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So is the league full? Or is there still one team available? I've got a friend (an experienced Ottoneu user) interested.
Who wants to sex Mutombo? at Oct 3, 2023 8:04 PM -
Yeah, I grabbed a team and just went through that in another league. Commish dropped who I listed and then had to remove the cap penalties that resulted, but all good now. Seems like the setting to let the manager do it isn't working properly. He might've needed Niv to fix the penalties.
And the orange highlighted are illegal rosters, not abandoned teams.
Welcome aboard to both of you! Need one more manager and we can get a draft day set.
Extraordinary Magnitude at Oct 3, 2023 2:48 PM -
Yeah it wont let us cut anyone on our own. We might have to give a list to the commish and he may have to manually make the cuts for us in the commish tools.
I'm a Slav 4 U at Oct 3, 2023 2:08 PM -
You guys should be able to make penalty, free cuts …. Not sure why the teams that were claimed are still showing up in orange, though maybe the commish can help with that
TreeWalker at Oct 3, 2023 1:40 PM -
Hi Everyone,
Just echoing my brother's message below. Also Looking forward to being part of this league!
I'm a Slav 4 U at Oct 3, 2023 1:16 PM -
Hi everyone,
I was interested in co-owning a team with my brother. But we decided to each claim one of the two available teams. We've both played Ottoneu for about 7-8 years. Started in baseball but now only play football. So we are familiar with the Ottoneu format.
I imagine we'll be allowed to make cuts to get our rosters down under the cap?
Who wants to sex Mutombo? at Oct 3, 2023 1:14 PM -
Welcome Bucks in 6! Two more to go and we'll set a draft date.
Otto Twenty at Oct 1, 2023 7:17 AM -
Welcome aboard my friend and cut away
TreeWalker at Sep 30, 2023 5:39 PM -
Hey folks. Found this team on the claims page. This will be my first fantasy basketball experience, though I'm familiar with the platform because of ottoneu baseball. Picked this team because I'm from the greater Milwaukee area and I liked the name. If my lack of experience is ok, I'll make my cuts in the next day or two. Thanks.
Bucks in 6 at Sep 30, 2023 3:27 PM -
Still no link but now shows paid through 10/14 now (was tomorrow). Guess he's still figuring things out.
Extraordinary Magnitude at Sep 29, 2023 6:25 PM -
Is anyone else seeing the link on the page where it lists your leagues for repaying for this year ?
TreeWalker at Sep 29, 2023 5:51 PM -
I know a lot of people (including me) were bucking the new payment method because of it requiring our SSN's for signing up. Here's the latest from Niv......
"This week, our new payment provider is releasing a change that removes KYC checks for all payments on their platform. This means that Paydala and its underlying bank will not require SSN or home address when taking payments for your Ottoneu teams."
I see that as great news, and hope everyone will renew here.
Otto Twenty at Sep 26, 2023 5:00 PM -
Those three are now available on the "Claim a Team" screen. As soon as we can get people to take over those rosters and make their round of free cuts, we will all work together to set a date and time for the draft.
Otto Twenty at Sep 16, 2023 2:36 PM -
3 rosters are not in a legal state. Those 3 teams will be abandoned and we will need 3 new owners. If anyone has someone interested, please reach out.
Otto Twenty at Sep 16, 2023 2:29 PM -
There's no link to pay because Ottoneu is transitioning to a service other PayPal for payments. 9 of 12 teams have been active within the last few days, but it's difficult to give a definitive answer on that until after midnight tonight. Any rosters not in a legal state after tonight will be assumed to be abandoned, and new owners will be sought out.
Otto Twenty at Sep 15, 2023 2:27 PM -
Last year on the page where it list all of the Leagues you are in there was a link to make your payment for the upcoming season, but I do not see that anymore. How do you make your payment for the upcoming season and do we know how many people are returning?
TreeWalker at Sep 15, 2023 2:04 PM -
Midnight Friday is the keeper deadline. Please get your rosters legal by that time via trades or cuts.
Otto Twenty at Sep 10, 2023 7:05 PM -
Looks like the keeper deadline is September 15, 2023 11:59 PM EDT. It looks like you will keep anyone still on your roster at that time. Anyone that you don't wish to keep needs to be cut before then.
Barles Charkley at Aug 24, 2023 10:28 AM -
Arbitration ends at midnight. Please get that handled. We are searching for a replacement for the slick rick team. If you know anyone interested, please message me. Thank you!
Otto Twenty at May 31, 2023 9:10 AM -
Only 3 days remaining to complete arbitration. Please allocate all your dollars, and remember you must allocate at least $1 to all eleven of your opponents.
Otto Twenty at May 28, 2023 6:50 PM -
Reminder that there are two weeks remaining to finalize your arbitration. Please do this to help keep the league balanced. Thank you!
Otto Twenty at May 15, 2023 4:23 PM -
Below are comments from Niv on changes being made to the game for next season. Arbitration begins on May 1st. thanks to all!!
For next season, I have a few changes in store that should make setting lineups and the entire playoffs experience a bit more enjoyable.
Lineups
Next season, you should expect to see no daily caps, i.e. the daily limitation of 3 G, 2 F, 1 C, 1 G/F, 1 F/C, 2 Util in your lineup. The weekly caps will remain in place. Additionally, I plan on making the system not count players against the game cap if there are marked as “Out” by our data provider (related wishlist request 1). This will refund games against the game cap faster than waiting for a game to go final and confirm the player played 0 minutes.
I believe these two changes will make it easier to not leave games on the table in a given week. Teams will be allowed to play as many players as the weekly cap allows on a given day, so ‘catching up’ on missed games will be easier and the whims of the NBA schedule will have less of an effect on blocking a team from playing players at a given position. Not counting players that are deemed “Out” against the weekly caps will make it easier to replace those late-breaking “will they or won’t they play” GTD players.
Schedule
We tried a 22-week fully balanced regular season for 2 years now, and the pain of having the semifinals and finals come during the height of players being rested for the playoffs is at this point abundantly clear. In 2023-24, we’ll be moving to an unbalanced 20-week regular season. The regular season will end in March rather than April. Once the NBA schedule for 2023-24 is released this summer, I’ll have more details on specific dates for the fantasy season.
Otto Twenty at Apr 11, 2023 8:26 AM -
*roster
Cheeseburgers at the Club at Feb 20, 2023 1:36 PM -
Yeah, it looks like Otto has 26 players rostered and sixers does not have enough cap space to foster 25 players.
Cheeseburgers at the Club at Feb 20, 2023 1:36 PM -
Why are two teams highlighted in red? Are there rosters illegal or something?
TreeWalker at Feb 20, 2023 12:16 PM -
Yeah, that was the issue, I totally miscalculated what my salary cap would be when I dropped a few players
Cheeseburgers at the Club at Feb 7, 2023 3:08 PM -
In addition to having roster spots, you must have a minimum of $1 available for each open roster spot. for example if you have 4 open spots, you must also have a minimum of $4 free as well. If you ever have fewer dollars than spots, then you must cut players until you free up the necessary cash.
Otto Twenty at Feb 7, 2023 1:07 PM -
My best guess is you are netting 1 player in the trade putting you at 21. I am guessing you have bids on all 4 players up for auction putting you at 25, and you are getting that message when attempting to nominate someone for auction?
Barles Charkley at Feb 7, 2023 10:51 AM -
Has anyone run into an issue where it says your team is over roster limits despite having open roster spots? On my team home page it shows 5 open roster spots, but it is telling me I am over roster limits and have to cut a player.
Cheeseburgers at the Club at Feb 7, 2023 10:45 AM -
Who got drunk while watching college basketball today?
Barles Charkley at Jan 14, 2023 6:12 PM -
I guess you’re right that there is a draft I almost don’t even think of it that way because it’s not a snake draft so feels more just like an auction but I see what you’re saying… Also, thanks for your input on the other trade for what it’s worth I declined it
TreeWalker at Jan 11, 2023 4:40 PM -
There is no benefit to tanking, but there is a draft every year. Regarding the trade in your other league I would probably wait for more information if you aren't in the running. I think I would likely end up throwing Sabonis back into the draft next year rather than pay $72+ for him, and I feel like you could probably get those other two guys in the draft for cheaper unless he decides to keep them. Given that player salary goes up between $3-$36 per year depending on arbitration age isn't a huge factor for me. I like the Butler side of that deal better for this year, and next year but I am assuming Sabonis and Butler continue their current production so far through the end of the year and next year.
Barles Charkley at Jan 10, 2023 9:57 AM -
In one of my other leagues, I’m one of those teams not going anywhere and I’ve received an offer that I can’t make a decision on. Basically I have Sabonis at $69 and someone is asking for him & loan for $20 for butler & Middleton at $50 & $20 respectively along w/ a couple solid $1 players as filler … so in this case, I would be building depth but they would be significantly older depth
TreeWalker at Jan 9, 2023 4:05 PM -
The tanking equivalent here is to dump your higher priced guys along with a $ loan to teams trying to win now. You're either freeing up much more $ for next year's auction, or getting younger less expensive guys to build around.
Otto Twenty at Jan 9, 2023 11:06 AM -
I agree that in your first year in this style of league, you don’t realize how important depth is, but since I was in some leagues last year, I was able to adjust my strategy for this league and then that second utility spot only made it more important
The one thing that I was wondering about though is am I correct in thinking that there is not really any benefit to tanking since we don’t do a draft ?
TreeWalker at Jan 9, 2023 11:01 AM -
Depth is huge. I've run into the same on several occasions. And saving for Util on Sundays you run into issues with only two spots too. It's a balance game.
Extraordinary Magnitude at Dec 30, 2022 12:49 AM -
I had a couple of weeks where I left a game or two on the table for several of my teams when one of my guys suddenly sat out a Saturday or Sunday game. Especially at those hybrid spots. Have an F/C sit on saturday? Tough shit pal, because I already had an F/C lined up for Sunday. Can't make that game up. Learned to use all those single starter spots up early in the week instead of saving those versatile slots for later. And the rule change this year adding an additional utility spot in the lineup has placed more value on depth.
Otto Twenty at Dec 29, 2022 1:42 PM -
I’m not sure about the rest of you this year, but I haven’t ever experienced the kind of constant injuries in fantasy sports that I am having this year. Granted I haven’t played fantasy basketball since before “load management” was a thing, but it feels like I have had 4-5 of my top 10 out every week starting in week 2. I severely underestimated the need for depth by not accounting for how many games it seems every player misses these days.
Barles Charkley at Dec 29, 2022 12:22 PM -
I expect we will see some very “unfair” trades near the end of the year when some owners trade away both better players and cap to the teams wanting to make a playoff push in exchange for players at lower price points to build value in exchange for points. I think it’s safe to assume every owner is trying to improve their team in some way by filling either an immediate or future need. I believe Ottoneu plays closer to a redraft league with the option for 25 keepers provided the cap space, and not at all as a dynasty league. The mandatory salary increases on all players and arbitration will make it so every team can be competitive every year. I believe you would need quite a few All-Stars at dirt cheap prices to really have a strong advantage year over year, and based on the prices people are willing to pay for bench players just to get 15-20ppg guys in these FA auctions to fill holes from injuries I don’t see that happening.
Barles Charkley at Dec 29, 2022 12:16 PM -
Otto, it's nice to be in a league with a competent Commish! I think this was handled really well. And I'm in the same boat with a struggling team. Depending on how I'm doing closer to the playoffs, Jokic might even be available so get your blockbuster offers ready.
Cheeseburgers at the Club at Dec 29, 2022 11:42 AM -
Sorry for any part I played in all the drama. To be clear, going forward. 7 votes to veto. Abstain is equivalent to approve. (I too had not seen that before) And for background on motivations - I live in Southern Georgia. The closest NBA team to my home is the Magic. I was at a Raptors game in Orlando recently. I've got great seats for the Pelican game next month and the Pacers game in Feb. So I was happy when I saw Paolo on his trading block. Looked at his roster, deduced that he needed a big man. Only big men I had to offer were rudy or Mobley. Offered Rudy. Here we are. I give you my word there was no collusion whatsoever. I'm still competing, but struggling. If I'm still out of the playoffs near the deadline, everyone in contention can expect tons of offers from me on all my high priced guys. Including Paolo. That's the ottoneu way to success.
Otto Twenty at Dec 29, 2022 11:21 AM -
Paolo Banchero for Mayor!
Barles Charkley at Dec 29, 2022 11:12 AM -
I’m also quite shocked at the Banchero love at his current price. Don’t get me wrong I don’t like Rudy at his current price either, but at least he has shown he can be a 40 ppg player at the C position which has higher scarcity. Ol Paulo is priced too high for his current production and even if you believe he will improve his PPG next year he goes up by a minimum $3 in price + any amount he may gain in arbitration from Banchero lovers. Not that it matters because it isn’t my team (s), but I would take Rudy for this year if I had cap, and I would throw both of them back into the draft next year regardless. I share that to point out how vastly different individual evaluations of the same players/trades can be. I would also point out that I don’t like Goebert much either. The reaction I saw, you would think Banchero is some future 50ppg world beater that is locked in at his current price and will be healthy and productive for the next 12 years.
Barles Charkley at Dec 29, 2022 11:01 AM -
I didn't know that abstain=no veto was a formal thing, though that's always been my position. That makes the most sense - if you don't care enough to log in and veto it's hard to argue that you are anything but indifferent to the trade. I try to approve trades when I see them, but in the extremely rare circumstances when I have a problem I make sure to log in and veto (I think this has happened in like .5% of the trades I've ever seen). Having the trade go through by process of lack of veto is absolutely the right result.
Who wants to sex Mutombo? at Dec 29, 2022 10:45 AM -
The only reason I didn’t actually vote yes is because the rules state that by not voting, my abstain counts as a yes. Given that trades require a majority of No votes to be reversed there really shouldn’t be a need to go in and confirm that I “approve” of owners making their own trades. I am disappointed that 2 owners voted against a non collusive trade because they didn’t like it and attempted to manage other owners teams.
Barles Charkley at Dec 29, 2022 10:42 AM -
This is my first year doing Ottoneu basketball after a couple years of baseball. Gotta say the basketball version has been way funnier.
Health Watch at Dec 29, 2022 10:38 AM -
That’s a good resolution. To be clear, I was not “fired up” about it. I thought it was bad for the original Banchero owner, but it didn’t make me mad or fired up. I think it was handled fine and I think the commish has a lot of integrity.
Time Lord at Dec 29, 2022 10:32 AM -
Looks like it's being reinstated anyway. Here's the thread on Ottoneu community for all to follow if interested. https://community.ottoneu.com/t/trade-vetoed-by-league-need-to-reverse-a-loan/12398
Otto Twenty at Dec 29, 2022 10:27 AM -
Jesus. Now San Martin thinks I want the trade voided? The same trade I offered, I accepted, and I defended. That is ridiculous. Let Niv correct the loan situation. I'll resubmit the same offer to San Martin. Then please everyone vote on whether or not to veto. I will abstain.
Otto Twenty at Dec 29, 2022 9:38 AM -
I think we should have the deal reattempted with everyone on hand to vote on it again with a majority vote carrying the decision for this one time. Going forward we institute the 7 vote veto threshold. This way we're not changing the rule after the fact for this one deal but still allowing the whole league to be heard.
Who wants to sex Mutombo? at Dec 29, 2022 9:22 AM