FUTURE DRAFT GAMES - NEW THREAD 2/21/22

[Fadeaway_J]

What does it mean?

It's a chain draft where your next player must share a franchise in common with your previous player.

For example, you could start with KD. Your next pick would have to have played a game for the Thunder/Sonics, Warriors, Nets, or Suns.

Say you then connect him to Nash. Your next pick would then have to have played for the Suns, Mavs, and Lakers.

It continues like that for all eight picks.

Sounds good to me.

I would be interested to see how a payroll draft went but I'd sit on the sidelines for the first one. I used to do the gmat games and learn all about salaries... it was complicated and since about 2016 I've drifted so far from it I'm not sure I could get back into that stuff.

We did actually do a payroll draft a few years ago, but I don't recall how much easier or harder it was tbh. For one season it shouldn't be too difficult to look up, although like durantbird I'm not that excited about another 2023-themed game.

The other thing about salaries is, I'm not sure they really value player any more accurately than FGA. The NBA's salary structure underpays young players and overpays veterans, plus there are also breakout players who are dirt cheap compared to their production in particular seasons. You're basically trading one flawed system for another.

[damecurry]

I wanna do a post-season draft, you pick a year but use the post-season not the regular season for FGA, stats and relevant information. There would be like a 10 or 12 game minimum which obviously restricts some players and seasons but that would be the point. I'd also like to do this with a different year range, maybe 1990-2009, or at least to 2019, cut out the last few seasons that have been such a heavy focus lately. Let's mix things up a bit.

[Fadeaway_J]

I wanna do a post-season draft, you pick a year but use the post-season not the regular season for FGA, stats and relevant information. There would be like a 10 or 12 game minimum which obviously restricts some players and seasons but that would be the point. I'd also like to do this with a different year range, maybe 1990-2009, or at least to 2019, cut out the last few seasons that have been such a heavy focus lately. Let's mix things up a bit.

Definitely intrigued by this idea. I think some people might be put off by the research though.

[durantbird]

Family Loyalty Draft.

At least 3 players who have a relative that played in the NBA (listed in basketball reference).
At least 3 players who played their entire career for the same club.
(Cannot use the same player twice in the same category.)
Two more players can be every player that has no All Star or All NBA selections.

Might go 80s and on, or even 70s and on here.

[Fadeaway_J]

Family Loyalty Draft.

At least 3 players who have a relative that played in the NBA (listed in basketball reference).
At least 3 players who played their entire career for the same club.
(Cannot use the same player twice in the same category.)
Two more players can be every player that has no All Star or All NBA selections.

Might go 80s and on, or even 70s and on here.

I like this idea but I'd make the family category four players. There are actually a lot of guys with family members that people might not realise.

[Dr Positivity]

Every player must have less rings than your previous pick (or alternate version of every player must have more rings than your previous pick).

[flaco]

Every player must have less rings than your previous pick (or alternate version of every player must have more rings than your previous pick).

I like it a lot! I assume you mean ''less or equal'' number of rings otherwise most drafters will be left out of choices somewhere around round 6.

[Dr Positivity]

Every player must have less rings than your previous pick (or alternate version of every player must have more rings than your previous pick).

I like it a lot! I assume you mean ''less or equal'' number of rings otherwise most drafters will be left out of choices somewhere around round 6.

Yes, less or equal

[damecurry]

I wanna do a post-season draft, you pick a year but use the post-season not the regular season for FGA, stats and relevant information. There would be like a 10 or 12 game minimum which obviously restricts some players and seasons but that would be the point. I'd also like to do this with a different year range, maybe 1990-2009, or at least to 2019, cut out the last few seasons that have been such a heavy focus lately. Let's mix things up a bit.

Definitely intrigued by this idea. I think some people might be put off by the research though.

I don't really know where interest level is but I'm definitely going to try to start a post-season draft with a time-frame of 1970-1999. 10 game minimum, I think it might be necessary to bump up the FGA limit to 90 or something because guys play more minutes and thus take more shots in the playoffs. I'd like to try to do this after Larry's game.

[Fadeaway_J]

I wanna do a post-season draft, you pick a year but use the post-season not the regular season for FGA, stats and relevant information. There would be like a 10 or 12 game minimum which obviously restricts some players and seasons but that would be the point. I'd also like to do this with a different year range, maybe 1990-2009, or at least to 2019, cut out the last few seasons that have been such a heavy focus lately. Let's mix things up a bit.

Definitely intrigued by this idea. I think some people might be put off by the research though.

I don't really know where interest level is but I'm definitely going to try to start a post-season draft with a time-frame of 1970-1999. 10 game minimum, I think it might be necessary to bump up the FGA limit to 90 or something because guys play more minutes and thus take more shots in the playoffs. I'd like to try to do this after Larry's game.

Why not go 1990-2010 for such an unfamiliar concept? 70s and 80s role player performances could be a headache to judge.

[damecurry]

Definitely intrigued by this idea. I think some people might be put off by the research though.

I don't really know where interest level is but I'm definitely going to try to start a post-season draft with a time-frame of 1970-1999. 10 game minimum, I think it might be necessary to bump up the FGA limit to 90 or something because guys play more minutes and thus take more shots in the playoffs. I'd like to try to do this after Larry's game.

Why not go 1990-2010 for such an unfamiliar concept? 70s and 80s role player performances could be a headache to judge.

Enh, I just wanna do older era games and figured two birds, one stone. But I see your point, I agree with your time-frame.

[Larry_Russell]

I don't really know where interest level is but I'm definitely going to try to start a post-season draft with a time-frame of 1970-1999. 10 game minimum, I think it might be necessary to bump up the FGA limit to 90 or something because guys play more minutes and thus take more shots in the playoffs. I'd like to try to do this after Larry's game.

Why not go 1990-2010 for such an unfamiliar concept? 70s and 80s role player performances could be a headache to judge.

Enh, I just wanna do older era games and figured two birds, one stone. But I see your point, I agree with your time-frame.

What if you did a starters/Bench game like this?

5 starters have to come pre 1980, 3 bench players post 2000?

[Colbinii]

Why not go 1990-2010 for such an unfamiliar concept? 70s and 80s role player performances could be a headache to judge.

Enh, I just wanna do older era games and figured two birds, one stone. But I see your point, I agree with your time-frame.

What if you did a starters/Bench game like this?

5 starters have to come pre 1980, 3 bench players post 2000?

I'd have LeBron, Curry and KD off the bench for 38 minute each.

[parsnips33]

I've been feeling the pull lately, would love to get into the next game

[Colbinii]

Inverse Alphabet Game [Z-A]

-You can stick with a franchise consecutively

[durantbird]

70s and 90s Draft. You can only pick players in seasons of those decades. ABA included.

Would shake things up a bit, and can be harder to find the role players, also might be more challenging with spacing.

Removing 80s is not that much of a big deal, but also has its impact, like removing Bird, prime McHale, Moncrief, Cooper, Philly Erving/Moses.

[Colbinii]

Inverse Alphabet Game [Z-A]

-You can stick with a franchise consecutively

I really like this. Jordan is at the end [If we play this] while LeBron is in the middle.

We could even do 1990-2010. Still plenty of 3+D role players

[Fadeaway_J]

We should redo the Pacific Division game from several years back.

So much talent has passed through since then that an 80s to now pool can sustain 10-12 drafters easily.

[flaco]

Inverse Alphabet Game [Z-A]

-You can stick with a franchise consecutively

I really like this. Jordan is at the end [If we play this] while LeBron is in the middle.

We could even do 1990-2010. Still plenty of 3+D role players

Wouldn't exclude modern players, but other than that I like it a lot too! Dropping the ''one player per franchise'' rule will result in a more unpredictable game.

[durantbird]

Personally I'd prefer a more traditional game, like the Pacific Division, 70s & 90s or another idea. The current alphabetical game doesn't seem like a lot of fun from a side viewer, so I wouldn't expect much from the inverse version, but maybe I'm wrong.