Pre-Season Predictions

Welcome back!

For the first post of the season, I can't really predict much based on each person's team because people don't have any players on their team. However, we can play the superlative game and predict how the season will go for a few of our owners.

Least likely to suffer from the injury bug: Nelson Kim
I promise this isn't some type of reverse jinx. Nelson has had such horrible luck in the past with injuries, there's no way it can continue. His team always looks so promising before a slew of torn ACLs, broken feet/hands, and groin pulls. Regression + Law of Averages says that this the year where Nelson will have no excuse but his own skills if he fails to make the playoffs.

Most likely to execute a trade: Richard Kim
Although I feel like I engage people in trade talks more than anyone in the league, nobody likes to trade with me. However, Biggie always seems to find a way to finagle a player or two he wants from someone else's team. He's great at packaging multiple smaller pieces and sacrificing his depth for the ultimate star. He did that last year, trading away Cam, DeSean Jackson, and Marshawn Lynch, into the beast that was Peyton Manning and eventually capturing the league title.

Least likely to execute a trade: Jon Lee
This guy believes that nobody in the world has a better team than him. Even if his team's record is at 0-6 and scoring 50 points a week, he'll believe that his team is going to come around. While his faith in his team is admirable, it makes him overvalue all his players and really hamper him from trading for pieces he really needs.

Most likely to have the best draft: Brian Cho
Most likely to have the worst draft: David Kim
No matter what position or what other managers are around him, Cho seems to consistently draft the best players. His teams usually start off raging hot before they are hit with injuries and under-performances. Meanwhile, David has never made the playoffs. He reaches too frequently on players that are hyped way too much during the pre-season and has some of the same delusion about his team that Jon does (it must run in the family) and ends up with a team that's mediocre at best. Hopefully his year in college has done him some good.

Most likely to shock us in the draft (in a bad way): Mike Lee
Most likely to shock us in the draft (in a good way): JY Lee
This is different from the previous category in that these people could have overall good or bad drafts, but there will be one moment in the draft that just makes the chat box blow up. Mike was already secretive about his picks when he was in America, but with nobody to even try and pry his brain about what he's thinking, he's going to come up with a sleeper that nobody saw coming or take him a round earlier than people wanted to, causing a riot. JY on the other hand is the man that drafted 3 QBs for his team. He's taken wide receivers way before anyone even thought they had to worry about them disappearing off the board. Granted, some of these picks have panned out, but we'll gladly take a chance to take one of our highly rated players at the expense of JY.
P.S. Good and bad are in the way you'll react to their pick. Mike's pick is bad because we'll be angry he took our player while it is good for his team.

Most likely to win the Championship: Brian Cho (4)/Nelson Kim (8)
Going with arbitrary statistics here. The last 4 champions drafted at 6, 7, 3, and 5. There has not been a repeat champion. Therefore, my pick is under the assumption that the champion will continue to come from the middle of the draft AND that it will not be a repeat champion. I've picked two so that I have a better chance to be right. If you have a problem with this, please send a notarized letter to the league office.

Hopefully I've thoroughly jinxed enough people for me to win the league.

Good luck to all!

Simon Kim