2018 Toilet Bowl: Back in the Muck

Well, what do you know, the best of the worst gets to become the best again. Swamp Dragons, after going 10-9 and taking the Toilet Bowl last season, has repeated in the consolation tournament by having an even better season than last year: 12-7-2. Narrowly edged out of a playoff spot, Eddie’s team managed to avoid upsets on they way to the Toilet Bowl finals and finished with a tough win in the Toilet Bowl win behind a huge AST week from Nikola Jokic and excellent shooting and rebounding across the board.

Already boasting a keeper core featuring Jokic, Paul George, newly acquired Gordon Hayward, Dennis Schroder, Andrew Wiggins, Jusuf Nurkic, emergent Taurean Prince, and last year’s #1 overall Markelle Fultz, GM Eddie will have to make some interesting off-season decisions. And with yet another loaded NBA draft coming up, that core should be more than enough to power Swamp Dragons into the playoffs next season.

Although, the Thundercats division has traditionally boasted three of the playoff teams from Russell Conference, and even with Spade falling to the bottom of the league, Funk Coalition rose up this past season, and Chunky Monkeys finally broke through and took a title. Could Swamp find themselves back in the Toilet Bowl finals for a third consecutive season?! Let’s hope not!

As for IL Conceived, a pretty successful rookie season spent resurrecting the old Jedi Knights franchise couldn’t have worked out more wonderfully for Frank, even as his team fell five AST and one BLK short of staging a come-from-behind victory. Still, securing a top two pick is tremendous, and that pick will help them add a potential superstar to a core that’s definitely on the rise behind rookies Donovan Mitchell and Dennis Smith Jr.

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