This has been massively delayed due to my work schedule, but it's finally time for the NBA Showdown 30 for 30 season's results for YEAR ONE. Without further ado, let's get into the standings, stats, and a playoff preview!!
Unfortunately, I was too busy to post the update after November, but we're getting a post after the December portion. Now three months into the simulation, get ready for an update on the standings, stats and thoughts on teams!! Let's get started:
The simulation has begun!!! You can check out how the simulator runs here, as commissioner Matt explains the simulation in detail. The video shows the first 30 games played, but now we're over 100 games in -- that's right, all October games have been simulated! Of course, with teams starting play at the backend of the month, that means most teams are only 6 games into the season, but we've already had some fun results.
Now, let's get to the (early) standings!
If you enjoyed the MLB Showdown 30 for 30 league, then I'm hoping you'll enjoy the NBA Showdown 30 for 30 league!! Same basic premise -- all thirty NBA franchises are in the league, drafting players from the last thirty years. "Governors" could only draft cards from players ON their team. So the Wizards could have selected Michael Jordan, but they could only have used his cards from when MJ was on the Wizards.
I hope you enjoyed following along with the initial season, aka "Season 0" for the 30 for 30 simulation. Thanks to Savard, we've got an additional 100 years of simulations that were completed. Now, there has been some computer-related mishaps that are delaying 44 years of playoff sims, but all the play-ins were done by hand so those playoffs are ready to go once the computer was fixed.
So the simulations 1-50 were done without saving and pulling the individual player stats, so they went faster but unfortunately we don't have the stats to share. However, we still have a lot of results and will be sharing those here, along with the results of the playoffs that were completed! Enjoy!
After a LONG delay, I'm finally here to announce the results of the premier 30 for 30 season's World Series. In the end, the simulation ran for 101 total seasons. 57 of those seasons have been fully completed, but the remaining 44 have playoff series still to simulate. Unfortunately, a broken computer for our simulation star has been delaying that, but there's no reason we can't start by FINALLY announcing the conclusion to the season we (had) all been following so closely -- Red Sox v. Diamondbacks, just like we all expected!!
Let's get into it!
We're in the FINAL FOUR for the first season in the 30 for 30 League, and it's the teams we all expected (heavy sarcasm) -- National League newcomers Miami and Arizona square off in the NLCS while #2 Wild Card Seattle takes on 87-win Boston in the ALCS. League wise, a lot of drama is built up by 2/3 of the "Columbus crew" making it to the final four -- Miami (Turkey Sandwich) and Seattle (Izzaldizzal). Meanwhile, you've seen Win Dance Repeat (WDR) write articles on this here blog and if you're on the discord, you're very familiar with him (and his Boston trash talk ;)). Rounding out the participants is Mikey for Arizona -- I was best man at his wedding and he was with me when the first league I ever played in was formed in our dorm in 2011, chipped in to order custom cards from Colby in 2011 and chipped in on charting and playing out a league for my very own first custom set in 2012.... and so the stage is set for these four experienced Showdown players' teams to square off in Savard's awesome simulator... The pennants for both leagues are on the line!! PLAY BALL
We're finally here, after 162 (or 163) games and the Wild Card round.... the PLAYOFFS proper!!! The matchups are well-known: Mikey's DBacks v. Bosh's Phillies, My 106-win Brewers vs the Wild Card winning Marlins led by Turkey Sandwich, WDR's Red Sox against Tensin's Astros, and the red hot Mariners of Izzaldizzal against KSGriff's Guardians.... So now, here we go: baseball's ELITE EIGHT from the 30 for 30 season kicks off now!!!
DBACKS PLAYOFF LINEUP
We're finally to the postseason following the Game 163 matchups, which had an amazing performance by Roy Halladay to send the Phillies to the #2 seed. Ok, let's just get into it!!!
NL WILD CARD: (5) Cubs at (4) Marlins
Cubs Lineup:
After 162 games for every team.... the playoff picture still wasn't finalized, as the NL East and AL West both needed a 163rd game to determine the division winner! The matchups? Oakland vs Houston and Miami vs Philadelphia!
Thank you to everyone who voted on the Awards -- now, onto the award winners!!!
AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP
2430 games later, the regular season has completed in the 30 for 30 league!!! And as we all expected..... we'll have two more to go before the playoffs -- so get ready for a pair of Game 163s! Enough of this talk, let's get into it:
Whew, so the next part has been completed and now that we're 122 games down.... the home stretch is in sight!! So let's just get right to it -- stats, standings and leaders, let's go!!
92 games are done with the 30 for 30 League and the 750 players have had their stats fully calculated along the way! Now, thanks to fan voting for the starting lineups, it's time to unveil the All Star Squads!!!
NATIONAL LEAGUE (Starting Lineup)
92 games have been completed in the full 162 game season in Year 1 of the 30 for 30 league! Thanks to Savard the Goat's simulator, we've got full stats for all the hitters and pitchers.... which lets us do all star voting! So check out the updated standings, enjoy the present narratives, peep the oddball/significant statistical games from Part III.... and then feast your eyes on all the stats/leaderboards before VOTING FOR THE ALL STAR GAME. That's right, below is the link to the Google Form I made to vote for the All Star Game starters. Next weekend, the All Star teams will be announced!
Now, it's time to see how the standings have fluctuated!
We're now through 2/5 of the "parts" in our epic 30 for 30 league. If you missed the draft, preseason prediction or part one, you can find them at those links to catch up to what's going on. In Part 2, each team played a home/road split against their four division rivals. 32 games of interdivisional play later, and the standings are crazy and stats are fun! Let's dive into what's happened and the narratives that are afoot approximately 40% through this season.
Now let's get to the standings!
In case you missed it, our most ambitious league yet had its draft and a full 30 team league of 25 man rosters made of players from the past 30 years is ready to roll.... and it has begun rolling!! The teams are going to each play a full 162 game schedules and it's being fully simulated by the great Savard the Goat, who's used the simulator he's created for some truly special simulations on this blog before!
The season is being simulated in five parts, and each time I'll be providing updates on the standings and stats here:
One of the most intense simulations is about to get underway -- all 30 franchises managed by a different MLB Showdown player, with 9000 point rosters filled out through a 25 round draft, that are about to face off in a full 162 game season thanks to Savard the GOAT's epic simulator!
Here's a full breakdown of the "30 for 30" League Rules and here's an explanation of Savard's sim!
Thanks to the creation of the BOT and Savard's amazing simulator, a long-standing dream of mine is finally on the cusp of fruition: a 30 team draft league, where the pool of players a team can draft comes from their franchise rosters of the past 30 years (1992 to 2021). Amazingly, thirty different managers all signed up and participated in a 25 round draft!
