FUTURE DRAFT GAMES THREAD - 2/9/2025

[MadNESS]

Prediction draft sounds good - 10 players again and we can drop and add at a certain point again!

[Snakebites]

One interesting idea that was discussed on the past but never done is picking teams and being able to use their draft history. You pick two teams and that's your personal pool. Like we did with just team history but then we had duplicates

For example, you draft Charlotte and you have access to Kobe SGA Mourning etc.

You still have limitations like maximum one MVP, maximum additional two All NBA and maybe that would do

Yeah I like this idea. I might have been the one to pitch it.

1 MVP (or FMVP with All-NBA first- nerfs West and Kawhi)
1 All NBA First no MVP
2 Other All Stars

Is what we did last time

Prediction drafts aren’t my thing personally.

[durantbird]

Prediction draft sounds good - 10 players again and we can drop and add at a certain point again!

Last time we didn't complete the deciding of the draft, by the time Fade asked for rotations, we got too little of them. Don't know if there's a point running the draft if the deciding process was found impractical due to the long period in between

[Fadeaway_J]

Prediction draft sounds good - 10 players again and we can drop and add at a certain point again!

Last time we didn't complete the deciding of the draft, by the time Fade asked for rotations, we got too little of them. Don't know if there's a point running the draft if the deciding process was found impractical due to the long period in between

I'm always leery of running prediction drafts. The previous time I did it (way back in 2019-20), pretty much the same thing happened at the end.

[Snakebites]

Prediction draft sounds good - 10 players again and we can drop and add at a certain point again!

Last time we didn't complete the deciding of the draft, by the time Fade asked for rotations, we got too little of them. Don't know if there's a point running the draft if the deciding process was found impractical due to the long period in between

I'm always leery of running prediction drafts. The previous time I did it (way back in 2019-20), pretty much the same thing happened at the end.

Problem with games like that is that people regularly phase in and out of activity on this forum.

Someone being active when the draft happens may not be when it comes time to follow through.

[Larry_Russell]

Did we do a derrick rose draft?

[Snakebites]

Did we do a derrick rose draft?

Yes- that was about a year ago I believe.

[MadNESS]

Jason Kidd draft?

8 categories:

Mavericks
Mavericks (played there twice)
Nets
Knicks
Suns
Player who coached/coach who played
Olympic Gold Metalist
Another All Star to Bench player

Idk he just signed an extension?

[Snakebites]

Man, we’re really grasping at straws.

I still like the idea of picking franchises and building a team with players drafted by those franchises.

You select 3 teams:

For each team you select no more than 4 players.

Maximum 1 MVP or FMVP with an All NBA First
1 Other player who made an All NBA First Multiple Times
2 Other players who made an All Star team

[durantbird]

Man, we’re really grasping at straws.

I still like the idea of picking franchises and building a team with players drafted by those franchises.

Yes it should be a fine idea. I was just hesitant on whether to start signups or not given the latest signup struggles.

With that said, a Jason Kidd draft is also a fine idea. I just think the draft history one is more out of the ordinary and interesting, though might be somewhat research heavy.

[Snakebites]

Man, we’re really grasping at straws.

I still like the idea of picking franchises and building a team with players drafted by those franchises.

Yes it should be a fine idea. I was just hesitant on whether to start signups or not given the latest signup struggles.

With that said, a Jason Kidd draft is also a fine idea. I just think the draft history one is more out of the ordinary and interesting, though might be somewhat research heavy.

I don't personally find it that research heavy.

Basketball reference has a complete draft history for every team and it can be sorted by win shares, points, assists, 3 pointers, or whatever else you want. It's also a shorter draft since it would only be 2 or 3 rounds- we could finish in a couple days.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/

Franchise links towards the bottom (or to the right if you're on PC).

[durantbird]

Man, we’re really grasping at straws.

I still like the idea of picking franchises and building a team with players drafted by those franchises.

Yes it should be a fine idea. I was just hesitant on whether to start signups or not given the latest signup struggles.

With that said, a Jason Kidd draft is also a fine idea. I just think the draft history one is more out of the ordinary and interesting, though might be somewhat research heavy.

I don't personally find it that research heavy.

Basketball reference has a complete draft history for every team and it can be sorted by win shares, points, assists, 3 pointers, or whatever else you want. It's also a shorter draft since it would only be 2 or 3 rounds- we could finish in a couple days.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/

Franchise links towards the bottom (or to the right if you're on PC).

The main concern for me would be that in order to take a wise decision, you need to deep dive into 20-30 of those lists and pick between them. Not a simple task. We probably all know by heart most of the important cases but there are many confusing ones due to draft night trades. I still think it's doable

[Snakebites]

Yes it should be a fine idea. I was just hesitant on whether to start signups or not given the latest signup struggles.

With that said, a Jason Kidd draft is also a fine idea. I just think the draft history one is more out of the ordinary and interesting, though might be somewhat research heavy.

I don't personally find it that research heavy.

Basketball reference has a complete draft history for every team and it can be sorted by win shares, points, assists, 3 pointers, or whatever else you want. It's also a shorter draft since it would only be 2 or 3 rounds- we could finish in a couple days.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/

Franchise links towards the bottom (or to the right if you're on PC).

The main concern for me would be that in order to take a wise decision, you need to deep dive into 20-30 of those lists and pick between them. Not a simple task. We probably all know by heart most of the important cases but there are many confusing ones due to draft night trades. I still think it's doable

Yeah, I dunno. Its possible it won't garner interest. But for me personally a more typical draft just doesn't hold much interest at the moment.

That's just one person's perspective.

[Fadeaway_J]

Outside of Snake's idea which is essentially a non-draft game, where regular drafts are concerned I'm really only interested in more restricted pools at this point.

[Larry_Russell]

Brogdon draft?

Bucks, indy, celtics, portland, knicks
6moty winner

[Snakebites]

Brogdon draft?

Bucks, indy, celtics, portland, knicks
6moty winner

No disrespect to Brogdon, but I don’t think his retirement warrants a game in his honor.

I think Jrue is on the low end- and he was only picked because he was a glue guy on multiple championship teams.

[durantbird]

Same Pick Pairs.

I think we did it once, not sure when, so probably long enough ago.

You have restrictions on each and overall on the composition of your team (two MVPs/multi all NBA first, two other all stars?)

[durantbird]

Recent Finals Pairs.

OKC Indy
Dallas Boston
Denver Miami
GSW Dallas
Bucks Suns

[Larry_Russell]

Recent Finals Pairs.

OKC Indy
Dallas Boston
Denver Miami
GSW Dallas
Bucks Suns

You should run this one, Its a nice simple draft
Maybe 90s till now?

[Larry_Russell]

Draft blunder pairs draft

Based on a listing of biggest draft blunders of all time

Portland - Chicago (Jordan/Bowie)
Detroit - Miami/Denver/Toronto (Darko
Charlotte - Lakers (Kobe trade)
Minnesota - GSW (passed on Curry Twice)
Kings - Atlanta (Bagley over Luka)
Bucks - Dallas (Dirk trade)