00/01 Season Preview
Power Rankings
Team Finances (spending is from 1-100, with diminishing returns)
@altodevil -
Sacramento Kings (36-46)
Slight decline, but will probably have very little actual impact. altodevil will do what he always does. There are things he doesn't do, though, and he needs other people doing them. Dirk Nowitzki improved quite a bit, but the guards on the team are less than impressive. altodevil didn't make it to the playoffs last season, will he fare any better this time? Chances are... nope.
@BenitoSTARR -
New York Knicks (61-21, Champions)
A tiny bit of improvement for our first Cafite champion. Will the Knicks repeat their feat from last year? The team didn't really get much worse or much better, but it's possible last year was a fluke. It did take two incredible series comebacks, after all.
@Dan and
@Skizzo -
Philadelphia 76ers (19-63
)
Are Philadelphia going to be world beaters this season? No, probably not. Are they going to end up with by
far the worst record in the entire league again? No, they aren't. Both
Dan and
Skizzo saw significant improvement, and for the rest of the team it more or less evens out. A playoff spot is not out of the question.
@Dr. Dwayne and
@Stobzilla -
Vancouver Grizzlies (42-40, First Round)
Improvement continues for our Vancouver lads. Dr. Dwayne in particular has now increased by more than 20 overall rating since his draft. It's probably not going to be enough to make them truly
good, but at the very least there's a decent chance we see them back in the playoffs. The top 4 is good, but beyond that there's a serious lack of quality. Maybe some trades can sort it out?
@hobbers -
San Antonio Spurs (40-42, First Round)
More improvement is also the order of the day for our supergreen
Ruby Rhod hobbers. He's not officially the highest rated player in the entire league. In fact, he's the highest rated player in the league
so far. Is that somehow going to propel him to a championship? God no. He's got a couple of other decent players on his team, but beyond what you can see, very nearly literally every other player on the team declined significantly. Let's see what he does with, though.
@oneniltothearsenal -
Miami Heat (35-47)
Speaking of superstars on average teams, here's oneniltothearsenal! He saw some very minor rating changes over the summer, but at least other people in Miami's starting line up improved a bit. I doubt two players with a 60+ rating (and one only barely) is going to be enough to make any big waves, but with a good season from our man he might get to the playoffs for the first time since his second season with Charlotte.
@reelworld -
Washington Wizards (48-34, Conference Finals)
Bold move by reelworld, putting almost no points into height, strength or jumping. Let's see how it plays out. We might have another Samid on our hands, depending on just how low the ratings threshold is for the AI coach to pick him at all. Still, it's not like he's going to miss out on much. Washington are really quite poor, and there's no way they'll make the playoffs as they currently are. They did last year, but the reason (Chris Webber) has left for Houston.
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