First - This is season 54 of the NBA URAPP. We don't have a lot of turnover in this league, but we have one open spot right now.
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, three 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, Raef Lafrentz and Chuck Person in the same year. It's all random.
Each team has a roster of 14, and they field their 12 from that.
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Shoot me a message if you're interested in joining the most random league out there.
12/30/2023 9:27 PM (edited)