Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread
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Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
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B: Melo | Lonzo
B: J. Green | B. Hield | N. Clifford
B: Herb | K. Oubre | A. Toohey
B: Zion | J. Isaac | D. Jones Jr | Bogoljub
B: KP | G. Yabusele | J. Huff
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With the 35th pick, in the 2025 BaF draft, the New Orleans Pelicans select:

The Washington Wizards are now on the clock.

Spoiler:
The Washington Wizards are now on the clock.
All-Time Draft
PG- Oscar Robertson/Bob Cousy
SG- Earl Monroe/James Harden/Dana Barros
SF- Billy Cunningham/Michael Finley/Chet Walker
PF- Elvin Hayes/Dolph Schayes/Tom Chambers/Danny Manning
C- Walt Bellamy/Neil Johnston/Darryl Dawkins
PG- Oscar Robertson/Bob Cousy
SG- Earl Monroe/James Harden/Dana Barros
SF- Billy Cunningham/Michael Finley/Chet Walker
PF- Elvin Hayes/Dolph Schayes/Tom Chambers/Danny Manning
C- Walt Bellamy/Neil Johnston/Darryl Dawkins
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Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
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Bogoljuuubbbbb dont sleep on this guy
Poku was a sim beast and a lottery pick I will take my chances at this point of the draft
Poku was a sim beast and a lottery pick I will take my chances at this point of the draft

B: Melo | Lonzo
B: J. Green | B. Hield | N. Clifford
B: Herb | K. Oubre | A. Toohey
B: Zion | J. Isaac | D. Jones Jr | Bogoljub
B: KP | G. Yabusele | J. Huff
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Coming soon
Coming soon
RGM Knicks BAF- Houston Rockets

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware
Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
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Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
Im Coming Home wrote:Semi-Announcement
I made a Build a Franchise WhatsApp Chat Group
By making it a group you shouldn't need to give out any information like cell number or anything.
Will make it a lot nicer and quicker to talk trades, etc
Just click the link and join. Im in the process of setting it all up
https://chat.whatsapp.com/GbXP6pDFZKV8YDxqp9JGnC
Back in the day I revolutionized BAT with the chatroom i made for people to pop in and discuss stuff. Now I wanna do it again by using WhatsApp groups..
They have announcements section too and you can turn off notifications or on. I plan to post all the league news like trades, draft picks, etc.
I'm down to join, but wanted to mention before anyone joins if a Discord is a better idea? My other Sim leagues are all on discord, it's a lot easier to be organized an DM people
Discord a lot smoother process IMO
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2019 & 2020 Eastern Conference Champion
Milwaukee Bucks (2025)
PG - Dylan Harper - DLo
SG - Jaden Ivey - Ja'Kobe Walter - Bones Hyland
SF - Jaylen Brown - Terrace Mann
PF - Tobias Harris - Sam Hauser
C - Thomas Sorber
2019 & 2020 Eastern Conference Champion
Milwaukee Bucks (2025)
PG - Dylan Harper - DLo
SG - Jaden Ivey - Ja'Kobe Walter - Bones Hyland
SF - Jaylen Brown - Terrace Mann
PF - Tobias Harris - Sam Hauser
C - Thomas Sorber
Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
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Penda and Powell great picks. Were at top of my board at 34, and why I decided to trade out. The skeleton key to round 2 is find players with translatable skills and accept any flaws. Those were the two with it for me.
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2019 & 2020 Eastern Conference Champion
Milwaukee Bucks (2025)
PG - Dylan Harper - DLo
SG - Jaden Ivey - Ja'Kobe Walter - Bones Hyland
SF - Jaylen Brown - Terrace Mann
PF - Tobias Harris - Sam Hauser
C - Thomas Sorber
2019 & 2020 Eastern Conference Champion
Milwaukee Bucks (2025)
PG - Dylan Harper - DLo
SG - Jaden Ivey - Ja'Kobe Walter - Bones Hyland
SF - Jaylen Brown - Terrace Mann
PF - Tobias Harris - Sam Hauser
C - Thomas Sorber
Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
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Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
Mecca wrote:Im Coming Home wrote:
Discord a lot smoother process IMO
Yeah I am making a discord instead right now!
WhatsApp still shows numbers in those groups, thats why I deleted the group after testing

RGM Knicks BAF- Houston Rockets

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware
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Shams: BREAKING Houston Rockets GM starts League-wide Chat to allow for easier, smoother trade process
I made a BAF Discord!
I felt inspired by my old ways, back in the day I made a chatroom for Build a Team and it revolutionized the game at the time to allow for quicker and instant negotiations!
I plan on posting all the league news as well like drafts, trades, etc, you can choose to have roles for each news announcements so you'll only get notifications if you want them.
For you oldheads you might be asking 'What is discord???"
There is a mobile app, and a PC app, so easily accessible to everyone, giving everyone near-instant access to all the GMs in the server, allowing for a more quick, seamless, easy, trading process for everyone involved.
Bish you will get admin if you choose to join. And if anyone else has discord experience and wants to help get it up and running with everything to help me, let me know!


https://discord.gg/ayvUXHS5Pc
Join and lets make this a game changing place! Get locked in to BAF!
I made a BAF Discord!
I felt inspired by my old ways, back in the day I made a chatroom for Build a Team and it revolutionized the game at the time to allow for quicker and instant negotiations!
I plan on posting all the league news as well like drafts, trades, etc, you can choose to have roles for each news announcements so you'll only get notifications if you want them.
For you oldheads you might be asking 'What is discord???"
Discord is a free, all-in-one voice and text chat application designed for communities and friends. It allows users to communicate through text, voice, and video, primarily within virtual communities called "servers". These servers are organized into channels for text and voice communication, and users can join them via invite links. Originally popular with gamers, Discord has expanded to encompass various communities and interests.
There is a mobile app, and a PC app, so easily accessible to everyone, giving everyone near-instant access to all the GMs in the server, allowing for a more quick, seamless, easy, trading process for everyone involved.
Bish you will get admin if you choose to join. And if anyone else has discord experience and wants to help get it up and running with everything to help me, let me know!


https://discord.gg/ayvUXHS5Pc
Join and lets make this a game changing place! Get locked in to BAF!
RGM Knicks BAF- Houston Rockets

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware
Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
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Little early preview example of the RGM Knicks BAF Discord
I'm kinda busy today but I am working on the bones of the discord right now.
If anyone has discord experience and wants to assist let me know!
This is the draft announcement channel where I will try to post up-to-date draft picks as the come in.

I'm kinda busy today but I am working on the bones of the discord right now.
If anyone has discord experience and wants to assist let me know!
This is the draft announcement channel where I will try to post up-to-date draft picks as the come in.

RGM Knicks BAF- Houston Rockets

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware
Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
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joined!
i remember there was pushback in the past but i think just having a hub where people can talk/chill/discuss trades easier or be updated is nice. shouldn't replace in-thread activity or anything.
i remember there was pushback in the past but i think just having a hub where people can talk/chill/discuss trades easier or be updated is nice. shouldn't replace in-thread activity or anything.
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Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
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Old heads, give discord a chance, its very mainstream and intuitive, all you need to do is grab the app, make an account, and join the server. Don't be intimidated by it. It has a mobile and PC app.
Its very simple and a great resource.
Its very simple and a great resource.
RGM Knicks BAF- Houston Rockets

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware
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Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
I'll go wherever I need to get dudes to respond lol
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KnicksGadfly wrote:I'll go wherever I need to get dudes to respond lol
Some dudes will still find a way to get their Robin on and not respond.


2024-25 Bubble Champs
1: Thompson | Sexton | Porter
2: White | Smart | Okogie
3: Sharpe | Dort | Rupert
4: Wembanyama | Porter Jr. | Bol
5: Gobert | Wood | Mamukelashvili
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strick wrote:.
please ck ur pm sir


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please check you pm's sir


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Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
Kevin Love $9/1 available
Good Vet big, does very well in the sim as a backup.
Good Vet big, does very well in the sim as a backup.
RGM Knicks BAF- Houston Rockets

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware
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Ben Simmons- $260/1 year
Brandon Clarke- $160/2 years NTC
Russell Westbrook- $150/1 year
Deni Avdija- $135/4 years - 23.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 5.2 assists after all star break
Devin Carter- $29/2(3) years
let's gooo. Come get my guys
Brandon Clarke- $160/2 years NTC
Russell Westbrook- $150/1 year
Deni Avdija- $135/4 years - 23.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 5.2 assists after all star break
Devin Carter- $29/2(3) years
let's gooo. Come get my guys
Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- Boston is on the clock until 7AM
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TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT
The Houston Rockets have agreed to trade Jaylen Wells, the #37 pick in the 2025 BaF draft and the #48 pick in the 2025 BaF draft to the Miami Heat along with the #47 pick in the 2025 BaF draft to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Jay Huff, Jake LaRavia, a 2026 2nd round draft pick (From Memphis), a 2028 2nd round draft pick (From Golden State) and a 2028 2nd round draft pick (From Detroit*).
The Miami Heat have agreed to trade Jay Huff, Jake LaRavia, a 2026 2nd round draft pick (From Memphis) and a 2028 2nd round draft pick (From Golden State) to the Houston Rockets along with Scotty Pippen Jr. to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Jaylen Wells, the #37 pick in the 2025 BaF draft and the #48 pick in the 2025 BaF draft.
The Detroit Pistons have agreed to trade a 2028 2nd round draft pick* to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Scotty Pippen Jr. and the #47 pick in the 2025 BaF draft.
*- Top 59 protected in 2028. No pick will be given if not conveyed in 2028.
The Houston Rockets have agreed to trade Jaylen Wells, the #37 pick in the 2025 BaF draft and the #48 pick in the 2025 BaF draft to the Miami Heat along with the #47 pick in the 2025 BaF draft to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Jay Huff, Jake LaRavia, a 2026 2nd round draft pick (From Memphis), a 2028 2nd round draft pick (From Golden State) and a 2028 2nd round draft pick (From Detroit*).
The Miami Heat have agreed to trade Jay Huff, Jake LaRavia, a 2026 2nd round draft pick (From Memphis) and a 2028 2nd round draft pick (From Golden State) to the Houston Rockets along with Scotty Pippen Jr. to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Jaylen Wells, the #37 pick in the 2025 BaF draft and the #48 pick in the 2025 BaF draft.
The Detroit Pistons have agreed to trade a 2028 2nd round draft pick* to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Scotty Pippen Jr. and the #47 pick in the 2025 BaF draft.
*- Top 59 protected in 2028. No pick will be given if not conveyed in 2028.
All-Time Draft
PG- Oscar Robertson/Bob Cousy
SG- Earl Monroe/James Harden/Dana Barros
SF- Billy Cunningham/Michael Finley/Chet Walker
PF- Elvin Hayes/Dolph Schayes/Tom Chambers/Danny Manning
C- Walt Bellamy/Neil Johnston/Darryl Dawkins
PG- Oscar Robertson/Bob Cousy
SG- Earl Monroe/James Harden/Dana Barros
SF- Billy Cunningham/Michael Finley/Chet Walker
PF- Elvin Hayes/Dolph Schayes/Tom Chambers/Danny Manning
C- Walt Bellamy/Neil Johnston/Darryl Dawkins
Re: Build a Franchise (Season 9) Discussion Thread- New Orleans is on the clock until 11AM
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Cleared up a little more space.
RGM Knicks BAF- Houston Rockets

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware

PG: Cunningham | Ja. Butler | .
SG: Au Thompson | . |
SF: B.Ingram | . | .
PF: . | GG Jackson | Love
C: . | Ware