August Season-Long Power Rankings
August Season-Long Power Rankings
Note: Every month, something like this will get posted about what the CURRENT Power Rankings are. These will be sure to change every week, but not as drastically as an in-season Power Rankings.
CURRENT STANDINGS
Sporty Strauss - 22 POINTS
Win’s Up Doc - 18 POINTS
Las Cabras - 18 POINTS
DTC Porkchop Express - 16 POINTS
MN Moose Knuckles - 14 POINTS
The BamO’s - 13 POINTS
Wait ‘Til Next Year - 13 POINTS
Ornery Otters - 13 POINTS
Shepherd Goods Choppers - 13 POINTS
The Pullies - 10 POINTS
Cooper Troopers - 8 POINTS
$traight Cash Homie - 4 POINTS
Current Season-Long Power Rankings
Tier 1
1- Win’s Up Doc (18 points + 15 MLB = 33 proj.)
2- Sporty Strauss (22 points + 10 MLB = 32 proj.)
Tier 2
3- Wait ’Til Next Year (13 points +12 MLB = 25 proj.)
4- Ornery Otters (13 points + 8 MLB = 21 proj.)
5- Las Cabras (18 points + 3 MLB = 21 proj.)
Tier 3
6- The BamOs (13 points + 6 MLB = 19 proj.)
7- Cooper Troopers (8 points + 7 MLB = 15 proj.)
8- DTC Porkchop Express (16 points + 0 MLB = 16 proj.)
Tier 4
9- Minnesota Moose Knuckles (14 points + 4 MLB = 18 proj.)
10- The Pullies (10 points + 5 MLB = 15 proj.)
11- Shepherd Goods Choppers (13 points + 2 MLB = 15 proj.)
12- $traight Cash Homie (4 points + 9 MLB = 13 proj.)
(Tiers1&2)
Right now, 5 teams are competing for the top-4 cash outs in the league of Leagues:
Win’s Up Doc (1)
18 CURRENT points
MAX of 33 points
MIN of 27 points
Sporty Strauss (2)
22 CURRENT points
MAX of 37 points
MIN of 29 points
Wait ‘Til Next Year (3)
13 CURRENT points
MAX of 28 points
MIN of 22 points
Las Cabras (4)
18 CURRENT points
MAX of 24 points
MIN of 18 points
Ornery Otters (5)
13 CURRENT points
MAX of 28 points
MIN of 20 points
With the two lowest season-long seeds in the MLB Playoffs – the Cooper Troopers and $traight Cash Homie – the payouts will undoubtably come from four of these five teams. 1st place takes $4K, 2nd place takes $2K, 3rd takes $1K and 4th takes $500, which almost covers league fees for next year.
Win’s Up Doc (1) and Wait ‘Til Next Year (3) have the MLB BYEs and have to wait a week before determining who they play and what is at stake next week. But right now, Sporty Strauss (2) the Ornery Otters (5) and Las Cabras (4) are in the fights of their lives to place and cash out.
(Tier 3) This Tier is reserved for teams who cannot place, but also cannot finish last (unless absolute madness happens). The BamO’s (6) and DTC Porkchop Express (8) are two teams who fit this bill, both of whom are guaranteed 16 points at minimum. By making the MLB Playoffs, the Cooper Troopers (7) also avoided last-place, but they could be playing too well right now, knocking themselves out of contention for a top Strauss pick.
(Tier 4) And then there’s these teams who are competing to avoid last place. $traight Cash Homie (12) is still the team most likely to get last, because he really needs to win games in the MLB playoffs to avoid it. If he wins even two playoff games (first and third rounds), he has a good chance of avoiding last place. If he makes the championship game, he will definitely avoid last place. More coming on this next week when we know whether or not Jack clinched last place or not.
At the top of this Tier, the MN Moose Knuckles (9) are still very much alive as a last-place contender despite coming in 2nd in NBA. He would have to lose MLB outright, however, but that’s within the range of possibilities right now with a 30-point projection difference against the SG Choppers (11) isn’t a huge gap.
Speaking of the SG Choppers, they are in serious risk of getting last place right now. With a team that has been on the decline, it’s time to see if his tanking strategy works perfectly or backfires. If he wins one playoff game, even the last place game, odds are he avoids last. But if he loses MLB, which is maybe probable, he will score 13 points total and ride off to the sunset at a golf course tavern.
The last team to mention in Tier 4 is The Pullies (10) who are guaranteed a minimum of 13 points. They at least tie last place if they lose both of their playoff matchups after their Consolation BYE, regardless of what happens to other teams. Then if they lose their first game and win the second, they’ll take last place as long as the Choppers win one game and the Homies win two games. It’s definitely in play, but they’ll likely win their first playoff game against one of the core 4 bad, sucky teams and avoid it.
Current Projected Standings (with MLB):
Win’s Up Doc (33 points)
Sporty Strauss (32 points)
Wait ‘Til Next Year (25 points)
Las Cabras (21 points)
Ornery Otters (21 points)
The BamO’s (19 points)
MN Moose Knuckles (18 points)
DTC Porkchop Express (16 points)
Cooper Troopers (15 points)
The Pullies (15 points)
Shepherd Goods Choppers (15 points)
$traight Cash Homie (13 points)
PROJECTED Strauss Draft Order
$traight Cash Homie – (Paolo Banchero)
SG Choppers – (Chet Holmgren)
The Pullies – (Breece Hall)
Cooper Troopers – (Jabari Smith)
DTC Porkchop Express – (Jaden Ivey)
MN Moose Knuckles – (Kenny Pickett)
MN Moose Knuckles from The Bam’Os – (Drake London)
Ornery Otters – (Kenneth Walker)
Las Cabras – (Garrett Wilson)
Wait ‘Til Next Year – (Treylon Burks)
Sporty Strauss – (Chris Olave)
Win’s Up Doc – (Jameson Williams)