Non Championship Decade Draft - Draft thread

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Non Championship Decade Draft - Draft thread 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:02 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 can pick any player in a season that is part of a decade where he never won a ring.

For that matter, a decade starts from 9-0 season and ends in 8-9 season, e.g. nineties is 1989-90 to 1998-99.

A player won a ring in a given year if he's marked as such in basketball reference.

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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Post#2 » by Laimbeer » Mon Aug 11, 2025 8:07 pm

LeBron pqn

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Post#3 » by wackbone » Mon Aug 11, 2025 8:37 pm

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Post#4 » by Stan » Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:14 pm

Michael Jordan

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Post#5 » by flaco » Mon Aug 11, 2025 10:22 pm

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Post#6 » by Larry_Russell » Mon Aug 11, 2025 10:29 pm

Giannis I guess
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Post#11 » by lilroddyb » Yesterday 9:07 am

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Post#12 » by durantbird » Yesterday 10:25 am

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Post#14 » by Fadeaway_J » Yesterday 2:11 pm

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Post#15 » by Dr Positivity » Yesterday 2:19 pm

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Post#16 » by Larry_Russell » Yesterday 2:46 pm

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I am not sure if I have seen this duo used in a draft yet...offensively it is lethal, imo.


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Post#17 » by flaco » Yesterday 3:28 pm

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Probably a bit of a reach since a couple of PFs on the board are better than the eligible versions of KG, but I've always wanted to pair KG with Kawhi. They are arguably the two most versatile building blocks in our games. 33-year-old KG led the Celtics to the NBA Finals. 34-year-old KG finished 2nd in DPOY voting.

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Post#20 » by Laimbeer » Yesterday 4:43 pm

Joel Embiid

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3) It's only __% of the cap
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5) It's only __ years
6) He's a good mentor/locker room guy

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