I'm the noob who won last year. Well, noob to this league but I've been playing fantasy basketball for years, mostly in head-to-head leagues which are a completely different beast. The upper half of the league stayed competitive until the end. It went down to the wire really. A few teams made a nice run. To be honest, I didn't pay that much attention to the teams in the bottom half. I didn't notice any problems filling the 2nd Center spot. It's a good position to rotate around for Blks and Rebs according to who's hot on waivers. I think there are enough guys who have the C designation that there's not too much of a shortage. It's a thin position with 12 teams, but that helps make it more competitive IMO. Can't think of any unbalanced trades, though I wish I hadn't traded Dalembert during the preseason.