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| Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 18:03
I will activate the draft momentarily. The clock will not start until Thursday morning, and any picks today are strictly optional. You can, however, begin to set up a queue if you expect timing conflicts tomorrow.
We will proceed with a 6 hour clock. The draft clock will continue through weekends. There will be a clock moratorium each night from 1am until 7am 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
3 bench
2 DL
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 draft order.
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 15 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.
Here are my ground rules for selecting from a queue: If you have a queue and make it available, and it is your turn to pick, I will make your pick if I'm around - unless you have provided specific instructions via email or in this thread. Therefore, do not make (or leave) your queue available if you do not want it used.
You can specify that only the top name on your queue is to be displayed, or that the entire queue is to be shown. If you make the entire queue visible, I'll certainly check for any emails that might provide additional instructions. You can also authorize a DP to make a selection "free-form" (i.e., typing in the name, rather than selecting from a preset list.) Presumably, you would elect this only if you provide specific instructions to your DP(s).
Regardless, be aware that your queue is not visible to me or to any other designated picker until it is your turn to pick.
Please refrain from mentioning any undrafted player in this thread. 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.
Based on recent drafts, it is reasonable to expect that we will complete approximately 24 picks (2 full rounds) per day. Do not assume that you'll have a day off.
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 14, 2009, 18:03
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I figured it would be good to recap the rules regarding the injury slots:
Three bench slots are available to hold any player. Two additional bench slots will be enabled, but are restricted as “injury slots”, hereafter abbreviated as “IS”.
An NBA player shall be eligible to fill an IS if he is listed in any “informed” source as being injured more seriously than “day-to-day”. Examples of acceptable information sources include (but are not limited to):
RotoWire
RotoWorld
RotoTimes
ESPN
NBA.com
Newspaper stories (citing facts, not speculation).
Once a player appears in an NBA game, he is no longer eligible to fill an IS, even if a published source fails to remove his listing. When a player is no longer IS eligible, the team shall have a limited amount of time to remove that player from the IS, as defined below.
If a manager wishes to move a player into an IS but cannot find a confirming source, he may request that the Commissioner approve the designation. The Commissioner shall use his best judgment in making such a determination.
If any manager believes that another team has improperly moved a player into an IS, he may file a protest with the Commissioner. If any manager disagrees with a Commissioner ruling, he may request a league vote. Six votes shall be required to overturn any Commissioner ruling related to an IS.
Each Wednesday, the Commissioner shall review all rosters to assure that any filled injury slots are appropriate. In the event that an IS is improperly filled, the Commissioner will notify the manager of the violation via the email link at the Yahoo site. The notified manager will have 48 hours to correct the roster or to provide a satisfactory explanation. If a breach remains uncorrected 48 hours after notice, the Commissioner shall have the authority to drop a bench player in order to bring the roster into conformance. The player dropped will be based upon the Commissioner’s judgment as to the best interests of the impacted team.
The Commissioner shall have the latitude to extend the time for curing a breach if he knows that the manager is unreachable and/or unavailable to make the adjustment.
No player which is in an IS slot may be placed in a starting slot on any day unless the bench has been cleared of that injury slot, or unless another player is eligible to replace that player in the vacated IS. In the event of a violation, the Commissioner may elect to void any stats generated by improperly activated player.
After the draft is complete, no player may be picked up as a free agent and immediately placed in an IS. Free agent additions are only IS eligible 10 days after pickup, unless the player has appeared in an NBA game after the pickup and the IS eligibility occurred thereafter. (Drafted players may be immediately “stashed” upon the completion of the draft if they qualify.)
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| | | 3 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 21:59
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Remember that if you want your queue to be used, you must mark is as "Available". It is not available by default, and does not become available simply by putting players in it.
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| | | 4 | Tosh
Leader
ID: 057721710
Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 22:01
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Tosh & Species agree to trade.
Tosh gets 1.04 & 2.09
Species gets 1.05 & 2.08
Species (Can't get to boards right now) will confirm to Guru via email.
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| | | 5 | Mike D
Leader
ID: 041831612
Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 22:07
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It's funny that the draft hadn't really started yet. We had a 2 person mock draft.
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| | | 6 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 23:28
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Species confirmed via email. Trade processed.
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| | | 7 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 00:00
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Guru, thanks for the link. At least I'll be able to tell what players are gone.
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| | | 8 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 11:33
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Just to be clear, Tosh selected Durant with his traded pick, and Species is on the clock. Durant's name doesn't show on the draft's home page due to the way traded picks are displayed, but you can see it if you click on "View all picks", or if you review the draft using the link in post 2.
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| | | 9 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 11:48
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If you want to follow the QL drafts, you can use these links:
AAA #1
AAA #2
AA #1
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| | | 10 | Uptown @work
ID: 1958113
Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 15:37
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I have left a two man queue for my first round pick and selected Florian as a DP. I will be able to check in around 8pm for my 2nd round pick.
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| | | 11 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 18:32
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I get the award for the first manager to punt a category.
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| | | 12 | Mike D
Leader
ID: 041831612
Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 18:41
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The guy we all want, the guy we're glad you took.
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| | | 13 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 01:14
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left a 2 man queue. If my players are gone, I'll pick in the AM.
As always, my queue is only good for one pick.
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| | | 14 | Species
ID: 2591161
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 02:01
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Sorry guys........just arrived in Orange County and am logged on. Will pick shortly.
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| | | 15 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 08:45
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Looking ahead to Saturday - I'll be away from 8:30am until about 5pm, with no web access at all on Saturday.
First, don't rely on me to make picks from your queue during that interval.
Second, depending on where the draft stands tomorrow morning, I may need someone to pick from my queue. If so, who is available for that duty?
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| | | 16 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 08:45
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Set a new queue.
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| | | 17 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 09:10
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I set up the rationale thread. Please remember to add your rationale in sequence when it is your turn to pick. If you are not ready to post when the time comes, then add a placeholder. And if you are picking from someone else's queue, it is helpful if you could post a placeholder for that person's next rationale as well.
If you are posting overdue rationales, please put them in this thread and I will copy them over.
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| | | 18 | Florian
Dude
ID: 034815289
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 10:28
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I can make picks for you tomorrow Guru.
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| | | 21 | Tosh
Leader
ID: 057721710
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 13:51
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I will have no computer access during the daytime both days this weekend. I can still make picks and follow along using my phone.
But it's not easy to use Kafenatid on my iphone.
Can someone please text me the selections every hour or so? I'll be able to make the picks, or set up a DP. I just need easier access to the list of drafted players, so I can check them off my draft sheet.
Please email me, and I will send you my cell #. Thanks!
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| | | 22 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 13:57
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Bold: [b]text here[/b]
Replace the [ with <
and the ] with >
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| | | 23 | jason
ID: 5298716
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 15:58
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Florian, Guru!
I will be away from now for a while (I guess until 8pm). A will left a queue for you. Please use it only for the third pick, I would like draft the forth player after I knew the previous pick's.
Thanks!
Jason
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| | | 25 | Florian
ID: 508492423
Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 18:31
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I'm heading out for a few hours. I'll make my 4th round pick when I return (there are still currently 4 picks to be made before then) around 10 or 11 tonight.
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| | | 28 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 08:10
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No access til1 afternoon. set a queue. It is only good for round 4.
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| | | 29 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 08:16
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As I mentioned yesterday, I will be away from 8:30am until about 5pm today (Saturday).
It doesn't look like my next pick will be due before I return. But just in case, I'll be calling my son this afternoon to check.
Do not rely on me to make picks for you this morning or this afternoon. I'll be back this evening.
If you do make picks from queues for other players today, please check this thread first to make sure there are no special instructions or limitations - since I won't be available to clean up the mess if you make picks that you shouldn't have.
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| | | 32 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 16:45
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[28] xpdurmind said his queue was only good for round 4. Are we sure it was OK to pick from his queue in round 5?
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| | | 33 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 16:52
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I'm temporarily stopping the draft until I get confirmation that the pick for xpdurmind was OK, since it was made from his queue in round 5.
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| | | 34 | xpdurmind
ID: 2293617
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 17:08
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As Guru pointed out, please check instructions in this thread first.
My queue was good for the 4th round only. Partly it is my fault: I designated 6 managers as DP so as not to delay the draft, but I guess I should have sent everyone an email.
I just checked about 1 hr ago and it was still Mike D`s pick. I figured that I`ll be home in another hour and that I`ll have ample time to evaluate my roster before deciding on my next pick. In any case I am ok with my 5th round pick, but It would have been fun to overanalyze things :)
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| | | 35 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 17:11
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Thanks.
You are right that it's better to limit your DPs if you have special instructions. We have several similar instances in the recent football draft.
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| | | 36 | xpdurmind
ID: 2293617
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 17:14
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Guru,
didn`t see ur post . I would like to make my own pick if no one has picked after me. otherwise, you can continue with the draft.
I will be home in 1 hour
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| | | 37 | WonderB
Sustainer
ID: 241053812
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 17:41
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so X is retracting the latest pick and species should not go here. but the draft is restarted and it is past xpdurmind. carefull species
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| | | 38 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 17:49
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xpdurmind - I thought you were OK'ing that pick. Go ahead and post your revised pick here, and then we'll move on.
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| | | 39 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 18:23
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Guru, The Pick is fine. Thanks for giving me the chance of going over some numbers.
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| | | 40 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 19:09
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I am no longer able to check this site from work, so I was following the draft, email and this thread from my htc cell, but the browsing is kind of bad and typing is even worse.
In any case, sorry for the misunderstanding guys.
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| | | 42 | jason
ID: 5298716
Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 19:57
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I left a queue for Guru and Florian which is valid only for the fifth round.
Thanks,
Jason
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| | | 44 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 08:08
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I'll be out until noon-ish. I just set up a queue for round 6, and designated Jason and Florian as pickers.
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| | | 45 | WonderB
Sustainer
ID: 241053812
Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 08:59
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Q is good for R 6. it's short but i'll be back by noon to check on things. time is too short to make 8 man queue right now.
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| | | 47 | Mike D
Leader
ID: 041831612
Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 14:17
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Be gone until around 7pm eastern. Did a 2 man queue and gave Guru access. Will have limited remote access.
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| | | 48 | Mike D
Leader
ID: 041831612
Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 14:18
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Preferably just for ROUND 6
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| | | 50 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 17:34
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Mike D's queue is empty, so we'll have to wait for him
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| | | 52 | Species
ID: 2591161
Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 19:10
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Expanding on WonderB's post about how every player you consider seems to go right after your pick....I swear in rounds 2 through 5 players are flying off of the board that I was considering. I heavily considered Diaw last round but thought he might slip. Oh well.
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| | | 54 | Florian
Dude
ID: 034815289
Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 19:20
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Species: I spent several hours today agonizing over whether to draft Turkoglu or Salmons. I ended up drafting Turkoglu because I was hoping Salmons might slip to the next round.
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| | | 55 | Mike D
Leader
ID: 041831612
Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 19:41
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I'm back and about to check things
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| | | 57 | xpdurmind
ID: 2293617
Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 19:48
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Species, I had my hopes up that Salmons was going to fall to me since your roster seemed strong with SF/SG players. I figured I would take him and hope that Diaw falls back to me. But with Mike D`s 2 man queue empty, It appears that he was picking at least one of them.
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| | | 62 | WonderB
Sustainer
ID: 241053812
Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 00:08
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Q good for R7.
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| | | 63 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 05:45
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Queue left with Florian and Wesley. Please use it for round 7 only.
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| | | 64 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 08:26
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Holt,Mike D,Tosh,Guru,jason:
left a 7 man queue. Good for only 8th round. Hopefully that is enough, if not I'll figure something else out.
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| | | 65 | uptown on cell
ID: 349121910
Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 11:12
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I updated my queue so feel free to pick from it for round 8.
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| | | 72 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 17:31
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I'm home for a while. I will be making my own pick. Made My Q unavailable.
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| | | 75 | Tosh
Leader
ID: 057721710
Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 19:14
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I've posted my rationale. I'm still working on my selection for pick 8.08. Should be in about 30 minutes. Sorry for the delay (and curses to my real job!)
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| | | 78 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 01:14
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I'll be making my pick shortly(within the hour).I nodded off.
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| | | 79 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 09:37
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Q set good for round 10 only.( just in case I'm working late)
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| | | 82 | Florian
Dude
ID: 034815289
Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 18:44
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trade offer sent to Jason
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| | | 85 | Florian
Dude
ID: 034815289
Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 20:10
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Haven't heard back from Jason. Just sent trade offer to Guru.
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| | | 86 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 21:05
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Jason lives in eastern Europe, I believe, so you are unlikely to get his attention at this time of night.
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| | | 87 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 23:33
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Boy, you could just smell that Guru pick of Shaq a mile away couldn't you!
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| | | 92 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 09:38
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Picked from Holt's Q. He has a similar player for next round. I have no instructions and I don't see anything in this thread.
????
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| | | 93 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 09:43
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I took the second PG for him. With no instructions, we need to move on. It's likely that this was his intent.
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| | | 94 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 10:02
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Got to take care of the 3 S's. brb.
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| | | 95 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 10:58
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Species' queue is empty, and he's been MIA since yesterday afternoon in another league. We may have a wait here.
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| | | 96 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 11:30
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or not...
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| | | 103 | Uptown Bombers
Donor
ID: 035616416
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 15:44
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Sorry gang. Here and will pick shortly.
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| | | 108 | Florian
ID: 508492423
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 21:13
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Sorry I'm taking so long. Hopefully will have it figured out within the hour.
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| | | 109 | holt
ID: 308491916
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 21:44
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hopefully it gets to me tonight. I'm not available a lot tomorrow. not looking forward to going off a queue again.
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| | | 110 | Florian
ID: 508492423
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 22:42
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Once again sorry I took so long to make my pick. My three week old son was taking most of my attention over the last few hours.
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| | | 113 | WonderB
Sustainer
ID: 241053812
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 23:47
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whoopps, beat me to the punch there tosh.
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| | | 114 | Tosh
Leader
ID: 057721710
Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 23:49
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It pays to pre-write the rationales and then just copy/paste. I was able to clean it up with the nifty self-edit feature.
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| | | 115 | WonderB
Sustainer
ID: 241053812
Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 08:46
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teke made my pick from the Q so i lost a few minutes before i noticed. i refreshed the rational page and saw you had put a placeholder in for teke so i tried to quickly copy n paste but you must have beat me by seconds.
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| | | 116 | Florian
ID: 549221910
Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 10:45
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Mike: Nice 13th round pick. Having Iverson available has been tormenting me these last few rounds, but he really really didn't fit my positional needs.
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| | | 118 | Mike D
Leader
ID: 041831612
Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 12:38
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Thanks bro. High upside, that's for sure.
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| | | 122 | jason
ID: 5298716
Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 17:51
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I left a queue for Guru and Florian.
Thanks,
Jason
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| | | 123 | jason
ID: 5298716
Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 18:08
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I am here yet, and see the draft starts again. I can wait the next pick and I will chose.
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| | | 124 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 18:21
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We should finish the draft tomorrow, hopefully. However, be aware that I will have limited internet access after 2pm ET on Friday, so if you are relying on a DP, it would be good to have someone else.
I'll try to have all players entered into Yahoo ASAP, after which all undrafted players will be on waivers for 2 days. I may decide to reduce the waiver period from 2 days to one day, just to enable F/A pickups in time for opening day. For that matter, 1 day may be ample for the entire season.
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| | | 125 | Mike D
Leader
ID: 041831612
Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 18:24
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1 day works, especially when you consider that it really becomes 2 anyway. Someone gets dropped at 8am, picked up the next day, active the day after.
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| | | 129 | tekeballer
ID: 229121915
Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 19:11
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13.07 Drew Gooden
Gooden should provide 12 points and 7 or 8 rebounds for Dallas.
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| | | 131 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 21:14
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Will not be around until later tonight( catching some lakers preseason action).
Set up a 7 man queue only good for round 14
Thanks
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| | | 133 | holt
ID: 308491916
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 01:14
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Was hoping we could knock these last 2 rds out swiftly so I wouldn't have to go off a queue again. Debating whether I want to build a queue for my final 2 picks or not...
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| | | 134 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 01:27
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just got back.. I'll make my pick shortly.
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| | | 136 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 02:04
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#133 Holt,
I doubt that Mike D is up. He's probably East coast.
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| | | 137 | holt
ID: 308491916
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 02:24
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yeah, glad to see some picks knocked out though. a 3 man queue is way easier than 6. setting my queue up now.
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| | | 139 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 09:54
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By the way, thanks to all of you for keeping up with rationales. I've hardly had to bug anyone.
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| | | 140 | Florian
ID: 549221910
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 15:09
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I've drafted for Jason as he had a player in his queue (who was on my short list of players). I assume that was OK. I didn't see any notices about drafting for him this round.
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| | | 144 | jason
ID: 5298716
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 17:52
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Florian, thank's, everything is ok!
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| | | 148 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 18:31
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Please post the remainder of your rationales here, and I'll copy them over in the correct sequence.
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| | | 155 | xpurmind
ID: 44802419
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 20:18
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# 152 Species,
Tosh took Speights, the pick before. I had him penciled in for my 14th round. I think Parker is a great pick at this stage. I would have taken him if you didn't.
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| | | 156 | Mike D
Leader
ID: 041831612
Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 21:06
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As a Sixer fan, I hope Speights performs way above his draft position.
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| | | 164 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Oct 24, 2009, 07:37
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League has been activated. Undrafted players will clear waivers on Oct 26.
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