Post by Ian Noble on May 5, 2012 12:53:29 GMT
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Welcome to the Dynasty Five fantasy league!
In 2010 the original Dynasty Five closed down after four glorious seasons and now it's back! Registered under a new domain and ready to roll for many more years!
Trading
Free Agency
League Format
Achievement Icons
Welcome to the Dynasty Five fantasy league!
In 2010 the original Dynasty Five closed down after four glorious seasons and now it's back! Registered under a new domain and ready to roll for many more years!
Trading
The trade committee will be under strict orders to apply the greatest scrutiny to all trades.
The number 1 priority for the committee will be stopping careless GMs from driving their team's into the lottery, and destroying their future by trading away draft picks; if a trade goes against the rebuilding process of a struggling team then that alone will be enough to reject it.
Secondly the maintaining of realism is a factor that permeates across the league. It will be nearly impossible for the Lakers to trade away Kobe Bryant, for instance, because that would be completely unrealistic. If you're going to pick a team with an established superstar at the helm (e.g. Kobe Bryant in LA, Dwyane Wade in Miami, Tim Duncan in San Antonio) you had better try to build around them instead of trade them!
Free Agency
Whilst regular season free agency is a free-for-all, off season free agency (OSFA) will be a studied and discussed affair.
One of the many problems sim leagues suffer from is the creation of too many enormous contracts. The first priority of a OSFA Player Agent will be to prevent there being too many league maximum deals in the $20m/yr range, OSFA player agents will field offers up until a realistic maximum deal is reached and set their own limits on the money GMs can offer.
This will often mean that multiple teams are able to offer the same realistic deal to a player, therefore OSFA agents will then secondly use their own personal judgement to decide which players will sign to which teams.
It is a GM's responsibility to make OSFA agents understand the benefits their team can offer a player.
New GMs who are claiming a team for the first time will be wise to keep in mind that even factors such as whether a team is a "big market" team (e.g. Los Angeles, Chicago or New York), or whether a team has an illustrious history (e.g. Boston, San Antonio) will factor into the decision making process. If you're the GM of a small market team with little history, such as the Milwaukee Bucks or Oklahoma City Thunder, you may want to build your dynasty via the rookie draft instead of pinning your hopes on free agency.
Other factors are obviously taken into account however. If a player has exhibited no desire to play for a championship calibre team in real life (e.g. David West signing with the Pacers in 2011) then that will be considered in-game. And even if you're a small market team with no history competing against the Los Angeles Lakers, if the Lakers GM has destroyed his team and you're a division leader then all these factors come into play.
It all comes back to the same quote: "It is a GM's responsibility to make OSFA agents understand the benefits their team can offer a player." The more effort a GM puts into an offer the better chance they have of signing a player.
League Format
- 82 game season.
- No injuries.
- Salary Cap.
- 7-7-7-7 Playoff format.
- Simulated using NBA Live 06
Achievement Icons
Even if a GM leaves the league their legacy will live on with the achievement icons that will be attached to their profile:
Larry O'Brien Championship Winners Trophy.
Maurice Podoloff MVP Trophy.
Executive of the Year award.