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Subject: RIFC 2015-16: Draft discussion
Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 12:20
The planned start is Thursday morning, Oct. 15. I will activate sometime on Wednesday afternoon, 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 have used in recent years. 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 ESPN, ESPN position eligibilities will be used throughout the season. You are advised to check the 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 ESPN. If you do so, you will be assigned a placeholder player at ESPN 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
Thu, Oct 15, 2015, 14:15
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Good pace for round 1.
Clock is now on.
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| 2 | reeb
ID: 219481721
Fri, Oct 16, 2015, 23:10
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I will not be around most of the day tomorrow but have a 9 man queue on autopick for round 5. Round 6 is off until I see who I get at 5. Will try to pick as soon as possible.
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| 3 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 21, 2015, 21:53
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Ryan Boatright (16.04-reeb) is a placeholder for Nate Robinson.
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| 4 | Swish City
ID: 6939167
Thu, Oct 22, 2015, 05:17
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Guru, i didn't see this post regarding the Nate Robinson placeholder until after i had added and selected him in Draftime.
Assuming my pick will be vetoed, i'll take Marco Belinelli instead
16.09, Marco Belinelli, GF, SAC
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| 5 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 22, 2015, 08:29
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I'll give you Belinelli
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| 6 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 22, 2015, 08:38
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Draft was entered into ESPN. All undrafted players will go through waivers.
Please submit all remaining rationales ASAP.
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| 7 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Oct 24, 2015, 10:00
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Roberts (3), Gmoney (6), and Swish (1) - still missing rationales.
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| 8 | Da Bomb
Donor
ID: 487112814
Tue, Oct 27, 2015, 22:48
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Here's a feature Yahoo has that ESPN doesn't: In free agents, Yahoo shows you if a player is available or not in each of your leagues, allowing you to quickly go to that specific league page if you see he is available. In ESPN you have to go into each league.
Another item I noticed is that during a fast draft, Yahoo will update its FA list in the league page, showing only available players which allows you to sort better during the draft. ESPN does not update.
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| 9 | Da Bomb
Donor
ID: 487112814
Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 22:53
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ESPN's games pace projections are out of whack. Yahoo's are on point.
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