Russell Westbrook Draft - Discussion

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Russell Westbrook Draft - Discussion 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Tue Aug 18, 2026 7:26 pm

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Draft Rules:

1. All NBA seasons from 1989-90 to 2025-26 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.

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. Pre-merger seasons (1959-60 to 1975-76) are multiplied by 0.85 to account for pace, with closest 0.1 rounding. 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.

5. You need to fill 8 categories in your final roster:

Category 1 - A player selected in a season where he played at least 50% of his regular-season games for the OKC Thunder / Seattle Supersonics.

Category 2 - A player selected in a season where he played at least 50% of his regular-season games for the Houston Rockets.

Category 3 - A player selected in a season where he played at least 50% of his regular-season games for the Washington Wizards.

Category 4 - A player selected in a season where he played at least 50% of his regular-season games for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Category 5 - A player who played for UCLA.

Category 6 - A player who played the first 10 seasons of his career for the same franchise. Can be selected at any stage of their career.

Category 7 - A player drafted by the Seattle Supersonics (i.e. no later than 2008). Can be selected at any stage of their career.

Category 8 - Played for 3 different franchises in 3 consecutive seasons, while playing for only one franchise in each of those seasons. Can be selected at any stage of their career.

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 rankings, playoffs, or hybrid (depending on numbers).

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 begin.

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Re: Russell Westbrook Draft - Signups 

Post#2 » by Dr Positivity » Tue Aug 18, 2026 7:57 pm

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Post#4 » by Larry_Russell » Tue Aug 18, 2026 9:04 pm

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Post#8 » by Fadeaway_J » Wed Aug 19, 2026 11:21 am

Was skeptical of that last category, but it turns out there are plenty of viable options

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Post#9 » by Snakebites » Wed Aug 19, 2026 1:33 pm

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Post#10 » by durantbird » Wed Aug 19, 2026 5:21 pm

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Post#11 » by durantbird » Wed Aug 19, 2026 5:33 pm

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Up first. Clock starts tomorrow 9am EDT, regardless of when the first round ends
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Post#12 » by Snakebites » Wed Aug 19, 2026 6:34 pm

Hmm. Despite helping come up with some of these categories I haven't actually looked into this closely enough to know whether or not 6 is a good spot in this one.

We'll see I guess.

I'm eternally amazed by just how much of a wasteland the Wizards are in the context of these drafts :o .
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Post#13 » by goober » Wed Aug 19, 2026 11:56 pm

I’m open to trading spots if anyone else is interested
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Post#14 » by Fadeaway_J » Thu Aug 20, 2026 12:09 am

goober wrote:I’m open to trading spots if anyone else is interested

I'll trade you 4 just to get the draft started
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Post#15 » by goober » Thu Aug 20, 2026 1:16 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
goober wrote:I’m open to trading spots if anyone else is interested

I'll trade you 4 just to get the draft started

I’ll just pick now
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Post#16 » by goober » Thu Aug 20, 2026 1:17 am

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Post#17 » by Dr Positivity » Thu Aug 20, 2026 2:26 pm

Snakebites wrote:Hmm. Despite helping come up with some of these categories I haven't actually looked into this closely enough to know whether or not 6 is a good spot in this one.

We'll see I guess.

I'm eternally amazed by just how much of a wasteland the Wizards are in the context of these drafts :o .


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Post#18 » by goober » Thu Aug 20, 2026 2:54 pm

hoping I made the right decision between Kawhi and Shaq
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Post#19 » by Snakebites » Thu Aug 20, 2026 4:36 pm

Larry_Russell wrote:Yup

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I ALMOST picked Kareem for UCLA.

Thankfully I had the presence of mind to triple check the available seasons before making my pick.

For some reason I coulda sworn the 80s were in, but it seemed suspicious that nobody had gone for Kareem in one of the more off-kilter categories in this draft.

I figured somebody would take Jordan before me even though he's in the deepest category by far. I definitely would have gone for him had he dropped. At some point you gotta stop playing the board and take the best player in the draft. I get why people before that point passed on him though.
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Post#20 » by Larry_Russell » Thu Aug 20, 2026 5:25 pm

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