UFOS: Somewhere Up in the Sky

It’s been three years since we’ve had new blood and while we hate to lose old owners, it’s always exciting to have someone new drop into the league. And in this case, UFOS aka Uncalled Flopping Objects is sort of old blood as well, since Victor is CHMK Evan’s cousin—that makes for two Evan cousins in SlamNation if you’re counting.

A (basically) California native, Victor hails from Fremont and picked a great time to get into basketball, right around Linsanity and the rise of the Golden State Warriors. This family man works in NASA—thus the space-themed name—and is deemed the “cool cousin” by those in the know. Athletic endeavors include some pickleball, golf, and rock climbing.

While Victor hasn’t had decades of fantasy experience like many of us, he is excited to participate in his first fantasy basketball league—he recently started playing in our sister fantasy football league, Catch the Damn Ball. And Victor’s already started off his Slam tenure with a bang, having a new rule named after him and taking part of two pre-dispersals trades before he’d even gotten all six of his keepers selected. We love it!

With the detritus of the FOBS roster to pick from, Victor moved Jamal Murray away for the package of Nic Claxton, Jabari Smith Jr., and Jordan Poole. All three of those would be keepers. Then a few days later, UFOS traded Keldon Johnson away, in return for basically an extra RD4 in this year’s draft. Already the new-look UFOS was looking better than last year’s iteration. The one-team dispersal yielded FOBS holdovers Damian Lillard and Jarrett Allen, the Claxton-Smith-Poole package, and then dispersal grab Cameron Johnson.

Let’s wish Victor and the Uncalled Flopping Objects good luck in the future!