wow...what a fall for 2 former first rounders

Quote: Originally Posted By ashamael on 4/24/2010Yeah, robo, the advanced stats (%s) drive this sim. His best rebounding season is around 22% creb% IIRC, which is no where close to what a good PF will give you. Still, it's way ahead of most point guards, so it means you don't have to necessarily draft a dominant rebounding frontcourt (though I won't advise against it). Diminishing returns don't happen when it comes to rebounding. It's all about what your total reb% on the floor is vs your opponent's (oreb vs dreb, dreb vs oreb)

I've been looking over the advanced stats- it is getting as bad as sabrmetrics!

Seriously though, I am beginning to understand some of these picks much better.

Yeah, ppg, rpg, apt, fga... none of these stats really matter anymore.

Why is the commentary so much more friendly and enjoyable to read here than in the Kfunk draft?

Quote: Originally posted by vancem on 4/24/2010Why is the commentary so much more friendly and enjoyable to read here than in the Kfunk draft?

Might it have something to do w/you not participating in the league, Vance mi boy?

Trust me brother - the sh*te shines through in this bad boy as well. Hop in next year. Become one of the many who drops their balls on my face in draft leagues.

Quote: Originally posted by vancem on 4/24/2010Why is the commentary so much more friendly and enjoyable to read here than in the Kfunk draft?

I don't know. Maybe because I haven't started roasting people's teams yet? :)

Definitely time to get started with that...

I'll get to that once round 3 starts. There ain't much I can say right now because most pairings are really nice. And then there's the obvious couple of people that should have been drafted by now that I can't talk about so (!!)

No kidding. I'm starting to fret about who they might fall to.

Quote: Originally Posted By vancem on 4/24/2010Why is the commentary so much more friendly and enjoyable to read here than in the Kfunk draft

We are all diplomats.



You didn't know that?

I was very tempted to take any of 2-3 studs who really shouldn't be on the board at this point, but they cost a lot and I really got a lot of mileage last ODL draft out of having $ to spend in the fifth round. I might've taken Nater for the umpty-umpth time if he'd fallen to me, but Mutombo gives me pretty comparable rebounding and much better shot-blocking. I'm definitely going to be shopping for usage in the coming rounds, though. Starting out with Billups pretty much committed me to an uptempo game so I can't get caught short on possessions.

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I was sorely tempted to see what would happen if I paired the Dream and Shaq together, but a couple quick partial team builds proved it just wasn't going to work very well.


How long will the slide continue for our draft's own Jimmy Clausen?

I obviously thought about Hakeem, but for the same money\season, Dirk scores from all over the floor, with 3's, plays more minutes, has a better a\t ratio, never misses a FT, and so forth. Obviously he doesn't get the Offensive Rebounds, which is 100% of the rap on his game, but I figure if he has only one defect, I can address that in future picks. And the defensive ratings aren't that different either. (Not that I am saying Irk deserves his).

Of course, I could be wildly wrong about that trade-off, but I figure my whole 1st season will be a learning experience anyway.



"I was sorely tempted to see what would happen if I paired the Dream and Shaq together"

ELBOWRAMA!

banditone - LeBron James, Walt Bellamy, Michael Ray Richardson

Let's see. I loved the Lebron pick. It shows a different direction. I don't like either the Bellamy or Richardson pick, mostly because there were better options out there for each. However, Bellamy is not as bad as he was once thought... my major objection is that the two picks combined... well, both are high foulers. That will put you out of some games. Good thing is that the King is a very low foul player, so that helps. To an extent.


tricky24 - Moses Malone, Kevin Willis, Reggie Miller

This is about as perfect a start as you can get. You need assists, but you've got a great inside-outside game, great boards on both sides, lots of ftas and are reasonable efficient. Love it.


sappy - Wilt Chamberlain, Mookie Blaylock, Glen Rice

I have no idea what kind of Wilt you're using, but with the set-up thus far, I like it either way. Lots of inside-outside going on here and lots of assists. Very efficient tov% with the backcourt to balance the Stilt out.


gtak - Dennis Rodman, Terry Porter, Amare Stoudemire

I like it. Rodman is the best rebounder in the sim (by far) and gives you good efg% and good tov% while playing 3300 minutes and can be put at three positions. For less than $9 million! TP is my favorite PG in $42-million league: 27% ast%, 58% efg%, 130 threes, 330 ftas with less than 22.1% usage - can't ask for much better than that. 65 def rating is perfect in a 42-cap. He'll also give you some steals. Amare I'm not as big a fan of - I don't like my primary offensive guys to be in constant foul trouble. I try and stay away from anyone who averages more than 4.0 pf48min. He does bring a lot of good to the table, though: high efg%, low tov%, lots of ftas, good defense (depending on year). I actually like his 41 defense season a lot if you have help on the boards, which you do.


scudmissle - Charles Barkley, Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer

Williams is a great compliment to Barkley. He'll get him the ball a lot, make some threes, get to the line and play some defense. Boozer is a perfect pick here, as he gives way more defensive boards than Chuck. The pair balances each other out very nicely. This is a frightening start.