I have created a 3rd division to go with the 2nd division, because again just curious to see what sort of talent you need to get up from the 3rd tier to the 1st. After one successful season running a 3rd, gonna add a 4th tier and then plant a team at the bottom and see how long it takes to rise up.
Meanwhile, in my NBA in this league Pittsburgh Condors won their 11th straight NBA title. I even went in this year and tried to put together some teams in the west that might be able to take them. The problem? The Condors are an offensive force and defensive strong club and no one can match them for whatever reason. It's sort of fascinating since I had no hand in putting the team together, the AI put the two stars on the team and they've managed to just dominate with different role players over time no matter who else I try to get to topple them.
This year though, they won the series 4-2, rather than just sweeping, so maybe there's a distant chance that someone can take them next year, but it'd almost take a concerted effort by a team to topple them or extreme rules changes like forcing the team to breakup that'd manage to get us different teams in the league.
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NBA Champs
Season Champ Wins Runner-up Wins MVP Team
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2010 Condors 4 Thunder 2 Jan Hørby Condors
2009 Condors 4 Thunder 0 Harvey Crabb Condors
2008 Condors 4 Thunder 0 Jan Hørby Condors
2007 Condors 4 Thunder 2 Harvey Crabb Condors
2006 Condors 4 Thunder 1 Harvey Crabb Condors
2005 Condors 4 Thunder 0 Eero Ahonen Condors
2004 Condors 4 Raptors 1 Eero Ahonen Condors
2003 Condors 4 Raptors 0 Eero Ahonen Condors
2002 Condors 4 Thunder 0 Harvey Crabb Condors
2001 Condors 4 Raptors 0 Eero Ahonen Condors
2000 Condors 4 Raptors 0 Eero Ahonen Condors
1999 Raptors 4 Whalers 2 Harikishan Vishnavi Raptors
1998 Jazz 4 Whalers 3 Fabricio Alada Jazz
1997 Trail Blazers 4 Celtics 1 Tim Hardaway Trail Blazers
1996 Whalers 4 Jazz 2 Chuma Afiba Whalers
1995 Hornets 4 Spurs 0 Scottie Pippen Hornets
1994 Hornets 4 Stars 3 Temur Rotan Hornets
1993 Pacers 4 Hornets 2 Michael Jordan Pacers
1992 Nuggets 4 Royals 1 Doc Rivers Nuggets
1991 Nuggets 4 Hornets 3 Doc Rivers Nuggets
1990 Nuggets 4 Knicks 1 Doc Rivers Nuggets
1989 Royals 4 SuperSonics 3 Mark Price Royals
1988 Pistons 4 SuperSonics 3 John Stockton Pistons
1987 SuperSonics 4 Pistons 3 Hakeem Olajuwon SuperSonics
1986 Pistons 4 Spurs 3 John Stockton Pistons
1985 Lakers 4 Hornets 2 Larry Bird Lakers
1984 Lakers 4 Celtics 0 Larry Bird Lakers
1983 Spurs 4 Bulls 2 Magic Johnson Spurs
1982 Hornets 4 Lakers 0 Billy Knight Hornets
1981 Spurs 4 Hornets 2 Magic Johnson Spurs
1980 Nuggets 4 Royals 1 Artis Gilmore Nuggets
1979 76ers 4 Suns 3 Julius Erving 76ers
1978 SuperSonics 4 Bulls 2 Fred Brown SuperSonics
1977 SuperSonics 4 Royals 3 Neal Walk SuperSonics
1976 SuperSonics 4 Hornets 1 George Gervin SuperSonics
1975 76ers 4 Rockets 1 Julius Erving 76ers
1974 76ers 4 Lakers 0 Julius Erving 76ers
1973 Wizards 4 Lakers 3 Rick Barry Wizards
1972 Lakers 4 Royals 0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Lakers
Season Champ Wins Runner-up Wins MVP Team
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1971 Lakers 4 Heat 1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Lakers
1970 Hornets 4 Lakers 2 Terry Dischinger Hornets
1969 Pistons 4 Suns 0 Connie Hawkins Pistons
1968 Wizards 4 Suns 3 Rick Barry Wizards
1967 Suns 4 Wizards 3 Zelmo Beaty Suns
1966 Jazz 4 Royals 3 Wilt Chamberlain Jazz
1965 Cavaliers 4 Suns 3 Walt Bellamy Cavaliers
1964 Jazz 4 Cavaliers 1 Wilt Chamberlain Jazz
1963 Jazz 4 Cavaliers 2 Wilt Chamberlain Jazz
1962 Jazz 4 Raptors 0 Wilt Chamberlain Jazz
1961 Bucks 4 Jazz 1 Bob Pettit Bucks
1960 Clippers 4 Celtics 2 Cliff Hagan Clippers
1959 Jazz 4 Bucks 2 Wilt Chamberlain Jazz
1958 Bucks 4 Clippers 3 Bob Pettit Bucks
1957 Bucks 4 Lakers 0 Bob Pettit Bucks
1956 Clippers 4 Bucks 3 Bob Cousy Clippers