The "ORIGINAL DRAFT LEAGUE" 97th SEASON

The Ultimate $47M Challenge in SIM Basketball in its 97th season.

Salary Cap - $47M

Rules:

1. No clones, rookies, or waiver wire.

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

3. 7 exclusive drafted players, plus 5 non-exclusive undrafted players. The 5 non-exclusive undrafted players may be any player not selected in the draft. Each user must use their drafted players.

4. Draft Sequence: ABABAB. 1 pick rounds 1-5 and 2 picks in round 6.

5. Draft order: Users will have the option to choose their draft slot by picking closer to 1 or 24. Users will be slotted closer to their preference based on inverse finish of the previous season. Tie breakers are decided by WIS seeding if in the same conference, plus/minus if not. Regardless of record, the champion will be slotted last among returners with the runner-up slotted second to last. New users are seeded after returning users by order of entry. It is assumed that an users wants 'closer to 1', unless stated otherwise. The returning users that did not make the playoffs and chose closer to 1 will be in a weighted Random.org lottery.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. Trades are allowed. Each team must have 7 exclusive players/draft slots at all times.

10. If any trade gets three or more veto requests, the trade will be sent to the Fair Play Committee. The Committee will be comprised of three members. A 2-1 vote will overturn the trade. Current Fair Play Committee members include benhoidal, robusk, and jhsukow.

11. General Trade Guidelines (Not firm rules. Common sense need be applied):
Trades that are acceptable: Team that trades up gives up more in total value.
Trades that are not acceptable: Team that trades up gains more in total value.

12. Divisions: There will be a division draft among the division winners from the previous season. All four division winners will submit a list of the 20 other users ranked by whom they want in their division. The user with the best record the previous season will get first selection regardless of postseason finish, second will get the second selection and so on. It is a snake draft. If a previous division winner is not returning, the spot will be filled by the user with the best record regardless of division (Tie breaker will be point differential). Lists will be made public.

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: Thomasmh1; uptowngbv; cem6989; copernicus; dBKC; PBandJ; jhsukow; oddson; berkelon; jcred5; Midge; reeldeal01; gerryred; riftonapple; sappy; cjok1051; NotoriousJ; M6speed; 24kpyrite; raggedclaws; chewy3344; robusk; benhoidal

1st Round Tuesday 4-15
1. dBKC - LeBron James
2. copernicus - Stephen Curry
3. jhsukow - Giannis Antetokounmpo
4. uptowngbv - Nikola Jokic
5. Thomasmh1 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
6. PBandJ - Anthony Davis
7. cem6989 - Wilt Chamberlain
8. oddson - Dwight Howard
9. berkelon - Michael Jordan
10. jcred5 - Kevin Durant
11. cjok1051 (via Midge) - Shaquille O'Neal
12. reeldeal01 - Rudy Gobert
13. gerryred - David Robinson
14. benhoidal - Kawhi Leonard
15. riftonapple - Chris Paul
16. chewy3344 (2) - Luka Doncic
17. cjok1051 - Kevin Garnett
18. HDS1 - DeAndre Jordan
19. benhoidal (2) - Hassan Whiteside
20. M6speed - Clint Capela
21. 24kpyrite - Joel Embiid
22. raggedclaws - Karl Malone
23. chewy3344 - Nic Claxton
24. robusk - Tim Duncan

2nd Round Wednesay 4-16
1. robusk - Walker Kessler
2. chewy3344 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3. raggedclaws - Tyrese Haliburton
4. 24kpyrite - Dennis Rodman
5. M6speed - Ben Wallace
6. benhoidal (2) - Damian Lillard
7. HDS1 - Jrue Holiday
8. Midge (via cjok1051) - Kyrie Irving
9. chewy3344 (2) - Kevin McHale
10. riftonapple - Jarrett Allen
11. benhoidal - Jimmy Butler
12. gerryred - Ivica Zubac
13. reeldeal01 - Derrick Favors
14. Midge - Bill Walton
15. jcred5 - Amen Thompson
16. berkelon - James Harden
17. oddson - John Stockton
18. cem6989 - Steve Nash
19. PBandJ - Evan Mobley
20. Thomasmh1 - Karl-Anthony Towns
21. riftonapple (via uptowngbv) - Daniel Gafford
22. jhsukow - Marcus Camby
23. copernicus - Tyson Chandler
24. dBKC - Chris Boucher

3rd Round Thursday 4-17
1. dBKC - Chet Holmgren
2. copernicus - Jalen Duren
3. jhsukow - Jason Kidd
4. uptowngbv - Mitchell Robinson
5. Thomasmh1 - Bam Adebayo
6. PBandJ - Cade Cunningham
7. cem6989 - Robert Williams
8. benhoidal (via oddson) - Victor Wembanyama
9. berkelon - Jonas Valanciunas
10. jcred5 - Derrick White
11. Midge - John Collins
12. reeldeal01 - Andre Drummond
13. gerryred - Nikola Vucevic
14. oddson (via benhoidal) - Paul George
15. uptowngbv (via riftonapple) - Larry Bird
16. chewy3344 (2) - Christian Wood
17. Midge (via cjok1051) - Michael Porter
18. HDS1 - Domantas Sabonis
19. benhoidal (2) - Charles Barkley
20. M6speed - Manu Ginobili
21. 24kpyrite - Serge Ibaka
22. raggedclaws - Kevin Love
23. chewy3344 - Donovan Mitchell
24. robusk - Khris Middleton

4th Round Friday 4-18
1. robusk - Tari Eason
2. chewy3344 - Jamal Murray
3. raggedclaws - Jaren Jackson Jr.
4. 24kpyrite - Kristaps Porzingis
5. M6speed - Brandon Clarke
6. benhoidal (2) - Bobby Portis
7. HDS1 - Julius Erving
8. Midge (via cjok1051) - Jakob Poeltl
9. chewy3344 (2) - Montrezzl Harrell
10. riftonapple - Hakeem Olajuwon
11. oddson (via benhoidal) - C.J. McCollum
12. gerryred - Otto Porter
13. reeldeal01 - Trayce Jackson-Davis
14. Midge - Alex Caruso
15. jcred5 - Zion Williamson
16. berkelon - Paul Reed
17. benhoidal (via oddson) - Andrew Bogut
18. cem6989 - Andre Kirilenko
19. PBandJ - Klay Thompson
20. Thomasmh1 - Gerald Wallace
21. uptowngbv - Magic Johnson
22. jhsukow - Jayson Tatum
23. copernicus - Ben Simmons
24. dBKC - Dwyane Wade

5th Round Monday 4-21
1. dBKC - Dikembe Mutombo
2. copernicus - Richaun Holmes
3. jhsukow - Larry Sanders
4. uptowngbv - Jarred Vanderbilt
5. Thomasmh1 - Kenneth Faried
6. PBandJ - OG Anunoby
7. cem6989 - Precious Achiuwa
8. oddson - JaVale McGee
9. berkelon - Chris Andersen
10. jcred5 - Deandre Ayton
11. Midge - Jameer Nelson
12. reeldeal01 - Delon Wright
13. gerryred - Mike Conley
14. benhoidal - Jalen Williams
15. riftonapple - Victor Oladipo
16. chewy3344 (2) - Dyson Daniels
17. cjok1051 - Donyell Marshall
18. HDS1 - Shawn Marion
19. benhoidal (2) - Eric Bledsoe
20. M6speed - Larry Nance
21. 24kpyrite - Dejounte Murray
22. raggedclaws - Kevon Looney
23. chewy3344 - Robert Parish
24. robusk - Clyde Drexler

6th Round Tuesday 4-22
1. robusk - Jalen Johnson & Ty Jerome
2. chewy3344 - Andre Iguodala & Patrick Beverley
3. raggedclaws - Nicolas Batum & Tree Rollins
4. 24kpyrite - Ausar Thompson & Joe Dumars
5. M6speed - Manute Bol & Thaddeus Young
6. benhoidal (2) - Andrew Bynum & Scottie Barnes
7. HDS1 - Jalen Brunson & Cole Aldrich
8. cjok1051 - Charlie Ward & Amare Stoudemire
9. chewy3344 (2) - Dereck Lively & LaMelo Ball
10. a) uptowngbv (via riftonapple) - Sam Merrill
b) riftonapple - Mark Williams
11. oddson (via benhoidal) - George T. Johnson & Cedric Maxwell
12. gerryred - JaMychal Green & Jose Calderon
13. reeldeal01 - Thomas Bryant & Justin Champagnie
14. cjok1051 (via Midge) - Nate McMillan & Danny Green
15. jcred5 - Enes Kanter & Samuel Dalembert
16. berkelon - Moussa Diabaté & Jonathan Isaac
17. benhoidal (via oddson) - Pau Gasol & Brandan Wright
18. cem6989 - Goga Bitadze & Gary Payton II
19. PBandJ - Kal’el Ware & Matas Buzelis
20. Thomasmh1 - Kyle O’Quinn & Tyreke Evans
21. a) riftonapple (via uptowngbv) - Malcom Brogdon
b) uptowngbv - Oso Ighodaro
22. jhsukow - Anthony Edwards & Mark Eaton
23. copernicus - Zach Lavine & Draymond Green
24. dBKC - Herbert Jones & David West

Alpha List

A
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
Adebayo, Bam
Achiuwa, Precious
Aldrich, Cole
Allen, Jarrett
Andersen, Chris
Antetokounmpo, Giannis
Anunoby, OG
Ayton, Deandre

B
Ball, LaMelo
Barkley, Charles
Barnes, Scottie
Batum, Nicholas
Beverley, Patrick
Bird, Larry
Bitadze, Goga
Bledsoe, Eric
Bogut, Andrew
Bol, Manute
Boucher, Chris
Brogdon, Malcom
Brunson, Jalen
Bryant, Thomas
Butler, Jimmy
Buzelis, Matas
Bynum, Andrew

C
Calderon, Jose
Camby, Marcus
Capela, Clint
Caruso, Alex
Chamberlain, Wilt
Champagnie, Justin
Chandler, Tyson
Clarke, Brandon
Claxton, Nic
Collins, John
Conley, Mike
Cunningham, Cade
Curry, Stephen

D
Dalembert, Samuel
Daniels, Dyson
Davis, Anthony
Diabaté, Moussa
Doncic, Luka
Drexler, Clyde
Drummond, Andre
Dumars, Joe
Duncan, Tim
Durant, Kevin
Duren, Jalen

E
Eason, Tari
Eaton, Mark
Edwards, Anthony
Embiid, Joel
Erving, Julius
Evans, Tyreke

F
Faried, Kenneth
Favors, Derrick

G
Gafford, Daniel
Garnett, Kevin
Gasol, Pau
George, Paul
Gilgeous-Alexander, Shai
Ginobili, Manu
Gobert, Rudy
Green, Danny
Green, Draymond
Green, JaMychal

H
Haliburton, Tyrese
Harden, James
Harrell, Montrezl
Holiday, Jrue
Holmes, Richaun
Holmgren, Chet
Howard, Dwight

I
Ibaka, Serge
Ighodaro, Oso
Iguodala, Andre
Irving, Kyrie
Isaac, Jonathan

J
Jackson Jr. Jaren
Jackson-Davis, Trayce
James, LeBron
Jerome, Ty
Johnson, George T.
Johnson, Jalen
Johnson, Magic
Jokic, Nikola
Jones, Herbert
Jordan, DeAndre
Jordan, Michael

K
Kanter, Enes
Kessler, Walker
Kidd, Jason
Kirilenko, Andre

L
Lavine, Zach
Leonard, Kawhi
Lillard, Damian
Lively, Derek
Looney, Kevon
Love, Kevin

M
Malone, Karl
Marion, Shawn
Marshall, Donyell
Maxwell, Cedric
McCollum, C.J.
McGee, JaVale
McHale, Kevin
McMillan, Nate
Merrill, Sam
Middleton, Khris
Mitchell, Donovan
Mobley, Evan
Murray, Dejounte
Murray, Jamal
Mutombo, Dikembe

N
Nance, Larry
Nash, Steve
Nelson, Jameer

O
O'Neal, Shaquille
O’Quinn, Kyle
Oladipo, Victor
Olajuwon, Hakeem

P
Parish, Robert
Paul, Chris
Payton II, Gary
Poeltl, Jacob
Porter, Michael
Porter, Otto
Portis, Bobby
Porzingis, Kristaps

Q


R
Reed, Paul
Robinson, David
Robinson, Mitchell
Rodman, Dennis
Rollins, Tree

S
Sabonis, Domantas
Sanders, Larry
Simmons, Ben
Stockton, John
Stoudemire, Amare

T
Tatum, Jayson
Thompson, Amen
Thompson, Ausar
Thompson, Klay
Towns, Karl-Anthony

U


V
Valanciunas, Victor
Vanderbilt, Jarred
Vucevic, Nikola

W
Wade, Dwyane
Wallace, Ben
Wallace, Gerald
Walton, Bill
Ward, Charlie
Ware, Kal’el
Wembanyama, Victor
West, David
White, Derrick
Whiteside, Hassan
Williams, Jalen
Williams, Mark
Williams, Robert
Williamson, Zion
Wood, Christian
Wright, Brandan
Wright, Delon

X


Y
Young, Thaddeus

Z
Zubac, Ivica

Division Draft

Atlantic	Midwest	Pacific	Central
raggedclaws	riftonapple	gerryred	benhoidal
PBandJ	copernicus	reeldeal01	uptowngbv
Thomasmh1	oddson	M6speed	HDS1
cem6989	cjok1051	24kpyrite	berkelon
Midge	dBKC	jcred5	jhsukow
chewy3344 (2)	robusk	benhoidal (2)	chewy3344
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raggedclaws	riftonapple	gerryred	benhoidal
PBandJ	copernicus	reeldeal01	uptowngbv
HDS1	uptowngbv	PBandJ	PBandJ
Thomasmh1	PBandJ	M6speed	HDS1
uptowngbv	oddson	oddson	Thomasmh1
cem6989	reeldeal01	24kpyrite	cjok1051
M6speed	M6speed	cem6989	cem6989
cjok1051	cjok1051	Thomasmh1	berkelon
berkelon	Thomasmh1	HDS1	oddson
jhsukow	jhsukow	jcred5	copernicus
copernicus	berkelon	chewy3344 (2)	jhsukow
24kpyrite	dBKC	berkelon	24kpyrite
oddson	cem6989	uptowngbv	Midge
Midge	Midge	jhsukow	M6speed
jcred5	HDS1	copernicus	jcred5
dBKC	jcred5	dBKC	chewy3344 (2)
chewy3344 (2)	24kpyrite	Midge	dBKC
chewy3344	chewy3344 (2)	cjok1051	reeldeal01
reeldeal01	robusk	chewy3344 (1)	chewy3344 (1)
robusk	chewy3344 (1)	benhodal (2)	robusk
benhoidal (2)	benhoidal2	robusk	benhoidal (2)

dBKC takes LeBron James by proxy

Just to clarify: The 24-25 seasons WILL BE ELIGIBLE to be used in this ODL season. However, the season will start before the changes for All-Defensive teams are made.

If someone is interested in trading their 1st round pick please let me know and lets make a deal!

Posted by benhoidal on 4/12/2025 2:05:00 PM (view original):
Just to clarify: The 24-25 seasons WILL BE ELIGIBLE to be used in this ODL season. However, the season will start before the changes for All-Defensive teams are made.

When are they dropping? Because depending on the timing of the draft it could put someone at a disadvantage making a pick before they know what the new season looks like.

Should we just wait until the drop date? Especially if it's middle of this week upcoming?

Stephen Curry

Posted by jcred5 on 4/12/2025 3:19:00 PM (view original):

Posted by benhoidal on 4/12/2025 2:05:00 PM (view original):
Just to clarify: The 24-25 seasons WILL BE ELIGIBLE to be used in this ODL season. However, the season will start before the changes for All-Defensive teams are made.

When are they dropping? Because depending on the timing of the draft it could put someone at a disadvantage making a pick before they know what the new season looks like.

Should be released on Tuesday. New seasons are all publicly available aside from defense and position effectiveness. Looking at the new seasons, there doesn't seem to be any drastic changes near the top of the draft.

Posted by cjok1051 on 4/12/2025 2:20:00 PM (view original):
If someone is interested in trading their 1st round pick please let me know and lets make a deal!

I site mailed you.

Trading my 2,3,4 to Midge for his 1,6,6.

Midge to confirm.

Posted by cjok1051 on 4/12/2025 5:49:00 PM (view original):
Trading my 2,3,4 to Midge for his 1,6,6.

Midge to confirm.

Confirmed

Posted by benhoidal on 4/12/2025 3:37:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jcred5 on 4/12/2025 3:19:00 PM (view original):

Posted by benhoidal on 4/12/2025 2:05:00 PM (view original):
Just to clarify: The 24-25 seasons WILL BE ELIGIBLE to be used in this ODL season. However, the season will start before the changes for All-Defensive teams are made.

When are they dropping? Because depending on the timing of the draft it could put someone at a disadvantage making a pick before they know what the new season looks like.

Should be released on Tuesday. New seasons are all publicly available aside from defense and position effectiveness. Looking at the new seasons, there doesn't seem to be any drastic changes near the top of the draft.

How do you find the WIS Assist % for the new players?