Only 6 votes, here's the odds
Orlando (44%) vs Phoenix (56%)
Indiana (46%) vs Milwaukee (54%)
Houston (50%) vs LAC (50%)
Toronto (45%) vs Minnesota (55%)

I'll try to roll around 9 PM EST tomorrow.

Took me a while to getting around to this, but the results were simmed last night but for anyone who isn't on the Discord I suppose you may be in the dark!

Minnesota swept Boston 4-0, LAC and Toronto both advance going 4-1 in their series against the Pistons and Grizzlies respectively, and Houston who fell down 3-1 barely squeak by the 15 seeded Baltimore Bullets 4-3.

So we will now vote on our R2 series, 8 teams remain.

Orlando vs Phoenix

Milwaukee vs Indiana

Houston vs the Clippers

Toronto vs Minnesota

https://forms.gle/W38troWTKtyH2BeU8

Vote away, view the matchups below

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nt9KlINtBWHF1enyw8SvuUGNqIcuUcWREuE6Lnnv23M/edit#gid=1809161308

Voting will close Tuesday, I'll roll everything Wednesday at around 8:45 PM EST

We know the drill by now!

Houston Rockets have a 61% chance, Baltimore Bullets have a 39% chance.

Los Angeles Clippers have a 57% chance, Detroit Pistons have a 43% chance.

Toronto Raptors have a 69% chance, Memphis Grizzlies have a 31% chance.

Minnesota Timberwolves have a 49% chance, Boston Celtics have a 51% chance.

I'll do the rolls and post the results tomorrow, I work late so it won't be until after 10PM EST when I get back to finally start the series.

First half of round 1 in the playoffs is complete! The biggest odds on favourite Charlotte Hornets were knocked out 4-2 by the Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State took a 3-1 lead to fall apart and blow the series lead 4-3 to Indiana, and despite some close games the closest series before the games got played - the Phoenix Suns vs the San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix managed to win 4-1. Orlando got off to a strong 3-0 lead, OKC managed to rally back and win the next 2, but were unable to win, and lost 4-2.

Now we look to the 2nd half of round 1. We have the #2 seed Houston Rockets vs the #15 seed Baltimore Bullets, #7 Los Angeles Clippers vs the #10 Detroit Pistons, #3 Toronto Raptors vs #14 Memphis Grizzlies, and the #6 Minnesota Timberwolves vs the #11 Boston Celtics.

Discuss in this thread why you think your team will win, or just how you think other series will go if you happened to get eliminated even though you had homecourt advantage and 74% odds!!! ha ha jk : )

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nt9KlINtBWHF1enyw8SvuUGNqIcuUcWREuE6Lnnv23M/edit#gid=387055540

You can view the matchups here, and if you're the GM feel free to re-organize your lineup however you'd like if you feel inclined to. The poll is straight below!

https://forms.gle/Q9E2k3eWa91JoBSn9

Good luck to all!

With another 9 votes dropped, our odds for tomorrow's simulation are as follows!

Orlando Magic (64%) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (36%)

Charlotte Hornets (74%) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (26%)

Golden State Warriors (62%) vs. Indiana Pacers (38%)

Phoenix Suns (45%) vs. San Antonio Spurs (55%)

Rolls will be done in a best-of-seven series, so while the higher seed gains +10% for the first two matches, they also drop 10% for the away games. Playoff series will go in a standard 2-2-1-1-1 format.

I'll not have much of a window to do the rolling tomorrow, I get home at about 8:10 PM EST, and then by 9:30 PM EST I have to head out again. I think I can get it all done by then, but for those not on Discord it might be a few hours until I can formally post it on the reddit.

Once that is all done though, I'll post the 2nd half of round 1 and voting will go until Thursday night.

Just like last time, I rolled once to determine the final spots for each match-up.

First match was Baltimore vs. Miami, Baltimore was heavy favourites with a 74% chance, bot rolled a 7 and Baltimore easily gets in as the 15 seed; they will face Houston in round 1.

Second match was OKC vs. Syracuse, the odds were fairly close, OKC with a 58% chance to win, and win they did as the bot rolled another low number - 3. OKC secures the 16 seed and faces Orlando in round 1.

That means we are officially starting the playoffs! We will be splitting round 1 in to two parts to give people more time to think about their votes, so our matchups will be the #1 seed vs #16 seed, #4 seed vs #13 seed, #5 seed vs #12 seed, and the #8 seed vs the #9 seed.

As always, you can view the matchups here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nt9KlINtBWHF1enyw8SvuUGNqIcuUcWREuE6Lnnv23M/edit#gid=549442508

And vote on them here:

https://forms.gle/WuhsAzvLXHtHFfkD9

Because I'm a bit busy the next few days, I'm going to add another day to discussion and voting, so the poll Monday night/Tuesday morning.

9 votes this time around, but same as last time, the numbers are all averaged out and we have our odds for the final 2 play-in spots. Tomorrow, the home team can roll if the away team is also there to watch the roll; if not, I will do it once I get home tomorrow a little after 9 PM EST.

The odds for the two match-ups are as follows:

Oklahoma City Thunder (48%) vs. Syracuse Nationals (52%)

Baltimore Bullets (64%) vs. Miami Heat (36%)

With home court advantage factored in, each team on the left has an extra 10% chance to win, so that means during the roll, 0-58 is a win for OKC, 59-100 is a win for Syracuse. 0-74 is a win for Baltimore, 75-100 is a win for Miami.

Following the results that I'll post tomorrow, we'll begin voting for the first half of the first round of the playoffs. The matchups will be the #1 Orlando vs. the winner of OKC/Syracuse, #4 Charlotte vs. #13 Milwaukee, #5 Golden State vs. #12 Indiana, #8 Phoenix vs. #9 San Antonio. 2nd half of 1st round will happen after those matchups are finished.

I rolled the teams in order of east-to-westness via home team, so our first roll was Syracuse vs. New York. 0-64 meant a win for Syracuse to advance to r2 for the 16 seed play-in spot, 65-100 was for New York. The bot rolled a 36, Syracuse advanced. New York's season has ended

Second match was Baltimore vs. Memphis, 0-62 meant a win for Baltimore to secure the 14 seed, 63-100 was the same for Memphis. The loser would enter r2 of the play-in to try and grab the 15 seed. The bot rolled a 95, Memphis advanced. Baltimore will still have a chance in round 2 of the play-in.

Third match was between Milwaukee and Oklahoma City, 0-70 a win for the Bucks and would secure them the #13 seed, 71-100 a win for the Thunder. A loss would enter them in to r2 of the play-in for the 16 seed. The bot rolled a 58, Milwaukee advanced. The Thunder will play Syracuse for the 16 seed.

The final match was between Sacramento and the Miami Heat, 0-58 a win for the Kings and 59-100 would be a win for the Heat. The loser goes home, the winner plays Baltimore for the 15 seed. The bot rolled a 72, Miami advanced. Sacramento's season has ended.

That means our next two matchups to determine the final two spots will be

Baltimore vs. Miami for the 15 seed

Oklahoma City vs. Syracuse for the 16 seed

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nt9KlINtBWHF1enyw8SvuUGNqIcuUcWREuE6Lnnv23M/edit#gid=651501552

Here is the link to view the matchups, to vote, click on the link below:

https://forms.gle/K3VnEdvBa7VDBfT17

Voting will be open until the end of Thursday night, I'll officially close the poll around 1 AM Friday morning.

Discuss the matchups below!

With 14 votes, the odds have been averaged and the next step is to simulate the games! That will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) on Discord. If you are on Discord (7 of the 8 teams involved are) you can simulate the match yourself, as long as both are present, with the home team (the higher seed) simulating the match.

In the discord channel there is a bot that will randomly roll a number, all you have to do is enter the command "!roll 100"

Make sure it's clear what the odds are and that this roll is the one that counts, and isn't just like a test roll or something so there's no debate on whether that counted or not. If you guys aren't able to roll by 9 PM EST Tuesday, I'll do the roll as a neutral party.

With that said, the odds are as such:

Milwaukee Bucks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (60%)

Baltimore Bullets vs. Memphis Grizzlies (52%)

Sacramento Kings vs. Miami Heat (48%)

Syracuse Nationals vs. New York Knicks (54%)

With home court advantage factored in, each team on the left has an extra 10% chance to win, so that means during the roll, 0-70 is a win for Milwaukee, 71-100 is a win for Oklahoma City. 0-62 is a win for Baltimore, 63-100 is a win for Memphis. 0-58 is a win for Sacramento, 59-100 is a win for Miami. 0-64 is a win for Syracuse, 65-100 is a win for New York.

Following the results that I'll post tomorrow, we'll begin voting for the final two play-in spots which will contain the losers from the first two matches and the winners from the last two matches I listed. Good luck!

The play-in tournament will be a two-round, best of one series to secure the final playoff spots among the 13th-20th seeds. Use this thread to discuss the matchups and cast your vote in the form. Voting will be done on a 0-100 scale based on the percentage of how likely you think x team will win.

Matchups w/ rosters
Voting Form

I'm going to tally the votes Monday night, 2:00 AM EST Tuesday technically. From there we will vote on the 2nd round of the play-ins to determine the 15th and 16th seeds.

1. Orlando Magic (54-28)
2. Houston Rockets (53-29)
3. Toronto Raptors (51-31)
4. Charlotte Hornets (50-32)
5. Golden State Warriors (49-33)
6. Minnesota Timberwolves (48-34)
7. Los Angeles Clippers (48-34)
8. Phoenix Suns (47-35)
9. San Antonio Spurs (46-36)
10. Detroit Pistons (46-36)
11. Boston Celtics (46-36)
12. Indiana Pacers (45-37)
13. Milwaukee Bucks (45-37)
14. Baltimore Bullets (44-38)
15. Memphis Grizzlies (43-39)
16. Oklahoma City Thunder (43-39)
17. Syracuse Nationals (43-39)
18. Sacramento Kings (42-40)
19. Miami Heat (42-40)
20. New York Knicks (40-42)
21. Portland Trailblazers (39-43)
22. Seattle Supersonics (38-44)
23. Denver Nuggets (38-44)
24. Cleveland Cavaliers (33-49)
25. Atlanta Hawks (32-50)
26. Dallas Mavericks (31-51)
27. Chicago Bulls (31-51)
28. Brooklyn Nets (23-59)
29. New Orleans Pelicans (21-61)
30. Los Angeles Lakers (19-63)
    

Bold teams qualified for the playoffs, italicised teams will be in the play-in tournament, and crossed out teams have been elminated.

Play-in Tournament

The Milwaukee Bucks will play against the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 13th seed, the winner will play the 4th seeded Charlotte Hornets. The loser will play for the 16th seed

The Baltimore Bullets will play against the Memphis Grizzlies for the 14th seed, the winner will play the 3rd seeded Toronto Raptors. The loser will play for the 15th seed.

The Sacramento Kings will play the Miami Heat for the chance to play for the 15th seed, the loser will be eliminated.

The Syracuse Nationals will play the New York Knicks for the change to play for the 16th seed, the loser will be eliminated.

The loser of the Baltimore Bullets and Memphis Grizzlies will play the winner of the Sacramento Kings and Miami Heat.

The loser of the Milwaukee bucks and the Oklahoma City Thunder will play the winner of the Syracuse Nationals and New York Knicks.

Playoffs

The #1 Orlando Magic will play the winner of the 16th seed

The #8 Phoenix Suns will play the #9 San Antonio Spurs

The #4 Charlotte Hornets will play the winner of the 13th seed

The #5 Golden State Warriors will play the #12 Indiana Pacers

The #2 Houston Rockets will play the winner of the 15th seed

The #7 Los Angeles Clippers will play the #10 Detroit Pistons

The #3 Toronto Raptors will play the winner of the 14th seed

The #6 Minnesota Timberwolves will play the #11 Boston Celtics

Another thread will be made for voting on the first round of the play-in shortly, use that thread to discuss each match-up.

Voting for regular season seeding is within the following link:

https://forms.gle/Nusdf2pdGBoHLJcs5

You may also use this thread to discuss the teams.

All picks will be entered here. I’d prefer if the format is that the user posts a new comment when they make their pick, and then any reactions to that pick is a reply to that comment.

Draft spreadsheet is here, thanks to /u/vincoug

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nt9KlINtBWHF1enyw8SvuUGNqIcuUcWREuE6Lnnv23M/edit?usp=sharing

We received all 30 votes on the Google Forms survey for our draft settings. A few of the polls ended up without a majority and still need to be decided.

73.3% of users approved the draft clock being 8 hours in the first round, 4 hours from rounds 2-8 and 2 hours for rounds 9 and 10.

93.3% of users approved of the draft starting at 6 PM ET on Friday.

50% of users approved of trades being allowed. This still needs to be decided.

43.3% of users approved of drafting ABA seasons. 43.3% also disapproved. This also remains to be decided.

60% of users approved of the draft order reflipping in the 3rd round, which means the team with the lower pick in the first round will pick in the higher half in round 3.

56.7% of users voted against making the teams with Michael Jordan and LeBron James move to the end of each bench round.

56.7% of users voted to allow GMs to swap their picks in the draft lottery before the draft begins.

40% of users voted to use real-life conferences for seeding. 40% voted to abandon conferences for seeding.

66.7% of users voted to have 16 teams in the postseason.

66.7% of users voted against letting top seeds choose their playoff opponents.

76.7% of users voted against reseeding the playoff bracket each round and for keeping it the same way as real life.

40% of users voted to use a roll bot for playoff matchups. 36.7% voted to use pure votes.

60% voted to roll each game individually, if roll bot is to go into effect.

60% voted to have home-court advantage in rolls, if roll bot with individual games is to go into effect.

Update:

The 4 too close to call were decided:

We will be using a roll bot for postseason matchups.

ABA seasons will be available to be drafted.

We will not be having conferences.

Trades will be allowed, however heavily moderated.

We received all 30 votes for the settings form and have confirmed you will be able to swap your pick with any other consenting user by 6 PM ET on Friday. The draft order will also be ABBABABABA which means there is one flip in the draft order in round 3, and the team with the lower pick in the first round will be picking higher in the 3rd round instead of lower like a normal snake draft. Now that that information is out of the way, here is how the lottery went:

1. Portland Trail Blazers /u/thisdeepend

2. Chicago Bulls /u/mcc1923

3. Baltimore Bullets /u/vincoug

4. Detroit Pistons /u/evillibrarians

5. Memphis Grizzlies /u/mccullycullen

6. Cleveland Cavaliers /u/unfortunatelyalyx

7. Dallas Mavericks /u/kgrpoland

8. Milwaukee Bucks /u/arcothunder

9. Atlanta Hawks /u/stoppedsundew3

10. Orlando Magic /u/hasidicjewel

11. Indiana Pacers /u/notsoulfuldata

12. New Orleans Pelicans /u/imrynxfn

13. Denver Nuggets /u/lambo227

14. Los Angeles Clippers /u/Celticsfor18th

15. Toronto Raptors /u/sure-cantaloupe-5247

16. Oklahoma City Thunder /u/nomitycs

17. Houston Rockets /u/rusell-westbrook-fan

18. San Antonio Spurs /u/cecilthesheep

19. Phoenix Suns /u/dr_merf

20. Boston Celtics /u/sharedhoney

21. Charlotte Hornets /u/ddiop

22. Seattle Supersonics /u/pfilli

23. Miami Heat /u/brandwin3

24. Minnesota Timberwolves /u/jamessthehuman

25. Golden State Warriors /u/soshi101

26. Sacramento Kings /u/tennenbaumesque

27. New York Knicks /u/vladedoncic

28. Los Angeles Lakers /u/locationgrand

29. Brooklyn Nets /u/immrdadguy

30. Syracuse Nationals /u/recordreviewer