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Lead storyFinal · Week 8

Priya STORMS the top spot, 3.2 points clear

Priya was 9th after Week 3. A 294.6 in Week 8, the best score in the league, flipped the lead. Your 270.9 left a 23.7-point hole on the week. That's 3 weekly wins in the last 5 for Priya.

Week 8 · FinalWon by 12.9
1Priya294.6
2Omar281.7
3Dev277.4
4Alexyou270.9
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Actual headlines from 41 editions of one league's coverage, 2023–2025

We love the NBA. Fantasy basketball is how we ended up hating it.

Football figured out the week. Basketball copied baseball instead. Here's how every season-long league dies:

Oct

Draft night. Best day of the year.

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.

So we stole the week from football and rebuilt basketball around it.

25 weeks. 25 fresh starts. One season-long story.

New week, new nine.

Fresh $60,000 every week. An injury wrecks a week, never a season.

Rest days don’t zero you.

Players score their average across the games they actually play.

Five minutes. Then basketball.

Make your calls, then get off the waiver wire and back to the NBA.

The weeks reset. The rivalries don’t.

Season standings, weekly wins and drop weeks keep everyone in it.

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HOOP’DThe Group Chat
Lead storyFinal · Week 8

Priya STORMS the top spot, 3.2 points clear

Priya was 9th after Week 3. A 294.6 in Week 8, the best score in the league, flipped the lead. Your 270.9 left a 23.7-point hole on the week. That's 3 weekly wins in the last 5 for Priya.

Week 8 · FinalWon by 12.9
1Priya294.6
2Omar281.7
3Dev277.4
4Alexyou270.9

Dev was 10th 4 weeks ago. 3rd now.

W1W8

Dev’s 288.1 won Week 7.

281.7

Omar. Season best, and the week's second-highest.

Season · after Week 8

Marcus led 5 straight weeks. 4th now.

Rank after each week: 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4.

The feed. Every settled week gets written up. Every claim carries its number.

HOOP’DThe Group Chat
Season standings · after Week 817 weeks left
2ND
Alex · you
3.2 behind Priya · 1 this week
1,679.3

The race

3.2 pts separate 1st and 2nd. Priya gained 23.7 on you in Week 8. 3rd place is 44.4 behind you.

#ManagerSeason
11Priya3 weekly wins1,682.5W8 294.6
21Alex · you2 weekly wins1,679.3W8 270.9
31Dev1 weekly win1,634.9W8 277.4
41Marcus2 weekly wins1,620.1W8 256.2
51Omar1,600.5W8 281.7
61Tasha1,596.7W8 258.8
71Lena1,570.7W8 262.5
81Kev1,558.7W8 236.9
9SamMissed Week 51,531.6W8 249.3
10Ravi1,526.6W8 265.8

Your safety net: 266.2. Week 9 is worth at least that much. A lower score gets dropped and your Week 2 counts instead.

How standings work

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.

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

The table. Rank moves, the race for first, and drop weeks you can actually see. Tap History.

HOOP’DThe Group Chat

Filed at signup

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

The coverage will go hard. You asked for it.

The file so far

Priya runs stars and scrubs. Marcus set roast tolerance to “no mercy.” Alex refuses to roster Ben Simmons.

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Around the league · everyone, every morning
1OhMamaWembanyama314.45 · Wemby went OFF: 74.3 last night
2hoop'd314.39 · 0.06 back with one night left
7lmcadams▲3 overnight · 276.51
⋯ all 14 teams, no exceptions ⋯
11hogmorsalad254.28 · Jokic 62.3, wasted on 11th
14Brian Maryo226.10 · 1.82 back of 13th, and closing

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— Liam, season 2

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