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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CHASKA — After hoisting the COMO championship trophy and thanking his players for a wonderful season, Shorewood Show general manager Alex Smith sat alone in his office with a Short Straw in his hand and a smile on his face. “What do you know?” he asked. “Never thought I’d be sitting here celebrating a COMO title. Not this early in my career.” As if to prove his disbelief, Smith stared into the distance as if trying to conjure up an elusive thought that would never come. So, instead of some romantic musing, he instead focused on a topic that everyone seems to want to discuss: Joakim Noah. The 7-foot center, signed for $17 million in the offseason auction, came through when his team needed him most. Noah was left off the All-COMO regular season team, but was an easy selection for the All-Playoffs team (see story below). He averaged 27.88 bones in nine games to help the Show take down Kevin Love, DeMarcus Cousins and the vaunted Chaska Moose in the inaugural COMO Finals. 2014 All-COMO Playoffs TeamPoint Guard — Stephen Curry (Shorewood) — 31.27 (11 games)
Shooting Guard — James Harden (Shorewood) — 31.50 (10 games) Small Forward — Kevin Durant (Duval United) — 39.29 (7 games) Power Forward — DeMarcus Cousins (Chaska) — 31.71 (14 games) Center — Joakim Noah (Shorewood) — 27.88 (16 games) 6th Man — Kevin Love (Chaska) — 27.93 (15 games) First Team All-COMOSecond Team All-COMOCOLUMBIA, Mo. — Kevin Love and Michael Carter-Williams were named February/March Player of the Month and Rookie of the Month, respectively.
Love averaged 35.29 bones in 17 starts for Chaska, the COMO regular season champions. Carter-Williams won his fourth straight ROM, and is essentially a shoe-in for Rookie of the Year. He averaged 14.73 bones in 15 starts for Minnesnowta. League award schedule: Monday, March 24 — League MVP / Rookie of the Year Tuesday, March 25 — All-COMO teams (1st, 2nd) CHASKA, Minn. — It's been awhile.
Chaska power forward Kevin Love collected his fifth COMO Player of the Week award for his two-game performance from Feb. 24 to March 2. Love had not picked up a POW nod since December. "Kevin took note of Dan Renfro's unprovoked remarks, and decided to show him who the real Player of the Week is," Chaska owner Joseph Fafinski said. Fafinski is, of course, referring to the Minneapolis Player Haterzz owner, who routinely barks at the Moose. "I'll see you in the playoffs," Fafinski said to Renfro. "For the first couple weeks, anyway." CHASKA, Minn. — What is Love?
The clear-cut favorite for 2013-2014 COMO MVP, that's what. Chaska's offensive powerhouse continued an impressive run of dominance on Sunday night, when he racked up 58 bones to lead the Moose to its second straight No. 1 finish. Chaska (44 standings points) is now tied with Minnesnowta for the league's top spot with 11 weeks to play in the regular season. "The thing about Kevin is that, no matter the situation, he turns in greatness every game," Chaska owner Joseph Fafinski said. "Kevin's performances, coupled with guys like DeMarcus (Cousins), Jrue (Holiday) and Al (Horford), are the reason this team is tied for first. We couldn't be happier with COMO's MVP so far." The POW award is Love's second straight and fourth of the season. After narrowly missing out on the October/November Player of the Month award to Minneapolis' LeBron James, Love looks like a shoo-in for POM in December. Now, his team is back in the regular season title chase. "We're not going anywhere, folks," Fafinski said. "Chaska is in it for the long haul." CHASKA, Minn. — He's baaaaaaaaaack.
After snagging two straight Player of the Week awards in November, Chaska power forward Kevin Love stormed back into the MVP conversation with a 38.25 COMO average over four games. "Kevin just keeps on dominating," owner Joseph Fafinski said. The Chaska boss also had some words for Duval general manager Matthew Fairburn. "It's really a shame Fairburn has to resort to insults on the MVP of COMO when he's still losing to the Moose week after week," Fafinski said. "Instead, why don't you grab a spoon, Duval, and taste defeat?" Love's big week helped boost the Moose to a league-record 653 points — Chaska currently sits in second place on the season table. "Just another week in the season," Fafinski said. "You can expect 600-plus every week. We're not going anywhere." CHASKA, Minn. – This week was a poor one by Moose standards. Chaska finished fifth in the COMO standings and was knocked out of the top spot in the season standings by in-state rival Minnesnowta.
But there was one ray of California sunshine as the cold northern winter began to set in. Kevin Love notched his second straight COMO Player of the Week award for his four-game performance. The power forward — an early favorite for COMO MVP — averaged 33.0 COMO points to narrowly edge out Rio's Andre Drummond (32.75) for the honor. Minneapolis' LeBron James had a higher scoring average (33.67), but played one less game. Under POW rules, James would've had to average at least 2.0 more COMO points than Love to secure the award with one less start. It's worth noting that while Love has now won two weeks in a row, he still hasn't led the league in average during either week. Duval's Kevin Durant and Hollywood's Anthony Davis were in line to win last week before league officials discovered those teams had started too many players — Durant's and Davis' best scores were lopped off the team and individual totals. Technicalities aside, Love is the first player in league history to snag POW honors two weeks in a row. Now, his team needs to get back on track. "Kevin puts his heart and soul into every game," owner Joseph Fafinski said, "and DeMarcus Cousins can't get more than seven points? That's ridiculous." CHASKA, Minn. — This final standings were shaken up several times today due to roster infractions, but there was one constant: the Chaska Moose.
The Moose finished with a league-high 617 points, and star forward Kevin Love led the way with an average of 33.5 COMO points in four games. Hollywood's Anthony Davis and Duval's Kevin Durant were in line for the award at various times on Monday, but both players had their top scores wiped from the books after their owners started too many players during the course of the week. Chaska owner Joseph Fafinski laughed at the lack of attention to detail. "It's funny how some people can't do simple addition," he said. Love was a worthy winner, though. His consistency over four games — including 27 points in the first quarter alone on Sunday night — was impressive. Fafinski was blase about his team's success. "I'm not surprised," he said. "It's to be expected because of how much better this team is than the rest of the league. I look forward to being at the top spot for the rest of the season. "The flash and the bling might be in Hollywood, but winners go to Chaska." |
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