How the Draft works...
In order to have players on your team, you first need a draft. The simplest way to explain a draft is to think about the actual NBA draft. The GMs in the NBA are just like you and your friends (without the fat pockets). The biggest difference is that an NBA GM starts with a roster and adds onto it with college and international players. In your draft, everyone starts out with a clean slate. Every player is available.
Just like the NBA, only one team can own a particular player. Therefore, draft order is always important. If you pick first, you can select anyone you want to help anchor your team. The draft orderwill be selected to randomize our draft by pulling names out of a hat.
Our fantasy league will perform a “snake” draft. Unlike in the NBA where the team with the first overall pick in the first round will also have the first pick in the second round, a snake draft helps even the playing field so that the person with the first overall pick doesn’t have a significant advantage. The person with the first pick in the first round will also have the last pick in the second round, meaning that the person with the last pick in the first round will have the first pick in the second round. Always fun getting those back-to-back picks, but it can be tough waiting around for your next time up.
After the draft, the league “commissioner” Miss Remington will enter in the draft results online.