Farewell Seasons Draft (00s to now) - Draft thread

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Farewell Seasons Draft (00s to now) - Draft thread 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Sun May 25, 2025 4:45 pm

Draft Rules:

1. All NBA seasons from 1999-00 to 2023-24 are eligible, subject to the restrictions outlined below.

2. You will be required to draft a total of 8 players in 8 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. Strongly recommend to fully read section 5
Each player you select must be selected in a season where he played 50% of his games for a franchise in a season defined as his "farewell season" for the team.

A Farewell Season is defined as follows:
- Last eligible season (50% of his games in the season played for the franchise) as a player for the team
- If 2024-25 is considered an eligible season for some player in a club, then his previous seasons cannot be considered farewell seasons for the club (e.g. Steph Curry doesn't have a farewell season for GSW yet)
- Notice 2024-25 cannot be used

Few clarifications and examples:
- If the player's last games for the club were played in a season which isn't considered eligible, for example Kawhi 18' for the Spurs, then his previous eligible season for the club (given there is one) is considered the farewell season, for Spurs Kawhi it's 17'
- Continuing the example above, Luka's farewell season with Dallas is 24' and not 25', because in 25' he played more than half of his games for the Lakers
- If a player left the club and then made a comeback, his final eligible season for the club is the farewell season and not necessarily the last year of the previous tenure. That said, notice a season like Garnett 07' is eligible, because his comeback seasons for Minnesota fail to reach the games minimum. On the other hand, Ben Wallace 06' isn't a farewell season for example, because he has eligible seasons in his comeback tenure for Detroit.
- Anthony Davis doesn't have an eligible farewell season yet for Lakers, as 25' is the one considered his last eligible Lakers season

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, 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 12 midnight 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 polls. AI will be used as a single vote when a matchup is tied and stuck.

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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Post#2 » by GeorgeMarcus » Sun May 25, 2025 5:55 pm

Guess I won't overcomplicate this one... LeBron James

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Post#3 » by Laimbeer » Sun May 25, 2025 9:50 pm

I was hoping George WOULD over complicate it.

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Post#4 » by Stan » Sun May 25, 2025 10:27 pm

Not that he's not worthy of a top 3 selection, but I would potentially consider someone else with this spot in another draft. But considering how elite scoring is going to be at a premium in this draft and you'll have to pay a fortune for lesser players to get it, I think this pick makes the most sense here.

Continuing the small forward trend, I choose KD

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Post#5 » by Fadeaway_J » Sun May 25, 2025 11:19 pm

Durantbird picks Kevin Garnett.

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Post#6 » by Larry_Russell » Mon May 26, 2025 12:42 am

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Post#7 » by Dr Positivity » Mon May 26, 2025 2:41 am

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Post#8 » by Fadeaway_J » Mon May 26, 2025 2:53 am

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Post#9 » by Dr Positivity » Mon May 26, 2025 3:27 am

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Post#10 » by Larry_Russell » Mon May 26, 2025 10:18 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:Durantbird picks Kevin Garnett.

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Post#11 » by durantbird » Mon May 26, 2025 10:30 am

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Post#12 » by Stan » Mon May 26, 2025 3:11 pm

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Post#13 » by Laimbeer » Mon May 26, 2025 3:12 pm

GeorgeMarcus wrote:Guess I won't overcomplicate this one... LeBron James

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Post#14 » by GeorgeMarcus » Mon May 26, 2025 4:21 pm

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Post#16 » by Dr Positivity » Mon May 26, 2025 4:49 pm

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Post#17 » by Larry_Russell » Mon May 26, 2025 5:04 pm

Dang it, I had 4 guys on my list.....all gone now.

I feel like there will be no 3D guys left if I dont take one now.

KCP can cover for Harden defensively and seems like a great pick here.
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Post#18 » by durantbird » Mon May 26, 2025 6:13 pm

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Post#20 » by Laimbeer » Mon May 26, 2025 8:55 pm

GeorgeMarcus wrote:Guess I won't overcomplicate this one... LeBron James

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