The "ORIGINAL DRAFT LEAGUE" 59th SEASON

The Ultimate $47M Challenge in SIM Basketball entering it's 59th season.

Salary Cap - $47M

Rules

I. No clones, rookies or waiver wire.

II. The team owner is responsible for drafting and managing a team that remains in compliance with the league rules and is not forced into any rules violation. 

III. Each owner is responsible for verifying compliance with league rules of their opponent. If a rules violation takes place, it must be reported to the league commissioner by sitemail within 3 games of the violation taking place. Violations greater than 3 games back are not subject to review by the commissioner.

IV. 7 exclusive drafted players, plus 5 non-exclusive undrafted players. The 5 non-exclusive undrafted players may be any player not selected in the draft. (non-exclusive undrafted players cannot be used as starters)

V. *** 5 of your 7 exclusive drafted players must be used in your starting lineup in all games*** violation of rule-V will result in the loss of all games that are in violation or loss of draft position in next seasons draft, where appropriate.

VI. ***At the end of the regular season, your top five players in 'total minutes played' must all be exclusive drafted players*** violaton of rule-VI will result in the loss of any 'Play-Off' seeding and 'Draft Selection' position for the next ODL

VII. Draft Sequence..ABABAB. 1 pick rounds 1-5 and 2 picks in round 6.

VIII. Draft order:  The returning owners that did not make the playoffs will be in a NBA-style draft lottery.  The lottery will determine the first three picks. The other returning owners will then be placed behind them in order of regular season record from worst to best. New owners will be placed behind them in order of who joined first. 

Owners will now have the option to choose their draft slot. This will be done in draft order. So if the owner with the top pick chooses to draft in the 24th spot, the 2nd overall pick can choose any draft spot besides #24. This will continue until all the spots are filled. 

Tie breakers are decided by head to head, then conference record, then division record, then point differential for head to head.  New owners are seeded after returning owners by order of entry. It is assumed that an owner wants 'closer to 1', unless stated otherwise.

IX. A posted pick is final. No editing or removing posted picks. A second, separate, post should be made to correct any and all errors. Violation of rule-IX will result in death.

X. Divisions.  Once the league fills, I will do a random realignment ONE TIME ONLY.  If you have a championship caliber team, you will win the title regardless of who is in your division, right?

XI. During the draft, sitemail the next 2 owners on the schedule after making your pick..or state that you cannot sm and somebody will take care of it.

XII. The "Commissioner" may take control of any team refusing to comply with the ODL league rules. A warning will be issued in the league forum and a sitemail, after which the owner has 3 games to comply. All games in violation are 'losses'. Any owner invoking rule XII will be banned from future ODL's.

XIII. Commissioner: slymonium

Sitemail List:

superrobb420; Mikee1; cjok1051; 98average; omegax; copernicus; amerk1180; Jhsukow; dh555; seapilots; eleibowitz; Jkaye24; Scudmissle; Jt7king; Uptowngbv; Benhoidal; Slymonium; Jcred5; Banditone; ysw128; bds9992; thomcat; ashamael


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Playoff Recap
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In the Western Conference, KingNashty outplayed Bobbadoo! in 6 games. While over in the East, Curse of the Goat overpowered Flash Boys in 5 games.

In the SimLeague Finals, KingNashty survived against Curse of the Goat in 7 games.

Here are the final standings for your league:

Eastern Conference - Atlantic
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Curse of the Goat (45-37) ... Owner: jt7king (5487)
Buffer Layers (45-37) ... Owner: eleibowitz (5057)
Flash Boys (44-38) ... Owner: jkaye24 (6035)
Mister Peabody (44-38) ... Owner: thohoops (4961)
WeTheNorth (42-40) ... Owner: carbonjones (4941)
Den of thieves (36-46) ... Owner: amerk1180 (5154)

Eastern Conference - Central
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i just keep donating my money (50-32) ... Owner: ysw128 (5186)
Düsseldorf Crocodiles (45-37) ... Owner: bds9992 (5128)
E-Wing Theory (42-40) ... Owner: jhsukow (4641)
And the lead is down to 10! (42-40) ... Owner: thomcat (5885)
F#'d like that since grade sch (35-47) ... Owner: cjok1051 (6222)
Rusty Oilers (26-56) ... Owner: banditone (4727)

Western Conference - Midwest
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Penny's Boozers (57-25) ... Owner: slymonium (4615)
KingNashty (48-34) ... Owner: dh555 (5481)
Over 50 club (45-37) ... Owner: jcred5 (5528)
Bobbadoo! (43-39) ... Owner: copernicus (5205)
Noah's Bearded Bird (37-45) ... Owner: hardened (4972)
Mom, IwannagotoLouisville (17-65) ... Owner: robocoach (4666)

Western Conference - Pacific
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You Mad Brow? (55-27) ... Owner: benhoidal (6933)
Na'wah (49-33) ... Owner: seapilots (5268)
Human Rain Delay (38-44) ... Owner: mikee1 (5185)
Ours Is The Fury (38-44) ... Owner: uptowngbv (5449)
Joo-Joo Eyeballs  (34-48) ... Owner: scudmissle (5500)
Ol Dirty Bastard (27-55) ... Owner: 98average (5008)

Signups:

Owner	Slot Preference	Final Draft Slot
banditone	24
98average	1
scudmissle	1
cjok1051	1
amerk1180	1
hardened	1
uptowngbv	1
mikee1	1
thomcat	1
jhsukow	1
copernicus	24
jkaye24	1
jcred5	24
bds9992	1
jt7king	1
eleibowitz	1
dh555	24
seapilots	24
ysw128	24
benhoidal	1
slymonium	24
ashamael	24
omegax	1
superrobb420	1

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ALPHA LIST

Abdul-Jabbar	Kareem
Allen	Ray
Anderson	Cadillac
Anderson	Nick
Barkley	Charles
Barry	Brent
Batum	Nicolas
Beaubois	Rodrigue
Benjamin	Benoit
Bibby	Mike
Billups	Chauncey
Bird	Larry
Blaylock	Mookie
Bledsoe	Eric
Boerwinkle	Tom
Bogut	Andrew
Boozer	Carlos
Brand	Elton
Brandon	Terrell
Buckner	Quinn
Buse	Don
Butler	Caron
Bynum	Andrew
Calderon	Jose
Camby	Marcus
Cassell	Sam
Chamberlain	Wilt
Chandler	Tyson
Cheeks	Maurice
Copeland	Chris
Curry	Stephen
Dalembert	Samuel
Daniels	Mel
Davis	Anthony
Dragic	Goran
Drexler	Clyde
Drummond	Andre
Duncan	Tim
Durant	Kevin
Eaton	Mark
Edge	Charlie
Erving	Julius
Ewing	Patrick
Faried	Kenneth
Farmar	Jordan
Frazier	Walt
Garnett	Kevin
Gasol	Pau
Gatling	Chris
George	Paul
Gilmore	Artis
Ginobili	Manu
Gobert	Rudy
Grant	Horace
Green	Danny
Green	Draymond
Green	Johnny
Hardaway	Anfernee
Harden	James
Harper	Derek
Hill	George
Hill	Grant
Horford	Al
Howard	Dwight
Hudson	Lou
Humphries	Kris
Ibaka	Serge
Iguodala	Andre
Irving	Kyrie
James	Lebron
Johnson	George T.
Johnson	Kevin
Johnson	Magic
Johnson	Marques
Jones	Bobby
Jones	Caldwell
Jordan	Deandre
Jordan	Michael
Kemp	Shawn
Kidd	Jason
Kirilenko	Andrei
Knight	Brandon
Knight	Brevin
Korver	Kyle
Kukoc	Toni
Lee	David
Leonard	Kawhi
Les	Jim
Love	Kevin
Lucas	Jerry
Malone	Karl
Malone	Moses
Marion	Shawn
Marshall	Donyell
Mason	Anthony
McAdoo	Bob
McGrady	Tracy
McHale	Kevin
McMillan	Nate
Miller	Andre
Millsap	Paul
Mourning	Alonzo
Mullin	Chris
Murphy	Troy
Mutombo	Dikembe
Nance	Larry
Nash	Steve
Nater	Swen
Nelson	Jameer
Noah	Joakim
Nowitzki	Dirk
Odom	Lamar
Okafor	Emeka
Olajuwon	Hakeem
O'Neal	Shaquille
Outlaw	Bo
Parish	Robert
Paul	Chris
Payton	Gary
Person	Wesley
Phills	Bobby
Pierce	Paul
Pippen	Scottie
Porter	Terry
Pressey	Paul
Price	Mark
Przybilla	Joel
Radmanovic	Vladimir
Ray	Clifford
Redd	Michael
Robertson	Alvin
Robertson	Oscar
Robinson	David
Rodman	Dennis
Rollins	Tree
Rondo	Rajon
Rose	Jalen
Roy	Brandon
Ruland	Jeff
Rush	Brandon
Russell	Bill
Sabonis	Arvydas
Sanders	Larry
Smith	J.R.
Smith	Larry
Stockton	John
Stoudemire	Amare
Tarpley	Roy
Terry	Jason
Thompson	Klay
Threatt	Sedale
Tinsley	Jamaal
Unseld	Wes
Varejao	Anderson
Wade	Dwyane
Wallace	Ben
Wallace	Gerald
Walton	Bill
Ward	Charlie
Watson	Earl
Webber	Chris
Whiteside	Hassan
Williams	Art
Williams	Buck
Williams	Deron
Williams	Walt
Wright	Brandan

DRAFT

	Round 1
1	98average	Lebron James
2	hardened	Wilt Chamberlain
3	scudmissle	Michael Jordan
4	dh555 (via cjok1051)	Shaquille O'Neal
5	amerk1180	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6	jt7king (via uptowngbv)	Stephen Curry
7	mikee1	Dwight Howard
8	thomcat	Moses Malone
9	mikee1 (via jhsukow)	Chris Paul
10	jkaye24	Karl Malone
11	bds9992	David Robinson
12	jt7king	Charles Barkley
13	eleibowitz	Dennis Rodman
14	benhoidal	Kevin Durant
15	omegax	Magic Johnson
16	superrobb420	Dwyane Wade
17	ashamael	Larry Bird
18	slymonium	Scottie Pippen
19	ysw128	Anfernee Hardaway
20	seapilots	John Stockton
21	dh555	Jason Kidd
22	jcred5	Tim Duncan
23	copernicus	Deandre Jordan
24	banditone	Bill Russell
	Round 2, Monday, January 18
25	banditone	Julius Erving
26	copernicus	Artis Gilmore
27	jcred5	Manu Ginobili
28	cjok1051 (via dh555)	Ben Wallace
29	seapilots	Chauncey Billups
30	ysw128	Oscar Robertson
31	slymonium	Marcus Camby
32	ashamael	Deron Williams
33	superrobb420	Kevin Garnett
34	omegax	Steve Nash
35	behoidal	Bill Walton
36	eleibowitz	Alonzo Mourning
	Round 2, Tuesday, January 19
37	uptowngbv (via jt7king)	Hakeem Olajuwon
38	bds9992	Rudy Gobert
39	jkaye24	Donyell Marshall
40	jhsukow	Anthony Davis
41	thomcat	Kevin McHale
42	jhsukow (via mikee1)	Dikembe Mutombo
43	uptowngbv	Mookie Blaylock
44	amerk1180	Elton Brand
45	cjok1051	Shawn Marion
46	scudmissle	Bob McAdoo
47	hardened	Bobby Jones
48	98average	Terrell Brandon
	Round 3, Wednesday, January 20
49	hardened (via 98average)	Ray Allen
50	hardened	Derek Harper
51	scudmissle	Joakim Noah
52	cjok1051	Terry Porter
53	amerk1180	Gary Payton
54	uptowngbv	Jerry Lucas
55	jhsukow (via mikee1)	James Harden
56	thomcat	Rajon Rondo
57	jhsukow	Tracy McGrady
58	jkaye24	Kevin Love
59	bds9992	Kawhi Leonard
60	uptowngbv (via jt7king)	Klay Thompson
	Round 3, Thursday, January 21
61	eleibowitz	Chris Webber
62	benhoidal	Tyson Chandler
63	omegax	Horace Grant
64	superrobb420	Andre Drummond
65	ashamael	Tom Boerwinkle
66	slymonium	Shawn Kemp
67	ysw128	Robert Parish
68	seapilots	Clifford Ray
69	cjok1051 (via dh555)	Amare Stoudemire
70	jcred5	Mel Daniels
71	copernicus	Clyde Drexler
72	banditone	Maurice Cheeks
	Round 4, Friday, January 22
73	banditone	Chris Gatling
74	jhsukow (via copernicus)	Serge Ibaka
75	jcred5	Brent Barry
76	dh555	Larry Nance
77	seapilots	Hassan Whiteside
78	ysw128	Roy Tarpley
79	slymonium	Andrei Kirilenko
80	ashamael	Kris Humphries
81	superrobb420	Draymond Green
82	omegax	Mark Price
83	benhoidal	Charlie Ward
84	eleibowitz	Kevin Johnson
	Round 4, Friday, January 22
85	jt7king	Walt Frazier
86	bds9992	Jamaal Tinsley
87	jkaye24	Gerald Wallace
88	copernicus (via jhsukow)	Andre Iguodala
89	thomcat	Marques Johnson
90	mikee1	Buck Williams
91	98average (via uptowngbv)	Jose Calderon
92	amerk1180	Kyle Korver
93	cjok1051	Kyrie Irving
94	scudmissle	Danny Green
95	uptowngbv (via 98average (via hardened))	Bo Outlaw
96	uptowngbv (via 98average)	Paul George
	Round 5, Saturday, January 23
97	98average	Tree Rollins
98	98average (via hardened)	Lamar Odom
99	scudmissle	Alvin Robertson
100	dh555 (via cjok1051)	Carlos Boozer
101	amerk1180	Emeka Okafor
102	98average (via uptowngbv)	Joel Przybilla
103	copernicus (via jhsukow (via mikee1))	Paul Pierce
104	thomcat	Chris Mullin
105	jt7king (via copernicus (via jhsukow))	Caron Butler
106	jkaye24	Brandon Rush
107	cjok1051 (via bds9992)	Jalen Rose
108	jt7king	Mark Eaton
	Round 5, Sunday, January 24
109	eleibowitz	Nick Anderson
110	benhoidal	Bobby Phills
111	omegax	Kenneth Faried
112	superrobb420	Nicolas Batum
113	ashamael	Andrew Bogut
114	slymonium	Goran Dragic
115	ysw128	Swen Nater
116	seapilots	Patrick Ewing
117	dh555	Wesley Person
118	jcred5	Paul Pressey
119	jt7king (via copernicus)	Larry Sanders
120	banditone	Lou Hudson
	Round 6, Monday, January 25
121	banditone	Johnny Green, Rodrigue Beaubois
122	jhsukow (via copernicus)	Anthony Mason, Sedale Threatt
123	jcred5	Jameer Nelson, Brarndan Wright
124	bds9992 (via cjok1051 (via dh555))	Brandon Roy, Charlie Edge
125	seapilots	J.R. Smith, Anderson Varejao
126	ysw128	Brevin Knight, Quinn Buckner
127	slymonium	George Hill, Al Horford
128	ashamael	Eric Bledsoe, Michael Redd
129	superrobb420	Grant Hill, Sam Cassell
130	omegax	Wes Unseld, Caldwell Jones
131	benhoidal	Arvydas Sabonis, Earl Watson
132	eleibowitz	Jordan Farmar, Pau Gasol
	Round 6, Tuesday, January 26
133	copernicus (via jt7king)	Mike Bibby, Vladimir Radmanovic
134a	bds9992	Don Buse
134b	cjok1051 (via bds9992)	Dirk Nowitzki
135	jkaye24	Art Williams, Jim Les
136	mikee1 (via jhsukow)	Andrew Bynum, Jason Terry
137	thomcat	George T. Johnson, Chris Copeland
138	mikee1	David Lee, Andre Miller
139a	jt7king (via uptowngbv) (pick only 1)	Samuel Dalembert
139b	uptowngbv (pick only  1)	Brendan Haywood
140	amerk1180	Cadillac Anderson, Toni Kukoc
141	dh555 (via cjok1051)	Jeff Ruland, Nate McMillan
142a	bds9992	Paul Millsap
142b	scudmissle	Walt Williams
	Round 6, Wednesday, January 27
143	hardened	Brandon Knight, Troy Murphy
144a	98average	Benoit Benjamin
144b	hardened (via 98average)	Larry Smith

Draft Order:

Owner	Slot Preference	Final Draft Slot
98average	1	1
hardened	1	2
scudmissle	1	3
cjok1051	1	4
amerk1180	1	5
uptowngbv	1	6
mikee1	1	7
thomcat	1	8
jhsukow	1	9
jkaye24	1	10
bds9992	1	11
jt7king	1	12
eleibowitz	1	13
benhoidal	1	14
omegax	1	15
superrobb420	1	16
ashamael	24	17
slymonium	24	18
ysw128	24	19
seapilots	24	20
dh555	24	21
jcred5	24	22
copernicus	24	23
banditone	24	24

Lottery Results:

1/15/2016 10:04	2	5	7	10	12	13	14	18	21	22	23	33	35	36	38	43	48	50	53	71	554	98average
1/15/2016 14:40	2	4	6	7	11	12	13	14	17	22	26	33	34	35	43	50	57	60	64	78	588	banditone
1/15/2016 2:08	8	10	11	13	14	17	19	20	23	25	27	29	34	35	38	44	50	55	58	73	603	hardened

Lottery:

Below is how the lotto will work. I will post the results here on January 16, 2016. I will also sitemail the results to everyone.

Lottery Date: January 15, 2016, beginning at midnight

Lottery Details:
We will use the New York lottery system. It's basically a keno draw where 20 random numbers are chosen between 1-80. There are 351 draws - every four minutes starting at Midnight and ending at 23:56 EST. We will select one days worth of drawings. Each team will be assigned a certain number of drawings (time specific). The number of drawings each team will receive is closely based on the actual NBA lottery percentages based on each teams respective regular season record. Then once ALL the NY lottery selections have been made we'll add up each set of twenty numbers and the team with lowest combined total wins the 1st draft spot and so on for the first three picks.  After the first three have been determined, the remaining picks will be in inverse order from the previous season's win total with new owners drafting their slot after everyone else.  In the event of a tie we will compare each set of numbers starting with the lowest number in each selected set until one team wins. For example if two teams have a total of 621 and one set of the lowest numbers is (1, 2, 4, 7, 12 etc.) and another group has (1, 2, 3, 8, 14 etc.) the 1's cancel out, the 2's cancel out, and the 3 is lower than 4 so the 1, 2, 3, 8, 14 etc. set of numbers wins.  Non-playoff teams from the previous season whose owners are not returning will be left blank.  Any questions just ask.

Below are the lottery teams, the number of draws for each slot, the percentage of winning the #1 pick, and each team's time slots.

#1	87/351	24.8%	VACANT	18:12 - 23:56
#2	70/351	19.9%	banditone	13:32 - 18:08
#3	55/351	15.7%	98average	09:52 - 13:28
#4	43/351	12.3%	scudmissle	07:00 - 09:48
#5	32/351	9.1%	cjok1051	04:52 - 06:56
#6	23/351	6.6%	amerk1180	02:44 - 04:48
#7	16/351	4.6%	hardened	01:40 - 02:40
#8	10/351	2.9%	uptowngbv	01:00 - 01:36
#9	6/351	1.7%	mikee1	00:36 - 00:56
#10	4/351	1.1%	thomcat	00:20 - 00:32
#11	3/351	0.9%	VACANT	00:08 - 00:16
#12	2/351	0.6%	jhsukow	00:00 - 00:04

 

.6%? So you're saying there's a chance.

Closer to 1

sure

in closer to 24 

In, closer to 1. Open to trading

Closer to 1

Well, I'm in the lottery....AGAIN...so I guess I better say CLOSER TO 1