2017 Toilet Bowl: Swamp Kings

Well, it looks like the Swamp Dragons rebuild is about to approach finished! With a Toilet Bowl win, Eddie will get to select from a bumper crop of rookies next season and his team is exactly in need of a star point guard. Sure, Dennis Schroder is a nice piece but he’s not going to be a franchise cornerstone, not like a Markelle Fultz or Lonzo Ball! We predicted a romp through the consolidation tournament for Swamp Dragons and that’s exactly what happened, even as they had three less GP than their opponent, Squirtle Squad.

Paul George balled out with 32.0 PTS, 6.5 REB, 4.8 AST, 2.0 STL, and an astonishing 4.5 3PT during the week. Helped by fantastic weeks from Nikola Jokic and Andrew Wiggins, this team didn’t even really need extra contributions, which was nice because not only was Jabari Parker unavailable on IR, Reggie Jackson and Robert Covington were unavailable too. Plus, Jusuf Nurkic only logged one game while Malcolm Brogdon was similarly hurt. So yeah, Swamp Dragons basically won the #1 pick with half a squad, and that doesn’t bode well for their foes next year as they’ll get even better with a top pick. Congrats Eddie!

As for Squirtle Squad, a runner-up showing in Toilet Bowl is still the most success they’ve had in a post-season (albeit the losing side). And what a year to do it, as there are many franchise quality players to choose from, and if they get Fultz or Ball, they’ll add a tremendous piece to their championship hopes. While Giannis Antetokounmpo, Goran Dragic, and Nikola Vucevic tried their best to keep pace, the young Squirtles just couldn’t keep up with Swamp. That’s okay though as Brian has stocked his roster with plenty of upside players and we’re looking for big things from them next year, especially armed with a delicious #2 2018 pick!