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Image 1 — Is this the strongest 66 OVR Team ever?
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Is this the strongest 66 OVR Team ever?

The title is obviously a bit hyperbolic, but it's definitely one of my favourite teams ever, and definitely much stronger than 66 OVR would suggest (yes, I know that league was rather weak all around).

  • 72-10 in RS (15.6 MOV)
  • 8 three-point shooters
  • 5 Athletes (I rarely have three, even with higher OVR teams)
  • 2 Behemoth Centers (both 93 Height)
  • Multiple ballhandlers & passers

Also, not going above the Salary Cap is a necessity when playing as NOP on Insane Mode; this one is quite challenging to survive long-term, sometimes with rather ugly and barely functional teams. That's why this one is so memorable.

u/Single-Knowledge4839 — 4 days ago

"Defense wins Championship..." But not in BBGM!

I always had issues with this famous basketball quote, and it became even bigger since playing BBGM :).

Recently, I've realised that you can win an NBA Title with a sub-par defense (23rd in points allowed and 19th in dRTG), if your scoring is good enough.
I have a few other similar examples, maybe not as extreme, but with dRTG being outside of Top 10 not stopping be from winning it all.

However, I never won a title, while having a Top defense mixed with sub-par Offense.
So, it made me wonder - if BBGM is such a strong offense-oriented game, or if it's just me not doing it properly.

For the record - I had #1 ranked dRTG many times, but it's typically somehow connected to having a high OVR and free-scoring offense as well.

u/Single-Knowledge4839 — 5 days ago

I know it was controversial, and many players didn't like to be limited by 2 picks in a single Trade, but now it's way too easy to hoard second-round picks, and you can acquire almost all non-Lottery picks with them.
You don't have to go to such extremes as I did here, but from a few months' perspective, this is one of the updates I am not a fan of.
Now, I probably will have to invent a "No touching SRPs" house rule to keep playing.

Personally, I would trade (hah) getting back to "2 picks rule" in an exchange for extending rookie deals to 4 years like it is in the NBA - I'm talking exchange here, because Dumbmatter apparently is worrying that having both of them would make BBGM too easy.

End of my ramblings, as I understand the "you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube" rule.

u/Single-Knowledge4839 — 8 days ago