DDL 48 16/17 - 25/26 (Need 10) Topic

This is the re-designed "Decade" Draft League with new eras instead of traditional 10 year decades. With all the new years coming out, I think it would be awesome to do 5 leagues in a 12 month period that span all the available sim years. To achieve that, I have laid out a tentative schedule that will allow us to complete these 5 leagues. Thanks to TheRebel for forcing me to take a harder look at the year distribution. I tweaked the year range for future DDL 50 - 52 to all be 14 year eras each, threw the extra year into DDL 49, and kept everything else the same.
DDL # Year Range Drafting League Start League Finish
46 85/86 00/01 12/26/25 1/17/26 3/20/26
47 01/02 15/16 3/9/26 3/31/26 6/1/26
48 16/17 25/26 5/21/26 6/12/26 8/13/26
49 51/52 74/75 8/2/26 8/24/26 10/25/26
50 75/76 88/89 10/14/26 11/5/26 1/6/27
51 89/90 02/03 12/26/26 1/17/27 3/20/27
52 03/04 16/17 3/9/27 3/31/27 6/1/27
53 17/18 26/27 5/21/27 6/12/27 8/13/27


DDL 48 will be using the years starting with 16/17 - 25/26 (10 seasons).
This will be a 10 round snake draft ABBABABABA order with 2 picks at a time in rd 9 and 10.
No Salary Cap, No Rookies, No Waivers or Free Agents.
This will be a timed draft with daily assigned draft picks with 30 minute intervals.
Round 1 will be untimed with a 24 hour limit before being skipped.

Please sign up below to reserve your spot.
5/27/2026 11:04 AM
Detailed Rules

Decade Draft League - DDL # 48 - (16/17 to 25/26)


Format: Single season league, forum draft, Single Instance Exclusive Players
Forum Draft Sequence - *NEW CHANGE* After carefully reviewing the talent pool we will be using ABB ABBABABABA. A = 1-24. B = 24-1. Rounds 9 + 10... two selections per round. 1 selection/day rounds#1- 8 and 2 selections/day rounds# 9 -10
Designated Scrubs: If you are satisfied with your roster minutes, you may elect to take up to 4 designated scrubs instead of drafting players in rd 9 and 10. Please communicate your scrub decision ASAP so that we can know if it is ok to skip someone in the draft.
The 4 designated scrubs are :

Random Draft Order: Random Draw (by random.org)
Random Division Assignment: According to Standard WIS sim basketball random alignment.

Tracking Spreadsheet:

*NO players can be drafted over $11 million
Available player pool: WIS player seasons: 2016-17 to 2025-26 set your filter).
* Salary Cap...Unlimited $$$ (build your beast)
*Designated scrubs CAN play limited minutes (but they will be bad enough that you wouldn't want to play them)
* No Rookies
* No Clowns (or clones)
* No Waiver Wire

* No Whining
*** The Commish reserves the right to kick out/ban any owner at any time.



***Notice - We are going back to using designated 30 minute draft slots on the clock. Every person will be scheduled to make 1 pick per day. If you are a busy person and think you may have trouble with this, try using proxy picks. it is HIGHLY recommended to give your cell # to other owners, who can then text you to let you know you are up. If an owner is skipped, they can make up the pick as soon as they can.

It is the team owners responsibility to know if a player is available. Using the draft listing and the "Find in Page" function is quick and works well. (right hand corner, 3 dot pulldown menu)

Site mail the next 2-3 owners in the draft order after making your selection or executing a proxy.
5/27/2026 10:05 PM (edited)
League History

DDL Champions;
"The harder I work, the luckier I get"...
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DL#1 (80's) - badja
DDL#2 (70's) - dh555
DDL#3 (90's) - 98average
DDL#4 (50/60's) - cmcafeeky
DDL#5 (3rd millennium) - 0ppp
DDL#6 (80's) - maglor1
DDL #7 (70's)....carbonjones
DDL #8 (the 90's)....robusk
DDL #9 (50/60's)...98average
DDL #10 (The 3rd millenium)...carbonjones
DDL #11 (80's)....amerk1180
DDL #12 (the 70's)...bmbigdog44
DDL #13 (the 90's)...uptowngbv
DDL #14 (the 50's & 60's)...bmbigdog44
DDL #15 (the CURRENT decade)...jkaye24
DDL #16 (the 80's)....gerryred
DDL #17 (The New Millenium)....dh555
DDL #18 (the 3rd Millenium, 2nd decade)...gerryred
DDL #19 (the 70's)...pexetera

DDL #20 (the90's)...pexetera
DDL #21 (2010 tp present)...pexetera
DDL #22 (50's & 60's.)..dBKC
DDL#23 (the 80's) ...pexetera
DDL#24 (the 90's) cmcafeeky
DDL #25 (The New Millenium (00-09)....thomcat
DDL #26 (the 70's)....samuelyork93
DDL #27 (2010 to the present)...deer454
DDL #28 (The 80's)... Bufflo_bob
DDL #29 (The 50's & 60's)...6544 (formerly known as "skypilot")
DDL #30 (The 90's)...gerryred
DDL #31 (The New Millenium)...pexetera
DDL #32 (The Current Decade)..beloud
DDL #33 (70's)...BenJoker
DDL #34 (80;s)... midge
DDL #35 (50's & 60's)... pexetera
DDL 36 (05/06--14/15...mptrey
DDL 37 (2015-16 to 2022-23)... pexetera
DDL 38 (1975-76 to 84-85)... ronsouth1
DDL 39 (95-96 to 04-05)...dontburnearl
DDL 40 (14-15 to 23-24)...24kpyrite
DDL 41 (1985-86 to 94-95)...pexetera
DDL 42 (1955-56 to 1974-75)...riftonapple
DDL 43 (1995-96 to 2004-05)...24kpyrite
DDL 44 (2015-16 to 2024-25)…Midge
DDL 45 (1975-76 to 1984-85)…dBKC
DDL 46 (1985-86 to 2000-01)... dBKC
DDL 47 (2001-02 to 2015-16)… Midge
5/27/2026 11:13 AM (edited)
Signup List:

1. chewy3344
2. samuelyork93
3. dBKC
4. berkelon
5. Poddy
6. Gerryred
7. PBandJ
8. Riftonapple
9. dlsmooth74
10. Midge
11. thomcat
12. cem6989
13. seapilots
14. amerk1180
5/29/2026 9:23 PM (edited)
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