LEAGUE RULES

I. GENERAL RULES
This is a salary keeper league using real NBA salaries (http://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/players.html).

II. ROSTER MANAGEMENT
You are required to roster a minimum of 10 players at all times. Trade vetoes are decided by league vote, and there are no waivers. During the playoffs, you are limited to 2 free agent pickups per week. Please post updates of your salary cap situation after each add/drop/trade.

III. SALARY CAP
Your starting salary cap is $100 million. You have until the Monday following the first game of the season to meet the salary cap. If at any time you exceed the salary cap or break the rules, your team will be benched and frozen from making roster changes (start/sit). However, you can still add/drop/trade players to get below cap. Once you are below cap, please alert one of our commissioners, so that we can unfreeze your roster. We use only a player’s active salary with his most current team (min. $1M).

IV. SALARY CAP EXCEPTIONS
There are 10 Salary Cap “Exceptions” that can help you meet the salary cap. To use an Exception, please post a message on the league’s home page. Exception effects carry over during a trade, but are lost once a player is dropped.

One Time Use Exceptions – the following Exceptions can only be used once per season.

1. Larry Bird Exception – You can use this Exception on a Keeper, rookie, or startup-drafted player. Reduces this player’s salary by $5M this season and an additional $5M for every season he is your Bird player. A Bird player’s salary cannot drop below $10M. Your Bird player cannot be dropped or traded mid-season, except in a trade for another Bird player.

2. Veteran’s Exception – You can used this Exception on a player who has played in at least 9 seasons. Decrease this player’s salary by $1M for every player currently on your team that is in his 1st or 2nd season (every time you add/drop a rookie or sophomore player, please update your Salary Cap).

3. Offensive Engine – Starting Week 15, you can use this on any player who is in the top 5 in total PTS, FTM, 3PT, or ASTs. Reduce this player’s salary by $5M.

4. Defensive Anchor – Starting Week 15, you can use this on any player who is in the top 5 in total BLKs, STLs, or REBs. Reduce this player’s salary by $5M.

5. Supermax – Starting Week 5, you can use this on a player who costs $25M or more. Reduce this player’s salary to $20M. For 5 weeks after you use this Exception, you cannot add or drop players. You can count the week you used this Exception in the 5-week period if you did not add any players this week.

6. Development Exception – Before the start of Week 5, you can use this Exception on any Rookie (who is eligible to win ROY award in the NBA). This player’s salary is locked in at his Rookie salary, and will not increase or decrease for as long as you keep him.

Multi-use Exceptions – the following Exceptions can be used more than once per season. However, only one player one your team can have each Exception designation at any given time.

7. Journeyman Exception – You can use this Exception on a player you added or traded for. Reduce this player’s salary by $2M for each other team that this player has been on this season.

8. Trade Exception – You can use this Exception on any player you traded for. You can reduce this player’s salary by $3M for each time he has been traded this season. You cannot trade this player back to a team that traded him.

9. Injury Exception – You can use this Exception on any player with a INJ designation that you place in your IL slot. Reduce this player’s current salary by half until he returns to your active roster. If this player records 10 consecutive DNPs while he is on your IL slot, you remove all Exceptions that you used on him (including all current and future effects). You can use those Exception(s) again.

10. Synergy Exception – Starting week 10, you may increase your salary cap by $3M if your team has three players that completes one of the following sets of stats. If you complete a 2nd set of criteria, you may increase your salary cap by an addition $3M. If you are able to complete all 3 sets of criteria, you gain an additional $4M to your maximum cap space. You can only complete each set once, but the effects last as long as all three players remain on your roster, even if the players no longer meet the statistical requirements. The same player may be used in different sets, but you may not use the same player to meet multiple criteria within the same set.

A. Run & Gun – one of each player in top 10 average PTS/game, AST/game, and TO/game;
B. Inside-Outside – one of each player in the top 10 in average 3PT/game, FTM/game, and one player with a FG% of 60% or higher; and
C. Lockdown - one of each player in the top 10 in average STL/game, BLK/game, and REB/game.