NEW PATCH AVAILABLE (WEDNESDAY)

May, 22 - Wednesday's patch (NLL_Round2Day03.ROS) is up. There will be a new one on Friday.

LOTTO

May, 20 - Our live lottery will be held during the weekend of June 8th. More specific details to follow.

INJURIES

May, 18 - Injuries are updated for Week 1 of Round 2. Adjust your rosters by Sunday night. Injuries will go up on Fri this coming week rather than Sat since I will be out of town.

LOTTERY ODDS AND SIMULATOR

ROUND 1, WEEK 3 INJURIES

PLAYOFF PATCH

UPDATES

VT DOESN'T QUIT

SATURDAY

PLAYOFF PREVIEWS

West

Finals

East

(1)	4
(8)	0

(1)	0
(4)	1

TBD

1	(1)
0	(5)

4	(1)
0	(8)

(5)	3
(4)	4

1	(4)
4	(5)

(3)	4
(6)	1

(2)	0
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0	(3)

4	(3)
2	(6)

(2)	4
(7)	1

4	(2)
1	(7)

NLL INSIDER

· Anthony Davis Named NLL ROY (10 comments)

· Jerryd Bayless Wins Most Improved (11 comments)

· Roy Hibbert Wins DPOY (8 comments)

· Final PRs (8 comments)

· Jamal Crawford Wins Sixth Man Award (6 comments)

· Graduating from Rookie to Sophmore (4 comments)

· One man’s mock draft. (11 comments)

· Over and Underachievers (5 comments)

AROUND THE NLL

· Sixers Get Ready For Heat (1)

· Super-Mario triples, time and again (3)

· Battle for New York Rages on (4)

· Player by Player: Jeff Adrien (3)

· Pacers past and future (1)

· Open Letter to Wizards Fans (1)

· Ready to Soar (1)

TRANSACTIONS

· [May. 19] Utah exercises its team-option for Linas Kleiza.

· [May. 19] Aaron Gray exercises his player-option with Dallas.

· [May. 19] Charlie Villanueva exercises his player-option with Houston.

· [Apr. 28] D.J. White signs with the Phoenix Suns for 1 year and the minimum salary of $ 473,604. (4 comments)

· [Apr. 28] The Phoenix Suns release Jarvis Varnado into free-agency.

More transactions

POLL

Which Series Will Most Likely Go to Game 7?

SAC-DEN
9%
LAC-DAL
35%
MIA-PHI
30%
CLE-NY
26%

Total Responses: 23

Discuss Poll - Previous Polls

TRENDING

· [Apr. 28] White Signing (4)

· [Apr. 24] Stackhouse Signing (1)

· [Apr. 22] Przybilla Signing (2)

· [Apr. 19] McGrady Signing (1)

· [Apr. 18] Goudelock Signing (3)

· [Apr. 17] Wallace Retirement (3)

· [Apr. 17] Holiday Signing (1)

· [Apr. 13] Petro Signing (1)

· [Apr. 06] Dooling Signing (2)

· [Apr. 03]

GAME OF THE WEEK

	107	Be Patient Young Jedi's... Boxscore
	93	Be Patient Young Jedi's... Boxscore

	97	A true test Boxscore
	90	A true test Boxscore

nick	Wow OK!
houndy	Dwight and Manu went off

pennywise	Evan turner didn't even attempt a shot??!?? Wow
dunadan	Disastrous third quarter.
merencio	Recap coming later in the day, fellas.
merencio	Cleveland cruisin´ and James beasting when they needed him to. When they click like this, Cavs looks scary.

smokey	Congrats on stealing home court BD. I am not too suprised though, I said to Leeroy that I was hoping to face Memphis instead, because I didn't think I would beat you guys. Well done though, hopefully my boys can tie it up after game 2.
Bigdaddy789961	not gunna lie that was a lil unexpected, great job by my boys getting home court thanks for the nomination greenmig
nick	Against the odds! Clips looking the real deal
greenmig	lol grats on making korver work man, he was close to useless for me. clips gm for GMotY
merencio	Damn Clips!! Korver great off the bench, they look good!
tmacf13	I did this game. They looked unstoppable.
houndy	Damn the Clips were excellent

nick	"Looks like we asked for Mustard instead." haha
merencio	Mayo will rebound, maybe Batum should get another crack at the starting SF, provide more punch?
merencio	Mayo will rebound, maybe Batum should get another crack at the starting SF, provide more punch?
tmacf13	Don't think so. He only played 25 minutes.
alejandro	maybe Thabo is just that good?
vt	I hope not! He was terrible (and he was the MVP of the TOR series).
tmacf13	Curry picked up 2 fouls in the first 19 seconds. I thought we were screwed. There's no way Mayo goes 2-15 again.
vt	Looks like we asked for Mustard instead.
houndy	Where's Mayo?

greenmig	you must shutdown paul to beat sac.
merencio	Yeah, foul trouble, foul trouble. Denver did a great job undermining this Phoenix offense, props to Nick and Stuckey for the great win in game 7. Good luck against SAC! Also Penny deserves merit for put up a great team despite the nasty injuries, 2013-14 looks scary good for ya.
houndy	Stuckey was an underrated pickup in our deal man
nick	Thanks lou. Looks like Stuckey's "attack basket" tendency was the difference in this one - got some easy points at the line along with getting deron in foul trouble. Condolences to PHX, now onto SAC! (gonna have to really pull something out of my proverbial arse for that series)
pennywise	great game nick....we got within 2 in the 4th, then fell apart...you really handed this one to us!

houndy	Will be a great game to see; Denver needs Dwight to show up, and Phoenix needs Deron to takeover
sheed36	Haha wrong math... GAME 7
nick	sheed i think you need to learn to count ;)
merencio	Which Dwight or Deron will show up?
merencio	Wow great back and forth you guys!!
sheed36	desappointing i expected a game 7
pennywise	Good luck to ya in game 7!!!
pennywise	Yeah. Best series of the 1st round by far. Game 7 will be a nail biter. Just makes me wonder how much better my team would be with the key injuries to starters.
nick	Horrible 2nd quarter. Need more from Dwight and Waiters. What a series this has shaped up to be!!

merencio	I think Proid did a good job slowing down the main guys of the Knicks, but no one could have seen this coming. If you looked at the match-up Nash X Chalmers, everybody would say Nash had the upper hand. NLL random anomalies kicking in. ;)
merencio	This must be a record of some sort right??
greenmig	7-7 3fg's? wtf! i would say this has never happenned in the NLL, let alone in a playoff game...
dunadan	Thanks Craig. It really was. Well played. I want to say injuries made the difference, but for some reason your team played better without the stars. We really got lucky today with Chalmers suddenly going off like that.
proid	Congrats Tim. It was a great series. Good luck in the 2nd round :)
merencio	Sure was, he was inspired!
dunadan	Career game for mario

greenmig	fact No. 5 - LMA destroyed the Raps who had no answer for the big man...
vt	Thanks, UTH and ATL
badwolf	I'm a bit surprised, thought raptors would do better.
houndy	Bang. Domination by Philly
merencio	The clincher.

merencio	Westbrook and Kanter and this series goes to 7 seven games.
alejandro	I´ll gladly take an asterisk every round lol. Seriously, hard to know how this series would have turned out if Westbrook played 7 games.
badwolf	congratulation to CLE. It was impossible for me without Westbrook. I'll add an asterisk to your 2013 championship ;).
houndy	Man my prediction was right... tough series for MIL without Westbrook tho
merencio	Caron Butler 1 pt? Really?
merencio	This series was a lot closer than people thought, Mil did a good job, future looks very bright!
badwolf	Both teams played hard.

merencio	Congrats to San Antonio as they have found the cornerstone for year to come, that´s rare to find. Also Nando was a bit underrated as a rook, as I was very surprised by how well he responded. Nice to know he was remembered.
leeroy	thanks guys. very lucky to land that pick last year and its worked out well. can finally see some promise for the spurs for the first time in s long time
vt	Josh Smith also mattered this season. ;)
darko	Pretty sure Josh Smiths name hit the headlines more than Lamb. ;)
vt	I think the two times per week tickers about Lamb's D-League status and his every breath kept him in the forefront of everyone's conscious throughout the season.
nick	Lol Lamb played 28 games and got three 1st place votes. Davis is deserving though. I would've been satisfied with either him or lillard winning it
pennywise	That's scary. Lol. Also, who gave Nando a 1st place vote and why?
houndy	The way Davis led the Spurs won my vote. Congrats to Leeroy and Mr. Davis!
darko	Wow lamb got 3 1st place votes, didnt even think he would get 1. Congrats to Leeroy and Davis!
vt	Congrats, Leeroy!

proid	JB Finally gets some acknowledgement other than being traded for Russell Westbrook on draft day :) Congrtatulations.
dare	Thanks for those who give some love to Villanueva lol
nick	Deserving winner!
daved	i gave cartier martin my 3rd vote - i honestly think NLL Cartier is exactly what this award is about (as is bayless who is the clear winner)
djdrew	wtg houndy, also former Hawk/current Blazer superstar-in-the-making Cartier Martin with a first place vote lmao!
houndy	Trade worked out for both of us
vt	Congrats, Houndy. I don't mind that I traded him b/c the pick I got for him helped me land Lillard.
houndy	My boy did great filling in for Rose
merencio	deserved!!! I want as many point as @penny gets!! I know it will be less than what magritte will get but still... lmao
pennywise	I think as much as I get for not having a nominee. Lol
magritte	How many GM points do I get for an 11th place finisher. I bet it's a lot!

nick	Well yeh it's an individual award, but i mean, a team is made up of individuals, and hibbert's defense can't have been THAT good if his team was top 5 worst defense in the league. Marc Gasol won it in the NBA cos Memphis were the 2nd best defensive team in the league and Gasol was a big reason for that. But Hibbert got the most blocks in the league so he won. For the record i personally have no complaints about 6th man winner. And also if it were a big name winner then lebron would've won it
pennywise	and BTW, when Tyson Chandler won it in 2011/12 for the Knicks, they weren't in top ten in team D.
pennywise	Seems to me like DPOY is supposed to be best defensive player, not best D player on best defensive teams. I think I voted for Lebron, but can't really remember now. Too much voting lately...lol. But if Hibbert was deemed best defensive player, so be it....This seems to mirror the complaints about the 6th man, I could care less if the guy plays starter minutes. When Detlef Schrempf won it 2 years in a row, he averaged well over 30 min a game each year. He also was always on the floor in crunch time. Let's be honest, part of our voting tends to roll on popularity contests anyway. So often the BIG NAMES get the nod, even though others may be more deserving. Congrats to Hibbert and the Bulls. They got a nice little surprise to end their season and build off of for next year!
dazman32	Yeah i voted for Lebron, Duncan and Ibaka for that reason. Cheers though Nick.
nick	Chicago were 26th in defensive efficiency in the league, Lakers were 24th. People obviously are not taking into account the impact a player has on their team's defense. Congrats to daz though
laddas	That's why this is the NLL ;) My vote went to kg though, very surprised Hibbert won it!
tmacf13	Steph curry being on here is pretty funny. Lots of steals, but no one would consider him for dpoy in the nba.
dazman32	very surprised considering the teams performance this year, but happy for the big man to get some individual recognition. well done big Roy!

nick	I wonder what the person who voted for Gary Neal (6.6ppg) over Crawford (28ppg) was smoking?
vt	Well some bozo nominated JR Smith who started in all 82 games.
darko	Maybe Ben has a better chance to win rookie of the year :)
houndy	lmfao Ben Gordon
leeroy	a bigger shock was one of the guys who got a first place vote started more games than he came off the bench lol
darko	SHOCKING!

pennywise	with all the ppl returning to college, he may sneak into the 1st round...don't forget that with most mocks, there are about 4-7 international players. Not all teams do well scouting overseas...
greenmig	ah ok cool. i have no clue about college, lol, but i do have 3 2nd rnders...;)
badwolf	he's projected as a late 2nd rounder atm, 53rd on Dx
greenmig	Id love to pick Hardaway Jnr....however I traded my 1st :'(
magritte	Sheed. That makes sense. You could play knight as your sixth man
magritte	Haha. I did mean smart
sheed36	I'm lock on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope . i will not pick another PG
pennywise	Banks? didn't you mean Smart?
badwolf	nice write up, a bit early, you have plenty of players projected in 2nd round. And you seem down on Harris ;)
magritte	Oh yeah. I forgot. I just realized there are many picks that have changed hands. Looks like I have to do another one after the lottery.
dare	Nice write up, Sac will get GS pick though.

badwolf	Lakers and spurs aren't overachievers. As for Bucks, other then first two weeks we're doing fine without a starting nba sg, sf or pf. We're actually badly constructed for this season. I'm trying to trade one of the pgs, mostly holiday, for a starting sg, sf for a long time, since before the season started, but there are none available worth him. If Harris gets starting sf. ratings for next season and we get a solid pf, then we'll be much more dangerous. Now we're basically Russ against the world. paul Pierce was our best player last year and he left a giant hole at scoring wing.
greenmig	ty for the writeup. i would suggst that we are underachieving....vs if i was healthy..
pennywise	There are definitely other teams that could fit in this article....Philly and Lakers should both be underachievers, with their rosters. LA was considered to be a top 3 team out West when the season started. I think I would have Clippers as an overachiever too, no one was talking about the "other" LA team early on, but now they are in top 3 in conference.
houndy	I was about to say how is Denver and underachieving team? I didn't expect this team to be that good, yet MKG and the Rooks carried the load.
nick	Err i don't think Denver were ever hyped as one of the best teams. In fact once i traded Granger away i can recall a radio show saying Denver had fallen into a good but not great team. My w/l record is actually higher than i expected too.

merencio	We´ll matter again someday, that´s for sure!!
merencio	Oh BTW @pennywise, it makes me sad too to think about the players I would´ve had! Tough break, we pick up the pieces and move on, nothing I can do about it.
nick	Haha great show. :D You 3 should do more!
sheed36	LOL Come on no Linsanity love ? Nice show
laddas	Now that's a fuckin show! Haha what a laugh! Good show boys!
merencio	Funniest show I've listened to by far, lol. Nice work as always guys.
vt	It's like the 80 year old actress staring at a photo of herself when she was young. "I used to be so beautiful...."
leeroy	i understand where your coming from. I've been in the same position. I think these guys have the biggest problem with how it looks. i don't really have a problem with it.. more wins for the rest of us :)
darko	Thats true leeroy, now that i looked i did bench him in week 14. But i think my starting lineup was better without boozer hogging the ball. Mullens really shined with boozer on the bench, rather than trying to start him with boozer. Im already thinking next season maybe start Mullens and have Boozer as a 6th man because he seems to be an effective scorer off the bench. While Mullens can score and has better defense. Then again we could be using a whole different engine. Id really love to be in the playoffs right now rather than have a top 10 pick.
leeroy	I think the issue lies with how blatant and early it starts. I mean Boozer has been benched since week 14. before that the guy was killing it all season.
darko	I was trying to win all season, up until around week 17 when i was 12 games back and no chance to get a playoff spot. Just dont have enough talent to put together a winning streak this season.
pennywise	We slam GS, but he's trying to win. We slam you because you know how to win, but tank.
pennywise	Nah. I just pick on u because in 2 seasons, you are being an obvious tanker. I believe if you did this in the real NBA, Stern would be issuing fines
darko	*Done, damn cant edit these. :(
darko	Guess this is the "what have you dont lately" league. 1 championship, 5 division titles, and 2 losing seasons and im mostly known for tanking. lol
Mavs4Life	I get Kobe another week? Awesome, I don't think we were getting past Miami in the 1st rnd anyways, so if we could just make the playoffs, I'll be contempt and I'll see what to do in the offseason.
Mavs4Life	I get Kobe another week? Awesome, I don't think we were getting past Miami in the 1st rnd anyways, so if we could just make the playoffs, I'll be contempt and I'll see what to do in the offseason.
leeroy	Great show guys. Sounds like you all had a blast, very funny stuff.

darko	Nice writeup!
merencio	Thanks houndy, hopefully, as royal said, we can find these diamonds in the second so we can make that storm come sooner than expected.
djdrew	I guess the silver lining is that I didn't make it on the list...unless of course that is because there is no silver lining on the blazers sinking ship lol....with that being said ...loved the article!
houndy	With a lotto pick and a better all-around Rose coming, I'd be scared of my team. However Utah would scare me the most in the West. He knows what he is doing, and when you have someone doing that, you're just waiting for the storm to come
pennywise	Very nice insider royal!
magritte	Very nice article. I will say, youth does not interest me. The five oldest teams in the league (taking us out) are 205-105, while the five youngest are 142-166. If this were the NBA, I would agree that youth is the way to rebuild, but certainly not in this league.
merencio	Quality Insider article, nice work Royal!
alejandro	Hawks have the names, but I think the Wiz will turn it around real quick, just need to luck into a top 3 talent and pray the Bulls amnesty Boozer. They would look really good.
dazman32	Nice one Royal, great idea to try and lift the spirits of the struggling teams.

pennywise	really good write up Houndy!
nick	You typed a shitload, but all for the better! Great writeup, very detailed
greenmig	My boy Zeller is blossoming B-)
houndy	Damn I just realized I typed a lot

houndy	Lillard
darko	Too bad Lamb was in and out of D-league.
leeroy	While I'm biased the only thing I will say in favor of Davis, in a game that accentuates guard play he has been a key to my team getting as close to a playoff spot as we have, make it or not
Bigdaddy789961	your right shevd hit the Rookie wall big time

nick	I didn't realise you could changes the positions, that's cool, glad i found that out before it's my turn
vt	Yeah, it's just a guide.
pennywise	are you sure? Its the only set up where you can move the positions and change who is where. That isn't possible for the Team rankings, which have actual fixed positions....
darko	I think you are supposed to leave it as they are though.
pennywise	I think most ppl that do the Rookie Rankings do not realize they can determine the top ten. Instead, they just use whatever is given to them. I know when I did them, I added 3 players and changed the order.
vt	we should set a min # of games...
houndy	Agreed with the last part. What the hell is Cunningham doing on this list?

dunadan	test rr
dunadan	test rr
badwolf	We could use min games played rule, to elimnate guys like Cunningham

darko	Just saying he had a great week, and prob would have won rookie of the week, but those are the breaks.
vt	Lol...then what are you doing if you're not complaining?!
nick	maybe it'd be better to allow nomination for both potw + rotw, but if the players gets VOTED for both then the runner up rookie gets the award instead.
darko	cretin = Certain.
darko	Lamb had a great week, its too bad that qualified him for player of the week instead of rookie of the week. My 1-3 record pretty much screwed him out of winning player of the week. He would have for cretin won rookie of the week. But those are the rules, and im not trying to complaining about them.

nick	3 rooks in the top 10!
darko	Jeremy Lamb getting the start this week, so he will probably drop in rankings. LOL
Mavs4Life	Don't forget about that Brow Game-winner

pennywise	too funny!!!
nick	lol @ BRK and ATL's ones
merencio	awesome!!
dazman32	Lol very good
laddas	Bahaha! Good one!
Bigdaddy789961	lol right my bad
sheed36	ASK LADDAS LMFAO
Bigdaddy789961	yo is it bad that the GM has been saying that all week too?

magritte	I'm in.
tmacf13	Boyd should write these every week.
merencio	LOL! I think I just peed a little too! Best one yet!
greenmig	Nice analysis bro...I LOL'ed @ BKN...
sheed36	which $10 million sucks more this year !!! LOL
pennywise	My 1st #1 spot in the power rankings!!! Only took half my team going down with injuries to get here!! When I saw ur opening and that I was 1st, I thought u were gonna be 2nd Boyd. Lol
magritte	Much like Dr. Phil, I'm here to help, Darko.
dazman32	Brilliant!
darko	LOL, never thought of playing players out of position!
nick	Great read!! Good post-trade-deadline-tumbleweed-period entertainment

nick	"Here come the Nugs!!" manu gets injured ...aaaand there go the nugs. Also penny, winning the division pushes me up to top 4 not top 3.
pennywise	I believe that 4th is the best I can do. Denver clinched their division so they become the 3 seed. I would need to overtake the Clippers to get the 4th. It looks highly probable that clippers and I will be slated to play in round 1 of the playoffs.

alejandro	eh, right now only the Lakers look a bit like underachievers to me, they are too talented and experienced to be struggling this much. Anyone from the top 6 in the east could win the conference and I would be hard pressed to call it an upset.
djdrew	Look at the bigdaddy on top of the hill for at least this week!! grats bro
vt	More sandbox mentality to take craig's phrase. We're 8th overall in the league. The underachiever tag is replayed each and every week. Moving on...

merencio	good one rasho!
javijoe	I've never had a high pick! =/ But great write-up!
Bigdaddy789961	DAMNIT AMARE!!! smh
darko	Actually i was 2-3, had the odd 5 game week last week. :)

magritte	Nash lasted 24 hours and I got younger in all of my deals. Again, not sure how your comment makes sense. You are right, I definitely prefer veterans, as almost all of the best teams in the NLL are older teams
nick	You traded Gasol for Nash who's like 4 years older. Your franchise player is 34. Your starting 5 are all over 30. You've always been more inclined towards vets than youth year in year out, so you'll have to excuse me if my comment was outdated
magritte	I'm not quite sure how getting rid of Gasol and bringing in a guy like Varejao that won't even play until next year can be deemed win now mode. Confusing
dazman32	So 2 years? Would have had to be the shortest rebuild in history. Give it time.
pennywise	Pro tip: nice work nick!
Mavs4Life	5th o.o
nick	Well in March 2011 you made multiple trades where you traded key players for picks. Surely there was rebuilding intention behind trading away Joe Johnson for a 1st round pick.
dazman32	Pro tip: The rebuild has only been going for 15 months. It began in December of 2011.

merencio	Oh man, this next matchup gives me the chills! Both teams have different types of strength. The game could go up to 110 every night.
vt	QN
greenmig	inserting chalmers into starting PG = stroke of pure genius...not even the professor saw this one coming ;)

sheed36	best news ever 8)
merencio	sure is
WALLrus	Melanie Iglesias is a babe haha
vt	QN

houndy	15 points in the bank! And yeah, I was a salary freak back then lol
vt	I also remember you freaking out when I told you that you had to sign him. LOL
vt	QN- good way to get 15pts, eh?