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In honor of the new 2k12 "legends" I thought it would be fun to do a scavenger hunt that was limited to retired players. Sign up now for this HALL OF FAME edition of the draft.

Same rules as last time, just different player pool and different categories.

The rules/criteria
- You have to fill out all the roster spots by selecting one player for each category.
- You can fill the categories in any order you wish.
- You must tell which category your selection is for at the time of the selection.
- No player can be selected by two different teams.
- Player selected must be retired, either didn't play in 2010-11 in NBA or any other league or officially announced retirement ala Shaq.
- Players selected are assumed to be in their prime, not the old washed-up version from late in their careers or the raw version from their rookie season.
- There is no "do not draft list"

Draft
- Done via message board. Dont sign up if you dont plan to visit the board several times per day.
- Serpentine draft, except round 3 will be reversed to give the guys picking last a little bonus.
i.e. 1st round: 1>10, 2nd round: 10>1, 3rd round 10>1, 4th round, 1>10, 5th round 10>1, 6th round 1>10 etc...
- There is a time limit on picks. Each person gets 6 hours to make their pick. Hours only count between 8AM and 1AM EST. (example if it becomes your pick at 10PM then you have until 11AM to make your pick). If time expires and you have not made your pick, the next person can go ahead and make their pick. The person who was skipped can make their pick at any time after.
- People who go several days w/out making their pick will either have their team given to someone else or their team will simply be shut down.

Winner
- After the draft each team will vote for the team that they think has the best chance at winning a league comprised of the our teams. Tie breaker will go to team with most 1st place votes, then 2nd place votes. If still tied, tie-breaker will go to team that has my favorite players .
- You cant vote for your own team.
- You get 3 votes (first, second, third). first is worth 3pts, second is worth 2pts, third is worth 1pt. most points wins.

Source
- Use basketball-reference.com as the source for your city data, such as college, city of birth. This site also has search for uniform numbers under the "frivolities" section and you can find career leaders for minutes here as well.

Categories
1. Hall of Fame – has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame
2. Front Office - served as part of an NBA front office after playing career was over - coach, assistant coach, gm, scout etc...
3. ABA – played in at least 1 ABA game.
4. 1st teamer – made the 1st team all-nba at least once.
5. Lockdown – made the 1st or 2nd team all-nba defensive team at least once
6. Glass Cleaner – averaged at least 13 rebounds per game during a single season.
7. Dropping dimes – averaged at least 9 assists per game during a single season.
8. Bball Mecca – was born, attended high school or college in New York state.
9. Single Digits - wore uniform number 0 thru 9 at some point in career (00 does not count).
10. Relatives - has a father, son or brother who also played in the NBA.
11. Champion – won at least one NBA championship
12. Ironman - played at least 32,000 minutes in the NBA.
13. Olympian - played in the Olympics with any country.
14. Journeyman - played for at least 3 different NBA franchises.
15. Dunks and 3s - participated in the NBA dunk contest or NBA 3-point shootout

Draft Order
1. Paydro70
2. Swedd
3. Sachmo
4. Countryboi
5. BigSlam
6. LamarMatic
7. Captaincrunk
8. Fatlever
9. Stun704
10. Ian

Contestants
1. Fatlever
2. Swedd
3. BigSlam
4. Sachmo
5. Stun704
6. Countryboi
7. Captaincrunk
8. LamarMatic
9. Ian
10. Paydro70

Paydro70
Hall of Fame – Drazen Petrovic
Front Office - Michael Jordan
ABA – Dan Issel
1st teamer – Elvin Hayes
Lockdown – Michael Cooper
Glass Cleaner – Mel Daniels
Dropping dimes – Isiah Thomas
Bball Mecca – Rolando Blackman
Single Digits - Penny Hardaway
Relatives - Jim Paxson
Champion – Phil Jackson
Ironman - Robert Parish
Olympian - Yao Ming
Journeyman - Dave Bing
Dunks and 3s - Dominique Wilkins

Swedd
Hall of Fame – Scottie Pippen
Front Office - Kareem Abdul Jabbar
ABA – Dick Barry
1st teamer – Tim Hardaway
Lockdown – Patrick Ewing
Glass Cleaner – Bob Petitt
Dropping dimes – Norman Van Lier
Bball Mecca – Anthony Mason
Single Digits - Byron Scott
Relatives - Mark Price
Champion – Robert Horry
Ironman - Bob Lanier
Olympian - Alvin Robertson
Journeyman - Vlade Divac
Dunks and 3s - Glen Rice

Sachmo
Hall of Fame – Calvin Murphy
Front Office - Larry Bird
ABA – Billy Cunningham
1st teamer – Latrell Sprewell
Lockdown – Doug Christie
Glass Cleaner – Wes Unseld
Dropping dimes – Mookie Blaylock
Bball Mecca – World B. Free
Single Digits - Pete Maravich
Relatives - Bill Walton
Champion – Darryl Dawkins
Ironman - Gary Payton
Olympian - Arvydas Sabonis
Journeyman - Derrick Coleman
Dunks and 3s - Larry Nance

Countryboi
Hall of Fame – Hal Greer
Front Office - Magic Johnson
ABA –
1st teamer – George Gervin
Lockdown – Bobby Jones
Glass Cleaner – Dennis Rodman
Dropping dimes – Lenny Wilkens
Bball Mecca –
Single Digits - Mark Aguire
Relatives -
Champion – Otis Thorpe
Ironman - David Robinson
Olympian - Jerry Lucas
Journeyman - Bernard King
Dunks and 3s - Kiki Vandewegh

BigSlam
Hall of Fame – Bob McAdoo
Front Office - Bill Russell
ABA – Don Buse
1st teamer – Walt Frazier
Lockdown – Mark Eaton
Glass Cleaner – Chris Webber
Dropping dimes – Micheal Ray Richardson
Bball Mecca – Chris Mullin
Single Digits - Walt Bellamy
Relatives - Jalen Rose
Champion – Sam Jones
Ironman - John Havlicek
Olympian - Shane Heal
Journeyman - Eddie Jones
Dunks and 3s - Reggie Miller

LamarMatic
Hall of Fame – Gail Goodrich
Front Office - Kevin McHale
ABA – Marvin Barnes
1st teamer – Sidney Moncrief
Lockdown – John Stockton
Glass Cleaner – Bill Laimbeer
Dropping dimes – Nate McMillan
Bball Mecca – Connie Hawkins
Single Digits - Alex English
Relatives - Gus Williams
Champion – Jack Sikma
Ironman - Buck Williams
Olympian - Hakeem Olajuwon
Journeyman - Adrian Dantley
Dunks and 3s - Dale Ellis

Captaincrunk
Hall of Fame – Wilt Chamberlain
Front Office - Paul Silas
ABA – Julius Erving
1st teamer – Dolph Schayes
Lockdown – Artis Gilmore
Glass Cleaner – Gus Johnson
Dropping dimes – Kevin Porter
Bball Mecca – Bob Cousy
Single Digits - Joe Dumars
Relatives - George Mikan
Champion – Earl Monroe
Ironman - Bob Dandridge
Olympian - Christian Laettner
Journeyman - Toni Kukoc
Dunks and 3s - Kendall Gill

Fatlever
Hall of Fame – Dave Debusschere
Front Office - Dave Cowens
ABA – David Thompson
1st teamer – Paul Westphal
Lockdown – Lafayette "Fat" Lever
Glass Cleaner – Charles Barkley
Dropping dimes – Nate "Tiny" Archibald
Bball Mecca – Kenny "the Jet" Smith
Single Digits - Dan Roundfield
Relatives - Horace Grant
Champion – Alonzo Mourning
Ironman - Oscar Robertson
Olympian - Spencer Haywood
Journeyman - Shawn Kemp
Dunks and 3s - Detlef Schrempf

Stun704
Hall of Fame – James Worthy
Front Office - Mo Cheeks
ABA – Zelmo Beaty
1st teamer – Truck Robinson
Lockdown – Bruce Bowen
Glass Cleaner – Dikembe Mutombo
Dropping dimes – Kevin Johnson
Bball Mecca – Jamal Mashburn
Single Digits - Larry Johnson
Relatives - Dell Curry
Champion – Clyde Drexler
Ironman - Karl Malone
Olympian - Shareef Abdur-Rahim
Journeyman - Shaq Oneal
Dunks and 3s - Jeff Hornacek

Ian
Hall of Fame – Nate Thurmond
Front Office - Jerry West
ABA – Moses Malone
1st teamer – Elgin Baylor
Lockdown – Charles Oakley
Glass Cleaner – Willis Reed
Dropping dimes – Sam Cassell
Bball Mecca – Mark Jackson
Single Digits - Craigh Ehlo
Relatives - Danny Manning
Champion – Rasheed Wallace
Ironman - Dennis Johnson
Olympian - Mitch Richmond
Journeyman - Sam Perkins
Dunks and 3s - Dennis Scott

I'm in

What is your target start date?

I would but I'm in the process of moving right now.

im in.

G. Payton, M. Blaylock, C. Murphy
P. Maravich, Latrell Sprewell, W. Free
L. Bird, B. Cunningham,
W. Unseld, L. Nance, D. Coleman
B. Walton, A. Sabonis, D. Dawkins

SWEDD523 wrote:What is your target start date?

depending on sign up, maybe sometime in the next 5 days.

do you have some conflicts coming up soon?

jaruff how long until you would be able to participate?

Just wondering how serious I need to get in making my championship lists.

A couple of these categories are tough though. The executive one, in particular, is hard to find guys for other than the obvious big name ones. It's been tough to find those assistants/special assistants of the world.

I might also suggest expanding the cats to 15. I know the fear of bogging down is there, but the Scavenger Hunt did go by rather quickly.

SWEDD523 wrote:Just wondering how serious I need to get in making my championship lists.

A couple of these categories are tough though. The executive one, in particular, is hard to find guys for other than the obvious big name ones. It's been tough to find those assistants/special assistants of the world.

I might also suggest expanding the cats to 15. I know the fear of bogging down is there, but the Scavenger Hunt did go by rather quickly.

i'd be cool with 15 rounds. i had to trim some good cats to get down to 12. anyone have a problem with 15?

if not i'll come up with a few more.

college starts on monday again. you guys would have to wait a freaking long time for my picks. so I'm out on this one

Fred Williamson wrote:college starts on monday again. you guys would have to wait a freaking long time for my picks. so I'm out on this one

Priorities Fred. College will always be there. These Scavenger Draft's usually only come up once a year.

Fred Williamson wrote:college starts on monday again. you guys would have to wait a freaking long time for my picks. so I'm out on this one

Classes started last week for me.



Stop being a pansy.

Yeah where in week 4 here in Oz, I'm only part time though

Sign me up

some ideas for the last 3 categories (assuming we go to 15 players)

1. triple double - players with a certain number of triple doubles
2. homegrown - NC/SC
3. journeyman - played for a certain number of teams
4. high draft pick - selected in top 5
5. nickname - has an established nickname (i love this category, but feel it would be very blurry to define established nicknames)
6. early entry - came out of college early
7. knucklehead - the return of a fave, player been arrested
8. way old school - played in the 50s
9. international - born outside US
10. dunks and 3s - participated in all-star weekend dunk contest or 3pt shootout.

thoughts?

man you guys have some of the best games....i am in

fatlever wrote:some ideas for the last 3 categories (assuming we go to 15 players)

1. triple double - players with a certain number of triple doubles
2. homegrown - NC/SC
3. journeyman - played for a certain number of teams
4. high draft pick - selected in top 5
5. nickname - has an established nickname (i love this category, but feel it would be very blurry to define established nicknames)
6. early entry - came out of college early
7. knucklehead - the return of a fave, player been arrested
8. way old school - played in the 50s
9. international - born outside US
10. dunks and 3s - participated in all-star weekend dunk contest or 3pt shootout.

thoughts?

ooh... i just thought of another good one
11. team usa - played for US in the olympics

The first two are ones I had in mind, but I also like the journeyman, olympic roster, and international.



And Fred, if you can only participate part time, I'd be glad to let you be a part owner of the championship squad. I'm sure there are going to be a couple of times my picks will take longer than usual as I'll be busy in class, so having a partner in another hemisphere would be a luxury.

(only if it's allowed, of course)

Sign me up. For some reason there were internal server issues and I couldn't even see the forums for the last few days. What happened?