No First Club Rings Draft - Draft thread

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No First Club Rings Draft - Draft thread 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Mon Sep 1, 2025 11:22 am

Draft Rules:

1. All NBA seasons from 1989-90 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. Eligible players are those who did not win a championship with the NBA team they first played for.

A player won a ring in a given year if he's marked as such in basketball reference. A "team" means every official-history iteration of the franchise.

Clarification: players like LeBron James or Jason Kidd whose first clubs were Cavs/Dallas but won a ring in their second iteration with the club, are still ineligible.

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 Larry_Russell » Mon Sep 1, 2025 3:14 pm

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Post#3 » by Laimbeer » Mon Sep 1, 2025 3:39 pm

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Post#4 » by Larry_Russell » Mon Sep 1, 2025 6:18 pm

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Post#5 » by Jon_3232 » Mon Sep 1, 2025 7:11 pm

I suppose Kevin Garnett
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Post#6 » by Fadeaway_J » Mon Sep 1, 2025 7:23 pm

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Post#7 » by Mr Ringer » Mon Sep 1, 2025 7:44 pm

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Post#9 » by JimmyPlopper » Mon Sep 1, 2025 9:57 pm

Jimmy Butler

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Post#10 » by Stan » Mon Sep 1, 2025 11:26 pm

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Post#11 » by Snakebites » Yesterday 1:08 am

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Post#13 » by JimmyPlopper » Yesterday 2:56 am

Rasheed Wallace
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Post#14 » by durantbird » Yesterday 4:08 am

Almost took him last round

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Post#15 » by Mr Ringer » Yesterday 5:39 am

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Post#17 » by Jon_3232 » Yesterday 12:40 pm

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Post#18 » by Laimbeer » Yesterday 1:43 pm

Reggie Miller

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Post#19 » by Larry_Russell » Yesterday 1:57 pm

IMO,

Unstoppable offensive Duo, and easy to piece around for rest of the way.

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Post#20 » by Snakebites » Yesterday 2:21 pm

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