Volume 2 Issue 71 October 2000
FROM COMMISSIONER SCOTT ELLIS, 2ND AMER. BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Who's trading?
POST 2000 DRAFT
41. Druids trades George to Dazzlers for Hoiberg.
40. Jams trade D. Robinson and Chapel Hill's 2002 2nd pick to East Asia for Ewing, Jamison and Sura
2000 SABL Draft is in the can!
Brooklyn's Steve Feldheim plucked Elton Brand first in this year's draft. For all the rest of the exciting and sometimes surprising 2000 SABL Draft, check out our 2000 Draft link. New rosters also posted at our Rosters & Stats link.
Trading is now possible again! Check our 2000-2001 Schedule Of Events for the timetable. We are in our two-week preseason draft period, which ends 11:59 p.m., Nov. 5. All players you trade for before that can be used in games from Dec. 1 (our season start) until Dec. 31.
By Nov. 12, I'll have our official league disk and schedule emailed to you and posted on our website. YOU MUST USE THE OFFICIAL SABL LEAGUE DISK. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN MUCHO PENALTY POINTS AND POSSIBLE EXPULSION FROM THE SABL.
For our new coaches who may not understand why this is crucial, phone me and I'll explain.
Who's trading?
39. Aces trade Chapel Hill's 2001 2nd pick to River City for J. Vaughn
38. Galactic trades Barkley to Akron for Akron's 2nd pick.
37. Aces trade B. Knight & Sublimity's 1st pick to Chapel Hill for D. Anderson & Chapel Hill's 2001 2nd pick.
36. Dazzlers trade Iowa's 1st and Mashburn to Richmond for Sabonis & S. Smith
35. Dazzlers trade Thorpe to River City for River City's 4th pick.
34. Miles trades Feick to Heat for L. Wright
2000 SABL Draft Preview Prevaricates again . . .
Yes, folks, I'm taking my annual superficial look at our teams as they stand right before the draft, at this link: Draft Preview 2000. Enjoy!
2000 SABL Draft is almost here! Saturday, Oct. 21, 1 pm
At 1 p.m., EST, Saturday, Oct. 21, the 2000 SABL Draft will begin. Woo-Hoo!
A list of who owns what draft picks in Rounds 1-5 is now posted under the 2000 Draft link. As coaches pick players during the draft, I will be updating this list live on draft day.
Remember, at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15, your draft lists are due to me. No trades can be made from then until the draft is over on Oct. 21, the only time of the year we can't trade.
2000 SABL Drafting Instructions
If a coach cannot participate in the annual SABL phone draft, he can send a paper or email instruction sheet to the commissioner or let the commissioner (that's me) draft for him. The commissioner will ring your phone number twice and hang up. If your line is busy, I’ll try twice more. If I can’t get you by then, I’ll draft for you.
When you call me back, I’ll read you the list of players that have been taken since your last pick. You’ll have 10 seconds for each player chosen to make your decision. If you don’t pick anybody by then, the commissioner will hang up and pick your player for you. The draft usually lasts about four hours. When the draft is completely over, trading begins again.
At 11:59 p.m., Nov. 5, the Post draft trading period ends. At this time, I'll post our Dec. 1 rosters, which must be used until Dec. 31. Also at this time, I'll compile our official 2000 SABL league disk (sabl.exe), and put it on our website for your download. I'll also email it to you. It's a self-extracting file, so all you have to do after downloading it is double-click on it (or single-click, depending on how you have your W95/W98/WinMe configured) and it automatically installs our SABL league and schedule into your SOM game for you. No muss, no fuss, just start your game, it'll be there.
IMPORTANT NOTE TO OUR NEW COACHES: You MUST use the official SABL league disk (sabl.exe). SOM Computer Basketball doesn't work like SOM Computer Baseball does - everyone must use the same exact league disk and rosters or your stats will be unimportable into my official SABL league database and the databases of every other SABL coach. That would mean a lot of extra work and headaches for everyone, so please, don't play official league games on your own, homemade-cloned SABL league, or you'll get penalty points when the inevitable issues occur.
2000 Draftable Players list is now on the air!
Once again, thanks to Tulsa Coach Philip Creider, our list of 2000 Draftable Players is on our website. Please let me know if there are any errors, but the list looks OK to me. Philip, we really appreciate your hard work in doing this every year!
Also on the air - our 2000-01 SABL Available Minutes
Also once again, thanks to Tulsa Coach Philip Creider, our list of how many minutes you can play your SABL players is now up on the web at SABL Minutes 2000. Enjoy!