StEpPiNg A nOtCh HiGhEr

yesterday was the start of another season of the NBA... and was also the start of the NBA Fantasy League... guess what??? i have a team signed-up for this simulation game... i've signed-up for two categories... first is the "league manager" category wherein you will create a 13 man team roster to compete against other players in your particular league... of course, i only joined the beginners lounge... there are a total of ten teams in my league... and each week i'll be going up against one of the teams participating in my league... what's great here is the scoring system, to explain it briefly... you'll win points by summing all the statitics(points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks) earned for the whole week by all the players in your roster in their real-time game... great isn't it??? and since this is based on real-time game and real-time players... you can't erase the probability that you're players will get injured so to solve this... the fantsy game will allow you to trade players with other teams in your league or you could just release the player and sign up a free agent... much like the real NBA transactions...

the other category i've joined is the "salary cap challenge"... here, you'll play as a team owner and manager in one and in some instances, you could also be the head coach of your team... you will be given $35M to buy your six man roster to compete against the other players in the game... you will earn points based on the performance of your players in the real world... the great thing here is that, if you're familiar with the stocks trading game of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) and if you actually enjoyed it... i guess this game will become much more addictive to you because you can also earn more points, that are eventually turned into your total cash, by just buying and selling players... because every week, the players will be automatically priced by the game based on their actual performance... so meaning, you could treat this players as companies you want to invest in... of course, just like the stock trading game, there are tons of risk involved like players not able to play because of suspensions, coach's decision or injuries... this will definitely cause your total earnings to go down...

i guess, joining this fantasy league only proves that i'm a true NBA fanatic...