With the help of Fantrax.com, we incorporate almost every significant facet of NBA Basketball into our scoring system, design, and gameplay. We utilize a unique scoring system that awards points for points scored, rebounds, 3-pointers, blocks, double-doubles, triple-doubles, and even negative scores for fouls by every NBA player.
You will never miss out on gaining an edge on the scoreboard using our universal format.
Basketball Developmental League Quick Outline
Entry Fees:
2-year commitment = $200 (upcoming season plus year 2 pre-paid) PLUS $100 deposit EQUALS $300 total fee
3-year commitment = $300 (upcoming season plus year 2 & 3 pre-paid) PLUS $75 deposit EQUALS $375 total fee
4-year commitment = $400 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, & 4 pre-paid) PLUS $50 deposit EQUALS $450 total fee
5-year commitment = $500 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, 4, & 5 pre-paid) PLUS $25 deposit EQUALS $525 total fee
12 teams per league for startups
Daily rosters | Head-to-Head Points
LIVE and Automated “Slow” Draft via Fantrax.com (extended clock & e-mail notifications if enabled by user)
The draft runs from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. ET daily. The clock pauses during the off-hours; however, draft selections can be made while the clock is stopped.
The draft is 40 rounds in year 1.
For year 2 and beyond, the draft is 15 rounds (keep any 25 players).
40-player roster.
30-player active/bench.
10-player minors eligible.
All start-up leagues use a Serpentine draft.
All 2nd year and beyond, leagues use reverse order drafts (based on the winners of the Draft Consolation bracket and Playoff bracket)
Payments made safely and securely to Fantrax.
Basketball Developmental League New Rules & Amendments
A CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in each Slack league chat room after the final payment for your league is paid in full. Failure to make the necessary cuts by the CUT DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS of 50% FAAB per day.
A MAX ROSTER CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in the main Slack Baseball chat room. Failure to get your roster at, or under, the MAX ROSTER LIMIT by the posted DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS of HALF YOUR TEAMS AVAILABLE FAAB per day.
All remaining FAAB money and Free Agent claims will be locked at NOON during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
Any scoring play not reflected in the current rule set will not be added during the season. Potential scoring plays deemed “unusual” or “rare” will be addressed by the Commissioner in the offseason and altered, if necessary, the following season. THERE WILL BE NO SCORING CHANGES DURING THE SEASON.
Basketball Developmental League Fees
2-year commitment = $200 (upcoming season plus year 2 pre-paid) PLUS $100 deposit EQUALS $300 total fee
3-year commitment = $300 (upcoming season plus year 2 & 3 pre-paid) PLUS $75 deposit EQUALS $375 total fee
4-year commitment = $400 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, & 4 pre-paid) PLUS $50 deposit EQUALS $450 total fee
5-year commitment = $500 (upcoming season plus year 2, 3, 4, & 5 pre-paid) PLUS $25 deposit EQUALS $525 total fee
Basketball Developmental League Prize Pool
10-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)
Year 1 and Up – $800.00
12-Team Leagues
Year 1 and Up – $1,000.00
Basketball Developmental League Payouts
Our payouts allow everyone in the league to make back some cash, even in a lost season. We award payouts to the following:
League Champion: 55% of the total league pot
Runner-Up: 20% of the total league pot
Regular Season Champion: 20% of the total league pot
Third Place: 5% of the total league pot
The Prize Pool is determined by the following:
Total League Entree Fees Collected MINUS
Fantrax.com Premium Hosting Services ($65) MINUS
Website Hosting Fee ($35) MINUS
Commissioner Free League Entry ($100) =
Total League Prize Pool
Basketball Developmental League Dynasty Rosters (Start-up Leagues ONLY)
Zero positional limitations. You decide how many players to keep and draft at each position.
FAAB waivers start from the conclusion of your draft and continue until the end of our Fantasy Regular Season.
Each year, you can keep 25 players.
Basketball Developmental League Roster Sizes
10-Team Leagues (Existing Leagues)
Active/Reserve Total Players: 40
12-Team Leagues
Active/Reserve Total Players: 40
Basketball Developmental League Scoring
Scoring Grid
Basketball Developmental League Minor Eligibility
Players with GREEN ‘M’ (Minors Eligible) are the ONLY players available who can be placed in the minors eligible section on Fantrax.com.
To be eligible for the minors section, players must either be in the minors in real life or have zero NBA career games.
Basketball Developmental League Draft
For existing leagues, the draft order will be the same throughout the entire draft. Start-up Dynasty Leagues use a serpentine or snake draft for their first year.
Most Non-Playoff teams will have their position determined by order of finish in the postseason Draft Bracket.
Draft Order Change: Most teams that do not make the playoffs will play in a consolation bracket to determine the Draft Order for the following season. The team with the worst record gets the 1 seed. The following seeds get the next lowest bracket slot. Reseeding will occur each round until a winner is determined. Refer to the Draft Bracket rules section for the league-by-league outline.
The draft clock is 2 hours per pick. It is on from 10 a.m. EST to 12 a.m. EST daily until the draft is completed.
After two (2) consecutive time-out picks, you will be placed on auto-pick
If you miss a Free Agent draft selection, the system will select you based on your queue first, then by ADP for the current season.
Basketball Developmental League Post-Draft
If your roster exceeds the league-designated maximum, you must reduce it by a predetermined date set by the League Commissioner, usually one week before opening day.
Basketball Developmental League Waiver Wire Rules
In all leagues, we use a two-part claiming system.
All waived players are eligible for bidding daily using a Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB).
All waiver claims are processed the next day at 9 AM ET.
After the 9 AM ET waiver run, all remaining players will be available on a First Come, First Serve (FCFS) basis until each player's game-time lock. At the start of each player's respective game, players will be waived and available to bid on for the next day's waiver run.
All dropped players will be automatically waived and locked for at least 24 hours to allow everyone in the league to bid on said player. Dropped players will be included in the following 9 AM ET waiver run after their 24-hour lock.
There is a season-long cap on FCFS claims. Once you have reached this cap, you can no longer claim players via FCFS. The FCFS claims limit begins immediately after the draft ends and ends on the first day of the playoffs.
All undrafted players will go on waivers for 24 hours after your league's yearly draft concludes.
All players will have go-to waivers at the start of their respective games.
Waivers run daily at 9 am ET.
After the 9 am ET waivers, all players will be available FCFS (first come, first serve) until the start of their game that day.
Any player whose team does not play on any given day will go to waivers at the start of the last game of that day.
All Free Agent claims will be locked at noon ET during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
The commissioner will reverse any Waiver claim made before the noon ET cut-off that the system processes on Tuesday at 9:00 am ET or Wednesday at 9:00 am ET.
Teams can drop players during the Postseason but cannot make claims.
Basketball Developmental League Trades
Once the league host (Fantrax) is ready, Trades must be made using the transaction feature only.
Preseason trades may be completed once all teams' rosters are officially ready (Fees paid, cuts made)
Multi-player or lopsided trades may be made. Vacancies can be filled using one of your add/drops.
The owner with a surplus above the league-dictated roster max must drop at least one player to make room on their roster.
Future picks can be traded.
Basketball Developmental League Tie Breakers
The following tie-breakers are used for Basketball Leagues: Regular Season Titles, Playoff Spots, and Playoff Seeding.
Most fantasy points for the entire season
Head-to-head record vs. team(s) tied with
The following tie-breakers are used for Basketball Leagues: Playoff Bracket and Draft Order Bracket.
Higher seed
Basketball Developmental League Postseason
All Free Agent claims will be locked at noon ET during the first Monday of the fantasy postseason.
The commissioner will reverse any Waiver claim made before the noon ET cut-off that the system processes on Tuesday at 9:00 am ET or Wednesday at 9:00 am ET.
Teams can drop players during the Postseason but cannot make claims.
12-team leagues Championship Bracket: The 6 top teams will make the playoffs, with the top 2 seeded teams receiving byes during the first week of the fantasy postseason.
10-team leagues Championship Bracket: The 6 top teams will make the playoffs, with the top 2 seeded teams receiving byes during the first week of the fantasy postseason.
12-team league Consolation Bracket: The 6 worst non-playoff teams will participate in a playoff to determine the following season’s draft order. The team with the worst record gets the 1 seed, and so on. Seeds 1 & 2 will receive a bye week.
10-team league Consolation Bracket: The 4 worst non-playoff teams will participate in a playoff to determine the following season’s draft order. The team with the worst record gets the 1 seed, and so on. Seeds 1 & 2 will NOT receive a bye week.
All playoff and draft brackets become officially locked after completing one week on the bracket.
This one-week period allows for stats corrections from the period prior.
12-team Consolation Bracket Seeding:
1st round:
1st and 2nd seed teams earn a bye
6th seed vs. 5th seed
4th seed vs. 3rd seed
2nd round:
1st seed vs. winner (4th 3rd)
2nd seed vs. winner (6th 5th)
Basketball Developmental League Offseason
The number of cuts for each team is at least 15 players.
A CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in each Slack league chat room after the final payment for your league is paid in full. Failure to make the necessary cuts by the CUT DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS of 50% FAAB per day.
A MAX ROSTER CUT DATE/TIME will be posted in the main Slack Basketball chat room. Failure to get your roster at, or under, the MAX ROSTER LIMIT by the posted DATE/TIME will result in a LOSS of HALF YOUR TEAMS AVAILABLE FAAB per day.
DROPS will come from your final Regular Season Roster from the previous season ONLY.
Your offseason cannot begin until CUTS and payment has been made.
If the last team pays within 3 weeks of the NBA season, starting CUTS will be 48 hours after the final payment is received, and the draft clock will change from 2 hours to 1 hour per pick.
If there are Orphan Teams from owners who leave the league, Dynasty Orphans (DO) will attempt to find new owners.
If necessary, DO will sell teams via a Dispersal Draft to keep the league intact with the current number of teams.
The method to how the draft season draft order is determined:
10-team Leagues:
1st pick - Draft Bracket winner
2nd pick - Draft Bracket loser
3rd pick - Highest seed to lose in consolation 1st round
4th pick - Lowest seed to lose in consolation 1st round
5th pick - Lowest seed to lose in 1st round
6th pick - Highest seed to lose in 1st round
7th pick - 3rd place game loser
8th pick - 3rd place game-winner
9th pick - Runner up
10th pick - Champ
12-team Leagues:
1st pick - Draft Bracket winner
2nd pick - Draft Bracket loser
3rd pick - Highest seed to lose in consolation 2nd round
4th pick - Lowest seed to lose in consolation 2nd round
5th pick - Highest seed to lose in consolation 1st round
6th pick - Lowest seed to lose in consolation 1st round
7th pick - Lowest seed to lose in 1st round
8th pick - Highest seed to lose in 1st round
9th pick - 3rd place game loser
10th pick - 3rd place game-winner
11th pick - Runner up
12th pick - Champ