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0 Subject: RIHC 2020-21: Getting Started

Posted by: Bean - [304422310] Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 09:47

The following managers have accepted invitation to compete in the 2020-21 RIHC:

Top 6 RIHC: RSF, KnicksFan, Schrodiger, Da Bomb, Jasonprof, Tosh (replacing louky)

Top 3 AAA#1: Swish City, TD, tommyd (replacing Addicted)

Top 3 AAA#2: Dave R, BB the Ball, Meatwads

I renewed the league, so returning members should verify their entry. For new members, you should have already received an invitation to the ESPN league. Once I have everyone in the league, we'll begin the draft order selection process. Once Draft Time is ready for the NBA, I will set up Draft Time.

I will not be playing in the league, but you will see a 13th team assigned to me so I can act as commish. Unless, of course, someone wants to step forward and perform commish duties. It would be appreciated. Just use the blue link and send me an e-mail.

This was announced a few days ago:

NBA Tentative 2020-21 Schedule
Dec. 11-19: Preseason games
Dec. 22-March 4: First half of regular season
March 5-10: All-Star break
March 11-May 16: Second half of regular season
May 18-21: Play-In tournament
May 22-July 22: Playoffs

The NBA season begins on Tuesday, Dec 22. The draft should begin on or about Friday, DEC 11, hopefully finishing by Saturday, Dec 19.




1Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 10:21
Still need tommyd to sign up for ESPN league, then we will be ready to go on draft order selection. If anyone has another way to contact him, please let him know.
2Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 14:40
Per Fred at Draft Time in response to my asking when it will be available:

I have it on my to do list this weekend. I'm hoping most of the free agency and other contacts will be done by then... *fingers crossed *

Look for invite to Draft Time next week.
3Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 21:12
If you were in the top league last season, you should have received an e-mail with a random order for our draft position selection process. I sent it to the e-mail address I have for each of you.

Here is the resulting order for our draft selection round:

Pick #1 - BB The Ball
Pick #2 - Schrodiger's Cats
Pick #3 - RSF - Rip City Dicks
Pick #4 - Mighty Meatwads
Pick #5 - Team Smith
Pick #6 - KnicksFan's Losers
Pick #7 - San fordors
Pick #8 - Air Tosh
Pick #9 - newfoundland newfiebu
Pick #10 - Da Bomb
Pick #11 - TD Dragons
Pick #12 - Swish City

Remember that our draft is a traditional snake draft for 16 rounds.

BB the Ball gets the first choice. Use the format we've done in past seasons if you can.

Proceed.
4Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 21:14
You should have hyperlink to ensure you are enrolled in the Draft Time draft. I e-mailed them using the ESPN tool and also posted in ESPN league message tool.
5BB the Ball
      ID: 5110333020
      Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 21:33
Slot #1 please

1. BB The Ball
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Schrodiger's Cats up next

7Schrodiger
      ID: 4610281219
      Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 21:41
Slot #3 for me

1. BB The Ball
2
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

RSF up next
8RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 31526820
      Wed, Dec 02, 2020, 02:21
Lets roll the dodecahedral die...
Says 7, so Slot 7 it is for me.

1. BB The Ball
2
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4
5
6
7 RecycledSpinalFluid
8
9
10
11
12

Meatwads is on the clock...
9Jason
      ID: 14113733
      Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 04:37
Please put me in the 12th position!
If it was not empty, in the 11th.
Thank's
Jason
Team Smith
10Meatwads
      ID: 321147313
      Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 15:12
1. BB The Ball
2 Mighty Meatwads
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4
5
6
7 RecycledSpinalFluid
8
9
10
11
12

Team Smith on the clock.
12Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 16:10
1. BB The Ball
2 Mighty Meatwads
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4
5
6
7 RecycledSpinalFluid
8
9
10
11
12 Jason

Pick #6 - KnicksFan's Losers
Pick #7 - San fordors
Pick #8 - Air Tosh
Pick #9 - newfoundland newfiebu
Pick #10 - Da Bomb
Pick #11 - TD Dragons
Pick #12 - Swish City


Knicksfan on the clock
13KnicksFan
      ID: 16115310
      Fri, Dec 04, 2020, 10:24
1. BB The Ball
2 Mighty Meatwads
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4 KnicksFan
5
6
7 RecycledSpinalFluid
8
9
10
11
12 Jason

Pick #7 - Sanfordors
Pick #8 - Air Tosh
Pick #9 - newfoundland newfiebu
Pick #10 - Da Bomb
Pick #11 - TD Dragons
Pick #12 - Swish City
14Tommyd
      ID: 321112414
      Fri, Dec 04, 2020, 15:12
I'll take the highest slot available.
15Dave R
      SuperDude
      ID: 3010361110
      Fri, Dec 04, 2020, 19:49
1. BB The Ball
2 Mighty Meatwads
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4 KnicksFan
5
6
7 RecycledSpinalFluid
8
9
10 Sanfordors
11
12 Jason


Pick #8 - Air Tosh
Pick #9 - newfoundland newfiebu
Pick #10 - Da Bomb
Pick #11 - TD Dragons
Pick #12 - Swish City

Air Tosh is on the clock
16Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Fri, Dec 04, 2020, 21:08
1. BB The Ball
2 Mighty Meatwads
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4 KnicksFan
5 Air Tosh
6
7 RecycledSpinalFluid
8
9
10 Sanfordors
11
12 Jason


Pick #9 - newfoundland newfiebu
Pick #10 - Da Bomb
Pick #11 - TD Dragons
Pick #12 - Swish City

newfoundland newfiebu [how is that pronounced??] is on the clock
17Tommyd
      ID: 321112414
      Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 15:41
It's supposed to be Newfiebullets I'll have to change it lol. I'll take 6
18Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 15:47
1. BB The Ball
2 Mighty Meatwads
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4 KnicksFan
5 Air Tosh
6 Tommyd
7 RecycledSpinalFluid
8
9
10 Sanfordors
11
12 Jason

Pick #10 - Da Bomb
Pick #11 - TD Dragons
Pick #12 - Swish City

Da Bomb is on the clock
19Da Bomb
      Donor
      ID: 487112814
      Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 15:54
1. BB The Ball
2 Mighty Meatwads
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4 KnicksFan
5 Air Tosh
6 Tommyd
7 RecycledSpinalFluid
8 Da Bomb
9
10 Sanfordors
11
12 Jason

Pick #11 - TD Dragons
Pick #12 - Swish City
20TD
      ID: 54701522
      Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 09:47
1. BB The Ball
2 Mighty Meatwads
3 Schrodiger's Cats
4 KnicksFan
5 Air Tosh
6 Tommyd
7 RecycledSpinalFluid
8 Da Bomb
9 TD Dragons
10 Sanfordors
11 Swish City
12 Jason
21Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 09:55
From above:

The NBA season begins on Tuesday, Dec 22. The draft should begin on or about Friday, DEC 11, hopefully finishing by Saturday, Dec 19.
22Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 10:22
I may turn the draft on early so you can set queues or even pick if you are so inclined and you are up. I'll be expecting BB the Ball to get things rolling first thing Friday morning if not earlier though. In the end, it's up to him when the draft actually starts.

The clock will be off until Saturday morning when I am drinking coffee, but I am not certain exactly when that is. SO, SET A QUEUE FOR YOUR FIRST PICK BY FRIDAY MORNING and check in at drat time a couple times a day and you should be OK.

On Saturday, I will set a 4 hour limit. There will be a daily clock pause from Midnight to 8 AM EST. Pace should be around two rounds per day. The 4 hour clock may be adjusted if we get far behind schedule.
23BB the Ball
      ID: 5110333020
      Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 11:00
Bean--I'm ready-- let me know when we will be active and I promise I will get things rolling really fast-- I'll also promise not to cause issues at the turn :) Hoping for a really fun year and draft.

2020 has been full of lots of challenges-- Draft week for basketball and the preparation is always one of the highlights of the year for me---probably need it more in 2020 than ever-- cringing when the "sleeper" (in this league is anyone really a sleeper??) you want falls dramatically but the guy ahead of you picks him to the joy of having your top Centers locked in before the run starts!!

Good luck to everyone this year--- and Meat and Jason please leave them for me :)

BB
24Jason
      ID: 5510371213
      Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 14:32
I can't promise anything BB! My draft order is never the traditional, be careful!:)
25Meatwads
      ID: 541154616
      Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 19:31
Sounds like it's going to get a little frisky on our side of table!
Looking forward to the draft. It's always fun competing against top-level players.
Everyone in this league earned their way here.
I am ready to go whenever the draft opens as well.
Good luck everyone!
26Swish City
      Dude
      ID: 0931275
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 05:36
Oh come on, do I really have to draft next to Dave R again? :)
27Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 10:03
I have started the draft. If you find an issue with your picks let me know ASAP.

Again, there is no need to make a pick until Friday, but it is not prohibited. I've opened it to allow people to set queues. So no whining that someone is not making their pick please. If someone eats up the entire day on Friday, that's worthy of comment though.

Remember, that once you set a queue, you have to set it to actually pick for you, if you are going to be away from keyboard. Setting a queue alone does not automatically use the queue to make your pick unless you set it to do so.

Saturday morning around 10 AM EST I will start a 4 hour clock.

Good Luck guys

28B.B. the ball
      ID: 78142813
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 11:06
Let’s get this party started. Good luck guys!!
29RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 31526820
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 11:45
We must be early to Draftime, as it doesn't have the "preimport" function working yet.
30Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 12:26
If you are talking about the import pre-ranked from ESPN, I was able to do it in AAA league.
31RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 31526820
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 13:17
Hmm. I must be screwing something up.
32RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 31526820
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 13:20
Figured it out.
33B.B. the ball
      ID: 78142813
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 15:12
Bean it looks like clock might be on? Meat was skipped?
34 Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 15:48
Thanks BB, clock is stopped now.

Meat, let me know who you want and I will enter it and restart the draft with NO CLOCK.

Not sure if you can see it now, but BB took Anthony Davis.

Up to you but you can wait til Friday morning if you like. Let me know.
35RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 31526820
      Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 17:01
Skip that bum! Skip that bum!
36Meatwads
      ID: 52112822
      Wed, Dec 09, 2020, 08:35
Sorry for the delay guys. Saw it started last night.
I decided to sleep on it since the clock hasn't started and I was still weighing my options.
Meatwads select 1.02 Luka Doncic,DAL
37Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Wed, Dec 09, 2020, 10:44
Pick made, draft restarted with no clock. It's Schrodiger's pick now. No pressure to pick until Friday. No clock until Saturday.
38Schrodiger
      ID: 4610281219
      Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 15:07
Just picked. Good luck this year everyone.
39BB the Ball
      ID: 5110333020
      Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 18:13
Wow-- making great progress BEFORE the draft even starts!!
40RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 31526820
      Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 12:33
Swish City off building the "1st Team - All Load Management Team" with the first two picks (which I love both of them...)
41Jason
      ID: 5510371213
      Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 16:51
Tatum was my planned first pick. I didn't think that he will be picked up before me.
42Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 10:37
Four hour clock is on
43Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 10:53
I've paid the $10 so that we can get past the third round uninterrupted at Draft Time. Merry Christmas.

Don't forget to consider helping out Guru with the expenses of running this site at this link.
44TD
      ID: 321141216
      Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 17:04
Thank you for running this league and paying for the draft.
45Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 22:34
We're moving at a pretty fast clip. I have loaded your picks into Yahoo through 4.04. That's as far as I am planning to get tonight.

Check you players on your rosters from time to time to make sure I havent made a mistake. I'll let you know when I have updated again.

Loading them as the draft progresses helps me spread out the workload. It also takes the loaded players out of the player list at ESPN. Useful for making your picks, assuming I havent made a mistake that nobody pointed out to me.
46Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 23:55
Last Year I started a Draft Rationale thread, most ignored it and nobody went past round 6.

I am going to assume that this legacy is no longer fun for people, so I am not going to force it on y'all. If someone wants to start one, have at it.
47Swish City
      Dude
      ID: 0931275
      Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 03:59
Re: RSF - Yeah, big decision point early on to go with the load management thing. Just couldn't leave either of these guys on the board.

Nearly a different direction completely though. Found it very hard to overlook Booker and I definitely would have taken Embiid with him if I had the chance.

Having said that, I'm a big believer in raw stats at the start of a draft, so hopefully I started my squad on a good track.

Alternative view: Edgar and I selected LeBron 9th all those years ago when winning RIHC the first time around, so it's kinda poetic to select LeBron again at this time, the only time, that I can remember him dropping out of the top 10. It's a sign! Maybe....
49Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 23:55
We managed to get a bit done with the draft today, thank you to all for your excellent performance.

I have posted picks through 6.09 to ESPN. If you see a mistake let me know.
50Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 23:56
I have posted picks through 8.10 to ESPN. If you see a mistake let me know.
51Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 11:29
I selected the wrong 'Bogdanovic' with pick 8.08. It was tough to not select the one I originally wanted at pick 9.05.
52RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 31526820
      Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 11:57
I'll be sure to select him for you, if he makes it to me.
53Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 00:28
I have posted picks through 11.02 to ESPN. If you see a mistake let me know.
54Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 00:46
I have posted picks through 12.10 to ESPN. If you see a mistake let me know.
55Tosh
      Dude
      ID: 057721710
      Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 12:52
Thank you for all you do Bean.

Even at pick 148, KnicksFan was able to take the top player on my two person queue. Hmpff.
56KnicksFan
      ID: 3311591317
      Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 14:03
Tosh, no worries, there are 2 other perfectly good Plumlees for you to select!
57Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 23:56
I have posted picks through 14.08 to ESPN. If you see a mistake let me know.
58Swish City
      Dude
      ID: 0931275
      Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 06:02
On the sniping, I was gutted to see Dinwiddie go off the board 2 picks before. I nearly took him 2 rounds before and then got my hopes up as he so nearly made the long trip back to me.

In general, this has been a fierce draft. One that I did almost no prep for

Oh, and my annual shout to Dave R for sniping me on Chris Boucher the pick before me. I was mad about that one!
59Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 00:48
I have posted picks through 16.06 to ESPN. If you see a mistake let me know.
60Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 11:09
Draft is done.

Players are loaded to your teams in ESPN.

All undrafted players are on waivers now.

Initial Waiver order is set.

If you find an error let me know.

Good luck.
61Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 11:12
With just one AAA league this year, four teams from AAA will be promoted and four teams from the premier league will be relegated.

Don't you feel so international?
62Tommyd
      ID: 321112414
      Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 12:11
Thx bean , awesome job by everyone keeping the draft moving. Good luck to all. Can't say I researched much for this at.
63Bean
      ID: 304422310
      Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 15:56
This thread is now closed. Please move your correspondence to the Regular Season thread now.
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