Post by Daniel (commish) on Jun 18, 2019 13:23:10 GMT 1
Introduction
The idea behind this league is to mimic the
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:
Free agents & extensions
If interested in signing a free agent or an extension, please contact the agent, i.e. yours truly.
Owner Cap
The soft cap applies. But 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:
The idea behind this league is to mimic the
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)
- shortened Regular Season and early Playoffs (March) to eliminate real-life tanking/resting effects in early April
- Fantrax standard settings, plus additional focus on efficiency and good defenders: rewarding +/- and minutes, heavily penalizing missed shots
Free agents & extensions
If interested in signing a free agent or an extension, please contact the agent, i.e. yours truly.
Owner Cap
The
soft cap applies. But 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