FUTURE DRAFT GAMES THREAD - 2/9/2025

[Snakebites]

Shrug. Any of these are fine. I don’t think there is anything wrong with the ideas we had before.

The participants just aren’t there at the moment.

[Larry_Russell]

Last name first name pairs draft.

Pretty simple.


You draft Lebron James, then your second player drafted last name must start with an S.
So second player picked could me Marcus Smart

Third player picked name will have to start with "T"

[Snakebites]

Still a little salty that my NBA Draft themed game didn't get enough traction.

[durantbird]

Still a little salty that my NBA Draft themed game didn't get enough traction.

I don't think it's the idea. It's just a tougher time to recruit people to play. When the current draft idea seemed stuck, I sent several PM's and then MadNess and GeorgeMarcus joined. Roddy joined mid draft and raised the number crucially from 8 to 9, so it turned out fine

[Snakebites]

Still a little salty that my NBA Draft themed game didn't get enough traction.

I don't think it's the idea. It's just a tougher time to recruit people to play. When the current draft idea seemed stuck, I sent several PM's and then MadNess and GeorgeMarcus joined. Roddy joined mid draft and raised the number crucially from 8 to 9, so it turned out fine

Yeah, I don't think it was the idea either- just a rough time for these games. I don't really like to PM people begging them to join. To me a quote making sure people are aware of a new game is enough. I didn't want to play that game given that only 7 people were interested after seeing it.

I dunno, maybe this time it'll be permanent.

I'm always amazed these games have stayed afloat as long as they have tbh. We started doing these FGA style games nearly a decade ago at this point. I think the earliest ones had 15-16 as the most current season.

[durantbird]

I considered starting a new signups for a States franchises draft. Every player who ever played for OKC Indy Minny Knicks Utah.

But maybe we should take a break. Not sure

[Snakebites]

I considered starting a new signups for a States franchises draft. Every player who ever played for OKC Indy Minny Knicks Utah.

But maybe we should take a break. Not sure

Seems logical to include Golden State as well.

[durantbird]

The Heatles Draft

Only seasons for Miami Chicago Cavs Toronto Lakers

[migya]

Players with multiple mvps and teammates of players with multiple mvps.

[durantbird]

Biggest Draft Misses (Franchise Pairs)
Rochester Royals → Boston Celtics (1956)
 #1: Si Green
 #2: Bill Russell

Portland Trail Blazers → Chicago Bulls (1984)
 #2: Sam Bowie
 #3: Michael Jordan

Detroit Pistons → Miami Heat (2003)
 #2: Darko Miličić
 #5: Dwyane Wade

Atlanta Hawks → New Orleans Hornets (2005)
 #2: Marvin Williams
 #4: Chris Paul

Portland Trail Blazers → Seattle SuperSonics (2007)
 #1: Greg Oden
 #2: Kevin Durant

Minnesota Timberwolves → Golden State Warriors (2009)
 #5 & #6: Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn
 #7: Stephen Curry

Sacramento Kings → Dallas Mavericks (2018)
 #2: Marvin Bagley III
 #3: Luka Dončić

Some of the draft misses aren't consecutive picks, e.g. Wade instead of Melo for the Milicic miss and Paul instead of Deron for the Marvin Williams miss, because Milicic and Marvin are obviously the busts and Melo-Bosh-Deron can't be considered as real misses, but I tried to look at the more prominent missed player.

[Snakebites]

Biggest Draft Misses (Franchise Pairs)
Rochester Royals → Boston Celtics (1956)
 #1: Si Green
 #2: Bill Russell

Portland Trail Blazers → Chicago Bulls (1984)
 #2: Sam Bowie
 #3: Michael Jordan

Detroit Pistons → Miami Heat (2003)
 #2: Darko Miličić
 #5: Dwyane Wade

Atlanta Hawks → New Orleans Hornets (2005)
 #2: Marvin Williams
 #4: Chris Paul

Portland Trail Blazers → Seattle SuperSonics (2007)
 #1: Greg Oden
 #2: Kevin Durant

Minnesota Timberwolves → Golden State Warriors (2009)
 #5 & #6: Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn
 #7: Stephen Curry

Sacramento Kings → Dallas Mavericks (2018)
 #2: Marvin Bagley III
 #3: Luka Dončić

Some of the draft misses aren't consecutive picks, e.g. Wade instead of Melo for the Milicic miss and Paul instead of Deron for the Marvin Williams miss, because Milicic and Marvin are obviously the busts and Melo-Bosh-Deron can't be considered as real misses, but I tried to look at the more prominent missed player.

The Pistons could be in this multiple times:

Debated between:

Luke Kennard vs Donovan Mitchell
Stanley Johnson vs Devin Booker
Killian Hayes vs Tyrese Haliburton

It still hurts…

[durantbird]

The Pistons could be in this multiple times:

Debated between:

Luke Kennard vs Donovan Mitchell
Stanley Johnson vs Devin Booker
Killian Hayes vs Tyrese Haliburton

It still hurts…

Yeah true. I'm trying to find the most historical ones, Hayes or Wiseman (and a bunch of other guys) over Haliburton might be close to that.

Funny to note that the Pacers feature so many guys from the 2020 lottery. Haliburton, Nesmith, Toppin, even Wiseman in their roster, and they used to have Jalen Smith.

[Laimbeer]

Players who ever played for a franchise that was once in the ABA? Of course you could use any season for these players be it ABA or NBA

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[durantbird]

Players who ever played for a franchise that was once in the ABA? Of course you could use any season for these players be it ABA or NBA

Sent from my Pixel 6 using RealGM mobile app

We had The Merger Franchises draft lately

[Laimbeer]

Have we done a Welcome draft, sort of a mirror of the Farewell draft? Should be pretty straightforward - only the first eligible season with a franchise can be selected.

[durantbird]

Have we done a Welcome draft, sort of a mirror of the Farewell draft? Should be pretty straightforward - only the first eligible season with a franchise can be selected.

I feel like it might be a little bit too similar pool?

[durantbird]

The European legends draft

Can pick season from any of:

Dallas Mavericks (home of Dirk and Luka)
Denver Nuggets (home of Nikola Jokic)
Milwaukee Bucks (home of Giannis)
San Antonio Spurs (home of Tony Parker)
Los Angeles Lakers (home of Pau Gasol)
Memphis Grizzlies (home of both Gasols)

Optional inclusions:
Brooklyn Nets (home of Drazen Petrovic)
Chicago Bulls (home of Toni Kukoc)
Portland Trail Blazers (home of Arvydas Sabonis)
Utah Jazz (home of Rudy Gobert)

[durantbird]

What if draft, based on: Walton, Penny, Roy, Sampson, Yao, Hill, Rose, McGrady, Oden

Option 1: teammates for those guys
Includes Bird, Shaq, LeBron (Oden teammate), Wade, Nash, Hakeem, T-Mac (we might include the guys themselves anyway), Butler, Noah, Kawhi, Duncan, Vince, Manu, Howard, Towns, Vince, Roy, Amar'e, McHale, Allen

Option 2: scavenger hunt format

For Walton/Oden/Roy, Penny/McGrady, Rose, Hill, Yao/Sampson
We can use 5 franchises - Portland, Orlando, Chicago, Detroit, Houston
And then either add 3 more guys to get additional three franchises (Pelicans for Zion? Boston to add for Walton? Cavs for Daugherty?)
Or add other categories, like one-time All NBA First, Top-5 Pick Who Didn’t Make an All-Star Game (for Oden), Rookie of the Year winners who weren't All NBA First

[ReggiesKnicks]

Top 8 Draft?

Players in seasons on the Top 8 finishing teams this season.

OKC
Denver
Minnesota
Golden State
Indiana
Cleveland
New York
Boston

Some deep franchises here.

[Snakebites]

What if draft, based on: Walton, Penny, Roy, Sampson, Yao, Hill, Rose, McGrady, Oden

Option 1: teammates for those guys
Includes Bird, Shaq, LeBron (Oden teammate), Wade, Nash, Hakeem, T-Mac (we might include the guys themselves anyway), Butler, Noah, Kawhi, Duncan, Vince, Manu, Howard, Towns, Vince, Roy, Amar'e, McHale, Allen

Option 2: scavenger hunt format

For Walton/Oden/Roy, Penny/McGrady, Rose, Hill, Yao/Sampson
We can use 5 franchises - Portland, Orlando, Chicago, Detroit, Houston
And then either add 3 more guys to get additional three franchises (Pelicans for Zion? Boston to add for Walton? Cavs for Daugherty?)
Or add other categories, like one-time All NBA First, Top-5 Pick Who Didn’t Make an All-Star Game (for Oden), Rookie of the Year winners who weren't All NBA First

Why those players? I feel silly, I feel like there's a common theme I'm totally missing here and I'm gonna feel stupid when you say it.