GNBA

GNBA (Goose Nest Basketball Association) was created in the fall of 2002 by Mal. His goal was to have a fantasy sport league for his favorite sport basketball featured at the Nest. It was approved by the GNFSHQ. It was original setup through sports.ws. But several posters had issues with how sports.ws ran things. It is now entering it's 6th season tying GNFFL for the longest tenured fantasy sport on the Nest.

Settings
The GNBA uses Yahoo Fantasy Basketball for it's scoring and league based items. The draft is held at goosenest.net via a 'post draft' the time limit is 12 hours per pick. The rosters are set as : PG, SG, G, PF, SF, F, C, C, Util, Util, Bn, Bn, Bn, Bn.

2002 - 2003 [Inagural Season]
GNBA debuted at sports.ws, KleShreen went on to win the champiosnhip game. Unfortunetly this would be the last season the GNBA would be held through sports.ws. Due to how sports.ws was run, several GNBA teams had thrown in the towle in mid-season.

2003 - 2004
Despite the previous season's champion no longer in the league and the problems of sports.ws the GNBA would return in full force this time with fantasysports.yahoo.com as the official home for stats, schedules and the like for GNBA. The regular season was won by Knut's S.Brown.4.Prez with a 170-117-7 record beating Cmo Slammers for the regular season title by 2 games. However the post-season would prove to be to tough for S.Brown.4.Prez as they would lose to the 5th seeded Spirits of Scranton in the semifinals. #2 Cmo Slammers would defeat #5 Spirts of Scranton to caputure the GNBA Championship (Trophy Name) en route to the title the Slammers defeated #6 Chicago in the semifinals after having a first round bye, then defeating #5 Scranton in the GNBA Finals.

Final Regular Season Standings

1. *S.Brown.4.Prez 	170-117-7  .590  -

2. *Cmo Slammers 	169-120-5   .583  2

3. *Mn Rim Rockers 	160-131-3  .549  12

4. *Arizona All Stars 	158-135-1  .539  15

5. *Spirits of Scranton 145-144-5  .502  26

6. *Chicago Slam 	127-162-5  .440  44

7. PDX Mountain Lions 	121-161-12 .432  46.5

8. Iowa ShowStoppers 	105-185-4  .364  66.5

* = clinched playoff spot

2004 - 2005
The '04-'05 campaign would be slightly different for the GNBA with 6 teams in the league instead of 8. Defending GNBA Champion Cmo slammers would not return to defend his title along with PDX Mountain Lions, Iowa ShowStoppers, and the Mn Rim Rockers The league would feature newcombers MeVsTheWorld managed by HulkWhat25 and Toschi's Bomb Squad managed by Jon148. Chicago Slam changed thier name to Second City Shooters and S.Brown.4.Prez changed to LebroMelo.

The Spirits of Scranton cruied in the regular season winning the regular season crown by 30.5. They would earn the #1 seed and along with Second City Shooters a first round bye. #5 Toschi's Bomb Squad would defeat #4 MeVsTheWorld to advance to play #1 Scranton. #3 Arizona All Stars would defeat #6 LebroMelo. In the Semifinals #1 Scranton took care of #5Bomb Squad to return to the GNBA Finals to face off against #2 Second City who defeated Arizona in the semis. Led by Garnett, Wade, Marion, and Big Ben the Spirits would be too much for the T-Mac, Dirk, Brand, Carter and the Shooters. The Spirits became the 1st #1 overall seed to win the GNBA championship.

Final Regular Season Standings

1. *Spirits Of Scranton 186-104-4  .639  -

2. *Second City Shooters 155-134-5 .536  30.5

3. *Arizona All Stars 	 154-139-1 .526  33.5

4. *MeVsTheWorld 	 137-152-5 .474  48.5

5. *Toschi's Bomb Squad 132-156-6  .459  53

6. *LebroMelo 	        105-184-5  .366  80.5

* = clinched playoff spot

2005 - 2006
The 2006 campaign would see newcomers, name changes and the start of a mini dynasty. The league would once again expand back to 8 teams. Welcoming in John's Johnny Basketball, Darklord's Destroyers, ThePrIsMcAURA self-titled team and the GNBA welcomed back GCW owner of the defunct Iowa Show Stoppers (2002-2004), as co-owner along with Spydore of the Spy n GCW Connection. Mal would change the Arizona All Stars to Safford Bulldogs]] and Goose's Second City Shooters would change his team's name for the third time to Air Goose Force and they would prove to be a force all season long.

The season started with the Destroyer's recieving the #1 overall pick and selecting PG - Mike Bibby much to the suprise of the GN network while Safford selected F/C Amare Stoudemire who would end up needing micro-fracture knee surgery before the season would start.

The playoffs would begin with #1 Air Goose and #2 Toschi's getting first round byes. #4 Scranton would defeat #5 Safford while #2 Johnny's would beat #6 Destroyers. In the semifinals #1 Air Goose defeated the defending champs while #2 Toschi's Bomb Squad defeated the expansion #3 Johnny s to advance to thier first GNBA Finals. In the Finals Allen, Carter, Duncan and Arenas led Air Goose Force to victory over Kobe, Brand, LeBron and the Bomb Squad.

Air Goose Force would set several records with most wins, fewest losses, highest win%, biggest lead en route to thier first GNBA Championship.

Final Regular Season Standings

1. *Air Goose Force 	 205-86-3   .702  -

2. *Toschi's Bomb Squad 189-102-3  .648  16

3. *Johnny Basketball 	 173-120-1 .590  33

4. *Spirits of Scranton 169-125-0  .575  37.5

5. *Safford Bulldogs 	 132-158-4 .456  72.5

6. *Destroyers 	        117-173-4  .405  87.5

7. Spy n GCW Connection  97-195-2  .333  108.5

8. ThePrIsMcAURA 	 84-207-3  .291  121

* = clinched playoff spot

2006 - 2007
The '07 campaign would see several teams failing to return to the Association and the continued dominace of the Goose led team. The league was cut in half due to the Destroyers, Spy n GCW Connection, Johnny Basketball and ThePrIsMcAURA wishing not to return.

The playoffs would pit #1 Chicago vs #4 Safford, #2 Scranton vs #3 Toschi's. Chicago and Toschi's would win to advance to the '07 Finals creating a rematch of the '06 Finals. Once again Chicago led by Carter, T-Mac, and Dirk would defeat the Bomb Squad and deny Kobe, Duncan, LeBron, Nash and Shaq a title.

Final Regular Season Standings

1. *Chicago Backers     199-91-4  .684  -

2. *Toschi's Bomb Squad 136-152-6 .473  62

3. *Spirits of Scranton 134-158-2 .459  66

4. *Safford Bulldogs    112-180-2 .384  88

* = clinched playoff spot

2007 - 2008
GNBA Commisioner Mal hopes to expand the league to atleast 8 teams for the '08 season. Time will tell if it is accomplished.

Records
A collection of GNBA records dating. W-L-T records don't reflect the 2002-2003 season as they are lost forever in cyberspace. Playoff streaks and other similar stats will count the 2002-2003 though.

Most Wins

1. 686 - Chicago (2002-Present)

2. 634 - Scranton (2002-Present)

3. 556 - Arizona (2002-Present)

4. 457 - Toschi's (2004-Present)

5. 275 - LeBroMelo (2002-2005)

6. 202 - Iowa (2002-2004,2005-2006)

6. 169 - Cmo (2002-2004)

7. 160 - Mn (2003-2004)

8. 121 - PDX (2003-2004)

Playoff Apperances

5 - Arizona ('03, '04, '05, '06, '07)

5 - Chicago ('03, '04, '05, '06, '07)

5 - Scranton ('03, '04, '05, '06, '07)

3 - Toschi's ('05, '06, '07)

3 - LeBroMelo ('03, '04, '05)

2 - Cmo ('03, '04)

1 - Mn ('04)

1 - MeVsTheWorld ('05)

1 - Johnny's ('06)

1 - Destoryers ('06)

GNBA Finals Apperances

3 - Chicago ('05, '06, '07)

2 - Toschi's ('06, '07)

2 - Scranton ('04, '05)

2 - Cmo ('03, '04)

1 - Grand Rapids ('03)

GNBA Championships

2 - Chicago (2006, 2007)

1 - Scranton (2005)

1 - Cmo (2004)

1 - Grand Rapids (2003)