Parity has never been more present in the NSL

The title race is wide open. The middle rung is competitive. The worst teams in the league are threats to still win games. For the first time in recent memory, the combination of team maturation, aspirations and a 2k game that is inherently random and variant, has many teams dreaming big. Portland, San Antonio, Memphis, Minnesota, Denver, New York, Washington, Milwaukee, Cleveland all believe they can make the Conference Finals, and possibly further.


The Knicks are the best traders in the NSL

Go back and look at the Knicks� box scores from the early weeks of the season, if you dare. Smokey the Bandit has done what he always does � wins trades and takes value like a lunch buffet special. Yes, he downgraded Jimmy Butler, but somehow, in the process, his team has become 3X better and he has valuable players across the entire roster. Now, he boasts arguably the best bench in the league and a top-5 starting unit. Plus, he has another trade on the way that will add more gleam to his pearly-white smile and trade aspirations. A masterful trader and team-builder that deserves his flowers.

Gee, Smokey is such a nice guy!

Trading didn�t die; strangely, is it a better market, and experience, post-rule change?

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There were some booming voices spreading messages of doom about the new trading restrictions, that this change was abrupt, reactive and against the spirit of a fantasy league. However, one could argue that trading hasn�t suffered at all. In fact, it could be the case that the craft of negotiating, trading has never been more important and interesting to the GM-masses. The first 9 weeks of the season crawl along but since the trade-floodgates opened, there�s serious momentum.

Kudos, admins. Ya did good.

The Phoenix Suns will make the NSL Playoffs

Well would you look at that?! The dead-and-buried Suns are climbing out of the crypt and now genuinely have a path to the play-in tournament. A languishing middle-rung of the Western Conference (and Eastern conference, too, for that matter) is meaning teams are never truly out of the playoff hunt (unless you are Utah or Lakers). The system works! Phoenix has made another big trade to bring Ingram in to complete what is a very tall and versatile lineup. Where to next? And with no picks left to move, what is their ceiling?




Blazers-Spurs hatred is reaching 2021 WCF levels

The Blazers and Spurs Front Offices are entwined in such interesting history. Great friends at school, played on the same sports teams, attended each other�s weddings and have played pivotal roles in the lives of both men. They have been there for breakups, for celebrations, for times of quiet and loud. Their families have broken bread together.

However, in NSL-times, there is nothing but hatred between the two franchises, with morals, blood, ethics and anything else that is collateral being spilled in the pursuit to be the best team in the West and therefore, the league. Accusations are flying about foul-play, with both parties pointing fingers.