Also I'm not seeing the Lakers or Miami Heat being selected. If they are both available I'll seriously consider entering a 2nd team.

Correct! I fixed the available franchise list, and feel free to select a second team. We have had owners with as many as 4 teams in a single season. We keep same-owned franchises in different divisions regardless of geographic location.

In.
Lakers

I'll jump in and take the Cleveland Cavs

Commissioner will take a second team - the ABA needs to be represented and I think I have come up with a competitive version.

Thinking about putting in one or two teams though I haven't played in a while and my teams were never that great lol. Might try my luck again.

I will take Miami as 2nd

I'm in for sure just having a hard time picking a team lol

I think I'll take the magic as my first pick if there is more space by the end of the weekend I'll probably pick another.

Remaining Franchises: Atlanta Hawks; Washington Wizards/Bullets; New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets; Dallas Mavericks; Minnesota Timberwolves; Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies; Sacramento Kings; Indiana Pacers; Detroit Pistons; Seattle/OKC Thunder; Portland Trail Blazers.

In with a 2nd.

Team TBD

Team Determined

NETS

5 spots left! Remaining Franchises: Atlanta Hawks; Washington Wizards/Bullets; Dallas Mavericks; Minnesota Timberwolves; Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies; Sacramento Kings; Indiana Pacers; Detroit Pistons; Seattle/OKC Thunder; Portland Trail Blazers.

for anyone concerned about being able to compete with these 'leftovers' one of those teams was in the finals last season and beat another one of those teams (a team which won 50+ games and their division) in the playoffs on way to get there

(edit: yet another one was a conference finalist on the other side of the bracket and yet yet another one won it all the season before)

I am a sucker. Always say I'm not gonna join, so I skip the draft, and then I join anyways and take a leftover team. Give me the Seattle Sonics.