NBA SIMS LEAGUE
NSL Insider - Premium: Front Page Headlinesby jmac, updated on Friday, December 08 2023, 05:27 am EST What are the biggest storylines, true or untrue, from around the NSL? Ears to the ground, our sources have dug up what�s percolating around the league. Milwaukee Bucks (& Daz): Killing teams, kissing babies and preserving the NSL ecosystem. I�m still yet to see the Bucks lose a game. As I am writing this, Milwaukee just embarrassed their closest peer from the East, Washington, in a dominant win. SGA appears unstoppable no matter the night or opponent, and with that the Bucks can bank on 40 ppg on efficient shooting, drawing plenty of fouls along the way. The 2k engine and young NSL season has found its darling, and it�s the Bucks. Daz has masterfully built this team to revolve around SGA, complimenting him with smart, long defensive players and shooting, from top to bottom of the roster. As long as SGA is healthy, they are going to win. They are likely the title favourites, and not sure when their first loss will come (maybe in 2024?)  Indiana Pacers: The Panic Button, pressed! The greatest team to never be great? No one saw this coming (everyone thought this may happen). Yeet�s alcohol fueled night out cost him his starting point guard, as share prices took a huge hit. Yeet assumed we were all schmucks and with Wemby in Indiana, all the other teams would just lay down their arms and welcome him into their castles and boudoirs. The Pacers are a constant source of news headlines and the Pacers will always be discussed, living under the microscope and scrutiny of the basketball public. It�s definitely not panic stations, and Yeet can steady the ship, but the man took some cannonballs to the hull and he may have aimed the cannons. NSL Discord: Trending up, with highest ever levels of activity! You lovely people of the NSL community - thank you! Discord has never buzzed so consistently and with such positive intent. It�s a pleasure to see the league continuing to blossom and stamp itself in the conversation for the greatest fantasy basketball experience on planet Earth! Houston Rockets: Well, ya� get busy living, or ya� get busy dying. Everyone is in a rush to see the Houston Rockets put together a true contender around their three stars, everyone but GM Vitticus. When asked about the slow start, and whether or not there were moves to be made, he preached �patience�, and reassured the fans that they are on track, and that when it�s time to go for it all, it will be with the roster they have now. For now, they will try new rotations and strategies, even if it disappoints many NSL fans.  The Western Conference: Got damn� It�s never, ever been this tough! A goddamn Hornets nest, and not the Charlotte kind - the ones that will sting you over and over until you are sore and puffy all over, and have you question why you ever set foot in that place for the first time. The Western Conference has reached peak �bloodbath� levels; that�s saying something, with the West always being strong, and the better conference. I count at least ten teams who have a genuine claim to a playoff spot, with four of them having to go through the play-in tournament if they are to claim their prize. It�s going to make for some damn good basketball as a viewer, and bitter pills to swallow for some unlucky franchises and GMs. Return of the Kings: A zesty start to the season for everyone�s favourite, downtrodden son. The beating heart of the NSL ghetto, Klemmelo, and his beloved Kings, got off to a sizzling start in Week One, running off three wins and setting the league alight. Kyle Kuzma looks like an All-Star, as the Kings� starting power forward, with Lonnie Walker looking like a steal free agency addition. Naz Reid continues to improve as a scoring big man and veteran floor general Mike Conley guides the Kings with his steady hand. It�s not going to get easier for the Kings as the schedule rolls on, but a returning Bojan Bogdanovic and a reinvigoration of the GM has the Kings hopeful of a feisty campaign. Guards of the NSL: How it�s never been better to be a scoring point guard. Looking at the player rankings, something stands out so strongly - it�s the year of the point guard. Ten of the top twenty players of the league are point guards (according to the NSL efficiency/impact algorithms), a high water mark for the NSL�s history. SGA and De�Aaron Fox headline a dominant guard class. Get shorty! No Ja, No Hornets? Charlotte stumbles out of the blocks, tumbles to 15th in the East after two weeks. Pray for Ja, pray he comes back strong mentally, strong physically and with a chip on his shoulder the size of the bill he ran up at the strip joint last season. The Hornets currently hold up the Eastern Conference at an underwhelming 1-7. Better days are ahead for the franchise, for sure, with a talented team underperforming. Yes, injuries and suspensions are sinking them, but that�s a bad start and bad starts are hard to recover from. The unsinkable Craig shrugged off any concerns, smiling subtly and stating �keep watching the games�. 
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