The legendary auction league, The Kevin McHale Cup returns for it's sixth season.
Managers please confirm your return in this thread.
Rules and end-of-season rosters to follow.
Owners (Confirmed):
Badga
Billy the Kidd
Bugsy Mogues
Deeman87
Deledio2Conca
Gascan
Gridlocked
Hans Moleman
Moo
Rocco
TheWhiteRhino
Tony Richo
Managers not returning
Greentree
Johncocksasuperstar
For your end-of-season rosters check your team via your Yahoo fantasy profile. Keepers (excluded from the preseason draft) are identified with a K
Badga (Heath) - Kramerica
Development Contracts
Brandon Jennings $7,500,002
James Harden $1,953,125
Trey Burke $2,626,257
Nikola Pekovic $2,500,000
Team Contracts:
Tobias Harris $4,200,001
Kelly Olynyk $2,200,000
Billy the kid (Billy the kid) - The Kidd's Crew
Development Contracts
Kyrie Irving $6,859,372
Eric Bledsoe $2,000,000
Derrick Favors $8,687,500
Team Contracts:
Ryan Anderson $3,200,100
Gordon Hayward $3,150,000
Luol Deng $2,050,000
Bugsy Mogues (Bugsy Mogues) - Dominatique
Development Contracts
Nikola Vucevic $2,000,000
Kyle Lowry $1,953,125
Jonas Valanciunas $1,893,751
Taj Gibson $768,750
Team Contracts
Serge Ibaka $10,896,678
Greg Monroe $4,750,750
Maurice Harkless $3,720,001
Deledio2Conca (stuart w) - D2T's Terror Squad
Development Contracts
Jose Calderon$790,163
Blake Griffin $10,251,193
Joe Johnson $2,834,778
Chris Kaman $1,004,837
Team Contracts
Rajon Rondo $5,856,444
Josh Smith $7,000,010
Amare Stoudemire $1,189,657
Deeman87 (?) - Dante's Devils
Development Contracts
Damien Lilliard $5,468,761
Kenneth Faried $2,750,015
Tristan Thompson $1,302,086
Klay Thompson $2,300,555
Jeff Teague $1,750,000
Team Contracts
Victor Oladipo $3,200,100
Jeremy Lin $1,800,007
Gridlock'd (mc_killa_325) - The Birdmen
Development Contracts
Kevin Durant - $11,213,437
Anthony Davis - $7,880,223
Michael Carter-Williams - $1,929,845
Anthony Bennett - $2,660,605
Team Contracts
Dwayne Wade - $5,345,345
Jameer Nelson - $2,123,956
Hans Moleman (Moleman) - Molemantarians
Development Contracts
Westbrook, Russell$9,817,968
Goran Dragic$2,500,000
Chandler Parsons $2,000,000
Wilson Chandler $2,000,000
Team Contracts
Danilo Gallinari - $2,050,008
Moo (Moo) - Sooby Moos
Development Contracts
Ben McLemore - $1,375,000
Spencer Hawes - $2,937,500
Team Contracts
Jrue Holiday - $9,500,000
Al Jefferson - $11,850,000
Gascan (?) - Kourtney Kardashian
Development Contracts
Evan Turner$2,500,000
Kemba Walker$1,562,500
David Lee $5,227,500
Brook Lopez $6,250,000
Team Contracts
Chris Bosh$900,000
Rocco_s (Rocco_s) - Curry in a Hurry
Development Contracts
Stephen Curry$2,343,751
Jeff Green Team $731,730
Harrison Barnes Team $1,362947
Gerald Henderson Development $1,703683
Team Contracts
Brandon Knight $1,500,003
Andrew Bynum $3,000,001
Tony Richo(Tony Richo) - - Fubar inc.
Development Contracts
Andre Drummond $625,050
Joakim Noah $3,515,625
Ty Lawson $1,953,125
Ersan Ilyasova $2,000,000
Team Contracts
Nerlens Noel $530,000
Patrick Beverley $605,011
TheWhiteRhino(Ashley) - Rose Coloured Rims
Development Contracts
Paul George $7,625,001
Derrick Rose $5,491,406
Ricky Rubio $4,687,501
Kawhi Leonard $3,125,018
Team Contracts
Javale McGee $4,999,990
Enes Kanter $4,202,001
Kobe Bryant $3,800,012
The Rules
Roster Positions PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, C, Util, Util, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN
Stat Categories:Field Goal Percentage (FG%), Free Throw Percentage (FT%), 3-point Shots Made (3PTM), Points Scored (PTS), Total Rebounds (REB), Assists (AST), Steals (ST), Blocked Shots (BLK), Turnovers (TO)
The off-season
I. Following the end of the season or prior to the next seasons’ auction, owners may extend a “qualifying offer” to 1 of their players. This gives them the right to see the highest bid for that particular player in the upcoming draft, and then match if they wish to.
II. Following the end of the season or prior to the next seasons’ auction, owners may extend a “Sleeper Contract” to 1 of their players. This player will be kept for the next season at $1.6 mil. Sleeper contracts can only be awarded to players who were valued at $1.5m or less at auction the previous year or FA acquisitions during the season.
III. Players going into the second year of Team, Development or Sleeper contracts are removed from the draft pool, and their “cost” is subtracted from the 50mil budget before the draft.
The draft
I. Every team begins the draft with a “budget” (or salary cap) of 50 million.
II. Players will be auctioned off in groups of 6.
III. Groups will consist of players of similar fantasy value, using a “cheat list” off a pre-agreed fantasy site.
IV. Players on qualifying offers will be auctioned in their own group and independent of Free agents. Managers will make bids on all QO players in the group. A manager may match the highest bid on their player. Any player not accepted by the current manager will be won by the owner of the highest bid. Only the highest bidder is relevant. A manager cannot win more than 2 players (and would be excluded from the following group). Any players not won are no longer QO players and will enter the next auction group with other Free Agents. Assuming the possibility a manager will win 2 players in the group, the maximum bid will be in line with your remaining budget and players to be drafted . For example, if you have 10 players left to draft and $40m budget remaining, you can make a maximum bid of $18m / player allowing the minimum $500k for the remaining 8 players..
V. If you have the highest bid for a particular player, the amount you submitted is what you’ll pay. So, if you offered 18 million for Chris Paul, and the next highest bid is 9 million, you will still pay 18m, not 9.5m or 10m (i.e. it’s not E-bay!)
VI. An owner cannot successfully bid on more than one player in any group of 6. So, even if you had the highest bid on both Cousins and Favors, if they are in the same group, you will only get one of them – specifically, the player that you bid more for.
VII. If an owner successfully bids on a player in 2 consecutive groups, he must “sit out” the next group.
VIII. The minimum bid allowed for any player is half a million.
IX. Each team will be required to draft 15 players.
X. Once the draft is completed, owners are allowed to nominate players who they wish to grant a “Team Contract”. These players will be kept for the next season at exactly the same price. Team contracts can only be awarded to players who were not contracted the previous season. Those teams finishing in the bottom half of the final standings of the previous season may allocate 3 Team Contracts, those teams in finishing in the top half may allocate 2.
XI. Once the draft is completed, owners are also allowed to nominate players who they wish to grant a “Development Contract”. These players may be kept for the next season at this seasons’ price plus 25%. All teams may allocate 4 Development Contracts.
The season
I.Standard 9-category roto scoring, free Yahoo! League.
II.Moves restricted to 20 for the season - It is the commish’s belief that leagues should be won through good drafting and trading, not by being the quickest to pounce on every available free agent.
III.Waiver wire waiting period will be 1 day.
IV.Trades will be made independent of “budget” implications – but note that Team and Development Contracts will carry over to the off-season and remain associated with players regardless of team changes or trades. If players are dropped to free agency, contracts are no longer valid. Players on Team contracts can only be dropped prior to the All-star break
Managers please confirm your return in this thread.
Rules and end-of-season rosters to follow.
Owners (Confirmed):
Badga
Billy the Kidd
Bugsy Mogues
Deeman87
Deledio2Conca
Gascan
Gridlocked
Hans Moleman
Moo
Rocco
TheWhiteRhino
Tony Richo
Managers not returning
Greentree
Johncocksasuperstar
For your end-of-season rosters check your team via your Yahoo fantasy profile. Keepers (excluded from the preseason draft) are identified with a K
Badga (Heath) - Kramerica
Development Contracts
Brandon Jennings $7,500,002
James Harden $1,953,125
Trey Burke $2,626,257
Nikola Pekovic $2,500,000
Team Contracts:
Tobias Harris $4,200,001
Kelly Olynyk $2,200,000
Billy the kid (Billy the kid) - The Kidd's Crew
Development Contracts
Kyrie Irving $6,859,372
Eric Bledsoe $2,000,000
Derrick Favors $8,687,500
Team Contracts:
Ryan Anderson $3,200,100
Gordon Hayward $3,150,000
Luol Deng $2,050,000
Bugsy Mogues (Bugsy Mogues) - Dominatique
Development Contracts
Nikola Vucevic $2,000,000
Kyle Lowry $1,953,125
Jonas Valanciunas $1,893,751
Taj Gibson $768,750
Team Contracts
Serge Ibaka $10,896,678
Greg Monroe $4,750,750
Maurice Harkless $3,720,001
Deledio2Conca (stuart w) - D2T's Terror Squad
Development Contracts
Jose Calderon$790,163
Blake Griffin $10,251,193
Joe Johnson $2,834,778
Chris Kaman $1,004,837
Team Contracts
Rajon Rondo $5,856,444
Josh Smith $7,000,010
Amare Stoudemire $1,189,657
Deeman87 (?) - Dante's Devils
Development Contracts
Damien Lilliard $5,468,761
Kenneth Faried $2,750,015
Tristan Thompson $1,302,086
Klay Thompson $2,300,555
Jeff Teague $1,750,000
Team Contracts
Victor Oladipo $3,200,100
Jeremy Lin $1,800,007
Gridlock'd (mc_killa_325) - The Birdmen
Development Contracts
Kevin Durant - $11,213,437
Anthony Davis - $7,880,223
Michael Carter-Williams - $1,929,845
Anthony Bennett - $2,660,605
Team Contracts
Dwayne Wade - $5,345,345
Jameer Nelson - $2,123,956
Hans Moleman (Moleman) - Molemantarians
Development Contracts
Westbrook, Russell$9,817,968
Goran Dragic$2,500,000
Chandler Parsons $2,000,000
Wilson Chandler $2,000,000
Team Contracts
Danilo Gallinari - $2,050,008
Moo (Moo) - Sooby Moos
Development Contracts
Ben McLemore - $1,375,000
Spencer Hawes - $2,937,500
Team Contracts
Jrue Holiday - $9,500,000
Al Jefferson - $11,850,000
Gascan (?) - Kourtney Kardashian
Development Contracts
Evan Turner$2,500,000
Kemba Walker$1,562,500
David Lee $5,227,500
Brook Lopez $6,250,000
Team Contracts
Chris Bosh$900,000
Rocco_s (Rocco_s) - Curry in a Hurry
Development Contracts
Stephen Curry$2,343,751
Jeff Green Team $731,730
Harrison Barnes Team $1,362947
Gerald Henderson Development $1,703683
Team Contracts
Brandon Knight $1,500,003
Andrew Bynum $3,000,001
Tony Richo(Tony Richo) - - Fubar inc.
Development Contracts
Andre Drummond $625,050
Joakim Noah $3,515,625
Ty Lawson $1,953,125
Ersan Ilyasova $2,000,000
Team Contracts
Nerlens Noel $530,000
Patrick Beverley $605,011
TheWhiteRhino(Ashley) - Rose Coloured Rims
Development Contracts
Paul George $7,625,001
Derrick Rose $5,491,406
Ricky Rubio $4,687,501
Kawhi Leonard $3,125,018
Team Contracts
Javale McGee $4,999,990
Enes Kanter $4,202,001
Kobe Bryant $3,800,012
The Rules
Roster Positions PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, C, Util, Util, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN
Stat Categories:Field Goal Percentage (FG%), Free Throw Percentage (FT%), 3-point Shots Made (3PTM), Points Scored (PTS), Total Rebounds (REB), Assists (AST), Steals (ST), Blocked Shots (BLK), Turnovers (TO)
The off-season
I. Following the end of the season or prior to the next seasons’ auction, owners may extend a “qualifying offer” to 1 of their players. This gives them the right to see the highest bid for that particular player in the upcoming draft, and then match if they wish to.
II. Following the end of the season or prior to the next seasons’ auction, owners may extend a “Sleeper Contract” to 1 of their players. This player will be kept for the next season at $1.6 mil. Sleeper contracts can only be awarded to players who were valued at $1.5m or less at auction the previous year or FA acquisitions during the season.
III. Players going into the second year of Team, Development or Sleeper contracts are removed from the draft pool, and their “cost” is subtracted from the 50mil budget before the draft.
The draft
I. Every team begins the draft with a “budget” (or salary cap) of 50 million.
II. Players will be auctioned off in groups of 6.
III. Groups will consist of players of similar fantasy value, using a “cheat list” off a pre-agreed fantasy site.
IV. Players on qualifying offers will be auctioned in their own group and independent of Free agents. Managers will make bids on all QO players in the group. A manager may match the highest bid on their player. Any player not accepted by the current manager will be won by the owner of the highest bid. Only the highest bidder is relevant. A manager cannot win more than 2 players (and would be excluded from the following group). Any players not won are no longer QO players and will enter the next auction group with other Free Agents. Assuming the possibility a manager will win 2 players in the group, the maximum bid will be in line with your remaining budget and players to be drafted . For example, if you have 10 players left to draft and $40m budget remaining, you can make a maximum bid of $18m / player allowing the minimum $500k for the remaining 8 players..
V. If you have the highest bid for a particular player, the amount you submitted is what you’ll pay. So, if you offered 18 million for Chris Paul, and the next highest bid is 9 million, you will still pay 18m, not 9.5m or 10m (i.e. it’s not E-bay!)
VI. An owner cannot successfully bid on more than one player in any group of 6. So, even if you had the highest bid on both Cousins and Favors, if they are in the same group, you will only get one of them – specifically, the player that you bid more for.
VII. If an owner successfully bids on a player in 2 consecutive groups, he must “sit out” the next group.
VIII. The minimum bid allowed for any player is half a million.
IX. Each team will be required to draft 15 players.
X. Once the draft is completed, owners are allowed to nominate players who they wish to grant a “Team Contract”. These players will be kept for the next season at exactly the same price. Team contracts can only be awarded to players who were not contracted the previous season. Those teams finishing in the bottom half of the final standings of the previous season may allocate 3 Team Contracts, those teams in finishing in the top half may allocate 2.
XI. Once the draft is completed, owners are also allowed to nominate players who they wish to grant a “Development Contract”. These players may be kept for the next season at this seasons’ price plus 25%. All teams may allocate 4 Development Contracts.
The season
I.Standard 9-category roto scoring, free Yahoo! League.
II.Moves restricted to 20 for the season - It is the commish’s belief that leagues should be won through good drafting and trading, not by being the quickest to pounce on every available free agent.
III.Waiver wire waiting period will be 1 day.
IV.Trades will be made independent of “budget” implications – but note that Team and Development Contracts will carry over to the off-season and remain associated with players regardless of team changes or trades. If players are dropped to free agency, contracts are no longer valid. Players on Team contracts can only be dropped prior to the All-star break
