Need 4 for 1971/72 &72/73 leag.-Erving, Gilmore & Topic

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We have 4 openings for a  double season progressive that started with the 1967/68 & 1968/69 seasons, the first two years of the ABA. This is the era of Wilt, Abdul-Jabbar, Hayes, Baylor, Robertson, Dave Bing, Earl Monroe etc. 

We had only one owner leave the league after season 1 and a second owner is leaving after season 2. We had 18 different owners for season 1 as 6 owners took 2 teams each. 17 of these owners returned for season 2 and we added 2 new owners. The only owner not returning for season 2 was scottyboy4, who had 2 teams and has disappeared from many Sim League Baseball and Basketball leagues. In season 2 there were 5 owners, including myself, who retained both their teams (owners with 2 teams are not permitted to make trades between their 2 teams). 18 of the  19 owners are returning for season 3 but all 5 owners with 2 teams have elected to make one of their 2 teams available for season 3. Two of the six available teams have already been taken by new owners who asked for reservations for season 3 after the beginning of season 2, leaving 4 available teams. The available teams are shown below. 

The first two seasons have been very successful and enjoyable. There are 2 days left in the second season and we will then be able to set the draft order and draft for season 3  The draft for season 3 will not start until January 9,2012. The double season format assures rapid turnover of player (a player with a 10 year career will only have 5 seasons in this league), so that teams with losing records should be able to improve rapidly. This third season's rookies include Artis Gilmore, Julius Erving, George Gervin, Bob McAdoo, George McGinnis, and Randy Smith among others. There will be a 5 round draft for available players (about 90-95% of whom are rookies). There will also be an add/drop round following the draft. As noted below, there will be plenty of minutes available.

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.

This third 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 (3) you may use 1971/72 or 1972/73, the following season (4) 1973/74 or 1974/75 etc.

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 5 seasons.

If interested please sign up below and you will be given access to the private forum. You will need to post a keeper list for season 3 as soon as possible after you have reviewed your selected team's roster and decided which players to keep. If desiring further information indicate below and you will be given temporary access to the private forum.

 
12/22/2011 12:36 PM (edited)
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New York Nets (Atlantic Division). Current record 36-27, 2nd in the Division. Season 1 (as New Jersey Americans) record 59-23, 1st in Division, lost in finals to the San Diego Rockets.

The team may retain the New York Nets name or the Buffalo Braves and Cleveland Cavaliers franchises are also available. If you take the team, please state what name you wish to use.

Team Roster
SF Roger A. Brown, Gary Freeman
PF John Beasley, Dorie Murrey
C   Nate Thurmond, Luther Rackley
SG Ralph Simpson, Ollie Taylor, Rod Thorn
PG Bill Melchionni, Larry Siegfried, Jim King

NOTE-Gary Freeman and Rod Thorn retire after season 2

Season 2 Actual Stats
 
Name Pos GP* Min Pts FG% 3Pt% FT% OReb Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF
69-70 Roger A. Brown SF 82 41.6 23.1 49.8 33.9 81.4 2.2 7.4 4.7 2.7 1.5 0.8 3.7
70-71 Nate Thurmond C 82 40.9 20.2 44.5 31.5 73.0 4.0 13.8 3.1 2.7 1.2 2.1 2.3
70-71 Bill Melchionni PG 80 40.5 17.4 45.1 9.1 81.2 0.6 2.9 8.2 3.7 2.0 0.2 3.4
69-70 John Beasley PF 82 36.5 18.4 50.0 37.5 82.0 3.6 12.0 1.6 2.1 1.0 1.0 3.3
69-70 Larry Siegfried PG 78 26.7 13.2 42.4 34.5 85.6 0.7 2.7 3.8 2.0 1.2 0.2 2.4
70-71 Ralph Simpson SG 80 22.5 14.1 41.6 28.8 75.3 0.9 2.8 2.1 2.3 1.0 0.3 1.9
70-71 Ollie Taylor SG 79 20.2 8.6 50.7 41.7 67.5 1.5 3.8 1.8 2.0 0.8 0.4 2.9
70-71 Luther Rackley C 74 19.4 7.6 46.6 23.1 63.7 1.8 5.3 0.9 1.3 0.6 1.0 2.5
69-70 Dorie Murrey PF 81 13.3 5.6 44.6 32.6 73.1 1.5 4.4 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.4 2.4
70-71 Rod Thorn SG 63 12.2 5.9 47.2 33.3 67.6 0.5 1.6 2.9 1.1 0.7 0.2 1.0
70-71 Jim King PG 55 11.7 5.1 43.9 34.0 81.0 0.4 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.1 1.0
70-71 Gary Freeman SF 52 7.3 3.4 51.5 33.3 72.5 0.7 2.0 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.3

Season 2 Add. Info.

 

Name Pos Salary Per% Mid% Pnt% Def Rtg PG Eff% SG Eff% SF Eff% PF Eff% C Eff%
70-71 Nate Thurmond C $8,436,735 4 51 45 90 60 70 89 99 100
69-70 Roger A. Brown SF $7,963,402 8 52 39 57 98 100 100 98 87
69-70 John Beasley PF $6,884,748 1 58 41 53 70 80 97 100 100
70-71 Bill Melchionni PG $5,825,973 2 69 30 48 100 100 85 70 60
69-70 Larry Siegfried PG $3,658,781 15 59 25 47 100 100 96 77 60
70-71 Ralph Simpson SG $2,892,098 5 69 25 48 97 100 100 92 80
70-71 Ollie Taylor SG $2,861,818 2 36 61 57 100 100 100 85 70
70-71 Luther Rackley C $2,538,243 3 43 55 43 60 70 92 100 100
69-70 Dorie Murrey PF $1,943,624 13 33 54 49 75 81 99 100 100
70-71 Rod Thorn SG $1,335,436 18 40 42 57 100 100 98 89 75
70-71 Jim King PG $983,435 23 44 33 48 100 100 92 70 60
70-71 Gary Freeman SF $658,507 18 34 48 78 90 93 100 100 99
12/15/2011 10:18 AM (edited)
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St. Louis Hawks (Central Division)
Note-luvyablue, owner of both the Houston Mavericks and the Hawks, has elected to keep the Mavericks name but switch the Hawks players to the Mavericks franchise and move the Mavericks players to the St. Louis franchise. Therefore the players shown below are the former Maverick players and the records cited are the Mavericks records for seasons 1 & 2. The Mavericks are currently 23-40 5th in the Midwest Division and were 41-41 4th in the Midwest Division in season 1.

The team may retain the St. Louis Hawks name or the Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers franchises are also available. If you take the team, please state what name you wish to use.



Team Roster
SF Billy Cunningham 
PF Randy Mahaffey, Wayne Hightower
C   Bob Rule, Sam Lacey, Dan Hester
SG Dick Van Arsdale, Skeeter Swift,   Joe DePre, John Wetzel
PG Charlie Williams, Wali Jones

NOTE-Randy Mahaffey, Wayne Hightower and Dan Hester retire after season 2

Actual Stats for season 2
 
Name Pos GP* Min Pts FG% 3Pt% FT% OReb Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF
69-70 Billy Cunningham SF 81 39.4 26.6 46.9 31.9 72.9 4.2 13.6 4.3 3.7 1.8 1.3 4.1
70-71 Dick Van Arsdale SG 81 39.0 22.5 45.2 34.4 81.1 1.2 3.9 4.1 3.1 1.4 0.5 3.0
69-70 Bob Rule C 80 37.0 24.8 46.3 29.8 71.4 3.3 10.3 1.8 2.9 1.3 1.9 3.5
70-71 Sam Lacey C 81 32.7 13.6 41.8 32.5 68.7 3.4 11.3 1.4 1.9 1.0 1.9 3.3
69-70 Randy Mahaffey PF 82 30.5 11.1 44.8 0.0 68.6 2.6 8.1 2.0 2.9 1.0 0.6 3.3
70-71 Wayne Hightower PF 68 33.8 13.6 40.1 0.0 74.2 2.7 8.9 2.8 2.1 1.2 0.8 2.9
70-71 Charlie Williams PG 87 25.2 13.9 41.2 24.6 70.2 0.9 2.4 2.8 2.6 1.3 0.2 2.7
70-71 Skeeter Swift SG 79 26.4 13.0 44.9 26.5 83.8 0.9 2.9 3.3 2.5 1.2 0.2 3.3
69-70 Wali Jones PG 78 22.3 12.4 43.0 34.3 84.1 0.6 2.2 3.5 1.9 1.2 0.2 2.7
70-71 Joe DePre SG 71 23.7 8.7 51.4 0.0 76.8 1.0 2.4 1.9 1.9 0.9 0.3 3.6
70-71 John Wetzel SG 70 15.6 5.0 43.1 33.8 82.2 0.7 2.2 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.2 2.2
70-71 Dan Hester C 35 13.2 5.8 38.4 45.5 82.0 1.7 5.5 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.0 1.9

Add. info. for season 2
 
 
 
Name Pos Salary Per% Mid% Pnt% Def Rtg PG Eff% SG Eff% SF Eff% PF Eff% C Eff%
69-70 Billy Cunningham SF $8,296,708 7 46 47 71 96 96 100 100 94
69-70 Bob Rule C $6,679,989 3 56 41 45 60 70 95 100 100
70-71 Dick Van Arsdale SG $6,631,580 12 52 37 60 99 100 100 93 82
70-71 Sam Lacey C $5,269,992 4 56 40 47 60 70 87 99 100
69-70 Randy Mahaffey PF $4,514,535 0 52 48 48 78 85 100 100 98
70-71 Wayne Hightower PF $4,184,399 0 57 42 49 78 88 100 100 97
70-71 Skeeter Swift SG $3,494,066 17 55 29 41 100 100 100 88 72
70-71 Charlie Williams PG $3,466,751 11 59 30 48 100 100 90 80 70
69-70 Wali Jones PG $3,003,390 16 59 26 51 100 100 92 70 60
70-71 Joe DePre SG $2,546,757 1 54 45 42 98 100 99 84 70
70-71 John Wetzel SG $1,594,469 23 43 35 50 100 100 100 91 78
70-71 Dan Hester C $631,150 5 61 34 13 65 72 90 100 100
12/15/2011 10:19 AM (edited)
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San Diego Rockets (Pacific Division). Current record 40-23, 2nd in the Division. Season 1  record 66-16, 1st in Division and League Champions.

The team may retain the San Diego Rockets name, change the name to San Diego Conquistadores or the Portland Trailblazers franchise is also available. Because there is a Denver Rockets franchise I would prefer that the San Diego Rockets name not be retained but will allow it. If you take the team, please state what name you wish to use.



Team Roster
SF Rich Jones, Willie Murrell
PF Goose Ligon, Wil Jones
C   Wilt Chamberlain
SG Bob Verga, Donnie Freeman, Mike Davis
PG Flynn Robinson, Larry Brown, John Warren, Maurice McHartley

NOTE-Willie Murrell and Maurice McHartley retire after season 2. Season 3 is Chamberlain's last significant season.

Actual Stats Season 2
 
Name Pos GP* Min Pts FG% 3Pt% FT% OReb Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF
70-71 Wilt Chamberlain C 82 44.3 20.7 54.5 0.0 53.8 5.9 18.2 4.3 3.4 1.3 3.4 2.1
69-70 Bob Verga SG 81 41.6 27.2 43.7 31.0 81.2 1.5 5.2 3.5 3.8 1.6 0.5 3.3
69-70 Donnie Freeman SG 78 40.1 27.1 45.5 26.3 82.3 1.6 5.0 3.7 2.4 1.5 0.6 3.2
69-70 Goose Ligon PF 82 37.3 15.5 50.7 0.0 64.6 4.3 13.0 2.3 2.5 1.2 1.3 4.3
69-70 Flynn Robinson PG 81 34.1 22.8 47.7 35.4 89.8 0.8 3.2 5.5 3.0 1.6 0.2 3.1
69-70 Larry Brown PG 81 33.7 13.6 44.1 25.6 82.5 0.8 3.0 7.0 4.3 1.7 0.2 3.1
70-71 John Warren PG 82 31.8 12.1 42.3 34.4 82.9 1.2 4.2 4.2 2.2 1.4 0.3 3.6
70-71 Wil Jones PF 82 26.6 11.4 48.1 7.7 67.5 2.6 8.1 1.8 1.6 0.9 0.8 3.0
70-71 Rich Jones SF 78 26.3 11.9 40.8 35.5 76.0 2.0 6.6 2.3 2.2 1.1 0.6 3.1
70-71 Mike Davis SG 73 22.2 11.8 41.0 33.7 76.0 0.9 2.6 2.1 1.9 1.0 0.3 3.0
69-70 Willie Murrell SF 46 28.1 11.9 47.8 30.0 78.9 2.1 6.6 1.2 1.9 0.8 0.5 2.8
69-70 Maurice McHartley PG 55 17.6 7.4 40.0 16.7 76.0 0.9 2.1 2.5 2.7 1.1 0.1 2.8

Add. info. Season 2


Name Pos Salary Per% Mid% Pnt% Def Rtg PG Eff% SG Eff% SF Eff% PF Eff% C Eff%
70-71 Wilt Chamberlain C $10,051,176 0 21 79 73 60 70 80 90 100
69-70 Goose Ligon PF $7,017,740 0 37 63 60 76 83 99 100 99
69-70 Bob Verga SG $6,857,269 11 64 25 55 100 100 97 80 70
69-70 Donnie Freeman SG $6,620,693 1 65 34 50 100 100 99 84 70
69-70 Flynn Robinson PG $6,028,867 16 57 27 49 100 100 91 70 60
69-70 Larry Brown PG $4,639,505 5 57 38 48 100 94 80 70 60
70-71 John Warren PG $4,537,935 17 55 28 47 100 100 96 76 60
70-71 Wil Jones PF $4,524,353 2 48 51 60 76 85 100 100 100
70-71 Rich Jones SF $3,473,510 10 57 33 49 92 97 100 100 94
70-71 Mike Davis SG $2,619,826 12 57 32 51 100 100 98 84 70
69-70 Willie Murrell SF $2,182,980 2 60 38 41 86 94 100 100 94
69-70 Maurice McHartley PG $1,215,963 9 56 35 51 100 100 96 83 70
12/15/2011 10:21 AM (edited)
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so the draft covers two seasons or one?
12/16/2011 11:17 AM
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The draft covers 2 season. For all previous players as well as the 2 seasons of rookies owners have the choice of either 71/72 or 72/73, assuming the player was active in both. If he was active in only one, that one must be used.
12/16/2011 2:45 PM
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Chicago Bulls (Central Division). Current record 8-69 last in the Division. Season 1 record was 48-34 3rd in the Division. The Bulls will be in a 4 team weighted lottery with a 40% chance for the #1 pick in the first round and will draft first in all other rounds in the season 3 draft. The Bulls will be able to get Gilmore, Erving, Gervin, McAdoo or McGinnis in the first round.

Team Roster
PG Jimmy Jones, Billy Keller, Bill Zopf, Herb White
SG Larry Cannon, Andy Anderson
C   Byron Beck
PF Warren Davis, Bailey Howell, Gary Bradds
SF George Tinsley

Note-Howell, Anderson, Bradds, Hyder, Zopf and White all retire after season 2. Tinsley should probably be cut as he is little value in season 3. The team will nedd 6 or 7 draft picks.

Actual Stats season 2
 
Name Pos GP* Min Pts FG% 3Pt% FT% OReb Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF
70-71 Larry Cannon SG 79 38.7 26.3 43.7 26.5 79.5 1.3 4.1 5.1 4.3 1.7 0.6 3.0
70-71 Jimmy Jones PG 79 37.6 19.3 48.6 57.1 77.9 1.4 4.8 5.8 3.7 1.6 0.3 3.0
69-70 Warren Davis PF 79 32.7 14.4 49.8 33.3 72.9 3.5 11.2 3.0 3.4 1.2 0.4 3.7
70-71 Billy Keller PG 82 30.0 14.1 42.6 36.4 86.7 0.6 2.9 5.2 2.4 1.4 0.1 2.0
69-70 Byron Beck C 78 31.1 12.7 52.4 0.0 78.8 3.0 9.6 1.4 1.7 0.9 1.5 3.7
70-71 Bailey Howell PF 82 19.4 10.9 47.2 31.7 73.0 1.8 5.4 1.4 1.7 0.8 0.5 2.9
69-70 Andy Anderson SG 48 31.3 14.3 43.3 9.1 74.3 1.3 4.1 2.6 1.8 1.2 0.3 2.5
69-70 George Tinsley SF 76 18.4 6.5 43.2 12.5 74.6 1.4 4.1 1.0 1.2 0.6 0.3 2.5
70-71 Greg Hyder SF 77 17.6 5.6 44.7 32.7 71.8 1.4 4.3 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.3 2.4
69-70 Gary Bradds PF 59 20.7 13.3 48.1 0.0 82.8 1.8 5.6 0.9 2.0 0.7 0.4 3.0
70-71 Bill Zopf PG 53 7.5 2.5 36.3 31.7 55.6 0.3 0.9 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.6
70-71 Herb White PG 38 8.3 2.7 40.5 32.4 56.4 0.6 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.6

Add.info. season 2:
   
Name Pos Salary Per% Mid% Pnt% Def Rtg PG Eff% SG Eff% SF Eff% PF Eff% C Eff%
70-71 Larry Cannon SG $6,031,596 4 64 32 51 100 100 100 89 74
70-71 Jimmy Jones PG $5,952,730 1 60 39 55 100 100 97 81 64
69-70 Warren Davis PF $5,475,938 0 42 58 38 80 86 100 100 96
69-70 Byron Beck C $4,994,772 0 56 44 46 60 70 93 100 100
70-71 Billy Keller PG $4,546,527 23 51 26 49 100 99 82 70 60
70-71 Bailey Howell PF $3,205,515 9 42 49 51 78 87 100 100 98
69-70 Andy Anderson SG $2,364,718 2 67 31 48 100 100 98 80 70
69-70 Gary Bradds PF $2,321,379 1 57 42 42 70 83 100 100 99
69-70 George Tinsley SF $2,192,919 2 48 50 46 91 98 100 99 87
70-71 Greg Hyder SF $2,084,735 12 49 39 41 85 96 100 100 93
70-71 Bill Zopf PG $494,016 30 31 39 65 100 100 86 70 60
70-71 Herb White PG $381,463 40 15 44 62 100 100 93 76 60

With the high draft picks available, this team may be an excellent opportunity to starting building a winner !!
12/22/2011 1:11 PM (edited)
Need 4 for 1971/72 &72/73 leag.-Erving, Gilmore & Topic
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