For ESPN Fantasy Basketball the 'Auction' draft option is available to Free Standard, Prize-Eligible and Custom leagues. The option for 'Live Auction Draft' will appear on the DRAFT SETTINGS page only after all teams/team owners have joined the league (see instructions below). AUCTION DRAFT OVERVIEW Click to view demo screenshot Auction drafts are based on a bidding format and differ considerably from traditional 'snake' live drafts. In those drafts, teams take turns drafting players from a fixed order in a back-and-forth serpentine or 'snake' format (ie 1-10, 10-1, 1-10, 10-1, etc).

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Players disappear from the draft board and teams (waiting for their draft turn) can do nothing about it. In Auction drafts, teams have the chance to draft any player they want, as long as they have the available funds. As such, the likes of Lebron James and Dwyane Wade could be drafted by the same team, which would rarely happen in a Snake draft simply because both players are so early and close to one another in the snake draft ranking order Leagues which use Auction to draft are setup with a preset budget (200 fantasy dollars) to spend on a set number of players (a roster of 13 NBA players - 10 active and 3 bench). Free Standard and Prize-Eligible leagues will have preset default auction values assigned to all players in the pool. Lorem Powerpoint Template Rapidshare. Custom leagues have the option to edit the player default auction values to be loaded in the draft application prior to the draft start.

This page can be access via the 'Edit Auction Draft Values' link on the main 'My Team' page. Once a player is nominated for auction, the bidding begins. Team owners are free to bid however much they feel that particular player is worth (the preset value is only a guide). Bidding continues until there is a single remaining high bid (at which time the system will alert all bidders by saying 'Going Once, Going Twice, Sold'). The player is awarded to the team of the highest bidder, and the bid amount is deducted from the team owner's available funds. This process repeats until every team's roster is completely filled.

When the draft is finished the league will move into 'in-season' mode where teams can start making roster moves, waiver claims, trades, etc. Please note that auction salaries do not, in any way, carry over into 'in-season' mode. As such there is no advantage in finishing the draft with any remaining budget. CUSTOM LEAGUES ONLY: HOW TO SETUP YOUR LEAGUE TO AUCTION DRAFT After your league is full the option to 'Live Auction Draft' appears on the Draft Settings page.

To setup a new custom league (will open a new window) and follow the specific instructions below. 1) On the 'Create Your Custom League' page name your league, select scoring type, select your number of teams (10 for example) and click the 'Express Setup' button. 2) On the 'Confirm League Settings' page click the 'Create Your League!' Note the draft setting will by default be 'Offline Draft' and you can leave it as such. 3) Once your league is created go to the 'LM Tools' page and click on the 'Edit Owners and Send Invitations' link. 4) On the 'Owner Info and Send Invites' page enter each team owner's email addresses in the EMAIL column and click submit. Doing this will send an email containing a unique URL (link) to each person's inbox.

They will need to click on this link and login to join the league. Gta Myriad Island Pc more. Note leagues can not be joined via passwords. 5) Once all teams in your league have been joined by their respective owners go to the 'LM Tools' page and click on the 'Edit Draft Settings' link. 6) On the 'Draft Settings' page the option to 'Live Auction Draft' will appear and ask you to select a date and time. You're now setup to Auction!

Note1: If the option to 'Live Auction Draft' does not appear after all teams are joined your league settings are not in compliance with the eligibility rules. Note2: Once your league is set to draft with the 'Auction' setting do NOT change any other league settings. Note3: All drafts which take place after the beginning of the season will have player stats retroactively applied to each team's drafted starting roster. CUSTOM LEAGUE: AUCTION PRE-DRAFT Once the league has its draft setting set as 'Auction' each team has an 'Edit Auction Draft Values' link available on the top-right of their main 'My Team' page. On this page each NBA player has a predetermined value (based on projected performance), which can be customized and saved. If no values are submitted pre-draft, the system recognizes the preset values.