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Ben Taylor: “Welcome everyone to a special Patreon only edition of Q&A. We got a lot of questions this time! So many of you submitted great questions via twitter, and I’m going to try to get to them all. Some questions regarding the ongoing finals in all five worlds and some having to do with the second SAVAGE draft which has just started over in the forums. I’m excited to talk about both!
“First question is from @roundmound who asks, ‘Can we go back to the old scoring system? Pexeteretara would have won that way.’
“Hmm, that’s an interesting thought experiment. dBKC just officially eliminated pexetera’s final team and with benhoidal being up 3-0 in World 3, it looks like pexetera will be pushed off the podium by one point. Let’s take a quick look at what the standings would be today under the old point system. I’m pulling it up right now… okay got them. Looks like pexetera would have ended with 306 points. kinoa1 would have 312 with a chance for up to 325. dBKC would have 295 with the chance for 307 if he wins both of his remaining titles to end up with three. benhoidal would have… let me see… 298 with a likely finish at 303. Okay, I think the more interesting question here is if the new scoring format was a good thing. Under the old format, kinoa1 would be the winner whether he won a single league or not. I think for that reason alone, the new scoring format was the right change to make. dBKC could literally win the most leagues in the entire league and finish fourth in the old format. He’s pretty clearly the biggest winner here. kinoa1 and pexetera probably the biggest losers although I still think kinoa1 will win anyways.
“Okay next question. @actualavantgarde asks, ‘Are we sure LeBron James is the obvious first pick? Ben Simmons is going to be available in the 4th and with his new 19-20 season, he’s basically LeBron. Shouldn’t I… shouldn’t the top pick be a big guy like Wilt or Hakeem?’
“Okay, there’s a lot to unpack here. The short answer is yes. I’m sure LeBron is the obvious first pick. Gives you everything you want, nothing you don’t, and is 100% at more positions than anyone in the sim. He’s the guy. I’m more interested in the Ben Simmons part of this question. Last season he was taken at the top of the 5th round which I thought was early given he had only two seasons. Now he has three and his 19-20 season is nice, but I can’t see him going much higher than where he went last season. Passing on LeBron so you can get him seems… ill advised.
“Alright, next question. @memelordsupreme asks, ‘Teams stuck at the end of the draft, say in the #22 range, are clearly worse off than the teams picking ahead of them. What are some ways those teams, specifically at pick 22, can compete?’
“Well, I definitely think the top of the draft gives a bit of an advantage, but I don’t think it’s that uneven. Just look at season 1. No correlation between pick and wins whatsoever. It looks like benhoidal will take 3rd despite having the 24th pick. With the addition of the three banned players, that’s like having the 27th and 28th pick this draft. Someone with the 22nd pick will have the 27th as well and there should be really good players available. Having the 3rd round start at the back end of the draft really evens things out in my opinion. Here are a few guys I would target at 22 if they are available: Artis Gilmore, Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Julius Erving, and Hakeem Olajuwon. At 27, I would be looking at Moses Malone, John Stockton, DeAndre Jordan, Anthony Davis, Rudy Gobert, or Scottie Pippen. Maybe Rodman there, but only if you get really lucky and get someone like Harden at 22.
“Let’s move along. @JETSmith asks, ‘I’ve been getting bullied a lot at work by two big guys. They always make jokes at my expense and to make matters worse, they are more successful than I am even though I’m better at my job than they are. I’ve tried to ask them nicely to stop, but that only seems to make things worse. What should I do?’
“Wow there’s a lot to unpack on this one too. I’m not so sure you wrote to the right show. Not really sure what this has to do with basketball, although there have been a lot of emotional outbursts lately from some of the GMs. I think I’m going to move to the next question.
@LPGA1180 asks, “Hi Ben, love the show although I don’t really ever understand what you’re saying. Can you help me understand something related to the current SAVAGE draft? How come whenever one of the “Kool Kids” like dh, robusk, assamael, dBKC, tarheel, longtallbrad, benhoidal, or jhsukow say anything everybody always listens to them, but when a certain reasonable and misunderstood owner says anything that person gets called a racist or an impatient *******? Asking for a friend.’
“Wow, we’ve really gone off the rails here. I’m just going to skip this one so we can get back to talking basketball.
“Last question here. @MFBirthdayBoy asks, ‘What happens if kinoa1 wins the whole thing? He’s not participating in SAVAGE II. Does the crown go to 2nd place?’
“Well, I’m not the commissioner, but I think in that case, kinoa1 would still be the king and the next season would be to see who takes the crown. Anyways, we are out of time. Next week I’ll be posting a new video comparing Luka Doncic and DeAndre Ayton so be sure to check that one out!”