Constitution:

Gurupie 20 NBA Fantasy League

Previous Winners

02-03 Peter N
03-04 A Perfect 10

04-05 Twarpy

05-06 RecycledSpinalFluid

Commissioners:
Ref
refguru@gmail.com

Tosh

lodnar@gmail.com

Guru (Treasurer)

davehall@rotoguru2.com

E-mail to all Owners:

From NBA League Page
 
I Site / Stat Source / League Fees

All game, roster and scoring rules will be governed by NBA. There is no fee for using NBA.

II Draft

The Supplemental Draft consists of a slow draft and held on the basketball standings board at rotoguru.com and (or via email to all should the boards go down). Beginning in 07, Time limits will be three hours for individual picks and 8 hours cumulative clock. You may draft until your picks run out or you have reached twelve (12) players.  The clock will be stopped from midnight – 9 a.m. ET but picks may be made during that time.  If you time out, you will be skipped and may select at any time.  If you have been skipped and have not made up that pick and it becomes your turn again, you will be skipped for that pick as well.  If you leave a Q and that person is available to post your pick, you will not be charged any time on your cumulative clock.

The draft order will be reverse of last year's regular season finish and it will NOT snake. Only players currently in the NBA database are eligible to be drafted. Waivers Priority will begin in the same order as the basic draft order (lottery excluded). Please note: The bottom 14 teams will be in the lottery similar to the actual NBA draft.  Top three picks for next year will be selected via lottery. 4^th-14^th picks will be selected based on inverse order of standings. 

Trades Involving 2007 Draft Picks:

2-7 GO receives bj21s 4th round pick for his 6th rounder (Nachbar/Parker deal)

2-27 GL gets Ref's 3rd rounder. Ref gets GL's 5th rounder (Delonte West/James Posey)
2-28 Peter N gets Ref's 1st Rounder. Ref gets Peter N's 3rd rounder (Tinsley/Devin Brown)

3-10 Tosh receives BJ21's 1st and 3rd round picks for his 3rd and 5th rounders (Gooden)

3-18 GO receives PD's 2nd rounder for his 5th rounder (Alston)

III League Settings:

IV Trades

All trades during the season must be submitted via the website’s offer trade feature to the league for review. If there is a draft pick it needs to be posted in our thread at rotoguru.com and needs to be confirmed by both parties. You might want to rationalize your trade as it takes just 7 members to reject the trade.  You have one day to reject it so please check the site at LEAST once per day (many will have the email feature that emails all accepted trades).  Remember with a Keeper league there may be draft picks involved so take the time to check those before rejecting it.  Please only reject a trade based on the trade and not the teams involved.  A trade by its very nature should help both teams either now, the future or both. All off-season/preseason trades will be governed by a commish.
 

V Keepers

Returning owners will have a deadline to declare what players from their team they wish to “keep” Each owner may keep up to 6.

You may keep less than six. You may trade keepers after you have declared, but you may not go over six until all 20 teams have officially declared at the Keeper deadline. At that point you may go up to 12 players.

If you keep less than six, the only way you can add a sixth keeper is via trade. You may not drop a player until after the draft is complete.

If you do not name your Keepers by the deadline, the commish(s) will choose those for you and they will be final.  If you post your Keepers after the deadline but before the commish posts, your Keepers will be honored. Typically the commish(s) will start figuring out uncommitted Keepers as soon as the deadline has passed.

All “un-kept” players will go into the draft. A player MUST be in the NBA database in order to be kept.

The only off-season transactions that will be allowed are trades. No free agents may be picked up after the end of the season. Trades of a player for a draft pick are allowed.

VI Prizes

A fine plaque will be engraved and shipped to the winner courtesy of the previous year's winner. The trophy will be yours to proudly display with your other cherished mementos for 1 year. It will be the winner’s responsibility to engrave it and ship it to the winner. There will be an added nominal fee to help cover expenses related to the engraving and shipping of the plaque.

A separate cash prize pool has also been established. It is strictly voluntary. Only those who participate will be eligible for this prize. $15 USD entry must be paid by the season opener. The exact method of prize distribution will vary from year to year depending on participation. We focus payouts so it will NOT be winner take all. Six owners will have a chance to “win something.”  Prize pool funds are due by Opening Night.

2006-07 Payout has 17 managers paid:
1st $100
2nd $60
3rd $35
4th $25
5th $20
6th $15

Total Payouts is 17 X $15 = $255

Ineligible for prize pool:
PD, Pistol Pete, Mike D

If any of the non-participants qualify, the prizes will be reallocated by the commissioners. Managers will move up payout position(s) and any remaining funds will go into the trophy fund.

VII Owners

As commissioners, we reserve the right NOT to extend an invitation to or remove any owner for any reason. Primary reason for being excluded would be abusive behavior (beyond friendly trash talk, harassment), purposeful rules violations (i.e. colluding on a trade), inactivity (i.e. leaving injured players in as starters repeatedly), unresponsive to other owners or commish(s), missing deadlines (i.e. keepers, draft picks, etc.). If an owner is NOT invited back next year. A new owner will be recruited to take over the vacated team in its exact state.

VIII Activity

Activity will be monitored. Every team and circumstance is different. Not every team will want to change their lineup every day. Not every manager will be able to respond to every trade the same day it is proposed. Not every manager will be able to answer emails immediately. Not every manager will make as many transactions (add/drops or trades) as others. Albeit, if we notice some inactivity (leaving injured players in lineup or leaving healthy studs on the bench) or it is brought to our attention, we may send out a friendly inquiry to that owner. Things happen in real life that is more important than this silly game, but for the integrity of the league we must do this. Every game is important! Please do not take offense if you receive one of these. Just let us know what is going on (if anything). Also let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you. Inactivity may result in a warning letter. Please understand that we are trying to work with you to resolve the inactivity. You are expected to respond to all trades/emails in a timely manner whenever possible. Activity on our threads in the Rotoguru boards is not required on a regular basis but appreciated by the league. An inquiry or a warning letter is not required before removal.