Hey DTers,

I'm gonna be your League Manager for this league. I'll do my best.
Any problems, hit me up on cleandoeDT@gmail.com and I'll try to reply asap.



Sorry guys, Royce has dropped out :( We'll get by...someway, somehow
This should be fun.



I would strongly recommend that you should read over the League Rules, to familirize yourself with this custom game type. http://games.espn.go.com/fba/leaguesetup/settings?leagueId=8279

I will try to provide a summary below:

League Type

Our league is going to be a 'H2H most categories' league. This means each week we'll play against

another team (until we've played everyone - 19 games). The winner of the given match-up will be

determined by who wins the most stats of out PTS, AST, BLK, STL, REB, TO (lower is better), 3PM,

AFG% and Double Doubles. If somehow there is a tie, the deciding factor will be whoever has the

most points.

The Draft & Trades

The draft will be an auction. You will receive $200. Each player will take a turn to nominate a

player for which everyone can bid on. The draft order is determined by Livefyre points (see they

did come in handy for something). All draws were decided by comment totals. Be careful though -

you have a time limit to nominate a player so get ready before your turn.

When Round 1 is finished, it will go like a snake format so that the 20th team will get the first

nomination in Round 2, and so on.

This money with have to stretch to 5 starters, a C, a G, a F, 3 utilities & 3 bench players.

The conferences were decided upon in accordance to the draft. The odd numbers went to the

Eastern conf. whereas the even numbers joined to Western conf . Once the season starts

you will have $300 to deal with. It will cost $30 to drop a player and $25 to make a

trade. You will use the rest of this money in free agency, if necessary.

Instead of just getting a player we run a Free Agent Auction.

A team can secretly bid for a player and the highest bidder by the Sunday at 12pm CT

will receive the player. In the event that 2 teams bid the same amount, the team

with the lower record will receive the player.

The trades will be reviewed under a 2 day period. Within this time the league can veto the said

trade in case it is unfair. The required number of teams to successfully veto a trade is 8. If 8 teams

don't veto the trade within this period then the deal will go through. The trade deadline, as of now,

is 27th February 2013 at 11am CT. To veto a trade, you click on the link under Recent Activity in

the League Office (homepage) and can veto it from there. I think.

The Playoffs

After the 19 games of the Regular Season, the Playoffs will commence. The 8 teams with the best

record with qualify for the chance to battle it out for the Championship. In the event of a draw

record, the tie breaker will be the Head to Head record between the 2 teams. The 3 rounds consist

of a 1-off game (no series here) which will decide the winner of the illustrious Royce Young

Championship Trophy.

Trophies

We have many trophies, and counting. This is to encourage you guys not to laze off if you aren't doing well :)

Name (stars) - why?

*Royce Young Championship Trophy(5) - Winner of Championship

*Cemitten Likes (4) - Best regular season record

*Sam Presti Drafting Award (4) - Best Draft

*Boss (4) - Having the Thunder Big 3 all at once

*Good job, Good effort (3) - Awarded to the runner-up

*FREE BEARD AND BROW! (3) - Given to any team that had both Davis and Harden at any time in their history (Doesn't have to be at the same time)

*Scott Brooks Play With Your Hearts Award (2) - Team with the biggest margin of victory, each week

*League Maker (1) - Presented to the creator of the league

*League Manager (1) - Presented to those with LM powers

*MavsROOLusuck Looser(-2) - Team who loses by the biggest margin, each week

*Black Mamba (-2) - Owner of Kobe

*Portland Drafting Skills (-3) - Worst Draft

*aise0603 Poser (-4) - Worst Regular Season Record


I think I've covered everything. Create a message on the board if you have any inquiries or email me (cleandoeDT@gmail.com), but others may be able to answer before I do if you post in on here.
Or you could just check out the FAQ - http://games.espn.go.com/fba/content?page=fbarulesfaq2013
Phew.