The legendary auction league, The Kevin McHale Cup returns for it's tenth season.
Managers please confirm your return in this thread.
Rules and end-of-season rosters to follow.
Owners - Yahoo name (Confirmed):
Badga - Heath
Billy the Kidd
Bugsy Mogues
Deeman87 - Eric
Moo
Rampantstatks - Neil
Tony Richo
K10
Porley
Theseventhhamster
Owners not returning
Stewie Griffen
Big Kitty
JT - Jackson
Bostonian
- Dave
- Michael
Teams and contracted players for 18-19 (Dev Contracts include 25% increase)
Badga - Kramerica
Team contracts
Paul Milsap - $3,500,000
Damian Lillard - $11,000,010
Development Contracts
Carmelo Anthony - $827,240
James Harden - $4,768,371
Bradley Beal - $3,875,000
LaMarcus Aldridge $750,000
Billy - The Kidds Crew
Team Contracts
Jimmy Butler $8,900,000
Markell Fultz $3,600,000
Zach LaVine $2,650,000
Development Contracts
Nikola Jokic $2,500,000
Khris Middleton $3,125,000
Eric Bledsoe $4,882,813
TJ Warren $2,000,000
Bugsy - The Dark Nique
Team contracts
Dennis Smith Jr $3,030,000
Avery Bradley $1,890,000
Development contracts
Myles Turner $3,101,640
Devin Booker $1,047,500
Draymond Green $4,600,097
Josh Richardson $1,356,250
Deeman - Dante's Devils
Team contracts
Elfrid Payton $3,363,925
Willie Cauley-Stein $2,270,500
Development contracts
Rudy Gobert - $1,445,312
Klay Thompson $5,616,590
C.J McCollum $3,125,000
Marquess Chriss $1,430,000
Tony - FUBAR INC.
Team Contracts
Goran Dragic $4,250,016
Dwight Howard $1,250,007
Development Contracts
Andre Drummond $1,526,001
Nerlens Noel $1,293,945
Kyle Lowry $2,000,000
Marc Gasol $2,500,000
Ramp - 12 HOUR DELAY
Team Contracts
Donovan Mitchell $2,030,010
Jonathan Isaac $721,000
Development Contracts
Kwahi Leonard $7,629,438
Joel Embid $4,308,593
Ben Simmons $7,140,000
Giannis Antetokoumpo $3,906,250
Moo - Scooby Moos
Team Contracts
Andrew Wiggins $2,756,000
Rudy Gay $1,354,000
Development Contracts
Wesley Matthews $1,043,750
Justice Winslow $812,500
Pau Gasol $875,000
Milos Teodosic $1,625,000
Theseventhhamster - Milwaukee Hamsters
Team Contract
Clint Capela $2,100,000
Dante Exum $2,250,000
Development Contract
Karl A Towns $7,000,000
Aaron Gordon $2,625,000
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson $2,000,000
Qualifying Offer
Kemba Walker
Sleeper Contract
None
K10 Hawks - CK10 Hawks
Team Contract
Josh Jackson $2,346,768
De'Aaron Fox $2,518,448
Willy Hernangomez $2,146,876
Development Contract
Steph Curry $5,722,048
Jusuf Nurkic $3,085,937
Ricky Rubio $6,875,000
Julius Randle $1,015,625
Porley - Harsh Justice
Team Contract
Trevor Ariza $4,000,001
Bob Covington $1,400,002
Dwayne Wade $2,000,001
Development Contract
Dario Saric $2,250,000
Qualifying Offer
Al Horford
Sleeper Contract
None
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 - Yahoo name (Confirmed):
Badga - Heath
Billy the Kidd
Bugsy Mogues
Deeman87 - Eric
Moo
Rampantstatks - Neil
Tony Richo
K10
Porley
Theseventhhamster
Owners not returning
Stewie Griffen
Big Kitty
JT - Jackson
Bostonian
- Dave
- Michael
Teams and contracted players for 18-19 (Dev Contracts include 25% increase)
Badga - Kramerica
Team contracts
Paul Milsap - $3,500,000
Damian Lillard - $11,000,010
Development Contracts
Carmelo Anthony - $827,240
James Harden - $4,768,371
Bradley Beal - $3,875,000
LaMarcus Aldridge $750,000
Billy - The Kidds Crew
Team Contracts
Jimmy Butler $8,900,000
Markell Fultz $3,600,000
Zach LaVine $2,650,000
Development Contracts
Nikola Jokic $2,500,000
Khris Middleton $3,125,000
Eric Bledsoe $4,882,813
TJ Warren $2,000,000
Bugsy - The Dark Nique
Team contracts
Dennis Smith Jr $3,030,000
Avery Bradley $1,890,000
Development contracts
Myles Turner $3,101,640
Devin Booker $1,047,500
Draymond Green $4,600,097
Josh Richardson $1,356,250
Deeman - Dante's Devils
Team contracts
Elfrid Payton $3,363,925
Willie Cauley-Stein $2,270,500
Development contracts
Rudy Gobert - $1,445,312
Klay Thompson $5,616,590
C.J McCollum $3,125,000
Marquess Chriss $1,430,000
Tony - FUBAR INC.
Team Contracts
Goran Dragic $4,250,016
Dwight Howard $1,250,007
Development Contracts
Andre Drummond $1,526,001
Nerlens Noel $1,293,945
Kyle Lowry $2,000,000
Marc Gasol $2,500,000
Ramp - 12 HOUR DELAY
Team Contracts
Donovan Mitchell $2,030,010
Jonathan Isaac $721,000
Development Contracts
Kwahi Leonard $7,629,438
Joel Embid $4,308,593
Ben Simmons $7,140,000
Giannis Antetokoumpo $3,906,250
Moo - Scooby Moos
Team Contracts
Andrew Wiggins $2,756,000
Rudy Gay $1,354,000
Development Contracts
Wesley Matthews $1,043,750
Justice Winslow $812,500
Pau Gasol $875,000
Milos Teodosic $1,625,000
Theseventhhamster - Milwaukee Hamsters
Team Contract
Clint Capela $2,100,000
Dante Exum $2,250,000
Development Contract
Karl A Towns $7,000,000
Aaron Gordon $2,625,000
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson $2,000,000
Qualifying Offer
Kemba Walker
Sleeper Contract
None
K10 Hawks - CK10 Hawks
Team Contract
Josh Jackson $2,346,768
De'Aaron Fox $2,518,448
Willy Hernangomez $2,146,876
Development Contract
Steph Curry $5,722,048
Jusuf Nurkic $3,085,937
Ricky Rubio $6,875,000
Julius Randle $1,015,625
Porley - Harsh Justice
Team Contract
Trevor Ariza $4,000,001
Bob Covington $1,400,002
Dwayne Wade $2,000,001
Development Contract
Dario Saric $2,250,000
Qualifying Offer
Al Horford
Sleeper Contract
None
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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