Season 44 MBA Draft

* Note...although not marked, Frog Morton on Charleston is a rookie
--under the line are players added in addendum cut pile draft to fill out rosters

This marked the first ever premium pick draft in which each team gets one time in the draft to actually designate which player they are attempting to draft rather than all players being drafter randomly. (PP next to player's name means they were that team's premium pick).
Each team rolls prior to first-round pick. If they roll a "1" they get a premium pick. They name the player and if they roll a 1 or 6, they get that player. If they roll a number not a 1 or 6, they name a second player and continue to do so until the premium pick has been made. In this draft, if you did not get a first-round premium pick, you automatically get a premium pick in the second round.

BEST DRAFTS...BEST TO LAST
1. Chicago Gale...snared two quality players, getting the No. 1 overall ranked pick in the draft, All-MBA forward Bang-Bang Reiner, with a late random pick and one of the top rookie guards in Lannigan Lord Hobo with its premium pick. Both will be starters.

2. Charleston Mountaineers...picked up two starting forwards, including top rookie forward Frog Morton as well as Flip Testerton and the draft's best rookie center Sabado Gigante, who is starting quality but will initially back up J.J. Gargantuan.

3. Milwaukee Greyhounds...nailed down one of the top rookie guards, Fatty McButterpants, with the first pick in the draft, a random one. Then added quality guard Con Gusto with premium pick. Should win a game this season.

4. San Jose Fighting Amigos...upgraded a starter spot with highly regarded rookie forward Cam Caldwell and added rookie game sensation Cha-Cha Bamba with premium pick.

5. Sacramento River Dogs...Struck gold with first premium pick in MBA history by naming and getting the top rookie guard, Great Grunkle Terry, who upgrades the starting point guard position for the R-Dogs and makes them instant playoff contender.

6. Los Angeles Big One...Upgraded starting two guard position by grabbing top free agent guard in the draft, Norman Conquest, who makes the Big One a very dangerous team in the West.

7. Oklahoma City Lariats...Added no starters in the draft, but did pick up a superb back-up center in 7-foot defensive rookie pivot Dupa Yashu.

8. Philadelphia Phobia...defending champs did not need much, but still added a nice piece in rookie forward Cheetah Vajayjay, who will come off the bench.

9. Seattle Stampede...Last place team in West added two rookie starters, both upgrades but neither near top of newcomers class in guard Potatoes O'Gratin and center Seven Castanza. The center was a pick traded from Sacramento in the Pap Smearz exchange the previous season. That trade included Seattle getting forward Bougainvillea Hedge, who was the team MVP for Seattle last season. Seattle also gets one more draft pick from the Smearz trade next season.

10. Dallas Demons...on the verge of greatness last season, took step backward with this draft. They added a starter, but needed a premium pick to get him, longtime solid bench player and well-known hacker, guard Louie Subgum.

RATING THE PREMIUM PICKS
1. Guard Great Gruncle Terry of Sacramento, rookie starter
2. Guard Norman Conquest of Los Angeles, starter
3. Guard Lannigan Lord Hobo of Chicago, rookie starter
4. Forward Frog Morton of Charleston, rookie starter
5. Guard Con Gusto of Milwaukee, solid backup
6. Guard Cha-Cha Bamba of San Jose, solid rookie backup
7. Forward Cheetah Vajayjay of Philadelphia, solid rookie backup
8. Guard Potatoes O'Gratin of Seattle, rookie starter
9. Guard Louie Subgum of Dallas, starter
10. Forward Morton Clown of Oklahoma City, putrid rookie backup