Wednesday, March 14, 2018

All-Time Highlights (Part 4)

Hi everyone! Welcome to the All-Time Rankings!
I decided to take a look at all of our dynasty teams over the five completed years and rank them based off of how much they produced and how much they won. While I couldn't get in-depth with each and every team, I decided it would be fun to highlight a few and explain why they rank where they do. I hope this is a fun trip down memory lane as well as informative look at grander contexts of our league. Here are the top four teams of all time.


#4 – 2013 Awesome Possums (Tyler Lopez)
Record: 13-4
Season Weekly Average: 972
Postseason Weekly Average: 1157
Final Standing: 1st

PG: Chris Paul
SG: Dwyane Wade
SF: Kevin Durant
PF: LeBron James
C: Dwight Howard

-Lowlight: 878-960 loss to Sam Holt in week twelve, resulting in a season sweep by Sam.
-Highlight: 2348-2347 championship series (seed #1 and #2) victory over Freddy.
-Overview: Tyler's first year in the league places fourth all time because it was very good through the regular season and notched it up to elite through the playoffs. Acquiring the likes of LeBron and Durant had this team putting up outright bananas numbers when it mattered most, resulting in the inaugural championship of the league. However, this team lands fourth because the regular season average was not quite elite (though the record might suggest something different).

#3 – 2014 Admiral Kryptonite (August Keller)
Record: 11-5
Season Weekly Average: 1049
Postseason Weekly Average: 1185
Final Standing: 1st

PG: John Wall
SG: Dwyane Wade
SF: Kevin Durant
PF: LeBron James
C: Kevin Love

-Lowlight: 710-836 loss to Tyler in week six, delivering my second loss in a row and a 3-3 record.
-Highlight: 2501-1877 championship series (seed #2 and #4) victory over Michael.
-Overview: My second season is the third best all time because my averages were killer throughout the regular season and post season as well. While this team looked very similar to Tyler's the year before in the postseason, the regular season average suggests that this team was more statistically dominate throughout the year. In fact, this is one of only four teams to average over a thousand per week during the regular season, two are ranked ahead and the third is Chris' runner-up from last year. While the record may not show it, this team was unique.

#2 – 2016 Team nipple (Chris Nelson)
Record: 15-1
Season Weekly Average: 1076
Postseason Weekly Average: 1161
Final Standing: 1st

PG: Russell Westbrook
SG: Giannis Antetokounmpo
SF: Kevin Durant
PF: Paul Millsap
C: Andre Drummond

-Lowlight: 1010-1211 loss to Freddy in week eleven, denying what would have been a perfect record.
-Highlight: 2508-1799 championship series (seed #1 and #2) victory over Michael.
-Overview: Chris' fourth campaign lands second all time because this team was something special. This squad has the best credentials of the two listed prior: outlier stats and an outlier record. Frankly, I think this was the single most dominate performance in our league because Chris' 2016 campaign was never really in question. Yes, Michael made a decent runner-up but he was never really on Chris' level that year.

#1 – 2017 Team Penetration (Michael Johnson)
Record: 15-1
Season Weekly Average: 1132
Postseason Weekly Average: 1192
Final Standing: 1st

PG: James Harden
SG: CJ McCollum
SF: Gordon Hayward
PF: Anthony Davis
C: DeMarcus Cousins

-Lowlight: 1032-1164 loss to Chris in week nine, denying what would have been a perfect record.
-Highlight: 2455-2346 championship series (seed #1 and #2) victory over Chris.
-Overview: Michael's fifth installment is the greatest of all time because this rendition was a perfect storm. I see the admirable qualities of all the teams on this list rolled into one here with this squad. Elevated by elite competition, Michael constructed an unstoppable force as he coupled many strategies of previous winners to win his second championship and become the first and only multi-time champion. It may be awhile before we ever see a team this thoroughly strong again.

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