It's official: JBL is back

JBL is back, and the 2019 season will be starting in May: that's the word from an insider the league office, who as of yet have not made an official statement. The league is allegedly preparing a press conference and will announce the league's return in the next week or so. Details are fuzzy, but we can confirm that there will be streamlined operations to ensure the league runs smoothly. Among the changes is a "JBL Day" per week, where all weekly activity will occur, allowing the league's busy GMs to conduct their other business during the week and focus on the one period.

We can also confirm that, so far, GMs from the current JBL powerhouses the Buzzards, Tritons and Rockets have all confirmed their return to their teams, with the Cyclones and Vultures still awaiting calls from their former GMs. The Hurricanes are rumoured to be awaiting a call as well. The rest of the teams are currently open, and some teams have been taking applications.

It is an exciting time to be a JBL fan, and something which many have hoped and dreamed about for 18 months. JBL is back, baby.

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• Colin Stafford traded to Vultures for Isaiah McCarty and pick
• Ortay Defoe traded to Thunder for Dimitri Ilic
• Reggie Fortier traded to Tritons for Warriors' picks
• Superstar GM Makaveli Fired
• Thunder Hire New GM Mtymite
• Brian Oliver traded to Bluebirds for Rashard Stevens
• Chris LaCruz of Superstars traded to Fireballs for Antoine Peeler and Tyler Davis
• Superstars Hire New GM Makaveli
• Jaguars trade Frashon Lewis to Renegades for Griffin Walls, Ren 2020 1st
• Janev Ciszkiwicz to Buzzards for Warriors' Trenton Williams
• Vickery, Buzzards 2020 2nd Rd Draft for Cox, Spencer, Pistols 2019 1st Rd Draft
• O. Grant, T. Williams to Jaguars for Banks, Blazevic, Buz 2020 1st, Buz 2020 2nd

The Top 10 rookies are varied and it will be a difficult decision come Draft Day, writes The`Realist.

Scoreboard

• Finals G7: Rockets 131, Tritons 133
• Finals G6: Rockets 100, Tritons 111
• Finals G5: Tritons 124, Rockets 126
• Finals G4: Tritons 90, Rockets 117
• Finals G3: Tritons 121, Rockets 102
• Finals G2: Rockets 79, Tritons 114

League Status: Coaches Free Agency

• (17 Oct) 2019 Coaches Free Agency commences
• (16 Oct) Free Agency completed
• (15 Oct) Day 28 of Free Agency completed
• (14 Oct) Day 26 of Free Agency completed

Upcoming Events

• (22 Oct) 2019 Draft

The JBL Fantasy Basketball League is the most realistic, complete fantasy league on the Internet. Established in 1991, the JBL is currently in its 30th season (2019, the 23rd online) and as such is one of the longest running fantasy leagues.

The JBL uses fantasy, rather than NBA players,generated by the customized simulator (called simply 'JBL Basketball Simulator'). These players are created at 8 years old and play in background leagues to develop: junior school, high school, college and seven international leagues are all simulated in the background. The simulator allows the output of all statistics, boxscores and news. Every player has hundreds of attributes and feelings, and with the extraordinarily realistic events simulator, creates a rich texture of an actual, "living" basketball league. JBL includes features unheard of in any other fantasy sports: praising and criticizing of players, issuing press releases and responding to scandalous rumours, scouting from college and international leagues, dictating to players individual instructions, chemistry conflicts, and much more.

The General Managers of the twenty JBL franchises use a program called the JBL Studio to manage their roster, view statistics and boxscores, interact with players and other GMs from around the world, view league news and many other functions. The Studio is updated often and is built upon GM suggestions.

If you're new to the league, you should start by learning about the league. You can find out if there are any available teams, or apply if you're interested in managing a franchise.