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As the sim develops and goes public, I imagine there is a large portion of the general population who might not be interested in the long-term commitment of a theoretically never ending fantasy basketball game.
Now, aside from the obvious of
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Tim, G.M.
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I'd love to play in "vintage" XO leagues. Being able to assemble teams of the players I grew up admiring would be a blast. Oh, and Rick Brunson would be all mine.
offering up just one year leagues for current seasons (which I imagine will eventually be an option,) ...
So, uhh, Blake Griffin did [this][1] tonight. This prompted me to think it might be fun to share my list of the ten best dunks ever, and invite your suggestions as well.
1. [Here's][2] Vince Carter jumping over a Frenchman then coming awfully
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Zach, G.M.
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I think iverson is one of the more underrated dunkers ever. The dude was perhaps the freakiest athlete the NBA has ever seen, definitely inch for inch and possibly overall.
close to punching out Kevin Garnett by accident. Bonus: vuvuzuela at 0:13.
2. [Here's][3] Leb...
Discussion of player positions, 2011-2012 Update 1. (More after the
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Jordan, G.M.
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Right now he has it since he's played with Duncan.
jump)
Here's the list of players currently on XOD rosters who are eligible for at least 4 minutes and don't have a position assigned:
Jan Vesely
Kemba Walker
Markieff Morris
Reggie Jackson
Shelvin Mack
Norris Cole
Jon Leuer
Ricky Rubio
Brandon
Knight
Jimmer Fredette
Marcus Morris
Charles Jenkins
Derrick Williams
Tristan Thompson
MarSh...
We've revamed the notification system. It's still a bit of a work in progress, so it's possible not everything is working perfectly. However, you can view all the different options you now have at your disposal. Please go to your profile page
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Andrew, G.M.
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Yeah, we considered per team settings, but we figured the percentage of users that would actually want to use that would be too low to make it worth the trouble.
(Click on *Edit Profile* under your name on the top-right) and then click on the *Notifications* tab....
Contents
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* Roster & Cap
* Stepien
* Development Contracts
Roster & Cap
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Each team has 15 roster spots and $60 million in cap space. The two most basic rules regarding your roster and cap space are as follows:
1. Although you may
have up to 15 players, only 12 of the players may be active during any game and you must have at ...
Now that the lockout appears to have ended and we've all but wrapped up FA, it's time for a season preview thread! I am going to stick with the tiered approach to my predictions that I used last season even though I think I'm the only one who likes
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Nick, G.M.
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I have to concede, Leuer is looking great at the moment -- much better than I would have predicted.
it. As a refresher:
Tier 1: 75-100% chance of making the playoffs. It'd be a huge shock if a ...
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Todd, G.M.
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A place to store useful but hard to find "reference" type
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Jose, G.M.
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Andreas: RE: UsageAdjustment.. So, there's a penalty for both cases, whether you're above or below 100%, and it's just worse if you're below, right? 10:21 AM
Joel: No; there is a bonus above 100; it's just lower than the penalty for being under...
items:
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Jose, G.M.
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A long and somewhat tentative examination of [Derrick Williams][1] at Canis Hoopus includes this interesting fact:
> The collegiate shooting efficiency of the top-10 picks over a seven
> year period offers no information about those players' NBA
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Bill, G.M.
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Antawn Jamison is, by a long shot, the closest NBA comparison to Derrick Williams.
shooting
> efficiency. This problem holds when only looking at front-court
> players, when only...
Contents
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* Free Agency
* Gameplay
* Roster Management
* General
Free Agency
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Q: What happens to free agents who don't get any contract offers by the time they accept?
A: Restricted free agents will accept their qualifying offers.
Unrestricted free agents will be randomly re-assigned a new day in the rest of free agency.
Q: ...
Best place to start is what I forsee my depth chart being as of now.
Starters
PG - Brandon Knight
SG - Landry Fields
SF - Danny Granger
PF - David West
C - Demarcus Cousins
Bench
PG - Eric Bledsoe
SG/SF - Paul George
PF - Trevor
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Sean, G.M.
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Cyclone
Starters
PG - Andre Miller
SG - Joe Johnson
SF - Nicolas Batum
PF - LaMarcus Aldridge
C - DeAndre Jordan
Bench
PG - Raymond Felton
SG/SF - Vince Carter
SF/PF - Ryan Gomes
PF - Boris Diaw
C - Przybilla
C - Robin Lopez
PG/S...
Booker
C - Andres Biedrins
PG - Chris Duhon
SG/SF - Mikael Pietrus
PF/C - Anthony Tolliver
Inac...
That time of the season again. The draft is a wrap, free agency is over, and we've all clicked on each other's rosters about a thousand times making sure there aren't anymore under-the-radar SF's lurking in the $0.6-$0.7 million dollar range for
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Sean, G.M.
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Before the season starts (ie this weekend most likely) I'm going to give a power rankings a try. It is going to be very biased, how I perceive certain players and their situation for the upcoming season, and how that is going to work within the c...
which we need to propose a deal. While the NBA season revs its engines, we sit tight and wait for t...
Two questions- one broad one that I'm hoping will inform my one specific one:
How does the sim work again? I know this was posted before, but how exactly does this sim use the stats on the players page to 'build' an offensive possession and a
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Andrew, G.M.
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> My question really boils down to what the 79% chance to pass means vs.
> the 21.3% PAST%?
Kidd has a 79% chance of passing when he creates. But he has a 21.3% chance creating AND passing in that lineup. (21.3 / 26.8 = 79%.) So it's two wa...
game. I looked through the forum but couldn't find the earlier explanation. If someone does find ...
(I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere, and if it has, please point me to that section.)
I'd like to know how players' defensive ratings are calculated and what sites are used to get the data used to calculate the ratings that we use
I've fixed the above link.
for players in xohoops.
(**Note:** We will be transitioning the wiki to this site as a series of forum posts with the `Wiki` tag. Thanks to Devin for his help in maintaining it!)
Welcome to XO Hoops! This guide assumes you've created a team already in a newly forming
league. If you've decided to take on the challenge of taking over a previously inactive team, you ...
Contents
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* Draft Lottery
* Draft
* Contracts
Draft Lottery
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Following the regular season, a lottery will be held to determine the order in which the non-playoff teams will pick in the draft. It is a weighted lottery which is scaled
so that the team with the worst record has the highest chance of winning, and the team with the be...
Contents
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* Pre-Free Agency
* Free Agency Initialization
* Free Agency
Pre-Free Agency
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1.1 This phase, from the conclusion of the draft to the initialization of free agency (FA), is to allow GMs time to sign their rookies, make
qualifying offers to their restricted free agents (RFA), and make any needed trades before FA begins....
Contents
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* Overview
* NPV
* Calculator
Overview
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Because XO Hoops has GMs, but does not have actual players or agents negotiating contracts, we must have some method for determining the contract preferences of a players. Generally
speaking, a player will accept the most money irrespective of any other considerations. In other wor...
Game #54 - Trade
Deadline
Given that the trade block doesn't currently tell us what kinds of players people are looking for, I figured it might be nice to have a thread listing what owners currently want. To make sure this thread stays useful and easy-to-read, a few requests
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Nick, G.M.
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Short Term: Unlikely to make a move soon; curious to see how the young guys play.
Longer Term: Looking for SG who can pass and score, or C who can pass and score at least somewhat.
for thread hygiene:
1. XOT requests only (if this proves to be useful, maybe other leagues ca...
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