PHI/CLE Trade

[STLBlues91]

PHI Trades
2027 1st (unprotected)
PG-Jevon Carter 6mil (2026)

CLE Trades
SG- Terance Mann 4mil (2025)

CLE agrees I am rebuilding and adding a first helps out

[Interpaga]

@LIVE DynastySports and @STLBlues91 I am sorry but PHI first 2027 cannot be traded unless PHI receive another first in the trade.

New rules about draft picks are already in place.
The current poll will simply decide which version of Stepien Rule will be implemented but in any of the two options PHI first cannot be traded because, after this trade, Philadelphia would remain without any firsts for more than 3 years

[STLBlues91]

Didnt know it was in place since it is being voted on in there still.

[LIVE DynastySports]

Didnt know it was in place since it is being voted on in there still.

I didn't know i needed a first round pick to compete. The idea of being forced to keep it in fantasy seems like a way to prevent getting better by using them. Its July 2024. My 2027 pick isnt helping my fantasy franchise. I could be dead by 2027.


It is what it is.
Thanks for the talks.  :toth:

[Interpaga]

Didnt know it was in place since it is being voted on in there still.

Yes, I apologize if it was not explicitly stated. The Stepien Rule became active as soon as the draft ended, as previously communicated.
Then, following a reasonable proposal from a GM, it was decided to vote on whether to implement a slightly different version of the same rule. However, the purposes of the two versions remained the same, so for the time being, the originally proposed version remains active.
The poll will close tomorrow at 11:59pm EST and from that moment on, the voted option will be immediately applied

[Interpaga]

I didn't know i needed a first round pick to compete. The idea of being forced to keep it in fantasy seems like a way to prevent getting better by using them. Its July 2024. My 2027 pick isnt helping my fantasy franchise. I could be dead by 2027.


It is what it is.
Thanks for the talks.  :toth:

The introduction of the Stepien Rule and two other draft pick protection rules (which you can find in the 2024/25 new rules topic) was decided after a debate sparked by observations from Wizards GM jimw, who noted that almost all of the 2024 lottery teams had traded their picks.

The idea behind the 3 draft pick rules has two clear objectives:
- Protection for bad teams. There are teams that in the past have traded for little or nothing without any protection their 2024 first-round picks, which have then turned out to be lottery picks.
- Since it is 2024 and we are not sure who will be GM in 2027, it is important to prevent teams from depriving themselves of all their draft capital. Finding a replacement manager for teams without draft capital and perhaps with few good assets is always difficult.

Therefore the intent is not to prevent teams from improving, as this is a rule that applies to all teams equally. Rather the Stepien Rule and the other draft pick protection rules are intended to help to promote parity and make the league more competitive for all teams