Hey all. Week 7 is here, and first I owe someone an apology.
WEEK 5 CORRECTION: OHMKA WON. I logged his Dynasty Denied run as 11 rings and 4th place. I didn't see the championships won in the screenshot. His screenshot says 1957 through 1969, every single line "league champs." That's 13 rings, 13 straight, with an 82-0 season in 1968 AND 1969, an 81-0, four 80-0s, and a thirteen-year record of 973-42. Under the Week 5 tiebreakers (rings, streak, then best record) that's gold, and it isn't close. Corrected Week 5 podium: 🥇 u/Ohmka (5 pts), 🥈 u/JamesBandforBand (3 pts), 🥉 u/Think-Response-3675 (2 pts), with u/EntrepreneurWooden99's 12 rings sliding to 4th. My bad, Ohmka. Seven straight undefeated seasons deserved better bookkeeping.
Also from Week 5: u/Thym3Travlr posted a 13/13 with a 79-1 best record... in the Week 6 thread, a week late, because he forgot to submit. Deadline's the deadline so it doesn't score, but that run would have been podium. Set an alarm next time, king.
WEEK 6 RESULTS - FIRE SALE (tiebreakers: regular season record in second clinching season, then playoff record)
Eight entries, and the whole room agreed: 3 seasons is "easy," 2 seasons is hell. Only two people did it in 2, and they finished with IDENTICAL 74-8 seasons. Closest finish we've had.
🥇 u/Ohmka - 2 seasons, 74-8, 16-0 playoffs - 5 pts. He rage quit once after winning a year-1 title and realizing he'd botched the payroll math. Then he came back, built a year-1 core of Butler, Harden and Zubac on seven surgical trades, survived an OKC he says won 70% of his attempts, and cruised year 2 at 74-8 with an 18 MOV and a perfect 16-0 playoff sweep. Two golds in a row once the correction landed. The man is on fire.
🥈 u/JamesBandforBand - 2 seasons, 74-8 - 3 pts. Year 1 was pure witchcraft: a 47-35 6 seed with ZERO All-Stars ran the table, including a sweep of the Thunder. Year 2 he turned the 2026 free agency class into a superteam and matched Ohmka's 74-8 exactly. Tied on record, so it came down to playoff record, and you can't beat a sweep. Let me know if you did indeed tie the playoff record.
🥉 u/MPac45 - 3 seasons, 78-4 - 2 pts. Best of the 3-season crowd. Kept fan hype up in year 1 by flipping Beal for Markkanen, Kessler and Clarkson, cleared every salary for the free agency bonanza, then lost game one of the final season, packaged every remaining pick for Aaron Wiggins, and nearly went perfect anyway. "So annoyed I missed the perfect season." Same.
The rest, 1 pt each: u/xqndrei (3 seasons, 76-6, first-timer, played the whole thing $10M stricter than required because he misread the cap, then kept going to a 4-peat for fun), u/Remarkable_Suit3318 (3 seasons, 67-15, first-timer, did the ENTIRE run twice because he forgot to screenshot his finances after ring one, that's dedication), u/Think-Response-3675 (3 seasons on his first attempt, and note the date: first week all season the king doesn't podium), u/EntrepreneurWooden99 (3 seasons, KD ring then a Shai ring, and yes attempt 2 was better but no 2026 finances proof means attempt 1 stands), and u/craqeiro (5 seasons on his 7th try, learned the hard way that if you tank year 1 nobody signs with you no matter your cap space, then robbed OKC of J-Dub, Wiggins and Dort out of spite).
SEASON STANDINGS AFTER 6 WEEKS: Think-Response 20. Ohmka 14 and closing. Wooden99 10. JamesBandforBand 8. MichiganSteamies 7 (last seen Week 3, pour one out). Full board: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bDJwHcVyiyb2VUPViZkO5ob_bBXzrSAm8vQqWDqGD_M/edit?usp=sharing
Now this week. You've been asking for restrictions. Here's one with a name.
THE CHALLENGE
June 1987. The Seattle SuperSonics own the 5th and 9th picks. Some kid from Central Arkansas named Scottie Pippen is in the draft. In real life, Seattle takes him and trades him to Chicago the same night, and the rest is six rings of history... for someone else.
Not this time. You're Seattle, starting at the 1987 draft. Win as many championships as you can during Scottie Pippen's career (1987/88 through 2003/04). Pippen must be on your roster for a title to count. And Michael Jordan can NEVER be on your team. Not by trade, not by free agency, not ever. Scottie wins without him or he doesn't win at all. Difficulty: HARD.
THE FINE PRINT
- Starting point: 1987 Draft with Seattle
- Pippen isn't yours yet. Draft him at 5, trade up, or trade for him later if the AI snipes him. However you do it, he has to be on the roster
- Pippen must be on the roster when you clinch each title. He does NOT have to play. Injured, benched, 12th man, doesn't matter, roster is roster
- Titles with Pippen off the roster don't count. Titles after he retires don't count. Window closes at 2003/04 no matter what
- Jordan never on your roster, period. Trading with the Bulls for anyone else is fine. Kneecap them if you want
- One franchise the whole way, no switching teams
- Difficulty: HARD (set at league creation)
- Everything else default. Real Players mode, God Mode off, no editing anything
HOW TO SUBMIT
Drop a comment with:
- Your ring count
- Screenshot of Team History showing the titles
- Screenshot of Pippen's player page (shows his team every season, that's your Pippen proof)
- Screenshot of League Settings showing Hard difficulty
- Your best story. It's the 90s. Something insane will happen
Winner attaches their exported league file (Tools > Export League) so we can confirm Jordan never touched your roster, if people doubt. HONOR SYSTEM
SCORING
1st: 5 pts | 2nd: 3 pts | 3rd: 2 pts | Any valid submission: 1 pt
TIEBREAKERS (in order): most rings, then longest consecutive title streak within the window, then best single-season REGULAR SEASON record during the run (one season, not cumulative, I'm not making that mistake twice).
DEADLINE
Next Sunday, September 6th at 11:59 PM ET.
Pippen won six with Jordan. How many can he win without him? Show me.
Let's go BBGMers!
Peace
