We have 2 openings 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 7,1979/80 & 1980/81. We are currently posting keepers, season 6 ends on September 12 after which the playoffs take place. I anticipate the draft for season 7 starting on Monday September 24.
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). This season (7) you may use 1979/80 or 1980/81, the following season (8) you will be able to use 1981/82 or 1982/83 etc.
The double season format lends itself to dramatic turnarounds. The Seattle Supersonics went from 17-65 in season 1 (league worst) to 71-11 in season 2 and the league championship (aided by the draft of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). The Supersonics were 68-14 in season 3 and then declined to 28-54 in season 4. My Portland Trailblazers went from 66-16 in season 1 and the league title (led by Wilt Chamberlain) through a steady decline to 28-54 in season 4. The Toronto Huskies went from 19-63 in season 3 to 67-15 in season 4 (their #1 draft pick was Moses Malone).
Owners expressing interest will be given temporary access to our private forum, which contains full league rules, where a list of available players for the third season will be posted as soon as all keepers are posted, and which is where the draft will be held.
One concern expressed prior to the start of our first season was whether there would be sufficient minutes available. That proved to be a non-issue. A minimum of 19,680 minutes are required and teams averaged around 23,000 minutes. My 2 teams in season 1 had 29,000 + and 27,000 + minutes.
Rather than managing teams with recent players this is an opportunity to manage teams from an older era.
No rookies, no WW. Trades of players OK and draft picks current season 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 particpate for at least 3 seasons.
If interested please sign up below and you will be given temporary access to the private forum. You will need to post a keeper list for season 7 as soon as possible after you have reviewed the team's roster and decided which players to keep.
9/22/2012 6:36 AM (edited)