Numbers, franchises and the draft. A shared jersey number is the frequent hard group, and alongside it the board uses the clubs a player has appeared for, the team she entered the league with, the college she came from, and the year and slot she was drafted at.
It makes it different. Fewer franchises and a shorter history mean the same well-known names recur more often than in the older leagues, so recognition alone rarely settles a board — the discrimination comes from knowing which of a player’s several clubs the group is actually asking about.
The top selection is its own group: four players each taken first overall in their year. With one such pick per season the category reaches across most of the league’s existence, which is what makes it solvable without remembering any particular draft night.
Yes, as their own group of four professionals out of the same program. The college game feeds this league closely enough that a school group is often the most gettable set on the board for someone who follows both.
The voted season and Finals awards, by name. As with every other rotation the membership is a matter of record — every player in the set won the same thing — never a judgement about who was best.
