There are three ways to go about this thing:

Grab two bigs quick
Grab two guards quick
Grab one of each quick

I've found all three work fine.

Probably the best drafting we've seen in the first 2 rounds in awhile.  People are taking good players that fit their teams.  Should be a scary league.

Posted by badja on 7/30/2011 6:55:00 PM (view original):
Probably the best drafting we've seen in the first 2 rounds in awhile.  People are taking good players that fit their teams.  Should be a scary league.

...and then ljemd drafted

ahaha I am so glad you posted that

he might win, you never know

zeke?  Wow.

so after trading out of the 2nd round and getting the guy I was going to take anyway, I'm feeling pretty good about the deal - finishing my draft midway through the 5th round will be pretty nice.

DH555:

I made a team around Howard to put in an OL.  NBA38815 if you wanna hop in or just follow along and see how he does.  30ppg might be a tad out of reach, but I think with how I built it, it's not an unreasonable expectation.  11.5 usage points in the starting line-up (6 from Howard, 0.5 from Rodman, 1 from Kidd, 2 each from two guys that haven't been drafted here so I can't say their names... not sure either will get drafted though... anyway), which should be enough to not cripple me with individual penalties on fg%... turnovers are going to be a royal *****, though.  Really emphasized efg% this time instead of possessions - Over 900 drafted 3s - but with 35/98 rebounding in SL, I should still be pretty good in the possession battle, though, so we'll see what happens.  I feel a 55ish win team without knowing any of my competition at this point.  Weak division could put me into the 60s... tough one into the 40s. 

Evil made a smart move with the trade.  Billups, Timmy and Bird make for a very solid team.  Malone is my other fav at this point.

1. ljemd   MJ, Elvin Hayes, Isiah

MJ was a good pick.  Big E was not.  Neither was Zeke.  Neither guy mesh well with what Jordan gives you and neither make up for his weaknesses (if any).  Moreover, both take away from the good that Mike does give you.  If you have a team with Jordan on it, you want Jordan to have the ball as much as possible without incurring any possession penalty.  And when he doesn't have the ball, you sure don't want guys like Hayes & Thomas with it.  Don't like this start, and I'm not sure there's much you can do to save it.

2. ncih   Rodman, Dirk, Reed

A formidable frontcourt that should dominate in the possession war.  I've come to appreciate what Dirk gives you in this sim more and more despite his lack of offensive boards and FTAs.  Rodman & Reed make up for the first, and I'm becoming convinced the second is less important than I originally thought.


3. banditone  Moses, Nater, K. Porter

Love Moses + Nater... Don't get the Porter pick.  He doesn't give you threes, rebounds or ftas... in this league, your point has to give you one of those things.  If you just want assists, then you should get someone who has a really low TOV% or who plays defense.  Porter's none of these things and there are some great pgs out there who do give you many of those things.

4. jcred5   LBJ, Thurmond, Brand

I don't like the Thurmond pick, but Brand & LeBron are an incredible base to work from.  You got lots of room to improve a good start.

5. malone9975  Wilt, Nance, Kemp

This could be my favorite team thus far.  I'm not sure which Wilt you're using, but I'm envisioning something special with this front court.  Nance at the 3 is such an amazing compliment to many things that can be done in this sim... Wilt + Kemp is a deadly force up front no matter which Wilt you end up using.  I really, really dig this squad.

6. 98average  Dwight, Parish, Horace Grant

And I really, really dig this one, too.  Monkee once had Dwight + Parish, and I thought it'd be unstoppable.  He ended up losing 60 games.  Horace Grant is a much better 3 man than who he had, however.  You got boards, high efg% and defense... never a bad way to start a team.  Lot of guards still out there to make this team flourish.

7. dh555  Kareem, Camby, Nash

I really like this team as well.  Camby is a wonderful compliment to Kareem.. and Nash in the 3rd round is almost a steal in this format.  You got boards & efg% out the wazoo.  This looks to be a typical dh team... deadly.


9. appleseed1  Barkley, AK, McHale

Can't go wrong with Chuck... but I really question who you've surrounded him with.  AK or McHale are fine if you get a center with big board possibilities... but both with Chuck?  I don't like how this could go for you.   You've proven me wrong before.


10. tricky24   Wade, Buck Williams, Grant Hill

I like Wade + Buck.  Hill makes me think you're going to do the smart thing and play Wade at the point... but I still don't like Hill in this sim.  He does give you some good stuff from the 3... but he's a classic midrange guy that doesn't rebound enough to make me happy about putting him at the 3.  Still... this is a nice defensive squad.

11. mikee1   CP3, Mutombo, Donyell Marshall

I think that this was too early for cp3, but I absolutely love what you're doing here.  Great D... Marshall is the ideal SF... someone who boards well (around 28% creb) at the 3 while giving you a ton of 3s... with few turnovers and plays defense, too.  AND he's a 4th tier usage guy, which I've recently found to be very desirable when building a team.  I am really curious to see where you go at the 2 and the 4.


14. xxevilivexx1   Bird, Duncan, Billups

Classic case of guys I like IRL yet don't seem to be so great in the Sim... and then there's Billups who just is insane here.  You've got a lot of great stuff working here, depending on which Duncan you end up using.  Bird/Billups is a nice combo that gives you a ton of all kinds of desirable stuff.  You're done with usage, too, so that's helpful with the rest of your draft.  Duncan's the wild card here.  Use the right one and you've got a dangerous start.

Posted by ashamael on 7/31/2011 5:34:00 PM (view original):
DH555:

I made a team around Howard to put in an OL.  NBA38815 if you wanna hop in or just follow along and see how he does.  30ppg might be a tad out of reach, but I think with how I built it, it's not an unreasonable expectation.  11.5 usage points in the starting line-up (6 from Howard, 0.5 from Rodman, 1 from Kidd, 2 each from two guys that haven't been drafted here so I can't say their names... not sure either will get drafted though... anyway), which should be enough to not cripple me with individual penalties on fg%... turnovers are going to be a royal *****, though.  Really emphasized efg% this time instead of possessions - Over 900 drafted 3s - but with 35/98 rebounding in SL, I should still be pretty good in the possession battle, though, so we'll see what happens.  I feel a 55ish win team without knowing any of my competition at this point.  Weak division could put me into the 60s... tough one into the 40s. 

900 3s!...wow...sounds exciting...i might jump in that league...was gonna do an open league team built around dirk(never used him before) about a week ago and then some dude got impatient and entered 5 or 6 teams himself to fill the league...i bailed after that

it isn't Duncan and Bird..

it is Bird/Pippen/Billups

and

Timmy/Marion/Lever

Posted by xxevilivexx on 8/1/2011 2:47:00 AM (view original):
it isn't Duncan and Bird..

it is Bird/Pippen/Billups

and

Timmy/Marion/Lever

my bad.  I was just going by the first post of the thread.

Ummm... I like Bird, Pippen & Big Shot waaaaay more than Duncan, Bird & Big Shot.

I loathe the other three, but I can see it working well.

well. i crapped out on my proxies for rnds 4 and 5. had chandler and murphy slated. shocked i lost chandler... then murph! haha. suddenly i've got crowded teeth at the no.3 with mcgrady, garnett, odom and marques. interesting dilemna since there are options. but are they good ones?

i found a nice garnett season (29.6% dreb- 27%usage) 8.8 mil. if i do that, then odom goes to center... using the 10.2 reb/ 52%fg odom season, marques to sf (i love this pick because i always wanted to pair odom and marques someday. i'll use the other mcgrady season: 80 def, 103-3's, 31% usage.

can odom handle the center duties? with a 49 def rating? no. then c-garnett (85), pf-odom (49), sf- marques (74), sg- mcgrady (80).

original plan was to slot garnett at the number 3, murphy at the 4, chandler at c, and tmac at sg. haha. that team would have been pretty good. this one is interesting. i like the feel of it like this. where to find a pg with 12% usage who either boards or shoots three's. don't need lots of dimes.

good odl so far