Sweet sixteen starts here.
Shootica returns to ESPN with its largest field yet: 16 teams, four schedule groups, a set draft order, and an $800 prize pool.
The banners
Two archived seasons. Two champions. One improbable draft pattern. The league began in 2016; records from 2016–2022 are lost, and the available archive begins in 2024–25.
What hangs over 2026–27
The field is bigger, the margins are thinner, and every major thread begins before the first pick is made.
Numbers that define the league
Available regular-season and championship-bracket records, 2024–25 through 2025–26. Records from 2016–2022 are lost.
Every year, every result
Explore the incoming 16-team field or look back at standings, postseason rounds, and weekly matchups from the first two fully recorded seasons.
History, sorted
The available archive covers 2024–25 onward. The league was founded in 2016; records from 2016–2022 are lost.
Available-records leaderboard
Regular season only, 2024–25 onward. Tap a column heading to sort.
Playoff leaderboard
Championship bracket only; consolation and ladder games are excluded.
Settle the argument
Pick two owners to see their series in the available archive (2024–25 onward). Records include regular-season and championship-playoff meetings; consolation and ladder games are excluded.
Shai's Aura games from 2024–25 are credited to both co-owners. Franchise identities are merged by owner in the source archive.
Rivalry watch
The matchups, curses, and unfinished business shaping the next season.
Drafts & deals
Search every pick from 2024–25 and 2025–26, review the strongest and weakest returns, and replay the trades that changed the title race.
Draft board
The 2026–27 order is set; player selections remain pending until October 18.
Draft report card
Grades compare draft slot with final fantasy rank under the league's scoring formula.
2025–26 methodology: PTS 1.0 + REB 1.2 + AST 1.5 + STL 3.0 + BLK 3.0 − TO 1.0, using Basketball-Reference per-game stats ranked by total fantasy points. INC means the player did not play or was not found.
Trade log
The 2024–25 archive has one confirmed Dec 9 deal whose players are lost to history.
Trade Desk
Verified trade history and draft-value signals from the league record. Preseason advice is held until 2026–27 rosters exist.
Trade Calc
Compare preseason values, test roster fit, or let Trade Finder build fair proposals once the 2026–27 rosters are in the sheet.
How the values work
Each rest-of-season value uses the available Yahoo, ESPN, and Sleeper signals below and renormalizes their weights when a verified source is missing. The top player is anchored to a 10,500-point scale. During preseason, projections replace pace data instead of treating unplayed games as zero.
Fairness bands: within 5% is even, 5–12% is a slight edge, and more than 12% is a clear edge. Trade Finder never suggests a deal more than 12% apart and excludes OUT or unvalued players.
Loud takes. Real history.
Long-form season dispatches sit beside the league's beat-writer feed. The tone is dramatic; the records underneath it are not.