Final List of Keeper-Eligible Playas

Since the season is almost over (after tonight, there can be only one -- and yes, I went with the Highlander wording of the phrase, not the NBA wording, because the NBA totally ripped off Highlander, merely transposing the "be" and the "only" like that made it alright -- I mean, come on), the list of players eligible to be kept for next year is set. The following list (alphabetized by team name) contains all the players eligible for keepage. If a player is not on the list below, he can't be kept (pretty simple). As a reminder, the deadline for declaring your keepers (up to 4 guys per team) is two weeks before next year's draft, i.e. sometime during next year's preseason, i.e. a while from now.

This off-season will not be devoid of action, however, and you should all pay attention to the blog and be prepared to receive emails from the 'ol Commish about updates and issues. As a primer on what you can expect in this space in the upcoming weeks:

(1) I'm working on the 2008-2009 League Awards right now (I guess I should mention that Chris helped out a little, in that he did much of the writing, much of the analysis, all of the number crunching, all of the number gathering, and came up with many of the awards himself -- not that they're his awards or anything, my being The Commish and technically the only one with the constitutional power to bestow awards upon anybody, but I thought I'd mention it; let's just say he had a hand in the final product and leave it at that). We (um . . . I mean "I") expect to have them posted within a week or so. And they're going to be dope.

(2) Sometime soon, since the standings will be set, we'll be doing the Meta-Draft Lottery. As we established in our prior vote, we'll be lotterying off the top three picks in the Meta-Draft. I hope to have video of this or something (a live webcast would be awesome, but I don't know if I'll be able to wrangle the technology -- suggestions are welcome). Soon after this, of course, will be . . .

(3) . . . the Meta-Draft itself -- the draft-before-the-draft wherein we determine the order of selection in the Real Draft. As we determined by league vote, we'll lottery off the top three picks in the Meta-Draft -- that is, we'll pick out three names in the Meta-Draft Lottery and they'll be the first to select where they want to draft next year (the remaining order in the Meta-Draft will follow reverse of league finish, meaning the last-place team will never fall below fourth pick in the Meta-Draft). I haven't completely determined the procedure for the Meta-Draft yet, but it'll be a rolling thing that will take place over several days/weeks: the winner of the Meta-Draft Lottery will go first and have a certain period of time to determine and post which draft slot s/he wants, and then the next person will go, and then the next -- all done either by email or on this blog, or some such thing.

(4) In addition to those very important matters, there will be certain updates about rules and procedure as we move into next year (which will be the first true year of our keeper experiment). So stay tuned.

Now, without further ado [EDIT: actually, with just a little more ado -- next to each player name I've added in parentheses the round in which they can be kept (I ran the formula for all the FA pickups and bumped up all the drafted playas); some players will have two numbers to reflect the exception for players in the top four rounds if the player before them is also kept -- see the Rules post for a refresher]:

2008-2009 PLAYERS ELIGIBLE FOR KEEPAGE (by team)

28 Light Years Old
Al Harrington (8)
Andre Iguodala (3,4)
Charlie Villanueva (9)
Chris Bosh (1,2)
D.J. Augustin (14)
Francisco Garcia (10)
Greg Oden (4)
Jameer Nelson (12)
Jose Calderon (2,3)
Kobe Bryant (1)
Lamar Odom (6)
Matt Barnes (11)
Nick Collison (13)
Nicolas Batum (15)
Ray Allen (5)
Stephen Jackson (7)

Balding Ballers
Anderson Varejao (14)
Jason Kidd (3,4)
Joel Przybilla (13)
Kevin Durant (2,3)
LaMarcus Aldridge (6)
LeBron James (1)
Michael Beasley (5)
Pau Gasol (1,2)
Paul Millsap (10)
Sebastian Telfair (15)
Tony Parker (7)
Wilson Chandler (11)
Yao Ming (4)

Block O
Al Jefferson (1,2)
Anthony Parker (8)
Anthony Randolph (16)
Carlos Boozer (1,2)
Chris Paul (1)
David West (3,4)
Eric Gordon (13)
Jamal Crawford (5)
John Salmons (9)
Kenyon Martin (8)
Luis Scola (12)
Rudy Fernandez (10)
Steve Nash (2,3)
Travis Outlaw (15)

Brew-Ha Bandits
Andrea Bargnani (14)
Deron Williams (1,2)
Mo Williams (7)
Paul Pierce (3)
Ronnie Brewer (10)
Shawn Marion (1)
Tayshaun Prince (11)
Troy Murphy (8)

Del Harris Del Negro
Dwyane Wade (1)
Antawn Jamison (3,4)
Hedo Turkoglu (4)
Jason Thompson (16)
Joe Johnson (2,3)
Mario Chalmers (10)
Nate Robinson (12)
Rajon Rondo (8)
Ramon Sessions (12)
Russell Westbrook (14)
Spencer Hawes (15)
Thabo Sefolosha (16)
Tim Duncan (1,2)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11)

Liberal Elite Media
Al Horford (5)
Brandon Bass (16)
Chris Andersen (11)
Chris Duhon (11)
Corey Maggette (3,4)
David Lee (6)
Derrick Rose (7)
Dwight Howard (1)
Flip Murray (16)
Josh Smith (1,2)
Kevin Martin (2,3)
Marc Gasol (13)
Rasual Butler (12)
Ronny Turiaf (10)
Ryan Gomes (13)
Trevor Ariza (11)

Mao Meow ZeMeow
Andre Miller (5)
Ben Gordon (10)
Caron Butler (1,2)
Chauncey Billups (3,4)
Chris Kaman (4)
Drew Gooden (13)
Jermaine O'Neal (7)
Kendrick Perkins (15)
Kevin Garnett (1)
Leandro Barbosa (8)
Marquis Daniels (16)
Nene Hilario (11)
Nick Young (16)
T.J. Ford (7)
Udonis Haslem (15)
Zach Randolph (9)

Nutcrushers
Antonio McDyess (15)
Brad Miller (7)
Brook Lopez (12)
Carmelo Anthony (2)
J.R. Smith (10)
Jeff Green (13)
Kevin Love (9)
Kirk Hinrich (9)
Larry Hughes (16)
O.J. Mayo (8)
Raymond Felton (9)
Rodney Stuckey (12)
Thaddeus Young (11)
Vince Carter (4)

Phi Slamma Jamma
Baron Davis (1)
Delonte West (13)
Emeka Okafor (4)
Gilbert Arenas (6)
Grant Hill (15)
Jason Richardson (3)
Mike Bibby (8)
Monta Ellis (10)
Rashard Lewis (2)
Richard Hamilton (9)
Richard Jefferson (5)
Shane Battier (10)
Shaquille O'Neal(13)
Steve Blake (13)
Tyrus Thomas (11)
Vladimir Radmanovic (16)

YoungNoMo'
Boris Diaw (12)
Brandon Roy (3)
Danny Granger (1,2)
Devin Harris (6)
Dirk Nowitzki (1)
Gerald Wallace (4)
Jason Terry (8)
Mehmet Okur (5)
Mike Conley(12)