I know the point of a Dynasty League is to build a roster from within. Don't we have some fears that moving up to 18 spots plus a potential IL would all but
eliminate any FA pickups? That is the point imo.
Here is the Championship week transactions from the Keeper League last year for UA.
Week 23
(Mar 30 - Apr 5)
basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/archive/nba/2014/2119/transactions?mid=3&filter=allApr 5 2:44pm
Shaun Livingston(GS - PG,SG)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Otto Porter(Was - SG,SF)Player Note
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 5 2:37am
Omri Casspi(Sac - SF)Player Note
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Marcus Morris(Det - SF,PF)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 5 2:29am
Trevor Booker(Uta - PF)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Dewayne Dedmon(Orl - C)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 5 2:11am
Rodney Hood(Uta - SG,SF)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Mike Muscala(Atl - C)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 5 2:09am
Mitch McGary(OKC - PF,C)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Chris Kaman(Por - PF,C)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 4 2:44am
C.J. McCollum(Por - PG,SG)Player Note
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Aron Baynes(Det - C)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 4 2:31am
Otto Porter(Was - SG,SF)Player Note
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Jordan Hill(Ind - PF,C)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 4 2:23am
Mike Muscala(Atl - C)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Cole Aldrich(LAC - C)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 3 8:15am
Dewayne Dedmon(Orl - C)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Mario Chalmers(Mia - PG,SG)INJPlayer Note
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 3 8:02am
Cole Aldrich(LAC - C)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Shaun Livingston(GS - PG,SG)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 3 7:49am
Aron Baynes(Det - C)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Devin Harris(Dal - PG,SG)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 3 7:41am
Chris Kaman(Por - PF,C)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Jason Terry(Hou - PG,SG)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 2 12:08pm
Jason Terry(Hou - PG,SG)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Patrick Patterson(Tor - PF,C)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Apr 1 11:20am
Shaun Livingston(GS - PG,SG)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Kent Bazemore(Atl - SG,SF)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Mar 31 2:08am
Kent Bazemore(Atl - SG,SF)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Jason Terry(Hou - PG,SG)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Mar 30 10:07am
Devin Harris(Dal - PG,SG)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
Marco Belinelli(Sac - SG,SF)No new player Notes
Drop U.A. Minions Waivers
Mar 30 10:00am
Patrick Patterson(Tor - PF,C)No new player Notes
Add Free Agents U.A. Minions Will J
UA added 17 players to his roster to win the Championship.
17!!! So essentially he added another entire roster to his teams contributions that week, and that was with 17 roster spots. Teams shouldn't win Championships on the backs of waiver players. If we thin out the free agent player pool to the point where there is nobody worth picking up I think it'll be better for everyone. When a top 50 player gets hurt you aren't going to ever magically pick up another top 50 player, but with a bigger roster you probably have someone on your roster that will get more minutes at the end of the season so essentially you are just looking for another guy to take an absolute flier on to fill an open spot on your roster.
We can always increase IL or roster spots later but I say do 1 and see how it goes for a season.
We've seen how it goes already, we've done 17 roster spots in the Keeper League.