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Subject: RIHC 2014-15: Draft discussion
Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 09:38
I will activate the draft later today. Although the planned start is tomorrow (Thursday), I want to activate early in case people want to set up queues in advance. Early picks are permitted, if you are ready. The clock will not start until the completion of round #1, barring an inordinate delay.
I am going to use a 4-hour clock, as we used last year. The draft clock will continue through weekends. There will be an 8-hour clock moratorium each night from midnight until 8:00am Eastern time. Picks can continue to be made during the moratorium period, but the clock will be paused. Those picking at the endpoints do not get a double clock. In addition, if anyone is already in arrears for a pick when their next pick is due, they do not necessarily get a second clock period. This will be subject to Commissioner discretion.
The draft is configured for only PG, SG, SF, PF, and C. Many players will be eligible for multiple positions; just choose the position designation that seems most appropriate. This is only for the purposes of displaying the draft results, and has no bearing on your eventual usage options.
Our roster configuration will be as follows:
PG, SG, G, G
PF, SF, F, F
C, C
Util, Util
4 bench
Note that we will not be using injury slots this year.
Since our league is hosted at Yahoo.com, Yahoo position eligibility will be used throughout the season. You are advised to check the Yahoo league site prior to selecting any player to ensure that you know that player's position eligibility at the start of the season.
You do not need to draft a completely valid roster.
Following the draft, all undrafted players will be placed on waivers, and waiver priorities will start out in inverse order of the draft sequence selection round.
You may draft a player who is not currently listed at Yahoo. If you do so, you will be assigned a placeholder player at Yahoo until the drafted player is made available, at which time you must pick up that player as a free agent (without using a waiver priority). After the 16 rounds of the draft are completed, you can no longer claim an unlisted player.
This league will have a limit of 84 games per position. Since there are 2 slots for each of G, F, C, and U, those position slots will be subject to a combined limit of 168 games.
The Draftime software now allows for “auto-picks” to be made by the system from your queue. Queues can be separate for each pick. Please review the Draftime help page for a more complete description of queue management and designated pickers. In general, designated pickers should not be needed.
I recommend that you do not make your queue available unless you very intentionally want someone to make a pick for you, based on specific instructions. If you simply want to pick the top name in your queue, then use autopick. You can set a time delay for the autopick, in case you want a chance to pick manually, should you be available at the time.
You can use this thread to alert others about your availability, to request volunteers to accept a queue, to raise questions about draft rules or mechanics, to solicit trade offers or announce trades, etc. Please refrain from mentioning any undrafted player in this thread.
Based on prior drafts, it is reasonable to expect that we will average approximately 24-30 picks (2-2.5 rounds) per day. Do not assume that you'll have a day off. Please be prepared to make 2-3 picks per day.
After two rounds have been completed, I will start a separate thread for draft rationales. We will then try to keep the rationale thread on a 2 round delay.
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| 1 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 15:54
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Draft was just activated. Official start is tomorrow, but early picks are allowed.
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| 2 | youngroman
ID: 57047243
Wed, Oct 15, 2014, 18:56
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draft update:
expect me to pick Lebron at #1. I just don't want to pull the trigger until I know that he is still healthy after tonights preseason game. I will check the latest news when I wake up and will pick shortly after 2am ET.
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| 3 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 14:23
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I was hoping to get Kevin Love with pick 9. Since that didn't happen, I figured I'd mess up someone else's plans (assuming that someone near the turn was probably targeting Ibaka.)
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| 4 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 15:03
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For those wishing to follow all RIHC drafts (especially those without direct access to draftime.com), here are some links. Grid at the top, sequential picks below that.
RIHC
AAA-Yahoo
AAA-ESPN
AA-ESPN
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| 5 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 16:19
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4-hour clock has now been turned on. Moratorium is from midnight-8am ET.
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| 6 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 18:41
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Nice value with Durant, Guru!
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| 7 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 18:44
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I was surprised that he was still there. Not without risk, of course.
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| 8 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 20:42
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I set up a thread for collecting draft rationales. Please post all rationales there. Don't worry about staying in sequence. I'll set up a separate rationale thread in the proper sequence.
Try to stay within a two-round lag.
When posting your first pick rationale, you may also comment on your choice of draft sequence.
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| 9 | Addicted
ID: 159551315
Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 21:16
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Considered Durant on the turn, figured he wouldn't get past Dave R or Guru.
-- Addicted --
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| 10 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Oct 18, 2014, 10:56
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Good job on rationales so far. Keep it up!
Stramonio & MagicAirBirds - time to get moving on these!
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| 11 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Mon, Oct 20, 2014, 12:15
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For some reason, MagicAirBirds has made his queue available. I don't know why, or if his intent was to have someone pick from it.
Per my initial post:I recommend that you do not make your queue available unless you very intentionally want someone to make a pick for you, based on specific instructions. I don't know if he may have set up someone else as a DP, but he did not say anything to me, so I am going to ignore it for now. The only thing I could do is exactly what auto-pick would do. And that wasn't activated. For now, I'm assuming that making the queue available was not intentional.
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| 12 | gurudan
ID: 206112913
Mon, Oct 20, 2014, 21:39
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responding to #11, did magic drop off the map? had 2 picks in a row and seems to have disappeared
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| 13 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 10:09
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Looks like we will complete the draft by the end of today. Great pace.
As you complete your picks, please provide the rest of your rationales. I'd love to finish that thread ASAP.
When the draft is complete, I'll enter all pick into Yahoo and activate the league - probably tomorrow. All undrafted players will initially be on waivers, and waiver priorities will start the season in the reverse order of the draft selection round. During that waiver period, I hope you will each check your rosters to make sure I have entered them properly.
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| 14 | Da Bomb
Donor
ID: 487112814
Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 13:25
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I'd like to draft Ronnie Price. He doesn't appear to be in DraftTime.
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| 15 | Tosh
Leader
ID: 057721710
Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 13:31
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I thought you can just type in his name, and it should work.
You can also make me a DP, and I can try.
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| 16 | Da Bomb
Donor
ID: 487112814
Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 13:34
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Ah indeed. All set. Thanks.
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| 17 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 23, 2014, 16:38
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Draft has been entered into Yahoo, and league is active. Please check your rosters to ensure draft was entered correctly.
All undrafted players are on waivers, and will clear on Oct 25.
Drafted players are currently all on your bench, so be sure to fill your active slots for Oct 28.
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