Here's the rest of the evals:
7) uvasooner (1) Chris Paul, Clyde Drexler, Donyell Marshall, Zelmo Beaty, Zach Randolph, David Wesley, Kevin Love
I don’t grade my teams, but I’m pretty satisfied with this one. The toughest decision was (as felonious pointed out) Beaty over Jefferson.
8) garyman Dennis Rodman, Kobe Bryant, Amare Stoudemire, Fat Lever, Patrick Ewing, Mark Jackson, Reggie Evans Grade: A-
Rodman is a great building block, even more valuable under the last revision (where so many players were stripped of their SF eligibility). Kobe, Amare, and Lever were great complements, and each was a good value at slot. Ewing was a little questionable, since neither he nor Amare is a big offensive rebounder; however, he’s certainly a good value in the fifth round. Jackson and Evans are pretty good complementary players, although the former is a little light on 3 point shooting. This is one of the teams to beat.
9) coachcroft - Oscar Robertson, Tracy McGrady, Kevin Willis, Detlef Schrempf, Jayson Williams, Clifford Ray, Terry Dehere Grade: B
This is a great backcourt, with good rebounding at the 4 and 5. Schrempf is a little dicey at the 3, although his efficiency is a pretty good complement to McGrady. Overall, team FGP is a little low, but this should be a good squad.
10) tricky24 - Magic Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki, Wes Unseld, Antawn Jamison, Stephen Curry, Lucius Allen, Loy Vaught Grade: B
Magic, Dirk, and Unseld were all good values. Jamison isn’t the player he was under the last version of the sim, but he’s still a pretty good SF (considering how few players are fully eligible there now). Curry was a questionable choice, since his turnovers and fouls are prohibitive. Overall, this team has a lot of threes and pretty good turnover numbers, which make up for the lack of rebounding.
11) eleibowitz - Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Chauncey Billups, Bill Laimbeer, Danny Granger, Mike Miller, John Drew, Joakim Noah B+
I can’t believe that Kareem fell this far. Billups was a great pickup, as was Granger. Laimbeer is an odd choice, especially in the third round—he is a decently productive player, but there are a lot of others who would have been a better complement to Kareem. Noah, Drew, and Miller are good complementary players also. This is a good team, but without Laimbeer it would have been among the strongest in the league.
12) gtak - Kevin Garnett, Swen Nater, Manu Ginobili, Jerry West, Paul Millsap, Jason Richardson, Red Robbins Grade: A-
Every player was a good bargain at the slot he was drafted, and gtak’s strategy shows why it’s important to take advantage of position flexibility. Garnett and Millsap’s eligibility at the 3 allowed the cherry-picking of Robbins in round 6. West, Manu, and J-Rich all shoot efficiently and make a lot of threes. Combine that with good overall turnover numbers, efficiency, and rebounding, and this is definitely one of the best teams around.
13) 98average (1) Shaquille O'Neal, Buck Williams, Cedric Maxwell, Darrell Armstrong, Nick Anderson, Tim Hardaway, Dell Curry Grade: B
98’s two teams are both efficiency monsters; I like the parts on this one a little less, but the whole a little more. Great job picking backcourt bargains in the later rounds, but I would guess that the wrong guy (Armstrong) will be starting at pg. Shaq and Buck are similar players with similar weaknesses; along with Maxwell, each has stratospheric fgp (although Shaq and Buck’s free throw woes bring their tsp back down to earth) and is an above-average rebounder for his position. However, all three are highly turnover prone, which will eat into 98’s possession totals.
14) 98average (2) Dwight Howard, Robert Parish, Horace Grant, Dominique Wilkins, Nate McMillan, Pau Gasol, Brent Price Grade: B-
Most of these players (with the exception of Parish and McMillan) were great bargains for where they were drafted, but I don’t like how they fit together. I guess that Grant will play at SF, which really cuts into his worth. Wilkins should be drafted regularly now that he’s eligible at SG. Howard was a great first round bargain, and Gasol and Price are very good bench players. Lack of threes and relatively high team turnovers will probably stand in the way of sustained success for this squad.
15) katernberg - Karl Malone, Grant Hill, Marcus Camby, Tom Boerwinkle, Dan Majerle, Kevin Johnson, Anthony Peeler Grade: B
A great big man combo and excellent bargain backcourt can’t make up for the drag of the first two picks. Malone probably isn’t worth a mid-first round selection anymore, and Hill probably isn’t a very good fit with him (since neither is a very good rebounder or outside shooter). KJ and Majerle will be an above-average backcourt, but katernberg could have done better than Peeler to fill out his guard rotation.
16) vancem - Larry Bird, Bill Walton. Brent Barry, Arvydas Sabonis, Derek Harper, Larry Smith, Dan Gadzuric Grade: A-
I like every single pick, and the whole fits together very well with high shooting percentage and a lot of threes. Vancem did a great job of getting a first-round caliber center by using second and fourth round picks; the PF combo of Smith and Gadzuric are offensive rebounding monsters, which was a real concern. Harper was an absolute steal in the fifth round, and Barry, Bird, and Walton ensure that this team will have great assist totals. The only (small) quibbles are subpar rebounding totals and relatively high turnovers.
17) felonius - David Robinson, Bill Russell, Scottie Pippen, Gerald Wallace, Brandon Roy, Bob Sura, Olden Polynice Grade: B+
Like the proverbial monkey with the banana, felonious had it but let it slip away. Robinson and Russell complement each other nicely, and getting Pippen in the third round might have been the steal of the draft. Wallace and Roy were also good pickups, but their eligibility at SG cuts into Pippen’s biggest advantage and changes rebounding from great to just good. I really like the Sura pick, but there were much better backup big men available than Polynice. This will be a good team, but could have been the title favorite.
18) uvasooner(2) - Dwyane Wade, Shawn Marion, Marques Johnson, Terrell Brandon, Andris Biedrins, Charlie Ward, Erick Dampier
I didn’t realize until after I drafted him that Shawn Marion’s best seasons aren’t 100% eligible at SF anymore; I think this team is pretty strong despite that mixup.
19) mikee1 - Artis Gilmore, Tim Duncan, Anfernee Hardaway, Michael Redd, Lamar Odom, Mark Landsberger, J.R. Smith Grade: A-
I like every single player on this team, as well as the unit they comprise. Mikee did a good job of taking the best players available in the first two rounds, then drafting complementary players who were both good fits and good values (which is pretty difficult to do). Getting Duncan in the mid-second round was a steal. Redd and Smith generate more three point attempts from the 2 than several teams will get from their entire starting lineups. Hardaway can be a championship point guard, and Odom and Landsberger are good complementary players. Overall, there are no weaknesses on this team (except possibly the lack of assists).
20) longtallbrad - Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, Terry Porter, Alvin Robertson, Rudy Tomjanovich, Jon Barry, Andrew Bynum Grade: B
I’m all for trying something new, but I’m not sure it worked here. This team shows how one player can sink an entire squad; in this case, that player is Robertson, who has too many fouls and not enough threes to be a starting shooting guard in the current sim. Every other player was a great value or bargain: Dream and Deke will be among the best frontcourts in the league. Porter and Rudy T are both great values: each is just below elite status at his position, and both could justifiably have been selected at least a round before. Bary and Bynum were probably the best combination drafted by anyone in the 6th round. This team has a lot of strengths and will very likely make the playoffs, but could have been among the top 2 or 3 with a different shooting guard.
21) badja - Troy Murphy, Carlos Boozer, Shawn Kemp, Dana Barros, Sidney Moncrief, Eddie House, Jamario Moon Grade: B-
Badja was right: Murphy’s not worth the first (or even second) round selection now that his best season isn’t 100% eligible at SF. Kemp and Barros were also picked too high; both commit too many turnovers. The other players are all good, but not necessarily together. Boozer’s high usage and great defensive rebounding totals will be redundant, and his turnovers will hurt. Moncrief was a great value in the fifth; his only weakness is a lack of threes, but this will be more than covered up by the bombing of Murphy, House, and Barros. Moon was a strange selection: his value is highest at shooting guard, but there don’t seem to be enough minutes to go around there. The high threes and good tsp will make up for most of the disadvantages caused by the high turnovers and PFs.
22) macphisto(2) - John Stockton, Julius Erving, Elton Brand, Willis Reed, Al Jefferson, Howard Eisley, George T. Johnson Grade: B
If we were giving grades per draft slot, then this team would have the best GPA through the first five rounds. Stockton was selected at about the right place, but every other player should have been picked at least a round before (and, in Jefferson’s case, arguably two rounds before). However, these studs don’t fit together very well. Erving and Brand bring essentially no outside shooting to the wing positions. Brand and Jefferson have relatively low turnovers (especially for such high usage guys), but overall team TOs will be sky high. Eisley and Johnson are lousy bench players who don’t do enough to shore up this team’s major weaknesses. I grade this as a playoff squad because I like the starting lineup so much, but it could very well miss the playoffs.
23) felonius(2) - Jerry Lucas, Bob McAdoo, Steve Nash, Andre Kirilenko, Cedric Ceballos, Kenny Anderson, Andre Iguodala Grade: B-
McAdoo and Lucas are among the two or three best big men combos in the league. They will have to carry this team, since none of the rest of the players is above average at his position. Ceballos, Kirilenko, and Iguodala offer a lot of flexibility at the perimeter, but none is a complete player and each has at least one significant weakness. Nash and Anderson form a good PG platoon, but for investing two picks (one of which was a third-rounder) felonious should have had more than good.
24) jakotay - Jason Kidd, Kevin McHale, Bob Lanier, Vince Carter, Joel Przybilla, Alonzo Mourning, Danny Ainge Grade: A-
I really like this team, although I’ve got a soft spot for many of the players. It looks like jakotay is going to take the (slight) position penalty and play McHale at SF; I think that’s a defensible move, and it makes pairing him with the light-rebounding Lanier much more defensible. Lanier in the third round is a steal, as is Mourning in the 6th round (regardless of whether Coley uses a short-season or long-season version). Kidd, Carter, and Ainge will shoot enough threes to make up for McHale’s lack of perimeter production.