Two Franchises Mesh Draft - Discussion

[durantbird]

Draft Rules:

1. All NBA/ABA seasons from 1959-60 to 2023-24 are eligible, subject to the restrictions outlined below.

2. You will be required to draft a total of 2 franchises in 2 rounds. Each of your players must play a minimum of 8 minutes in your rotations. Any player chosen in a season that is pre-merger will have a multiplier of 0.85 applied against their actual fga, rounded to closest 0.1.

3. Your team will be allowed a combined total of 88.0 FGA with a minimum of 3.0 FGA per player corresponding with the specific seasons indicated for each player. NOTE: You may pick a player whose actual FGA number was lower than 3.0, but you still be charged 3.0 for that player.

4. Each player you select must have played at least 50% of regular season games in the season selected. He needs to play at least 50% of his games for an eligible franchise.

5. In each round, you select any available team and you can use all its seasons in the timeframe, including predecessor franchises.

Your team will need to be composed of 4 players from each of your selected teams.

Your 8 players should follow the following limitations:
- Category 1: One player who ever won regular season NBA MVP, or even won a Finals MVP and All NBA First accolade
- Category 2: One player who ever won an All-NBA First accolade and no FMVP (All ABA First guys like Artis Gilmore aren't included here)
- Category 3: Two players who have ever been selected to an All-Star game or to an All-NBA team
- Category 4: Four other players who don't qualify for the above categories

You can "downgrade" a category so you don't need to use all your spots. For example, you can pick a non All-Star/All-NBA player for any category spot, or you can pick a guy like Klay Thompson who was never All-NBA First for your Category 2 spot. You obviously cannot upgrade a lower category to a higher one.

Two drafters can use the same player, in seasons from different franchises.

6. We will be doing a modified snake draft. It will go AB.

7. Players will get a maximum of a 3-hour window to make their selection when they are on the clock. If you still have not chosen a player by then, or if the player you have chosen is ineligible, 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 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 11 PM and 9 AM EDT.

9. Draft order will be completely randomized.

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. Please note that the clock starts whenever the previous drafter has either made their pick or their two-hour window has expired, even if the next person is not quoted.

11. The winner of the draft will be determined by rankings. Make sure to submit your roster page by deadline to be included in rankings.

Team Roster Page Rules:

You will be responsible for creating a roster page for your fantasy team. Here are the things that you will be required to include on your roster page:

. Players
. Rotations
. Draft selections
. The most important of all, you must show the total FGA per player on your roster AND a total sum of each players FGA to display that it is under the required 88.0 FGA

-All of the above must be completed before playoffs/rankings


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[Fadeaway_J]

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[Larry_Russell]

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[Dr Positivity]

Ok

[Fadeaway_J]

Agree with Laimbeer in the other thread that we don't need to rank all the teams. I'd do top four or five.

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[Snakebites]

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[flaco]

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[Square]

I'll try this one.

[Square]

I'm a bit confused on what category to put a player in who has won a Finals MVP but no All-NBA 1st team (e.g. Billups, Iguodala). Sorry if this was clarified in the other similar game in which I did not participate.

[Snakebites]

I'm a bit confused on what category to put a player in who has won a Finals MVP but no All-NBA 1st team (e.g. Billups, Iguodala). Sorry if this was clarified in the other similar game in which I did not participate.

Those guys can go in category 3- a FMVP only matters if they also have All-NBA First.

The rule was specifically to nerf Kawhi and Wade- they now must be category one players. In a similar game we previously did it also had the unintended affect of nerfing Billups and Iggy. The wording here fixes that.

Someone like Cedric Maxwell (no all star nod but finals MVP) could go in category 4.

[durantbird]

I'm a bit confused on what category to put a player in who has won a Finals MVP but no All-NBA 1st team (e.g. Billups, Iguodala). Sorry if this was clarified in the other similar game in which I did not participate.

Those guys can go in category 3- a FMVP only matters if they also have All-NBA First.

The rule was specifically to nerf Kawhi and Wade- they now must be category one players. In a similar game we previously did it also had the unintended affect of nerfing Billups and Iggy. The wording here fixes that.

Someone like Cedric Maxwell (no all star nod but finals MVP) could go in category 4.

Small addition: Kawhi, Wade and West

[Snakebites]

I'm a bit confused on what category to put a player in who has won a Finals MVP but no All-NBA 1st team (e.g. Billups, Iguodala). Sorry if this was clarified in the other similar game in which I did not participate.

Those guys can go in category 3- a FMVP only matters if they also have All-NBA First.

The rule was specifically to nerf Kawhi and Wade- they now must be category one players. In a similar game we previously did it also had the unintended affect of nerfing Billups and Iggy. The wording here fixes that.

Someone like Cedric Maxwell (no all star nod but finals MVP) could go in category 4.

Small addition: Kawhi, Wade and West

Yeah him too.

[Larry_Russell]

I'm a bit confused on what category to put a player in who has won a Finals MVP but no All-NBA 1st team (e.g. Billups, Iguodala). Sorry if this was clarified in the other similar game in which I did not participate.

Those guys can go in category 3- a FMVP only matters if they also have All-NBA First.

The rule was specifically to nerf Kawhi and Wade- they now must be category one players. In a similar game we previously did it also had the unintended affect of nerfing Billups and Iggy. The wording here fixes that.

Someone like Cedric Maxwell (no all star nod but finals MVP) could go in category 4.

Small addition: Kawhi, Wade and West

Jaylen Brown

[Snakebites]

Those guys can go in category 3- a FMVP only matters if they also have All-NBA First.

The rule was specifically to nerf Kawhi and Wade- they now must be category one players. In a similar game we previously did it also had the unintended affect of nerfing Billups and Iggy. The wording here fixes that.

Someone like Cedric Maxwell (no all star nod but finals MVP) could go in category 4.

Small addition: Kawhi, Wade and West

Jaylen Brown

Who has never made an All-NBA first team. So he can be used for category 3. It’s specifically those players with a Finals MVP AND an All NBA-First who join the MVPs in category 1.

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[Laimbeer]

ok

[Larry_Russell]

Laimbeer maeks 10

[Snakebites]

10 that fast makes me think we can get more.

We’re only picking two teams so 10 isn’t an upper limit.

[durantbird]

10 that fast makes me think we can get more.

We’re only picking two teams so 10 isn’t an upper limit.

We should probably cap it at 15 lol