Donut Draft - Discussion

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Post#21 » by Stan » Sun Jan 5, 2025 8:38 pm

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Post#22 » by GeorgeMarcus » Sun Jan 5, 2025 11:24 pm

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durantbird wrote:Currently we're 9. I'll wait the night and open the draft tomorrow.

Should do a quote bomb to see if you can get a couple more


10 is a nice round number if we wanted to get things rolling tonight

The concept is unique enough where I'm not super worried about the size of the player pool
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Post#23 » by Fadeaway_J » Sun Jan 5, 2025 11:40 pm

GeorgeMarcus wrote:
Fadeaway_J wrote:
durantbird wrote:Currently we're 9. I'll wait the night and open the draft tomorrow.

Should do a quote bomb to see if you can get a couple more


10 is a nice round number if we wanted to get things rolling tonight

The concept is unique enough where I'm not super worried about the size of the player pool

It won't start tonight, durantbird is in Israel so probably fast asleep now.
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Post#24 » by JimmyPlopper » Mon Jan 6, 2025 7:15 am

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Post#25 » by durantbird » Mon Jan 6, 2025 8:48 am

There were 11 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

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Re: Donut Draft - Discussion 

Post#26 » by Dr Positivity » Mon Jan 6, 2025 9:20 am

GeorgeMarcus wrote:


It's 1990 on
It's going to be a glorious day... I feel my luck could change
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Post#27 » by GeorgeMarcus » Mon Jan 6, 2025 9:21 am

Dr Positivity wrote:
GeorgeMarcus wrote:


It's 1990 on


Yikes that changes things. One sec
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Post#28 » by durantbird » Mon Jan 6, 2025 10:36 am

Clock starts 9am tomorrow
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Post#29 » by Fadeaway_J » Mon Jan 6, 2025 12:10 pm

This restriction almost feels like a salary cap where most of your stars have max contracts. Will be interested to see how many people go for two 18+ players vs. three.
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Post#30 » by lilroddyb » Mon Jan 6, 2025 12:30 pm

Larry_Russell wrote:I will play although I fail to see how this will make the teams any different than they usually are with the exception of removing jokic amd magic (off top of my head)

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Post#31 » by MadNESS » Mon Jan 6, 2025 12:45 pm

Roddy stole my strategy :lol:
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Post#32 » by MadNESS » Mon Jan 6, 2025 2:21 pm

Fadeaway_J wrote:This restriction almost feels like a salary cap where most of your stars have max contracts. Will be interested to see how many people go for two 18+ players vs. three.


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Post#33 » by Laimbeer » Mon Jan 6, 2025 4:22 pm

MadNESS wrote:Roddy stole my strategy :lol:


There are still tempting <10 fga players out there.
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Post#34 » by lilroddyb » Mon Jan 6, 2025 5:44 pm

MadNESS wrote:Roddy stole my strategy :lol:


I have a feeling this strategy will fail
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Post#35 » by MadNESS » Mon Jan 6, 2025 5:52 pm

Laimbeer wrote:
MadNESS wrote:Roddy stole my strategy :lol:


There are still tempting <10 fga players out there.


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Post#36 » by Laimbeer » Mon Jan 6, 2025 6:17 pm

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Post#37 » by JimmyPlopper » Mon Jan 6, 2025 10:24 pm

Laimbeer wrote:
durantbird wrote:
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Post#38 » by Larry_Russell » Mon Jan 6, 2025 10:33 pm

Kidd would have taken kidd with my next pick
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Post#39 » by MadNESS » Mon Jan 6, 2025 10:41 pm

JimmyPlopper wrote:I'll join


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Post#40 » by JimmyPlopper » Mon Jan 6, 2025 10:43 pm

Fadeaway_J wrote:This restriction almost feels like a salary cap where most of your stars have max contracts. Will be interested to see how many people go for two 18+ players vs. three.


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