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MLP Announces Pick Order and Live Results for Waiver Period 1

June 18, 2024

MLP today announced the pick order for Waiver Period 1, with Premier scheduled for Thursday, June 20, beginning at Noon ET, and Challenger scheduled for Friday, June 21, beginning at Noon ET, with picks being made every 15 minutes.

The full waiver order is determined using this process (from lowest to highest), to account for the difference in the number of matches played to this point in the season:

  • Points per match
  • First tiebreaker: Match win percentage
  • Second tiebreaker: Games won percentage

Overview of players available to be selected on waivers:

  • Players who were picked up as IR replacements for MLP Washington D.C. are available
  • MLP contracted players not currently on a team
  • Non-contracted players, but the player must have a signed League contract before they step foot on court

Premier Waiver selection order: (1) Utah, (2) Carolina, (3) Arizona, (4) Columbus, (5) Orlando, (6) Los Angeles, (7) Texas, (8) D.C., (9) New York, (10) Dallas, (11) New Jersey, (12) St. Louis

Challenger Waiver selection order: (1) California, (2) Chicago (3) SoCal, (4) Florida, (5) Miami, (6) Frisco, (7) Atlanta, (8) Brooklyn, (9) Bay Area, (10) Las Vegas

This story will be updated with pick results.

Premier Round 1: The Texas Ranchers acquired the #1 overall waiver selection from the Utah Black Diamonds in exchange for the #7 overall selection and cash considerations. Texas was the only team to make a waiver selection in Round 1.

PickTeamPlayer SelectedPlayer Waived
1TEXQuang DuongMartin Emmrich

Premier Round 2: No selections were made.

Challenger Round 1: Challenger waivers have been very active to start!

After California and Chicago made their picks, Miami acquired Rd 1, Pick 3 from SoCal in exchange for Rd 1, Pick 5 and cash considerations.

SoCal again traded down from pick 5 to pick 9, with Bay Area moving up.

The Hard Eights made a third trade, moving up to pick 8 by trading the 3rd pick in Round 2 to Brooklyn.

PickTeamPlayer SelectedPlayer Waived
1CALSusannah BarrEmily Cederquist
2CHIMegan FudgeKelsey Grambeau
3MIA*Bobbi OshiroRianna Valdes
4FLYates JohnsonPat Smith
5BAY^Jill BravermanRachel Rettger
6FRIDid Not PickN/A
7ATLDid Not PickN/A
8SoCal#Yana NewellChristine Maddox
9SoCal*^Did Not PickN/A
10LVDid Not PickN/A

*MIA acquires Rd 1, Pick 3; SoCal acquires Rd 1, Pick 5 & cash
^BAY acquires Rd 1, Pick 5; SoCal acquires Rd 1, Pick 9 & cash
#SoCal acquires Rd 1, Pick 8; BRK acquires Rd 2, Pick 3

Challenger Round 2: Waiver Period #1 concluded with three Challenger teams making moves in the second round.

PickTeamPlayer SelectedPlayer Waived
1CALBrandon FrenchDJ Young
2CHIDid Not PickN/A
3BRK#Did Not PickN/A
4FLDid Not PickN/A
5MIANoe KhlifRoscoe Bellamy
6FRIDid Not PickN/A
7ATLDid Not PickN/A
8BRKDid Not PickN/A
9BAYDJ YoungPatrick Kawka
10LVDid Not PickN/A