Free agency begins very soon (Sept. 29). It probably sounds like a vast, scary void that you don't want to get lost in. Because MAN, if you screw this up, your franchise is doomed. The easiest way to explain the FA period is as a "slow-moving auction draft." Very much like the inaugural draft we had last October, you will have the opportunity to bid on any player. This time, though, you have much more limited cap room, and the rules are a tad different. Here are the three main things you need to know: • Once a player receives his first bid, he will make a final decision within 72 hours. All bids for him must be entered within 72 hours. Teams may bid as many times as they like, auction-style. • If no one bids on a player for a 24-hour stretch at any time AFTER a bid is placed, then he will sign with the most recent high bidder. • If any bid is placed within a half hour (30 minutes) of the end of the 72-hour limit, all teams who wish to bid on him will text the commissioner with a blind bid higher than the most recent high bid posted (you will receive a prompt from the commish before your blind bid). This blind bid must be made to the commissioner within two hours of the final posted bid. Of course, there are a couple things to also keep in mind: • If the initial bid on a player is made with less than 72 hours remaining in the FA period (closes at 12 a.m. CT on Oct. 13), then there will not be a full 72 hours of bidding, just however much time remains in the FA period. The same 30-minute bidding rule applies to the end of the period though (to force a blind bid). • Teams are ALLOWED to go over $100 in this period, but beware: Teams will not be able to drop a player $5 or more until AFTER the $100 cap deadline on Oct. 20. Once the deadline passes, we go back to the normal rule of $20+ players being undroppable. This process will require daily checks on players that you are interested in signing. The easiest way to stay in the know is to 1) Follow @COMOLeague on Twitter and 2) Download the ESPN Fantasy Basketball app to keep track of the bids on the league message board. Any questions should be texted to the commish for the quickest answers. You can also use Twitter or the COMO Facebook group to clarify any confusion. To get you ready for the onslaught, here is a subjective ranking of the available free agents (and remember: If a player is not bid on during the first week, his asking price will be cut in half during the second week).
Carlos Boozer, PF/C (Los Angeles Lakers) •• Asking price: $2 million Tristan Thompson, PF (Cleveland) •• Asking price: $2 million Anderson Varejao, PF/C (Cleveland) •• Asking price: $2 million Spencer Hawes, C (Los Angeles Clippers) •• Asking price: $3 million Trey Burke, PG (Utah) •• Asking price: $2 million Marcin Gortat, PF/C (Washington) •• Asking price: $2 million Ersan Ilyasova, PF/C (Milwaukee) •• Asking price: $4 million David West, PF (Indiana) •• Asking price: $4 million Evan Turner, SF (Philadelphia) • Asking price: $2 million Tyreke Evans, SG/SF (New Orleans) • Asking price: $2 million Larry Sanders, PF (Milwaukee) • Asking price: $5 million Don't forget about waivers.The waiver period will open immediately after free agency concludes on Oct. 13. This pool will include any player listed above that is not signed + any player in the NBA that is not currently signed by a COMO team. Here are some guys who have slipped through the cracks (with several more role players available):
Arron Afflalo, SG (Denver) Gorgui Dieng, C (Minnesota) Brandon Jennings, PG (Detroit) Kevin Martin, SG (Minnesota) Brandon Knight, PG/SG (Milwaukee) Paul Pierce, SF (Washington)
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