Yeah I changed my mind on team/player options. Going to just allow them all, rookie or not. Think this contract length situation will create some pretty interesting draft dilemmas. KD & LBJ (player option) both potentially a year from free agency. That's what he asked for. I'm fine with teams being named after states, even if Toronto Bulldogs is a better name.
If we're using current contract length why not make salary based on the same? Makes it more interesting since you might forgo a few picks that would otherwise be very obvious because you don't want to deal with the salary.
It's mainly because I can't think of a better way of allocating contract length in all honesty. Plus, it could get really messy if someone drafts too much salary too early. This way, everyone will be within about $5m of each other, and steals in the draft are almost doubly rewarded.
I agree with Escath, it means you'll put more research into your picks. Trying to find players with the same productivity but lower salaries. Whats the negative of going over the cap at the moment?
If that's the more popular option then we'll go with that. I'm still hoping to use flat salaries so we'd have to average all of the years and then round to the closest .5m interva; flat across however many years they have.
What's the go with the salaries? Also can we extend the contracts or do they just instantly hit the free agency? Assuming no player/ team option.
Yep, you'll sometimes be able to extend a player's contract if they think they're in the right situation. Given there's no restricted FA here, they'll usually want to test free agency though. Any other opinions on how to allocate salaries?
Personally I reckon current is the best. Means people can choose the approach they want. Do they go all out guns blazing for the first year or have a more steady team aiming to look for the future or somewhere in between. What happens if a player doesn't get drafted regarding free agency? Do we just offer contracts (type, years and amount) to said player and they accept/ decline based on that and the team? Pretty much how sofisticated is the free agency? Like say a team with 10 appeal can they get players for significantly less than a team with 1 appeal? Is there a point that regardless of money offered a player won't go to a certain appeal and below? Does it factor in how well the team is doing, the other players etc.? Let's face it Kobe probably is gonna be the most likely untouched high calibre player in the draft given his high salary. Does that mean a 10 appeal team is going to basically have first dibs on him at a significantly lower price than 1 appeal teams? Whilst I think that's realistic In seasons to come, could be an unfair advantage straight after the draft (high appeal teams being able to stack their teams with good players for significantly less than their actual contract value).
