First off, I want to thank all of you for being here in earnest all season. If you find yourself here you are 'chosen'. I work (for free) to make the best auction leagues. I run 6 of them and have a background in sales and community organizing. Without getting too long-winded, when you do work like that you get used to identifying talent and initiative. For those of whom this is not your first DOB league, this is the experience I bring to these leagues.

Our Twitter page is @disciplesofbase I ask all to follow it. If you do not have a twitter account I ask you make one and follow it. We have great owners here but few are aware because of the lack of social media presence. It will only benefit all to be part of a league that is revered and sought after to join so I ask you to do it. Being part of the social media community helps our brand a lot.

DOB NBA is a new leaguefor us comparitively. It began last year and it was much more successful than I expected. A lot of those inaugural owners return this year. It is a re-auction league (All DOB leagues are auction) and we have a great group of owners poised to show their stuff.

Some expectations follow:

Negativity in a public forum is never tolerated. Any concern is to be send via private message or email to me or Cole, our Assistant Commish.

Any Commissioners Note must be confirmed by owners for them to remain in good standing. This is done by reading the note in full and confirming on the corresponding message board post.

-hidden- accounts are not allowed. Any account that does not show on the Managers page your Yahoo ID and email address will be replaced.

All owners when they join are required to create an original team name and find a logo to import that fits that name. When you have done this you may announce yourself in chat. We are likely to haze you to no end but as much is part of the initiation process.

Last, DOB NBA is one of our more casual leagues (of 6) but it should be realized that DOB does not tolerate inactive owners. If your team becomes inactive leadership will not hesitate to replace you mid-season. This will never happen without to attempts to contact you. However, the reason these are the best auction leagues is everyone is engaged from 1 to 15 all year. If you do not meet that charge you will be replaced with someone who will.

If you have never played fantasy NBA before but you remain you are welcome. You will find that in this environment you learn a lot about the game.

You are in the junk right now. Cole and I are going to make sure of it.

Don't Forget to Have Fun.

--Tris