Serious Dynasty League - Back to Back Champ

[LamarMatic7]

Lol how many first round picks I have ? 2 or 3?

For one, you definitely have mine.

[LamarMatic7]

totally forgot to congratulate you, Fats. Great job!

[amcoolio]

I would've have lost anyway in the championship game but shouldn't the top 2 teams in each division make the playoffs instead of just the top 4 teams? If that's the case why have divisions? I didn't notice that I wasn't in the playoff bracket until early this week, lol

[laocoholic]

[laocoholic]

enjoy

[LamarMatic7]

so when did we do the draft last year? was it around September? it's dead until then, right?

[LamarMatic7]

was having a **** today and thinking about the league (yes, I was thinking about it during summer, I guess I really like it) and came up with an idea concerning the draft. as we all know, some like the draft, some don't particularly as you're basically forced to spend money on a player that you might have otherwise not signed.

how about we take a page out of real life NBA draft second round rules and not force teams to sign players?

idea 1) team's have a certain time period (let's say one week after the draft) to sign their draft picks to the rookie scale we already have created. if a team decides not to sign the player, it still maintains the rights to the player (let's say it expires before the next summer's free agency begins) and can sign him during the season for that same amount of pre-determined money. the other 9 teams can approach the player like a restricted free agent. per example, Team X decides in January that it wants to sign the rookie and then has to notify the board (and the other team personally). Team X would also have to pay the rookie according to the rookie scale, while Team Y (who holds the rights to the player) has 72 hours to match or allow the signing to happen declining their rights.

(wrinkle that we could also adopt under this scenario - the rights to a player would be a trade-able asset. under this scenario it would be more fun that rights to a player last forever. imagine someone throwing in the rights to Frank Kaminsky in a trade in 2018)

idea 2) we full-on replicate the NBA second round model and allow teams to sign the drafted rookies to unguaranteed deals. you can cut them and not face any cap space related consequences. deals become guaranteed on January, the 9th. this seems like less fun but would also solve the issue of teams being burdened by contracts they didn't want. it would create some fun though if one kept the unguaranteed rookie around for trade purposes and then waived his contract around in late December as a contract that can give you more cap space.

idea 3) that I just thought of. we combine these two ideas into one. you can either flat-out sign the rookie, sign him to an unguaranteed deal or not sign him at all, yet maintain rights to him. actually.. what's not to like about this?

[EwingSweatsALot]

Got a message from Lamar. I guess he sent it a bit back. But getting to it now.

First I want to apologize for my absence for much of the second half of the year. I had a bunch of personal stuff, good and bad, happen back to back within a three month span. And this league just took a hit along with my hit or miss presence on the board. Sorry as kind of the person running the off ESPN stuff that i wasn't around to keep up with it. I'll be much better this year. And I'll try and go back and get the roster history to get that all corrected on the roster file. Along with reading through and seeing the requests and the recommendations.

Obviously if we have the people willing I'm ready to get season three going for the offseason. Got a bit to do in the next couple of months before the season starts. First I think what tweaks we need to make to the league are the most important. It's been two years now. I think there is a good feel of what's best and what's not best. Obviously not every recommendation can be implemented and not everyone will be happy with everything but if we can get this as close as possible then that's all we can strive for.

Once again I'm sorry for last year, but I'm pumped for the new year. The new season. Getting this going and making this the best we can make it.

[fatlever]

I am the champion. Just wanted to put that out there.

I'm ready to get started. We need to have a rookie draft first, right? Crap, I don't have a pick. LP has mine. Carry on.

[Liver_Pooty]

I am the champion. Just wanted to put that out there.

I'm ready to get started. We need to have a rookie draft first, right? Crap, I don't have a pick. LP has mine. Carry on.

I think I have Lamars as well on top of mine. Woo!

[yosemiteben]

I honestly never knew what this league was about. What is it?

[LamarMatic7]

I honestly never knew what this league was about. What is it?

a keepers league where we have salaries, our own CBA and rules.

[LamarMatic7]

I think that before we start off we should address the draft question and the restricted free agency question.

The Draft: It's time to speak up for the people who don't like the draft rules. I'm not totally against it but I see your point and that's why I invented the idea that's a bit higher on this same page. I love the idea, it would add more fun to the league and it makes sense, imo.

Restricted Free Agency: We had the LeBron dilemma last year. Chabber's Straw Hats might have over-spent a few dollars since we didn't have specific rules about the money teams are allowed to throw at other restricted free agents. I think the discussion was about other teams going over the cap to possibly pump up the price when they know Team X is signing Player Y no matter what. What do we do here?

[HornetJail]

I'm probably going to step down from this league. I'm kinda losing interest in fantasy and really don't feel like doing multiple leagues. Anybody who wants to join this league is welcome to take on the BizGilwalkerVonjefferlances and change the f*ck out of its name.

[LamarMatic7]

:lol:

I am the champion. Just wanted to put that out there.

I'm ready to get started. We need to have a rookie draft first, right? Crap, I don't have a pick. LP has mine. Carry on.

I think I have Lamars as well on top of mine. Woo!

Yep. I shipped you a 2015 1st Rounder and a 2016 1st Rounder (Top6 protected in 2016, Top4 protected in 2017, Top2 protected in 2018, Unprotected From 2019)

[amcoolio]

I'm still here!

Take a page from the NBA and get rid of divisions. Just one conference of 10 teams. I was under the impression the top 2 teams from each division made the playoffs last season but I didn't and 3 from the other division did. I know its default by ESPN and not your fault, so I would just get rid of divisions since I had to play chabber's monstrous team 3 times compared to the other division and missed the playoffs as a result.

I think you can randomize the schedule once divisions are gone.

The other rules/stuff im fine with. I know I was vocal about having to sign rookies but it doesn't matter either way. Last year's draft was really bad and im sure in the future there will be some bad real life NBA drafts so to have to cut someone like Brandon Jennings or JJ Redick to make room for rookie that won't play much anyway in real NBA life for his first two years (the life of the fantasy contract) seems a little silly.

[Liver_Pooty]

My rebuilding is almost finished. I should be fairly solid this year.

[Diop]

hopefully Paul George can come back reasonably decent. the only hope ive got

[Diop]

just realised I have Mark Morris, I wonder where that turkey will end up

[yosemiteben]

I'll take MKG's spot if folks don't mind.