Sim league Basketball

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  1. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Anyone interested in playing sim league basketball? I am thinking about starting up a league. I have no idea how much time it would take since I have never played, but I can tell you all that sim league baseball is much less time consuming than fantasy baseball.

    For those of you that aren't quite sure how it works, here is a brief overview

    There is software out there (probably DDS is what I would use) with last years stats.
    1. The games are played head to head, like a real NBA schedule.
    2. You would draft a roster of 15, with a salary cap
    3. You would pick your style of play, substitution patterns, and such
    4. Teams then go head to head based on last years numbers



    If there is enough interest shown, I will get the software and start a league.
     
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    RR7 Well-Known Member

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    I might be interested in something like that. Count me in.
     
  3. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Count me in. I'd be happy to set up some forums to organize it all.

    But you have to be serious about seeing it through, please.
     
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    Rhal Well-Known Member

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    Sounds like fun, id be down.

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  5. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    I am. I've played sim league baseball for several years, and it is a blast. I'm not sure about software to use or anything like that yet, so it could be a rocky start
     
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    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    Id be down
     
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    Consider the Cactus Development Basketball Sim also... was very good a few years back when I ran a league with it. Coaches can set roll files for starters, ~how many minutes they want each player to play etc..

    http://www.cactusdevelopment.com/

    I haven't tried DDS but I will have to check it out.
     
  8. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    I will look at anything. Thanks for the input. I have never played sim basketball, so I really have no idea what to look for? I see there are several online versions, are they any good, or is it better to get software and create your own site?
     
  9. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    I have been hearing good things about fastbreak pro basketball as well. It's very customizable
     
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    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    Ive been in a sim bball league for years. It just started back up and we are filling members. Speeds, myself and drexlersdad all participate. That league uses nba2k with sliders.
     
  11. BlazerCaravan

    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    I'd be down if the software can run on my Mac (yeah yeah I know). :ghoti:
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Interesting. It sounds like several of you will know a lot more about sim league b-ball than me. Is it good? bad? pros? cons? How often is it run? What stats do they use? How are salaries configured?
     
  13. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I think I signed up for the S2 league a few years back and started the drafting process, but flaked. : /
     
  14. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Yes, this wont. I am making it smaller to start, for one thing. I will also have another site set up for the league. The only thing this will have in common with the other is that it will have S2 people in it.
     
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    drexlersdad SABAS

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    i tried to set one up with denny and a few others here a few years ago, its ALOT of work

    my advice would be to get your system and program completely dialed in before anything else (draft, members, etc) thats what fucked us was that every program i ran wasnt as good as i wanted it to be, kg averaging 23 rpg, the league leader in apg was nash with 4, etc....it was hard to dial it in, but for all i know, there are much better programs than what i was trying to use

    i was trying to use live or 2k so that i could upload screenshots and videos of games
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    I think I will be using fast break pro basketball. Strictly stat driven. I will make sure I have it all together before moving forward. I was strictly gauging interest
     
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    I did that too, too many people flaked for it to get started. I had a badass team from what I recall.
     
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    I'm very interested BTW.
     
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  20. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    I think the most important thing will be which software/sim engine to use. Everything else should be great
     

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