Post by New York Knicks on Aug 2, 2010 14:59:30 GMT -5
Hello all. Here is the post that should tell you everything you need to know about how our league is handling all the different options the NBA uses, and how to construct your Salary Chart so we can all look at anyone's chart, and know what is going on. This just makes trading easier, and makes us feel like real-life GM's keeping track of all of these nuances and numbers.
Keeping an accurate Salary Chart is incredibly important. It is probably the most important thing you can do as a GM in a Sim League. If you don't have a Salary Chart, you can not trade, for one. For another, if your chart is inaccurate, you could spend days PM'ing back and forth and finally g a deal agreed upon, only to post it and have the Trade Committee shoot it down because some players' salary was incorrect. What a bummer!
STEP 1 | Finding Your Players
We use the RSSA Salary Database to find our salaries. Head over there and search for the players listed on your Team's Roster Page.
STEP 2 | Constructing Your Salary Chart
Alright, once you have found your players in the RSSA Salary Database, you are ready to construct your chart. Check out these teams for some good examples:
Knicks, Nuggets, & Blazers
Make sure you include
* The salary for each player for every year they are contracted, and their correctly labeled (colored) Options/Qualifying Offers.
* Your team's total salary (which you must compute yourself with a calculator, in your head, or by setting up a computer program [like Excel] to do it for you).
STEP 3 | How to Deal with Team Options (TO's), Player Options (PO's), Early Terminating Options (ETO's), Qualifying Offers (QO's), and Non-Guaranteed Years.
Players' contracts are not always simply their salary; they can also contain different types of contractual options.
Team Options - If one of your players has a TO (RED in the Salary Database) in one of their contract years, you must include this information in your salary chart by coloring that years' contract in RED numbering.
During the offseason leading up to the Team Option year of a players' contract, there will be a thread that GM's will post in to "pick up" the Team Option. If you want to keep the player for the amount listed in Red for that year, you post in the thread and say you are picking up his option. If you don't want the player anymore, don't post in the thread, or post saying that you are not picking him up. There will be a deadline for posting.
NOTE: By NOT posting in the Team Option thread when your player has a Team Option, you will lose that player, as it will be assumed you do not want to pick up the Option.
Player Options - If one of your players has a PO (BLUE) in one of their contract years, you must include this information in your salary chart by coloring that years' contract in BLUE numbering.
During the offseason leading up to the Player Option year of a players' contract, our Player Agents (GM's in the league will take on this responsibility and will be unbiased and fair to all involved) will either post in a thread, or PM you directly, letting you know whether or not your player is picking up their option. If you have a high-priced star, or any player really, try to make sure your team is competitive, or at least heading in the right direction, and you will have a good chance at that player picking up their option. However, each player is treated on an individual basis, and some players simply want to test the market.
NOTE: Even if a player does not pick up his Player Option with your team, you may still make offers to, and possibly eventually sign that player in regular Free Agency.
Early Terminating Options - We will be treating Early Terminating Offers (BLUE) as Player Options in this league. Now that we have the Salary Database, ETO's are non-distinguishable from Player Options anyway. Just know, all ETO's have become Player Options.
NOTE: In Free Agency in our league, you MAY NOT offer ETO's in player contracts, as they just turn into Player Options anyway.
Non-Guaranteed Years - We will be treating Non-Guaranteed Years (RED) as Team Options in this league. Now that we have the Salary Database, Non-Guaranteed Years are non-distinguishable from Team Options anyway. Just know, all Non-Guaranteed Years have become Team Options.
NOTE: In Free Agency in our league, you MAY NOT offer Non-Guaranteed Years in player contracts, as they just turn into Team Options anyway.
Qualifying Offers - Qualifying Offers are a tricky thing. Here is how we are going to handle them. If a player has a Qualifying Offer (highlighted in TEAL in the RSSA Salary Database) in their contract, you must include this information in your salary chart by coloring that year in TEAL numbering.
Qualifying Offers will be treated as BOTH Team Options AND Player Options. How that will work is: First, if the team would like the player back at the QO price, they will post in a Qualifying Offer Thread (much like the Team Option thread) and say they are offering the Qualifying Offer. Then, the Player Agent assigned to that player will respond to that post stating whether the Player would like to accept or reject the Qualifying Offer.
NOTE: You MAY offer Qualifying Offers in Player Contracts in Free Agency in this league.
LEAGUE-WIDE KEY: (Mandatory)
Team Options/Non-Guaranteed Years - RED
Player Options/Early Terminating Options - BLUE
Qualifying Offers - TEAL
STEP 4 | Final Touches/Miscellaneous
If you release or buy out a player, you need to keep their contracts on your salary chart, as you still need to pay that player. If it is a buyout, you list that one year buyout number in the current season. If it is a released player, you list the entire contract as it looked before the release. Any Team Options you do NOT need to pay to the player. Once a team option comes up in a released players' contract, that player is no longer your responsibility. Any Player Options DO need to be paid to the player. It is helpful to list these bought-out/released players in a separate part of your chart (check the example charts waaaay above), and to color their names and/or salaries in Pink, just like in the Salary Database..
Hopefully I've explained everything well enough and you understand everything perfectly! However, if you have any questions or problems, do not hesitate to PM myself or any other staff member - We are all here to help.
Keeping an accurate Salary Chart is incredibly important. It is probably the most important thing you can do as a GM in a Sim League. If you don't have a Salary Chart, you can not trade, for one. For another, if your chart is inaccurate, you could spend days PM'ing back and forth and finally g a deal agreed upon, only to post it and have the Trade Committee shoot it down because some players' salary was incorrect. What a bummer!
STEP 1 | Finding Your Players
We use the RSSA Salary Database to find our salaries. Head over there and search for the players listed on your Team's Roster Page.
STEP 2 | Constructing Your Salary Chart
Alright, once you have found your players in the RSSA Salary Database, you are ready to construct your chart. Check out these teams for some good examples:
Knicks, Nuggets, & Blazers
Make sure you include
* The salary for each player for every year they are contracted, and their correctly labeled (colored) Options/Qualifying Offers.
* Your team's total salary (which you must compute yourself with a calculator, in your head, or by setting up a computer program [like Excel] to do it for you).
STEP 3 | How to Deal with Team Options (TO's), Player Options (PO's), Early Terminating Options (ETO's), Qualifying Offers (QO's), and Non-Guaranteed Years.
Players' contracts are not always simply their salary; they can also contain different types of contractual options.
Team Options - If one of your players has a TO (RED in the Salary Database) in one of their contract years, you must include this information in your salary chart by coloring that years' contract in RED numbering.
During the offseason leading up to the Team Option year of a players' contract, there will be a thread that GM's will post in to "pick up" the Team Option. If you want to keep the player for the amount listed in Red for that year, you post in the thread and say you are picking up his option. If you don't want the player anymore, don't post in the thread, or post saying that you are not picking him up. There will be a deadline for posting.
NOTE: By NOT posting in the Team Option thread when your player has a Team Option, you will lose that player, as it will be assumed you do not want to pick up the Option.
Player Options - If one of your players has a PO (BLUE) in one of their contract years, you must include this information in your salary chart by coloring that years' contract in BLUE numbering.
During the offseason leading up to the Player Option year of a players' contract, our Player Agents (GM's in the league will take on this responsibility and will be unbiased and fair to all involved) will either post in a thread, or PM you directly, letting you know whether or not your player is picking up their option. If you have a high-priced star, or any player really, try to make sure your team is competitive, or at least heading in the right direction, and you will have a good chance at that player picking up their option. However, each player is treated on an individual basis, and some players simply want to test the market.
NOTE: Even if a player does not pick up his Player Option with your team, you may still make offers to, and possibly eventually sign that player in regular Free Agency.
Early Terminating Options - We will be treating Early Terminating Offers (BLUE) as Player Options in this league. Now that we have the Salary Database, ETO's are non-distinguishable from Player Options anyway. Just know, all ETO's have become Player Options.
NOTE: In Free Agency in our league, you MAY NOT offer ETO's in player contracts, as they just turn into Player Options anyway.
Non-Guaranteed Years - We will be treating Non-Guaranteed Years (RED) as Team Options in this league. Now that we have the Salary Database, Non-Guaranteed Years are non-distinguishable from Team Options anyway. Just know, all Non-Guaranteed Years have become Team Options.
NOTE: In Free Agency in our league, you MAY NOT offer Non-Guaranteed Years in player contracts, as they just turn into Team Options anyway.
Qualifying Offers - Qualifying Offers are a tricky thing. Here is how we are going to handle them. If a player has a Qualifying Offer (highlighted in TEAL in the RSSA Salary Database) in their contract, you must include this information in your salary chart by coloring that year in TEAL numbering.
Qualifying Offers will be treated as BOTH Team Options AND Player Options. How that will work is: First, if the team would like the player back at the QO price, they will post in a Qualifying Offer Thread (much like the Team Option thread) and say they are offering the Qualifying Offer. Then, the Player Agent assigned to that player will respond to that post stating whether the Player would like to accept or reject the Qualifying Offer.
NOTE: You MAY offer Qualifying Offers in Player Contracts in Free Agency in this league.
LEAGUE-WIDE KEY: (Mandatory)
Team Options/Non-Guaranteed Years - RED
Player Options/Early Terminating Options - BLUE
Qualifying Offers - TEAL
STEP 4 | Final Touches/Miscellaneous
If you release or buy out a player, you need to keep their contracts on your salary chart, as you still need to pay that player. If it is a buyout, you list that one year buyout number in the current season. If it is a released player, you list the entire contract as it looked before the release. Any Team Options you do NOT need to pay to the player. Once a team option comes up in a released players' contract, that player is no longer your responsibility. Any Player Options DO need to be paid to the player. It is helpful to list these bought-out/released players in a separate part of your chart (check the example charts waaaay above), and to color their names and/or salaries in Pink, just like in the Salary Database..
Hopefully I've explained everything well enough and you understand everything perfectly! However, if you have any questions or problems, do not hesitate to PM myself or any other staff member - We are all here to help.