The Franchise Draft Lockdown Draft (90s to now) - Draft Thread

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The Franchise Draft Lockdown Draft (90s to now) - Draft Thread 

Post#1 » by Fadeaway_J » Tue Feb 18, 2025 12:20 am

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Draft rules:

1. Subject to the rules to be set out below, players from the 1989-90 to 2023-24 seasons will be available to be drafted. You can draft players that came into the league before 1989 but the season you choose can't be before 1989-90.

2. You will be required to draft a total of 8 players. Each of your players must play a minimum of 8 minutes in your rotations.

3. We can collectively select a maximum of four players from each franchise's pool of drafted players, and then that pool becomes locked down entirely. For example, I start with Tim Duncan, wack picks David Robinson, Snake takes Manu Ginobili, and durantbird picks Derrick White. From that point on, the Spurs are locked down and nobody who was drafted by them can be selected.

Draft picks for each franchise can be found under Franchise Draft History on Basketball Reference's Draft Index.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/

Undrafted players count towards the franchise for whom they played their first NBA game.

4. 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 will still be charged 3.0 for that player.

5. Each player you select must have played at least 50% of regular season games in the season selected.

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

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 myself or 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 playoffs. Each matchup will have a timed poll, and the team with the most votes after 24 hours will be the winner. If the votes are tied, we will decide the matchup via AI vote.

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 begin.

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LT2qmO7DDWyTYyDYnATWDt3-3cx3oR7PFGLx_O9poSs/edit?usp=sharing
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Post#2 » by GeorgeMarcus » Tue Feb 18, 2025 1:35 am

It's been a while, so... Magic Johnson

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Post#3 » by JimmyPlopper » Tue Feb 18, 2025 1:38 am

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Post#4 » by flaco » Tue Feb 18, 2025 7:49 am

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Post#5 » by Stan » Tue Feb 18, 2025 2:25 pm

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Post#6 » by Laimbeer » Tue Feb 18, 2025 7:14 pm

What the heck

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Post#9 » by Dr Positivity » Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:19 pm

We'll go with Durant here

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Post#10 » by Larry_Russell » Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:28 pm

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Post#11 » by Fadeaway_J » Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:32 pm

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Post#12 » by MadNESS » Tue Feb 18, 2025 9:09 pm

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Post#13 » by Fadeaway_J » Tue Feb 18, 2025 9:20 pm

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Post#14 » by Larry_Russell » Tue Feb 18, 2025 9:43 pm

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Post#15 » by Dr Positivity » Tue Feb 18, 2025 9:52 pm

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Post#16 » by wackbone » Tue Feb 18, 2025 10:05 pm

Several MVP-level talents still left on the board. However I don't see any of them, when paired with Steph, at the level of KD+Hakeem, Kobe+Duncan, nor Dirk+Shaq. So might as well go for the proven fit and see how the board falls.

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Post#18 » by Laimbeer » Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:09 pm

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Let's have some fun and try to mend that giant hole Bird burned into my FGA budget.

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Post#19 » by Stan » Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:22 pm

Dwyane Wade

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Post#20 » by flaco » Wed Feb 19, 2025 1:01 am

Paul George

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