Future Draft Games

[Fadeaway_J]

Here's a goofy one: your player seasons have to be connected through contiguous states (or provinces, in the case of Toronto). So if you take Minnesota KG for example, your next player season has to be for a team in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Toronto (Ontario), or Detroit (Michigan). Not sure if it works better as a regular or pairs draft.

[Dr Positivity]

Maybe some sort of Never FGA limit game - Like you can’t draft a player who ever broke 16 FGA, which allows you to have a lower FGA stars game without Magic. It would also be interesting draft positionally since big men and point guard are much deeper than wing and unless I’m missing someone no wings should be totally overpowered, I think the best ones are Manu and Reggie.

You could also do only one player who has ever broken 16 FGA which would lead to some better teams, and strategy of when to take the high powered MVP guy

[Fadeaway_J]

Maybe some sort of Never FGA limit game - Like you can’t draft a player who ever broke 16 FGA, which allows you to have a lower FGA stars game without Magic. It would also be interesting draft positionally since big men and point guard are much deeper than wing and unless I’m missing someone no wings should be totally overpowered, I think the best ones are Manu and Reggie.

You could also do only one player who has ever broken 16 FGA which would lead to some better teams, and strategy of when to take the high powered MVP guy

I like the idea better with the exception. You could also lower the FGA limit by a bit.

[Colbinii]

Maybe some sort of Never FGA limit game - Like you can’t draft a player who ever broke 16 FGA, which allows you to have a lower FGA stars game without Magic. It would also be interesting draft positionally since big men and point guard are much deeper than wing and unless I’m missing someone no wings should be totally overpowered, I think the best ones are Manu and Reggie.

You could also do only one player who has ever broken 16 FGA which would lead to some better teams, and strategy of when to take the high powered MVP guy

I like the idea better with the exception. You could also lower the FGA limit by a bit.

This would be a cool "Build around a star" type game.

[Hawk Eye]

Maybe some sort of Never FGA limit game - Like you can’t draft a player who ever broke 16 FGA, which allows you to have a lower FGA stars game without Magic. It would also be interesting draft positionally since big men and point guard are much deeper than wing and unless I’m missing someone no wings should be totally overpowered, I think the best ones are Manu and Reggie.

You could also do only one player who has ever broken 16 FGA which would lead to some better teams, and strategy of when to take the high powered MVP guy

I like the idea better with the exception. You could also lower the FGA limit by a bit.

This would be a cool "Build around a star" type game.

Yeah I would be all for something like this. To really get the desired outcome I think you need to drop the FGA a bit (was thinking 14). Give everyone one exception and the other 7 slots of the rotation goes to guys who shot 14 FGA or less.

[Fadeaway_J]

I like the idea better with the exception. You could also lower the FGA limit by a bit.

This would be a cool "Build around a star" type game.

Yeah I would be all for something like this. To really get the desired outcome I think you need to drop the FGA a bit (was thinking 14). Give everyone one exception and the other 7 slots of the rotation goes to guys who shot 14 FGA or less.

I'd keep it at 16 and just lower the overall FGA limit. Digging around for several non role players who never got above 14 would be too much of a hassle IMO.

[Colbinii]

This would be a cool "Build around a star" type game.

Yeah I would be all for something like this. To really get the desired outcome I think you need to drop the FGA a bit (was thinking 14). Give everyone one exception and the other 7 slots of the rotation goes to guys who shot 14 FGA or less.

I'd keep it at 16 and just lower the overall FGA limit. Digging around for several non role players who never got above 14 would be too much of a hassle IMO.

I like lowering the FGA/G to 75.

[Fadeaway_J]

Yeah I would be all for something like this. To really get the desired outcome I think you need to drop the FGA a bit (was thinking 14). Give everyone one exception and the other 7 slots of the rotation goes to guys who shot 14 FGA or less.

I'd keep it at 16 and just lower the overall FGA limit. Digging around for several non role players who never got above 14 would be too much of a hassle IMO.

I like lowering the FGA/G to 75.

I do wonder if the exception pick should be exempted from the FGA limit altogether (maybe allow 60 for the rest). What tends to happen with low-FGA games is that the benches become absolutely unsightly.

[Colbinii]

I'd keep it at 16 and just lower the overall FGA limit. Digging around for several non role players who never got above 14 would be too much of a hassle IMO.

I like lowering the FGA/G to 75.

I do wonder if the exception pick should be exempted from the FGA limit altogether (maybe allow 60 for the rest). What tends to happen with low-FGA games is that the benches become absolutely unsightly.

Make a mimimum fga

[Fadeaway_J]

I like lowering the FGA/G to 75.

I do wonder if the exception pick should be exempted from the FGA limit altogether (maybe allow 60 for the rest). What tends to happen with low-FGA games is that the benches become absolutely unsightly.

Make a mimimum fga

Not sure I understand. Minimum for the bench you mean?

[Colbinii]

I do wonder if the exception pick should be exempted from the FGA limit altogether (maybe allow 60 for the rest). What tends to happen with low-FGA games is that the benches become absolutely unsightly.

Make a mimimum fga

Not sure I understand. Minimum for the bench you mean?

That or for a player selected.
"Maximum of 16 FGA/G in a given year and minimum of 3 FGA/G in a given year.

[Laimbeer]

I like this, but a couple questions.

Would the top few players provide too much of an advantage? The people down low wouldn't always be able to get those top drawer second rounders.

Can we just limit it to 15 FGAs in the season selected and exclude Magic if he's too much of an advantage? It would be interesting to see how people value a great player somewhat downgraded with a lesser season - Miami Shaq, old DRob, etc.

[Fadeaway_J]

I like this, but a couple questions.

Would the top few players provide too much of an advantage? The people down low wouldn't always be able to get those top drawer second rounders.

Can we just limit it to 15 FGAs in the season selected and exclude Magic if he's too much of an advantage? It would be interesting to see how people value a great player somewhat downgraded with a lesser season - Miami Shaq, old DRob, etc.

Having had a glance through the best eligible players, I don't see any second rounders that would create a massive advantage for anyone.

I would much prefer the original idea. For me the main attraction is getting to see guys like Stockton, Reggie, etc. actually function as second bananas as opposed just being the fourth of five All-NBA types. That goes out the window if you can still use 2016 Kawhi or 2017 Duncan.

[Laimbeer]

Having had a glance through the best eligible players, I don't see any second rounders that would create a massive advantage for anyone.

My concern is the second round (supporting players) aren't strong enough. Someone gets LeBron #1 and someone at the bottom gets a much lesser exception. Are there going to be support players who can bridge that gap?

[Fadeaway_J]

Having had a glance through the best eligible players, I don't see any second rounders that would create a massive advantage for anyone.

My concern is the second round (supporting players) aren't strong enough. Someone gets LeBron #1 and someone at the bottom gets a much lesser exception. Are there going to be support players who can bridge that gap?

I believe so, but I think the exceptions would all have to be taken in round one to ensure the B pickers get the best second rounders. Maybe go ABBBABAB as well.

[Dr Positivity]

Having had a glance through the best eligible players, I don't see any second rounders that would create a massive advantage for anyone.

My concern is the second round (supporting players) aren't strong enough. Someone gets LeBron #1 and someone at the bottom gets a much lesser exception. Are there going to be support players who can bridge that gap?

I agree that Lebron, Jordan, and Durant picks would look good cause it's a draft where people need wings. Although picking at the end of the 2nd and 3rd rounds in relatively shallow pool would hurt them quite a bit. I could also go 1980+ which would incentivize people even more to take supporting players early and wait till the end of the draft to take an MVP, cause the later picked MVPs will strong no matter what. You could also have a full first round where people either go for Lebron, Jordan, Durant, Bird or they go for the top level supporting players like Stockton, Dwight, Manu, Moncrief, Miller.

[Hawk Eye]

When was the last time we did an auction? Seems like we’ve got enough active users around right now that it could work.

[euroleague]

When was the last time we did an auction? Seems like we’ve got enough active users around right now that it could work.

It was before I was on this board. I've wanted to do one for a while, but I think it's much easier to do with software designed for it

[Laimbeer]

When was the last time we did an auction? Seems like we’ve got enough active users around right now that it could work.

It was before I was on this board. I've wanted to do one for a while, but I think it's much easier to do with software designed for it

Do you have a link?

[euroleague]

When was the last time we did an auction? Seems like we’ve got enough active users around right now that it could work.

It was before I was on this board. I've wanted to do one for a while, but I think it's much easier to do with software designed for it

Do you have a link?

ESPN Auction drafts are pretty well-designed... but, they are only for current players and their fantasy league. So, we could do one for 2019 (and vote on the results), but I don't know any software like that for all-time drafts.