2 Caps

12. beloud - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Clint Capela, Kyrie irving, Ben Simmons, Donyell Marshall, Delon Wright, Chet Holmgren, Jamal Murray, Isaiah Hartenstein, Ron Harper, Isaiah Jackson, Ed Pinckney

Batman - 70-71 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 28.7 usage, 57.8% eggs, 13.2 OReb%, 35.9 CReb%, 80 D, good co-pilot skills.

Robin - 23-24 Kyrie Irving - 28.2 usage, 57.3% eggs, 16.4 assist% with good A/T ratio. As far as I know he cannot fly an airplane.

Alfred - 17-18 Clint Capela - It's hard to ignore 41.4 CReb% and 65.2 eggs.

Offense - The team as a whole has weighted averages of 57.1 eggs and 60.0 TS%. They shouldn't have any problems scoring points. I'm assuming that Jamal Murray will be backing up Kyrie Irving, so the offense will keep clicking when Irving sits.

Defense - The weighted defense is 72.1 which I would think would be a little above average for this league, and should be good enough for this team's offense. The good offense and good rebounding should help the overall picture here.

Rebounding - The weighted OReb% is 42.3 and the weighted DReb% is 94.9. I haven't compared it to all of the other teams (you do know I'm not getting paid for this, right?), but I would think these numbers would be a lot closer to the top that to the bottom. Rebounding.....check. Time to move on.

Passing - The weighted assist% is 63.8 and the break even point is 64, so we are fine here. The weighted turnover% is 12.48, so that is good too. I will now prepare a graph comparing all of the turnover percentages. Oh yeah, you did read the part about me not getting paid for this, yes?

Midge score - 19.9 - The assist% for Delon Wright is 19.9%. That bugs the crap out of me I hate 19.9. You couldn't get one more assist in 1,991 minutes and shove that number over 20? I'm surprised he didn't play 1,999 minutes.

Midge, my team names are about the Rocky movies.

Posted by Midge on 3/1/2026 4:34:00 PM (view original):
Home Alone

15. tarheel1991 - Kevin Garnett, Dwyane Wade, Andre Drummond, Derrick Favors, Russell Westbrook, John Henson, Myles Turner, Ed Davis, Nicolas Batum, Buddy Hield, Tobias Harris, Steven Adams

Batman - If I don't say 16-17 Russell Westbrook he will come to my house and punch me in the face. Just for you Russell, I live in Bangor, Maine.
I look at his 47.6% eggs and think that's not very good (sorry Russell, I don't mean it), but he lights me up time after time.

Robin - Can you give the much desired position of Robin to someone who plays less than 24 minutes per game? (Consults lawyers) I will allow it. 06-07 Dwyane Wade - Every time I see his name I want to go ask his mom why? WHY? Dwayne Dwyane packs a whole lot of stuff into those 23.5 minutes per game.

Alfred - Westbrook is kind of a Batman and Alfred all rolled into one. Is this eval being graded? No? I'm gonna say 16-17 Russell Westbrook. It's not everyday you see 27.2 DReb% and 36.7 assist% coming from a point guard. He has 2.1 steal% too!

Offense - Against my teams this offense will be elite. Against other teams this team will go wherever Russell Westbrook takes them.

Defense - I see 28 minutes of Kevin Garnett with 100 D and 23.5 minutes of D. Wade (see what I did there?) with 100 D and a little bit of John Henson and Derrick Favors and then a lot of mediocrity. I will not call this defense elite.

Rebounding - With Andre Drummond (48.7 CReb%) and Westbrook (32.1% at PG) and some Favors (35.6% at SF) and Ed Davis (32.5% at SF) this team has some rebounding chops.

Passing - There really isn't much to see here aside from Westbrook and Wade. I am going to assume that Wade will start at SG and backup Westbrook at PG.

Midge score - 176 - Buddy Hield hit 176 three pointers at 43%. I think this team is going to need all of them.

Good stuff midge. I'm not currently planning to play Hield on this team...which is not a great sign! The threes have to come from Westbrook, Turner, Harris, and Batum. Not sure if it will be enough.

And Westbrook is actually going to come off the bench, though he will play as close to his full minutes as possible.

As for defense - I am hoping that fairly healthy steal % (and to lesser extent block %) and defensive rebounding % will make my defense "play up" on my teams. The surface ratings are definitely not that impressive, including on this team. The main reason I chose to use 19-20 Drummond over other seasons, despite a ghastly turnover %, is that beastly 2.6% steals from a center. If this team drowns in turnovers from Drummond, wade, and Westbrook, though, I'm going to regret it.

Posted by ncmusician_7 on 3/2/2026 11:40:00 AM (view original):
Midge, my team names are about the Rocky movies.

That makes sense now, it’s been a while since I watched any of the Rocky movies.

The Future is a Foreign Land

21. steelers821 - Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone, Paul George, Donvovan Mitchell, John Collins, Andrew Bynum, Steve Nash, Alvin Robertson, Terrell Brandon, Rasheed Wallace, Josh Hart, Paul Silas

Batman - Since this team has his best season, I'm going to say 78-79 Moses Malone. 41 minutes per game of 44.3 CReb% has to count for something, right? Plus, I talked to Moses once and Hakeem never said a single word to me.

Robin - 91-92 Hakeem Olajuwon - He must have coasted a little bit on defense this season since he has a 99 D rating. Please do not tell Hakeem that I said he was the Robin and not the Batman. These two have to be a fun pair to have for 410+ games.

Alfred - 06-07 Steve Nash - It would have been a lot of fun watching Steve Nash feed Malone or Olajuwon on a real team, eh. The combination of 61+ eggs and 38.7 assist% is electric.

Offense - With Nash as the spark plug and Malone, Olajuwon and Andrew Bynum crashing the offensive glass this team should score some points. Good offensive seasons from Paul George and John Collins will help. I'm guessing Donovan Mitchell will backup George at SG.

Defense - Hakeem! 99 D and 8.4% stocks! Hakeem! Malone will help, with 41 minutes of 80 D. The rest of the defense is move along, nothing to see here.

Rebounding - Have I mentioned that Malone has 41 minutes of 44.3% rebounding? Having Malone on your team really helps. I'm not sure exactly who is starting here, but it looks like the numbers will be middle thirties on offense and low nineties on defense. You take away Malone and it isn't great, but, hey, we have Malone here. Now I know! OReb% is 37 and DReb% is 92.8. The Midge-O-Matic was pretty close. Josh Hart has a CReb% of 26.8, which is a hell of a lot for a guard. Adding in the minutes from Josh Hart and Paul Silas will help the overall rebounding a lot.

Passing - Steve Nash! The starting lineup has a 69.1 assist%. That works, even though most of that is Steve Nash. The whole front line contributes little or nothing here so it will be up to Donovan Mitchell and Josh Hart to hold things together when Nash sits.

Midge score - 587 - My close personal friend Moses Malone hauled in 587 offensive rebounds this season. (Consults the I Ching) That is a lot.

Editor's Note: Since posting this award winning eval I have learned that Donovan Mitchell won't play for this team, the great Josh Hart will play more that 21 minutes per game, and Terrell Brandon will play 10 minutes per game at point guard. This will certainly help the passing when Nash sits. Paul Silas will play 30 minutes per game, 97% at small forward with CReb% of 33.9 and an 80 D rating. It isn't easy writing evals when you're not a mind reader. Onward and upward!

The Lobster

22. dh555 - Charles Barkley, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Dikembe Mutombo, Evan Mobley, Willis Reed, Danny Green, Anfernee Hardaway, Pascal Siakam, De'Aaron Fox, Marcin Gortat, De'Anthony Melton, Cason Wallace

Before I get into the meat and potatoes of this eval, I need to mention the source of this team name. It is obviously referring to the lobster from T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". One of the lines in the poem is as follows: "I should have been a pair of ragged claws / Scuttling across the floors of silent seas."

Batman - Gonna go with 87-88 Charles Barkley, 26.7 usage%, 60.4% eggs, 33.5 CReb%, and 951 FTA. Plus, you can probably take a few dollars off of him on those long flight poker games.

Robin - 23-24 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - No wonder they call him SGA, that is a mouth full. 33.1 usage%, 56.7% eggs, 2.5 steal%, and 649 FTA at 87.4%.

Alfred - 99-00 Dikembe Mutombo, who chips in 36 minutes per game of 40.1 CReb%, 5.1 block%, and one very large wagging finger.

Offense - This team will go as far as Barkley and SGA can take them. De'Aaron Fox is a high usage backup for SGA, Danny Green and De'Anthony Melton will toss in some threes,

?Defense - I think Mutombo has at least five 100 D seasons, but this one is only 74. I'm assuming dh555 liked his rebounding. Mobley has a 90 D rating, SGA has an 87 D rating, Green is at 84, Melton is at 85. Nothing outstanding, but no disaster areas either.

Rebounding - If I have this figured out right (which I probably don't...) it looks like the DReb% of the starting five is 93.8, which is fine. The OReb% of those same five players is 36.4, which is also good. Thank you Dikembe and Charles for your efforts.

Passing - The starting group appears to have an assist% of 51.8, which is a bit low. SGA has a turnover% of 8.4% to go with his 33.1 usage%, so that is outstanding.

Midge score - 951 - Charles Barkley had 951 FTA and also 951 total rebounds. So there!

Posted by Midge on 3/1/2026 7:04:00 PM (view original):
Mystics & Statistics

13. riftonapple - Karl Malone, Oscar Robertson, Andrei Kirilenko, Brandon Clarke, Nic Claxton, Joakim Noah, Jalen Williams, Andrew Bogut, Obi Toppin, Donte DiVincenzo, LaMarcus Aldridge, Toni Kukoc

Batman - 90-91 Karl Malone - Not the best Malone, but he will score some points and grab some rebounds, get some assists and be out there battling for 40 minutes per game.

Robin - 62-63 Oscar Robertson - Drafting Oscar in Savage is pretty much like drafting two players with one pick. He played 44 minutes per game, 80 D, 58.8% TS%, 20.1 CReb% at point guard, 22.7% assists. He will pile up the numbers, game after game, team after team.

Alfred - I'm going with Joakim Noah here and you can't stop me. 100 D, best OReb% on the team, passes like a point guard and speaks fluent French. Did you know that his mother was Swedish?

Offense - Three headed guard with Oscar, JDub and Donte DiVincenzo. Then there are four guys playing tag team basketball at small forward, with Brandon Clarke and Nic Claxton bringing the eggs and Andrei Kirilenko bringing a 9.1 stock% to the party. Should be fine.

Defense - Do I need to start quoting Charles Dickens again?

Rebounding - Something like 37/88 for the starters. I could give you exact numbers, but I'm not gonna do it. I'm just not.

Passing - The starting lineup is 77.5%. That is good. See? I can still add when I want to.

Midge score - 1,665 - That is the total number of free throws shot by Karl Malone and Oscar Robertson on this team.

Thanks for the eval, Midge! My goal always is to get 5 teams in the playoffs so I try to mix and match to where all my teams are about equal. Just a wild guess that this may be my best team because in all but 1 of the 5 or so Savages I have played in, my team with the best PG season did the best. This is Oscar's 62/63 season which is his best. I offset his best season with what I feel is Karl Malone's worst of the 5 seasons I have chosen. Since KMalone is only 52.8 efg and Defense of 70, I am hoping Noah's high Assist/100 D season would be a good complement and will hopefully boost KMalone's efficiency. In an attempt to try and keep my team efg up I decided to use JaWms 59.2 efg and Donte's 58.4 efg seasons. I didn't want the team's assists to drop off too much when Noah is out of the game, so using Bogut's 13.2% Ast season as his backup.

All this and with trying to level out the performance of all 5 of my team's led me to create a 4 headed monster at SF and also resulted in my team's overall Rebounding to be a little lower than I like. Kind of counting on Oscar to really help on the boards especially since the real below average rebounders on this team are JaWms/Donte at SG. Hopefully, being weak at Rebounding at this one position will not hurt this team too bad.

Mass Murphs #4

17. jjmurphy1127 - DeAndre Jordan, Tyson Chandler, Magic Johnson, Marques Johnson, Eric Bledsoe, Bob Lanier, Victor Oladipo, Mikal Bridges, Robert Covington, Bob Pettit, Billy Cunningham, DeMarcus Cousins

Batman - 17-18 Victor Oladipo - Victor provides scoring, defense, defensive boards, some assists, and a lot of steals. Here's the fun part, I checked with my Magic 8 Ball and found out that Oladipo will not be starting, he is the sixth man for this team. ("Midge do you want to change your Batman for this team?") "No!" I'm sticking with Victor, the first seventh round Batman in the history of Savage.

Robin - 86-87 Magic Johnson - Magic brings scoring, a lot of assists, rebounds, some steals, solid almost average defense, and a great big smile to the table.

Alfred - 86-87 Magic Johnson - Magic brings scoring, a lot of assists, rebounds, some steals, solid almost average defense, and a great big smile to the table.

Editor's note: "Are you sure?" "Yes!"

Offense - The eggs seem a bit low for anyone with usage. Can we play Oladipo for 48 minutes? DeAndre Jordan, Tyson Chandler and Mikel Bridges all have good eggs, but they won't be making many omelettes. DeMarcus Cousins will also be coming in off the bench for the Fighting Murphys, contributing scoring punch, solid rebounding, assists, turnovers and fouls. When he plays, things are going to happen! They might not necessarily be good things, but things are going to happen!

Defense - The weighted D rating for the starting five is 70. I'm going to call that average. Bridges starts and Oladipo comes in off the bench, so that will count for something. I'm trying to find out how much Bob Pettit (90 D) will play, but my grandson is trying to flush the Magic 8 Ball right now. The team has some steals here and there, but not a lot in the blocks department.

Rebounding - The fun part is that Billy Cunningham will start at guard and he has a CReb% of 32.7. That by itself is more rebounding than some third world countries. DeAndre Jordan is 45.5%. Excellent! Tyson Chandler is at 39.5%. Magic Johnson is at 17.6%. Mikal Bridges starts at small forward and his CReb% is.......have I already told you about how pretty Margot Robbie is? The OReb% of the starters in 43.1! Yikes! Good stuff!
Their DReb% is 104.3, also excellent. I think the shooting is weak, but I love the rebounding.

Passing - Magic Johnson! He's good. It looks like Eric Bledsoe will be his backup, keeping the pilot light lit. Try saying "pilot light lit" five times fast. Try saying five times fast while lighting a pilot light. It looks like the assist% will always be high enough to avoid any penalties.

Midge scores - 4 - #4 is the number Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo wore on his jersey when he had his best season, playing for the Indiana Pacers.

White Hurricane

6. chewy3344 - Nikola Jokic, Kobe Bryant, Jayson Tatum, Robert Williams, Dale Davis, Hot Rod Williams, Dejounte Murray, Kyle O'Quinn, Drew Eubanks, Jusuf Nurkic, Goga Bitadze, Jeremy Evans

Batman - 20-21 Nikola Jokic - 29.6 usage%, 60.2% eggs, 33.4 CReb%, 27% assists....is there anything he doesn't do? (Yes.)

Robin - 05-06 Kobe Bryant - 39 usage% with 49.1% eggs, but he gets fouled a lot so his TS% is 55.9%. A lot of defense, some steals, some assists. I would be afraid to take him because of his eggs, but smart guys keep taking him in the second round so I'm not going to argue about it. He is one of those guys who will score 34 points against me, but if he was on my team he would shoot 4 for 18. His turnover% its 9.0, so that helps.

Alfred - 21-22 Dejounte Murray - A point guard with 23.6 CReb% and 29.6 assist%. A good 2.5 steal% too. He is 6' 4" tall and weighs 180 pounds, but nobody calls him Fat.

Offense - Jokic is great, but between Bryant (39.0), Murray (27.3) and Jayson Tatum (30.8) all having high usage, will Nikola ever get to touch the ball? I am going to assume they will score some points, but I would worry about the usage.

Defense - If these were grades instead of D ratings I would come to the conclusion that some of these guys aren't very smart. Only one A student in the whole bunch. Let's take a look at some stocks! All right, here we go! Jeremy Evans has a 6.7 block%.........for 270 minutes. At least Robert Williams (4.1), Goga Bitadze (Yogurt Bilateral) (4.0) and Kyle O'Quinn (4.0) will offer some resistance, along with Hot Rod Williams (3.3), Drew Eubanks (3.5) and Dale Davis (3.1). I guess it's blocks by committee.

Rebounding - I have no idea who is starting and who is coming off the bench here so we are just going to fast forward over here and say...................................................................................hey! The rebounding is okay!

Passing - Murray and Jokic lead the way, Bryant, Tatum, Bilateral, O'Quinn and Nurkic will all chip in. I'm not going to try to guess the rotations here, but I'm sure chewy has it figured out. Hey! The passing is okay!

Midge score - Nikola Jokic - I'm cheating here, but Nikola is my number. His shooting line is 56.6/38.8/86.8 and his averages are 26.4/10.8/8.3. That is a whole lot of good numbers all coming from one guy.

A Train 4

9. jethroeg - Anthony Davis, Artis Gilmore, Jason Kidd, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Dan Roundfield, Khris Middleton, Deron Williams, Bailey Howell, OG Anunoby, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Raja Bell

Batman - 17-18 Anthony Davis - I think this is the second best AD, with 30 usage%, 55.2% eggs, 100 D, 5.5% stocks, 8.6 turnover%, his CReb% is a little low at 30.2, but he will be playing next to.....

Robin - 72-73 Artis Gilmore - .....whose 41.6 CReb% will help. This is the best Artis, with 56% eggs, 80 D, 4.2 blocks% and more assists than turnovers.

Alfred - 00-01 Jason Kidd - 90 D, 2.5 steal%, 17.4 CReb% and 33.1 assist%. However, with a 22.8 usage% and 44.3 eggs you hope he does more serving than eating.

Offense - Davis is the leader of the pack, and Klay Thompson will chip in with 268 threes at 41%. Gilmore is a plus. I'm not sure how much some of these guys will play, but some of these guys did not have a good showing on Easter Sunday.

Defense - I'm not sure who is starting here, but if it's Klay, Kidd, Artis, AD and Draymond Green that is an average of 88 D. Can't complain about that.

Rebounding - If the five guys mentioned above are the starters, the rebounding is 29.6 OReb% and 93.8 DReb%. Dan Roundfield adds 37.1 CReb% off the bench. Could be better, could be worse. (Couldn't you say that about almost everything?)

Passing - Jason Kidd! 33.1%! Backed up by Deron Williams! 33.0%! Kidd's turnover% is 18.3, which is higher than you want from your point guard, but.........Jason Kidd! Could be better, could be worse. (Give me a break, this is the 17th one of these I have written and I still have seven more to go.)

Midge score - 240 - Artis Gilmore's playing weight was 240 pounds, and if he cut his hair it was 228 pounds.

Acorn Hall

5. uptowngbv - Giannis Antetokounmpo, John Stockton, Elton Brand, Buck Williams, Kevin Love, Emeka Okafor, Jaylen Brown, Antonio McDyess, T.J. McConnell, Thaddeus Young, Derek Lively, Dewayne Dedmon

Batman - 20-21 Giannis Antetokounmpo - 32.5 usage%, 60% eggs, 32.1 CReb%, 19.1 assist% and 90 D at three different positions. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this is the type of player that helps you win games.

Robin - 06-07 Elton Brand - 99 D for 37 minutes per game, 27.7 CReb% at SF, good scoring, more assists than turnovers, 3.6 block%. Maybe his eggs are a little low, but every time I have used him he plays. Good Robin.

Alfred - 94-95 John Stockton - 42.9 assist%, 60.7% eggs, 42.9 assist%, 80 D, 42.9 assist%, shoots threes at almost 45%, 42.9 assist%, 3.1 steal%.
Did I mention that his assist% is 42.9? Sure is rebounding is light, but he makes up that with steals. Sure his turnover% is too high, but he's going to get about 1200 assists. I like him.

Offense - I think this team will score points. Did I mention they have Giannis and Stockton?

Defense - The defense should be pretty good, 99, 90, 80, 71, 70. The only real weak spot is Kevin Love. His 35 D will hurt, but his 27.2 DReb% will help.

Rebounding - I think he is planning on playing Giannis at SG. If so, it looks like the starting DReb% will be 103.4. Good stuff, even with John Stockton (he steals!) in there. The starting OReb% would be 42.7. That's just not fair. CReb% of 146.1. I'm gonna say the rebounding will be good enough.

Passing - John Stockton! T.J McConnell is a quality backup for Stockton, so no worries there. There are several guys on this team who never learned to share, but Stockton, Antetokounmpo, McConnell and Thaddeus Young should keep everyone happy.

Midge score - 2 - Acorn Hall will play Lexington (my team) twice. Two times, that's it. Good.

The G O A T

7. berkelon - Rudy Gobert, Jimmy Butler, Patrick Ewing, Chauncey Billups, Kenneth Faried, CJ McCollum, Josh Smith, David Lee, Darius Garland, Theo Ratliff, Ryan Anderson, D'Angelo Russell

Batman - This is a tough call for this team, I usually want big minutes, high usage%, good eggs. Searching.....searching.....I guess I'm going to go with 22-23 Jimmy Butler. He only plays 26 minutes per game, but it's 25.8 usage%, 56% eggs, 19.6 assist%, 8.2 turnover%, 19.2 CReb% at guard, and 2.5 steal%. Good player.

Robin - When I was a senior in high school I worked at a TG&Y store, which was pretty much like a Walmart, but it turns out not as successful as Walmart. Anyhow, the girl who worked in pets was named Robin Hood. I always got a kick out of that. Nice girl. That was the summer when I moved to Houston and when I left I got Robin to autograph a fish bag for me. Here it is, fifty years later and I still have that autographed fish bag.

Alfred - He's kind of too big and too French, but it's 16-17 Rudy Gobert. 90 D, 40.7 CReb%, 66.1% eggs, and 4.6 block%. He does a lot of things to help win a game.

Offense - The highest usage starter in Patrick Ewing, 31.1 usage% and 51.4% eggs. (Midge makes a face) The next guy is Jimmy Butler, who is good, but only plays 26 minutes. Batting third is Josh Smith, 22.3 usage% and 50.5% eggs. (Midge makes another face.) Editor's note: you can view a selection of these faces in discord. Gobert shoots well, but not often. I would feel better if Butler was the #2 offense guy, not the #1 offense guy.

Defense - The five starters average 81, which is good, but the guys on the bench weren't paying much attention on the day the coaches set up the defense. Gobert and Ewing will swat some flies shots, but the weakness of the bench will drag the defense down.

Rebounding - The OReb% for the starters is 37.4. Excellent. They should get a lot of opportunities to put this skill to use. The DReb% for the starters is 91.4. Middle of the pack, I think. I finally did make that chart comparing team rebounding, but my grandson flushed it down the toilet with the Magic 8 Ball.

Passing - The starters add up to 71.3 assist%. Nothing wrong with that. Not sure who the backups are here, but hey! They're gonna be great!

Midge score - 2 - Two is the number of people in this league who drafted while being somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. We are about to find out how well Will can draft while laying on a beach in Aruba.

I was planning on doing my team last, but then I decided to do the first four draft picks last, four, three, two, and one. Sorry for the wait guys.

Lexington

19. midge - Kevin Durant, Ben Wallace, Jrue Holiday, Jerry Lucas, Bobby Portis, Desmond Bane, Jalen Duren, Dave Cowens, Jalen Brunson, Josh Giddey, Chris Mullin, Jeff Hornacek

Batman - 17-18 Kevin Durant - I know I just said I don't like low minute Batmans (Batmen?), but hey, it's Kevin Durant. 30.4 usage%, 58.6% eggs, 90 D, 17.7 assist%.

Robin - I suppose it's 20-21 Jrue Holiday. Another guy with low minutes, but 90 D, 57% eggs, 20.1 assist%, plus he never had to worry about going to school and finding out that there was another kid in his class named Jrue.

Alfred - 02-03 Ben Wallace - 35 minutes per game of 100 D, with CReb% of 44.0 and 6.9 stocks%. More assists than turnovers. Only 88 turnovers, with 104 steals and 230 blocked shots and only 179 fouls.

Offense - Durant, Holiday and Desmond Bane all have at least 56.8% eggs and at least 15.2 assist%. They are the top three usagers. Is usagers a word? It is now, call Webster's. Bobby Portis (46.8%) and Chris Mullin (44.1%) will toss in some threes. I didn't figure out any weighted averages for this team because I was busy writing evals. Sorry! I'm okay now.

Defense - There's Ben Wallace! Some Kevin Durant, some Jrue Holiday.....anyone else? Oops, I don't think so. Maybe the plan was to outscore the other team.

Rebounding - Rebounding, okay, now we're talking! Midge teams have always had.......lousy rebounding. Oops again. The OReb% of the starters is 33. The DReb% of the starters is 100.2. How about that, it could be worse. I should mention here that Josh Giddy will be coming off the bench with his 25.6 CReb% at point guard. Bobby Portis is solid (33.0) at small forward, backing up Durant. Jerry Lucas also contributes with 32.8%.

Passing - The combined assist% of the starters is 70.8, I'm good with that. With Giddey (26.5%) and other assorted riff riff in the game, the passing should always be at least 62.2. It's for the most part point guard by committee.

Midge score - 31 - Kevin Durant is (at least) 6' 9" tall, some sources list him as 6' 11". So tell me Kevin, how can you be that tall, play 2,325 minutes of Grade A basketball, and grab only 31 offensive rebounds? How? Muggsy Bogues was only 5' 3" and one season he had 78 offensive rebounds. How do you (not) do it?