2014 Draft Positions

1. Human Amoebas (1-17-1)
2. Jedi Knights (3-14-2)
3. Eron, Joven and Chandler (6-13)
4. Half Man Half ImAsian (7-10-2)
5. MoRRie's Pogiboys (8-10-1)
6. Funk Coalition (8-9-2)
7. Super Ninja (9-9-1)
8. Fob Stars (9-9-1) *Tie-break
9. Fat Jubas (10-9)
10. So Buckets (10-9) *Tie-break
11. Chunky Monkeys (11-7-1)
12. Squirtle Squad (12-6-1)
13. Sour Snails (14-5)
14. NJ All-Stars (15-4)
15. LA Buffy (13-6) *Runner-up
16. 100 Acre Wood Heffalumps (9-8-2) *Champion

Tie-Breaks
9-9-1, Fob Stars beat Super Ninja, WK7
10-9, So Buckets beat Fat Jubas, WK5

Toilet Bowl winner: Half Man Half ImAsian
Toilet Bowl runner-up: MoRRie's Pogiboys


Odds and Ends
In 2012 we took at look at some draft trends, so let's do it again. Also, here is our draft pick history tab from our league spreadsheet.

• Jedi Knights, after drafting #9 in our inaugural draft, has never had lower than a top three overall pick, but with no Toilet Bowl wins. Those picks were: John Salmons (2011), Jared Dudley (2012), and Michael Kidd-Gilhrist (2013, selected by Pogiboys), plus whoever they select this year. In 2014, they'll have two early first round picks, thanks to their 2012 Dirk Nowitski trade with Human Amoebas, who had the worst record in the league last season. So the Jedi Knights will enjoy the #3 and #4 overall picks this year. Let's make those count!
• Three teams with the best draft positions: Jedi Knights, Fob Stars, MoRRie's Pogiboys. The highest they have ever drafted is #8 overall -- in 2013 for Pogiboys and 2014 for Fob Stars. Obviously this means these are the three teams with the worst losing traditions. It goes without saying that none of these teams have made a post-season appearance. Heck, Pogiboys' 8-4 2012 season was is the only winning record any of them have had. At least Fob Stars went 0.500 in 2013!
• Three teams with the highest average draft positions: Sour Snails, Fat Jubas, NJ All-Stars. Strangely, all three had an aberration year, as the Sour Snails drafted #5 in 2013, Fat Jubas #9 in 2014, and NJ All-Stars had the #2 pick in 2012. The Snails was runner up in the 2013 Toilet Bowl so they actually won Damian Lillard at number two overall.
• Eron, Joven, and Chandler has been in a slow free fall since drafting #5 overall in 2010. They have selected 13, 7, 9, 3 in the four ensuing seasons. This follows the trajectory of an old team -- Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Jason Richardson, Antawn Jamison, Manu Ginobili were picks two through six -- as it has slowly descended out of contention status. This is not current GM Lucas' fault though, as he only took over the franchise last season.
• Buffy has the wildest swings, going from 7 to 12 (2011-12) and then 6 to 16 (2013-14) in subsequent seasons. We haven't been able to discern any patterns, except perhaps the injury bug, which has hit hard sometimes. Or perhaps Buffy is just a middle of the road team, but feasting off each year's swing in strength adjusted schedule? It's tough to say.
• The most steady regular team overall? 100 Acre Wood Heffalumps, who have never drafted higher than #11 (2013). Note: They had the #7 pick in our inaugural draft. No other team has consistently drafted so low, at 12, 14, 11 and now 16 after winning last year's Finals. Half Man Half ImAsian comes close, with draft positions of 10, 11, 11, until this year's rise/collapse to #4 pick -- but Oliver won the Toilet Bowl!
• Chunky Monkeys, NJ All-Stars, and Sour Snails have all drafted very low, aside from one outlier season when they collapsed. It was 2012 for Monkeys and All-Stars, while Sour Snails slipped in 2013. All three are back in contender status, as they draft 11, 13, 14 in our upcoming 2014 draft.
• A nice trend for Squirtle Squad, as they drafted #6 and #8 in their first two seasons, but have recovered to become #14 and #12 in recent years. That must mean they've used those picks to trend consistently upward. Or have they? Of those picks, they moved their 2012 first round pick to Funk Coalition (who moved it to Fob Stars, eventually being used on Nick Young) and then their 2013 first rounder to Human Amoebas (eventually Andre Drummond) in exchange for Ty Lawson. It seems like GM Brian built his success in other ways, not just by assets acquired in the early draft.