Like many of you, I love progressives because you can watch a player compete for several seasons. But planning ahead for that great season your stud will have in three years just didn't seem very realistic to me. Where's the pre-season anticipation of hoping that THIS is the year your squad finally puts it all together? That's what we've tried to create with the Ultimate Random-as-Possible Progressive (URAPP) League.
Season usage: Most progressives follow from year to year in order. This one is different because every player in history is available at the same time. Prior to each season of this league, your player years will be selected randomly. These years are calculated by the player's first and final year in the WifS database. If you have Michael Jordan, you'll get any year between (and including) 1984 and 2003. This means you could get a fantastic season out of him, or instead get a non-WIS year. For example, if 1993-1994 is selected (when he was playing baseball) you have to put him on IR for that season. The same goes for any year in which a player did not play enough to qualify for a WIS listing or has less than 500 minutes. You could even get the same year two seasons in a row. This adds a more realistic element in the sense that you know you have a great player, but you may or may not get a great season out of him.
In keeping with the randomness, at the end of every season, two players leave your team free agency. This is done at random as well. We've had a team lose Durant and Bird in the same year. We've had a team lose Rex Chapman and Chuck Person in the same year. It's all random.
Free agents have not been picked yet, so you WILL lose two of these guys at random.
WE NEED TWO NEW OWNERS
Team One is a playoff team and will draft between 13-24.
| Marcus Camby (96:12) |
| Andrei Kirilenko (01:13) |
| Paul George (10:19) |
| Charles Oakley (85:02) |
| Tree Rollins (77:94) |
| Mo Bamba (18:19) |
| Al Jefferson (04:17) |
| Charlie Ward (95:04) |
| Thomas Bryant (18:19) |
| Nate McMillan (86:97) |
| James Harden (09:19) |
| Chris Webber (93:06) |
Team TWO is NOT a playoff team this year, though they have traditionally been very good. They will draft somewhere in the 1-12 range.
| Steve Francis (99:07) |
| Nate Thurmond (63:76) |
| Michael Redd (01:11) |
| Baron Davis (99:11) |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (69:88) |
| Elvin Hayes (68:83) |
| Tobias Harris (11:19) |
| Devin Booker (15:19) |
| Dan Roundfield (75:86) |
| John Havlicek (62:77) |
| Terrell Brandon (91:01) |
| Zelmo Beaty (62:74) |