1 Opening in 1997/98 and 1998/99 Prog.-filled !! Topic

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We have 1 opening for a double season progressive that started with the 1967/68 & 1968/69 seasons, the first two years of the ABA. We will soon be starting season 16,1997/98 & 1998/99. We are currently posting keepers, season 15 has 17 games (9 days) left. The draft will take place after a replacement owner is found, all keepers are posted and I have completed the available player list. This is the 1st time in 2 seasons that we have had an opening in the league. Each season you will be able to select which of 2 seasons you want to use for each of your players (assuming they are active both seasons). The upcoming season (16) you may use 1997/98 or 1998/99, the following season (17) you will be able to use 1999/00 or 2000/01 etc.
                 
Information on the team available is posted below.

Rookies for the 1997/98 and 1998/99 season include Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison and many other good players.		        
                 
No rookies, no WW. Trades of players OK and draft picks one season in advance only.
                 
Drafts subsequent to the initial draft will be in inverse order of regular season record, with the tiebreaker being total point differential (points scored less points allowed) with the team with the worse point differential drafting earlier. However, as an anti-tanking provision for the 1st round only there will be a weighted lottery among the 4 teams with the worst record for the first 4 draft positions. The same tiebreaker will be used for these positions.
                 
Since this is a progressive league I do request that you not sign up unless you expect to be able to participate for at least 5 seasons.
                 
If interested please sign up below and you will be given temporary access to the league's private forum. If you want the team, you will need to post a keeper list for season 16 as soon as possible after you have reviewed the team's roster and decided which players to keep. 
4/18/2014 9:53 AM (edited)
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The first team available is the Phoenix Suns. The Suns current record in the 1995/96 and 1996/97 season is 37-32, with 13 games left in the season. The current owner is a very experienced owner who has suddenly dropped from several progressive basketball leagues with no communication.

The team's roster for 1995/96 and 1996/97 was as follows:   THIS TEAM HAS BEEN TAKEN

Kenny Anderson PG
Kobe Bryant SG
Sherman Douglas PG
Grant Hill SF
Ervin Johnson C
Magic Johnson PF
George Lynch SF
Terry Mills PF
Tracy Murray SF
Olden Polynice C
Alvin Robertson SG
Lorenzen Wright C

Robertson and Magic Johnson retired at the end of the 1995/96 and 1996/97 seasons, so the team will need at least 2 draft picks.  I will post data for the actual 1997/98 and 1998/99 seasons (making assumptions as to which season will be used for each player) for the other 10 players below.

Terry Mills may be a candidate to be cut. Grant Hill is at the peak of his career, and Kobe Bryant is just starting his great career (he was the #3 draft pick for the 1995/96 & 1996/97 draft). Those 2 will be the nucleus of this team.

4/22/2014 8:32 AM (edited)
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Rapid City Thrillers roster for 1995/96 and 1996/97 was as follows:

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf PG
Elden Campbell PF
Sash Danilovic SG
Todd Day SG
Tom Hammonds PF
Chris Mullin SG
Scottie Pippen SF
Bryant Reeves C
Joe Smith PF
Otis Thorpe PF
Nick Van Exel PG
Eric Williams SF

Danilovic retired after the 1995/96 and 1996/97 season. Day, if kept, will be on IR for the 1997/98 and 1998/99 season. Abdul-Rauf and possibly Day and/or Hammonds should be cut so the team will need at least 2 and possibly 3 or 4 draft picks. I will post data concerning the 10 active players for the 1997/98 and 1998/99 seasons (making assumptions as to which season will be used for each player) below.

This team is no longer available
4/18/2014 9:55 AM (edited)
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An owner with 2 teams in the league has decided to make one of the teams available. Both of his teams have won league championships (3 for the team he is keeping) and have been well managed. Both teams are now in rebuilding mode. The team available is the Dallas Huskies, who have a record of 35-44 with 3 games left in the 1995/96 and 1996/97 season. The Dallas Huskies won the league championship in the 1993/94 and 1994/95 season with a 62-20 record. 

The team's roster for 1995/96 and 1996/97 was as follows:  
Shannon Anderson SG
Willie Anderson SF
B.J. Armstrong PG
Sam Cassell PG
Clyde Drexler SG
Patrick Ewing C
A.C. Green PF
Kerry Kittles SG
Aaron McKie SG
Oliver Miller C
Cherokee Parks C
Malik Rose PF
Spud Webb PG

Spud Webb retired after the 1995/96 and 1996/97 season. I will post data concerning the 11 active players for the 1997/98 and 1998/99 seasons (making assumptions as to which season will be used for each player) below.
4/22/2014 9:00 AM (edited)
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Following are the teams actual per game statistics for 1997/98 and 1998/99:

 
 
    Name Team Pos GP* Min Pts FG% 3Pt% FT% OReb Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF
    Sam Cassell 97-98 Nets PG 75 34.7 19.6 44.1 18.8 86.0 1.0 3.0 8.0 3.6 1.6 0.3 3.5
    Kerry Kittles 97-98 Nets SG 77 36.5 17.2 44.0 41.8 80.8 1.7 4.7 2.3 1.4 1.7 0.5 2.0
    Clyde Drexler 97-98 Rockets SG 70 35.3 18.4 42.7 31.7 80.1 1.5 4.9 5.5 2.7 1.8 0.6 2.8
    A.C. Green 97-98 Mavericks PF 82 32.3 7.3 45.3 0.0 71.6 2.7 8.1 1.5 0.8 1.0 0.3 1.9
    Patrick Ewing 98-99 Knicks C 63 33.8 17.1 43.6 0.0 70.7 1.9 9.8 1.1 2.6 0.8 2.6 2.7
    B.j. Armstrong 97-98 Hornets PG 66 12.6 4.0 49.3 25.7 84.0 0.2 1.2 2.3 0.6 0.4 0.0 1.1
    Shandon Anderson 97-98 Jazz SG 82 19.5 8.3 53.8 21.9 73.5 1.0 2.8 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.2 1.8
    Malik Rose 98-99 Spurs PF 78 12.8 6.0 46.4 0.0 67.1 1.9 3.8 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.5 2.5
    Cherokee Parks 97-98 Timberwolves C 79 21.6 7.1 49.9 0.0 65.1 1.8 5.5 0.7 0.8 0.5 1.1 3.0
    Oliver Miller 97-98 Raptors C 64 25.4 6.3 46.1 0.0 60.4 2.3 6.3 3.1 2.0 0.9 1.1 2.9
    Aaron McKie 97-98 76ers SF 81 22.4 4.1 36.5 19.0 76.4 0.7 2.9 2.2 0.9 1.2 0.2 2.0
4/22/2014 8:55 AM
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Following are the team's advanced statistics for the 1997/98 and 1998/99 season:

 
 
    Name Team Pos Usage% 2pt%# 3pt%# eFG% OReb% DReb% Ast% Stl% Blk%
    Sam Cassell 97-98 Nets PG 27.5 46.1 18.8 44.8 2.9 7.0 30.0 2.1 0.5
    Kerry Kittles 97-98 Nets SG 21.2 44.8 41.9 48.8 4.8 9.6 8.2 2.1 0.8
    Clyde Drexler 97-98 Rockets SG 25.7 47.8 31.8 47.7 4.7 10.7 21.0 2.3 1.0
    A.C. Green 97-98 Mavericks PF 11.6 45.8 0.0 45.3 8.5 18.3 6.4 1.3 0.6
    Patrick Ewing 98-99 Knicks C 28.4 44.0 0.0 43.5 6.6 24.9 4.7 1.1 4.9
    B.j. Armstrong 97-98 Hornets PG 15.3 54.0 25.8 51.4 2.2 8.3 24.1 1.6 0.0
    Shandon Anderson 97-98 Jazz SG 19.5 56.1 21.9 54.5 6.8 9.7 7.4 1.9 0.7
    Malik Rose 98-99 Spurs PF 24.6 46.9 0.0 46.3 17.3 15.0 6.4 3.0 2.2
    Cherokee Parks 97-98 Timberwolves C 15.4 50.1 0.0 49.9 8.9 18.4 4.1 0.9 2.9
    Oliver Miller 97-98 Raptors C 14.7 46.7 0.0 46.1 9.3 17.5 16.4 1.6 2.6
    Aaron McKie 97-98 76ers SF 12.0 40.0 19.1 38.1 3.6 10.7 13.4 2.6 0.4
4/22/2014 9:03 AM
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Following is additional information for the 1997/98 and 1998/99 season:

 
 
    Name Team Pos Salary Per% Mid% Pnt% Def Rtg PG Eff% SG Eff% SF Eff% PF Eff% C Eff%
    Sam Cassell 97-98 Nets PG $5,607,956 7 63 30 48 100 100 89 70 60
    Kerry Kittles 97-98 Nets SG $6,194,283 23 47 30 62 90 100 100 81 70
    Clyde Drexler 97-98 Rockets SG $5,692,724 32 38 30 66 100 100 100 93 81
    A.C. Green 97-98 Mavericks PF $5,465,730 1 49 50 60 70 87 99 100 98
    Patrick Ewing 98-99 Knicks C $4,978,673 0 61 39 78 60 70 82 99 100
    B.j. Armstrong 97-98 Hornets PG $1,298,264 16 52 32 27 100 100 88 70 60
    Shandon Anderson 97-98 Jazz SG $3,296,429 6 42 52 58 90 100 100 90 75
    Malik Rose 98-99 Spurs PF $2,097,559 0 17 82 73 70 89 98 100 100
    Cherokee Parks 97-98 Timberwolves C $3,262,610 0 42 57 44 60 70 89 100 100
    Oliver Miller 97-98 Raptors C $2,735,548 1 43 56 38 60 70 89 100 100
    Aaron McKie 97-98 76ers SF $2,575,418 17 54 30 47 94 100 100 94 80

 
4/22/2014 9:06 AM
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As noted above, Dallas will be in a rebuilding mode so an owner will need to be willing to spend 2-3 seasons building a winner. The league has a remaining life of 9 or 10 seasons.

B.J. Armstrong and possibly Oliver Miller should probably be cut (any other players desired can also be cut) so the team will likely need 2-3 draft picks. The team will likely be drafting 10th to 12th for 1997/98 and 1998/99 but is likely to be a lottery team for the following couple of seasons with high draft picks.
4/22/2014 9:13 AM
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I will take Dallas if I can change the name.
4/24/2014 8:11 AM
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Posted by superrobb420 on 4/24/2014 8:11:00 AM (view original):
I will take Dallas if I can change the name.
You may change the name and the team is yours. I'll give you immediate access to the league's private forum.
4/24/2014 11:35 AM
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