I will set up a fantasy basketball league on Yahoo if anyone is interested. Would like at least 10. Looking for draft to potentially be Sat., Oct 25th, just before regular season.

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TravC59, aka JacksJags. @TravC59 on Twitter
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Interested....I wont look at it for weeks at a time, but I'm interested.

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People still watch basketball?

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I ain't no monkey... I'm an ape.

People still watch basketball?

People come in, and then post on things that do not interest them?

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TravC59, aka JacksJags. @TravC59 on Twitter
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Hey Trav. I'm game for a fantasy Basketball League. I've seen an interesting concept from a friend regarding fantasy baseball/basketball/hockey leagues.

 

He has a league where at the beginning of the year each Manager a drafts certain number of teams instead of players. The rules then become they are only allowed to play players from those teams.

 

It is a interesting spin, but it makes drafting a bit more tricky and balancing. It also makes it easier for people used to playing other types of leagues (like football), to play since they do not have to follow every team which is difficult in sports with more than 16+ games/season.

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Hey Trav. I'm game for a fantasy Basketball League. I've seen an interesting concept from a friend regarding fantasy baseball/basketball/hockey leagues.

 

He has a league where at the beginning of the year each Manager a drafts certain number of teams instead of players. The rules then become they are only allowed to play players from those teams.

 

It is a interesting spin, but it makes drafting a bit more tricky and balancing. It also makes it easier for people used to playing other types of leagues (like football), to play since they do not have to follow every team which is difficult in sports with more than 16+ games/season.

I haven't heard of that set up before. It is interesting, but I'll probably stay traditional. I don't even think Yahoo has a set up that you can choose like that one.

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TravC59, aka JacksJags. @TravC59 on Twitter
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I'd be interested if it was weekly lineups and it wasn't rpr's system.

 

I'm in a super intense NBA league where you roster the guys based on their contacts/salaries. Take a look at this.

 

 

RULES:

 

League Set-Up:
There will be 2 conferences consisting of 5 teams each, with teams drawn from a hat to decide conferences. Team owners will select a team name consisting of the geographic location they live in (city/state/neighborhood, etc.) and a team mascot/nickname that should emulate how an actual NBA team would be named. Games will be weekly with a head-to-head format. Eight categories will be scored as wins and losses. Scoring will be run through a fantasy website (ESPN.com or Yahoo.com). There will be a three-person rules committee that can rule on any league disputes or bylaws during the season, with a majority vote prevailing. This is in place, especially during the first season, due to the complexity of the league. The league commissioner will keep track of all rosters and salaries.


 

Stat categories:
Points, Rebounds, Assists, Blocks, Steals, FG%, FT%, 3-PT%


 

Starting Rotation:
C, C/PF, PF, PF/SF, SF, SF/SG, SG, SG/PG, PG


 

Positions and Rosters:
Player position eligibility is set before the season, and will be listed on a master cheat sheet with all contract numbers. A majority vote by the rules committee can alter player eligibility during the season. A player that is listed as a center can be slotted in either the C or C/PF position. A player that is listed as a center/power forward can be slotted in the C, C/PF, PF or PF/SF position. Initial rosters are set up by a $200 Auction. A random order will be created, with owners taking turns nominating a player to bid on. The nominating owner must begin with an opening bid of at least $1. The owner with the winning bid will inherit the current contract of player, including both salary and length. The salary cap will be the same as the NBA, and change accordingly in future seasons. The 2013-14 cap is $58 million. Teams will have to be above the salary cap floor, which in the NBA is $52 million, but will be rounded down to $50 million for fantasy. We will use actual NBA player salaries and their contracts, with numbers always rounded down to the nearest million. Scoring is done during weekly lineups with a 9-man rotation accumulating stats. Rosters can have 12-15 active players.


 

Playoffs:
Both conferences will have a number one seed, receiving a bye for the first round of the playoffs. The first round is a matchup between seeds #2 and #3. The winner will advance to face the top seed in round two. The conference winners will face each other in the Finals. Playoff rounds may be either 1 or 2 weeks long, TBD.


 

Salaries:
Salaries are guaranteed, so all players throughout the year count versus the salary cap. (15 players’ salaries are added up, plus any added player adds to the cap number, but the released player does not subtract from the cap number). The exception to this rule is any player’s salary which is under 1 million, which does not count against the cap. All salaries will be rounded down to the nearest million. ($14.9 million = $14 million and $900,000 = $0). Salary cap numbers will be used from Hoopworld.com, until a better source is found. Two other respectable sources can trump Hoopsworld.com’s reported salary number (ESPN, Hoopshype.com, etc.). All salary disputes will go to the rules committee. The auction cheat sheet is only a guideline. All contracts for the current season will be locked once a player is assigned to a fantasy team, but no numbers are guaranteed to remain the same in the future, due to contract extensions, typos, misinformation, etc.


 

Draft:
There will be a yearly rookie draft. The top pick will be determined by a draft lottery (chart below). Previous season won-loss record will determine order after the first pick, except for the Championship team getting last pick regardless of record. Draft will consist of two rounds, with the draft order the same as round 1, unless a pick has been traded.


 

Entry Fee:
Yearly buy-in will be a ratio of salary cap number ($1 million = 1 dollar). We will charge initial league fee of $50 on auction night. Salary cap number will averaged between beginning of season, midway between beginning of season and trade deadline, trade deadline, and final playoff roster. The average will be the actual league fee for the year, with teams getting refunds or needing to pay more, depending on increasing or decreasing average salary during course of season. Payouts and dues will be settled within 2 weeks of the fantasy championship.


 

Payouts:
All payouts will be based on a percentage of the league revenues (all money collected by league for player salaries; this does not include luxury tax fund).


The championship team will receive 40% of league revenues.


The runner-up will receive 20%


Both conference champs will receive 10%


Other playoff teams will receive 5%


 

Free Agency:
When a player leaves his actual NBA team, he will become a fantasy free agent. This includes when he leaves via sign-and-trade. When a player resigns or signs an extension with his actual NBA team, the fantasy owner will have option of keeping player with his new contract, or allowing him to become free agent. Every offseason an auction night will be set for owners to bid on free agents.


 

Salary Cap Exceptions:


            Resigning players or signing rookies


            Trading for players with higher salaries


            Using exceptions to sign players (these should match up closely to current NBA rules)


 

Luxury Tax:
Teams that are over salary cap face luxury taxes that will be paid to league tax fund in similar fashion as NBA (chart below), and teams below the luxury tax will receive this revenue in similar fashion (luxury tax revenue split evenly). Luxury tax line is at $71 million, and will be adjusted in future as NBA moves limit.


 

Salary Cap Specifics:
Teams over the luxury tax have one Mid-Level Exception, when a player can be signed for $3 million or less per season. Teams under the luxury tax but over the salary cap have one MLE, when a player can be signed for $5 million or less per season. Teams will also be allowed to sign as many players as they want for $1 million or less with the minimum exception. Players can be traded for draft picks, and the outgoing salary will become a trade exception, and must be used within 365 days. The trade exception is the amount of extra salary a team can take back in a trade when over the salary cap, and must be used in one trade. Teams below the salary cap can trade without regard to the cap, as long as they don’t go over cap as result of trade. Teams above salary cap but below luxury tax (after trade) can acquire salaries equal to 150% of outgoing salaries. Teams above luxury tax can acquire salaries equal to 125% of outgoing salaries.


 

Charts:


 

Luxury taxes:

Amount over tax threshold

Standard tax per excess dollar

Repeat offender tax per excess dollar

$4 million or less




$1.50




$2.50




$5 million to $9 million




$1.75




$2.75




$10 million to $14 million




$2.50




$3.50




$15 million to $19 million




$3.25




$4.25




Over $20 million




$3.25 + $0.50 per $5 million




$4.25 + $0.50 per $5 million



 

The luxury tax is applied incrementally. A team that is 20 million over the cap would pay $47.25 (4 x 1.5 + 5 x 1.75 + 5 x 2.50 + 5 x 3.25 + 1 x 3.75) which is (6 + 8.75 + 12.50 + 16.25 + 3.75) to the luxury tax fund.


 

Draft Lottery Ping Pong Balls (if 10 teams):


Worst: 48


30


18


4


 

Draft Lottery Ping Pong Balls (if 12 teams):


Worst: 36


24


12


6


4


2


16 Conspiracy Balls (league-wide silent vote to assign top pick, must be bottom-6 team) (This rule may be voted out)

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Point being, I'll play if I don't need to dedicate a lot of time to two NBA leagues.

 

 

Crappy thing about that league is that I trade for Paul George last season because I was a contender and his 3mil contract was great. Now, his contract went up to 12/13/14/5 over the next 4 seasons, meaning my highest paid player is going to be out the entire 2014/2015 season. Sucks majorly.

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It'll be a head to head league. New opponent each week. Pretty easy to keep up with.

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TravC59, aka JacksJags. @TravC59 on Twitter
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I haven't heard of that set up before. It is interesting, but I'll probably stay traditional. I don't even think Yahoo has a set up that you can choose like that one.

 

Yeah, you cannot force those rules on the Yahoo model. We just monitor to make sure teams are following the rules.

 

Nonetheless, I'm in for the league.

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