Lineup Fraud

[Charlotte Hornets (TJ)]

ok so its been brought up that owners are either not setting lineups or purposely benching their better players to lose. We should go through and either award them with a penalty that moves their pick down or adjust the wins and losses that dont effect playoff scenarios

[Chicago Bulls (Charlie)]

I second this. Jazz is purposely not playing Jabari Parker, Yacob is not setting his lineup, I'm sure there are others as well. Your'e all actually gay af and should be docked picks or some sort. Play the game, set ur lineups correctly.

[Charlotte Hornets (TJ)]

Jan 18, 2017 20:59:25 GMT -5 Chicago Bulls (Charlie) said:

I second this. Jazz is purposely not playing Jabari Parker, Yacob is not setting his lineup, I'm sure there are others as well. Your'e all actually gay af and should be docked picks or some sort. Play the game, set ur lineups correctly.

you must have ment Nets not jazz lol

[Golden State Warriors (Caleb)]

See it's a slippery slope. There are guys who aren't active that don't set their lineup, who eventually get replaced. You can penalize the franchise because that just hurts the new GM. But at the same time these guys are consciously just trying to benefit their team. And while i'm not saying it is right i'd rather have this problem where people care about bettering their future than just going completely inactive, not giving a shit and not setting their lineups. I mean what can i do? If we don't allow teams to set their lineups with certain players, what's going to stop them from going MIA for awhile, and then just comign back and saying they were busy. It's similar to me to when teams in the NBA rest guys for longer than they need to, etc. The lotto also helps in that i can't remember the last time the worst team has gotten the first pick. Again im not saying i don't see your point i'm just saying it's hard to then enforce a reasonable penalty IMO, and at least a guy like Nets sets his lineups with playing players

[Charlotte Hornets (TJ)]

that hurts the chances of a team that really needs a top pick to get it when people with teams that are superior arent setting their lineup adequately. i mean lets face it Nets and Cavs teams are practically ruined for the extent of this league. They absolutely suck.

[Golden State Warriors (Caleb)]

Dawg a team like Nets is not even close to fucked. It is one of the worst teams, and still has so many more assets than the bottom feeders in the 25 days had. He has copious amounts of picks and a nice yung core. Plus you're contracdicting yourself by saying this. You're using Nets as an example of someone who isn't setting his lineup properly meaning he should win more, but also using him as an example of team that's ruined for the extent of the league. Anyways, bad teams will be bad, and the lotto is a shit show. Once we the regular season ends and the off-season comes with all the fun stuff we will replace, the 4/5 or so iffy owners with legit guys, and have a dope off-season. There really is no team right now that i look at and say, that team is fucked, it's going to take a lot to get ouut from there.

[Charlotte Hornets (TJ)]

Not contradicting my main problem with Nets is he's bitching bout others tanking when he clearly is doing it as well. But anyways we can't honestly continue to let this go on can we?

[Josh]

I'm not bitching about other teams tanking. I'm totally ok with that. I'm bitching about teams that are INACTIVE.

[Toronto Raptors (Perk)]

Perhaps for inactive teams or teams that want to rebuild, maybe we could lock in their best potential lineup per week and they are stuck with that? Or a team is allowed to bench a player if they are listed as questionable on yahoo/espn or something like that, because that sort of copies real life how the rebuilding teams rest their guys (AKA Jeremy Lin sitting every game as questionable with a hamstring or some shit). At least this way the people who are active can check their lineups and can make the decision if they are rebuilding to leave a great player who is listed as questionable on the bench.

I see the problem about the inactive teams benefitting the most as far as better draft picks, although the active teams could hypothetically bench players for every game and end the week scoring 0 points. I'm sort of just rambling but any thoughts on the Questionable health status benching strategy?

[Yacob (freelance idiot)]

you can check my other league where my team is actually vying for the playoffs...i have had days where the lineup isnt set there either, harden had a 40 pt triple double ad i missed it, deandre had a 20-20 game and i missed it....not doing it on purpose, i'm seriously not

sometimes i have to stay at work and cant come home for days on end, there isnt much i can do about that but i'll try to set the lineups further in advance

[Yacob (freelance idiot)]

i got fucked over last week because Pacers left Westbrook out of his lineup in a game where he had 66 fp's(left the pg spot blank...hmmm) also soloman hill had a 40 fp game. i should have lost that but got fucked over by hm not setting his lineup.

i didnt whine and cry like a little bitch because it seems like he took Westbrook out on purpose...you just move on. its fantasy basketball if he wants to self sabotage his team, its his fucking team

now shut the fuck up.

[San Antonio Spurs (Chris)]

I think the should be some penalty, deliberate tanking isn't allowed in the NBA and it shouldn't be here... Pop, and others, have been fined for sitting players who weren't hurt, that seems reasonable to me; a progressively increasing salary cap hit for each offense would be fair. Small enough to not be a big deal to begin with, maybe a warning or two without penalty, but it's not much fun - and not in keeping with the competitive spirit fantasy sports should be played with - when teams are trying to lose.

Thanks for not setting your lineup last week, by the way, wars. That's one empty, meaningless victory I'll take.

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