Present Roster

[Gray Mule]

1-- Terrell Brandon { I.R. }

2-- Theo Ratliff

3-- Shareef Abdur-Rahim

4-- Dan Dickau

5-- Nazr Mohammed

6-- Chris Crawford

7-- Alan Henderson

8-- Boris Diaw

9-- Travis Henson

Eight players plus one on I.R. { Brandon } and with

everyone assuming we will sign our starting guard

Jason Terry

leaves the Hawks plenty of wiggle room on the roster.

I recently read of one team that already had fourteen

or fifteen guaranteed contracts for the upcoming season

and were still looking to sign someone else.

N.B.A. desperately needs to change one of their rules.

Placing players on the I.R. list when there is nothing

wrong with them so that they can have more than the

alloted twelve players is wrong.

Let teams carry a twelve man active roster and up to

three players on the inactive list and quit forcing the

teams to lie about injuries. This way, honest teams

would not be penalized as they are under the present

rules that they must operate under.

If they are not going to do this, then put some teeth

in the present rule. If a player is placed on I.R. list,

make it manditory that he miss a minimum number of

games before he can be re-activated.

Under the present rules, Hawks have room for more

players to make it up to 12. At least, we won't have

a list of guaranteed contracts that we must somehow

hide on the I.R.

When all these players get through signing the big

contracts for next season, there should still be several

pretty decent players left for us to sign.

[Lascar78]

Ive always thought that way too. Alot of teams are actually honest and are really at a disadvantage. They should clean that up.

[Boondocks]

In reply to:

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If a player is placed on I.R. list,

make it manditory that he miss a minimum number of

games before he can be re-activated.

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Actually that's already the case, if you're on the IR list you'll miss 3 or 5 games (don't remember the exact number).

Should be changed to an inactive list though, some of the injuries teams make up is hilarious (imsomnia for one).

[Boondocks]

it's 5 games

In reply to:

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Injured reserve (IR), also referred to as the injured list (IL), is the status for players who are injured and unable to play. IR allows teams to keep their full complement of 12 players while waiting for injured players to recover. Teams may have a maximum of three players on IR at one time.

A player usually must spend at least five games (or until the end of the season if fewer than five games remain) on IR before being activated.

However, a player can be activated before five games have passed as long as his spot on the active roster has not been filled (for example, Vancouver did this with Bryant Reeves in December 1999).

If a special hardship exists (such as when three players are already out for the season with serious injuries) teams can get special permission from the league to temporarily add a 13th player to their roster.

IR is often seen as a convenient place to "stash" players when teams have more than 12 players but don't want to let any of them go. While the cause for players to be put on IR must be legitimate, the league does not insist on an independent physician confirming the diagnosis. Thus it is common for a seemingly healthy player to suddenly develop "back spasms" right before rosters are cut to 12 players, and spend the entire season on IR as a result.

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[Guest]

unless they don't replace you on teh active roster, then you can come back at any time...