Position Eligibility Rules // Depth Charts

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Positional Eligibility

--All players are allowed to "play up" positions and start at a "bigger" position than they are currently listed at. That means a player listed at PG may start at SG, a player listed at SF may start at C, etc. Unlimited small-ball!

--All Bigs (players listed at Power Forward and Center) are interchangeable and may start at either position.

--Unless otherwise specified, all players listed at Power Forward and Center may additionally be able to start at Small Forward, provided the player has "B+" or worse rebounding AND "C" or better outside. No player listed at Power Forward or Center may start at Shooting Guard. You may not move a player from PF/C to SF unless he meets the SF criteria above.

--All players listed at Shooting Guard and Small Forward are interchangeable and may start at either position, provided the player has "B-" or worse rebounding. If the player has B rebounding or better, he may not be able to start at Shooting Guard unless otherwise specified.

--A player must be listed at PG to start at PG. This means his position on your roster page must be PG in order for him to start at PG.

--If a player is not listed at PG on your roster, and you insist on starting him, you must move him to PG in the transactions thread. However, players must meet all of the below conditions to be eligible to move to PG.

a. The player's handle rating must be a "B" or higher.
b. The player must have 65 or higher handling.
c. The player must not be taller than 6-5, and must not weigh more than 200 pounds.

--Any player moved to PG from another position loses 20 points to his handling upon the move. This is done because star PGs are cheat codes and players at other positions typically have higher strength/inside.

--If you post a DC with a starting PG who is not eligible to start there, your DC will be auto'ed.

--If your starting PG is injured and your backup is not listed as PG on your roster, Ashes will fix your DC accordingly. If you have no other listed PGs on your roster, Ashes will sign one regardless of Hard Cap implications.

--Some draftees with special considerations will be allowed to start at PG without being listed as a PG (think: Luka). That information will be stated in that players draft notes.

--Our "backup" rules are intentionally loose. Of course, all backups can "play up" at any position. Additionally, there are far fewer limitations for teams who wish to "go big" with backups. All players listed at SG and SF may backup PG. All PF's and C's are technically eligible to backup the wing spots, too. Our only backup rule: players listed at PF/C may not backup Point Guard unless specified otherwise or in draft notes.