Lead Story - 6/15/2025

🎖️ LEAGUE OVERVIEW:
The Modern Era NBA begins in 1996 and all rosters, coaches, logos and arenas are up to date as of of the 1996 season, with a couple of early updates from the new Commissioner's Office. When joining this league, you are tin the driver's seat of the franchise and are taking control of the organization's relocations, logo updates, coaches, arena, and financials. Team owners will receive a message/notification about a logo update or city relocation if it is relevant to your franchise and their real-life changes, but if and when owners would like to change their Head Coach, Arena name, or have questions about relocation just send a commissioner a message

🗓️ LEAGUE CALENDAR
-Roster Deadline (Day 1)
-Regular Season (82 games - 3 Sims Daily at every 8 hr. 26 Division Games & 2 Games vs every non-division opponent)
-Trade Deadline (Day 50 - deadline for FA adds/trades)
-All-Star Weekend (Day 60 - 5 days rest, NBA All-Stars selected)
-End of Regular Season - MVP & DPOY Awards announced
-Playoffs (16 teams - Every round will be best of 7. Division Winners granted #1 & #2 Seeds)
-Finals MVP announced
-Deadline to Sign Extensions
-Progressions
-Trades Turned On for Upcoming Season
-Draft
-Top 3 Draftees' Stat Changes
-Bottom 10 Teams' Stat Changes
-Sign Rookie Contracts
(Owners have the option to NOT sign their newly drafted player to a Rookie Contract by sending message to the commish)
-Unrestricted Free Agency (Players that did not get re signed or drafted will enter Free Agency for bidding)
-FA Adds allowed again
-End of offseason

6/15/2025

Inaugural 1996 Season

🏀 Inaugural 1996 Season 🎖️
-This league will start in the year 1996 with the 1996-97 rosters loaded to each franchise. When joining the league, you are able to select any available franchise to begin. Please send the commish a message with your choice.
-It is up to you to sign your players with a 15 roster max -- Inaugural 1996 Player Signing info to follow****

🏀 Inaugural 1996 Player Signing Period💰
-Salary Cap is $150
-Players' Contract Demands are LESS during this period to ensure that team's do not have issues with the Salary Cap to start the the Modern Era NBA
-Player's Contract Demands will increase after this period
*This is important to note when filling out initial rosters
-Rookie Rate Contracts -- players 23 y/o and younger can be signed for up to 4 / $6
*To do so, send a message to the commissioner with the name of the player and the length you'd like to sign him

🏀 Inaugural 1996 Player Stat Change📈
-To start the Modern Era, each franchise has the option to select one (1) player and change his stats to any year in his career, while keeping his current age
-To make this selection, send a message to the commissioner with the name of the player and the year you'd like to change his stats to