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Every transaction has required content. The formats are conventions, but '''what must be communicated is a rule'''. | Every transaction has required content. The formats are conventions, but '''what must be communicated is a rule'''. | ||
'''Title every topic with the player's name''' — except [[NBA:Trades#How to post|trades]], which are titled with the teams involved. The description field carries the move itself for [[NBA:G League#How to post|G League]], [[NBA:Injured Reserve#How to post|IR]], and [[NBA: | '''Title every topic with the player's name''' — except [[NBA:Trades#How to post|trades]], which are titled with the teams involved. The description field carries the move itself for [[NBA:G League#How to post|G League]], [[NBA:Injured Reserve#How to post|IR]], and [[NBA:Options#How to post|option]] topics. The other forums do not use it. | ||
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Revision as of 20:55, 7 October 2026
| Reference | Contracts · Rosters · Salary Cap · League Spreadsheet |
| Transactions | Waivers · Trades · Options · Re-Signing · Draft · Free Agency · G League · Injured Reserve |
| Timeline | Off-Season · In-Season |
| Governance | League Structure · GM Responsibilities · Rule Changes |
| Tools | Re-Sign Calculator · Free Agency Bid Calculator |
These are the obligations that come with running a team, and what happens if you miss one.
Your obligations
| Obligation | When | If you don't |
|---|---|---|
| Check in | Each off-season | You are replaced |
| Keep your posted roster current, and matching the league spreadsheet | Always | Free agency bids are invalid; re-signs are blocked |
| Exercise or decline every option | Option window | Treated as a decline — the player goes to free agency |
| Set a legitimate lineup | Daily, in-season | Warnings, then loss of a 2nd-round pick, then a 1st |
Check-in
Check-in opens the off-season and confirms you are running your team for the coming season. It also reopens trades and makes draft picks tradeable.
Dates are announced each year — see Off-Season.
Your posted roster
Keeping your roster post current is a standing obligation, not a courtesy, and it gates two things:
- Free agency — without a current roster, every bid you make is invalid
- Re-signing — without one your re-sign thread is locked and no one will verify it
See Rosters for what a roster post should contain.
Your post must also match the league spreadsheet, the league's authoritative record of every contract, waiver, and draft pick. It wins any disagreement.
Posting standards
Every transaction has required content. The formats are conventions, but what must be communicated is a rule.
Title every topic with the player's name — except trades, which are titled with the teams involved. The description field carries the move itself for G League, IR, and option topics. The other forums do not use it.
| Post | Must carry |
|---|---|
| Free agency bid | The offer and its points total |
| Re-sign | The 3 Fantrax scores, the average, and the offer |
| Waiver | Name, salary, contract length, and the cap hit with its end year |
| Trade | Full names, contracts, acceptance, and reasoning from every team |
| G League demotion | The contract and the player's career games played |
| Option | Your decision, for every option you hold |
Punctuation is up to you — TAB can read any reasonable format. See Contracts.
Lineups
Lineups are set daily, and fielding a legitimate one is enforced with an escalating penalty. See In-Season.
Contracts are fixed
Altering a player's salary or years is grounds for immediate removal from the league. If a figure looks wrong, raise it with TAB rather than adjusting it. See Salary Cap.
If you need to step away
Say so rather than going quiet. The league keeps a replacement GM list and hands teams over rather than leaving them idle — a team that goes silent through check-in is reassigned anyway, and handing it over cleanly is better for whoever inherits it.
See also
- Rosters — what a roster post should contain
- Off-Season — check-in and the phases that follow
- In-Season — weekly lineup obligations and enforcement
- Salary Cap — contract integrity