NBA GM Elimination League?

[San Antonio Spurs]

At the end of each year, we get rid of 3 teams from each conference. First, we would target any inactive teams, instead of replacing them with new GMs. If there aren't enough of those, we would eliminate the teams with the worst records. Their players become free agents, and because they can't be resigned by their own teams, any other team, especially those with cap space, have a chance at signing them.

For example, in the west, lets say at the end of this season, the standings are the same, but the Clippers GM hasn't logged on in months. His team is eliminated, along with Memphis and New Orleans. Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Adam Morrison, LaMarcus Aldridge, Andre Miller, Jamal Crawford, etc all become available free agents that are available to anyone. If Utah Jazz still has cap space, they suddenly have the chance to get Tony Parker and Jamal Crawford and balance out their team of: Bogut / Bargnani / Williams / Crawford / Parker. Lets say the Bucks are able to use their $30 million in cap space to sign Dirk Nowiztki and Adam Morrison, they suddenly have a team of: Dwight Howard / Dirk Nowitzki / Adam Morrison / Martell Webster / Chris Paul and are a good playoff team.

The horrible teams are eliminated. The inactive teams are eliminated. The bad teams get better. The chances of winning a title for everyone increases greatly. Losing is shunned (last year people began tanking for better draft picks, that wouldnt happen if this was the case). The next year it continues. We can stop it once we are at a level where every team is close, or we are all active GMs.

i think narrowing it to 24 teams would be a good idea to start, we dont have to eliminate 6 teams after every season, but i wouldnt mind getting rid of 6 teams originally. GMs DO get fired in real life, why not on here? in this case though we will just spread out the talent instead of rehiring new people.

[New Orleans Hornets]

Ok so like me even though i am here and took over a bad team and prob will have a bad record at the end of the year because of past gm my team might get dissolved?? Thats not really fair

[San Antonio Spurs]

You might be able to make a few moves to avoid being last, and anyone who is inactive will be removed first. You could finish dead last but there could be three people in your conference who haven't logged in for over a month, and get kicked out. Also, we could make it so there is a vote on which 3 lottery teams to get removed. All playoff teams would receive a pardon.

[New Orleans Hornets]

How am i going to be able to make moves when most all of the offers i get look like juwan howard for lamarcus aldridge? and no first round picks?

[Milwaukee Bucks]

admin said:

Lets say the Bucks are able to use their $30 million in cap space to sign Dirk Nowiztki and Adam Morrison, they suddenly have a team of: Dwight Howard / Dirk Nowitzki / Adam Morrison / Martell Webster / Chris Paul and are a good playoff team.

you just sold me on the idea!

[meanjean23]

I'm gamed

[Atlanta Hawks]

i wouldnt mind doing it, but ill be mad if i get eliminated because ive put in over a years worth of work and i am a very active gm, but ill vote good idea because i have time to improve.

[Detroit Pistons]

I dont like it. I believe stricter FA rules and trading rules will be better for this league. I do not believe in kicking people out due to bad records. I stand my ground on my proposal from yesterday.

[Milwaukee Bucks]

...... maybe we could just do it once like trim down the nba gm league to 24 teams after this season and play it out from there, instead of keep hiring new gms who either ruin teams or forget about the league, reward the rest of the teams who stick around and are active by releasing the other 6 teams players in to free agency. if anyone quits, let their teams sit there until the end of the seasons.

[Phoenix Suns]

I don't mind the idea of getting rid of GMs and teams, but only if they're inactive. I don't believe a team should be forced to compete for this year to avoid having the worst record to keep their jobs in check when it may not be in the best interest for a franchise. If a team needs to lose now to get better in the future, it's just something that's gotta happen. If we're just getting rid of the inactive GMs, I'm all for it, as long as it doesn't strongly effect the balance of the league and keeps it semi-realistic.

[Player Agent 3 [Clippers]]

I don't like it either, it just seems like there would be some really weird rules and the fact that losing teams/GM's just b/c they had a bad season seems a little over the top.

[Memphis Grizzlies]

This is a horrible idea. Not only because im one of the worst eams but then you will be reducing the number of teams so there is less teams to trade with and the people that do want to do this just want to get the players on the bad teams like Gasol on Charlotte, im not going to say anything about my team because i dont have anyone over 80 but the best idea to keep this league active is to do a hard cap. Im not agreeing with Detroit because he is my friend. The reason we are friends is because we think a like and he is right and it is the best thing to do.