The "ORIGINAL DRAFT LEAGUE" 101st SEASON

The Ultimate $47M Challenge in SIM Basketball in its 101st season.

Salary Cap - $47M

Rules:

1. No clones, rookies, or waiver wire.

2. Each user is responsible for drafting and managing a team that remains in compliance with the league rules.

3. 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. Each user must use their drafted players.

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

5. Draft order: Users will have the option to choose their draft slot by picking closer to 1 or 24. Users will be slotted closer to their preference based on inverse finish of the previous season. Tie breakers are decided by WIS seeding if in the same conference, plus/minus if not. Regardless of record, the champion will be slotted last among returners with the runner-up slotted second to last. New users are seeded after returning users by order of entry. It is assumed that an users wants 'closer to 1', unless stated otherwise. The returning users that did not make the playoffs and chose closer to 1 will be in a weighted Random.org lottery.

6. A posted pick is FINAL. No changing picks after a selection is posted. If an ineligible selection is made, the draft will continue on and the user who made the selection will have to make another pick. Other users do not have to wait for the makeup pick to be made.

7. During the draft, site mail the next 2 users on the schedule after making your pick, or state that you cannot site mail and somebody will take care of it.

8. Draft will be on the clock. 24 hour rule in place.

9. Trades are allowed. Each team must have 7 exclusive players/draft slots at all times.

10. If any trade gets three or more veto requests, the trade will be sent to the Fair Play Committee. The Committee will be comprised of three members. A 2-1 vote will overturn the trade. Current Fair Play Committee members include benhoidal, robusk, and jhsukow.

11. General Trade Guidelines (Not firm rules. Common sense need be applied):
Trades that are acceptable: Team that trades up gives up more in total value.
Trades that are not acceptable: Team that trades up gains more in total value.

12. Divisions: There will be a division draft among the division winners from the previous season. All four division winners will submit a list of the 20 other users ranked by whom they want in their division. The user with the best record the previous season will get first selection regardless of postseason finish, second will get the second selection and so on. It is a snake draft. If a previous division winner is not returning, the spot will be filled by the user with the best record regardless of division (Tie breaker will be point differential). Lists will be made public.

13. During the draft, please refrain from mentioning undrafted players.

14. 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 user has 3 games to comply. All games in violation are 'losses'.

15. Commissioner: benhoidal

Users: Thomasmh1; PBandJ; Midge; gerryred; copernicus; jhsukow; uptowngbv; chewy3344; dBKC; raggedclaws; lukemikk; berkelon; riftonapple; ysw128; HDS1; oddson; cem6989; dlsmooth74; 24kpyrite; reeldeal01; seapilots; samuelyork93; jethroeg; benhoidal

1st Round Friday 1-30
1. Thomasmh1 - LeBron James
2. PBandJ - Nikola Jokic
3. Midge - Giannis Antetokounmpo
4. gerryred - Steph Curry
5. copernicus - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
6. jhsukow - Chris Paul
7. uptowngbv - Luka Doncic
8. chewy3344 - Rudy Gobert
9. dBKC - Anthony Davis
10. raggedclaws - Michael Jordan
11. benhoidal (via lukemikk) - Kevin Durant
12. berkelon - Wilt Chamberlain
13. benhoidal - Kawhi Leonard
14. riftonapple - David Robinson
15. ysw128 - Hassan Whiteside
16. HDS1 - Ivica Zubac
17. oddson - Dwight Howard
18. cem6989 - Dennis Rodman
19. dlsmooth74 - Shaquille O'Neal
20. 24kpyrite - Karl Malone
21. reeldeal01 - 7 PM
22. seapilots - 7:30 PM
23. samuelyork93 - 8 PM
24. jethroeg - 8:30 PM

2nd Round Monday 2-2
1. jethroeg - 9 AM
2. samuelyork93 - 9:30 AM
3. seapilots - 10 AM
4. reeldeal01 - 10:30 AM
5. 24kpyrite - 11 AM
6. dlsmooth74 - 11:30 AM
7. cem6989 - 12 PM
8. oddson - 12:30 PM
9. HDS1 - 1 PM
10. ysw128 - 1:30 PM
11. riftonapple - 2 PM
12. lukemikk (via benhoidal) - 2:30 PM
13. berkelon - 3 PM
14. lukemikk - 3:30 PM
15. raggedclaws - 4 PM
16. dBKC - 4:30 PM
17. chewy3344 - 5 PM
18. uptowngbv - 5:30 PM
19. jhsukow - 6 PM
20. copernicus - 6:30 PM
21. gerryred - 7 PM
22. Midge - 7:30 PM
23. PBandJ - 8 PM
24. Thomasmh1 - 8:30 PM

3rd Round Tuesday 2-3
1. Thomasmh1 - 9 AM
2. PBandJ - 9:30 AM
3. Midge - 10 AM
4. gerryred - 10:30 AM
5. copernicus - 11 AM
6. jhsukow - 11:30 AM
7. uptowngbv - 12 PM
8. chewy3344 - 12:30 PM
9. dBKC - 1 PM
10. raggedclaws - 1:30 PM
11. lukemikk - 2 PM
12. berkelon - 2:30 PM
13. lukemikk (via benhoidal) - 3 PM
14. riftonapple - 3:30 PM
15. ysw128 - 4 PM
16. HDS1 - 4:30 PM
17. oddson - 5 PM
18. cem6989 - 5:30 PM
19. dlsmooth74 - 6 PM
20. 24kpyrite - 6:30 PM
21. reeldeal01 - 7 PM
22. seapilots - 7:30 PM
23. samuelyork93 - 8 PM
24. jethroeg - 8:30 PM

4th Round Wednesday 2-4
1. jethroeg - 9 AM
2. samuelyork93 - 9:30 AM
3. seapilots - 10 AM
4. reeldeal01 - 10:30 AM
5. 24kpyrite - 11 AM
6. dlsmooth74 - 11:30 AM
7. cem6989 - 12 PM
8. oddson - 12:30 PM
9. HDS1 - 1 PM
10. ysw128 - 1:30 PM
11. riftonapple - 2 PM
12. benhoidal - 2:30 PM
13. berkelon - 3 PM
14. lukemikk - 3:30 PM
15. raggedclaws - 4 PM
16. dBKC - 4:30 PM
17. chewy3344 - 5 PM
18. uptowngbv - 5:30 PM
19. jhsukow - 6 PM
20. copernicus - 6:30 PM
21. gerryred - 7 PM
22. Midge - 7:30 PM
23. PBandJ - 8 PM
24. Thomasmh1 - 8:30 PM

5th Round Thursday 2-5
1. Thomasmh1 - 9 AM
2. PBandJ - 9:30 AM
3. Midge - 10 AM
4. gerryred - 10:30 AM
5. copernicus - 11 AM
6. jhsukow - 11:30 AM
7. uptowngbv - 12 PM
8. chewy3344 - 12:30 PM
9. dBKC - 1 PM
10. raggedclaws - 1:30 PM
11. behoidal (via lukemikk) - 2 PM
12. berkelon - 2:30 PM
13. benhoidal - 3 PM
14. riftonapple - 3:30 PM
15. ysw128 - 4 PM
16. HDS1 - 4:30 PM
17. oddson - 5 PM
18. cem6989 - 5:30 PM
19. dlsmooth74 - 6 PM
20. 24kpyrite - 6:30 PM
21. reeldeal01 - 7 PM
22. seapilots - 7:30 PM
23. samuelyork93 - 8 PM
24. jethroeg - 8:30 PM

6th Round Friday 2-6
1. jethroeg - 9 AM
2. samuelyork93 - 9:30 AM
3. seapilots - 10 AM
4. reeldeal01 - 10:30 AM
5. 24kpyrite - 11 AM
6. dlsmooth74 - 11:30 AM
7. cem6989 - 12 PM
8. oddson - 12:30 PM
9. HDS1 - 1 PM
10. ysw128 - 1:30 PM
11. riftonapple - 2 PM
12. benhoidal - 2:30 PM
13. berkelon - 3 PM
14. lukemikk - 3:30 PM
15. raggedclaws - 4 PM
16. dBKC - 4:30 PM
17. chewy3344 - 5 PM
18. uptowngbv - 5:30 PM
19. jhsukow - 6 PM
20. copernicus - 6:30 PM
21. gerryred - 7 PM
22. Midge - 7:30 PM
23. PBandJ - 8 PM
?24. Thomasmh1 - 8:30 PM

Alpha List

A
Antetokounmpo, Giannis

B


C
Chamberlain, Wilt
Curry, Stephen

D
Davis, Anthony
Doncic, Luka
Durant, Kevin

E


F


G
Gilgeous-Alexander, Shai
Gobert, Rudy

H
Howard, Dwight

I


J
James, LeBron
Jokic, Nikola
Jordan, Michael

K


L
Leonard, Kawhi

M
Malone, Karl

N


O
O'Neal, Shaquille

P
Paul, Chris

Q


R
Robinson, David
Rodman, Dennis

S


T


U


V


W
Whiteside, Hassan

X


Y


Z
Zubac, Ivica

Division Draft

Atlantic	Midwest	Pacific	Central
reeldeal01	riftonapple	jcred5	benhoidal

LeBron James

proxy via discord ,PBandJ takes Nikola Jokic

proxy via text, Midge takes Giannis Antetokounmpo

Steph Curry

shai

This pick and my 3rd for your 1st and 2nd. Otherwise I’ll pick in an hour.

Chris Paul

Luka Doncic

Not how I thought this would start but

Rudy Gobert

There shouldn’t be too many people with things to do or places to go this weekend. We are frozen in Texas.

Posted by reeldeal01 on 1/24/2026 9:46:00 AM (view original):
There shouldn’t be too many people with things to do or places to go this weekend. We are frozen in Texas.

-10 right now. My wife and center kid just went to the hs Poms sectional, dropped the oldest off at dance, I’m taking my youngest to basketball.

for real though, be safe out there. Institutionally, we are “bUiLt DiFfErEnT”

Do you have a point guard kid and wing kid to go along with the center kid?
-Midge

Really though we don't get snow in DC until tonight