Money League - Live Auction with no IR - Roll Call

bww78 · Post #1 » by **bww78** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:40 pm

This will be our official League Thread for the year.

The new draft format:

Bidding Format

Like previous years, you will have a certain amount of money with which to purchase players. You can purchase no more than 13 players during the auction. You can elect to purchase fewer than 13 if you wish, and then fill up on waiver wire adds after the entire auction has ended. You will not be allowed to pick up players that no one bid on until I have announced that the auction has concluded.

Team Budget: This year, to simplify, we will each be given $130. This represents the total amount of money you will have to spend during the auction, unless you make a trade for additional money (more on trading later).

Bidding: This is where we’ll have the biggest difference from previous years. We are doing away with the silent, “email” bidding system. Instead, bids will be open, and posted here on the realgm board.

There will be no limit to the number of bids you can make on any one player. There will be no time limit for bidding on any player. I will announce that bidding has opened everyday for 5 different players, based on the order of players which I will post prior to the beginning of the auction. Once a player is officially up for auction, every manager with money left in their budget will have the opportunity to bid on that player. You can bid up to as much money as you have left in your budget, making as many bids as want, as quickly as you’d like.

Going Once, Going Twice…: Once it appears as though bidding has slowed (there have been no bids for the last approximately 8 hours), I will announce the “GOING ONCE” alert for that player. If there are no bids on that player for the next approximately 6 hours, I will announce the “GOING TWICE” alert for that player. If there are no bids for that player for the next approximately 6 hours, I will announce that the player is “SOLD” and provide the final sale information. This gives each player a minimum of 20 hours after initial bidding dies down before that player’s auction ends, which should give everyone sufficient time to make their final bids. If it appears bidding frequency has increased during the final 12 hour period, I will extend that player’s auction accordingly.

Timing is not rigid. If you have a reason why you think I should extend any player’s auction, just let me know. I reserve the right to end auctions early if it is clear there will be no additional bids for a player, or to deny a request to extend any auction time periods. But I will not adhere strictly to any of the time periods specified above, hence the “approximate” labels. The point is to allow a fluid, non-time sensitive auction where everyone gets a chance to bid as much as they like, thus ensuring each player goes for the highest maximum amount.

Obviously, we don’t have unlimited time to conclude the draft, so there may be circumstances where I need to speed up the auction for players, but if we start in August, we should have plenty of time before the end of October.

Once you have filled up all 13 roster spots, you are no longer permitted to bid, until you make a trade freeing up a roster spot. The same rule applies once you run out of money.

Dueling Bids: If you are bidding on more than one player, and the sum total of your bids is greater than the total amount of money you have left in your budget, you may have subsequent bids nullified. Nullification of bids will take place if you win a player at auction, and the subsequent hit to your budget leaves any other outstanding bids over the amount of money you have left. Any outstanding bids that are for an amount higher than that which you have in your budget at any given time will be nullified. The order of your bid will be irrelevant. The rule will be triggered when you win a player that causes your outstanding bid(s) to place you in the red. As discussed above, a player’s auction is not timed, and may end at anytime within the rules for calling an auction.

Ties: In the event of a equal bids, the bid which was posted first shall be deemed the dominant bid.

Retractions: There will be no retracted bids. All bids are final, no exceptions whatsoever. So please bid wisely.

All bids which are incorrect, whether you just made a typo and wrote the wrong dollar amount or placed it on the wrong player, WILL BE FINAL.

Player Drops: Once you win a player at auction, you will not be permitted to drop that player until after the conclusion of the auction. Only bid on those players that you actually want to carry on your roster. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

Trades: You may trade as much as you like during and after the draft. Players and money are all free game. You can trade players for other players, for cash, or for a combination of the two. Be as creative as you like. I will have final and sole authority to veto all trades during the draft. For those of you that know me, I tend to allow most trades to go through, unless there is an obvious attempt at cheating, so don’t worry about me vetoing trades just because they appear one-sided. Trades will be final once both parties acknowledge the trade on the board. If your trade causes any of your outstanding bids to be greater than the total amount left in your budget, any such outstanding bids will be nullified.

Order: Like last year, the order of players will be determined randomly using http://www.random.org. I’ll simply use the player rankings from basketball monster, and randomly generate an order. I’ll post the full order so that everyone can see who is coming up next. Rookies will be added to the end of the list and included in the random order. If a player is missing that you think needs to be included, please tell me as soon as possible so that I can make the correction.

End of Auction: After every team has filled its roster, or every team is out of money, or every player still eligible to make bids unanimously agrees to end the draft, the draft will end. The end will not be official until I post it on the board. At that point, the waiver wire is open, and owners are free to make adds and drops as they please.

At the end of the draft, all cap spaces are scuttled, and teams proceed as if in any other league. In other words, the cap space element of this league ends at the end of the draft.

The other Money League thread will have information related to the list of players and the order in which they'll come up for bid, and all bids for the auction draft.

Please check in below so I know you're still around and still interested in participating.

Here is a list of the managers that have expressed interest:

bww - commissioner
WB
TKUnit
RSam
Hyuuga
3Si
Fraan (I'm sorry Brian)
SacStar
Skai
Alci G
Woody
sabonis
jfrost
insfo

bww78 · Post #2 » by **bww78** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:41 pm

Auction Order (Bold = Currently up for bid)

Danny Granger
Kevin Martin
Bayless, Jerryd
Elton Brand
OJ Mayo
Azubuike, Kelenna
Derrick Rose
Emeka Okafor
Courtney Lee
Anthony Parker
Jose Calderon
Tyreke Evans
Tyson Chandler
Ryan Gomes
Manu Ginobili
Tayshaun Prince
Blake Griffin
Al Jefferson
Gordon, Ben
Ryan Anderson
Wilson Chandler
Kevin Durant
Shawn Marion
CJ Watson
Rudy Gay
Millsap, Paul
Rajon Rondo
Luis Scola
Boozer, Carlos
Garcia, Francisco
Gilbert Arenas
Al Harrington
Peja Stojakovic
Eric Gordon
Ronnie Brewer
Raja Bell
Kobe Bryant
Marquis Daniels
James Harden
Smith, Josh
Chris Paul
Nenad Krstic
Hill, Grant
Louis Williams
Jason Terry
Andre Miller
Spencer Hawes
Luol Deng
Michael Beasley
Thaddeus Young
Eddie House
Aaron Brooks
Murphy, Troy
Kyle Lowry
Earl Watson
Andrew Byum
Darko Milicic
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Al Thornton
Danilo Gallinari
Chris Bosh
Jackson, Stephen
Mo Williams
Boris Diaw
Chris Duhon
Kirk Hinrich
LeBron James
Mike Dunleavy
Al Horford
Jason Thompso
Mike Bibby
Mario Chalmers
Gerald Wallace
Marvin Williams
Tim Duncan
Shane Battier
Okur, Mehmet
Yao Ming
Ray Allen
Wallace, Rasheed
O’neal, Shaquille
Nick Collison
Greg Oden
Roy Hibbert
Samuel Dalembert
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Anthony Morrow
Turiaf, Ronny
Drew Gooden
Vince Carter
Anthony Randolph
Mike Conley
Garnett, Kevin
Channing Frye
Josh Howard
Allen Iverson
Jamaal Crawford
Jeff Foster
Dampier, Ericka
Chris Wilcox
West, David
Amare Stoudemire
Josh Boone
McDyess, Antonio
Roy, Brandon
Trevor Ariza
Hedo Turkoglu
Travis Outlaw
Kenyon Martin
Andre Iguodala
Andray Blatche
Nate Robinson
Lamar Odom
Michael Redd
Rashard Lewis
Baron Davis
Chris Kaman
Ramon Sessions
Richard Jefferson
Ford, TJ
Rudy Fernandez
Charlie Villanueva
Przybilla, Joel
Rodney Stuckey
Camby, Marcus
Howard, Dwight
Kevin Love
Barbosa, Leandro
Brandon Rush
Antawn Jamison
Amir Johnson
James Posey
Brandon Bass
Tyrus Thomas
Paul Pierce
Larry Hughes
Hasheem Thabeet
Jason Maxiell
Bell, Charlie
Butler, Caron
Maggette, Corey
Jason Kidd
Mikael Pietrus
Jeff Green
Andrei Kirilenko
Andres Biedrins
Thabo Sefolosha
Brook Lopez
Tracy McGrady
Andray Blatche
Dwyane Wade
Rashad McCants
John Salmons
Brandan Wright
Noah, Joakim
Jamario Moon
Monta Ellis
DJ Augustin
Stephen Curry
Raymond Felton
Beno Udrih
Mike Miller
Jonny Flynn
J.R. Smith
Luke Ridnour
Jameer Nelson
Richard Hamilton
Devin Harris
Yi Jianlian
Artest, Ron
Carmelo Anthony
Marc Gasol
Randolph, Zach
Joe Johnson
Jarret Jack
Dirk Nowitzki
Chauncey Billups
Andrew Bogut
Ben Wallace
Carl Lanrdy
Russell Westbrook
LaMarcus Aldridge
Andrea Bargnani
Matt Barnes
Deron Williams
Pau Gasol
David Lee
Brad Miller
Roger Mason
Nash, Steve

exversepwnage3 · Post #3 » by **exversepwnage3** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:51 pm

Checkin' in.

sacstar16 · Post #4 » by **sacstar16** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:26 pm

I'm in.

tkunit · Post #5 » by **tkunit** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:27 pm

whats up children

jfrost · Post #6 » by **jfrost** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:55 pm

I'm back with a vengeance this year!

fraanciiscoo · Post #7 » by **fraanciiscoo** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:12 am

the idiot of the vilage aka i´m sorry brian aka fraanciiscoo checking in for the best fantasy league in the world

writersblock · Post #8 » by **writersblock** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:36 am

Present.

and, btw, Fraan doesn't have rights to my name, so everytime he uses it, he owes me royalties. 8-)

Skai · Post #9 » by **Skai** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:07 pm

I'm in, baby.

Woody Allen · Post #10 » by **Woody Allen** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:34 pm

I'm in.

AlciG · Post #11 » by **AlciG** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:14 am

I'm here

insfo · Post #12 » by **insfo** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:19 pm

3Si · Post #13 » by **3Si** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:42 pm

3Si · Post #14 » by **3Si** » Wed Aug 5, 2009 6:18 pm

Do we have an official date on when this starts?

bww78 · Post #15 » by **bww78** » Fri Aug 7, 2009 7:32 am

Sorry, on vacation.

We'll start early next week.

bww78 · Post #16 » by **bww78** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:33 pm

Ok, we never heard back from Dakota Kid, but the first 5 names will be posted on Thursday morning.

In the meantime, let's try to find a replacement.

Woody Allen · Post #17 » by **Woody Allen** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:15 am

sabonis · Post #18 » by **sabonis** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:06 pm

ah crap. totally forgot about this. and with getting busier at work every day, I just realized I don't have time for this league

I'm terribly sorry for the inconvinience

writersblock · Post #19 » by **writersblock** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:45 pm

12 team league instead of 14?

insfo · Post #20 » by **insfo** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:40 am

player list/order please ??

I need to decide which mediocre talent I need to dump my load on