Alright, following the close of the interest sheet, I can announce that officially 11 of the 12 owners from last season will be returning, seeing the return of the Charlotte Flyers, Minnesota Giants, Boston Schooners, Detroit Mustangs, Vancouver Caribou, Philadelphia Gladiators, Los Angeles Olympians, New York Sentinels, Kansas City Marshals, Albuquerque Invaders, and defending champion Honolulu Kahunas, with the Washington Warbirds not returning.

We are also going to be welcoming two new teams for the upcoming season, as Sevsdast will be resuming ownership of the Indiana Cardinals after a year away, and n00bthtpwnz will be assuming the ownership of the San Jose Cyborgs. There will be a league owned team as well, as the league will operate the Baltimore Lancers.

The players from the Warbirds will not be made available directly to one team of the three new teams, but will be available to them during the Expansion Draft.

Both measures did pass on the Interest sheet. With a vote of 7-1 with 5 no preference votes, the regular season will be shortened by two weeks. With a vote of 8-1 with 4 no preference votes, there will be the first ever one round AltBA Rookie Draft. Players taken in the draft will have an initial budget hit of $3 and will increase annually by $2 like all other players. The Rookie Draft will begin on Friday, September 19th. Teams that did not make the playoffs will be in the Lottery for the pick, with Indiana and San Jose getting the top two spots for odds, followed in order by Charlotte, Minnesota, Washington, Boston, Detroit, Vancouver, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. New York, Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Honolulu will not be part of the Lottery as they made the playoffs. Baltimore will be slotted last for both drafts as a league owned team. Of San Jose and Indiana, who ever gets the later rookie pick will get the 1st pick in the Dispersal Draft.

Budget will be released within the next week, and have a due date of 10/4/25.

Well, suppose we should get on with this while we're working on the AltBA Rookie Draft, it's time for keepers! What do you need to do? Choose they players you want to keep within the $60 budget. Email them to me at AltLB.DC@gmail.com. The due date for the keepers is October 4th, 2025 at 11:59pm Central Time. This is a firm date due to the necessity to facilitate the Expansion Draft.

Find the keeper sheet HERE.

Well, let's go through the AltBA Expansion Draft. Done in a serpentine method, we worked through everyone's list in order.

1. Indianapolis :: Pascal Siakam (F - Ind) :: 14
2. San Jose :: Kristaps Porzingis (C - Atl) :: 7
3. Baltimore :: Bam Adebayo (F,C - Mia) :: 13
4. Baltimore :: Jamal Murray (G - Den) :: 14
5. San Jose :: Dyson Daniels (G,F - Atl) :: 4
6. Indianapolis :: Jaden McDaniels (F - Min) :: 1
7. Indianapolis :: Jrue Holiday (G - Por) :: 9
8. San Jose :: Josh Hart (G,F - NY) :: 7
9. Baltimore :: Ja Morant (G - Mem) :: 14
10. Baltimore :: Tyler Herro (G - Mia) :: 10
11. San Jose :: Keegan Murray (F - Sac) :: 9
12. Indianapolis :: Buddy Hield (G,F - GS) :: 5
13. Indianapolis :: Donovan Clingan (C - Por) :: 7
14. San Jose :: CJ McCollum (G - Was) :: 9
15. Baltimore :: Kyle Kuzma (F - Mil) :: 8
16. Baltimore :: Yves Missi (C - NO) :: 1 **Baltimore has reached budget**
17. San Jose :: Onyeka Okongwu (C - Atl) :: 4
18. Indianapolis :: Jonathan Kuminga (F,C - GS) :: 3
19. Indianapolis :: Collin Sexton (G - Cha) :: 9 **Indianapolis has exhausted their list**
20. San Jose :: Draymond Green (F,C - GS) :: 8
21. San Jose :: Shaedon Sharpe (G,F - Por) :: 6
22. San Jose :: Ausar Thompson (F - Det) :: 6 **San Jose has reached budget**

These have been entered in Fantrax.

As the season tips off tomorrow, your defending champions are getting ready for their title defense, starting on the road against the team we beat for that title last April, the Albuquerque Invaders. The Kahunas are going to start the season in their new road uniforms, sporting teal with the new shade of yellow down the sides in the iconic pineapple pattern. Though free agency and expansion shook up the roster, we return the core of the championship team, and center the team around superstar guard Trae Young! #HanaHou

Last edited by Dan O'Mac (10/20/2025 7:49 pm)

The Invaders couldn't quite get things going enough to get revenge on the Kahunas, and start the season off 0-1. We'll look to try to rebound against the Philadelphia Gladiators, who put up a strong first game against New York. It'll be an uphill climb if we start 0-2, so we'll need to bring our A-game. G/F Austin Reaves was by far our top performer this week, but it feels wrong to put him on our first two graphics, so instead we turn to his right-hand man, G/F Jaylen Brown, who racked up 89 points, 16 boards, and 11 assists against Honolulu. #RoswellThatEndsWell