The "ORIGINAL DRAFT LEAGUE" 65th SEASON

The Ultimate $47M Challenge in SIM Basketball in its 65th 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; eleibowitz; Jkaye24; Uptowngbv; Benhoidal; Jcred5; Banditone; ysw128; 666ace; vancem; milest; scudmissle; rjk2781; ImPagliacci; pointfwd; rubnsly; gerryred; robusk; seapilots

Thanks for participating in a WhatIfSports.com SimLeague!

Playoff Recap
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In the Western Conference, Can't believe I drafted Kobe made short work of 94th Aero Squadron in 5 games. While over in the East, Who's coming in second? went the distance against Newman & The Nut Puncher in 7 games.

In the SimLeague Finals, Who's coming in second? went the distance against Can't believe I drafted Kobe in 7 games.

Here are the final standings for your league:

Eastern Conference - Atlantic
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Newman & The Nut Puncher (53-29) ... Owner: milest (6324)
Roger Murdock & The Flash (50-32) ... Owner: bkbillups (6087)
NashtyBird (44-38) ... Owner: dh555 (6240)
Ice Water (38-44) ... Owner: bds9992 (6037)
The Glove Don't Fit (37-45) ... Owner: mcdarsh (3654)
Available Cash: $150 (26-56) ... Owner: ImPagliacci (1928)

Eastern Conference - Central
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Who's coming in second? (56-26) ... Owner: benhoidal (6098)
The House Of Chamberlain (47-35) ... Owner: rjk2781 (6998)
Welp (39-43) ... Owner: copernicus (6283)
King's Ransom (34-48) ... Owner: mikee1 (6036)
Slim Chance (31-51) ... Owner: pointfwd (6133)
Scrap Heap (22-60) ... Owner: banditone (5028)

Western Conference - Midwest
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Artistic Flatulence (52-30) ... Owner: midzim (6622)
Can't believe I drafted Kobe (47-35) ... Owner: jcred5 (6181)
Always Bridesmaid Never Clyde (44-38) ... Owner: jkaye24 (5719)
I've Got Issues (40-42) ... Owner: coachcroft (5667)
free fouls for everyone (39-43) ... Owner: ysw128 (5636)
Loving the 700 Club ! (33-49) ... Owner: vancem (6252)

Western Conference - Pacific
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Seafood Silas (52-30) ... Owner: eleibowitz (5869)
94th Aero Squadron (50-32) ... Owner: scudmissle (6260)
The New MonSTARS (43-39) ... Owner: jhsukow (6137)
Ours Is The Fury (40-42) ... Owner: uptowngbv (6045)
Dream Doctor in the Matrix (39-43) ... Owner: cjok1051 (6812)
Spuds Webb (28-54) ... Owner: 666ace (5644)

banditone	1
ImPagliacci	1
666ace	1
pointfwd	1
vancem	1
mikee1	1
bds9992	1
ysw128	1
cjok1051	1
uptowngbv	24
copernicus	24
jhsukow	10
dh555	1
jkaye24	1
rjk2781	1
scudmissle	1
eleibowitz	1
milest	1
jcred5	24
benhoidal	1
rubnsly	24
gerryred	1
robusk	1
seapilots	24

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: 7/4/2017

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% banditone 18:12 - 23:56
#2 70/351 19.9% ImPagliacci 13:32 - 18:08
#3 55/351 15.7% 666ace 09:52 - 13:28
#4 43/351 12.3% pointfwd 07:00 - 09:48
#5 32/351 9.1% vancem 04:52 - 06:56
#6 23/351 6.6% mikee1 02:44 - 04:48
#7 16/351 4.6% vacant 01:40 - 02:40
#8 10/351 2.9% bds9992 01:00 - 01:36
#9 6/351 1.7% ysw128 00:36 - 00:56
#10 4/351 1.1% cjok1051 00:20 - 00:32
#11 3/351 0.9% uptowngbv 00:08 - 00:16
#12 2/351 0.6% vacant 00:00 - 00:04

Round 1 - Untimed
1	666ace	Stephen Curry
2	bds9992	Wilt Chamberlain
3	cjok1051	LeBron James
4	banditone	Michael Jordan
5	ImPagliacci	Shaquille O'Neal
6	pointfwd	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
7	vancem	Karl Malone
8	mikee1	Moses Malone
9	ysw128	Dennis Rodman
10	jhsukow	Dwight Howard
11	dh555	Chris Paul
12	jkaye24	Magic Johnson
13	rjk2781	John Stockton
14	scudmissle	David Robinson
15	eleibowitz	Kevin Durant
16	milest	Charles Barkley
17	benhoidal	Larry Bird
18	gerryred	Kevin Garnett
19	robusk	Kawhi Leonard
20	seapilots	Giannis Antetokounmpo
21	rubnsly	Hakeem Olajuwon
22	jcred5	Scottie Pippen
23	copernicus	Dwyane Wade
24	uptowngbv	DeAndre Jordan
Round 2
25	uptowngbv	Steve Nash
26	copernicus	Ben Wallace
27	jcred5	Draymond Green
28	rubnsly	Julius Erving
29	seapilots	James Harden
30	robusk	Rudy Gobert
31	gerryred	Jason Kidd
32	benhoidal	Tim Duncan
33	milest	Hassan Whiteside
34	eleibowitz	Anfernee Hardaway
35	scudmissle	Bob McAdoo
36	rjk2781	Klay Thompson
37	jkaye24	Artis Gilmore
38	dh555	Anthony Davis
39	jhsukow	Alonzo Mourning
40	ysw128	Kevin McHale
41	mikee1	Chauncey Billups
42	vancem	Deron Williams
43	pointfwd	Manu Ginobili
44	ImPagliacci	Amar'e Stoudemire
45	banditone	Bill Walton
46	cjok1051	Russell Westbrook
47	bds9992	Andre Drummond
48	666ace	Bill Russell
Round 3
49	666ace	Gary Payton
50	bds9992	Donyell Marshall
51	cjok1051	Marcus Camby
52	banditone	Shawn Marion
53	ImPagliacci	Terry Porter
54	pointfwd	Mookie Blaylock
55	vancem	Dikembe Mutombo
56	mikee1	Joakim Noah
57	ysw128	Derek Harper
58	jhsukow	Rajon Rondo
59	dh555	Elton Brand
60	jkaye24	Larry Nance
61	rjk2781	Shawn Kemp
62	scudmissle	Walt Frazier
63	eleibowitz	Tyson Chandler
64	cjok1051 (via milest)	Tom Boerwinkle
65	bds9992 (via benhoidal)	Isaiah Thomas
66	gerryred	Karl-Anthony Towns
67	robusk	Clyde Drexler
68	seapilots	Andrei Kirilenko
69	rubnsly	Mark Price
70	jcred5	Horace Grant
71	copernicus	Serge Ibaka
72	uptowngbv	Patrick Ewing
Round 4
73	uptowngbv	Kyle Lowry
74	copernicus	Charlie Ward
75	jcred5	Buck Williams
76	rubnsly	Kevin Love
77	seapilots	Clifford Ray
78	robusk	Jerry Lucas
79	gerryred	Ray Allen
80	benhoidal	Robert Parish
81	milest	Mike Conley
82	eleibowitz	Marques Johnson
83	scudmissle	Brent Barry
84	rjk2781	Bismack Biyombo
85	jkaye24	Gerald Wallace
86	dh555	Danny Green
87	jhsukow	Maurice Cheeks
88	ysw128	Jerry West
89	mikee1	Tracy McGrady
90	vancem	Joel Embiid
91	pointfwd	Kris Humphries
92	ImPagliacci	Kyle Korver
93	banditone	Bobby Jones
94	milest (via cjok1051)	Larry Sanders
95	benhoidal (via bds9992)	Andrew Bogut
96	666ace	Andre Iguodala
Round 5
97	666ace	Charles Oakley
98	benhoidal (via bds9992)	Nate McMillan
99	milest (via cjok1051)	Kirk Hinrich
100	banditone	Brandon Rush
101	ImPagliacci	Jamario Moon
102	pointfwd	Chris Webber
103	vancem	Eddie Jones
104	mikee1	Charlie Edge
105	ysw128	Troy Murphy
106	jhsukow	Nikola Jokic
107	dh555	Tree Rollins
108	jkaye24	Ryan Anderson
109	rjk2781	Enes Kanter
110	scudmissle	Dan Majerle
111	eleibowitz	Oliver Miller
112	milest	Jason Terry
113	benhoidal	Otto Porter
114	gerryred	James Worthy
115	robusk	Nicolas Batum
116	seapilots	Pau Gasol
117	rubnsly	Bo Outlaw
118	jcred5	Kemba Walker
119	copernicus	Chris Andersen
120	uptowngbv	Marvin Williams
Round 6 (pick two)
121	uptowngbv	Jamaal Tinsley & Manute Bol
122	copernicus	Emeka Okafor & Carmelo Anthony
123	jcred5	Arvydas Sabonis & J.R. Smith
124	rubnsly	Omer Asik & Muggsy Bogues
125	seapilots	Reggie Evans & Eddie House
126	robusk	Jose Calderon & Ervin Johnson
127	gerryred	Kendall Marshall & Elmore Smith
128a	benhoidal	Jon Barry
128b	bds9992 (via benhoidal)	Dion Waiters
129a	milest	Kyle O'Quinn
129b	cjok1051 (via milest)	Thabo Sefolosha
130	eleibowitz	Eric Bledsoe & Samuel Dalembert
131	scudmissle	Tim Hardaway & Swen Nater
132	rjk2781	Michael Redd & Jonas Valanciunas
133	jkaye24	Anderson Varejao & Boban Marjanovic
134	dh555	Al Horford & Greg Anthony
135	jhsukow	Raja Bell & Shane Battier
136	ysw128	Kenneth Faried & Chris Gatling
137	mikee1	George Hill & Antonio McDyess
138	vancem	Rodrigue Beaubois & Michael Smith
139	pointfwd	Earl Watson & James Donaldson
140	ImPagliacci	Al-Farouq Aminu & Ron Harper
141	banditone	Steve Novak & Goran Dragic
142	cjok1051	Mark Eaton & Chris Mullin
143	bds9992	Alvin Robertson & Jim Price
144	666ace	Brandan Wright & Lionel Hollins

Alpha list
Abdul-Jabbar	Kareem
Allen	Ray
Aminu	Al-Farouq
Anderson	Ryan
Antetokounmpo	Giannis
Anthony	Carmelo
Anthony	Greg
Asik	Omer
Barkley	Charles
Barry	Brent
Barry	Jon
Battier	Shane
Batum	Nicolas
Beaubois	Rodrigue
Bell	Raja
Billups	Chauncey
Bird	Larry
Biyombo	Bismack
Blaylock	Mookie
Boerwinkle	Tom
Bogues	Muggsy
Bogut	Andrew
Bol	Manute
Brand	Elton
Calderon	Jose
Camby	Marcus
Chamberlain	Wilt
Chandler	Tyson
Cheeks	Maurice
Conley	Mike
Curry	Stephen
Davis	Anthony
Donaldson	James
Dragic	Goran
Drexler	Clyde
Drummond	Andre
Duncan	Tim
Durant	Kevin
Eaton	Mark
Edge	Charlie
Embiid	Joel
Erving	Julius
Evans	Reggie
Ewing	Patrick
Faried	Kenneth
Frazier	Walt
Garnett	Kevin
Gasol	Pau
Gatling	Chris
Gilmore	Artis
Ginobili	Manu
Gobert	Rudy
Grant	Horace
Green	Danny
Green	Draymond
Hardaway	Anfernee
Hardaway	Tim
Harden	James
Harper	Derek
Harper	Ron
Hill	George
Hinrich	Kirk
Hollins	Lionel
Horford	Al
House	Eddie
Howard	Dwight
Humphries	Kris
Ibaka	Serge
Iguodala	Andre
James	LeBron
Johnson	Ervin
Johnson	Magic
Johnson	Marques
Jokic	Nikola
Jones	Bobby
Jones	Eddie
Jordan	DeAndre
Jordan	Michael
Kanter	Enes
Kemp	Shawn
Kidd	Jason
Kirilenko	Andrei
Korver	Kyle
Leonard	Kawhi
Lowry	Kyle
Love	Kevin
Lucas	Jerry
Majerle	Dan
Malone	Karl
Malone	Moses
Marion	Shawn
Marjanovic	Boban
Marshall	Donyell
Marshall	Kendall
McAdoo	Bob
McDyess	Antonio
McGrady	Tracy
McHale	Kevin
McMillan	Nate
Miller	Oliver
Moon	Jamario
Mourning	Alonzo
Murphy	Troy
Mutombo	Dikembe
Nance	Larry
Nash	Steve
Nater	Swen
Noah	Joakim
Novak	Steve
O'Neal	Shaquille
O'Quinn	Kyle
Oakley	Charles
Okafor	Emeka
Olajuwon	Hakeem
Outlaw	Bo
Parish	Robert
Paul	Chris
Payton	Gary
Pippen	Scottie
Porter	Otto
Porter	Terry
Price	Mark
Ray	Clifford
Redd	Michael
Robinson	David
Rodman	Dennis
Rollins	Tree
Rondo	Rajon
Rush	Brandon
Russell	Bill
Sabonis	Arvydas
Sanders	Larry
Sefolosha	Thabo
Smith	Elmore
Smith	J.R.
Smith	Michael
Stockton	John
Stoudemire	Amar'e
Terry	Jason
Thomas	Isaiah
Thompson	Klay
Tinsley	Jamaal
Towns	Karl-Anthony
Valanciunas	Jonas
Varejao	Anderson
Wade	Dwyane
Waiters	Dion
Walker	Kemba
Wallace	Ben
Wallace	Gerald
Walton	Bill
Ward	Charlie
Watson	Earl
Webber	Chris
West	Jerry
Westbrook	Russell
Whiteside	Hassan
Williams	Buck
Williams	Deron
Williams	Marvin
Worthy	James
Wright	Brandan

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closer to 1. Are we waiting for the 16-17 players?

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re the poll - there has been no official announcement about the release of season 16-17 players - don't wait for that release (for which no official timeline has been announced) to run the draft, just dictate whether, should the players be available, we can use them or not and move on

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