Post by Daniel (commish, agent) on Jun 18, 2019 13:23:10 GMT 1
Introduction
The idea behind this
is to mimic the NBA as much as possible. All rules of the CBA apply unless specified otherwise. For a better understanding of the CBA, I recommend Larry Coon's FAQ, our FAQ, our cheat sheet, and for a more practical approach the ESPN Trade Machine, or real-life examples. Following simplifications apply:
Scoring format
Exact scoring coefficients here. A short summary:
Calendar (2022-23 as example)
Shortened Regular Season followed by a Play-in Tournament and early Playoffs aka the real March Madness to eliminate real-life tanking/resting effects in early April:
Free agents & extensions
If interested in signing a free agent or an extension, please contact the agent, i.e. yours truly.
Owner Cap
The NBA soft cap (as well as the apron hard cap) applies. On top of that, your team owner has limited pockets too, willing to only spend a given amount of luxury tax depending somewhat on the market size, but mostly on your on-court performance. Over the owner cap, no free agents can be signed with the exception of rookie scale contracts, MPE, SRE (below), and outgoing S&T. Every trade has to lower your total salary.
Stashed Rookie Exception
If you hold the rights to an unsigned draft pick (see last 2 rows of each team sheet), once they cross the pond you will sign the player to a contract identical to IRL under these conditions:
Tanking?
Not allowed. Please always start the players you expect to score the most points over the upcoming week.
The idea behind this
is to mimic the NBA as much as possible. All rules of the CBA apply unless specified otherwise. For a better understanding of the CBA, I recommend Larry Coon's FAQ, our FAQ, our cheat sheet, and for a more practical approach the ESPN Trade Machine, or real-life examples. Following simplifications apply:- every 1st-rounder signing to 120%
- no cash, pro-rating, signing bonuses, 10-day contracts, two-way contracts (yet), renegotiations, buyouts, incentives
Scoring format
Exact scoring coefficients here. A short summary:
- active players: PG, G, SG, SF, SF, PF, PF/C, C
- H2H points-based weekly
- you play all 29 teams each week, total 492 games in Regular Season (divide it by 6 and you directly get your result perfectly scaled down to a 82-games season)
- Fantrax (lifelong premium purchased) standard settings, plus additional focus on efficiency and good defenders: rewarding +/- and minutes, heavily penalizing missed shots
Calendar (2022-23 as example)
Shortened Regular Season followed by a Play-in Tournament and early Playoffs aka the real March Madness to eliminate real-life tanking/resting effects in early April:
- Regular Season: Oct. 19 - Feb. 12
- Play-in 7v8 & 9v10: Feb. 13-16
- All-Star weekend: Feb. 17-19
- Play-in loser of 7v8 v. winner of 9v10: Feb. 23-26
- Playoffs: Feb. 27 - Mar. 26
Free agents & extensions
If interested in signing a free agent or an extension, please contact the agent, i.e. yours truly.
Owner Cap
The NBA soft cap (as well as the apron hard cap) applies. On top of that, your team owner has limited pockets too, willing to only spend a given amount of luxury tax depending somewhat on the market size, but mostly on your on-court performance. Over the owner cap, no free agents can be signed with the exception of rookie scale contracts, MPE, SRE (below), and outgoing S&T. Every trade has to lower your total salary.
Stashed Rookie Exception
If you hold the rights to an unsigned draft pick (see last 2 rows of each team sheet), once they cross the pond you will sign the player to a contract identical to IRL under these conditions:
- You choose the moment, between the signing IRL and Opening Day
- However, if you trade his rights during this period, the SRE is lost (i.e. does not apply for the new team)
- Once signed, can't be traded till December 15
- Only counts against the cap from Opening Day, and may violate both the CBA Hard Cap and our Owner Cap
- Roster size limit of 15 on Opening Day applies
Tanking?
Not allowed. Please always start the players you expect to score the most points over the upcoming week.
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