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Biggest Draft Misses Draft - Draft thread 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:26 pm

Draft Rules:

1. All NBA/ABA seasons from 1959-60 to 2024-25 are eligible, subject to the restrictions outlined below.

2. You will be required to draft a total of 8 players in 4 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 may pick two players who each played at least 50% of their games in the chosen season for different sides of a major draft miss. These pairings are available:

Sacramento Kings - Boston Celtics (Si Green over Bill Russell, 1956)

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Portland Trail Blazers - Chicago Bulls (Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan, 1984)


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Detroit Pistons - Miami Heat (Darko Miličić over Dwyane Wade, 2003)


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Atlanta Hawks - New Orleans Pelicans (Marvin Williams over Chris Paul, 2005)


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Portland Trail Blazers - Oklahoma City Thunder / Seattle SuperSonics (Greg Oden over Kevin Durant, 2007)


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Minnesota Timberwolves - Golden State Warriors (Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn over Steph Curry, 2009)


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Sacramento Kings - Dallas Mavericks (Marvin Bagley over Luka Dončić, 2018)


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Each pair should have at most one player who ever won multiple All NBA First or at least one MVP accolades in his career.

Predecessor franchises are also eligible.

6. We will be doing a modified snake draft. It will go like this: ABBA.

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 Larry_Russell » Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:55 pm

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Post#3 » by Dr Positivity » Sat Jun 14, 2025 5:13 pm

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Post#5 » by durantbird » Sat Jun 14, 2025 6:50 pm

Took them lately, but time to try again.

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Post#6 » by Laimbeer » Sat Jun 14, 2025 7:36 pm

Steph Curry and Anthony Edwards
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Post#10 » by uberhikari » Sun Jun 15, 2025 6:38 pm

Dwyane Wade and Rasheed Wallace

Chris Paul and Kyle Korver

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Post#14 » by Laimbeer » Sun Jun 15, 2025 10:45 pm

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Post#17 » by Dr Positivity » Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:43 pm

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Post#18 » by Larry_Russell » Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:51 pm

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Chris Paul and Kyle Korver

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Post#19 » by uberhikari » Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:18 am

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