Hoop’dThe Reveal
Tyler puts the belt up against 9
Locked · 9 chasing Tyler
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Sample league · Week 9
Tuesday
Marcus
Back by unpopular demand.
🔥3💀1
Tyler
Nine of ten on Grimes. Embiid and Maxey out, 25 shots a night, $8,700. Not exactly a secret.
Hoop’dThe league
Dev joined
10 on the record.
Alex
@hoopd who has Quentin Grimes
Hoop’danswering Alex
Quentin Grimes is on 9 lineups: you, Tyler, Marcus, Dev, Omar, Tasha, Lena, Sam, Ravi.
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Draft night. The season is decided tonight.
Nov
Your first-rounder: out 6–8 weeks.
Dec
“Load management.” Your star sits.
Jan
Three zombie rosters still count.
Feb
The group chat moves on to football.
Mar
6:58 PM. “Questionable.” Refresh, pray.
Apr
Somebody wins. Nobody remembers caring.
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Sample league · Week 9
Sunday
Hoop’dThe Board
Quentin Grimes is up $1,000. Now $8,700
14 prices moved: 8 up, 2 down. 6 players have 4 games: Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert, Naz Reid, Nic Claxton and 2 more. 2 injury flags: Tyrese Maxey, Jamal Murray. Value pick under $6K: Nickeil Alexander-Walker at $4,100, 18.5 projected.
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Dev
Grimes at $8,700 with Embiid and Maxey both out. Free money.
🎯2
Marcus
Ant has NO, CHI and BK this week. Four games. He is going off.
🔥3
Alex
Yabusele at $5,800 is the real steal. He is starting at the five.
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Sample league · Week 9
Week 9 · provisionalThrough Mon’s games
148.66th of 1016 of 31 games played · 15 to go
ChasingSam · 153.8 −5.2
Behind youRavi · 147.7 +0.9
Your nine · average FP per game played
Quentin Grimes PG
0.0$8,700
Nikola Jokic SG
38.8$12,900
Zion Williamson G
26.9$9,200
Josh Giddey SF
22.2$9,500
Rudy Gobert PF
19.2$6,800
Naz Reid F
17.6$6,000
Guerschon Yabusele C
0.0$5,800
Nickeil Alexander-Walker FLEX1
11.2$4,100
Keon Johnson FLEX2
12.7$5,600
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Season standings · after Week 817 weeks left
2ND1,679.3
Alex · you
3.2 behind Tyler · ▼1 this week
The race
Tyler holds the belt. 2 of 9 beat Dev in Week 8. 3.2 pts separate 1st and 2nd. Tyler gained 23.7 on you in Week 8. 3rd place is 44.4 behind you.
#ManagerSeason
1▲1TylerBelt3 weekly wins · Held the belt 2 weeks · Beat the champ 3×1,682.5W8 294.6
2▼1Alex · you2 weekly wins · Held the belt 2 weeks · Beat the champ 2×1,679.3W8 270.9
3▲1Dev1 weekly win · Held the belt 1 week · Beat the champ 2×1,634.9W8 277.4
4▼1Marcus2 weekly wins · Held the belt 2 weeks1,620.1W8 256.2
5▲1OmarBeat the champ 1×1,600.5W8 281.7
6▼1Tasha1,596.7W8 258.8
7▲1LenaBeat the champ 1×1,570.7W8 262.5
8▼1KevBeat the champ 1×1,558.7W8 236.9
9—SamMissed Week 51,531.6W8 249.3
10—Ravi1,526.6W8 265.8
The belt, week by week
Week 8Tyler takes it off Dev2 of 9 beat Dev’s 277.4 · defended2/9
Week 7Dev takes it off Tyler1 of 9 beat Tyler’s 286.5 · defended1/9
Week 6Tyler takes it off you1 of 9 beat your 279.6 · defended1/9
Week 5You take it off Tyler3 of 8 beat Tyler’s 268.8 · defended3/8
Week 4Tyler takes it off you2 of 9 beat your 272.5 · defended2/9
Week 3You take it off Marcus1 of 9 beat Marcus’s 276.1 · defended1/9
Week 2Marcus keeps it0 of 9 beat Marcus’s 288.9 · defended0/9
Week 1Marcus takes the first belt—
Your safety net: 266.2. Week 9 is worth at least that much. A lower score gets dropped and your Week 2 counts instead.
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Best 23 of 25 weeks count. Your 2 lowest final scores are dropped, including missed weeks. Weekly wins count even if that week is dropped. A week in progress counts at its current score until it's final. The belt is bragging rights: last week’s winner holds it, and it never changes the standings.
Week 1Final281.4Counted
Week 2Final266.2Dropped
Week 3Weekly win290.8Counted
Week 4Final272.5Counted
Week 5Weekly win284.1Counted
Week 6Final279.6Counted
Week 7Final262.3Dropped
Week 8Final270.9Counted
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Scouting report · Alex
Knicks loyalist. Brunson believer. Stars-and-scrubs.
TeamNew York Knicks
Your guyJalen Brunson
Won’t rosterBen Simmons
SchoolStars & scrubs
Roast toleranceNo mercy
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Tyler runs stars and scrubs. Marcus set roast tolerance to “no mercy.” Alex refuses to roster Ben Simmons.
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