Our five best owners were KSKT, SCRM, SOUR, FJUB, and SQSQ. Their combination of Games Played, Moves, and Wins came out on top. So this year’s Executive of the Year Award goes to KSKT’s Matt! He had the third most GP, the fourth most Moves, and had the fourth best regular season record.
FJUB must be commended here as well, as they were first in both Games Played and Moves, but came up short in Wins. Still, that meant Eric was really doing the most to maximize his roster all season.
As for the bottom five owners, the list was SWMP, ILCN, ABCX, FUNK, and UFOS.
SWMP, ILCN, and especially FUNK all had lower Games Played numbers, as they were eleventh, thirteenth, and fifteenth in that category, respectively. They were also thirteen, fourteen, and fifteenth in moves, which threw them into the “bad” owner category.
Speaking of “moves,” again, I have no idea how they calculate them because for example, FUNK is credited with just one Moves but I clearly added Al Horford and Kevin Huerter post-draft and then Ziaire Williams on Jan 7th. Perhaps it’s just the result of how I calculate the ODE. Regardless, Moves is just a small measure of owner activity.
ABCX was much more active this season, with plenty of pickups throughout the season: Grant Williams, Isaiah Stewart, Andre Drummond, Buddy Hield, Amir Coffey, Jose Alvarado, Mike Conley, Gradey Dick ($9), Ben Simmons ($5). We’re wondering why their lineup didn’t change much near the end of the year though, especially Bobby Portis, who was suspended. We’ll have to send out an investigative team for that.
UFOS has been pretty bad for two years—the first when they were getting used to our Slam system, and the second from just plain inattention—and only made one move all season: adding Julian Champagnie all the way back in November. They'll be exiting SlamNation next season. Thanks for your time Victor! If anyone has leads on new owners, do tell!
Overall, good job everyone and the thing we need to do is look at some metric for overall owner participation. Of course, Games Played is the most important stat here—maximizing your lineup is important—and Moves and Wins are more arbitrary. But is the owner active in trades to make up for it? Is the owner active at all? Is there a GP minimum threshold we should install? We’d like a full sixteen team league of active owners, as that provides the best competitive balance. Any thoughts or ideas on how to advance that, do tell!
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