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[Somebody]

I think we should be allowed to use full "book-end" seasons.

That's fine, I'll probably just lean on skillset analysis more heavily when evaluating players in the 19-20 season.

Yeah, I feel like that's probably the way to go. Still have 60-65 games of numbers and play to display, just no accolades besides All-Star appearances and player of the month / week

I was more concerned about the absence of a playoff sample, I wanted to see how certain players perform in a playoff setting. Awards are unreliable in player evaluation as always

Yeah, very true. Would’ve been interesting to see guys like Doncic as a #1 option in the playoffs, but ah well!

Absolutely, what I wanted to see was whether Kawhi's improved passing would make him a Kobe-esque entity in playoff offences, and whether the Rockets' microball would work.

[RPGenerate]

Using this year for players would be interesting. For me, I put a bunch of stock into playoffs and finals performances, so any player picked for this year would be an uphill battle.

[nickagneta]

Using this year for players would be interesting. For me, I put a bunch of stock into playoffs and finals performances, so any player picked for this year would be an uphill battle.

Oh, I don't know that. I think an argument could be made that this year's version of Tatum, Siakam, Giannis, and Doncic, for instance, are the best version's of each player and would make excellent additions to any team, regardless as to whether they played a full season and post season or not.

[Somebody]

Not sure if I'm allowed to talk about this (I'm not disclosing any names but I'm still talking about the players available in this draft), but this draft is ridiculously deep lol, by my valuations there are likely 20-25 guys (possibly more!) with MVP-worthy peaks in the available 21 seasons.

[gouki88]

Not sure if I'm allowed to talk about this (I'm not disclosing any names but I'm still talking about the players available in this draft), but this draft is ridiculously deep lol, by my valuations there are likely 20-25 guys (possibly more!) with MVP-worthy peaks in the available 21 seasons.

For sure. I have a list of guys I’m interested in (so far only have the top 12 ordered - got my work cut out for me) that is just enormous. So many guys with huge years here and there. Some real gems I forgot about from the early 2000’s

[Somebody]

Not sure if I'm allowed to talk about this (I'm not disclosing any names but I'm still talking about the players available in this draft), but this draft is ridiculously deep lol, by my valuations there are likely 20-25 guys (possibly more!) with MVP-worthy peaks in the available 21 seasons.

For sure. I have a list of guys I’m interested in (so far only have the top 12 ordered - got my work cut out for me) that is just enormous. So many guys with huge years here and there. Some real gems I forgot about from the early 2000’s

Top 15 for me, I'll order the rest after the first round. Fit + skillset >>> "raw talent" imo.

[gouki88]

Not sure if I'm allowed to talk about this (I'm not disclosing any names but I'm still talking about the players available in this draft), but this draft is ridiculously deep lol, by my valuations there are likely 20-25 guys (possibly more!) with MVP-worthy peaks in the available 21 seasons.

For sure. I have a list of guys I’m interested in (so far only have the top 12 ordered - got my work cut out for me) that is just enormous. So many guys with huge years here and there. Some real gems I forgot about from the early 2000’s

Top 15 for me, I'll order the rest after the first round. Fit + skillset >>> "raw talent" imo.

Yeah, for sure. There are a few certain guys who simply could not fit alongside one another. I think we're sitting at 11 currently, so 1 more (ideally) and we should be good

[Somebody]

Not sure if I'm allowed to talk about this (I'm not disclosing any names but I'm still talking about the players available in this draft), but this draft is ridiculously deep lol, by my valuations there are likely 20-25 guys (possibly more!) with MVP-worthy peaks in the available 21 seasons.

For sure. I have a list of guys I’m interested in (so far only have the top 12 ordered - got my work cut out for me) that is just enormous. So many guys with huge years here and there. Some real gems I forgot about from the early 2000’s

Top 15 for me, I'll order the rest after the first round. Fit + skillset >>> "raw talent" imo.

Yeah, for sure. There are a few certain guys who simply could not fit alongside one another. I think we're sitting at 11 currently, so 1 more (ideally) and we should be good

Yeah, 1 more and we're good to go. Also ditto regarding the gems from the early 2000s, I sent my draft board for the 1st round to Nick already and I've slotted in a gem or two from that time period into it.

[nickagneta]

Guys. We are still over a week away. I got stuff doing this week.

I will say, if no one else joins, I would be willing to draft a team but, due to being the commish, am not crazy about the idea due to conflict of interest issues. Maybe if I draft last and make no trades, that mitigates some of the conflicts a bit, but it still means I see people draftboards if they have to send in lists to me, which I think makes it a no go.

Anyway, just a thought.

[Somebody]

Guys. We are still over a week away. I got stuff doing this week.

I will say, if no one else joins, I would be willing to draft a team but, due to being the commish, am not crazy about the idea due to conflict of interest issues. Maybe if I draft last and make no trades, that mitigates some of the conflicts a bit, but it still means I see people draftboards if they have to send in lists to me, which I think makes it a no go.

Anyway, just a thought.

We're aware of that haha, we were just getting excited about the talent pool in this fantasy draft. And I'm fine with "only" 11 participants, it's more than enough for a 13 round draft.

[hwangjini_1]

Guys. We are still over a week away. I got stuff doing this week.

I will say, if no one else joins, I would be willing to draft a team but, due to being the commish, am not crazy about the idea due to conflict of interest issues. Maybe if I draft last and make no trades, that mitigates some of the conflicts a bit, but it still means I see people draftboards if they have to send in lists to me, which I think makes it a no go.

Anyway, just a thought.

nick, perhaps for your draft picks, assign a "team" (3-5 owners) to each spot to choose for you. you would have multiple teams picking multiple times. maybe 2-3 slots per team?

Also, any trades you wish to make would be vetted and approved by a majority vote of other owners.

[tazzmaniac]

What time of day was decide on?

[Somebody]

What time of day was decide on?

23rd March.

[tazzmaniac]

What time of day was decide on?

23rd March.

I meant morning, afternoon or night? 

[nickagneta]

What time of day was decide on?

A start time hasn't been decided upon yet. Hoping we get more people that would then give us more time preferences to look at.

Given the wide swath of preferences, I was thinking maybe a late morning start time that goes into the early afternoon.

Maybe try for a 10:00, 10:30 or 11:00AM EST start time that would push the game until like 1:00-2:00 PM

Opinions on that?