Toilet Bowl Preview: 2017

#1 Swamp Dragons (10-9) vs #1 Squirtle Squad (8-11)
Well, this is interesting, we haven’t had the top Toilet Bowl seeds advance to the Toilet Bowl finals since 2014, when Chunky Monkeys and Fat Jubas made it to the end game, but both the #1 and #2 two picks were slated for Chunky’s anyway. Aside from that, we’ve never had a meaningful Toilet Bowl finals that featured the best two losers. So, we’re looking at the best Toilet Bowl matchup ever! Yes!

And to be honest, this Toilet Bowl has been pretty drama free, unless you count a paper upset in RD1 by Team Cameltoe over Funk Coalition. Yeah, Squirtles survived a late surge by Buffy this past Sunday but Swamp Dragons had no problems dispatching Snack Bears and then Cameltoe on the way to Eddie’s first Toilet Bowl finals — in three tries. And actually, this is Squirtle Squad’s first Toilet Bowl finals too, after getting upended in RD2 in his past three attempts (2010, 2011, 2016). That’s gotta be exciting news for both teams as this 2017-8 NBA draft is largely seen as a two man pay day, with Markelle Fultz and Lonzo Ball earmarked as franchise changers.

So it's likely this could be the last Toilet Bowl both franchises see in awhile, as Squirtles and Swampies are more often in the post-season than not, and with a huge upgrade at the point guard position for both coming up, they could be on the verge of ascending into contender status. Let’s see who might win this matchup and get the right to choose between Fultz and Ball!

We think Swamp has the an advantage across most of the categories but FG%, 3PT, STL, BLK, and TOs are too tough to call. It’s likely Eddie’s team will take PTS and REB but no sure thing either. It’s possible Squirtles is a little underpowered right now, as his young team has already done its job getting to the final game, but Giannis Antetokounmpo can do anything so an upset isn’t out of the question. With Nicola Vucevic and rookies Marquese Chriss and Caris LeVert coming on, Giannis could have some extra help. Then again, we haven’t seen a loaded Toilet Bowl team like Swamp Dragons in awhile. I mean, they have a winning record for one, and they boast Paul George, Jusuf Nurkic, Andrew Wiggins, and a slew of other impressive pieces. We said they were the heavy favorites coming into the Toilet Bowl — even sans Jabari Parker — and we’re sticking to that story.

We’re thinking Swamps will take this game but Squirtles have an outside chance of finally pulling an upset of his own. Best luck to both teams!