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Dates: Feb. 6-7
Site: Intercontinental Hotel, New York.
Format: Conference call. Sixteen rounds, eight on each day.
Drafting order:
Draw held shortly before the draft. Based on allocations, each team will be “weighted,” as is done in the NBA lottery. The team judged strongest in allocations will receive the lowest chance of selected first.
Local options: After the second round, each team can exercise up to three local options during the draft. Using the local option moves a team to first in the drafting order.
Time limit: Five minutes per pick in the first four rounds, three minutes thereafter.
Foreign players: Teams are permitted a maximum of four foreigners, but green-card holders do not count as foreigners.
Trades:Draft slots cannot be traded, but players can be traded after they are selected.
Salary cap: Each team is limited to $1.135 million in salaries per year. The league minimum annual salary is $24,000.
Player status: Players not selected become free agents as of March 1.