Week 9 Matchups

[Reavers]

[Cousin Larry]

Don't look now, but I'm up 6-3. Years from now we will all look back and mark this day as the beginning of the reign of Balki.

OK, actually I'm sure I'll lose 2-7 by the time the week is over. But it is really nice to see my young guys contributing, even if it is just a one-day fluke. There is definitely hope for the future!

[ua]

I'll take that win against clutches as a positive sign. I mean, I might as well. Either my team is healthy and ready to make a run, or I have traded and free agent swapped my way to mediocrity. I have a suspicion it's the latter but I guess time will tell.
Having Garrett temple on your team is not a good sign.
Also picked up holiday in New York. In the first two months of the season he has managed to rank about 140. I probably don't think he's going to break out or anything that dramatic, but maybe he solidifies his place in the rotation from this point forward to get him up into the 110 rank area and I'll consider it a modest pick up success. If he happens to have a break out at some point this season it will probably come the day after I drop him. Kind of grasping at straws here, I feel I wouldn't be so quick on the firing button to get rid of people if some of my principal players would play a bit more consistently.

[ua]

Redskins giving me more than I can handle right now. It's all going to come down to Christmas Day.

Speaking of Christmas, I will be traveling and familying The next couple weeks or so; so I will be scarce on the boards.

[ua]

It's going to be tough getting out of this match up with imaginarium with anything more than a 5-4 split. Definitely still have a very faint and narrow path to the playoffs, but it's going to take a multi week winning streak starting right now to do it.
A rash of injuries to start the season has really held me down for the last couple months… maybe seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

[ua]

Could we please consider a second IL spot for next season? I have had at least two injuries on my roster all season long, I currently have 4 injuries. 1 IL is probably a good number for a smaller league with smaller rosters and deeper free agent lists, but in the full dynasty it's kind of hard to field a healthy 17 players over 82 games. I think going to 2 IL spots Will give breathing room to the most injury plagued managers and at least give them a chance to compete.

[spurs champs]

I dont like the 2 IL spots however I would like a player you "send to Europe". You would own his rights but he could not play this year.

[Reavers]

I don't like either idea. The new CBA is going to expand NBA rosters to 17 so we should just add a roster spot. Up to the GM if you add a rookie or a role player but it's your top 10 players that make the difference on a good team. I typically carry one or two guys that barely play at all in the keeper league yet I've been in first place for the last few seasons because I can put 11 quality starters in the starting spots. There's no rule that says you have to put PJ Tucker on your team instead of Yabusele.

[spurs champs]

actually I believe the new CBA is expending to 17 but 13 can dress and 2 have to be in the D league. I think the extra spot would dilute the pool to much ( though you could argue mine and UA would do the same). I dont like the extra IL because as reavers pointed out it is the top players that matter and I have yet to use the IL in this league. (some would say I am lucky and I cant disagree but there have been a few I wish I could pick up)

[ua]

The top 10 players on your team are certainly the engine that drives things, but not everybody has that luxury. I don't have many superstars so my team actually has to have a large number of healthy bodies constantly rotating. Adding 1 IL is a negligible impact to the free-agent list. Even if you add and additional roster spot you still have the problem of a team being able to operate at a high functioning level because of multiple injuries. Not that I would be against an additional roster spot, it's just that that doesn't address the problem I am having. I'm not even necessarily against spurs champs idea of a European stash… but like an extra roster spot it's a separate issue from what I'm talking about. The fact is that a team with say 14 healthy players is at a huge disadvantage to a team with a full 17 healthy players. I say give people the room to preserve injured players and allow managers to use their vision and creativity to try to get some short term help from the free-agent list. Often times that free-agent pick up is absolutely no help but at least it gives you a fighting chance rather than making you a sitting duck.

[spurs champs]

I have used the IL to stash someone as injured but to pick up someone that I think will be good. I have carried someone before that was hurt because I couldnt find someone I thought was going to be good. A bottom of the road player to me does nothing to replace an injured player.

[ua]

It does nothing for you right now but you don't know what the future will bring. Like you said, you have been very lucky this year, but there will come a time when you are up to your eyeballs in injuries as that time will come for everybody in here at some point because of the size of our rosters and when that time comes you might be fighting for a playoff spot. If getting a player off the free-agent list really does nothing for you then maybe you're not looking very hard, but even so, even if it means nothing to you then there is no harm in letting the rest of us have a second injury list spot. Certainly no harm can come from something that has no bearing.
I am simply suggesting a solution that helps the most injured teams in the league. Do we want to give every team every chance to be competitive or not? There is always a lot of talk about how important it is to have a fully competitive league, so why would we be content to tell owners with injuries basically "sorry, sucks for you, maybe next year." You want me to give you a one-size-fits-all solution that solves everything, I can't. Doesn't exist. But this is a practical solution for a real fantasy world problem that actually gets both you and wolves a half step in the directions you want to go… whether your objective is to stash a long-term player which you can do in some limited situations, or if your goal is to have an extra roster spot which again in limited situations you can do by proxy with the IL with a little bit of clever patients. Exactly what you want? No, but the main point of the suggestion was to help injured franchises, not to help you increase roster size or anything else. Sometimes it's better to be realistic than principled. Something is better than nothing.

[spurs champs]

My point is if you have two players injured then is two people from the FA list really going to help you? I dont think one helps much but when you have two injured you cannot replace that much. As far as helping with what I am after it does not do much if any. most of the players put in "euro stash" will not play much if at all so rarely would they be injured.
You say it doesnt hurt me to have someone have an extra IL space. It does because it limits the FA list that I can draw from. If there is someone that may break out they can pick them up and I cant without dropping someone.

On a side note you should get your status updated to show that you won the championship last year in the keeper league.

[ua]

Updating my status… I now have five injured players.
So you're saying if someone has two or more injured players they should just give up? Don't bother with the free-agent list… Just quit? I don't understand how you can say there is no help on the free-agent list… I find free agents that are productive and useful and that I am happy with all year round in here. You say the free-agent list doesn't help you, but you also on the other hand say that giving everyone an extra injured spot keeps you from getting a good player on the Free agent list. Well which is it? Either giving everyone an extra injured spot is pointless because there are no good free agents to get anyway, or adding the spot dilutes the free-agent list so you can pick up some good players. It can't be both. Your mind is so trapped concerned that someone might gain some minuscule and imaginary advantage over you that you are willing to sacrifice league competitiveness and flexibility. Nba franchises with 12 players have more avenues to deal with injured players then we do in here with 17 roster spots. Hell, yahoo public leagues with 12 teams and 13 roster spots have 2 IL spots and somehow the universe manages not to implode. I have a shot at the playoffs but my team is dead in the water RIGHT NOW. Do you hear me spurs champs?! Dead in the water! Not that this would get done this year, but if I had an extra spot I would show you that with one extra free agent and my three moves per week I could probably tread water long enough to get some key players back in time to make a run. As it is, all I can do is sit and watch the house burn down.

I'm not really sure who to talk to about upgrading my championship listing status. I hadn't even noticed it until you pointed it out to me. I guess someone will get to it eventually.

[spurs champs]

I am not saying that they should give up but It becomes almost impossible to win if those players are good players. If they are top 100 players I would say you continuing to win would be difficult to win wither you can place them on IL and get more people or not. I never said it does not help me I have the second most moves in the league which is 2 behind you. I said that I cannot always find people out there. Part of this is because people have replaced people that they have put on IL. While you say teams have more was to deal with injured players I would disagree. Most teams carry 14-15 players signed. when they have someone get injured they cannot go out and sign someone unless they have a spot open. Your response could be that they already have the players signed they just move them up from the D league. How many times do you see those people play though? Typically if the team has enough people injured to where someone they called up is actually playing meaningful minuets. AS for the leagues with 12 teams and 13 roster spots they have more quality on the FA list. As far as your team being better with other players I dont think it would be much better and you only have 3 that would qualify for IL.