Some notes beforehand:
1. This will be the thread to post your write-ups and write-ups only, do not post questions/rants/banter on this thread, if you need to ask a question, feel free to do it on the main thread.
2. I will use the Detroit Pistons' roster as the example since there's no GM available.
3. I will NOT determine how the votes will be gathered at this point in time (Aug 5th), as I am still getting emails regarding what needs/should be done. So I will allow the league to vote in a short while once I've determined all the possible options (feel free to send more suggestions to my email inbox, I don't mind replying)
4. I want everyone to meet the roster requirements (min salary, min/max roster spots) by Friday, August 8th, 12:01 AM PDT (3 AM EST)
5. Try posting pictures if you can, but do not post gigantic poster-like pictures, you can post player head-shots from Yahoo! sports or Shamsports or Hoopshype etc, but please, please, please, do NOT post big pictures, they tend to lag the thread and even the forum in the extreme cases.
6. When doing your writeup, keep in mind that you are to talk about your own team only, you are allowed to compare yourself to REAL LIFE franchises in the NBA, but not the teams in this competition, so please, do not talk trash/relate your team to other teams around this competition, there is absolutely ZERO TOLERANCE, your team will be immediately disqualified and all voting privileges will be taken away. You may, however, talk about your conference or relate to the league, but -NOT- specific teams within your division or another.
7. I want all WRITE-UPs to be done before Monday, August 11th, 12 AM EST
The Detroit Pistons
1. Players you had before the competition began (if you are an interim GM that took over, use both the players the 1st GM began with, and the players you started with from the 1st GM)
From the Start:
PG: Chauncey Billups, Rodney Stuckey, Lindsey Hunter
SG: Richard Hamilton, Arron Afflalo
SF: Tayshaun Prince, Jarvis Hayes, Amir Johnson
PF: Rasheed Wallace, Jason Maxiell
C: Antonio McDyess, Cheick Samb
From the 2nd GM:
PG: Chauncey Billups, Steve Blake, Speedy Claxton
SG: Richard Hamilton, Rashad McCants
SF: Tayshaun Prince, Rasual Butler
PF: Shawn Marion, Amir Jonhson
C: Mark Blount, Hilton Armstrong, Aaron Gray
2. The Roster:
C: Marcus Camby
PF: David West
SF: Tayshaun Prince
SG: Rip Hamilton
PG: Luke Ridnour
Bench/Rotation (From 1st off the bench, to the last)
(blah blah blah, head-shots of players)
GF Rashad McCants
GF Bobby Simmons
FC Ike Diogu
F Amir Johnson
PG Jason Hart
D-League/Bench Warmer, etc
C Dan Gadzuric
PF DJ White
C Sasha Kaun
C Othello Hunter
SF Gary Forbes
3. Total Transactions: 8
[THIS IS WHERE U POST UP ALL YOUR TRANSACTIONS, try to use the "small" size font if you have made a lot of trades]
4. Description of the plan/strategy you took to make these moves
Detroit wanted to deplete their roster of some of the older bodies so they could still contend while keeping a young and athletic roster, and thats exactly what we got with the addition of David West, Luke Ridnour, and 4 draft picks in the same draft.
(Obviously needs to be longer, I'm in a rush but thats basically describing a bit of the most important stuff)
5. Are you a win-now team, or a win-later team, or both? Why?
Detroit would like to contend NOW if possible, with the balance of power still in the Western Conferece, the Pistons have re-tooled for a possible title shot within the next 4-6 years. Also,the Pistons have made moves where if a rebuilding were to take place, they have the tools to build around for such a task, with David West, Luke Ridnour, Tayshaun Prince, DJ White, Rashad McCants, and some extra draft picks in the next few years.
(Good length and just about enough, but if you feel the need to explain even longer than this, it is perfectly not a problem, but try not to be any shorter than this)
6. What's your team's committed salary figures from 2008-2009 until 2014-2015?
(detailed screenshot link here, use excel if you can)
Yearly:
2008-09: $$$$$$
2009-10: $$$$$$
2010-11: $$$$$$
2011-12: $$$$$$
2012-13: $$$$$$
2013-14: $$$$$$
2014-15: $$$$$$
(Okay so I cheated here but I admit I was lazy to figure it out, oops)
7. Which draft picks have you acquired and which ones do you personally own? Give some reasoning for having the amount you do.
The Pistons franchise has not dealt too many picks away, they still have their own 2009 to 2012 picks because they feel that if a sudden rebuilding was needed, the picks would become a valuable asset. Also, since I do not have an aging problem in most positions on the team, the picks will become valuable as my future pans out to whether I am a young and rebuilding team or a win-now, contending team.
8. Who is your franchise player and/or co-franchise player? Who's the team captain? Is there a future franchise player on your team?
David West is my franchise player and Tayshaun Prince is my vice franchise player, Richard Hamilton is the team's captain. These choices were simple, West is an agile and powerful front-court player that is growing into his potential as an anchor on both ends of the court. Prince is my team's best defender and the team's glue-guy in terms of skill value. Hamilton is an easy choice as the team's captain as he's been with the team for the longest as well as having the experience and credentials needed to succeed. There is also no future franchise player on the Pistons as David West is still pretty young and capable. A player like DJ White might have potential to be a good player but nowhere close to being the "franchise".
9 A) What is special about your team?
The Pistons team is built from a prototype model of a franchise PF, and two supporting 2nd/3rd options on the wing. It is not necessarily a very flashy team in terms of specialty, but it does have the perfect role players as the starting lineup possesses players that are each good at something another isnt. Camby's defence, West's offence, Prince's all-around game, Hamilton's shooting and leadership, and Ridnour's playmaking and speed. My team possesses arguably one of the best frontcourts in the Eastern Conference, which is why I'm confident in my team's success.
9 B) What do you feel are some areas your team could improve on?
The Pistons franchise regrettably did not achieve its goal of find a more experienced PG to run the well-oiled machine of the Pistons' attack. Ridnour is a fine PG to man the point but for a team looking to compete at the highest level, Ridnour's lack of experience might not be able to cut it. However, Ridnour does give us the option of contending and developing naturally.
10. What are your plans in the future FA markets? (begin with 2009, 2010, and so on until the summer of 2011)
The Pistons have locked up a number of its key players so they are not going to be very active in pursuing FAs in the coming offseasons, small acquisitions might be more feasible, as for the bigger fish, we're going to decide against that, unless we trade away our older guys and rebuild.
The example concludes here for now, I might be adding a bit more later, but if you have any questions, please email them to me or post them on the main thread. You are allowed to edit your write-ups as long as you are not breaking any of the rules, if we do find some controversial stuff in your write-ups, we'll politely ask you to remove them, don't take offence to this, as we're only trying to make the game peaceful and co-operative among ourselves.
AGAIN, DO -NOT- POST ANYTHING HERE OTHER THAN YOUR WRITE-UPS
). When the game was first started by Kingz, I found it simply great fun. And towards the end of the game now, I finally started to feel the same passion and excitement as I did then. Thank you to all the active GMs and I hope the game gets going again sometime soon 
