Week 4 and 5 Roundup

Well, I apparently forgot to do a roundup for week 4 so I'm going to combine both this week.

Stat Corrections

Week 4:
There were a total of 5 stat corrections but only one affected a player who was owned....

- DeMarcus Cousins  had a techy taken away retroactive to November 13th. Rodman'sWeddingDress had him active that week so he loses 40 points.

Week 5:
This is new, all stat corrections this week were only on personal fouls. There were 8 total stat corrections but only 4 affected teams...

- John Wall was credited with an additional personal foul retroactive to November 25th. Baltimore Hitsquad did not have him active that week so he doesn't gain 5 points.

 - Paul Millsap had 2 personal fouls taken away retroactive to November 25th. Arlington Assaulters did not have him active that week so he doesn't loses 10 points.

  - Marcin Gortat had 1 personal foul taken away retroactive to November 25th. They Call Me Gamblor did not have him active that week so he doesn't loses 5 points.

  - Paul Pierce was credited with an additional personal foul retroactive to November 25th. F'N FLOPPERS did have him active that week so he gains 5 points.

Standings as of December 1, 2014:

1. Baltimore Hitsquad- 2345  (+375 Wk 4; +720 Wk 5)
2. Pgastan FC- 2160 (+325 Wk 4; +700 Wk 5)
3. Rodman'sWeddingDress- 2140 (+315 Wk 4; +385 Wk 5)
4. They Call Me Gamblor- 2100 (+435 Wk 4; 405 Wk 5)
5. Arlington Assaulters- 2010 pts (+300 Wk 4; +490 Wk 5)
6. F'N FLOPPERS 1980 (+370 Wk 4; +355 Wk  5)
7. Oww Ming's Flagrants 1975 (+330 Wk 4; 345 Wk 5)
8. Dis is dat Donk Ball- 1600 (+470 Wk 4; +295 Wk 5)

Not a whole bunch of movement in Week 4 as it turned out, with Dis is dat Donk Ball surprisingly gaining the most points with 470. They Call Me Gamblor was the only other team in week 4 to crack the 400 mark. Week 5 on the other hand saw 2 teams crack the 700 mark with Baltimore Hitsquad and Pgastan FC gaining 720 and 700 points respectively. Baltimore HItsquad has a 185 point lead on 2nd, while 2nd only has a 20 point lead on 3rd and 3rd is only up 40 points on 4th. 5th is 90 points behind 4th but only 20 ahead of 6th and 6th is only 5 ahead of 7th. As you can see, only Dis is dat Donk Ball is out of it at the moment but that can all change in a week or two as Pgastan FC went from 7th to 2nd over the span of weeks 4 and 5.

Transactions:

-Pgastan FC added Amar'e Stoudemire and dropped Marc Gasol on November 23th
-Pgastan FC added James Harden and dropped Wilson Chandler on November 23th
-F'N FLOPPERS added Sebastian Telfair and dropped Rudy Gay on November 23th
-Arlington Assaulters added Trevor Booker and dropped David West on November 23th
-Dis is dat Donk Ball added Marcus Morris and dropped Evan Turner on November 24th
-Baltimore Hitsquad added Aaron Brooks and dropped Ricky Rubio on November 29th
-Rodman'sWeddingDress added Oj Mayo and dropped Ricky Rubio on November 30th
-Pgastan FC added Kevin Durant and dropped Carlos Boozer on November 30th

That's it for this week

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM

Week 3 Round Up

Crazy week that saw Arlington Assaulters catapult up to 2nd but then fall back to 6th by week end. Let's get to it.

Stat Corrections: There were 7 total stat corrections this week and 4 of them have affected teams.

- Tyson Chandler had a techy taken away retroactive to October 28th. Arlintgon Assaulters had him active that week so he loses 40 points.

- Chris Paul had a techy taken away retroactive to October 31st. Oww Ming's Flagrants had him active that week so he loses 40 points.

- DeAndre Jordan had a techy taken away retroactive to November 2nd. Arlintgon Assaulters had him active that week so he loses 40 points.

- Wesley Matthews had a techy taken away retroactive to November 2nd. Baltimore Hitsquad had him active that week so he loses 40 points.


Standings as of November 17, 2014:

1. Rodman'sWeddingDress- 1440  (+625)
2. Oww Ming's Flagrants- 1300 (+330)
3. They Call Me Gamblor 1260 (+355)
4. F'N FLOPPERS- 1255 (+355)
5. Baltimore Hitsquad- 1250 pts (+220)
6. Arlington Assaulters- 1220 (+500)
7. Pgastan FC- 1135 (+430)
8. Dis is dat Donk Ball- 835 (+270)

Two huge movers in Arlington Assualters and Rodman'sWeddingDress, unfortunately for the former he was up toe 2nd breifly and now back to 6, but there seems to be a lot of parity right now in NFA so no one is really out of it yet.


Transactions:

-Oww Ming's Flagrants added Tony Wroten and dropped Glen Davis on November 11th
-Rodman'sWeddingDress added Tony Allen and dropped Chris Bosh on November 16th

That's it for this week

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM

Champion Off the Schneid

Arlington Assaulters had an epic night which led to a jump from 7th place to 2nd. He score a whopping 410 points in one night, one of the best all time. He got 85% of his points (350) from two players:

Gerald Green: 5 fouls, 1 techy, and 1 ejection for 165
Matt Barnes: 1 foul, 2 techies, and 1 ejection for 185

Also of note last night, Rodman'sWeddingDress had 205 points with techies from Isaiah Thomas, Josh Smith, and DeMarcus Cousins along with 17 personal fouls from his foulers.

Check back tomorrow for our weekly roundup segment.

FM

Week 2 Round Up

Don't Feel like writing an introduction, so let's get right to it:

Stat Corrections: There were 5 stat corrections but none of those players were owned by anyone so it has no effect on the NFA standings.

Standings as of November 10, 2014:

1. Baltimore Hitsquad- 1030 pts (+440)
2. Oww Ming's Flagrants- 970 (+425)
3. They Call Me Gamblor 905 (+500)
4. F'N FLOPPERS- 900 (+350)
5. Rodman'sWeddingDress- 815  (+380)
6. Arlington Assaulters- 720 (+285)
7. Pgastan FC- 705 (+390)
8. Dis is dat Donk Ball- 565 (+320)

Balitmore Hitsquad had the 2nd best week which saw him move into first after gaining 440 points. They Call Me Gamblor won the week with 500 points, while Dis is dat Donk Ball had the worst week with only 320 points. Still early so not too much analysis this week but I wil go into a little more detail on performance fouls through 2 weeks:

- F'N Floppers is the only team with an ejection so far
- Rodman'sWeddingDress is the only team without a Techy this season
- Baltimore Hitsquad, Oww Ming's Flagrants, F'N Floppers, and Pgastan FC have 1 flagrant apiece.
- Arlington Assualters, Pgastan FC, and Dis is dad Donk Ball are the only clubs without anyone fouling out. Coincidence that they the last three teams in the standings?

Transactions:

- Pgastan FC picked up Iman Shumpert and dropped Khris Middelton on November 9th
- Pgastan FC picked up Eric Bledsoe and dropped Mo Williams on November 9th.


That's it for now.

Keep Foulin' Y'all

FM

NFA 2014-2015 Week 1 Round Up

Going to try a few new things this year hopefully have time for more blog posts. First off I have renamed these as "Week XX Round Up" instead of the boring "Weekly Update." 2nd we are attempting to come up with a new metric: Fouls Above Replacement (FAR) so hopefully you'll be seeing that at some point this season. Finally, I am going to log weekly team totals into Excel so I can post graphs to see how teams have progressed throughout the season.

With that being said, it was a pretty eventful week 1 which was only 6 days long as it started on a Tuesday. Let's get started:

Stat Corrections: There were no stat corrections this week

Standings as of November 3, 2014:

1. Baltimore Hitsquad- 590 pts (+590)
2. F'N FLOPPERS- 550 (+550)
3. Oww Ming's Flagrants- 545 (+545)
4. Arlington Assaulters- 435 (+435)
5. Pgastan FC- 415 (+415)
6. They Call Me Gamblor- 405 (+405)
7. Rodman'sWeddingDress- 315 (+315)
8. Dis is dat Donk Bal- 245 (+245)

Transactions:

- Rodman'sWeddingDress picked up Quincy Acy and dropped Kevin Durant on October 30th
- Oww Ming's Flagrants picked up Kemba Walker and dropped Kendrick Perkins on November 1st.

That's it for now, keep foulin y'all!

FM
 

2014-2015 NFA League/Draft Preview

It's Back! We are just a few weeks away from some intense fouling action, so what better way to get back into the swing of things than with a League/Draft Preview!

League Preview: We are at 8 teams for the 2014-2015 season The top 3 tams are all returning; Arlington Assaulters, They Call Me Gamblor, and Pgastan FC respectively. 4th place (Baltimore Hitsquad) and 5th place (Rodman'sWeddingDress) are also returning. Last place tam, F'N FLOPPERS also returns, but hopes to have a better season than last year. That would be 6 teams, I mentioned we have 8, so as the commissioner of the NFA I'd like to welcome Dis is dat Donk Ball and Oww Ming's Flagrants to the league.

Kind of tempted to run a head to head contest on the blog just to see who would win, but don't really feel like generating the schedule, though it wouldn't be too difficult I guess....Maybe one of the other members could help us out?

Draft Preview: In the past most teams just rank their foulers based on last years perfromance and it looks like that's still the best way to do so. 108 foulers scored over 1000 points last year with DeMarcus Cousins (2330 pts) and Blake Griffin (2305) leading the way yet again. The first surprise comes in at 3 where Kyle Lowry scored a whopping 2255 points. Now that point total is not what's alarming, it's the fact that he is a point guard that is crazy. He easily shattered the record for most points by a guard let alone a point guard. So the question is was it a fluke or can he repeat his performance, let's take a closer look:

Lowry had good consistent production with 267 PFs, so you were going to get at least something every night. He also clocked in at 11 techies and 5 foul outs. The foul outs may drop this year but it is conceivable he can keep up the techy pace. Throw in 1 ejection and 1 flaggy for padding and it is definitely possible he does it again.

Spencer Hawes and Andre Drummond round out the remaining foulers who scored over 2000 points. A total of 16 foulers had double digit techies, though one of those was Durant and given his injury that is unlikely to happen again unless he goes bonkers.

That's it for now. The NFA draft is this Sunday, so get your prep work done by then.

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM

NFA Champion Interview: "Listen, you should earn your foul"

We now bring you an exclusive interview with Arlington Assaulters, conducted by yours truly, the commissioner.

Commissioner: So how does it feel to be the National Foul Association Champion?

Arlington Assaulters: It feels great!!!! Just like normal. Always knew I was a champion.

Commish: You ended the duopoly of Pgastan FC and Rodman'sWeddingDress, anything you want to say? Any advice for Atletico Madrid who are looking to end the duopoly in La Liga?

AA: F*** those guys! I am the best! Those guys are just lucky I didn't come along until now.

Atletico will be fine. Just keep scoring goals and f*** the naysayers.

Commish: The first two years whichever team had Dwight Howard won, the last two years whichever team had DeMarcus Cousins won, you had neither, how did you do it?

AA: Fouling is a team sport.  Draft well and you may end up like me someday.  Hah. Good luck.

Commish: Do you think flopping is an integral part of NFA? It actually encourages fouls for your opponents, giving your competition more points.

AA: Listen,you should earn your foul.  Dwayne Wade drawing the techy versus Lance Stephenson for his second techy and the ejection was disgusting.    And seeing LeBron James flop every day to give out fouls like candy... Some players should be banned.  Hell just take the Heat out of the NFA.  They don't belong.

Commish: As an NFA team owner, would you like to see more contract bonuses for performance fouls?

AA: Hell no!  My team would bankrupt me if this happened.

Commish: Should the league be open to expansion or will that just dilute the fouler pool?

AA: Expansion is fine.  More suckers for me to walk through to get to the NFA trophy.

Commish: Would you be open to expanding rosters (if Yahoo! allows it) to add coaches to rosters in order for teams to get bench techys?

AA: Absolutely.  Bench techys are a whole new source of entertainment for our fans.

Commish: You were first in the league in Fouls, Foul outs, Ejections, and Flagrants, but were only 4th in techys, is this something you want to improve moving forward?

AA: What!!! I AM THE BEST!!! This interview is over!!!

Commish: Any free agent pickups you want to attribute to you winning the title? Who was your 6th man of the year?

AA: No free agent really stands out.  Westbrook had his moments although he spent a lot of time on the bench.  Same with 6th man of the year.  Everyone had a job to do and did it well.

Commish: Who is your team's Most Valuable Fouler (MVF)?

AA: MVF was Lowry.  He had a great season.