25' Top 8 Clubs Draft (80s to now) - Draft thread

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25' Top 8 Clubs Draft (80s to now) - Draft thread 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Sat Jul 5, 2025 6:45 pm

Draft Rules:

1. All NBA seasons from 1979-80 to 2024-25 are eligible, subject to the restrictions outlined below.

2. You will be required to draft a total of 8 players in 8 rounds. Each of your players must play a minimum of 8 minutes in your rotations. Any player chosen in a season that is pre-merger will have a multiplier of 0.85 applied against their actual fga, rounded to closest 0.1.

3. 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 still be charged 3.0 for that player.

4. Each player you select must have played at least 50% of regular season games in the season selected. He needs to play at least 50% of his games for an eligible franchise.

5. You may pick any player in a season where he played at least 50% of his games for one of the following 8 clubs:

OKC
Denver
Minnesota
Golden State
Indiana
New York
Boston
Cleveland

These are the teams that finished top 8 in post season in the 2024-25 season.

Predecessor franchises are also eligible.

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 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 polls. AI will be used as a single vote when a matchup is tied and stuck.

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/rankings

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Re: 25' Top 8 Clubs Draft (80s to now) - Draft thread 

Post#2 » by MadNESS » Sun Jul 6, 2025 12:01 am

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Post#3 » by wackbone » Sun Jul 6, 2025 12:26 am

Relatively shallow draft for Cs, so I'll take

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Post#4 » by Snakebites » Sun Jul 6, 2025 3:24 am

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Post#5 » by ReggiesKnicks » Sun Jul 6, 2025 3:36 am

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Post#6 » by Larry_Russell » Sun Jul 6, 2025 12:43 pm

Steph curry


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Post#7 » by durantbird » Sun Jul 6, 2025 1:00 pm

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Post#8 » by Fadeaway_J » Sun Jul 6, 2025 1:12 pm

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Post#9 » by Dr Positivity » Sun Jul 6, 2025 2:46 pm

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Post#10 » by GeorgeMarcus » Sun Jul 6, 2025 4:23 pm

Def not loving my position in this one... Patrick Ewing

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Post#11 » by Laimbeer » Sun Jul 6, 2025 5:15 pm

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Post#12 » by GeorgeMarcus » Sun Jul 6, 2025 5:36 pm

I'm just gonna see where this takes me... Draymond Green

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Post#13 » by Dr Positivity » Sun Jul 6, 2025 6:19 pm

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Post#14 » by Fadeaway_J » Sun Jul 6, 2025 6:29 pm

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Post#15 » by durantbird » Sun Jul 6, 2025 6:53 pm

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Post#16 » by Larry_Russell » Sun Jul 6, 2025 7:59 pm

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Post#17 » by ReggiesKnicks » Sun Jul 6, 2025 8:09 pm

Would have preferred Reggie or Klay here, but Jimmy Butler is a good consolidation prize.
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Post#18 » by Snakebites » Sun Jul 6, 2025 9:37 pm

Hmm. Evan Mobley.

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wackbone wrote:Relatively shallow draft for Cs, so I'll take

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Post#19 » by wackbone » Sun Jul 6, 2025 9:41 pm

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Post#20 » by MadNESS » Sun Jul 6, 2025 10:14 pm

I guess I’ll take the 2nd greatest shooter of all time

Ray Allen (Boston or Seattle).
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