Congrats, Incu! Couldn't figure out how to keep you off the foul line.
Congratulations Incu!
Congrats to Incu on the improbable and dominating run!
Dirk leads the Mavs to the promise land 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Pau is still available looking for a lottery pick if possible and younger players
Hey all. LeBron is now on the trading block. It will take a significant amount to get him. But make your offers.
Cp3 hurt 10 games- that won’t help
Kobe and Pau available for young players and picks
All Knicks available make me some trade offers
James Nelson gets hurt every time we win 7 straight , dude must celebrate too much
I’m open to moving player for picks this year or next
good luck Pacers, way too much for us
That’s wild did you sign Angel reece?
Never seen a box score like this - outrebounded the Grizzlies 86-36 and the game didn't even go to OT
As for Diogu, there was an error in the spreadsheet. I have removed all Diogu bids so he can be bid on again. Next time message me because I don't always check the league chat box because more conversation happens in the Discord
The FA system was actually built by others for another league and copied over to this league.
The FA system was actually built by others for another league and copied over to this league.
Any updates on what I did wrong or why the sheet glitched?
Also confirming bidding was still open when my bid was placed via timestamps so I’m stumped on this one
The offer was valid for days and even showed up as winning
I’m confused what happened with PF Diogo who the sheet has moved to signing with the spurs for 4/4/16. I had a lees ring bid and was listed as the winner for my 4/5/20 offer, but that agreement seems to have went away and on the live sheet the offer has changed to “invalid”? Why did I lose him
I agree - we need that tutorial- I have tried to run it, to no avail
Agree, very well run leagues!
Agree! even the voting system for season awards is lit!
BEST! Lol
BY FAR the nest version of free agency on PC! dgtedford could you give a tutorial to the other commissioners?
Free agency is live. See details below
Kirilenko is available for those with money to spend - $45 for this year
I don’t have many assets to move but if you can make my team better I’m interested especially at G, not much cap space to work with either
It has to be an AAV of 3, no lower.
anyone available on celtics...looking for SF/PF/PG
Does an Av of 2.5 round up to be 3 or would that be an illegal offer?
Message me if interested
Dragic is on market if anyone is looking for a backup guard
also a reminder that most of the conversation for the league happens in Discord https://discord.gg/pAmUEZm3
On that note put me in the market for an upgrade, my guys stink!
@Incu that's correct, and you can likely find a player to acquire either through trade or free agency that would be a good stat change, if you don't have one on your roster
Can someone help me with the state lottery change, am I understanding right I’m choosing a person to move to their real life 2010-2011 then they will progress from there?
Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Antonio Daniels all want to chase a ring and I’m honoring requests, looking for youth and picks
I’m willing to sell my stars for picks, this team just doesn’t have enough!
welcome to the league
Hi I’m new to this but this league looks amazing
btw, the Discord is here if anyone wants to get in on the conversation there: https://discord.gg/NRYuBgSu
btw, the Discord is here if anyone wants to get in on the conversation there: https://discord.gg/NRYuBgSu
Tough break guys. Really surprising.
Wow, destroyed in round 1
Well, no title defense. Congrats Bulls.
Iverson still available!!
Crawford and Ariza are also available
Rasheed Wallace, Josh Howard, and Andre Iguodala available for trade
Willing to take on salary cap for picks.
Kyle Lowry and Raja Bell are available if anyone is interested
Anyone interested in Baron Davis?
It's amazing how the 8th seed in the east has the same record with the west's fourth seed. I guess we should say wild wild east this time? 😅
Understood. I hope you’re staying safe, dgtedford.
temporarily yes, since commish was affected in the LA fires. But he continued simming a while ago
Are sims on hold?
AI on the trade block send me offers, looking for picks and/ or young talent
me no likey this.
Not really, but you can do the off-season workout program on one player each year
Do minutes played not progress in this league?
Hello Commish, can I ask the link to join discord? Thanks!
Hello everyone!
9x All-Star Kevin Garnett , Looking for a new Home . Looking for picks and young talent. 11.5TWS , 24p 11r 3b and 2steals a game last year .
Thornton or sweeney up for lesser $$$
He hasn't logged in since 11/23
Has anyone heard from Cavaliers (rnz2015) ? Can someone try contacting him on discord?
Lottery will be posted Wednesday. Also, in the discord!
Thanks fellas! This is a tough league with so many great owners.
Did the draft lottery run?
What a season, Wizards. Congrats!
Congrats sledwards and the Wizards!
congrats @sled
RIP. so close lol
great series hornets----
Great series Cavaliers. I feel lucky to move on.
I will also follow up with a message
Can I get an invite to your discord group?
Soon
When do we get our free agents on our teams?
@6ers Lakers 2009 1st. Trade was posted on Discord
what does mcvn get in the listed trade?
Ask commish for the discord link if they haven't sent it to you
Whoever had Detroit before me should have stuck around to clean up their own mess. They traded away all their picks.
Which one?
Hello... We mostly chat on the Discord
Hello all
2009 draft is huge- curry, harden, Blake
All players open for trade, looking for future draft picks.
Kings looking for picks in 2009 as well.
Anyone want to swap my 1st this year for their first next year?
Shaq answers the call in gaME 5
Marion is a beast
marion 14 DS vs pacers wow
Nice job hornets- I could t stop Marion
Bulls and Horneta hold Wizards to 34 and 28 % shooting in back to back games. I need Bosh and Wade to help LeBron!
Melo misses 2 game winning shots vs us
Fielding offers on Gilbert Arenas
Please cut the 60th overall pick from my lineup. Thanks!
At this time you can also let me know if you would like to cut free of charge any 2nd rd picks from this draft
Picks 32 and 60 are available
For those posting a lot in the chat box, just a reminder we also have the Discord: https://discord.gg/E95uRfRD
Looking to move McDyees and Bibby. Looking for picks - this year or future
Stackhouse Is available if the price is right.
Anyone want Bonzi Wells?
Ron Mercer- beast
Anyone want a 2007 1st round pick (from Ind) for a 2008 first rounder?
I have 3 2nd round picks this year, looking to trade them for future picks. Message me if interested.
Willing to trade 15 and 18 in a deal for a top 5 pick in this draft, future draft picks or veterans. Hit me with what you’ve got.
Fielding offers for my draft picks… #7 anybody, #7??
Entertaining trades for Bibby and McDyess. Prefer potential future lottery picks.
Thanks everyone.
Congrats Hornets- 👍
Congratulations Hornets
congrats Hornets
Congrats to dgtedford and his Hornets on there Championship!
Spurs looking to finish a miracle comeback
Day 60
when is the trade deadline?
One more W and I will have more wins this season than last season.
Thought I figured some things out...oh well, SOS.....
1 point 2OT loss to the lakers... kill me
Welcome BiggMoose!
Sorry, Building a team here. If you’re looking to trade any players email me. I I am open
Bogut
Correct
I saw in the rukles that its fine to go over the roster size limit in the offseason, but you have toi be back to 15 by the deadline.
Are we allowed to go over 15 players in the offseason or do I have to preemptively waive players if I plan on signing some?
Trading 2nd round pick for future 2nd
Anyone interested in a 2nd round pick?
Tim Thomas also available
Foster available for trade
Anyone want to trade their '07 2nd rounder for my 2nd rd next year ('06)?
I'm loving the draft analysis
ya if this continues I will move up the timer
word
There's too much time between picks.
Yeh, those first 3 went fast. Some of these picks will use the full 24 hours
Stuck on 4th pick
Thanks all!
Congrats Pacers!!
Congratssssssssssss Pacers!!!
congrats Pacers!
Congrats Pacers!!!
Congrats Pacers!
Great finals going on
Good series Bulls
I choose the All-Stars, btw. I don't use PC ranking.
Stop it Toph lol He didn’t start because of PC stats ranking and in PC stats ranking he’s Top 3 MVP . DG now that’s a valid point lol but we needed him to shoot as much as he could
I think the 42% FG shooting hurts Pierce's candidacy quite a bit.
PP did not even start the all-star game. Get outta here with that bs 😉
He’s a DPOY candidate too of course he probably won’t win that one
Pierce for MVP ! 33p 7rbs 3a 3stls 1b 3DS best player on the best team lol he had help but my guy should win
I mean, stop fouling 🤣
52 to 13 FT attempts ?!? Ouch. No way to win that game.
Has to be an investigation Taylor played 4 mins and got 4 fouls
But we finally got our first win
Yeah
I mean, I would have kept Swift but it was the Michael Finley trade the really stings.
I hope I didn’t get lowballed with the trades I did in the offseason
I agree there are FAs available better than players currently playing for the Grizz
You could absolutely sign some FA right now to improve your team
what did you trade your 1st for?
My team sucks
0-10 wow
Oof, I need to zoom in more. No triple double LOL
T Mac with an opening night triple double!
Pelicans have Jerry Stackhouse available as well
Billups is available for right deal
15% hit to stats on the minutes played over their max. So 24.4 minutes normal but anything over that gets taxed
New to basketball leagues, if I set a guy that has 24.4 MPG in his stats to play 25 or 26 a game, how big is the negative impact?
Okay good
likely after as it doesn't appear we will finish FA this week
This all comes after or during the holidays ?
Next steps will be finishing off-season programs and stat changes, cuts/waivers and season start
What are our next steps after FA?
First come first serve on a 1yr/1$ contract is tough tho, can miss a lot of opportunities by not being online at the right moment. But I'll go with whatever you guys decide
dangit i hate weekends. lost a couple bids because didnt check in in 2 days
I'm definitely good with that. I dont really think each team needs to know everyone's exact budget, though. Takes the realism out of it. But, as the new guy, I'm fine with whatever keeps the league running haha
I'm fine with this if everyone else is
Another thought on drops during FA - do not place those players in the FA bidding pool. Instead they go straight to 1 yr/$1 assignment with the caveat that the releasing team cannot re-sign them.Then the team's up to date $ budget will be reflected.
I will take into consideration the thoughts and ideas posted here. Mostly, just really appreciative that people are so engaged and care.
I am so looking forward to the season starting to see how my team works together.
Like was said though it is good the way it is. This is good conversation.
If somebody wants to overbig big time on a player to be over the cap that is fine. If the ability to lock moves ONCE over the cap. That would be solid
From the posts here I do not perceive the league as a whole being concerned about this. It is what it is -so be it. It's the nature of the beast and I can live with it.
DG- Not allowing cuts during FA for the reasons you mention is ok. No prob. My solution is just simply do not allow a team to have more dollars in bids than is in their team budget on the tracking list at any given time. ton the tracking sheet
Not trying to argue your point though. It's good conversation.
Happens all the time - teams spend too much and have to balance it out with cuts. I was definitely budgeted the whole time, as I assume we all were.
The reason for not allowing cuts during free agency is a practical one. It takes extra effort to run the waivers and then move those players into the free agent pool and tracking sheet, which is more work than I am willing to do during FA.
The end result is not in question or the issue. The 'process' of individual FA bidding is. How many NBA owners give their GMs unlimited blank checks to sign FAs?
I dont think anyone is going to be over cap or over the roster size once its all said and done.
There have been parts of the 'process' that are and have been flawed throughout history -sports and non-sports.
Jay - I don't see that as a flaw. I feel like it is all part of the process.
I do love this free agency period though. Very cool
Agreed we should be dealing with tangible quantities as much as possible or practical.
Cuts an Owner may make after FA is an unknown. As an opposing owner it is near impossible for me to surmise a dollar amount from unknoown cuts to be completed.
Totally agree
There may be more clarity in that regard if we could waive/cut players during FA bidding instead of after it is completed.
If its me you're worried about, I have cuts that I wanted to make but that step comes next. Cuts come with returned cap, so you should be figuring in that money, too.
Who isn't going to make cap?
Is there an option to lock free agent signings once over the cap?
With cuts happening after the free agency period, that's bound to happen. But the penalty is huge if you don't have a plan. So it seems like a good deterrent
My issue with FA bidding is the dollar budget. Exceed the roster cap off season as much as you want but how do you bid dollars you do not have?
What #is your 1st pick
Anyone want this trade? Both my picks this year for your unprotected first from 07
I did a sweep this morning. Players moved.
When we getting the player won off the list
Anyone have interest in Kwame brown?
Knicks have too much $$$ , gotta drop out of big money race for Wallace, Kidd
I think if that happens, there's a rule in place that the high dollar guy gets auctioned off.
The biggest issue that might pop up in the next little bit, is it someone goes over budget and runs a high salary player through waivers. If no one claims that contract, they'll be up for a $1/1 to whoever grabs them first
That rule already applies. But you have until the season starts, which means you can go over during free agency, which is the issue mcvn was raising below
Maybe apply the salary cap penalty to roster spots as well. Lose your top guy if you don't get the roster down or make cap.
I am open to league input on rules related to FA bidding. I wouldn't apply anything this off-season but the basic rules as they stand are you can go over cap and limits during the off-season so long as you get under prior to start of season. We could add some kind of hard cap on roster spots, though.
my other question is- and im not calling anyone out,, i just want clarity- a team like the spurs has 18 roster spots filled already. should they be allowed to keep bidding on players?
Yeh, I only had three players that I wanted to give minutes to going into free agency. I think the Sonics look pretty good now
Yeah that system is nice, makes it realistic and quite punishing if you miss out on your main target(s)
Very happy with the off-season here though.
I love this FA system even though I got destroyed by it in the other league last off-season. Lost the bidding war on my elite target, and missed out on my other mid-range targets because of it.
@jay12 it pays to get in early sometimes
I'm not opposed to a discord either
I'd join a discord too
I would support a discord for communication purposes, even if not particularly active otherwise.
I do not have a Discord but could be persuaded if a lot of people were interested
Does this league have a Discord?
I was after Mourning but was learning. :)
I'm a few bucks over but have plans for waivers/trade to take care of it.
Looks like he is still within payroll to me, but I am not good at this …added $97 per season.?
Who is bidding way over their budget? Remember, if someone does that, they may have serious trouble later because you can't trade those players and you need to be under budget before the season starts or I cut your best players
Dude - you spent $307 total on FAs. Not fairly cheap and If I had known what I am now encountering I would have battled you for at least 2 of them.
I got 4 of the top 5 free agents in points per game for fairly cheap 🤷
Cannot outbid a team that has no bidding limitations so will no longer pursue this. No matter any retributions after FA ends it still adversely affected the bid process of compliant teams.
So, if you grab a player for a future stat change that you have to be bottom 8 to use, are you just planning on sucking?
@rnz- good point about the stat change. didnt think of that and too lazy too look into fact checking so you win :)
fair question
Why am I having to bid my budget money against a team that is exceeding their budget?
why are teams allowed to overbid? No drops or waivers until FA ends?
Some of y'all out here spending money you don't have. Not sure what your plan is once you get your FAs