Future Draft Games

[Fadeaway_J]

All players must be in their first five seasons - I thought of how one of the appeals of a pre 90s draft in bringing in some rarely used seasons like late 80s Jordan, Malone, Drexler, Hakeem, etc., which led me to the idea of going first five years for everyone

We did do a 25 and under draft last year which seems to accomplish more or less the same thing, albeit some of the current regulars wouldn't have been involved.

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What about first three seasons and last three seasons?

[8on]

Definitely down with the 20th century draft

[Dr Positivity]

Position step - similar to stair steps except your position has to be one up/down from the last pick's

I'm thinking about starting this one next, I think it would be a fun variation from the stair step with 5 positions being less restrictive, and the strategy of using players with two or three position players to jump up or down faster (for example if you draft a SG/SF combo, you can draft PG, SG, SF or PF next pick)

[Laimbeer]

How about a trade connection draft?

You pick anyone with your first pick, and your second pick has to have been involved in a trade with your first pick (includes players subsequently drafted with picks involved). Then your third pick has to have been involved in a trade with your first OR second pick, and so on. Your potential connections accumulate as you go along.

[Dr Positivity]

How about a trade connection draft?

You pick anyone with your first pick, and your second pick has to have been involved in a trade with your first pick (includes players subsequently drafted with picks involved). Then your third pick has to have been involved in a trade with your first OR second pick, and so on. Your potential connections accumulate as you go along.

The connections could be a little thin, most good players aren't traded for other good players

[Fadeaway_J]

How about a trade connection draft?

You pick anyone with your first pick, and your second pick has to have been involved in a trade with your first pick (includes players subsequently drafted with picks involved). Then your third pick has to have been involved in a trade with your first OR second pick, and so on. Your potential connections accumulate as you go along.

The connections could be a little thin, most good players aren't traded for other good players

And a lot of great players aren't traded at all. Doesn't seem like a viable pool.

[Dr Positivity]

Might want to give it some distance from pre-2000 game, but I wouldn't mind a pre-2000 and-1 game, or possibly and-2. Getting to add one modern player to the game like the one being played right now would add an interesting element to it with the ability to add that modern guy who really makes your team fit together

[euroleague]

I'd like to positional stairstep, no FGA restrictions, 1 hour draft. No restrictions, but 16 people instead of 8. 30 seconds to make your pick

[Dr Positivity]

I'd like to positional stairstep, no FGA restrictions, 1 hour draft. No restrictions, but 16 people instead of 8. 30 seconds to make your pick

No way would there be 16 people who sign up for a 1 hour draft (hard enough for a traditional draft these days), and forcing people to make picks on the fly that fit the position restriction is too brutal in my opinion

[euroleague]

I'd like to positional stairstep, no FGA restrictions, 1 hour draft. No restrictions, but 16 people instead of 8. 30 seconds to make your pick

No way would there be 16 people who sign up for a 1 hour draft (hard enough for a traditional draft these days), and forcing people to make picks on the fly that fit the position restriction is too brutal in my opinion

I missed the last draft, but it seemed pretty relaxed. Definitely need more action to get more drafters

[Laimbeer]

How about a trade connection draft?

You pick anyone with your first pick, and your second pick has to have been involved in a trade with your first pick (includes players subsequently drafted with picks involved). Then your third pick has to have been involved in a trade with your first OR second pick, and so on. Your potential connections accumulate as you go along.

The connections could be a little thin, most good players aren't traded for other good players

And a lot of great players aren't traded at all. Doesn't seem like a viable pool.

How about the pool simply be players who were traded at some point? It would be a significant change to the pool, probably comparable to a No-Finals pool or something.

[Dr Positivity]

How about the pool simply be players who were traded at some point? It would be a significant change to the pool, probably comparable to a No-Finals pool or something.

Yea that works for me

[Fadeaway_J]

70s to now:

LeBron
Kobe
Shaq
Wilt
KG
Kareem
Hakeem
Chuck
Walton
Moses
T-Mac
CP3
Nash
Howard

Include draft day trades and you can rope in Dirk and Kawhi among others. Looks pretty solid.

[Laimbeer]

Position step - similar to stair steps except your position has to be one up/down from the last pick's

I'm thinking about starting this one next, I think it would be a fun variation from the stair step with 5 positions being less restrictive, and the strategy of using players with two or three position players to jump up or down faster (for example if you draft a SG/SF combo, you can draft PG, SG, SF or PF next pick)

I'm ok with this. It's a good twist on Stair Step®. Not sure if we need to poll or just run with it.

[Fadeaway_J]

Position step - similar to stair steps except your position has to be one up/down from the last pick's

I'm thinking about starting this one next, I think it would be a fun variation from the stair step with 5 positions being less restrictive, and the strategy of using players with two or three position players to jump up or down faster (for example if you draft a SG/SF combo, you can draft PG, SG, SF or PF next pick)

I'm ok with this. It's a good twist on Stair Step®. Not sure if we need to poll or just run with it.

Poll.

[Laimbeer]

I'm thinking about starting this one next, I think it would be a fun variation from the stair step with 5 positions being less restrictive, and the strategy of using players with two or three position players to jump up or down faster (for example if you draft a SG/SF combo, you can draft PG, SG, SF or PF next pick)

I'm ok with this. It's a good twist on Stair Step®. Not sure if we need to poll or just run with it.

Poll.

Too late, looks like we've got one starting.

[Dr Positivity]

Too late, looks like we've got one starting.

He made the poll first, 17-18 and 1 leading as it did in CSF's poll, so I went ahead and made it

[Laimbeer]

Too late, looks like we've got one starting.

He made the poll first, 17-18 and 1 leading as it did in CSF's poll, so I went ahead and made it

Ops, didn't see, thanks.

[lilroddyb]

Kind of sucks that I missed the 17 - 18 + one, really wanted to play in that game

So would anyone be interested in doing really similar game, just 17 - 18 + 2, there could be some monster alltime duos there if drafters are waiting to take their guys

[Fadeaway_J]

Kind of sucks that I missed the 17 - 18 + one, really wanted to play in that game

So would anyone be interested in doing really similar game, just 17 - 18 + 2, there could be some monster alltime duos there if drafters are waiting to take their guys

Too similar to the current one IMO. I mean it does change the strategy somewhat but not in a way that I'd find interesting (although I'm not big on exceptions in general).

One idea I'd like to bring back after the playoffs is the one where you can pick anyone who played in 2017-18, and also any season of their career is available. So you could use peak Wade, Dirk, Kawhi, Vince, Dwight, etc. We did it before for either 2015-16 or 2016-17.