The "ORIGINAL DRAFT LEAGUE" 64th SEASON

The Ultimate $47M Challenge in SIM Basketball in its 64th season.

Salary Cap - $47M

Rules

1. No clones, rookies or waiver wire.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. 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, with the league runner-up and champ placed at the end. New owners will be then placed behind everyone in order of who joined first.

Owners will now have the option to choose their draft slot (however, "closer to 2-6" or "closer to 19-23" is prohibited. if you want those slots, you must select closer to 1 or closer to 24). 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.

7. 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 7 will result in......actually, I'm open to debate on this one. Proposal: you can change the pick until the next pick is posted, and if there's conflict, the changed pick has to change back to whatever it was before the next pick was posted.

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Commish: bds9992

Sitemail List:

Mikee1; cjok1051; copernicus; Jhsukow; dh555; midzim; eleibowitz; Jkaye24; Uptowngbv; Benhoidal; Jcred5; Banditone; ysw128; 666ace; vancem; bkbillups; milest; scudmissle; rjk2781; coachcroft; mcdarsh; ImPagliacci; pointfwd

Thanks for participating in a WhatIfSports.com SimLeague!

Playoff Recap
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In the Western Conference, WineBaths made short work of Allstate Low Assist Strategy in 5 games. While over in the East, Knock Down Drag Out outlasted Pick, Re-Pick and Repeat in 6 games.

In the SimLeague Finals, WineBaths outplayed Knock Down Drag Out in 6 games.

Here are the final standings for your league:

Eastern Conference - Atlantic
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Pick, Re-Pick and Repeat (51-31) ... Owner: eleibowitz (6433)
Ashlanta Mustangs (39-43) ... Owner: ashamael (6483)
Learning to Twerk with Dirk (39-43) ... Owner: bkbillups (6294)
Golden Showers Brings Trump Power (38-44) ... Owner: jt7king (7010)
The Full Mamba (38-44) ... Owner: rjk2781 (6903)
Flexed (38-44) ... Owner: copernicus (6126)

Eastern Conference - Central
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Knock Down Drag Out (55-27) ... Owner: jkaye24 (6576)
Shaq is my white rabbit (48-34) ... Owner: jcred5 (6552)
Zalingas Didingas Grobuonis (39-43) ... Owner: milest (6571)
Limitless Paper In A Paperless World (38-44) ... Owner: jhsukow (6110)
Washington Post-UP (33-49) ... Owner: mikee1 (6199)
Scrap Heap (25-57) ... Owner: banditone (4521)

Western Conference - Midwest
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WineBaths (67-15) ... Owner: dh555 (6544)
Somebody Cover Him! (46-36) ... Owner: scudmissle (6533)
Two hung low (42-40) ... Owner: cjok1051 (6704)
hope this brand is good (42-40) ... Owner: ysw128 (5679)
Old Spice™ Centaurs (28-54) ... Owner: bds9992 (6376)
noplayoffs4u (28-54) ... Owner: 666ace (5656)

Western Conference - Pacific
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Allstate Low Assist Strategy (61-21) ... Owner: benhoidal (6320)
Go West Young Man (48-34) ... Owner: coachcroft (6318)
Lawyers, Guns and Money (46-36) ... Owner: midzim (6670)
Ours Is The Fury (41-41) ... Owner: uptowngbv (6418)
One for the Bookies (34-48) ... Owner: thomcat (6390)
24 (20-62) ... Owner: beachhouse (6155)

Owner	Slot Preference	Final Draft Spot
banditone	1
666ace	1
bds9992	top 3 or 24
mikee1	1
rjk2781	1
jhsukow	1
copernicus	24
uptowngbv	1
ysw128	1
milest	1
bkbillups	1
cjok1051	1
midzim	24
scudmissle	24
coachcroft	1
jcred5	24
eleibowitz	24
benhoidal	1
vancem	24
mcdarsh	24
ImPagliacci	24
pointfwd	1
jkaye24	1
dh555	1

Lottery

Below is how the lotto will work. I will post the results here on 12/21. I will also sitemail the results to everyone.

Lottery Date: 3/20

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% 666ace 09:52 - 13:28
#4 43/351 12.3% bds9992 07:00 - 09:48
#5 32/351 9.1% mikee1 04:52 - 06:56
#6 23/351 6.6% vacant 02:44 - 04:48
#7 16/351 4.6% rjk2781 01:40 - 02:40
#8 10/351 2.9% jhsukow 01:00 - 01:36
#9 6/351 1.7% copernicus 00:36 - 00:56
#10 4/351 1.1% vacant 00:20 - 00:32
#11 3/351 0.9% uptowngbv 00:08 - 00:16
#12 2/351 0.6% ysw128 00:00 - 00:04

		Draft
		Round 1
1	mikee1	LeBron James
2	rjk2781	Wilt Chamberlain
3	benhoidal (via banditone)	Steph Curry
4	666ace	Michael Jordan
5	jhsukow	Dwight Howard
6	uptowngbv	Shaquille O'Neal
7	ysw128	Dennis Rodman
8	milest	Karl Malone
9	bkbillups	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
10	milest (via cjok1051)	Chris Paul
11	coachcroft	Magic Johnson
12	vancem (via benhoidal)	Moses Malone
13	jkaye24	David Robinson
14	dh555	Larry Bird
15	pointfwd	Kevin Durant
16	ImPagliacci	Charles Barkley
17	bkbillups (via mcdarsh)	Dwyane Wade
18	vancem	Julius Erving
19	eleibowitz	Tim Duncan
20	jcred5	Draymond Green
21	scudmissle	John Stockton
22	midzim	Artis Gilmore
23	copernicus	Jason Kidd
24	bds9992	Anfernee Hardaway
		Round 2
25	bds9992	Kawhi Leonard
26	copernicus	Bill Russell
27	midzim	Scottie Pippen
28	scudmissle	Kevin Garnett
29	jcred5	Ben Wallace
30	eleibowitz	Chauncey Billups
31	benhoidal (via vancem)	DeAndre Jordan
32	mcdarsh	Anthony Davis
33	ImPagliacci	Klay Thompson
34	pointfwd	Terry Porter
35	dh555	Steve Nash
36	jkaye24	Deron Williams
37	banditone (via benhoidal)	Bob McAdoo
38	coachcroft	Amar'e Stoudemire
39	cjok1051	Hakeem Olajuwon
40	pointfwd (via bkbillups)	Tyson Chandler
41	cjok1051 (via milest)	Shawn Marion
42	ysw128	Hassan Whiteside
43	uptowngbv	Andre Drummond
44	jhsukow	Bill Walton
45	666ace	Elton Brand
46	banditone	Shawn Kemp
47	rjk2781	Dirk Nowitzki
48	mikee1	Marcus Camby
		Round 3
49	mikee1	Alonzo Mourning
50	rjk2781	Carmelo Anthony
51	banditone	Vince Carter
52	666ace	Kevin Johnson
53	jhsukow	James Harden
54	benhoidal (via uptowngbv)	Kevin McHale
55	ysw128	Mookie Blaylock
56	cjok1051 (via milest)	Derek Harper
57	mcdarsh (via bkbillups)	Oscar Robertson
58	vancem (via cjok1051)	Manu Ginobili
59	coachcroft	Rudy Gobert
60	uptowngbv (via benhoidal)	Donyell Marshall
61	jkaye24	Clyde Drexler
62	dh555	Dikembe Mutombo
63	mcdarsh (via pointfwd)	Gary Payton
64	ImPagliacci	Walt Frazier
65	mcdarsh	Tom Boerwinkle
66	benhoidal (via vancem)	Joakim Noah
67	eleibowitz	Andrei Kirilenko
68	jcred5	Kobe Bryant
69	scudmissle	Robert Parish
70	midzim	Marques Johnson
71	copernicus	Larry Nance
72	bds9992	Kevin Love
		Round 4
73	bds9992	Rajon Rondo
74	copernicus	Tracy McGrady
75	midzim	Mark Price
76	scudmissle	Ray Allen
77	jcred5	Bobby Jones
78	eleibowitz	Chris Webber
79	vancem	Goran Dragic
80	mcdarsh	Clifford Ray
81	ImPagliacci	Jerry Lucas
82	mcdarsh (via pointfwd)	Sam Lacey
83	dh555	Pau Gasol
84	jkaye24	Andrew Bogut
85	banditone (via benhoidal)	Maurice Cheeks
86	coachcroft	Gerald Wallace
87	cjok1051	Brent Barry
88	bkbillups	Horace Grant
89	milest	Larry Sanders
90	ysw128	Patrick Ewing
91	uptowngbv	Jerry West
92	jhsukow	Arvydas Sabonis
93	666ace	James Worthy
94	banditone	Doug Collins
95	rjk2781	Charlie Ward
96	mikee1	Buck Williams
		Round 5
97	mikee1	J.R. Smith
98	rjk2781	Jose Calderon
99	banditone	Tyrus Thomas
100	666ace	Bill Bridges
101	jhsukow	Andre Iguodala
102	uptowngbv	Paul Pierce
103	ysw128	Nate McMillan
104	milest	Kris Humphries
105	bkbillups	Jason Terry
106	vancem (via cjok1051)	Marvin Williams
107	coachcroft	John Wall
108	banditone (via benhoidal)	Chris Gatling
109	jkaye24	Kenneth Faried
110	dh555	Jonas Valanciunas
111	pointfwd	Blake Griffin
112	ImPagliacci	Willis Reed
113	mcdarsh	Gerald Green
114	uptowngbv (via vancem)	Jeff Ruland
115	eleibowitz	George Hill
116	jcred5	Kyle Lowry
117	scudmissle	Bo Outlaw
118	midzim	Nikola Jokic
119	copernicus	Emeka Okafor
120	bds9992	Dan Roundfield
		Round 6
121	bds9992	Cory Alexander & Earl Watson
122	copernicus	Nikola Vucevic & Jason Richardson
123	midzim	Anderson Varejao & Jamaal Tinsley
124	scudmissle	Swen Nater & Joe Dumars
125	jcred5	Ryan Anderson & Bismack Biyombo
126	eleibowitz	Paul Silas & Greg Anthony
127	vancem	Jameer Nelson & Ervin Johnson
128a	pointfwd (via mcdarsh)	Samuel Dalembert
128b	bkbillups (via mcdarsh)	Omer Asik
129	ImPagliacci	Manute Bol & Eddie House
130	pointfwd	Troy Murphy & Jim Les
131	dh555	Bobby Phills & Adrian Dantley
132	jkaye24	Chris Andersen & Enes Kanter
133	benhoidal	Serge Ibaka & Jamario Moon
134	coachcroft	Mike Dunleavy Jr & Leon Powe
135a	cjok1051	Wes Unseld
135b	milest (via cjok1051)	Jrue Holiday
136	bkbillups	Rodrigue Beaubois & Toni Kukoc
137	milest	Michael Smith & Nick Anderson
138	ysw128	Charles Oakley & Russell Westbrook
139a	uptowngbv	Sergio Rodriguez
139b	benhoidal (via uptowngbv)	Eric Bledsoe
140	jhsukow	Muggsy Bogues & Carlos Boozer
141	666ace	10:00 PM EST, 3/30
142a	vancem (via banditone)	11:00 PM
142b	cjok1051 (via banditone)	12:00 AM EST, 3/31
143	rjk2781	1:00 AM
144	mikee1	2:00 AM

Alpha list
Abdul-Jabbar	Kareem
Alexander	Cory
Allen	Ray
Andersen	Chris
Anderson	Nick
Anderson	Ryan
Anthony	Carmelo
Anthony	Greg
Asik	Omer
Barkley	Charles
Barry	Brent
Beaubois	Rodrigue
Billups	Chauncey
Bird	Larry
Biyombo	Bismack
Blaylock	Mookie
Bledsoe	Eric
Boerwinkle	Tom
Bogues	Muggsy
Bogut	Andrew
Bol	Manute
Bonner	Matt
Boozer	Carlos
Brand	Elton
Bridges	Bill
Bryant	Kobe
Calderon	Jose
Camby	Marcus
Carter	Vince
Chamberlain	Wilt
Chandler	Tyson
Cheeks	Maurice
Collins	Doug
Curry	Dell
Curry	Steph
Dalembert	Samuel
Dantley	Adrian
Davis	Anthony
Dragic	Goran
Drexler	Clyde
Drummond	Andre
Dumars	Joe
Duncan	Tim
Dunleavy Jr.	Mike
Durant	Kevin
Erving	Julius
Ewing	Patrick
Farmar	Jordan
Frazier	Walt
Garnett	Kevin
Gasol	Pau
Gatling	Chris
Gilmore	Artis
Ginobili	Manu
Gobert	Rudy
Grant	Horace
Green	Draymond
Green	Gerald
Griffin	Blake
Hardaway	Anfernee
Harden	James
Harper	Derek
Hill	George
Holiday	Jrue
House	Eddie
Howard	Dwight
Humphries	Kris
Ibaka	Serge
Iguodala	Andre
James	LeBron
Johnson	Ervin
Johnson	Kevin
Johnson	Magic
Johnson	Marques
Jokic	Nikola
Jones	Bobby
Jordan	DeAndre
Jordan	Michael
Kanter	Enes
Kemp	Shawn
Kidd	Jason
Kirilenko	Andrei
Kukoc	Toni
Leonard	Kawhi
Les	Jim
Love	Kevin
Lowry	Kyle
Lucas	Jerry
Malone	Karl
Malone	Moses
Marion	Shawn
Marshall	Donyell
McAdoo	Bob
McGrady	Tracy
McHale	Kevin
McMillan	Nate
Moon	Jamario
Mourning	Alonzo
Murphy	Troy
Mutombo	Dikembe
Nance	Larry
Nash	Steve
Nater	Swen
Nelson	Jameer
Noah	Joakim
Nowitzki	Dirk
O'Neal	Shaquille
Oakley	Charles
Okafor	Emeka
Olajuwon	Hakeem
Outlaw	Bo
Parish	Robert
Paul	Chris
Payton	Gary
Phills	Bobby
Pierce	Paul
Pippen	Scottie
Porter	Kevin
Porter	Terry
Powe	Leon
Price	Mark
Przybilla	Joel
Ray	Clifford
Redd	Michael
Reed	Willis
Richardson	Jason
Robertson	Oscar
Robinson	David
Rodman	Dennis
Rodriguez	Sergio
Rondo	Rajon
Roundfield	Dan
Ruland	Jeff
Russell	Bill
Sabonis	Arvydas
Sanders	Larry
Silas	Paul
Smith	J.R.
Smith	Michael
Stockton	John
Stoudemire	Amar'e
Terry	Jason
Thomas	Tyrus
Thompson	Klay
Tinsley	Jamaal
Unseld	Wes
Valanciunas	Jonas
Varejao	Anderson
Vucevic	Nikola
Vujacic	Sasha
Wade	Dwyane
Wall	John
Wallace	Ben
Wallace	Gerald
Walton	Bill
Ward	Charlie
Watson	Earl
Webber	Chris
West	Jerry
Westbrook	Russell
Wheeler	Clinton
Whiteside	Hassan
Williams	Buck
Williams	Deron
Williams	Marvin
Worthy	James

Closer to 1

Closer to 1

1

closer to 1

closer to 24

Out

Closer to 1.

closer to 1

Closer to 24