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$50M Franchise Draft

Rules:

1. No clones (exception rule 5), rookies, or waiver wire.

2. Each user is responsible for drafting and managing a team that remains in compliance with the league rules.

3. Draft two franchises. Each player season on your team has to be from one of the two franchises. You must have at least 5 players from each franchise.

4. Draft Sequence: AB. During the first round, each franchise can only be selected once. It resets for the second round. Each franchise can only be selected once in the second round.

5. If a player played on each of your two franchises, you are allowed to use two seasons of that player as long as each franchise is represented.

6. You cannot draft the same franchise twice.

7. Draft order: Draft lottery will use the New York Lottery. Each user will be given a time slot. The first three numbers drawn during that time slot will be your score. Lowest score will be number 1 and so on. Ties will be broken by whoever has the lowest 4th number.

8. A posted pick is FINAL. No changing picks after a selection is posted. If an ineligible selection is made, the draft will continue on and the user who made the selection will have to make another pick. Other users do not have to wait for the makeup pick to be made.

9. During the draft, site mail the next 2 users on the schedule after making your pick, or state that you cannot site mail and somebody will take care of it.

10. Draft will be on the clock. 24 hour rule in place.

11. Trades are allowed, but only for entire draft slots, not individual picks.

12. Divisions: Divisions will be random.

13. During the draft, please refrain from mentioning undrafted players.

14. The "Commissioner" may take control of any team refusing to comply with the ODL league rules. A warning will be issued in the league forum and a sitemail, after which the user has 3 games to comply. All games in violation are 'losses'.

15. Commissioner: benhoidal

users: raggedclaws; chewy3344; riftonapple; Midge; ty84moss; dBKC; steelers821; samuelyork93; Sephy13; berkelon; BenJoker; uptowngbv; 24kpyrite; jhsukow; dh555; PBandJ; beloud; jethroeg; kammeyer; jamminj530; jcred5; M6speed; robusk; benhoidal

Available Franchises

• You can use players from all historical versions of your franchise (e.g. NY Nets, NJ Nets etc)
• ABA Franchises can be combined into a single team; note that only ABA seasons between 67-68 and 75-76 are eligible:
• see http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/

Official ABA Team Histories:

• Anaheim Amigos>>LA Stars>>Utah Stars
• Dallas Chaparrals>>Texas Chapparrals>>San Antonio Spurs
• Houston Mavericks>>Carolina Cougars>>Spirits of St. Louis
• Indiana Pacers
• Kansas City>>Denver Larks>>Denver Rockets>>Denver Nuggets
• Kentucky Colonels
• Minnesota Muskies>>Miami Floridians>>The Floridians
• New Orleans Buccaneers>>Louisiana Buccaneers>>Memphis Pros>>Memphis Tams>>Memphis Sounds>>Baltimore Hustlers>>Baltimore Claws
• New York Americans>>New Jersey Americans>>New York Nets
• Oakland Americans>>Oakland Oaks>>Washington Capitals>>Virginia Squires
• Pittsburgh Pipers>>Minnesota Pipers>>Pittsburgh Pipers>>Pittsburgh Pioneers>>Pittsburgh Condors
• San Diego Conquistadors>>San Diego Sails

1st Round
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Denver Nuggets
Detroit Pistons
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Indiana Pacers
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
New York Knicks
Oklahoma City Thunder
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76'ers
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
San Antonio Spurs
Toronto Raptors
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards
ABA


2nd Round
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Denver Nuggets
Detroit Pistons
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Indiana Pacers
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
New York Knicks
Oklahoma City Thunder
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76'ers
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
San Antonio Spurs
Toronto Raptors
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards
ABA

Draft Lottery

Sunday, 9-9, 8 PM, EST
https://nylottery.ny.gov/all-winning-numbers

8:00 - benhoidal
8:04 - raggedclaws
8:08 - chewy3344
8:12 - riftonapple
8:16 - Midge
8:20 - ty84moss
8:24 - dBKC
8:28 - steelers821
8:32 - samuelyork93
8:36 - Sephy13
8:40 - berkelon
8:44 - BenJoker
8:48 - uptowngbv
8:52 - 24kpyrite
8:56 - jhsukow
9:00 - dh555
9:04 - PBandJ
9:08 - beloud
9:12 - jethroeg
9:16 - kammeyer
9:20 - jamminj530
9:24 - jcred5
9:28 - M6speed
9:32 - robusk

The first 3 numbers drawn from your time slot is your score. The lowest score gets #1 and so on. Ties will be broken by whoever has the lower 4th number drawn.

Results

8:00 - benhoidal - 24 (18)
8:04 - raggedclaws - 17 (10)
8:08 - chewy3344 - 33 (17)
8:12 - riftonapple - 29 (17)
8:16 - Midge - 16 (14)
8:20 - ty84moss - 33 (16)
8:24 - dBKC - 25 (23)
8:28 - steelers821 - 32 (18)
8:32 - samuelyork93 - 31 (18)
8:36 - Sephy13 - 21 (11)
8:40 - berkelon - 25 (18)
8:44 - BenJoker - 29 (14)
8:48 - uptowngbv - 20 (17)
8:52 - 24kpyrite - 35 (24)
8:56 - jhsukow - 14 (10)
9:00 - dh555 - 58 (31)
9:04 - PBandJ - 21 (12)
9:08 - beloud - 22 (20)
9:12 - jethroeg - 12 (8)
9:16 - kammeyer - 55 (25)
9:20 - jamminj530 - 23 (12)
9:24 - jcred5 - 14 (11)
9:28 - M6speed - 16 (12)
9:32 - robusk - 20 (14)

Round 1
1. jethroeg - Miami Heat
2. jhsukow - Los Angeles Clippers
3. jcred - Milwaukee Bucks
4. M6speed - Golden State Warriors
5. Midge - Brooklyn Nets
6. raggedclaws - Los Angeles Lakers
7. robusk - San Antonio Spurs
8. uptowngbv - New Orleans Pelicans
9. Sephy13 - Oklahoma City Thunder
10. PBandJ - Denver Nuggets
11. beloud - Utah Jazz
12. jamminj530 - Philadelphia 76'ers
13. benhoidal - Dallas Mavericks
14. berkelon - Cleveland Cavaliers
15. dBKC - Boston Celtics
16. BenJoker - Chicago Bulls
17. riftonapple - Toronto Raptors
18. samuelyork93 - Detroit Pistons
19. steelers821 - Houston Rockets
20. ty84moss - Phoenix Suns
21. chewy3344 - Portland Trailblazers
22. 24kpyrite - Minnesota Timberwolves
23. kammeyer - New York Knicks
24. dh555 - Orlando Magic

Round 2
1. dh555 - Los Angeles Clippers
2. kammeyer - Miami Heat
3. 24kpyrite - Philadelphia 76'ers
4. chewy3344 - Milwaukee Bucks
5. ty84moss - San Antonio Spurs
6. steelers821 - Oklahoma City Thunder
7. samuelyork93 - Golden State Warriors
8. riftonapple - Los Angeles Lakers
9. BenJoker - Boston Celtics
10. dBKC - Brooklyn Nets
11. berkleon - Utah Jazz
12. benhoidal - Chicago Bulls
13. jamminj530 - Detroit Pistons
14. beloud - Houston Rockets
15. PBandJ - Cleveland Cavaliers
16. Sephy13 - Denver Nuggets
17. uptowngbv - New York Knicks
18. robusk - Portland Trailblazers
19. raggedclaws - Dallas Mavericks
20. Midge - New Orleans Pelicans
21. M6speed - Orlando Magic
22. jcred5 - Minnesota Timberwolves
23. jhsukow - Memphis Grizzlies
24. jethroeg - Indiana Pacers

I'm looking to trade down if anybody is interested, something in the 20s. I have the 11th pick.

Miami Heat

Los Angeles Clippers

Golden State Warriors

Los Angeles Lakers

Spurs.

sm for me please.

SM sent

New Orleans Pelicans