Working with Draft Picks

You can use the Picks tab of the Draft window to view the progress of a draft and perform other actions such as adding rounds, reversing, deleting, or trading picks, and so forth.

The menu of draft pick commands can be displayed in two ways:

• left-click on a draft pick to select it, then choose Picks on the main DMB window's menu bar

• right-click on a draft pick to select it and display a popup menu

With this menu, you can add or delete rounds, add or delete an individual draft pick, trade a pick, or reverse a pick that has already been made.

Adding and deleting round(s) to the draft

When you choose either of these commands, enter the number of rounds you wish to add or delete in the small window that pops up, then click OK. You may not delete rounds after the draft order has been frozen, but you may add rounds at any time. The rounds you add and delete are always those at the end of the draft.

Adding a draft pick

When you choose this command, the following window pops up:

Fill in this form to indicate which team is the original owner of the pick; the round in which this pick will be made; whether this is the original team's first, second, or a subsequent pick within this round; and (if the pick has been traded) the new owner of this pick. When you are done, click OK.

You can add picks to a draft at any time.

Deleting a draft pick

To delete a pick, just select that pick and choose the Delete pick command. You cannot delete a pick that has already been made. If you need to delete a pick that has been made, reverse that pick first, then delete it.

Trading a draft pick

When you choose this command, DMB displays the same window that is used for adding a new pick, but allows you to change only the team that currently owns the pick. Select the new owner, then click OK to transfer the pick to that team.

You cannot trade a pick that has already been made. If you need to trade a pick that has been made, reverse that pick first, trade it, then draft the player again.

Reversing a draft pick

Use the Reverse selected pick command to release a drafted player back into the free agent pool.

Void selected pick

When the computer drafting logic comes across an unmade pick that belongs to a team whose roster is already full, it marks the pick as void and moves on.  You can use this command to void a pick manually -- as a penalty for playing time violations in the previous season, when a team has made all of the picks it's entitled to -- for any reason that makes sense for your league.  These voided picks will appear as such on the drafting screens and in draft reports.

Restore voided pick

Use the Restore voided pick command to reverse the voiding of the pick and allow that team to use that draft pick.