Sounds like fun....sign me up.

Could people also post if they are happy for this to run through a Facebook page.

The Banker is also interested sign me up!

Come get me!

Do you reckon we could hold off on the draft for another week or two? Would be good to see a few more preseason games.

I'm not keen in running it through a FB page though I'm afraid...

Yeah probs google groups for me. I can email on my phone but FB groups dont work too well.

Im in - FB or Google not fussed either way

:)

As it is a lot harder to post PDFs and Spreadsheets on FB, I am leaning towards Google groups again.

X - Sorry, I actually meant the following weekend. I intended to start the day after the AFL Grand Final.

Whichever make life easier for you skip, happy with either FB or GG..

Google for me.

I want in.

Just confirming I'm in and would prefer Google groups.

Also, just wondering if we will have enough players this season that we can allow some to be selected at more than one position? (Eg, Holmes would be a PF or a SF)

If it can be done, it would make it easier to do trades. Last season it was very hard to trade because you had no real flexibility in your roster.

Obviously, we'd have to agree positions before the season, with the Commish's word being final and no changes in season.

What do you think guys?

Beantown - last season they were purely classed as just Forwards (no distinction between between small or power)

We didnt offer the Guard/Forward or Forward/Centre option though. Mostly to make it a little easier on me.

I'll be putting a player list together over the next few days, so I will look at it then.

Id like to join this year if thats ok?

There is also another FNBL run on ozhoops if anyone would like to join there too? We are looking for a few (5) new entries to fill our last league there.

Cheers

In, and Google would be preferred.

Skip, as long as it is as good as last year, all will be happy mate.

Thanks!

I guess with an extra team (Syd) in this year there will be more scope to do some trades as there will be more players left without a team.

TR - any early indications on who you like as your initial imports this year? I just want to be sure I keep away from them!

For League 1 folk, here is something for you to start thinking about.

the draft order will be the reverse of last seasons finishing order. Meaning Bizzy has the #1 draft pick.

DRAFT ORDER
Bizzy
TR
Beantown
skip
DB5
Lockie
Statman
Xztatik

I like that.

You had 8th last year didn't you skip? Balls and Homicide?

Gives me first waiver pick and I think the depth of stars is pretty good this year without any standout top picks.

I had 4th or 5th last year I think. Wasn't 8th.

Hell yeah...... 2nd pick....


Watch me select some dumb fat ass import that is so useless he couldn't pull a shag in a brothel...

Statman..... gunning for you this season buddy...

I don't wish to discuss last years cluster about imports...

Would the 3rd of October be a good draft date or is that leaving it too late? Top End Challenge with livestats runs 28th-2nd.

As long as it's over by the 8th... I'm heading to Malaysia...

Skip,
I might be interested in the 2nd group but want to know what is involved, is it similar to AFL Dream Team?

Scoring is based on the NBL Dream Team comp (nbl.virtualsports.com.au). Skip runs a draft over google groups/email in which we select our 10 players from the total NBL player pool. We then select 5 starters, 3 benchies and a captain each week and play each other.

X, If one of you players plays 2 games in a week do you get points for both game?

Big Sexy

from memory, yes you do. Makes it interesting in choosing your Cappo.

Yeah you do BS, taking advantage of the scheduling was the main reason I won last year I think but it's a bit harder this year. 2 game rounds are getting rare while 3 game rounds are extinct.

Big Sexy - They have pretty much summed it up. You can trade players between teams and recruit free agents.
And as discussed, if your player has 2 games in the one round, you earns points from both games. It means you have to select your line up carefully as you may have players not playing at all one week.
X - If I was confident the draft could be done in 10 days, I would say yes. I will have a look at last years draft and get back to you.

Still got until 5pm today to register your interest for League 2.

In the meantime, feel free to have a look at the current player list I have and see if I have missed anyone or you think that someone is in the wrong position. With a lot of the Swingmen, I have had to go forward rather than guard with them to ensure there is close to equal number of each. Everyone will be required to draft 2 centres, 4 forwards and 4 guards.

* indicates import (only 2 allowed per team)
# indicate they are not in the main 10 man squad.

CENTRES
(ADE) DOWDELL, Jeff
(ADE) HARRIS, Sam #
(ADE) JOHNSON, Daniel
(CRN) BREBNER, Dean #
(CRN) CROSSWHITE, Ian
(GCB) PETRIE, Anthony
(MEL) BURSTON, Matthew
(MEL) HELLIWELL, Wade
(MEL) NEVILL, Luke
(NZB) PLEDGER, Alex
(NZB) WILKINSON, Gary *
(PER) KNIGHT, Matthew
(SYD) JANEV, Blagoj
(SYD) KHAZZOUH, Julian
(SYD) KNIGHT, Ben
(TVL) ALLEN, Ben
(TVL) SCHENSCHER, Luke
(WOL) BEHRENDORFF, Tim
(WOL) DAVIDSON, Larry

FORWARDS
(ADE) BALLINGER, Adam
(ADE) HERBERT, Nathan #
(ADE) HILL, Brad
(ADE) HOLMES, Jacob
(CRN) BOODNIKOFF, Gary
(CRN) DILLION, Daniel
(CRN) LOUGHTON, Alex
(CRN) REID, Arizona *
(CRN) RYCHART, Dusty
(GCB) DAVISON, Bennett *
(GCB) GARLEPP, Tom
(GCB) HOARE, Stephen
(GCB) MAYE, James *
(MEL) GREER, Tom
(MEL) TRAGARDH, Cameron
(MEL) WALKER, Lucas
(NZB) ABERCROMBIE, Thomas
(NZB) BOUCHER, Dillon
(NZB) VUKONA, Mika
(PER) HIRE, Greg #
(PER) REDHAGE, Shawn
(PER) TOVEY, Cameron
(PER) TRUEMAN, Jeremiah
(PER) WAGSTAFF, Jesse
(PER) WEIGH, Stephen
(SYD) DANN, Graeme
(SYD) GRIZZARD, Rod *
(SYD) HOLLIS, Ben #
(SYD) MCCULLOUGH, Taj *
(SYD) SCOINES, Jarred
(TVL) BLANCHFIELD, Todd #
(TVL) CEDAR, Chris
(TVL) FREEMAN, Gabe *
(TVL) HINDER, Russell
(TVL) TUDEHOPE, Keegan #
(TVL) WILLIAMSON, Brad
(WOL) COENRAAD, Tim
(WOL) FORMAN, Oscar
(WOL) GRUBER, David
(WOL) JACKSON, Daniel
(WOL) SAVILLE, Glen

GUARDS
(ADE) CARTER, Rhys
(ADE) DEVRIES, Troy *
(ADE) NG, Darren
(ADE) WINDER, Craig *
(CRN) CHITHAM, Michael
(CRN) GRABAU, Aaron
(CRN) JONES, Phill
(CRN) UBAKA, Ayinde *
(CRN) WILLIAMS, Kerry #
(GCB) AMMAR, Tommy
(GCB) CADEE, Jason
(GCB) GIBSON, Adam
(GCB) GOULDING, Chris
(GCB) HARVEY, James
(GCB) TEYS, Brendan
(MEL) CAMPBELL, TJ *
(MEL) CORLETTO, Daryl
(MEL) DEVENDORF, Eric *
(MEL) LEWIS, Bennie
(NZB) BRASWELL, Kevin *
(NZB) BRUTON, Cj
(NZB) HENARE, Paul
(NZB) PENNEY, Kirk
(NZB) WEBSTER, Corey
(PER) BALCOMBE, Jarrod #
(PER) LISCH, Kevin
(PER) MARTIN, Damian
(PER) ROBBINS, Brad
(PER) WAGNER, Joel #
(PER) WILLIAMSON, Drew
(SYD) COOPER, Luke
(SYD) MADGEN, Ben
(SYD) MARTIN, Luke
(SYD) RYAN, Damien
(SYD) WEEKS, Jarrad #
(SYD) WHITE, Kevin #
(TVL) BLALOCK, Will *
(TVL) CEDAR, Michael
(TVL) CRAWFORD, Peter
(TVL) CROSSWELL, Nathan
(TVL) ROBERTSON, Kelvin
(WOL) CAMPBELL, Mat
(WOL) DELANEY, Zac #
(WOL) DEMOS, Tyson
(WOL) ERVIN, Gary *
(WOL) MARTIN, Rhys

Count me in Skip

Only if you are head hunting X, like the rest of us Big Sexy..

DB5, I don't know know x personally but heck why not.

I do not know him either, but he beat us all last year, so has now become the hunted..

hehe bring it!

Skip, probably swap Petrie with Loughton or Trueman. C.Cedar is a guard but you might need the numbers there or something. Other than that it all looks good!

Dillon too. Grabau will probably play more SF than SG if you need a swap.

Who do you think will play the Centre at the Blaze then X?

Rickert, or is there a problem with his citizenship that I don't know about?

Rickert/Garlepp
Petrie/Hoare
Davison/
Harvey/Goulding
Gibson/

X - They parted company almost 2 months ago.

http://linky.com.au/z7tz8

Didn't they sign Pero to play centre?

:O Footy season, skip.

My bad, tell them to update their site!

Is Pero playing? I though he called it quits.

Wrong Pero Skip, Valselivjic (I don't know how to spell his name)

Also Kelvin Robertson isn't playing for the Crocs and Blanchfeld is on the 10 man roster

Last chance as its almost five o'clock. We are still a couple short for League 2 to get the go ahead.

I'm interested if there is a spot left...

Is League 2 going to get up? Do we need one more?

More is required, but I am reluctant to go ahead with the 2nd league with people who arent keen and dedicated.

There is nothing worse in this sort of Fantasy league than when people drop off during the season.

and it is a little time consuming on my part as well.

Fair enough too.

You do it well though skip.

Yep Pero V is signed at the Blaze, Id expect him to be used sparingly and Petrie will play a lot of time at C

Sweet. We can just re-post the 'Sixers too small' topics and auto-replace "Ballinger" with "Petrie". And maybe the same with Perth (since they didn't retain Schenscher and Harris) since Matt Knight is probably shorter than Balls.

Agreed Isaac, the too small argument isnt really valid in the NBL. Sure Schensher will tower over Balls but Balls will run rings around him away from the hoop!

That being said Petrie is happy to get in the paint and mix it physically with anyone whereas I see Ballinger as being more of a finesse player who likes to do his damage outside the keyway.

No doubt both coaches know how to get the best out of their players.

Is checking the site 10 times over the last 24hrs dedicated enough? Im pretty keen if there is a spot available to play... Even if it is reduced numbers?

Haha, not questioning anyones dedication personally ox, my concern is that if we are getting people to join just to fill the numbers, they are probably less likely to see the season out, especially if they aren't winning.

This makes it crap for those who are playing properly when it comes to things like trying to arrange trades and more importantly, the good fun banter involved.

I don't want to run it with fewer numbers for a few reasons.
1. I already have a speadsheet set out for 8 and it is a pain in the arse to do them differently.
2. It takes a bit of the skill out of it as you don't have to rely so much on making sure you pick the right lesser known players to complete your roster as the talent isnt spread as much.
3. It also wouldnt be fair to have the league winners play off against each other for the same reason as above.

I'll keep the League 2 option open for a few more days and we'll see what happens.

Skip how many people are we short for the 2nd league?

Due to lack of interest, I'm afraid I will only be running the one league again this year. Sorry to those of you that were interested in joining. hopefully there will be more interested next year so we can begin a second league.

For those of you in League 1, it will all be done through the same google group as last year.

The draft will commence from 9am this coming Sunday the 26th September. I would like to see it completed at least 1 week before the season starts, so do try to log in regulary to see if it is your pick. There will be a 12 hour time limit on each pick.

I will post a full set of rules on the group shortly.

Each team will play each other 3 times with playoffs run over the last 4 games.

Good luck.

anyone who missed out, jump on ozhoops FNBL, we are looking for 4 more players to join League 4 before the draft, which starts in 10 days (fri, Oct 1st).

Thanks for the offer anyway skip, have a fun season!

if there is any late withdraws for todays? draft let me know, ill be happy to stand in, and reliable season player. Cheers