Big (Man) Love, 2025-26 season

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Y'all know what it is: if you need to know the rules, look up one of the old threads.

The following is the "pre-approved" list of Top Tier Big Men:

• Bam Adebayo (MIA)
• Anthony Davis (DAL)
• Joel Embiid (PHI)
• Rudy Gobert (MIN)
• Nikola Jokić (DEN)
• Domantas Sabonis (SAC)
• Alperen Şengün (HOU)
• Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK)
• Nikola Vučević (CHI)
• Victor Wembanyama (SAS)
• Ivica Zubac (LAC)

 

[hrdboild]

No love for my dude Okongwu (ATL) after he averaged 14.4 pts / 10.2 reb / 1 blk in 48 games from January - April last season?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Okongwu only had two BMOtN awards all of last season; we'll keep an eye out for him, though.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

10/21 Big Man update:

Alperen Şengün: 39/11/7/2/1 versus Thunder

No award in a loss. Bad beat for Şengün. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

Y'all know what it is: if you need to know the rules, look up one of the old threads.

The following is the "pre-approved" list of Top Tier Big Men:

• Bam Adebayo (MIA)
• Anthony Davis (DAL)
• Joel Embiid (PHI)
• Rudy Gobert (MIN)
• Nikola Jokić (DEN)
• Domantas Sabonis (SAC)
• Alperen Şengün (HOU)
• Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK)
• Nikola Vučević (CHI)
• Victor Wembanyama (SAS)
• Ivica Zubac (LAC)

I think you missed moving Jakob Poeltl into the pantheon of pre-approved Big men last year; consider these performances from November

|    | Date       | Opp   |   TRB |   AST |   STL |   BLK |   PTS |
|---:|:-----------|:------|------:|------:|------:|------:|------:|
|  0 | 2024-11-04 | DEN   |    11 |     3 |     3 |     0 |    24 |
|  1 | 2024-11-15 | DET   |    18 |     3 |     1 |     3 |    25 |
|  2 | 2024-11-16 | BOS   |    12 |     0 |     1 |     0 |    35 |
|  3 | 2024-11-18 | IND   |    15 |     2 |     2 |     2 |    30 |
|  4 | 2024-11-29 | MIA   |    10 |     1 |     0 |     1 |    24 |

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

Also Jarrett Allen ended last year in the top-tier list, where'd he go?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I think you missed moving Jakob Poeltl into the pantheon of pre-approved Big men last year; consider these performances from November

|    | Date       | Opp   |   TRB |   AST |   STL |   BLK |   PTS |
|---:|:-----------|:------|------:|------:|------:|------:|------:|
|  0 | 2024-11-04 | DEN   |    11 |     3 |     3 |     0 |    24 |
|  1 | 2024-11-15 | DET   |    18 |     3 |     1 |     3 |    25 |
|  2 | 2024-11-16 | BOS   |    12 |     0 |     1 |     0 |    35 |
|  3 | 2024-11-18 | IND   |    15 |     2 |     2 |     2 |    30 |
|  4 | 2024-11-29 | MIA   |    10 |     1 |     0 |     1 |    24 |

Poeltl played well, but only snagged one BMOtN award for the entire 2024-25 season. We'll keep an eye out for him.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Also Jarrett Allen ended last year in the top-tier list, where'd he go?

Allen was a probationary addition for April, due to his performance in March, and did not distinguish himself well enough in April to become a permanent addition, in my opinion.

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

Allen was a probationary addition for April, due to his performance in March, and did not distinguish himself well enough in April to become a permanent addition, in my opinion.

With the Cavs resting guys after pretty much clinching the top seed, perhaps there wasn't a fair opportunity for him to perform in April.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

With the Cavs resting guys after pretty much clinching the top seed, perhaps there wasn't a fair opportunity for him to perform in April.

Perhaps. I reckon we'll find out soon enough.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

10/22 Big Man update:

Karl-Anthony Towns: 19/11/2/0/0 versus Cavaliers
Bam Adebayo: 15/12/2/0/0 versus Magic
Joel Embiid: 4/6/2/0/1 versus Celtics
Nikola Vučević: 28/14/2/1/0 versus Pistons
Ivica Zubac: 19/7/3/0/1 versus Jazz
(BMOtN) Victor Wembanyama: 40/15/1/1/3 versus Mavericks
Anthony Davis: 22/13/1/2/1 versus Spurs
Domantas Sabonis: DNP versus Suns (hamstring)
Rudy Gobert: 10/6/0/0/1 versus Trail Blazers


Honorable Mention
Isaiah Stewart: 20/10/2/0/4 versus Bulls

:: cries in dead keeper league ::

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

10/23 Big Man update:

Nikola Jokić: 21/13/10/1/0 versus Warriors

Honorable Mention
Pascal Siakam: 32/15/4/1/1 versus Thunder

No qualified statlines = no award.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

10/24 Big Man update:


Karl-Anthony Towns: 26/13/3/1/1 versus Celtics
Alperen Şengün: 17/7/7/3/0 versus Pistons
Bam Adebayo: 24/5/4/1/0 versus Grizzlies
(BMOtN) Victor Wembanyama: 29/11/2/1/9 versus Pelicans
Anthony Davis: 27/13/4/2/2 versus Wizards
Rudy Gobert: 2/7/2/0/0 versus lakers
Domantas Sabonis: 12/12/1/0/0 versus Jazz
Ivica Zubac: 8/5/4/0/0 versus Suns

Honorable Mention
Zion Williamson: 27/10/7/3/0 versus Spurs

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

10/25 Big Man update:

Nikola Vučević: 15/8/2/0/1 versus Magic
Joel Embiid: 20/2/4/2/0 versus Hornets
(BMOtN) Nikola Jokić: 14/14/15/3/0 versus Suns

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

10/26 Big Man update:

(BMOtN) Victor Wembanyama: 31/14/4/3/6 versus Nets
Karl-Anthony Towns: 15/18/2/1/2 versus Heat
Bam Adebayo: 19/13/3/1/0 [6 to] versus Knicks
Rudy Gobert: 14/18/1/0/2 versus Pacers
Anthony Davis: 25/10/3/3/2 versus Raptors
Ivica Zubac: 21/8/3/0/2 versus Trail Blazers
Domantas Sabonis: 10/14/3/3/0 versus lakers

Honorable Mention
Jalen Duren: 24/18/1/0/2 versus Celtics
Pascal Siakam: 33/10/8/3/0 versus Timberwolves
DeAndre Ayton: 22/15/2/1/1 versus Kings

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Seeing that Wemby already has 3 BMOtN honors, I must ask...Who holds the record for most BMOtN honors in a season?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Probably Jokić. I'm too tired to check.