Excellent draft, everyone! Special thanks to Garifrus a.k.a. Bold Goat for putting in an appearance possibly while feeding two twin babies. Impressive multi-tasking.

For anyone that still has questions about rules or strategy, please hit me up! If you are displeased with the way things worked out today, remember that there is plenty of time to amends things should you so please. If you recall, Johnny Hart was utterly disgusted with his team post-draft last season, but he found things to be much better than anticipated... Doesn't totally account for his Richie Tenenbaum-style playoff meltdown, but remember that in a tight 8-team draft every team should have at LEAST a couple bonafide stars to work with & many options down the road.

For people new to fantasy NBA, this is a 'head-to-head' league, which means you compete to win the best of nine categories every week against a specific opponent. Those categories are: points, rebounds, assists, FG%, FT%, steals, blocks, 3's, turnovers. If you can win 5 out of 9 every week you'd eventually plow through the playoffs to ultimate victory, in theory. That is where the strategy comes in...

Here are a couple basic articles detailing strategy:

http://www.sportingnews.com/fantasy/sport/news/fantasy-basketball-strategy-draft-tips-advice-cheat-sheet-how-to-play-win-waiver-wire-nba-draft-kit-guide/r978qn6ic4hf1gqudnneab3ud

https://www.rotoballer.com/fantasy-basketball-draft-strategy-head-to-head-h2h-vs-roto

Regular season doesn't start until the 17th of October, so nothing counts until then anyway. Take a minute to catch yourself up a little, or don't if you like.

Sadly the computer site still lacks the 'smack talk' feature but there is a chat option on the phone app... Do check that out, for individual or group correspondence. Needn't be smack, can also be benevolent talk or effusive praise if you're feelin sweet.

Most of you have met at some point in the past, but please do welcome Mark Honey & Beau Broussard over from our TX side... Mark & Beau, please meet Nick, Will, Matt Slater, descendants of men's trip veteran and our uncle Bob. If Matt seems abnormally salty for no reason, he may still be upset about losing in the finals last year. Otherwise a stand-up fella. Also evidently upset about a flippant trade offer from last year, which we now know rattles him to the core & may used to obtain a psychological advantage.

Other things... Rasheed-isms:

"CTC" means "cut the check", which Rasheed Wallace used to piss off interviewers & to basically express that he doesn't give a shit.

"It was a good game, both teams played hard" - Sheed used to also say this over & over & over in interviews, not unlike Marshawn Lynch's lil gem about not wanting to get fined.

We reference these often.

Ok I gotta run... Anything else I may have missed? Throw it in the comment section.

Stoked to have ya, & welcome.

-Commish