FUTURE DRAFT GAMES THREAD - 2/9/2025

[kdawg32086]

More Ideas:
REALGM Draft: Only players whose last name starts with the letters R, E, A, L, G, or M are eligible.

No idea what the pool looks like, but this one’s my favorite.

27 players from the 75th Anniversary team.

[Fadeaway_J]

More Ideas:
REALGM Draft: Only players whose last name starts with the letters R, E, A, L, G, or M are eligible.

No idea what the pool looks like, but this one’s my favorite.

Seems like enough top-end talent if you go back to the 60s.

Russell
Oscar
Kareem
Moses
Doc
Mailman
Robinson
KG
T-Mac
Kawhi
SGA
Giannis
Embiid

[Laimbeer]

AI creation of eight NBA eras for 1960-2025. My first thought was drafting one player from each era. But each manager being limited to two eras might make for more interesting strategy. Do you dive into more modern talent rich eras or go into a lesser era where you'll have less competition?

The Celtics Dynasty Era (1960-1969)

The ABA Merger and Turbulent Times (1970-1979)

The Magic vs. Bird Renaissance (1980-1989)

The Michael Jordan Dynasty (1990-1998)

The Post-Jordan Big-Man Era (1999-2007)

The Superteam and Perimeter Revolution (2008-2013)

The Warriors and Three-Point Revolution (2014-2019)

The Player Empowerment and Modern Era (2020-2025)

[durantbird]

No Champions with First Team

Every player who won a ring with his first team is disqualified (e.g. Duncan, Magic, Bird, LeBron).

We can separate the timeframes to:
- Champion with another team - all players from 1960s and on are eligible
- No championship at all - 2000s to now only

Top end talent: Shaq, Durant, SGA, Davis, Garnett, Oscar, Dwight, McGrady, Luka, Harden, Butler, Embiid, Allen, Vince, CP3, Nash, Drexler etc.

[Larry_Russell]

What about a draft in which is upcoming draft pick must be of a larger jersey nunmber?

MEaning if Jayson Tatum was picked number 1 overall, the next player picked must have a number larger than 0.


Or an oddsie evensie draft.
Pick an odd numbered jersey in round 1 and an even number in round 2

[Snakebites]

A lot of people abhor drafts that require any kind of different research.

It’s really stifling these games and making them all feel the same.

Again, largely a symptom of how small a group we are. All it takes is a couple of people not feeling an idea and it’s kind of dead in the water.

I'm probably out for a while (again). Both due to general fatigue with respect to these games and just being too busy. I played in the last 2 to kind of give it another go but to be honest I haven't really enjoyed them all that much.