National Blogger Association

Last year I spent quite a bit of time playing the very fun PASPN Mock GM Fantasy league, which allows you to pick a team with rosters from the previous season and simulate the offseason and the draft, etc.  Unlike other fantasy games, you have to adhere to salary cap rules, and trade restrictions as well, as well as dealing with player agents etc.

It was a fun experience, but it required a lot of effort to maintain activity and in the end only a few players kept it up.  

Recently I thought it'd be a fun idea to start a league this year, but instead of focusing on the fantasy aspect (the way the rating system works there are some players really good for Fantasy value, like Zach Randolph, that you wouldn't want on your team in real life), play it like you were actually running your team.

And who better to run these teams than bloggers of their respective teams?  As such I've gotten the word out and slowly but surely the league is coming through.  The goal is to get through the draft and free agency (during which time teams can also trade) and then compare how the Blogger GMs built their teams going into next season compared to the real GMs.  I think it'll be a fun experiment, and I'll try to keep a weekly record of the activity of the league on Pick and Scroll for you guys to follow.

After the jump, the list of the bloggers who are set to run each team currently, as well as the teams I still need to find people for.

Atlanta: Kris Willis from PeachTree Hoops

Boston:

Charlotte: David Arnott from Rufus on Fire

Chicago:

Cleveland:

Dallas: Rob Mahoney from The Two Man Game

Denver:

Detroit: Steve Kays from NBA Tonight

Golden State: Rasheed Malek from Warriors World

Houston: L.L. Chen from Pure Point

Indiana:

L.A. Clippers:

L.A. Lakers:

Memphis: Allen Law from Straight Outta Vancouver

Miami: 

Milwaukee:

Minnesota: Zach Harper from TalkHoops

New Jersey: Devin Kharpertian from Nets Are Scorching (He might not know this yet but I'm making him)

New York: Seth Rosenthal from Posting and Toasting

New Orleans: Rohan from At The Hive

Oklahoma City:

Philadelphia: Jordan Sams from Liberty Ballers

Phoenix:

Portland:

Sacramento: Me from Sactown Royalty

San Antonio:

Utah:

Toronto: Howland from RaptorsHQ

Washington: Mike Prada from Bullets Forever

That's 17 of 30 already, so I'm hoping to have the rest within the week.  Should be fun.