Rule Idea Notes

[Allan Houston]

1. Have the Stepien rule match the NBA: you cannot make a trade which might leave a team without a first round pick in consecutive years. (Any pick, not necessarily your own). Having the more restrictive Stepien rule that we have just makes the trade market too restrictive, and it's superfluous. Unlike the NBA, we have a trade committee. So if not having your own first round pick in consecutive years is too dangerous in 99% of cases, it can be a de facto rule via the trade committee vote. It's doesn't need to be de jure.

2. Off-season roster limit: Once your team's season is over, your roster limit increases to 20 players.

3: DPVE: You can designate 1 (or 2) players on your roster to an veteran extension, up to the 35% max, provided they meet one of the following criteria:

• All-NBA twice in the last three seasons
• All-NBA in the previous season
• MVP award in the past three seasons

4. Mid-Level Exception: If the sum of your salaries and cap holds is >90% and <=110% of the salary cap, you get an exception worth 10% of the cap which allows you to exceed the cap. The exception counts against your cap as a hold unless rescinded.

5. "Taxpayer" Mid-Level Exception: If the sum of your salaries and cap holds is >110% of the salary cap, you get an exception worth 5% of the cap which allows you to exceed the cap. The exception counts against your cap as a hold unless rescinded.

6. Room Mid-Level Exception: If the sum of your salaries and cap holds is <=90% of the salary cap, you get an exception worth 5% of the cap which allows you to exceed the cap. The exception counts against your cap as a hold unless rescinded.

Edit: I will personally update the roster sheet to include all MLE data, so the other GMs don't need to keep track of this if they find it too bloated/complicated.

7. Draft Pick Conveyance: If a protected pick with increasing conveyance does not convey after two year, it becomes unprotected in year 3. If a protected pick with decreasing conveyance does not convey after year two, it become the next available 2nd round pick.

8. Birds Rights Player Cap Hold: Any unrestricted free agent with Birds Rights counts against the cap of the team that holds their Birds Rights at 150% of their previous salary. If the Birds Rights are renounced, the cap hold comes off the books.

9. Over-38 rule: If a 4+ year contract extends beyond a player's 38th birthday, any year which ends with the player being 38 or older will be attributed to the previous seasons' amount pro rata.

[Brown Cobb IV]

I would agree to all those changes

[Allan Houston]

2-way contracts:

Any player with 3 or fewer years of NBA service can be signed to a 1 contract worth $275,000. Teams can sign up to two players to two way contracts, and they don't count against the roster limit. Players on 2-way contract accrue Bird Rights. Players on 2-way contracts can only play a max of 45 games a season. Deadline for signing 2-way players is January 15.

[Allan Houston]

RFA changes:

Any FA with 3 or fewer years of experience becomes an RFA. QO something like 150% of previous salary.

A RFA first negotiates only with their previous team, and decides whether to take their offer, before hitting the market and receiving other offer sheets. This simulates the moratorium. Also allows teams to take advantage of Bird Rights. A signed offer sheet would immediately hit the books, but if they agree first to come back, the player will just count as the QO until the beginning of the season.

[Allan Houston]

NTC:

Only available for players with 8+ years of experience and 4+ years with the team in question.

[Allan Houston]

RFA period:

Split into three tiers like UFA. Then alternate RFA-UFA periods like this:

64+ RFAs
64+ UFAs
58-63 RFAs
58-63 UFAs
other RFAs
other UFAs

[Theodore Duncan]

I really like the last idea. The others too

[Allan Houston]

MLE: can't use if you sign someone using cap space.

[Paul Pierce]

Jul 3, 2017 20:48:32 GMT -5 Allan Houston said:

MLE: can't use if you sign someone using cap space.

I like this one, it's stupid to let a team use there remaining space and have MLE on top of it

[Allan Houston]

Second round draft picks: you have to sign them like free agents, except no other team can compete. That is, you either need to use cap space or exceptions. So, if you want a three year deal, it has to be above the minimum, and it will take up either cap space or part of the MLE. Otherwise, you can sign them to a minimum contract, i.e. two years max.

[Allan Houston]

Re-upping the MLE idea:

A team can use up to one of the following exceptions each season:

Room Mid-Level Exception: If you sign a player using cap-space, you get an exception worth 5% of the cap which allows you to exceed the cap. The exception does not against your cap.

Mid-Level Exception: If the sum of your salaries and cap holds is >90% and <=110% of the salary cap, you get an exception worth 10% of the cap which allows you to exceed the cap. The exception counts against your cap as a hold unless rescinded.

"Taxpayer" Mid-Level Exception: If the sum of your salaries and cap holds is >110% of the salary cap, you get an exception worth 5% of the cap which allows you to exceed the cap. The exception does not count against your cap.

[Scott Pilgrim]

Feb 26, 2017 16:26:20 GMT -5 Allan Houston said:

1. Have the Stepien rule match the NBA: you cannot make a trade which might leave a team without a first round pick in consecutive years. (Any pick, not necessarily your own). Having the more restrictive Stepien rule that we have just makes the trade market too restrictive, and it's superfluous. Unlike the NBA, we have a trade committee. So if not having your own first round pick in consecutive years is too dangerous in 99% of cases, it can be a de facto rule via the trade committee vote. It's doesn't need to be de jure. 

^^^