poor copernicus, the champ that didn't want to be in the league, now feels the pressure of recaps. no worries bud, i will do the recaps this go around. 

by the way, I'd like a big FAT asterisk for my 2nd team that I had to take over from Duke of whatever he was and made the playoffs.  I took his 1st round pick of Kareem and then every other player on the team was drafted after the completion of the draft.  

Really happy with my draft so far.  Feel like I'm budgeting well for my bench and still getting what I want for my starters.

07-08 Paul
92-93 Rodman
11-12 Howard
91-92 Robinson

Posted by jkaye24 on 5/7/2015 10:20:00 PM (view original):
TEAM RECAPS (VERY VERY EARLY WORK IN PROGRESS)

1.)Ysw128 66-67 Wilt (1,1) 06-07 Timmy (ND, 48) 95-96 Penny (33 ,49)

Wilt's season is undoubtedly one of the top two choices in the SIM. In the Season Draft League, the added depth of talented scorers definitely pushes him over the top and the $50M cap is easy enough to work with. Duncan went unpicked in the first season draft but ysw elected to use him at the 4 with the 06-07 season. His rebounding pairs well with Wilt, and 13.3% Ast pushes the 4/5 spots over 30% Ast.  90 Def, 54%+ FG. It’s really a hard package to knock.  Such a solid player; definitely falls short of elite 6-pt scorer but really, he’s not far off. The 64% FT is minimized in the SIM so like Shaq he should come closer to his real life points per touch. That is an ugly FT shooting front line, but the least bad flaw to have probably. The frontcourt assists are crucial to this team, because now Penny can be a true 1.  His 23.9% Ast is low for that spot but not on Wilt teams. Penny’s poor Reb make him ideal for the 1, so this is a good fit. A good, and creative, start; I do wonder if a slightly more dominant top scorer would fit better here, but maybe that’s just lack of a “feel” for what combo is truly needed to win this league… but of all the Duncan seasons, this high eFG version might be underrated.

2.) jt7king

12-13 Lebron (3,2) 09-10 Kidd (51,47) 02-03 Big Ben (53,50) Great start for jt7king in my view. From the 4-spot, I used an identical Lebron/Kidd pairing (but jt7 got the better version of both).  Lebron is a beast and the 12/13 is clearly going to go down as his all-time season. Kidd is a lab-made running mate for Lebron.  You love Lebron at the 1 because you go “big”, which in the SIM means rebounds.  But Lebron is really best suited for the 2 because his 24% Ast (like Penny) just aren’t quite robust on a traditionally set up team.  Kidd lets you keep the DReb% edge with Lebron but slides him down to really feel good about Ast% in the backcourt. The Def, 3’s, low fouls and most importantly, LOW USAGE, show why Kidd’s best contribution to a champion was those Dallas years. He opted for what is probably the best Wallace season, with exceptional CReb and dominant defense. There’s still two reliable scorers needed, but this is a rock-solid start.   3.)98average

67-68 Wilt (2,3) 08-09 Howard (36,46) 12-13 Ibaka (86,51) It took a while, but 98 got 3 players. Will finish the recap after round 5. Great pairing in the first 2, probably a reach in the 3rd. 4.) jkaye24

13-14 Lebron (4,4) 00-01 Shaq (16,45) 08-09 Kidd (61,52) Won’t overanalyze my own team here; similar logic to jt7 with Lebron/Kidd, and couldn’t resist the #2 Shaq season to pair with Lebron. It’s role players from here.  I probably have the #2 season for all three players –  which tells me this team probably isn’t winning it all. So many talented players taken that it’s hard to get any read on what success entails. That’s one of the best things going forward – letting this league develop a draft and results history. A “Season Index” power ranking will emerge, with avg. draft pos, and total winning% and rings.

Looking good sly. Was thinking yours would be a fun recap. I got a recap window on page 1, going to head to the bottom next will do teams 21-24

Nice, thanks

"The only counter would be there are countless other Rodman's who give you close to this level CReb% and MPG but later on."

Those other Rodman's don't play SF.  This one does.

Yes but you can get Admirals def/rebounding at the SF, and get scoring elsewhere. That said, I did mention Rodman is a SF in the first sentence; the PF versions paired with another SF is the only counter, if you can get admirals scoring from the backcourt.

My plan was to get 4 tier 3 usage guys to surround Rodman at SF. Have you seen Admiral's other stats? They're pretty ridiculous. And I wanted paint scoring at the C. Oh and 100D. And by playing Rodman at SF, I'll the get the boost because he'll nearly always have a "significant advantage" there.

Oh no doubt. I mean, I cant see any reading of my eval that comes away negative. I am splitting hairs. It's a tremendous top 4.

Agreed- I didn't read it all as negative. Just explaining my thought process. Thanks for the evals

Yeah, I like how you're putting in when they were drafted in last season's draft.

Posted by slymonium on 5/8/2015 7:52:00 PM (view original):
"The only counter would be there are countless other Rodman's who give you close to this level CReb% and MPG but later on."

Those other Rodman's don't play SF.  This one does.

two others do

91-92 was already off the board. 90-91 doesn't come close to the dreb% as 92-93. but thanks for the input.

close enough and for 5 more minutes a game (worked well enough for me last season in any event and thanks for your input too)

To each his own. I'd rather have a 35 drb% than a 26 drb% that plays 5 more minutes, especially in this league where I know I'll have a ton of guys left to choose from later to fill those extra 5 minutes. Did you play him at SF and Barkley at PF last season?