Toilet Bowl Preview: 2018

#1 Swamp Dragons (12-7-2) vs #3 IL Conceived (8-12-1)
What’s it feel like to be in the Toilet Bowl with back-to-back winning records? Well, owner Eddie would know! He landed back in the consolation bracket despite twelve wins and a proclamation last year that “[this could] likely this could be the last Toilet Bowl both franchises see in awhile” from last year's Toilet Bowl preview. Despite winning last year’s top pick, and selecting Markelle Fultz, Swamp Dragons are going after a repeat Toilet Bowl win — last pulled off by Funk Coalition in 2015-6.

Even after trading off three playable assets in Eric Gordon, Jeff Teague, and Robert Covington, Swamp still had the depth to get by both Spade and Cameltoe with relative ease — although Cameltoe, with Anthony Davis and budding rookie Josh Jackson, came close in STL and BLK. Even with Dennis Schroder sidelined — and Fultz unable to be activated off IR — Dragons should have more than enough depth to secure the top pick. And even if they lose, getting a #1 or #2 in another deep draft should put this team over the top and into the playoffs. Eddie can’t three-peat in the Toilet Bowl right? Right?!

As for IL Conceived, it’s been a dream Toilet Bowl run, as Frank’s plan to tank yielded a shocking eight wins — worst tank job ever — and trading off veteran assets didn’t exactly return immediate value. (Hi Jrue Holiday’s incredible injury-free career season!) Still, here we are, at a Toilet Bowl finals for Frank after a squeaker of a win versus Buffy by a handful of REB and STL.

IL Conceived is now poised to add a top two pick to their youth movement after an outstanding 2018 draft class that included Donovan Mitchell and Dennis Smith. Harrison Barnes, the return from that Holiday trade put up four huge games last week, punctuated by 30 points on Sunday, and he’ll lead the way along with Mitchell to see if they can get the right to pick anyone in the upcoming 2019 draft. It would be a nice capper to a rookie season for Frank to take a Toilet Bowl title, so let's see what he can do... where's Sister Jean when you need her?!