League Rules

League Rules

League Commissioner: AsaStevenson
Vice Commissioners: twellington27
Trade Committee: vacant

The purpose of this league is to pick up with the NBA in 1999. We will rewrite the history books adding in real life players/rookies each year.

Standard Season Timeline:
1. Free agency
2. Rookie Draft 2 Rounds
3. Deadline for Legacy player selection
4. Season Top-Off
5. All Star Game (Day 50)
6. Trade Deadline (Friday June 17th at 8:00pm PST. )
7. Adds/drops turned off (Friday June 17th at 8:00pm PST. )
8. Post season (Best-of-7)
9. Awards given (MVP, DPOY, 6th Man, ROY, All-NBA Team)
10. Deadline to sign/resign players
11. Season turns over/progressions run/retirements

1. Rosters
- Teams will have a max of 15 man NBA roster and can carry players on Minor League (G-League) roster
- Teams will have $150M budgets
- Players will stop progressing at age 30 and will start regressing at age 35
- Players not under contract will retire at age 35; Players under contract will retire after 40


2. Contracts
- Maximum contracts are 4 years
- You can sign any of your players to a Pennant Chase NBA contract
- You can play a player after drafting or acquiring him, in FA but he will not stay on your roster the following year if not under a Pennant Chase NBA contract

3. Buy Outs
- Any player on a Pennant Chase NBA contract can be Bought Out. This will require half of his remaining contract be deducted from the team budget
- Any Buy Outs simply require an email to the commissioner
- Any reduced team budgets will be reinstated the following season

4. “Franchise” Player
-One (1) player per team can be designated a “Franchise” player each season
- This allows the player to permanently have his stats changed to any season of his career
- His age will stay what it currently is in the league
- Once designated a “Franchise” player, he must be signed to a Pennant Chase NBA contract if he isn't already
-A player may only have his stats changed once in his career
- The chosen player and season must be communicated to the commissioner by Season Tip-Off each year.


5. Progression Changes
-Any player imported into the league at the beginning of the 2000 season has a C progression. Any players added to the league by Draft Class going forward will have different progressions
- Team can pay for permanent progression upgrades for any player at any time. It costs $5 per progression level increase per player:
- $5 to go from U to F, $5 to go from F to C, $5 to go from C to A, and $5 to go from A to S. You cannot "sell" progressions so you can't go the opposite direction once a player starts to regress
- Progression payments will be deducted from team budgets, but will reset for the following season.

6. Free Agency
-Every team will have a week after the season ends for FA bidding. Send offers to commissioner.
- All offers need to include: amount given per year, and the amount of years (EX: SF LeBron James 4x$25M=$100M)
- At the end of that window, free agents sign to the best offer (multiply years and amount given)
- In the event of a tie, the player will sign the shorter contract. If still tied, the player will choose the team with the better record the previous season.
- No priority bidding. Only offer contracts that you want - assume you may win them all

7. Trades and Draft Pick Trading
- Trades are unlimited
- Draft pick trading is allowed but only for the next draft

8. Awards
MVP
DPOY
6th Man of Year
ROY
All-NBA

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