Monday, April 12, 2021

Week 16 Roundup: 4th Month Analysis Blowout!

With this season only 20 weeks long, this will be the last big analysis post. With that being said, let's get right to it!
 
Stat Corrections:
- There were no stat corrections this week
  
Transactions:
- Pgastan FC added John Wall and dropped Darius Garland on April 11th
- GG Foulin' dropped Nickeil Alexander-Walker on April 11th
- GG Foulin' dropped Saddiq Bey on April 11th
- GG Foulin' added Nickeil Alexander-Walker on April 11th
- GG Foulin' added Jaden McDaniels on April 11th
- Pgastan FC added Nerlens Noel and dropped PJ Washington on April 11th.

Standings as of April 12th, 2021
 
1. GG Foulin' -  7435 (+480)   
2. Pgastan FC - 7260 (+355) 
3. Oww Ming's Flagrants - 7035 (+420)   
4. F'N FLOPPERS - 5905 (+650) 
5. Arlington Assaulters - 5785 (+600)  
6. Baltimore Hitsquad - 5655 (+465)    
7. Rodman'sWeddingDress - 5450 (+525)  
8. Gamblor - 5225 (+305)
9. Ohsnappers!!! - 3645 (+315)
 
League Average - 5933

<= 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
 
So all teams had at least an average week this time but still only the top 3 teams are fouling above the league average. However, F'N FLOPPERS has almost broken that mark as they are only 28 points (so really 30 since we only score in increments of 5) away. 
 
Ohsnappers!!! had an average week of 315 points and remains in last place. Gamblor had an average week of 305 points and remains in 8th place. Rodman'sWeddingDress had an excellent week of 525 points but stays in 7th place. Baltimore Hitsquad had a great week of 465 points but actually falls to 6th place. Arlington Assaulters had an excellent week of 600 points and moves up to 5th place. F'N FLOPPERS had an excellent week of 650 points and stays in 4th place.
 
Oww Ming's Flagrants had a great week of 420 points and stays in 3rd place. Pgastan FC had an average week of 355 points and stays in 2nd place. Finally, GG Foulin' had a great week of 480 points and stays in 1st place.
 
Average Points Per Game - Avg PPG (Last Month Avg PPG)
 
1. GG Foulin' (365 Games) -20.37 (20.79)
2. Pgastan FC (343 Games) - 21.17 (21.16)
3. Oww Ming's Flagrants (336 Games) - 20.94 (21.09)
4. F'N FLOPPERS (293 Game) - 20.15 (19.38)
5. Arlington Assaulters (334 Games) - 17.32 (16.98)
6. Baltimore Hitsquad  (336 Games) - 16.83 (16.52)
7. Rodman'sWeddingDress (336 Games) - 16.22 (16.00)
8. Gamblor (317 Games) - 16.48 (17.29) 
9. Ohsnappers!!! (302 Games) - 12.07 (10.66)

League Average (329 Games) - 17.95 (17.76)

Not sure why I hadn't thought about putting the last month PPG next to the current but I am doing it tonight. It's pretty interesting to see if any foul clubs have had any significant changes in PPG. The biggest change appears at the bottom with Ohsnappers!!! gaining 1.41 PPG compared to last month. Pgastan FC is the most consistent by only gaining by .01 PPG. This metric has PFC finishing 1st, Oww Ming's in 2nd and GG Foulin' in 3rd. GG Foulin' has a significant games played lead which is most likely why they are in first place. One final thing to note, F'N FLOPPERS has by far the lowest games played, in fact the only foul club to not have more than 300 games played yet they find themselves in 4th place with 20.15 PPG. In fact, by this metric, F'N FLOPPERS finds themselves in tier 1 as there is a drop off of 2.2 PPG between them and AA. 

Projected Final Standings:
 
Team Name - Traditional Method (Linear Regression) [Previous Month LR]

1. GG Foulin' - 9,295 (9,275) [9,215]
2. Pgastan FC - 9,075 (9,265) [9,480]
3. Oww Ming's Flagrants - 8,795 (8,850) [8,920]
4. F'N FLOPPERS - 7,380 (7,220) [7,295]
5. Arlington Assaulters - 7,230 (6,970) [6.940]
6. Baltimore Hitsquad - 7,070 (6,790) [6,660]
7. Rodman'sWeddingDress - 6,810 (6,695) [6,735]
8. Gamblor - 6,530  (6,815) [7,050]  
9. Ohsnappers!!! - 4,555 (4,310) [4,190]
 
As with the metric above I decided to keep last month's linear regression next to the current one to see what hs changed. It's a lot of numbers and that's in brackets and I color coded it in red so hopefully that helps distinguish it. GG Foulin' has stayed pretty consistent whereas PFC has fallen about 200 points from their previous projection last month. The most interesting things is the linear regression has GG Foulin' edging out a title by a mere 10 points. Teams 4 through 8 stayed in the same ballpark as their previous LR projections. Ohsnappers!!! basically did as well. 

Points Graph:
 
Tier 5: Ohsnappers!!!
Tier 4: Rodman'sWeddingDress, Gamblor
Tier 3: F'N FLOPPERS, Arlington Assaulters, Baltimore Hitsquad
Tier 2: Oww Ming's Flagrants
Tier 1: GG Foulin', Pgastan FC

It looks like the separation of the tiers that started last week has stayed for this week as well. We definitely have some more separation within the tiers as well as clearly seen in the graph. Though, we basically have the same 3 basic tiers we have had for most of the season. And as mentioned earlier in this post only the top 3 teams are fouling above the league average though F'N FLOPPERS has almost broken that ceiling. 

Well that's it for now.

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM

Monday, April 5, 2021

Week 15 Roundup: One Gloomy Moment Edition

As is tradition after the college championship for fouling is determined, we will play the tournament highlight video with "One Gloomy Moment" as the music. What foulers who have prospered at the collegiate level will be good in the NFA? Only time will tell but hopefully you've done your homework scouting out potential new talent for your foul club. Let's get to this week's post, shall we? 

Stat Corrections:
- There were no stat corrections this week
 
Transactions:
- GG Foulin' added Saddiq Bey and dropped Jakob Poeltl on April 4th
- Pgastan FC added Darius Garland and dropped John Wall on April 4th
- Pgastan FC added PJ Washington and dropped De'Andre Hunter on April 4th
- Pgastan FC added De'Andre Hunter and dropped PJ Washington on April 4th
- Pgastan FC added PJ Washington and dropped Cam Reddish on April 4th
- Arlington Assaulters added CJ McCollum and dropped Ja Morant on April 4th
- GG Foulin' dropped LaMelo Ball on April 4th
- GG Foulin' added Nickell Alexander-Walker on April 4th

Standings as of April 5th, 2021
 
1. GG Foulin' -  6955 (+340)   
2. Pgastan FC - 6905 (+400) 
3. Oww Ming's Flagrants - 6615 (+460)   
4. F'N FLOPPERS - 5255 (+250) 
5. Baltimore Hitsquad - 5190 (+460)    
6. Arlington Assaulters - 5185 (+420)  
7. Rodman'sWeddingDress - 4925 (+285)  
8. Gamblor - 4920 (+230)
9. Ohsnappers!!! - 3330 (+375)

<= 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
 
Ohsnappers!!! finds themselves still at the bottom of the standings with no way up even after an average week of 375 points. We have 2 crazy duels at the within the next 4 positions. Gamblor trails Rodman'sWeddingDress by a mere 5 points after both teams had poor weeks. The 5-6 duel between Arlington Assaulters and Baltimore Hitsquad sees the latter leading the former by 5 points after both foul clubs had great weeks of over 400 points. 
 
F'N FLOPPERS finds themselves in 4th place still but their lead is shrinking as clubs have narrowed their lead especially after the poor week of 250 points they just had. Oww Ming's Flagrants had a great week of 460 points of but sits in third place. Pgastan FC had a great week of 400 points and actually jumped back to 1st for a few days before ultimately staying in 2nd place. GG Foulin' had an average week of 340 points and remains atop the standings. 
 
Points Graph:
 
Tier 5: Ohsnappers!!!
Tier 4: Rodman'sWeddingDress, Gamblor
Tier 3: F'N FLOPPERS, Baltimore Hitsquad, Arlington Assaulters,
Tier 2: Oww Ming's Flagrants
Tier 1: GG Foulin', Pgastan FC
 
Switching up the tiers a little bit as we have 2 sets of teams only separated by 5 points. You can see RWD and Gamblor a little behind the rest of the middle of the pack. While, F'N FLOPPERS has come back to the pack a little bit as Bmore and AA have caught up. Again, only the top 3 teams remain above the league average.  It will be interesting to see if that the 4th place team can foul above league average or if this season will remain to be very top heavy. 

Well that's it for now.

Keep Foulin' Y'all!

FM