There have been rumors of a possible expansion, so let’s imagine it does happen, but the NBA decides to only add one new team to the league (sorry Vegas), bringing back the beloved Seattle Supersonics. The Sonics are back babbyyyyyyyy!

Now the Sonics need to build their team from ground up, starting with the expansion draft, and following it with signing players in the off-season.

Here are some simplified terms of the expansion draft:

1. All 30 NBA teams will have the right to protect 8 players on their roster. Anyone on the current roster is protectable, including restricted free agents. If a restricted free agent is left unprotected by his former team, he is available for selection by the Supersonics, who would then hold his Bird Rights for the up-coming off-season. Teams will typically have 4-7 players unprotected. Unrestricted free agents can neither be protected from nor selected in the expansion draft -- they are essentially ignored.
   Players who are likely to be left unprotected by their former teams include aging, overpaid veterans, unproven bench players, players who do not fit in financially with their team, or who disrupt team chemistry.
2. The Sonics may only select 1 player per team.
3. The Sonics must work within 2/3 of the normal rules of the NBA salary cap, so there will be salary-related restrictions which apply to the team's selections. The team’s salary cap for the 2022-2023 season will only be 2/3 of the league cap (112.414 million), meaning 74.93 million. The minimum team salary is also 2/3 of the leagues' minimum team salary (101.173 million), meaning 67.449 million.
   The expansion draft occurs after the conclusion of the 2022 NBA Finals, but prior to the 2022 NBA Draft. The Sonics do not participate in the lottery, but automatically get the 5th and the 35th pick of the draft.
4. There are no restrictions on player positions during the draft.
5. The Sonics must select at least 14 players.
6. Here is a list of the players that each NBA team are, in my opinion, likely to protect, and a list of those who may be left unprotected (not all players are listed, but most of them, and all that have any chance of being drafted by an expansion team):

Atlanta Hawks:

Protected:

1. Trae Young
2. John Collins
3. Clint Capela
4. Kevin Huerter
5. De’Andre Hunter
6. Onyeka Okongwu
7. Bogdan Bogdanovic
8. Cam Reddish

Unprotected (Salary this year, Years left on the contract)

1. Jalen Johnson (2.6 million, 3 years)

To crown a new champion, I used the highest finisher in that year’s standings that had not won a championship previously.

Same champion as the real one is in regular text, different champions in italics, place they actually finished is in parenthesis

1950 Giuseppe Farina

1951 Juan Manuel Fangio

1952 Alberto Ascari

1953 Mike Hawthorn (4)

1954 Jose Froilan Gonzalez (2)

1955 Stirling Moss (2)

1956 Peter Collins (3)

1957 Luigi Musso (3)

1958 Tony Brooks (3)

1959 Jack Brabham

1960 Bruce McLaren (2)

1961 Phil Hill

1962 Graham Hill

1963 Jim Clark

1964 John Surtees

1965 Jackie Stewart (3)

1966 Jochen Rindt (3)

1967 Denny Hulme

1968 Jacky Ickx (4)

1969 Jean-Pierre Beltoise (5)

1970 Clay Regazzoni (3)

1971 Ronnie Peterson (2)

1972 Emerson Fittipaldi

1973 Francois Cevert (4)

1974 Jody Scheckter (3)

1975 Niki Lauda

1976 James Hunt

1977 Mario Andretti (3)

1978 Carlos Reutemann (3)

1979 Gilles Villeneuve (2)

1980 Alan Jones

1981 Nelson Piquet

1982 Keke Rosberg

1983 Alain Prost (2)

1984 Elio de Angelis (3)

1985 Michele Alboreto (2)

1986 Nigel Mansell (2)

1987 Ayrton Senna (3)

1988 Gerhard Berger (3)

1989 Riccardo Patrese (3)

1990 Thierry Boutsen (5)

1991 Jean Alesi (7)

1992 Michael Schumacher (3)

1993 Damon Hill (3)

1994 Mika Hakkinen (4)

1995 David Coulthard (3)

1996 Jacques Villeneuve (2)

1997 Heinz Harald-Frentzen (2 because of MSC DSQ, otherwise 3)

1998 Eddie Irvine (4)

1999 Ralf Schumacher (6)

2000 Rubens Barrichello (4)

2001 Juan Pablo Montoya (6)

2002 Kimi Raikkonen (6)

2003 Fernando Alonso (6)

2004 Jenson Button (3)

2005 Giancarlo Fisichella (5)

2006 Felipe Massa (3)

2007 Lewis Hamilton (2)

2008 Robert Kubica (4)

2009 Sebastian Vettel (2)

2010 Mark Webber (3)

2011 Nico Rosberg (7)

2012 Romain Grosjean (8)

2013 Nico Hulkenberg (10)

2014 Daniel Ricciardo (3)

2015 Valtteri Bottas (5)

2016 Max Verstappen (5)

2017 Sergio Perez (7)

2018 Kevin Magnussen (9, yes this means Haas are world champions)

2019 Charles Leclerc (4)

2020 Carlos Sainz (6, tied on points with Albon but would win on countback because CS best finish was 2nd, AA 3rd)

2021 Lando Norris (6)

Eligible to be a champion in 2022: Russell, Stroll, Gasly, Tsunoda, Mazepin, Schumacher, Ocon, Albon, Latifi, Zhou

57 championships change with 39 brand new champions. Every championship after 1982 has a change!

Edit: added where t

(Up-To-Date as of January 7, 2022)

January 7, 2022

(WIDE)

The 355 (Action/With: Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Diane Kruger, Penélope Cruz/PG-13/2 hr 4 min/Universal Pictures/d: Simon Kinberg/Wide)

(LIMITED)

See For Me (Thriller/With: Skyler Davenport, Kim Coates, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Laura Vandervoort/1 hr 32 min/IFC Films/d: Randall Okita/Limited)

January 14, 2022

(WIDE)

Scream (Horror/With: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Marley Shelton/R/1 hr 54 min/Paramount Pictures/Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett/Wide)

(LIMITED)

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism In America (Documentary/With: Jesephine Bolling McCall, Gwen Carr, Tiffany Crutcher, Carolyn Payne/PG-13/1 hr 57 min/Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)/d: Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler/Limited)

Belle (Animation/With Kaho Nakamura, Ryô Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro/PG/2 hr 1 min/GKIDS/d: Mamoru Hosoda/Limited)

A Cops and Robbers Story (Documentary/With: Gesley Alexis, Corey Bressant, NiiAdu Clerk, Gerina Davis/1 hr 24 min/Greenwich Entertainment/d: Ilinca Calugareanu/Limited)

The Pink Cloud (Drama/With: Renata de Lélis, Eduardo Mendonça, Helena Becker, Girley Paes/R/1 hr 45 min/Blue Fox Entertainment/d: Iuli Gerbase/Limited)

January 21, 2022

(WIDE)

The King’s Daughter (Action/With: Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt, Benjamin Walker, Kaya Scodelario/PG/1 hr 30 min/Gravitas Ventures/d: Sean McNamara/Wide)

Redeeming Love (Drama/With: Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Famke Janssen, Logan Marshall-Green/PG-13/2 hr 14 min/Universal Pictures/d: D.J. Caruso/Wide)

(LIMITED)

The Tiger Rising (Family/With: Dennis Quaid, Katharine McPhee, Queen Latifah, Madalen Mills/PG/1 hr 42 min/Variance Films/d: Ray Giarratana/Limited)

January 26, 2022

(LIMITED)

Compartment Number 6 (Drama/ With Yuriy Borisov, Seidi Haarla, Yuliya Aug, Dinara Drukarova/R/1 hr 47 min/Sony Pictures Classics/d: Juho Kuosmanen/Limited)

January 28, 2022

(LIMITED)

Cyrano (Musical/With: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Ben M

Hi,

I'm running a bit dry now, actively searching for new series & novels to read in 2022, hence this post to see what you guys have been reading and how you liked it!

So, Scifi readers, what have you read last year, and how would you rate the books?

Here is my 2021 list:

10/10 Perfect scores, must read:

The Bobiverse Series by Dennis E Taylor (4 books)

Bob, a nerdy engineer, dies in modern days, has his head frozen, and wakes up as just a consciousness, reanimated a few hundred years in the future to pilot a Von Neumann probe.
4 books full of adventure, conflicts, R&D & tech that'll make you dream.
Propulsion tech: Reaction mass (at first), more advanced later in the books (spoiler if more details)

Start here: I am legion (I am Bob)
Topics: Trans-humanism, first-contacts (multiple), space exploration, engineering/problem solving, epic adventure

Hail May by Andy Weir (single book)

I feel like this might be the best book I've ever read. The story, the style, the characters, the creativity... It's just flawless from start to finish.
The energy of our local stars, including our sun, is fading fast. Something mysterious is absorbing a lot of that energy before it can get to earth, leading to a grim future. Only one star doesn't seem affected in the neighbourhood, and that's where a crew is headed to understand why and hopefully find a fix.
Multiple twists, first-contact, engineering issues to solve, and one of the most creative plot I've seen in any scifi book.
Propulsion tech: IR engine (realistic - spoiler if more details)

Topics: Scientific discovery, first-contact, engineering/problem solving, saving earth

The Expanse Series by James S.A. Corey (9 books, last one released in 2021)

I've only read the last book, Leviathan Falls, in 2021, having read the others years ago as they came out, but I have to recommend the whole series obviously. Every book is amazing and this last one was just the cherry on top.
Set in the near future, a non-stop political struggle between the UN (earth/moon), Mars & the Belt. First contact and then the gates change everything. I don't want to give any spoilers so I'll stop the description there. You're most likely already familiar with it anyway.
Realistic physics & realistic politics are the 2 main reasons to read it, besides the incredible story.
Propulsion tech: Fusion, reaction mass, alien gates

Start here: *Levia

Big Finish Releases 2

Big Finish Releases 2022 (and Beyond!)

#The First Doctor Adventures

Whilst we don't know the details, we know Lauren Cornelius has been recording more First Doctor Adventures. Assumably the AAISAT crew have been as well, and potentially Carole Ann Ford. And one assumes Peter Purves. Sadly, I doubt William Russell has, Jean Marsh even less so. Maureen O'Brien has possibly done recording, but it's difficult to say as she's someone who can't really travel far, and obviously pandemics makes things worse.

#The Second Doctor Adventures

After being delayed many times, with still no confirmed release date, the fact that remote recording has occurred seems that whatever issues that plagued the release have potentially been solved, and we may get news soon. Otherwise we do know there's a George Mann penned Dalek story, read by Frazer Hines, that at this point logically couldn't be anything but a Companion Chronicle.

#The Third Doctor Adventures

#The Fourth Doctor Adventures

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

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It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Disclaimer: This is just my opinion and I do like all of these to some degree. I'd love to here yours.

S Tier

1. World Duel Carnival: This really is a great arc. Yuma not relying on Numbers to win against opponents without them showed how much he had to grow, great antagonists with the Arclight brothers being intrdouced, giving more depths to Shark, even giving brief moments to old & new characters (Gauche, Dextra, Anna, Sparrow) ending season two with III vs Yuma on a high note, the absurdity of roller coasters, going from the tense Vextrix vs Dextra, alright V vs Kite given their connection, Shark vs IV's rivalary, and a lighthearted Yuma vs Gauche, the semi finals with Kite finally losing, and Yuma finally overcoming Tron.

In some ways it actually feels more like a royal free for all thought the city than Battle City..well save for one more. Also, card games on roller coasters. One thing I love is when different characters on different factions come together to face off against another threat and we got that twice: Yuma & Kaito vs 3 and 4, and Yuma teaming up with Anna and Nistro/Gauche against the triple hunters (Plus Braving & Soul Drive really nailed the feel of the season.)

There's like next to no flaws with this arc. Maybe change some duels around here and there since they mostly got Yuma's friends out of the way (i.e. Flip duels Nistro and Dextra with Yuma to make up for what happens), Kathy could've went out against a viable threat (if Nistro beat Sparrow, maybe have Dextra vs Kathy), V could've gotten a bit more to do, but other than that, this is how you do a tournament.

2. Battle City: This arc really showed off how to do multiple factions right. Team Yugi, Kaiba, the Rare Hunters, Bakura. The Rare Hunters were more dangerous then Pegasus' eliminators, Joey and Yugi's arcs seperate, then covnger at the end with their duel still holds up: especially with the plan to kidnap Mobuka and Tea, forcing every nominally character on the side of "good" to do something, Joey actually would've defeated Marik (granted Mai did well too), Kaiba vs Ishizu deserves a bit more respect than people give it credit for, Yugi vs Kaiba was a great back and forth despite how freaking long it is, and it was so satisfying to have Yami Marik killed off after everything.

Really the only weakness are a few things: Odion and Mai could've had a bit more screentime and buildup beforehand (thanks again anime), Ra's powers were bullshit, and while I do

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

Just to clarify, 12345678

Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...

Notices there's only 2;

Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."

I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

There hasn't been a post all year!

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