First of all though, before I begin, let me apologize for my absense. The last month at work has been crazy as I've been going through a management posting at work so there have been lots of interviews and such. That being said, there is an obvious correlation between my shittiness in Golden and the number of blog posts. But don't worry, I'll be busy in the next little while doing years in review on here while creating a much shorter article on the JBL site directing everyone to here to read the 2011 summaries.
So, let's begin. I will start at 13th and work my way to the top. It's Tuesday, April 12th and I'll try to have them finished by the end of the month. I think we know who's going to win and I think we know where the parade will start and end.
Belgrade. What's happened? Well, I can tell you what happened. Crisis all over the world happened. For those of you who don't know, I will attempt to explain Marko's job (hopefully I do it justice). Marko is in Intelligence gathering and monitoring. If there is a crisis in the world (Egypt, Libya, Japan) his job is monitor online traffic and social media to determine if there are security threats of items of interest that could be of concern. Well, unless you've been living in a cave, the world has been in crisis for the last few months - which means Marko is busy at work and not worried about his 13th place Belgrade squad.
Now, that being said, let's go back to the very beginning and look at what happened on October 23rd - JBL Draft day. After the draft Marko's roster included Bosh, Carmelo, and Monta. Not a bad big three. The supporting cast included Odom, DeRozan, and an injured Andrew Bynum. Again, not a horrible nucleus but he really missed on some of his other draftees.
Belgrade took a chance on Linas Kleiza for $15 - that one failed big time. If it's any consolation, I'm pretty sure I was the guy who bid $14. He also drafted Rip Hamilton, Udonis Haslem (who blew a knee a couple games in), Mehmet Okur (injured) and Josh Childress. He took some chances on guys and he swung and missed.
Now, after Chris Bosh got off to a horrible start - he sold him low for Devin Harris. This was the beginning of the fall for Belgrade. The age old no-no of trading big (Bosh) for small (Harris) really applied here. Despite his hair and what he did to the Raptors - you just can't trade Bosh for Harris one week into a fantasy season. Lesson learned.
Belgrade's highest spot in the standings was after week 1. He was in 5th with 767 points. From there - downhill all the way. By week 7, he was in 12th place with 388 points. By the halfway point (week 12) he was down to 290 points and still in 12th. Belgrade took over 13th for good in week 16 and has been there ever since. His low point total for the year was 283 (good for 4th worst all time in the JBL).
With his 13th place finish there will be no keepers in Belgrade next season. He'll be starting fresh. El fresco. Will the world find peace so Marko can focus on the JBL next season? Belgrade's first two seasons in the JBL have been 11th and 13th place finishes. Year three needs to be a good one for him to show the rest of those JBL non-believers that he gets the world of fantasy basketball. Remember when he joined the JBL? He was passionate. He posted more articles in his rookie season than the rest of the JBL combined. His 2nd year in the JBL began poorly with an average draft; quickly deteriorated with the bad trade of Chris Bosh; and then completely failed with the disasters in Egypt and every where else around the world.
In his rookie year Belgrade entered the JBL record books by shooting an all-time worst 32.1% from downtown. Well, in year two, it looks like he will get another all-time worst - in a couple of categories - Blocks and Rebounds. So, I don't think it's very good when you own 3 all-time worst category records (in a 7-cat league) when you've only been in the league for 2 seasons!
In other news, Marko will be in Vancouver from April 15th to 25th I believe and I plan on hooking up with him. I will keep everyone posted about what night and where in case you JBL-lovers want to join us.
So there really wasn't much 'good' news out of Belgrade this year. And I'm still urging for a name change by the way. But for all you JBL'ers who thought Marko didn't get enough for Kevin Love when he traded him to Golden - appears that was the straw that broken Golden's back. I was looking at 3 keepers for next season until I acquired Love. So, maybe Marko did have an impact on the JBL this season - he helped assure Golden of their worst finish in 20 years of fantasy basketball. Well done Belgrade. Well done.
For your efforts this season and your 13th place finish - I award you a song that will be very difficult to get out of your head. Chocolate Rain. Listen to it once, from start to finish, and it will be in your head for a very long time.
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