ENTRY FEE - $100 per team. 

Total: $1200 - $17 for our draft chatroom = $1183

1st Place: $986

2nd Place: $197


DRAFT - The draft order is determined by random draw.  It will be the draft order for rounds 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11.  Rounds 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 will be in reverse.  No salary cap.  Trading draft positions is allowed.  The draft will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022 @ 6:00 pm HST.

2022-23 Draft Order:

REGULAR SEASON - This is a head-to-head "most-categories" league.  You play each team twice for a total of 22 games. 

There will be 5 "double-header" weeks where owners have to play two teams in two separate games.  Your player's 1st game of our week counts for your 1st game, and his 2nd for your 2nd.  If he only plays one game during our week, it counts for your 1st game, he's subbed out of your 2nd game and the rest of your players move up a slot.  One real-life game = one fantasy game -- a single real-life game can never count for two fantasy games.
Regular season begins on Tuesday, October 18, 2022.

PLAYOFFS - Playoffs will begin in week 17.  Top 8 regular season teams will make the playoffs.  A tie in overall record at the end of the regular season will be decided by 1) head-to-head record or if more than two teams are tied, win % vs all involved teams, 2) total categories won/lost in all games(or overall win %).

1st round of the playoffs will be single elimination.  The semifinals and championship rounds will be a best-of-3, doubleheader format.

Week 18 - 1st round, single-elimination

Week 19 - 2nd round semifinals Games 1 & 2 doubleheader

Week 20 - 2nd round semifinals Game 3 (if necessary)

Week 21 - Championship series Games 1 & 2 doubleheader

Week 22 - Championship series Game 3 (if necessary)

LINEUPS/SCORING - Each team will start 8 players; 5 "starters" whose stats will count at 100% and 3 "bench" players, whose stats count at 50%.  There will be 7 statistical categories to compete in with 2 tie-breaking categories, and a team must win a majority of the 7 categories to win the game.  The stats are:

1. Scoring                             
2. Rebounding                
3. Assists                    
4. Steals
5. Blocked shots
6. 3-pointers made
7. Field goal percentage(total shots made ÷ total shots taken)

1st tie-breaker: Total free throw percentage of your 8 starters
2nd tie-breaker: Total turnovers of your 8 starters

The stats will be taken from each player's first game of our week.  Our week starts on Tuesday and ends on the following Monday.  All lineups must be reported to Eric(Cc Todd and Keith) by the start of the first NBA games every Tuesday(HST).

If there is ever a statistical discrepancy between any two website's box scores, we'll use ESPN.com as the default, unless it is obviously the site with the error.  In that instance we'll use NBA.com.

If there is a tie after all 7 stats are calculated, we will use total FTs made of your and your opponent's 8 starters as the 1st tie-breaker, and total TOs of your your opponent's 8 starters as the 2nd tie-breaker.  If the game is still locked after the 2nd tie-breaker, then it will be recorded as a tie.

Weekly lineups will be sent to Eric(Cc Todd and Keith) every Tuesday by the start of the day's first NBA games.  If a lineup is not submitted on time then the previous week's lineup will be used.  Also, report/confirm game results ASAP so the standings can be updated.  Owners have one week after the end of the previous week to report/confirm results, so by every Monday @ 11:59 pm HST.  If one owner fails to report and their opponent reports a win, after a week the owner who failed to report can no longer contest the results no matter how inaccurate; if their opponent reports a loss, after a week the game will be recorded as a tie; if both owners fail to report they will each be given 0-7 losses.

SUBSTITUTION RULES - The Autosub Rule is dead...at least for this season.  The first game of our week a player officially plays in is the one that counts, period, even if he plays only one minute.  However, if he is officially active in his NBA team's 1st game but doesn't play at all for any reason, even if he's benched by his coach, he has our entire week to actually step on the court and play in a game.  All players have our entire week to play their 1st game.  If a player fails to play a single game then he's subbed out and everyone on your roster moves up a slot.

 If a player fails to play in a game by our week's end for any reason, he is automatically subbed out of the lineup and everyone below him on your roster moves up one spot in the order that they were turned in, with their 1st game of the week counting.  This is referred to as an AUTOSUB™.   All players, whether they miss their NBA team's 1st game of our week due to injury, illness, suspension, benching, personal problems, recent trade or rest, are all given our entire week to play their 1st game.

If one of your starters sustains an injury during his first game of the week(the injury must be reported by a credible source) and fails to complete at least 70% of his current season’s average minutes-per-game, then he is autosubbed out of the lineup.  Players who are ejected for any reason -- flagrant foul(s), fighting, double-techs, etc -- are also eligible for the 70% Rule.

Players that are playing with preexisting injuries are treated the same as healthy players; if they play less than 70% of their average mpg there needs to be a credible report of a re-injury or new injury forcing them out of the game to be eligible for the 70% rule and subsequent autosub.  Having your minutes monitored by the coaching staff because you're still gimpy isn't the same as being forced out of a game because of re-injury.

Players who get their minutes cut for performance, match up or age-related reasons are ineligible for the 70% Rule.  You have to take whatever stats they get in however short an amount of time they play.  Non-performance-related benchings will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
 
FREE AGENT BOARD - Unrostered players can be acquired via the Free Agent Board.  The board is open 24/7.  You must wait 24 hours to pick up a newly dropped player.

Only one transaction can be made per new thread/topic created.  If you want to add/drop three players, you must make three separate new threads.  No adding/dropping multiple players with a single post.  This gives everyone a fair shot at every player. 

A newly acquired free agent must make a minimum of two roster appearances before he can be dropped again.  Our new week officially starts every Tuesday @ 12 pm HST, which is when rosters are technically "locked" whether or not all owners have turned in their lineups.  However, newly acquired players are eligible to be traded immediately and the two-appearance minimum does not transfer over to his new owner, which also means the player may be dropped immediately by his new owner.  A newly acquired free agent may also be dropped before his two-appearance minimum in order to make the 12-player roster limit in a multiple-for-1 trade.

If you wish to include a newly acquired player in your weekly lineup, the acquisition must be completed and posted by Tuesday @ 11:59 am and Wednesday @ 11:59 am HST for the 2nd games of double-headers.  Our Free Agent Board closes on  Wednesday, Feb 23, 2023 @ 11:59 am HST.

TRADES - Trades can be made any time before our trade deadline.  A team must always remain at or under 12-player roster limit.  Multiple-for-1 trades can be done by waiving as many players as you need to to keep your roster at/under 12.  Owners are allowed to have less than 13 players on their rosters.  

If you wish to include a newly acquired player in your lineup on Tuesday, the trade must be completed and posted by Tuesday @ 11:59 am HST.  Our trade deadline is Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023 @ 11:59 am HST.

The commissioner(s) can reverse any trade that appears extremely unbalanced or collusive.  This is not to say that every trade has to be perfectly "equal" or "fair" as only the owners involved in the trade can decide exactly what that is, but swapping Luka Doncic for Jordan Clarkson, Joe Harris and a couple other guys just like them because Doncic's owner "needs depth" isn't going to fly.

COMMISSIONER(S) - Eric is the commissioner for this league.  If you need a ruling or have a question, please contact him via e-mail or our league website.  Check our website frequently to keep up with announcements, trades and free agent pickups.