2024-25 Dynasty - draft lotto results p93

[wheezy]

^ Same here.

[bigfoot]

Has anyone heard from Tyler Durden? I've sent him a PM long ago and it has gone unread (still in my outbox). Wondering if he is doing okay?

[sunskerr]

Has anyone heard from Tyler Durden? I've sent him a PM long ago and it has gone unread (still in my outbox). Wondering if he is doing okay?

Durden prefers public trade offers so people know who is available, potential bidding wars etc.

Maybe you'd get a response if you quoted him in here

arise

[bigfoot]

Has anyone heard from Tyler Durden? I've sent him a PM long ago and it has gone unread (still in my outbox). Wondering if he is doing okay?

Durden prefers public trade offers so people know who is available, potential bidding wars etc.

Maybe you'd get a response if you quoted him in here

arise

Sorry I should have been more specific. I sent the PM on Oct 31. His last activity on RealGM is Oct 30. Basically he's not checking RealGM anymore and was wondering if he was okay or if anyone else has heard from him through other channels.

Edit: Same with GOK who has absent for a while.

[sunskerr]

Has anyone heard from Tyler Durden? I've sent him a PM long ago and it has gone unread (still in my outbox). Wondering if he is doing okay?

Durden prefers public trade offers so people know who is available, potential bidding wars etc.

Maybe you'd get a response if you quoted him in here

arise

Sorry I should have been more specific. I sent the PM on Oct 31. His last activity on RealGM is Oct 30. Basically he's not checking RealGM anymore and was wondering if he was okay or if anyone else has heard from him through other channels.

Edit: Same with GOK who has absent for a while.

Oh my bad. I think GOK came back briefly before the season began in sept or early oct saying he was busy with life. Not sure how to reach out to durden_tyler since he's not in the discord. His lineups have been set though. Not the first we've had an "absence" but he's been setting his lineups.

[PerkinsFor3]

At this point, I'd just replace inactive managers or those who dont ocmmunicate right away.

[sunskerr]

I might actually hate Clint Capela.

And Nick Richards. And Santi Aldama. And Robert Williams. And Tre Mann. And Jay Huff. And DeAnthony Melton

[sunskerr]

Ok, I am probably going to add an IL slot for INJ tag players. If anyone thinks it should be IL+ please make your case. I am heavily considering that as well.

I've seen too many INJs on teams around the league. I think it will be tough to meet games played for many managers this year.

I know we had some managers who wanted to move down to 2 IL 1 IL+ but I think given the amount of injuries the modern NBA has and load management etc this setting for us has more or less failed.

Also for the poll, our current system uses the tiers which you're probably familiar with by now. We modified the tiers this off-season but I've decided to have a poll since we still have some discussion last month about tanking.

We're moving to tying our lotto to the NBA real life lotto in 2026 but this would see us using it this year if 'yes' gets more votes.

How this works is I would tie the worst 12 teams in the league (top 4 are static) to each the 12 worst teams in the NBA, and the results of NBAs actual lottery would be our results.

So if I finish 7th worst and the pelicans finish 7th worst, they represent my team at the NBAs lottery! What a great way to get people invested in the lottery, combat tanking, and it makes less off-season work for me.

Tiebreakers would be games played (team with more games played gets the better odds/seeding), and then probably the category points scored.

Poll will be open for about a month. Winning vote decides. If you are inactive during that period then there's nothing we can do since that is plenty of time.

[PerkinsFor3]

I think end of year standings for lottery purposes should always first be total points divided by games played.

Im also all for just 3 straight IL+ spots and no IL.

[bwgood77]

Ok, I am probably going to add an IL slot for INJ tag players. If anyone thinks it should be IL+ please make your case. I am heavily considering that as well.

I've seen too many INJs on teams around the league. I think it will be tough to meet games played for many managers this year.

I know we had some managers who wanted to move down to 2 IL 1 IL+ but I think given the amount of injuries the modern NBA has and load management etc this setting for us has more or less failed.

Also for the poll, our current system uses the tiers which you're probably familiar with by now. We modified the tiers this off-season but I've decided to have a poll since we still have some discussion last month about tanking.

We're moving to tying our lotto to the NBA real life lotto in 2026 but if passes with 9 this would see us using it this year.

How this works is I would tie the worst 12 teams in the league (top 4 are static) to each the 12 worst teams in the NBA, and the results of NBAs actual lottery would be our results.

So if I finish 7th worst and the pelicans finish 7th worst, they represent my team at the NBAs lottery! What a great way to get people invested in the lottery, combat tanking, and it makes less off-season work for me.

Tiebreakers would be games played (team with more games played gets the better odds/seeding), and then probably the category points scored.

Poll will be open for about a month. Winning vote decides. If you are inactive during that period then there's nothing we can do since that is plenty of time.

I think you should add another IL+ so we have two of each. If a guy can't play, he can't play. Some guys can be Q for a couple of weeks.

[PerkinsFor3]

Ok, I am probably going to add an IL slot for INJ tag players. If anyone thinks it should be IL+ please make your case. I am heavily considering that as well.

I've seen too many INJs on teams around the league. I think it will be tough to meet games played for many managers this year.

I know we had some managers who wanted to move down to 2 IL 1 IL+ but I think given the amount of injuries the modern NBA has and load management etc this setting for us has more or less failed.

Also for the poll, our current system uses the tiers which you're probably familiar with by now. We modified the tiers this off-season but I've decided to have a poll since we still have some discussion last month about tanking.

We're moving to tying our lotto to the NBA real life lotto in 2026 but if passes with 9 this would see us using it this year.

How this works is I would tie the worst 12 teams in the league (top 4 are static) to each the 12 worst teams in the NBA, and the results of NBAs actual lottery would be our results.

So if I finish 7th worst and the pelicans finish 7th worst, they represent my team at the NBAs lottery! What a great way to get people invested in the lottery, combat tanking, and it makes less off-season work for me.

Tiebreakers would be games played (team with more games played gets the better odds/seeding), and then probably the category points scored.

Poll will be open for about a month. Winning vote decides. If you are inactive during that period then there's nothing we can do since that is plenty of time.

I think you should add another IL+ so we have two of each. If a guy can't play, he can't play. Some guys can be Q for a couple of weeks.

Why not all IL+?

[bwgood77]

Ok, I am probably going to add an IL slot for INJ tag players. If anyone thinks it should be IL+ please make your case. I am heavily considering that as well.

I've seen too many INJs on teams around the league. I think it will be tough to meet games played for many managers this year.

I know we had some managers who wanted to move down to 2 IL 1 IL+ but I think given the amount of injuries the modern NBA has and load management etc this setting for us has more or less failed.

Also for the poll, our current system uses the tiers which you're probably familiar with by now. We modified the tiers this off-season but I've decided to have a poll since we still have some discussion last month about tanking.

We're moving to tying our lotto to the NBA real life lotto in 2026 but if passes with 9 this would see us using it this year.

How this works is I would tie the worst 12 teams in the league (top 4 are static) to each the 12 worst teams in the NBA, and the results of NBAs actual lottery would be our results.

So if I finish 7th worst and the pelicans finish 7th worst, they represent my team at the NBAs lottery! What a great way to get people invested in the lottery, combat tanking, and it makes less off-season work for me.

Tiebreakers would be games played (team with more games played gets the better odds/seeding), and then probably the category points scored.

Poll will be open for about a month. Winning vote decides. If you are inactive during that period then there's nothing we can do since that is plenty of time.

I think you should add another IL+ so we have two of each. If a guy can't play, he can't play. Some guys can be Q for a couple of weeks.

I'm not really opposed to that but there were complaints before that someone would put DTD players on there...prospects and just leave them there while they depleted the FA pool and kept the prospects. Kind of abused it.

Why not all IL+?

[sunskerr]

https://discord.gg/S2sdCAz3 new discord invite since the old one expired. we've got about half the league in there. recommend joining because it makes things easier for communication.

new spot will probably be IL+

[bigfoot]

https://discord.gg/S2sdCAz3 new discord invite since the old one expired. we've got about half the league in there. recommend joining because it makes things easier for communication.

new spot will probably be IL+

I prefer the current setup with 2 IL and 1 IL+. There has been significantly more availability in the free agent pool which is a benefit to all managers. We should be monitoring both moves and trades per manager each season in the spreadsheet. I'd guess the number of moves and trade is higher this year. The number of moves is certainly because of fewer IL spots. I think that makes the league more competitive which may in turn promote more trades. I haven't heard anybody complain about not enough IL/IL+ spots yet this season. My three (Durant, Richards, Alvarado) have been full for several weeks and I have others on the GTD as well (Davis, Huerter, Curry). I'm still able to manage my roster by dropping and adding players as needed. I'm not sure why this request for more IL+ has come about.

[Qwigglez]

^I agree. We don't need another IL slot.

[bigfoot]

There isn't any correlation between moves made and competitiveness.
The amount of trades being high is just due to me and Tastic consolidating our players in order to contend.
Also teams that have a lot of injuries simply may choose to (correctly) not drop anyone, meaning they would have picked up someone if they had an extra IL slot, so you'd expect the number of moves to be higher in that case.
I think the fact that the minute I proposed bumping up IL slots was supported by two very good managers might at least be a sign that there is some merit to it.
new spot will probably be IL+

Don't think its a legitimate concern. I just checked and the majority of teams have only a couple of players with INJ/GTD/O There are two with more but some are self inflicted. When you have a superstar that is always injured and then draft or pick up injured players before the season starts to fill your IL spots then you get what you deserve. Go check the timeline ... Oct 20th, five IL players were added by managers before the first games were played. Its a way to stash potential players who shake loose in Jan/Feb. Fix that problem before you consider increasing the IL/IL+ count. Like I said, self-inflicted.

Also, each manager has three extra slots for players beyond the nine counting slots. You are implying that managers have six+ injured players at a time and therefore can't shuffle their lineups. Alternatively, the manager may have injuries at a specific position, for example, PG. and all those types of players are IL. Then they better manage their team properly and find backup PGs through trades or FAs. If that means dropping a 100-120 ranked player to get a position player then so be it. I've had to do that at SG and dropped CP3. It's tough being a GM.

[durden_tyler]

Still active in the league but not in RealGM. Just not in the mood to post and would rather focus on my leagues this year, and the next few weeks, focused on NFL Fantasy and Playoffs so NBA takes a backseat. (Thanks for the concern guys, but am alive and very much so checking my stats/fixing my daily rosters )

[sunskerr]

Still active in the league but not in RealGM. Just not in the mood to post and would rather focus on my leagues this year, and the next few weeks, focused on NFL Fantasy and Playoffs so NBA takes a backseat. (Thanks for the concern guys, but am alive and very much so checking my stats/fixing my daily rosters )

Just make sure you read the poll explanation on p88 and then vote

[durden_tyler]

Still active in the league but not in RealGM. Just not in the mood to post and would rather focus on my leagues this year, and the next few weeks, focused on NFL Fantasy and Playoffs so NBA takes a backseat. (Thanks for the concern guys, but am alive and very much so checking my stats/fixing my daily rosters )

Just make sure you read the poll explanation on p88 and then vote

Sure.

Also, i don't get the whining of some managers;
- If managers don't reply to your trade offers, it means those managers don't care about deals for now. So move on and find another deal.
- Roto has a different strategy so don't expect managers to put in their players from Game 1 to 82 every single day. Perhaps saving games? Perhaps this is part of the strategy?
- Also, tanking in dynasty mode or in real life is not bad at all; you just have to do it the Spurs way. LOL. But seriously, this is a very grey area both in fantasy and the NBA, so there is really nothing managers/commissioners can do about it.

[bwgood77]

Still active in the league but not in RealGM. Just not in the mood to post and would rather focus on my leagues this year, and the next few weeks, focused on NFL Fantasy and Playoffs so NBA takes a backseat. (Thanks for the concern guys, but am alive and very much so checking my stats/fixing my daily rosters )

Just make sure you read the poll explanation on p88 and then vote

Sure.

Also, i don't get the whining of some managers;
- If managers don't reply to your trade offers, it means those managers don't care about deals for now. So move on and find another deal.
- Roto has a different strategy so don't expect managers to put in their players from Game 1 to 82 every single day. Perhaps saving games? Perhaps this is part of the strategy?
- Also, tanking in dynasty mode or in real life is not bad at all; you just have to do it the Spurs way. LOL. But seriously, this is a very grey area both in fantasy and the NBA, so there is really nothing managers/commissioners can do about it.

As long as people reach their games played by the end. If people don't play all or most of their games that hurts the competition in multiple ways and impacts the top of the standings perhaps as much as the bottom.