Redick Draft - Discussion

[Fadeaway_J]

Pool looks pretty stacked, hope we get a few more

If we get too few, might adjust the timeframe

When do we start?

[durantbird]

Pool looks pretty stacked, hope we get a few more

If we get too few, might adjust the timeframe

When do we start?

This instant

[durantbird]

There were 10 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Larry_Russell
durantbird
Snakebites
Dr Positivity
Stan
wackbone
Fadeaway_J
MadNess
Laimbeer
GeorgeMarcus
IP: 147.235.201.57
Timestamp: 2025-04-06 11:27:31 UTC

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[durantbird]

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Clock starts 9am tomorrow

[Larry_Russell]

Funny to find Isiah Thomas at second spot in PCT in 83' with the extraordinary nearly 29% from deep!

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[Snakebites]

Ok

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Hate taking a big first but Chamberlain felt like the right choice here.

[wackbone]

Ok

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Hate taking a big first but Chamberlain felt like the right choice here.

I'd hope you made the right choice, took 10 hours to think it over

Just playing

[Snakebites]

Ok

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Hate taking a big first but Chamberlain felt like the right choice here.

I'd hope you made the right choice, took 10 hours to think it over

Just playing

Sorry, making a quick pick wasn’t a priority- I knew the clock wasn’t starting.

[durantbird]

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Hate taking a big first but Chamberlain felt like the right choice here.

I'd hope you made the right choice, took 10 hours to think it over

Just playing

Sorry, making a quick pick wasn’t a priority- I knew the clock wasn’t starting.

Generally, the idea behind the long delay before the clock starts is to give everyone a fair chance to make thoughtful first (and even second) round picks without feeling rushed. When someone uses nearly the whole day for their pick, it kind of goes against the spirit of that buffer.

[durantbird]

I had Bird as the best player and first on my board, but it was temping to go with Kawhi and try to reserve both categories 1 and 2

[wackbone]

I'd hope you made the right choice, took 10 hours to think it over

Just playing

Sorry, making a quick pick wasn’t a priority- I knew the clock wasn’t starting.

Generally, the idea behind the long delay before the clock starts is to give everyone a fair chance to make thoughtful first (and even second) round picks without feeling rushed. When someone uses nearly the whole day for their pick, it kind of goes against the spirit of that buffer.

While I agree with your sentiment (mildly annoyed myself that I’m not making my first pick until I’m at work today given when it started), I don’t think an OG like Snake who’s done countless of these games needs the explanation.

[wackbone]

I had Bird as the best player and first on my board, but it was temping to go with Kawhi and try to reserve both categories 1 and 2

I have a similar conundrum on the horizon. Category 1 and 2 have the most guys I like so I want to keep those open for a while, but on the other hand they also have most of the top guys I like soooo

[durantbird]

Sorry, making a quick pick wasn’t a priority- I knew the clock wasn’t starting.

Generally, the idea behind the long delay before the clock starts is to give everyone a fair chance to make thoughtful first (and even second) round picks without feeling rushed. When someone uses nearly the whole day for their pick, it kind of goes against the spirit of that buffer.

While I agree with your sentiment (mildly annoyed myself that I’m not making my first pick until I’m at work today given when it started), I don’t think an OG like Snake who’s done countless of these games needs the explanation.

Maybe my approach is wrong. Might be a better approach to do something like 3 hours for round 1+2, and then 2 hours for next rounds. You are correct that those things should go without saying for the old timer participants, but we do try to evolve our rules over time and the approach I'm trying to employ in my games isn't necessarily the standard done in the past.

[wackbone]

Generally, the idea behind the long delay before the clock starts is to give everyone a fair chance to make thoughtful first (and even second) round picks without feeling rushed. When someone uses nearly the whole day for their pick, it kind of goes against the spirit of that buffer.

While I agree with your sentiment (mildly annoyed myself that I’m not making my first pick until I’m at work today given when it started), I don’t think an OG like Snake who’s done countless of these games needs the explanation.

Maybe my approach is wrong. Might be a better approach to do something like 3 hours for round 1+2, and then 2 hours for next rounds. You are correct that those things should go without saying for the old timer participants, but we do try to evolve our rules over time and the approach I'm trying to employ in my games isn't necessarily the standard done in the past.

For enough! I think there has to be some sort of buffer, I don’t think it’d be wise to start with a clock immediately, even if longer. Mainly just need time between when the draft order is announced and when the clock starts

[durantbird]

I'm in

Notice you've got only about 40 minutes left

[Snakebites]

I'd hope you made the right choice, took 10 hours to think it over

Just playing

Sorry, making a quick pick wasn’t a priority- I knew the clock wasn’t starting.

Generally, the idea behind the long delay before the clock starts is to give everyone a fair chance to make thoughtful first (and even second) round picks without feeling rushed. When someone uses nearly the whole day for their pick, it kind of goes against the spirit of that buffer.

Had other things going on which were higher on my mental list, none of which I have to justify to you.

By all means skip me next time.

If you want people to pick faster the pathway to that is via changes in the rules, not shaming people who were operating within them.

Thanks.

[Laimbeer]

Honestly, I focused more on these when I was working. Right at the computer, easy to check in frequently. Since retiring I've gotten a healthy number of skips.

[durantbird]

Sorry, making a quick pick wasn’t a priority- I knew the clock wasn’t starting.

Generally, the idea behind the long delay before the clock starts is to give everyone a fair chance to make thoughtful first (and even second) round picks without feeling rushed. When someone uses nearly the whole day for their pick, it kind of goes against the spirit of that buffer.

Had other things going on which were higher on my mental list, none of which I have to justify to you.

By all means skip me next time.

If you want people to pick faster the pathway to that is via changes in the rules, not shaming people who were operating within them.

Thanks.

I hear you, and just to clarify—I wasn’t trying to shame anyone. I don’t necessarily want people to pick faster either. I just assumed people would make their picks at a normal pace, especially with the extra buffer at the start. The idea behind the delay was to give everyone space for thoughtful early picks, not to stretch things out unnecessarily. That’s really all I meant—just sharing how it looked from my side.

I get that you're playing within the rules - and I'm not trying to police anyone.

[Fadeaway_J]

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[wackbone]

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All you!