Your random draft order:
1 Thomas's Team
2 Dedrick's Team
3 Basketball
4 Chris's Choice Team
5 Havok22's Legit Team
6 Alan T's Team
7 Jorge Felix's Team
8 Fear The Dunk
9 Quadruple Doink
10 Abomination
11 Goldbull
12 Tune Squad
I think I'm going to lock it here at 12 teams, so we can have 3 divisions of 4 and 6 playoff teams. 14 teams would be a weird number and 16 might be a stretch in terms of acquiring decent owners and pushing the limits of our basketball knowledge. We've got a good group here too.
I'll most likely generate the draft order today.
The draft will be “offline”... ie it will not be a live Yahoo draft but more like our standard waiver draft. I would propose starting it around late September/early October, as it may take a couple weeks to complete.
I'm trying to balance it for a bit of a shallower format, and to somewhat model the league's shift towards small ball. I'm open to the discussion though, once the league fills up. We are at 8/12 already!
I personally wouldn't consider Steph at 1-1 in a brand new keeper league, just based on his age. However, he is poised to have a monster fantasy season with Durant gone and Klay injured for most of the year. In a redraft league, there's a strong argument for him being right there with Harden as a hyper-efficient shooter poised for incredible volume.
About draft order for next year. The bottom 6 (non-playoff) teams will all be in the lottery with equal odds. Picks 7-12 will be in reverse order of final playoff standings (ie champion will pick 12th). This will not be a snake draft and pick order is in effect each round. Picks are not tradable.
Roster Positions
PG, G, SG, SF, F, PF, C, UTIL, BN, BN, BN, BN, IL, IL, IL
Scoring will be Head-to-Head and will use the following stats:
- Points
- Rebounds
- Assists
- Steals
- Blocks
- Assist-to-TO Ratio
- FG%
- 3PT%
- FT%
I'm looking to reboot an NBA Keeper League with the resurgence of interest in basketball after the Raptors Championship run.
This will be a KEEPER league, not a DYNASTY league. What does that mean?
1) There will be no prospect roster, just an NBA roster. We will never need a Google Doc to track draft picks or prospects, and all keeper selections will be made directly through Yahoo.
2) You don't need in-depth, obsessive NBA knowledge to join! If you got basketball fever this Spring or want to pick up watching the sport again, this league is for you also.
3) There will be a smaller number of annual keepers compared to your typical deep dynasty league. I'm thinking 6 keepers each, but I will open this up for discussion.
4) NBA Rookies will be lumped into the annual Waiver draft along with all other unowned players.
5) In-season waiver priority does not carry over to the following season; Waiver Draft order will be determined by a weight draft lottery based on standings.
My keepers are
Leon Draisaitl
Steven Stamkos
Mark Scheifele
Mark Giordano
Jakub Voracek
Mathew Barzal
Clayton Keller
Zach Werenski
Gustav Nyquist
Andreas Johnsson
Zach Hyman
Jake Gardiner (need him transferred to me)
Devan Dubnyk
Semyon Varlamov
Jake Allen