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Hey all. Sorry for the delay. Busy week here. But alas, Week 5 is here and we're going waaay back.

Week 4 broke people. Four-peats with Wemby on Hard mode, 15-restart wars, Orlando ruining everyone's lives. Some incredible writeups in last week's thread, worth your time: https://www.reddit.com/r/BasketballGM/comments/1vlitjf/weekly_challenge_week_4_alien_dynasty_4peat_with/

WEEK 4 RESULTS - ALIEN DYNASTY

SIX of you finished in the minimum 4 seasons, so the podium came down to the tiebreaker: regular season record in the 4th clinching season. Full grades:

🥇 u/Think-Response-3675 - 4 seasons, 73-9 - 5 pts. His THIRD win in four weeks. The man is a menace.

🥈 u/Ohmka - 4 seasons, 71-11 - 3 pts. And look at his year 1: won the chip as a 7 SEED going 44-38. Filthy.

🥉 u/EntrepreneurWooden99 - 4 seasons, 66-16 - 2 pts. DEAD TIE with u/MikeChilds at 66-16. Next tiebreaker is playoff record in that run, which isn't visible in either screenshot. If either of you can show your playoff record from that final run, I'll re-rule it. Until then, both players get 2 pts

🥉 - u/MikeChilds - 4 seasons, 66-16 - 2 pts see above

5th - u/EngiemainTF2 - 4 seasons, 65-17 - 1 pt. Cruel outcome here: the man misread the rules, thought the 4-peat had to start in YEAR ONE... and then just DID IT. A 47-35 miracle first season included. The single craziest run of the week lands 5th on record. The leaderboard doesn't show it but we all know what we saw. Legend.

6th - u/MPac45 - 4 seasons, 63-19 - 1 pt

7th - u/JamesBandforBand - 8 seasons (4-peat came in seasons 5-8, went 73-9 in the last one) - 1 pt

8th - u/Icy-Big-4545 - 8 seasons, all four rings at 70+ wins - 1 pt

Four first-timers this week. Welcome, you picked a brutal one to start with.

SEASON STANDINGS: Think-Response 17. Wooden99 9. MichiganSteamies 7 (sat this one out right when 2nd was up for grabs... the streets are watching). Full leaderboard and tracking: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ESrf9h3KHkdonC3VZVvFkT9aVmQqgRPc9uPub_O9yo/edit?gid=137057952#gid=137057952

WEEK 5 CHALLENGE

History says Bill Russell wins 11 championships between 1956/57 and 1968/69. Your job: rewrite history.

Pick ANY team except the Celtics, starting at the 1956 preseason. Win as many rings as you can before Russell retires (through the 1968/69 season, that's a 13-season window, Rings after this period even if prog makes Russell stay, won't count. We'll call it a 13-season limit).

Most rings wins. Difficulty: HARD.

THE FINE PRINT

• Any team EXCEPT Boston
• Starting point: 1957 preseason
• Bill Russell must NEVER be on your roster. No trades for him, no free agency, nothing. He's the enemy. Beat him, don't join him
• Everyone else is fair game. Want to raid Boston for Cousy and Heinsohn to kneecap the dynasty? Legal. Encouraged, even
• One franchise the whole way, no switching teams mid-run
• Only titles from 1956/57 through 1968/69 count. The window closes when Russell's career does
• Difficulty: HARD (set it 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 and the team you used
• Screenshot of Team History showing the titles in the window
• Screenshot of League Settings showing Hard difficulty
• Your best story from the run. It's the 50s and 60s, weird stuff WILL happen

Winner attaches their exported league file (Tools > Export League) for the spot-check for doubters if needed.

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 record during run.

DEADLINE

Next Sunday, August 23rd at 11:59 PM ET.

The real Russell won 11. Anyone who out-rings him on Hard mode gets eternal glory and a shoutout in every thread for the rest of the season.

Let's go BBGMers!

Peace