I don't know if anyone has done something like this before, but since I just got done reading the first edition The Book of Basketball for the 4th or 5th time (it is my go to toilet book...for those of you interested in my bathroom habits it is this book, a New York Times crossword puzzle, or the iPad) I thought this would be a fun league.  So here is the low down:

You pick Two Players from Tier 1
Two Players from Tier 2
Two Players from Tier 3
Two Players from Tier 4
One Player from Tier 5 "The Pantheon"

Three non-pyramid players that can total no more than  3 Million

CAP is set at 50 Mil
NO CLONES, NO ROOKIES

Here are the tiers:

Level 1:

96 - Tom Chambers

95 - Jo Jo White

94 - Jack Twyman

93 - Kevin Johnson

92 - Bob Lanier

91 - Dwight Howard

90 - Chris Paul

89 - Shawn Kemp

88 - Gail Goodrich

87 - Connie Hawkins

86 - Arvydas Sabonis

85 - Robert Horry

84 - Cliff Hagan

83 - Vince Carter

82 - Chris Mullin

81 - Dave Bing

80 - Bailey Howell

79 - Bobby Dandridge

78 - Paul Westphal

77 - Dan Issel

76 - Artis Gilmore

75 - Tracy McGrady

74 - Joe Dumars

73 - Sidney Moncrief

72 - Chris Webber

71 - Lenny Wilkens

70 - David Thompson

69 - Dennis Rodman

68 - Pete Maravich

67 - Earl Monroe

66 - Adrian Dantley

65 - Alex English

64 - Jerry Lucas

63 - Ray Allen

62 - Reggie Miller

Level 2:

61 - Bob McAdoo

60 - Nate Archibald

59 - Robert Parish

58 - Bernard King

57 - Tommy Heinsohn

56 - Paul Arizin

55 - Dominique Wilkins

54 - Paul Pierce

53 - Dwyane Wade

52 - Dennis Johnson

51 - Bill Sharman

50 - Dolph Schayes

49 - Elvin Hayes

48 - James Worthy

47 - Billy Cunningham

46 - Hal Greer

45 - Dave DeBusschere

44 - Nate Thurmond

43 - Clyde Drexler

42 - Jason Kidd

41 - Wes Unseld

40 - Gary Payton

39 - Patrick Ewing

38 - Steve Nash

37 - Dirk Nowitzki

Level 3:

36 - George Mikan

35 - Kevin McHale

34 - George Gervin

33 - Sam Jones

32 - Walt Frazier

31 - Dave Cowens

30 - Willis Reed

29 - Allen Iverson

28 - David Robinson

27 - Bill Walton

26 - Rick Barry

25 - John Stockton

Level 4:

24 - Scottie Pippen

23 - Isiah Thomas

22 - Kevin Garnett

21 - Bob Cousy

20 - LeBron James

19 - Charles Barkley

18 - Karl Malone

17 - Bob Pettit

16 - Julius Erving

15 - Kobe Bryant

14 - Elgin Baylor

13 - John Havlicek

"The Pantheon" (Level 5):

12 - Moses Malone

11 - Shaquille O'Neal

10 - Hakeem Olajuwon

9 - Oscar Robertson

8 - Jerry West

7 - Tim Duncan

6 - Wilt Chamberlain

5 - Larry Bird

4 - Magic Johnson

3 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2 - Bill Russell

1 - Michael Jordan

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Sounds interesting malone.  I'd probably do it.  Mark me down...I doubt I'll change my mind.

thanks...i got ya

In. Great idea man.  I hope it fills up.

sure 

IN....btw the eddy curry footnotes are the best in the book.

thanks guys....personally I enjoy the unprovoked assaults on Kareem and Rick Barry

"Three non-pyramid players that can total no more than 8 Million, but no less than 3 Million"

this makes no sense to me....why would you make the min 3 mil?....isnt the point of the league to use the HOF players from the book?....the 3 mil min means a lot of those guys will just end up being 239k scrubs so you can fit in the non-HOF guys with the few guys you are building around


great idea otherwise

Posted by malone9975 on 5/12/2011 10:58:00 PM (view original):
thanks guys....personally I enjoy the unprovoked assaults on Kareem and Rick Barry

You misspelled Vince Carter.

Sounds like fun i'm in.

Posted by dh555 on 5/12/2011 11:10:00 PM (view original):
"Three non-pyramid players that can total no more than 8 Million, but no less than 3 Million"

this makes no sense to me....why would you make the min 3 mil?....isnt the point of the league to use the HOF players from the book?....the 3 mil min means a lot of those guys will just end up being 239k scrubs so you can fit in the non-HOF guys with the few guys you are building around


great idea otherwise

I did this because I do not want people laoding up on non pyramid top seasons, but it wtill gives people an opportunity to fill out the roster with some decent talent outside the pyramid while stopping people from loading up on all crazy seasons of pyramid players

That really doesn't make sense to me.  You've already accomplished the latter with the cap.  But w/e, it's your league, and I wish you the best of luck!

if this brings you guys in I will remove that stipulation

Im in either way malone.