FUTURE DRAFT GAMES - NEW THREAD 2/21/22

[flaco]

Any group of teams is fine, but I'm leaning toward the players with no rings draft.

I like the ''no rings'' idea as well.

The ABA franchises talent pool seems rather shallow tbh.

[Fadeaway_J]

Any group of teams is fine, but I'm leaning toward the players with no rings draft.

I like that one too, but my only concern is that it could get unbalanced if we go past 12 or so.

On the other hand, with no LeBron or MJ that might not be a major problem.

[Bakure Gachikoi]

Hello everyone. I was invited by Jvalin (unsure if that's his name here) to participate in the upcoming draft, please let me know if there are any vacancies for a newcomer like me

[durantbird]

Got a somewhat unusual idea because I built my latest team around Ewing and English.

A draft where your two top FGA players need to have the same first letter for their surname or first name (can't mix someone with A as first letter in first name and one with a surname starting with A; but can have two players with a surname starting with A).

WDYT? Does it sound balanced?

[flaco]

Hello everyone. I was invited by Jvalin (unsure if that's his name here) to participate in the upcoming draft, please let me know if there are any vacancies for a newcomer like me

Welcome aboard!

[Laimbeer]

Any group of teams is fine, but I'm leaning toward the players with no rings draft.

I like that one too, but my only concern is that it could get unbalanced if we go past 12 or so.

On the other hand, with no LeBron or MJ that might not be a major problem.

I think we'll run out of what we think of as alphas before 12. But if the guys who are available aren't that overpowering...

[Bakure Gachikoi]

Any group of teams is fine, but I'm leaning toward the players with no rings draft.

I like that one too, but my only concern is that it could get unbalanced if we go past 12 or so.

On the other hand, with no LeBron or MJ that might not be a major problem.

I think we'll run out of what we think of as alphas before 12. But if the guys who are available aren't that overpowering...

Who're some of the best players that have never won a ring? My namesake and his rival in the same position? That doesn't sound too overpowered to me

[Laimbeer]

Draft position order. You must select a player who was drafted lower than your previous pick.

Or alternatively, upside down draft position order. You must select a player who was drafted higher than your previous pick.

[Colbinii]

Draft position order. You must select a player who was drafted lower than your previous pick.

Or alternatively, upside down draft position order. You must select a player who was drafted higher than your previous pick.

I like both of these

[flaco]

HOFer Bill Russell passed away last Sunday. He was undoubtably the greatest winner in basketball history, if not in sports history in general. He was also a civil rights activist which I believe is even more admirable than his legendary career, but that's another story. How about we run the opposite of our current draft? Only players who have won a ring are eligible to be drafted. We include players from the 50s and the 60s in honor of the greatest winner of them all, Bill Russell.

[Larry_Russell]

HOFer Bill Russell passed away last Sunday. He was undoubtably the greatest winner in basketball history, if not in sports history in general. He was also a civil rights activist which I believe is even more admirable than his legendary career, but that's another story. How about we run the opposite of our current draft? Only players who have won a ring are eligible to be drafted. We include players from the 50s and the 60s in honor of the greatest winner of them all, Bill Russell.

I would add that it is just called the Bill Russell draft.

Only players to win MORE than 1 ring are eligible

[Fadeaway_J]

I like the idea of a draft to honour Russell (we've had drafts for Kobe, LeBron, and MJ in the past).

Including 50s and 60s players - not so much.

[Laimbeer]

HOFer Bill Russell passed away last Sunday. He was undoubtably the greatest winner in basketball history, if not in sports history in general. He was also a civil rights activist which I believe is even more admirable than his legendary career, but that's another story. How about we run the opposite of our current draft? Only players who have won a ring are eligible to be drafted. We include players from the 50s and the 60s in honor of the greatest winner of them all, Bill Russell.

I would add that it is just called the Bill Russell draft.

Only players to win MORE than 1 ring are eligible

I think multiple rings is appropriate for the Bill Russell draft. It would be a twist on an earlier game when we just required one ring. I agree that I don't want to go with players from the '50s and '60s


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[MadNESS]

So if you’ve won 2 or more rings you can be drafted?

[Colbinii]

So if you’ve won 2 or more rings you can be drafted?

Yup. Does being divorced and re-married count?

[Colbinii]

We can extend the time period based on the players but we should always include Bill Russell in the field.

[Fadeaway_J]

Two rings sounds interesting in theory but I would like to research exactly how deep that pool is.

PG I can say with certainty would be severely weakened.

[Colbinii]

Two rings sounds interesting in theory but I would like to research exactly how deep that pool is.

PG I can say with certainty would be severely weakened.

82 players have won 3 or more rings, 21 from the 60s or earlier.

[Dr Positivity]

What if the team's combined rings had to be 11 or more? Probably too easy when you can just draft a role player with 4-5, and would be heavily Jordan/Lebron friendly if not.

[Colbinii]

What if the team's combined rings had to be 11 or more? Probably too easy when you can just draft a role player with 4-5, and would be heavily Jordan/Lebron friendly if not.

This definitely makes LeBron and Jordan even more valuable.