Randomized Draft Order:
1. Arch Rivals
2. Sloane Ranger
3. 50 on the Line
4. Team VS
5. Prestige Worldwide
6. Team Ex-Yu
7. Team Roto Baggins
8. Team Missing Remote
9. Aklan Archers
10. KINGSfan55
11. Team Hoop-Ball
12. Rasta Death March
Alright, this is how we will do this. Each drafter will copy-paste all previous picks in the ROUND and will add their pick to the list. Write down your team name, the pick number, player name, Yahoo! eligible position.
For example, I will be adding this to the copied and pasted first 10 picks of Round 1.
11. Team Hoop-Ball - Pick 11, Nikola Jokic, PF/C
Since this is a snake draft, Rasta Death March will have the last pick of Round 1 and will start us off in Round 2.
Example:
Round 2
1. Rasta Death March, Pick 13, David Robinson, PF/C
2. Team Hoop-Ball, Pick 14, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, PG
and so on...
Since we are simulating a Yahoo! draft, remember that we are filling the standard 13 roster positions of (PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, C, UTIL x 2, Bench x 3) in a 12-team league. Again, this for a 9-CAT, Head-to-Head league.
IMPORTANT: Do not forget to tick the box for "Notify me of follow-up replies via email" when you reply so that you will be alerted of the draft progress and so you know when it is your turn.
I know that this is supposed to be a "slow" draft, but let's try to keep things moving at a reasonable flow. You will have longer than the minute and thirty seconds allotted to you during a live online draft, but please try to make your picks within 10-12 minutes when your team is "on the clock". Since this is a mock, I'm not going to be too strict with the time, but to ensure a smooth flow, I reserve the right to autopick for your team (Yahoo! preseason rankings), yes that means you will be the schmuck who ends up with an early-pick Isaiah Thomas. You don't want to be that guy, right?
This draft is both for fun and for serious practice for the upcoming season. Dan will be covering this draft in his podcast and I will be breaking down the first six rounds in this Thursday's Daily Dish, so let's give the public a good showing of some excellent drafting.
Arch Rivals, since you have the first pick. Start things off with your Round 1 pick with your reply at 6 PM Pacific.
Good luck everyone and thanks for participating.
Sorry for the confusion folks. 50 on the line's slot actually belongs to VP90244 of "We Talking Practice". His reply read like a comment and not a sign-up. Again, I must stress that we apply the format for the picks that I set to differentiate actual picks/official replies from side comments.
Excited to see our best and brightest do a mock -- and excited to get a few shows worth of content from it!
I'm real interested to see where everybody is drafting. My expert mock at BBM makes me think this is the year where everybody is going to be all over the board, which will be great for us.
Has there been a pick yet?
Starts this evening when folks get off work, though Erik, could the first person pick now if they wanted?
'When folks get off work' it will be 2 AM at my place, lucky me cause I'm on holiday this week. Good luck everyone, really looking forward to this..
Alright! I officially announce the draft to be unofficially open. You can start posting your picks. However, as per the rules, I will only be watching out for SLOW pickers 6 PM Pacific onward and be applying autopick then.
So it begins...
what if we finish the 3 rounds early? or whatever happens early or not we stop at 3 rounds?
Just making a post so I could tick the checkbox for the e-mail notification. Don't know if there was another way to do it without making a post.
If we finish early, then folks can go about the rest of their day/night. It's a more relaxed format. Although, strictly speaking, this is a 5 Minute per pick kind of draft.
Am i picking at spot 3?
Hi everyone. Has it started yet? Testing...
1. Arch Rivals, Pick 1, Giannis Antetokounmpo, SF/PF
