2003 Hoops Overview

 

1.  Defending Champion:     Red Storm Rising


2.  Draft Order
The draft order has been set*.  The "top four" results were:

# Team/Manager Round 1  Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
1. Lethal Lobsters
Larry Reed		 Kevin Garnett Steve Nash Yao Ming Chauncey Billups
2. FireAnts
Xin Bi		 Tim Duncan Vince Carter Pau Gasol Jerry Stackhouse
3. BigV
Wei Li		 Tracy McGrady Stephon Marbury Zydrunas Ilgauskas Gilbert Arenas
4. Grease Pan Gremlins
Terry Mathew		 Dirk Nowitzki Allen Iverson Antoine Walker Jason Williams
5. Red Storm Rising
Larry Bruder		 Paul Pierce Elton Brand Shareef Abdur-Rahim Sam Cassell
6. One Hot Manute
Matt		 Shawn Marion Jason Terry Michael Redd Antawn Jamison
7. Phat Pharm
Greg "White Chocolate" Venne		 Shaquille O'Neal Steve Francis Chris Webber Jamal Mashburn
8. Avengers
Greg Parsons		 Kobe Bryant Ben Wallace Doug Christie Rasheed Wallace
9. Slammers
Al Tarbous		 Jason Kidd Jermaine O'Neal Michael Finley Andrei Kirilenko
10. Ave Of Champions
Pavani Kamalpuram		 Gary Payton Ray Allen Peja Stojakovic Allan Houston

 * - 10 slips of paper
  - random number guess to generate the person that picks out of the hat
  - 1st piece of paper gets pick #10, 2nd gets the 9th pick, etc.

 

 

 

 

3.  The Draft
Live draft is set for Friday, October 24 at 7:40 pm CDT.  Please arrive ten minutes early as your draft will start promptly at the assigned time.

Auto-Draft.... just pre-rank your players and let the system draft for you.  It will do a very good job.  Hint:  You can just use the default rankings if you like.

   

4.  Roster Moves
You have 40 moves from the Player Pool.  That is about 2 per week.  Use them wisely.

 

5.  League Overview
  - 13 Categories, 
 - Head-2-Head w/Category Totals 
 - Mon-Sun, Daily Changes Allowed
 - Al Gore Award

 

5.1.  Lineup
13 players per team.  (6 Starters + 7 Bench).

Slots
1 - SG 1 - PF
1 - PG 1 - C
1 - SF 1 - Util

Note:  There is one IL slot available.  A player on the IL slot does not count toward your 13 man roster.

 

5.2  Championship Playoffs
The top six teams will make the playoffs.
 - #1 and #2 receive a first round bye
 - Teams 3-6 begin playoffs in week 23.
  

 

5.3  Games/Format
21 Regular Season games total.

You will play each team twice. 18 Games
You will play two other teams a third time 2 Games

 


5.4  Stat Categories

FG Field Goals Made (2PT + 3PT)   OR Offensive Rebounds
FG%  FG Percentage  (2PT + 3PT)   DR Defensive Rebounds
3PT 3PT FG's Made   ASST Assists
3PT % 3PT FG Percentage   ST Steals
FT Free Throws Made   BLK Blocks
FT % Free Throw Percentage   A/TO  Assist to Turnover Ratio
PTS Total Points  

 


6.  A warm welcome to.....

Grease Pan Gremlins Terry Mathew
One Hot Manute Mcmattyr
Avengers Greg Parsons

 

7.  Some tips.....

7.1  Head-To-Head Play

Your Won/Loss record doesn't really count in the league.  What you want to do is win as many categories as possible throughout the year.  You play an opponent each week and, at the end of the week, you the total are tallied up and the categories are awarded (you can tell on a day-to-day basis how you are doing).
  
 Your strategy and tactics will change based on your weekly opponent, your strengths and the status of your players (healthy/injured, suspended, in a slump/red hot).
  
Note:  We track the W-L records of each team for ceremonial purposes (Al Gore Award).

 

7.2 Utility Slot
Use the Utility slot to maximize your line-up and to manage those 'toss-up' categories against your opponent.

 

7.3 IL Slot 

 There is one Injured List slot available for your them.  To place a player on the Injured List slot:
 

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 The player must be on your roster and then moved to the IL slot.

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 The player must be designated as 'injured' by Yahoo  (really the NBA first, then Yahoo makes the update).
   
If the little red IL tag appears.  You can click on the players position and move him to the IL slot.  

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 This will open up a roster spot for you so that you can field a full team.

Notes:

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 Once the player comes off of the Injured List........ you will have to 'cut a person' from your roster  to allow the IL player to rejoin your roster.

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 If you have 2 or more injured players......well, you have one IL slot.  You have to decide who to keep or you might decide to keep them all and simply have an injured player or two take an active roster spot while they heal.  It really depends on the player and the severity of the injury.

 

7.4 Tiebreakers
1. Most team points scored.
2. Most team rebounds.
3. Highest team FG percentage.

     
7.5  Roster Moves
a.  Limited..... You have 40 moves from the Player Pool.  That is about 2 per week.  Use them wisely.
 
b.  Trades...... There is no limit on trades.  The trade deadline is:  Feb 26, 2004.
 
c.  Tomorrow..... All player additions/drops take effect "tomorrow".  That is,  if you pick up a player 
     today.....he is available to your team "tomorrow"

 

7.6 Have Fun
After all, that's what it is all about!