The Bulgarian Brothers – A College Hoops 2K8 & NBA 2K20 Dynasty

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Quote: Originally Posted by JoshNormanMane

Dominant game from the Aussie and big game to take for the Flash.

I totally forgot that Thompson wasn't American. But he's a Kiwi, not an Aussie!

He is part of the same HS cohort from New Zealand that brought Marko "Spicy K" Nevill to Stetson. That seems like a fun group for the NZ youth national team.

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It was a close and fun All-Star game between team Giannis and Team Luka.

Giannis was clearly the main event at this game, especially being at his home court in Milwaukee. However, his 31, 9, and 5 were not enough to win as Team Luka got a 7 point win. They were led by the exciting backcourt combo of Ja Morant and Devin Booker.

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After a big win over San Francisco, Oggy and the boys got stomped by Saint Mary’s with only Herbert Nashif playing well. The following game Nashif was injured, only took 4 shots, and saw the team lose big to Pepperdine. Things turned around with a huge 96-63 win over Gonzaga. Herbert Nashif had 26 points and Evan Harris added 17, 9, and 9. However, they dropped their 3^rd game in the last 4 to Santa Clara, 68-72. This puts them below .500 in the WCC (5-6) and tied with Gonzaga and St. Mary’s for 5^th place.

Only San Francisco seems to have pulled ahead with a conference record of 8-3, as everyone else is somewhere between 4-6 and 6-5 in conference play. This means that Oggy and co could finish anywhere between second and last depending on how the games go to wrap up the year.

The San Diego Toreros are 6-5 in the conference and 16-9 overall. They have a lot of experience and are led by the senior trio of Martin Fisher (SG, 83 ovr), Theo Boddicker (PF, 80 ovr), and Taj Bogans (PG, 76 ovr). These three combine for 37 points per game and are the heartbeat of the team. The Toreros play at a very slow place, which allows 7’3” sophomore Randolph Birley (C, 67 ovr) to be more integrated into their team.

The first time these two teams met, it was Oggy’s 100^th career victory as the Lions won 88-72 in San Diego. Oggy will be hoping to repeat that and get his first ever sweep of a WCC opponent.

Loyola Marymount looked great early on, using their speed to jump out to a 9-2 lead and cause issues for San Diego. Unfortunately, that was the last time they’d see a lead. The Toreros clawed back to make it 15-13, and then busted things open and went on a 19-2 run to put the Lions down 17-30.

Things got better when Oggy put his starters back on as they are able to play reasonable defense and play with more skill, but the drop off from the starters to the backups is too huge for this team to overcome.

Herbert Nashif is the best and most consistent Lion. Here he is throwing down a dunk over Theo Boddicker.

It was a respectable 32-39 score at halftime thanks to a bit of a Lions comeback. San Diego was shooting 61% from the field and LMU needed to stop all the easy baskets. Herbert Nashif had 9 points, Reid Christensen had 8, and Kahrimanovic had 8 as well at halftime. Skip Salow’s tweaked hamstring was clearly bothering him as he was largely ineffective.

San Diego started the half on another run, getting up 48-35 and never looking back. Loyola Marymount was down by as much as 26 at one point, but finished with a 14 point loss, 66-80.

SD was 53% from three. 64% overall. 32-2 bench point differential.
Nashif with 16, 8, and 3 steals.

Around the NCAA

• It’s been very chaotic at the top of the polls lately:
• #3 UConn’s swoon continued as they lost to #2 Villanova and Pitt, giving them 5 straight losses before managing to win 2 straight.
• #2 Villanova was feeling great after the big win over UConn, but they fell to Cincy 1 week later, 68-64.
• #6 Texas lost twice in a row to unranked Kansas and Oklahoma.
• #7 Washington was bested by unranked Oregon 94-91.
• #9 Duke lost twice in a row to Clemson and #19 Maryland.
• #10 Michigan State also dropped 2 straight to #18 Illinois and Northwestern.

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Is Oggy properly utilizing all his timeouts so his starters are fresh and his bench can play fewer minutes? Because they look useless.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Tovarich

Is Oggy properly utilizing all his timeouts so his starters are fresh and his bench can play fewer minutes? Because they look useless.

"Properly" is a bit subjective here, but Oggy definitely uses all of his timeouts every game. Ideally he's only using 3 in the first half, 4 in the second, but sometimes he's usually 4+ in the first.

The bench is fully useless. In reality, only Nashif is good and Christensen, Kahrimanovic, Harris, and Salow are hit or miss. Then the whole bench is useless.

This team won 4 games last year (1 in conference play) so the fact that Oggy is 10-16 and has 5 conference wins (with 1 game remaining) is a huge improvement. I'm just worried that this offseason may not bring impact recruits.

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The Inside Scoop is based on TheDominator273's awesome spreadsheet to add random events to your MyLeague.

Andre Rice is looking to become a defensive specialist
Andre Rice (PF, 77 ovr) is on his second team in the NBA (having been drafted by the Spurs 6^th overall in 2021) and is struggling to find minutes in Miami after being a key player on a series of bad Spurs teams and sent to Miami as salary filler from Toronto in the Pascal Siakam trade.

Side note on Rice: it was just 2 seasons ago that the Spurs had Juan King (Sonics), Rice (Heat), Dejounte Murray (Magic), and Michael Porter Jr (Spurs) as 4 of their starting 5. It’s interesting to look back and see how much that team has changed.

With a desire to improve and get more minutes, Rice has spent time working on his footwork and learning the intricacies of perimeter defense from teammates Darrall Lampley (SF, 80 ovr) and Pascal Siakam (PF, 88 ovr). The results have started to pay off as the coaches know they can switch the under-sized PF onto 4 of the 5 spots on the floor.

Raitis Engle is already past his prime
Engle (SF, 77 ovr) is a 28 year old out of Texas Tech once had a promising future being drafted 19th overall in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Jazz. Unfortunately he’s not done much with that career – having only played games in 3 of his 5 seasons in the league – and is currently stuck deep on OKC’s bench. There was some hope that he’d finally be ready to step up, but reports from inside OKC state that he has gotten worse as the season has gone on and it’s hard to imagine he’ll be in the league much longer.

Looking back at that 2020 NBA draft, Engle was picked ahead of Bruno Radja (PG, 90 ovr) and Londrick Helms (PF, 78 ovr) – both picked by the Boston Celtics, though Helms is now on NYK.

Collucci takes the fall
Third year PG Brandin Collucci (76 ovr) has been let go from the Grizzlies after reports of a locker room altercation recently surfaced. It appears that Collucci, the 26^th pick in the 2022 draft out of Villanova, has been frustrated by his lack of playing time recently and it all boiled over into a verbal and physical altercation between Collucci and several other players, including 4^th year pro Freie Holt (PG, 79 ovr). It appears that some of his frustration was driven by Holt getting significantly more playing time than him.

Collucci had only seen the court in 13 games this year, averaging 5 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist per game. Holt has played in 56 games, grabbing 2.5 points, rebounds, and assists per game in those appearances as the 5^th guard off the bench.

Memphis did not delay in taking action, waiving Collucci immediately. He was the 4^th PG on their roster, behind the previously mentioned Holt, Issa Leslie (PG, 81 ovr), and Ja Morant (PG, 94 ovr).

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Quote: Originally Posted by JoshNormanMane

Dominant game from the Aussie and big game to take for the Flash.

Gotta be careful with your Aussies and your Kiwis. It’s bit like calling an American, Canadian or vice versa 😂

Quote: Originally Posted by studbucket

The Inside Scoop is based on TheDominator273's awesome spreadsheet to add random events to your MyLeague. Andre Rice is looking to become a defensive specialist Andre Rice (PF, 77 ovr) is on his second team in the NBA (having been drafted by the Spurs 6th overall in 2021) and is struggling to find minutes in Miami after being a key player on a series of bad Spurs teams and sent to Miami as salary filler from Toronto in the Pascal Siakam trade. Side note on Rice: it was just 2 seasons ago that the Spurs had Juan King (Sonics), Rice (Heat), Dejounte Murray (Magic), and Michael Porter Jr (Spurs) as 4 of their starting 5. It’s interesting to look back and see how much that team has changed. With a desire to improve and get more minutes, Rice has spent time working on his footwork and learning the intricacies of perimeter defense from teammates Darrall Lampley (SF, 80 ovr) and Pascal Siakam (PF, 88 ovr). The results have started to pay off as the coaches know they can switch the under-sized PF onto 4 of the 5 spots on the floor. Raitis Engle is already past his prime Engle (SF, 77 ovr) is a 28 year old out of Texas Tech once had a promising future being drafted 19th overall in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Jazz. Unfortunately he’s not done much with that career – having only played games in 3 of his 5 seasons in the league – and is currently stuck deep on OKC’s bench. There was some hope that he’d finally be ready to step up, but reports from inside OKC state that he has gotten worse as the season has gone on and it’s hard to imagine he’ll be in the league much longer. Looking back at that 2020 NBA draft, Engle was picked ahead of Bruno Radja (PG, 90 ovr) and Londrick Helms (PF, 78 ovr) – both picked by the Boston Celtics, though Helms is now on NYK. Collucci takes the fall Third year PG Brandin Collucci (76 ovr) has been let go from the Grizzlies after reports of a locker room altercation recently surfaced. It appears that Collucci, the 26th pick in the 2022 draft out of Villanova, has been frustrated by his lack of playing time recently and it all boiled over into a verbal and physical altercation between Collucci and several other players, including 4th year pro Freie Holt (PG, 79 ovr). It appears that some of his frustration was driven by Holt getting significantly more playing time than him. Collucci had only seen the court in 13 games this year, averaging 5 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist per game. Holt has played in 56 games, grabbing 2.5 points, rebounds, and assists per game in those appearances as the 5th guard off the bench. Memphis did not delay in taking action, waiving Collucci immediately. He was the 4th PG on their roster, behind the previously mentioned Holt, Issa Leslie (PG, 81 ovr), and Ja Morant (PG, 94 ovr).

Not gonna lie, this events sheet is actually one of the things I miss most about running a dynasty!

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Yeah, Mr. NormanName is looking to alienate his readership down under!

And yeah, the random events sheet is awesome. Love the ways it changes things up. Also is a small way for me to highlight and show off some of the fictional players.