Free Agency Draft - Discussion

durantbird · Post #1 » by **durantbird** » Tue Jul 8, 2025 9:27 pm

Draft Rules:

1. All NBA seasons from 2002-03 to 2024-25 are eligible, subject to the restrictions outlined below.

2. You will be required to draft a total of 8 players in 4 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. In each round, you may pick two players who each played at least 50% of their games in the chosen season for different sides of a major free agency signing. These pairings are available:

Clippers/Raptors (Kawhi)
Pistons/Wolves (Billups)
Raptors/Heat (Bosh)
Suns/Mavs (Nash)
Lakers/Cavs (Lebron)
Cavs/Heat (Lebron Twice)
Warriors/OKC (KD)
Bucks/Indiana (Turner)

Each pair should have at most one player who ever won multiple All NBA First or at least one MVP accolades in his career.

Predecessor franchises are also eligible.

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

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

Signups
durantbird
ReggiesKnicks
Dr Positivity
Snakebites
MadNess
lilroddyb
Larry_Russell
Laimbeer
Fadeaway_J
Mr Ringer
Square

ReggiesKnicks · Post #2 » by **ReggiesKnicks** » Tue Jul 8, 2025 9:27 pm

Dr Positivity · Post #3 » by **Dr Positivity** » Tue Jul 8, 2025 9:54 pm

Post #4 » by **Snakebites** » Tue Jul 8, 2025 9:56 pm

Post #5 » by **MadNESS** » Tue Jul 8, 2025 11:21 pm

In like Johnny Flynn

lilroddyb · Post #6 » by **lilroddyb** » Tue Jul 8, 2025 11:36 pm

Larry_Russell · Post #7 » by **Larry_Russell** » Tue Jul 8, 2025 11:41 pm

Yuuip

Laimbeer · Post #8 » by **Laimbeer** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 5:30 am

Ok

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Post #9 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 1:16 pm

I'll play if you get to 10.

Mr Ringer · Post #10 » by **Mr Ringer** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 3:36 pm

durantbird · Post #11 » by **durantbird** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 4:11 pm

We're currently at 10. I'll wait a bit more to see if anybody joins, the pool can accommodate a bit more

Post #12 » by **Snakebites** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 5:06 pm

durantbird wrote:We're currently at 10. I'll wait a bit more to see if anybody joins, the pool can accommodate a bit more

Yeah. The original idea included the Shaq signing which could push the pool back to 96-97 as well.

It adds the Magic and also adds a number of nice players to other teams.

durantbird · Post #13 » by **durantbird** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 5:20 pm

Snakebites wrote:
durantbird wrote:We're currently at 10. I'll wait a bit more to see if anybody joins, the pool can accommodate a bit more

Yeah. The original idea included the Shaq signing which could push the pool back to 96-97 as well.

It adds the Magic and also adds a number of nice players to other teams.

You suggest re expanding it if we get more guys?

Anyhow, forgot there's still the continental draft going, so I guess we should wait for its completion

Post #14 » by **Snakebites** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 5:28 pm

durantbird wrote:
Snakebites wrote:
durantbird wrote:We're currently at 10. I'll wait a bit more to see if anybody joins, the pool can accommodate a bit more

Yeah. The original idea included the Shaq signing which could push the pool back to 96-97 as well.

It adds the Magic and also adds a number of nice players to other teams.

You suggest re expanding it if we get more guys?

Anyhow, forgot there's still the continental draft going, so I guess we should wait for its completion

Oh I thought you were suggesting that. Misread.

The pool as currently constructed is already pretty deep. Lots of deep franchises.

Square · Post #15 » by **Square** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 12:51 pm

I'll play if there's space.

durantbird · Post #16 » by **durantbird** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 5:41 pm

I wanted to wait for the continental draft to finish or at least get to finals, but it seems like there is some delay in proceeding and I don't want to lose momentum here either. Do you guys think we should wait or keep going?

lilroddyb · Post #17 » by **lilroddyb** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:01 pm

durantbird wrote:I wanted to wait for the continental draft to finish or at least get to finals, but it seems like there is some delay in proceeding and I don't want to lose momentum here either. Do you guys think we should wait or keep going?

I think we should start

Post #18 » by **Snakebites** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:13 pm

durantbird wrote:I wanted to wait for the continental draft to finish or at least get to finals, but it seems like there is some delay in proceeding and I don't want to lose momentum here either. Do you guys think we should wait or keep going?

Get it started.

The reason behind waiting was always out of concern that engagement in other games would be lost.

Given the delay in that game I don't think that us waiting to start this will particularly help that situation.

durantbird · Post #19 » by **durantbird** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:32 pm

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

Square
durantbird
Fadeaway_J
Snakebites
MadNess
Larry_Russell
Mr Ringer
Laimbeer
ReggiesKnicks
Dr Positivity
lilroddyb

Timestamp: 2025-07-10 18:09:54 UTC

Square wrote:up first

durantbird · Post #20 » by **durantbird** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:27 pm

Clock starts tomorrow at 9am EDT