Draft Rules:
1. Subject to the rules to be set out below, players from the 1976-77 season and the 2016-17 season will be available to be drafted. You can draft players that came into the league before 1976 but the season you choose can't be before 1976-77.
2. Each of your chosen seasons must be from one of the 16 franchises which have not won an NBA championship since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976. Those franchises are as follows:
New York Knicks
New Jersey Nets
Toronto Raptors
Milwaukee Bucks
Indiana Pacers
Charlotte Hornets
Atlanta Hawks
Orlando Magic
Memphis Grizzlies
New Orleans Pelicans
Utah Jazz
Minnesota Timberwolves
Denver Nuggets
Phoenix Suns
Los Angeles Clippers
Sacramento Kings
Please note this includes all previous iterations of the above franchises since the merger, per Basketball Reference.
3. You will be required to draft a total of 8 players. Each of your players must play a minimum of 8 minutes in your rotations.
4. Each player you select must have played at least 50% of regular season games in the season selected. The must also have played at least 50% of their regular season games in the chosen season for at least one of the designated franchises.
5. Your team will be allowed a combined total of 80.0 FGA corresponding with the specific seasons indicated for each player.
6. We will be doing a modified snake draft. It will go like this: ABBABABA
7. Players will get a maximum of a 2-hour window to make their selection when they are on the clock. If you still have not chosen a player by then, you will be skipped. Also, if you know ahead of time that you won't be available to make your pick on the clock then please PM your selection to myself or another participant. NOTE: If you miss one pick and have failed to make it by the time your next pick comes around, you will be skipped.
8. The clock will be turned off between 12 midnight and 9 AM EDT.
9. Draft order will be completely randomised.
10. After you have made your draft selection, please quote and/or PM the person that goes after you so they will know that it is their turn and they are on the clock. You may not change your pick after it has been made, even if the next person in the order has not picked yet.
11. The winner of the draft will be determined by playoffs/rankings/hybrid (TBD).
Please update picks on the spreadsheet below.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17M7kw-CMKO3bxGrObCNF9PO1HQxcr8X-yvWU-XNEyjc/edit?usp=sharing
