Lucky17's Yahoo! Points Hoops League: 2014 Offseason: Post Lottery

[hpantazo]

Lot's of great trades going down today. Props to all the GMs involved, good deals all around imo. LB33 finally cashing in on some of his assets, and Rondo going for it all with a top tier contender suddenly.

[hpantazo]

Almost lost in the trade news, we also learned the big reveal that Bellevue is in Seattle!! It must be a high end suburb or something 

[LarBrd33]

Almost lost in the trade news, we also learned the big reveal that Bellevue is in Seattle!! It must be a high end suburb or something 

It's the snooty rich snob of city built with Microsoft money 20 minutes from Seattle separated by a floating bridge over Lake Washington



You can see both the building I work in and my condo in this picture:



I can see the Space needle from my office window:



My coworker took a photo out the window almost every day for a year: 



It's a pretty area.  Bellevue is basically Seattle, though.  When people visit here they just say they are in Seattle.   

[hpantazo]

That's really cool LB33, that looks like an awesome area to live and work in! I didn't know about it, I always assumed Bellevue was fictional. Thanks for the info.

[LarBrd33]

That's really cool LB33, that looks like an awesome area to live and work in! I didn't know about it, I always assumed Bellevue was fictional. Thanks for the info.

You're basically right that it's basically a large suburb.  Wiki says:  "As Seattle's largest suburb, Bellevue has variously been characterized as an edge city, a boomburb, or satellite city. The city had a population of 122,363 at the 2010 census." 

There has been investment groups who occasionally explore the possibility of building a new arena (for a future NBA team) in Bellevue instead of Seattle.  Major long-shot, but I'd be all for that.

Anyways, glad to bring Durant home where he belongs.   Folks in Seattle can paddle across the water and come watch him.   It's a season of healing.   It just might be healing a little slower than anticipated... which isn't reason for concern, mind you... it probably just means we'll miss summer league.  We're bringing in 3 doctors to check the long-term health of the org.  We'll be fine. 

[Rondo2287]

That's really cool LB33, that looks like an awesome area to live and work in! I didn't know about it, I always assumed Bellevue was fictional. Thanks for the info.

Haha you always thought it was fake?  Common Harry!!! 

I knew it was at least on the west coast based on lb33 sending me trade offers at 330 am.  At least I hoped he lived on the west coast 

[LarBrd33]

That's really cool LB33, that looks like an awesome area to live and work in! I didn't know about it, I always assumed Bellevue was fictional. Thanks for the info.

Haha you always thought it was fake?  Common Harry!!! 

I knew it was at least on the west coast based on lb33 sending me trade offers at 330 am.  At least I hoped he lived on the west coast 

The only other person up that late seems to be Pitts... but I think it's because he's a vampire. 

[hpantazo]

That's really cool LB33, that looks like an awesome area to live and work in! I didn't know about it, I always assumed Bellevue was fictional. Thanks for the info.

Haha you always thought it was fake?  Common Harry!!! 

I knew it was at least on the west coast based on lb33 sending me trade offers at 330 am.  At least I hoped he lived on the west coast 

Lol....yeah, I honestly thought it was fictional! With all the stuff LB33 makes up in his press releases I just figured it was a part of that persona. At least I learned something about geography today 

[LarBrd33]

That's really cool LB33, that looks like an awesome area to live and work in! I didn't know about it, I always assumed Bellevue was fictional. Thanks for the info.

Haha you always thought it was fake?  Common Harry!!! 

I knew it was at least on the west coast based on lb33 sending me trade offers at 330 am.  At least I hoped he lived on the west coast 

Lol....yeah, I honestly thought it was fictional! With all the stuff LB33 makes up in his press releases I just figured it was a part of that persona. At least I learned something about geography today 

Chaz Buick is a real person too.  He's an ice zombie who posts on flutter a lot.

[hpantazo]

That's really cool LB33, that looks like an awesome area to live and work in! I didn't know about it, I always assumed Bellevue was fictional. Thanks for the info.

Haha you always thought it was fake?  Common Harry!!! 

I knew it was at least on the west coast based on lb33 sending me trade offers at 330 am.  At least I hoped he lived on the west coast 

Lol....yeah, I honestly thought it was fictional! With all the stuff LB33 makes up in his press releases I just figured it was a part of that persona. At least I learned something about geography today 

Chaz Buick is a real person too.  He's an ice zombie who posts on flutter a lot.

Yeah, he raises his arms and hundreds of dead, ugly rumors come back to life...

[Rondo2287]

My 2016 first and TB's 2016 first are available.  But im happy to hold on to them and let them increase in value to move them mid season.  But if you want to pick them up now at a relatively discounted price im all ears. 

[LarBrd33]

I'm listening to offers for the #1 pick.   Both mmsb's 2016 1st and disciples 2016 1st are available

[Gainesville Celtic]

thinking about trading the #16 (well 17.... but close enough) for Stauskas after reading a very persuasive thread in the forums 

anyone know who owns Sauce Castillo in this league

[LarBrd33]

thinking about trading the #16 (well 17.... but close enough) for Stauskas after reading a very persuasive thread in the forums 

anyone know who owns Sauce Castillo in this league

I'm sure you are teasing me, but I've said a few times now that this isn't how that works.  Nobody should be shocked that my targets in real life for the celtics overlap with the guys I target in fantasy basketball.  If I hadn't been partially convinced that stauskas/biyombo/Bennett had a future, I wouldn't have traded for them in the first place.  I also traded for noel and wiggins before either broke out... If I write a thread about how amazing wiggins is, it doesn't mean I'm trying to unload him on you guys and using the forum to hype him up.   I just traded for Kevin durant... If I write a 1000 page rant about how Danny should target him next summer, you can be comfortable knowing it has nothing to do with my fantasy team

[Gainesville Celtic]

thinking about trading the #16 (well 17.... but close enough) for Stauskas after reading a very persuasive thread in the forums 

anyone know who owns Sauce Castillo in this league

I'm sure you are teasing me, but I've said a few times now that this isn't how that works.  Nobody should be shocked that my targets in real life for the celtics overlap with the guys I target in fantasy basketball.  If I hadn't been partially convinced that stauskas/biyombo/Bennett had a future, I wouldn't have traded for them in the first place.  I also traded for noel and wiggins before either broke out... If I write a thread about how amazing wiggins is, it doesn't mean I'm trying to unload him on you guys and using the forum to hype him up.   I just traded for Kevin durant... If I write a 1000 page rant about how Danny should target him next summer, you can be comfortable knowing it has nothing to do with my fantasy team

I am just joshin'.....

(though i remember some comments from the Biyombo thread being interjected into our discussions -- even though i see a player/pick's IRL value as different from their fantasy value).


FWIW, i was never high on Stauskas last year so I wouldn't trade the #16 pick IRL for him. I see him as essentially a replacement level player.

#my2cents