Yo Mama
Footballguy
Trying something new this year since I don’t feel like sorting through salaries and constantly making updates as NBA teams make changes.
This year, we’ll draft based on where the players played before entering the NBA. But wait, there’s more - to make things more confusing, we’ll also be auctioning for draft order each round*. We’re not done - to make things even more unpredictable, I’ll be rolling dice before each round* to determine which player bucket we will be drafting from. * = pending a vote on format in the second post.
Team Setup
- 12 rounds of drafting
- You need to have at least one player from each of our eight buckets (see below)
- You can not have more than two players from any bucket
Player Buckets
- ACC
- Big-10
- Big-12
- PAC-12
- SEC
- Big East + WCC
- Other US college + HS + G League
- Foreign
Bucket Eligibility
- There are 8 player buckets based on where they played prior to the NBA (per NBA dot com)
- I looked at a few different sets of rankings to get the buckets as balanced as possible
- Conferences are based on last year’s conferences so UCLA is in PAC-12 and Oklahoma is in Big-12
- If a player transferred colleges, he is only eligible for the last school he attended
- If a foreign born player went to a US college, they get bucketed with the college and are not considered foreign
- If a US born player played overseas rather than go to a US college, he is considered in the foreign bucket
- I believe the G League designation is for players who went directly to the G League instead of college. This includes a few foreign born players. It does not include players who were drafted out of college and were later sent down to the G League.
- On the draft workbook, I will have a tab with all the player buckets so there is less confusion (LOL I almost said no confusion)
- I made the player bucket list last week based on official rosters as of that time. Any players not on this list can be added, but must use the NBA dot com designation for Who’d He Play For.
Pre-Draft Random Dice Roll
- Before each round*, I will roll the dice to determine which bucket we will be drafting from
- Once we draft from a bucket twice, that bucket will be closed
Draft Order Auction
- Everyone gets $1000 to bid on draft order
- After the bucket for each round* is set, we will do a blind auction for draft order
- Everyone will PM me their bids and I will PM one lucky volunteer to send my bid to
- Highest bidder drafts first that round, lowest bidder goes last
- Bids need to leave enough $ remaining for at least $1 for all remaining rounds (no bidding in cents or fractions)
- Ties go to the person with the most remaining funds, then a dice roll if that is tied
Other
- As usual, I’m hoping we won’t need to set a timer on drafting. We’ve been pretty good in the past with this. I retain the right to change my mind if this whole mess takes months to complete.
- I’ll set up a workbook for the draft once we figure everything out and know how many participants we have. I might need someone to help automate some things.
- If we have lots of drafters, I may consolidate a couple of the buckets that are less deep.
I may have been slightly under the influence when thinking this ludicrous process up, so I am willing to make any tweaks as needed for things that are too crazy.
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This year, we’ll draft based on where the players played before entering the NBA. But wait, there’s more - to make things more confusing, we’ll also be auctioning for draft order each round*. We’re not done - to make things even more unpredictable, I’ll be rolling dice before each round* to determine which player bucket we will be drafting from. * = pending a vote on format in the second post.
Team Setup
- 12 rounds of drafting
- You need to have at least one player from each of our eight buckets (see below)
- You can not have more than two players from any bucket
Player Buckets
- ACC
- Big-10
- Big-12
- PAC-12
- SEC
- Big East + WCC
- Other US college + HS + G League
- Foreign
Bucket Eligibility
- There are 8 player buckets based on where they played prior to the NBA (per NBA dot com)
- I looked at a few different sets of rankings to get the buckets as balanced as possible
- Conferences are based on last year’s conferences so UCLA is in PAC-12 and Oklahoma is in Big-12
- If a player transferred colleges, he is only eligible for the last school he attended
- If a foreign born player went to a US college, they get bucketed with the college and are not considered foreign
- If a US born player played overseas rather than go to a US college, he is considered in the foreign bucket
- I believe the G League designation is for players who went directly to the G League instead of college. This includes a few foreign born players. It does not include players who were drafted out of college and were later sent down to the G League.
- On the draft workbook, I will have a tab with all the player buckets so there is less confusion (LOL I almost said no confusion)
- I made the player bucket list last week based on official rosters as of that time. Any players not on this list can be added, but must use the NBA dot com designation for Who’d He Play For.
Pre-Draft Random Dice Roll
- Before each round*, I will roll the dice to determine which bucket we will be drafting from
- Once we draft from a bucket twice, that bucket will be closed
Draft Order Auction
- Everyone gets $1000 to bid on draft order
- After the bucket for each round* is set, we will do a blind auction for draft order
- Everyone will PM me their bids and I will PM one lucky volunteer to send my bid to
- Highest bidder drafts first that round, lowest bidder goes last
- Bids need to leave enough $ remaining for at least $1 for all remaining rounds (no bidding in cents or fractions)
- Ties go to the person with the most remaining funds, then a dice roll if that is tied
Other
- As usual, I’m hoping we won’t need to set a timer on drafting. We’ve been pretty good in the past with this. I retain the right to change my mind if this whole mess takes months to complete.
- I’ll set up a workbook for the draft once we figure everything out and know how many participants we have. I might need someone to help automate some things.
- If we have lots of drafters, I may consolidate a couple of the buckets that are less deep.
I may have been slightly under the influence when thinking this ludicrous process up, so I am willing to make any tweaks as needed for things that are too crazy.
Join now!!!
