The legendary auction league, The Kevin McHale Cup returns for it's ninth season.
Managers please confirm your return in this thread.
Rules and end-of-season rosters to follow.
Owners (Confirmed):
Badga
Big Kiťty
Billy the Kidd
Bostonian (Gus P)
Bugsy Mogues
Deeman87
JT
Moo
Rampantstatks
Stewie Griffen
Theseventhhamster
Tony Richo
Owners not returning
Pie Legend
Nick
Princy
Breezy21
Badga - Kramerica
Team contracts
Enes Kanter - $1,500,002
Al Jefferson - $5,100,000
Development Contracts
James Harden - $3,051,758
Chris Bosh - $1,406,250
Mike Conley - $4,250,000
Markief Morris - $2,250,000
Sleeper Contract
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Kyrie Irving
Billy the kid (Billy the kid) - The Kidd's Crew
Team contracts
John Wall - $12,150,000
Derrick Favors - $8,619,000
Development Contracts
Eric Bledsoe - $3,125,000
Gordon Hayward - $4,921,875
Kris Middleton - $2,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Nikola Jokic $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
DeMarcus Cousins
Bostonian (Gus P) - Green Machine
Team contracts
Tobias Harris - $4,750,000
Development Contracts
Stephen Curry - $3,662,111
Brandon Knight - $2,343,755
Jusuf Nurkic -$1,975,000
Emmanuel Mudiay - $3,125,000
Sleeper Contract
Gorgui Dieng $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
LeBron James
Big Kitty- Easy Breezy
Team Contracts
Serge Ibaka $12,500,000
Robin Lopez $2,000,000
Donatas Motiejunas $1,600,000
Development Contracts
Goran Dragic $3,906,250
Justice Winslow $1,296,486
Sleeper Contract
Tristan Thompson $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Russell Westbrook
Bugsy Mogues (Bugsy Mogues) – The Dark Nique
Team Contracts
Myles Turner $1,985,050
Devin Booker $610,000
Development Contracts
Kyle Lowry $3,051,758
Draymond Green $2,944,063
Nikola Vucivic $3,125,000
Paul George $4,021,619
Sleeper Contract
Harrison Barnes $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Hassan Whiteside
Deeman87 (Eric) - Dante's Devils
Team contracts
Development Contracts
Klay Thompson $3,594,618
Jeff Teague $2,734,375
Rudy Gobert $925,000
C.J McCollum $2,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Nikola Mirotic $1,6000,000
Qualifying Offer
Damian Lillard
Moo (Moo) - Sooby Moos
Team
Demarre Carroll $2,950,000
Gortat $2,157,000
Schroder $2,345,000
Development
Isiah Thomas $2,781,250
Tyreke Evans $2,201,738
Sleeper Contract
Ersan Illyasova $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Al Horford
Stewie Griffin – Uncledrew
Team contracts
Kevin Love $7,200,000
Zach Lavine $1,450,500
Mario Hezonja $1,700,000
Development Contracts
Julius Randle $812,500
Sleeper Contract
Avery Bradley $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Carmelo Anthony
JT (Jackson) - Seth Curry 4MVP
Team Contracts
Elfrid Payton - $3,750,000
Otto Porter - $1,650,000
Ed Davis - $600,000
Development Contracts
Anthony Davis - $12,312,849
Jahlil Okafor - $2,685,500
Willey Cauley Stein - $1,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Al Farouq Aminu $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Kevin Durant
Rampantstatks (Neil) - - 12 hour Delay
Team Contracts
Kristaps Porzingis $2,129,000
Stanley Johnson $2,795,000
Development Contracts
Joel Embid $2,757,500
Giannis Antetokounmpo $2,500,000
Kawhi Leonard $4,882,841
Jordan Clarkson $2,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Darren Collison $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
None
theseventhhamster (theseventhhamster) -Milwaukee Hamsters
Team Contracts
Karl Towns $5,600,000
Aaron Gordon $2,100,000
Rashad Vaughn $500,000
Development Contracts
Chandler Parsons $3,125,000
George Hill $3,375,000
Sleeper Contract
Matt Barnes $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Nic Batum
Tony Richo (Tony Richo) - - Fubar inc.
Team Contracts
D'Angelo Russell $2,750,250
Thaddeus Young $1,500,011
Development Contracts
Andre Drummond $976,641
Nerlens Noel $828,125
Wesley Matthews $2,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Marc Gasol $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Chris Paul
The Rules
Roster Positions PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, C, Util, Util, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN
Standard max games played is 82 per position.
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. 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. Except for the Qualifying Group, 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
Big Kiťty
Billy the Kidd
Bostonian (Gus P)
Bugsy Mogues
Deeman87
JT
Moo
Rampantstatks
Stewie Griffen
Theseventhhamster
Tony Richo
Owners not returning
Pie Legend
Nick
Princy
Breezy21
Badga - Kramerica
Team contracts
Enes Kanter - $1,500,002
Al Jefferson - $5,100,000
Development Contracts
James Harden - $3,051,758
Chris Bosh - $1,406,250
Mike Conley - $4,250,000
Markief Morris - $2,250,000
Sleeper Contract
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Kyrie Irving
Billy the kid (Billy the kid) - The Kidd's Crew
Team contracts
John Wall - $12,150,000
Derrick Favors - $8,619,000
Development Contracts
Eric Bledsoe - $3,125,000
Gordon Hayward - $4,921,875
Kris Middleton - $2,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Nikola Jokic $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
DeMarcus Cousins
Bostonian (Gus P) - Green Machine
Team contracts
Tobias Harris - $4,750,000
Development Contracts
Stephen Curry - $3,662,111
Brandon Knight - $2,343,755
Jusuf Nurkic -$1,975,000
Emmanuel Mudiay - $3,125,000
Sleeper Contract
Gorgui Dieng $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
LeBron James
Big Kitty- Easy Breezy
Team Contracts
Serge Ibaka $12,500,000
Robin Lopez $2,000,000
Donatas Motiejunas $1,600,000
Development Contracts
Goran Dragic $3,906,250
Justice Winslow $1,296,486
Sleeper Contract
Tristan Thompson $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Russell Westbrook
Bugsy Mogues (Bugsy Mogues) – The Dark Nique
Team Contracts
Myles Turner $1,985,050
Devin Booker $610,000
Development Contracts
Kyle Lowry $3,051,758
Draymond Green $2,944,063
Nikola Vucivic $3,125,000
Paul George $4,021,619
Sleeper Contract
Harrison Barnes $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Hassan Whiteside
Deeman87 (Eric) - Dante's Devils
Team contracts
Development Contracts
Klay Thompson $3,594,618
Jeff Teague $2,734,375
Rudy Gobert $925,000
C.J McCollum $2,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Nikola Mirotic $1,6000,000
Qualifying Offer
Damian Lillard
Moo (Moo) - Sooby Moos
Team
Demarre Carroll $2,950,000
Gortat $2,157,000
Schroder $2,345,000
Development
Isiah Thomas $2,781,250
Tyreke Evans $2,201,738
Sleeper Contract
Ersan Illyasova $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Al Horford
Stewie Griffin – Uncledrew
Team contracts
Kevin Love $7,200,000
Zach Lavine $1,450,500
Mario Hezonja $1,700,000
Development Contracts
Julius Randle $812,500
Sleeper Contract
Avery Bradley $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Carmelo Anthony
JT (Jackson) - Seth Curry 4MVP
Team Contracts
Elfrid Payton - $3,750,000
Otto Porter - $1,650,000
Ed Davis - $600,000
Development Contracts
Anthony Davis - $12,312,849
Jahlil Okafor - $2,685,500
Willey Cauley Stein - $1,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Al Farouq Aminu $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Kevin Durant
Rampantstatks (Neil) - - 12 hour Delay
Team Contracts
Kristaps Porzingis $2,129,000
Stanley Johnson $2,795,000
Development Contracts
Joel Embid $2,757,500
Giannis Antetokounmpo $2,500,000
Kawhi Leonard $4,882,841
Jordan Clarkson $2,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Darren Collison $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
None
theseventhhamster (theseventhhamster) -Milwaukee Hamsters
Team Contracts
Karl Towns $5,600,000
Aaron Gordon $2,100,000
Rashad Vaughn $500,000
Development Contracts
Chandler Parsons $3,125,000
George Hill $3,375,000
Sleeper Contract
Matt Barnes $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Nic Batum
Tony Richo (Tony Richo) - - Fubar inc.
Team Contracts
D'Angelo Russell $2,750,250
Thaddeus Young $1,500,011
Development Contracts
Andre Drummond $976,641
Nerlens Noel $828,125
Wesley Matthews $2,000,000
Sleeper Contract
Marc Gasol $1,600,000
Qualifying Offer
Chris Paul
The Rules
Roster Positions PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, C, Util, Util, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN
Standard max games played is 82 per position.
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. 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. Except for the Qualifying Group, 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
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