345)

6. Baltimore Hitsquad - 340 (+340)

7. Rodman'sWeddingDress - 330 (+330)

8. F'N FLOPPERS - 215 (+215)

9. Arlington Assaulters - 185 (+185)

<= 195 points: Horrible week
200-295 points: Poor week
300-395 points: Average week
400-495 Points: Great Week
500-595 Points: Excellent Week
>=600 points: Amazing week

 

A surprise at the bottom with Arlington Assautlers, who I thought had a great draft, got off to a horrible start with 185 points. F'N FLOPPERS didn't do much better with 215 points but they were in 9th place after week 1 last year so at least they're not there right now. Rodman'sWeddingDress starts the cluster of next teams with 330 points. That's followed by Baltimore Hitsquad only 10 points ahead at 340, with Ohsnappers!!! 5 points clear of them at 345. Followed by Oww Ming's Flagrants at 350 to close out that tier.

 

Pgastan FC starts the top tier after week 1 at 405 points. GG Foulin' ends week 1 in 2nd place after putting up 465 points. Finally, Gamblor is in 1st place after 1 week with 475 points.

Well that's it for now.

 

Keep Foulin' Ya'll!

 

FM

2021 Post-Draft Dead Week Review

This should be a quick post. Just going to go over transactions form the past week as nothing else really happened. Also, don't forget to set your rosters this week as NFA action official commences tomorrow night!

Transactions:

- Oww Ming's Flagrants added DeAndre Hunter on October 11th

- Arlington Assaulters dropped Kyrie Irving on October 13th

- Pgastan FC added Donovan Mitchel on October 14th

Well I guess that's it for this post. I told you it would be short with just a few transactions so I don't have to put them in the Week 1 Roundup. Don't forget to set your rosters today! Roster will lock when the first game tips tomorrow. Maybe we'll get some trades this season...

Happy Fouling!

 

Well that's it for now.

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM

2021 NFA Draft Recap

The 2021 NFA Draft was last night and it went well. It also only took about an hour which if I recall correctly is faster than the last few drafts which clocked in around 90 minutes. Of course one reason they have been slower lately is that we have had 100% turnout in previous drafts and last night was no different. All 9 foul clubs were represented at last night's draft. I'll go through the first round, some surprise picks, and some general analysis in this post before wrapping up with post-draft transactions from yesterday. 

Round 1:

1. Baltimore Hitsquad - Dwight Howard

2. Pgastan FC - Dillon Brooks

3. Gamblor - Julius Randle

4. F'N FLOPPERS - Josh Jackson

5. Ohsnappers!!! - Nikola Jokic

6. GG Foulin' - Devin Booker

7. Rodman'sWeddingDress - Russell Westbrook

8. Oww Ming's Flagrants - Luka Doncic

9. Arlington Assaulters - Kyle Lowry

So we had a bit of a surprise with Dwight Howard going 1 overall. It's not a bad pick by any means but he may have fallen to round 2 or 3. Pgastan FC was then delighted to see Dillon Brooks fall to him at 2 as my sources tell me that he thought he would go 1 overall. Gamblor then took Julius Randle at 3 which may be a slight reach but still a solid pick. F'N FLOPERS took Josh Jackson which is always a good pick provided he gets enough playing time. Nikola Jokic was then drafted by Ohsanppers!!! at 5 which appears to be a pretty big reach for the 1st round but he has proven to be a quality fouler in the past so we'll see. Rodman'sWeddingDress took Russell Westbrook at 7 which is one of the best PGs in the NFA so never a bad pick espeically for the thin PG/SG slots in the league. Oww Ming's Flagrants took Luka Doncic at 8 which again in his limited sample size he's a good fouler. Finally, Arlington Assaulters went PG at 9 and took Kyle Lowry. 

Surprise Picks

- Round 2 Pick 1: Arlington Assaulters took Draymond Green. The pick is excellent and the surpirse is that he fell to round 2. My sources tell me Pgastan FC would have drafted him as high as number 2 overall.

- Round 6 Pick 5: Ohsnappers!!! took DeMarcus Cousins. Oh how the might have fallen. Cousins' time in the NFA may be over as it appears he may be plying his trade in China soon. 

Those are the 2 picks that were most surprising. It is very hard to judge and NFA draft so only time will tell who got it right.

General Analysis

With 100% turnout again and most foul clubs having great drafts overall we'll see if this will bring more parity into the league. I think one way to find this out as the season goes on will be if the league average score is closer to the median score. Also, not having anyone foul club too far behind or in front will also tell us if there's parity once we get a large enough sample. 

As foul clubs continue to embrace Foulerball, it looks like that has changed general draft strategy with more and more guards being drafted int he top 3 rounds. Guards are usually the thinnest position in the NFA followed by SF and finally PF and C. 6 of the first 9 picks in round 1 were of foulers that were eligible for either PG or SG. Though round 2 only had 1 such fouler but round 3 had 4. 

Post-Draft Transactions

- GG Foulin' added Fred VanVleet on October 10th

- GG Foulin' added Hassan Whiteside on October 10th

- Oww Ming's Flagrants added Micahel Porter Jr. on October 10th

- Arlington Assaulters added Kyrie Irving on October 10th

- Arlington Assaulters added Zach LaVine on October 10th

We can call this dead week in the NFA as games don't start until a week from tomorrow so now's the time to make any rosters moves before the start of hte season should any GM want to. I'll probably do a quick post tomorrow with any activity from this week before we start the season next Tuesday.

Well that's it for now. 

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM

2021 NFA Draft Lottery

Foulerton's Brook, NJ - The powers that be at the NFA have decided that in order to let NFA teams prepare properly for the draft, that a draft lottery will be conducted on the Monday before the NFA draft. Follow along this post to see live coverage as the lottery reveals the order of the 2021 NFA Draft.

The commissioner has readied the tools for the draft and we will begin momentarily.

Our accountant at Foulerton Credit Union is the only one in the room that knows the order and he has handed those over and the commissioner will open each sealed letter one-by-one to reveal the draft order. I will be providing pick by pick analysis following the commissioners announcement.

NFA Commissioner (NFAC):  The 9th pick in the 2021 NFA Draft goes to Arlington Assaulters.

Foul Master (FM): Tough to go last in the NFA but AA did have the number 1 pick last year so I guess it evens out.

 

NFAC: The 8th pick in the 2021 NFA Draft goes to Oww Ming's Flagrants

FM: Oww Ming had the 4th overall pick last year so this may be a setback but given the shakeup in talent lately picking near the end of the 1st round may be beneficial. 

NFAC: The 7th pick in the 2021 NFA Draft goes to Rodman'sWeddingDress

FM: Rodman'sWeddingDress had the last pick last season so at least they moved up a few spots this time.

 

NFAC The 6th pick in the 2021 NFA Draft goes to GG Foulin'

FM:  GG Foulin' had the 8th pick last year and won the league so no doubt he can work some magic again.

NFAC: The 5th pick in the 2021 NFA Draft goes to Ohsnappers!!!

FM: Not even the 1st pick will be useful to Ohsnappers!!! if they don't manage their team throughout the season.  

NFAC: The 4th pick in the 2021 NFA Draft goes to F'N FLOPPERS

FM: F'N FLOPPERS had the 7th pick last year so this is an improvement but they'll need to manage their team like regularly to have it pay dividends. 

 

NFAC: The 3rd pick in the 2021 NFA Draft goes to Gamblor

FM: Gamblor had the 7th pick last year and finished in 8th so maybe this is the shot in the arm they need.

 

NFAC: The 2nd pick in the 2021 NFA Draft goes to Pgastan FC

FM: PFC had the 6th pick last year and after starting out strong slumped to 3rd for the bronze. Maybe this will give them that elite talent they need to close the deal.

 

NFAC: And the 1st overall pick in the 2021 NFA Draft goes to Baltimore Hitsquad. 

FM: Can Baltimore Hitsquad not squander being given the 1st pick? Who will they take? They finished in 5th last season after getting the 5th pick so can they finish in 1st with the 1st pick? 

So to recap, the draft order is as follows:

1. Baltimore Hitsquad

2. Pgastan FC

3. Gamblor

4. F'N FLOPPERS

5. Ohsnappers!!!

6. GG Foulin'

7. Rodman'sWeddingDress

8. Oww Ming's Flagrants

9. Arlington Assaulters

Well tune in next week when we recap the draft that will take place in a mere 6 days. Get ready for some fouling!

Well that's it for now.

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM