GC's Yahoo! H2H League 2015-16 thread: League is LIVE on Yahoo! Go there!

[barefacedmonk]

haha I feel like FORCING some of the teams that were bellyaching for me to lift the moratorium to make a drn trade! 

I think the restriction on not trading future 1s, is clogging the trade pipeline.

Mk

I can't speak for others, but its true in my case. I've had some preliminary discussion with a few GMs but don't want to take it further until that restriction on picks is lifted.

[barefacedmonk]

Updated rosters of all the teams would help too.

[hpantazo]

haha I feel like FORCING some of the teams that were bellyaching for me to lift the moratorium to make a drn trade! 

I think the restriction on not trading future 1s, is clogging the trade pipeline.

Mk

I can't speak for others, but its true in my case. I've had some preliminary discussion with a few GMs but don't want to take it further until that restriction on picks is lifted.

I third or fourth or fifth this. I know I'm basically in standstill until the restriction on 2016 picks is lifted

[barefacedmonk]

I can't access the website GC created for this league. Seems to be down.

[Gainesville Celtic]

I can't access the website GC created for this league. Seems to be down.

I just got to it no problem:

http://www.10thumbs.org/h2h/

http://www.10thumbs.org/h2h/2015-offseason-rosters/

[barefacedmonk]

I can't access the website GC created for this league. Seems to be down.

I just got to it no problem:

http://www.10thumbs.org/h2h/

http://www.10thumbs.org/h2h/2015-offseason-rosters/

Thanks. These two work.

I had clicked the link in your signature, but that doesn't.

[Gainesville Celtic]

haha I feel like FORCING some of the teams that were bellyaching for me to lift the moratorium to make a drn trade! 

I think the restriction on not trading future 1s, is clogging the trade pipeline.

Mk

and thus my interest in having the moratorium...




I was always in favor of leaving the league hibernate in the summer for a few reasons:

1. May/June/July are my busiest months of the year.

2. My experience is that only a handful of GMs are plugged in to this league in the offseason so the trading is among those 6-7 GMs --- closing down/skewing opportunities.

3. The future picks trade restriction that appears to be clogging some discussions now (Honestly I've only started picking apart my roster so i've been reluctant just out of due dilligence).

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The only tweak/solution to the future firsts thing might be to move our Rookie Draft up from mid-September to mid-August. This would allow for (a) 2016 picks to be dealt a little sooner and (b) allow for more time post-draft for teams to trade in advance of the early Oct. cutdown date:

July 1-20 --- IRL free agency and summer league

mid-Aug --- Our rookie draft

mid Aug / Sept. / mid Oct -- about 2 months to make trades before the cutdown date.


This would require amending the constitution though.

(FWIW, I think the main reason for not holding our rookie draft sooner was that Celticsblog Draft (original recipie) usually took up July + Aug for many GMs. Sadly CBD seems to be no more, so it may be less of an issue now).

[Gainesville Celtic]

I can't access the website GC created for this league. Seems to be down.

I just got to it no problem:

http://www.10thumbs.org/h2h/

http://www.10thumbs.org/h2h/2015-offseason-rosters/

Thanks. These two work.

I had clicked the link in your signature, but that doesn't.

sorry about that ... fixed it.

[barefacedmonk]

2. My experience is that only a handful of GMs are plugged in to this league in the offseason so the trading is among those 6-7 GMs --- closing down/skewing opportunities.

Isn't the points league that way? But most GMs engage in trade talks via email even if they aren't active on this blog (and some aren't active at all - doesn't matter which month of the year). Points league has had a flurry of trades.

[hpantazo]

2. My experience is that only a handful of GMs are plugged in to this league in the offseason so the trading is among those 6-7 GMs --- closing down/skewing opportunities.

Isn't the points league that way? But most GMs engage in trade talks via email even if they aren't active on this blog (and some aren't active at all - doesn't matter which month of the year). Points league has had a flurry of trades.

I think you have a hard time finding more than 7 GMs actively engaged in the league at any one time of the year anyway, even during the season. About 10-13 GMs just pop in and out once in a while as the norm

[barefacedmonk]

2. My experience is that only a handful of GMs are plugged in to this league in the offseason so the trading is among those 6-7 GMs --- closing down/skewing opportunities.

Isn't the points league that way? But most GMs engage in trade talks via email even if they aren't active on this blog (and some aren't active at all - doesn't matter which month of the year). Points league has had a flurry of trades.

I think you have a hard time finding more than 7 GMs actively engaged in the league at any one time of the year anyway, even during the season. About 10-13 GMs just pop in and out once in a while as the norm

[Gainesville Celtic]

2. My experience is that only a handful of GMs are plugged in to this league in the offseason so the trading is among those 6-7 GMs --- closing down/skewing opportunities.

Isn't the points league that way? But most GMs engage in trade talks via email even if they aren't active on this blog (and some aren't active at all - doesn't matter which month of the year). Points league has had a flurry of trades.

I think you have a hard time finding more than 7 GMs actively engaged in the league at any one time of the year anyway, even during the season. About 10-13 GMs just pop in and out once in a while as the norm

my 2 cents:


I'll disagree slightly... We usually have a full contingent at the draft and most are active between then and cutdown day.

I think most teams have been actively engaged in season -- even if some choose not to make trades and/or be as active as others on the waiver wire.

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The points league has historically been more trade heavy i think.

Primarily i think it's the the nature of the league --- ie. there's only one way to win: get the most points; while in h2h there are infinite combinations that allow teams to compete.

There have also been a couple GMs who for better-or-worse (mostly better) are serial traders which turns over the player pool(s) quicker i think.

[Kwhit10]

I'm silent on the boards mostly but always respond to pm and emails (email is way better to reach me since this site doesn't have a mobile version).   The 2016 picks thing is holding up one of my trades as well.

But I do check the forums everyday,  just it's a pain posting large swaths of text on this site from mobile.

[barefacedmonk]

Kevin Love is available (as you all know since I've sent out a mass PM).

But if you're stupid enough to offer me TJ Warren and CJ McCollum, please reserve that mine of gold for someone else and don't waste my time.

I'm sure you think you are better than anyone else on this board when it comes to fantasy basketball, but I'm the wrong audience to advertise your genius. Danke!

[DinoGanga]

I mean to post that half joke comment about tj warren and CJ McCollum onthe league website but I must have screwed that up and sent just to you. I assure you I was not offering them for kevin love. So yes that was an idiot mistake. I was excited that they may both start. I know they aren't worth much. I was also kidding calling love Cleveland's back up PF.

I will say that I have been offered probably 30 trades almost as bad as that one, and never once did I throw a fit over it.

I hope youre not the guy who Cc's his boss when calling out a fellow employee.

I was just drumming up trade interest in my guys. My apologies I did not mean to upset you.