Posted by robocoach on 4/22/2011 12:46:00 PM (view original):
At least Lever is still an 80 defender.


Lever commits same fouls\to's with much higher usage and gets to the free throw line 100 more time, with nearly 100 more steals. I think the values are about right for both of them. I thyink both are good value picks, and also allow some flexibility in front court picks that you can take a guy with average creb who is good in other ways.

only in his most expensive season and that one is even worse off in relation to the Creb and As% #s comparison - for the two seasons I compared where those numbers are at least close Fat is D65 and Walker is D61

and you can have the much higher usage shooting 48% - my usage will be reserved for guys who shoot efg 57% and 54% at other positions

wow...defensive ratings really took a hit across the board...not many elite defenders left....cant wait to see how defense plays out in this league...will it matter at all?

well, the 100 defenders are back!

I agonized over that pick. Being in the middle of rounds makes it hard to predict what I can get each time. Not being sure I could get a great rebounder at both 4 and 5 I took Wallace.. with the option to play him at 2 or 3 depending on how my picks work out. 

I'm also feeling a salary crunch already.. so' well see.

I expect the other guy I was considering to get snatched fast.

Wallace and Miller are both excellent flexibility picks

way back in the second pick of this round, i had pippen, wallace, miller and robertson as my 4 guys... to get wallace and miller this late in the round is a steal, i think.

I was looking at both Wallace and Miller too. Changed my mind a lot after they went before eventually sticking with Richardson for a few rebs and assists and the bucketload of 3's.

I put 4 guys in my proxy, and i'd be happy with all of them. . .we'll see how it turns out.

there's a lot of interesting duo's already... i like mookie and iceman... love payton and granger... porter and mcgrady... really like clyde and anfernee... but absolutely, drop dead in love with allen and pippen. haha.

suddenly, kidd and rice look good... and how unusual is it to see a frazier and ron harper backcourt? cool combo there.

Love to see these interesting combinations coming together, and some players you rarely see.  Taking a look at another batch...   

badja - Walt Frazier, Ron Harper
sawtech7  - Chauncey Billups, Alvin Robertson
eleibowitz - Anfernee Hardaway, Clyde Drexler
caldreaming - Jerry West, Julius Erving

I'm not loving the pairing of Frazier and R. Harper, but I also may not be appreciating the subtle differences brought by the recent salary overhaul.  Three years ago this might have been a great backcourt, but I don't see a lot of assists or any significant perimeter game.  Could be the beginnings of a very competent squad in which everyone does a little of everything, but the jury's still out at this point.

Obviously love Billups in this sim.  Played the right way, he'll average 20-10 while shooting 45-50-90.  There are very few PGs I'd consider above his 05-06 season at any cap level.  Alvin is a very curious choice...  Lots of seasoned owners (including uvasooner) will tell you he's classic sim poison.  The last time I used him he seemed to pretty much single-handedly sabotage what should have been a playoff team.  The intriguing thing, though, is how he and Chauncey complement each other.  You have a PG who gives you 3s and FTs and takes good care of the ball, but gives you no steals.  You have a SG who's an amazing thief but will give up the ball as much as he gets it for you.  Together they give you solid playmaking.  So I'm not loving this combo, but it bears watching...this might finally be the way to use Robertson.

Penny and Glide are an intriguing pair.  Drexler's one of those SGs who's a little hard to use in the sim because he doesn't give you much in the way of 3s that lots of us are used to stocking up on in wing players.  I personally think there were several better (more sim-friendly) PG choices available when Hardaway was taken.  But the pairing of them gives you a couple of Swiss army knives that provide a lot of flexibility going forward.  Nice start on both rebounding and assists.  Potentially an expensive backcourt in this cap, though, depending on which seasons are used. 

I love the chutzpah of the Jerry and Julius pairing.  Great to see some love for pre-'84 players who aren't monster rebounders.  West can give you a lot depending on the season, and is probably underrated by a lot of owners - some assists, steals, lots of FTs, and a few 3s.  My first thought about this pair, though, is that you've got a great start on turnovers.  The rest of the core lineup will need to take good care of the ball to even out the possession battle.

Ltb that's exactly I was going for with the uncertainty of this draft.  Wanted some flexbility...  And yes there where some better PG available but with Penny's increase in D from 63 to 83 in his best season will make the team perform better. 

And thanks for doing this always love these evals

sweg - Steve Nash, Mike Miller
steelers821  - Kevin Johnson, Adrian Dantley
rizitos - Nate Archibald, John Havlicek
jakotay - Deron Williams, Marques Johnson

I like the Nash / M. Miller combo.  My sense at this cap level, with these salaries, is that you dominate with 3s and you can dominate with defense but you can't afford dominant amounts of each at the same time.  sweg may end up wishing he had a lockdown defender, but I'd be very happy with the start he has on playmaking, perimeter shooting, and offensive efficiency.  Miller also gives you decent rebounding from the wing, or great rebounding if you go with the low-usage, low-scoring Minnesota season.  Good start here.

KJ was a good pick, but to meld well with Dantley I think you have to go with a lower-minute season that provides some 3s.  Dantley gives you high-volume, efficient scoring close to the basket, and not much else.  Not wild about this pairing yet, but lots can happen in the rounds to come.  Picking guards 1-2 and then waiting until round 5 for SF means that none of these teams may look complete until the fifth round...we'll have to see then who's able to fill in what gaps.

Tiny and Hondo are a couple players that were sim mainstays three years ago but have been largely ignored since the last really big overhaul.  I notice Tiny's monster season gives you some 3s and plenty of FTAs, and I think his D rating has just come up a bit.  I'd personally be too afraid of his price tag and turnovers to draft him in this league, but I think he'll wreak some havoc.  It's an expensive but defensible move.  Poor Havlicek gets no respect from the sim because of his low offensive efficiency, and you have to pay close attention to his advanced stats to know what you're really getting from him.  I love the pairing of these guys and I hope it works out well, but they'll need a lot of help from their teammates.

D-Will is a nice PG in this sim who gives you a fabulous start on assists and some reasonably efficient scoring, along with a few 3s.  I'm not feeling Marques as much, mainly since his best overall seasons can't be used at SG in this league and he has no perimeter game whatsoever.  This is another team that can't really be assessed until the SF shows up.

agreed with everything you said, brad, except drexler... two of his seasons he hits triple digit 3's. i fussed over him when selecting pippen. i like everything drexler brings. he took a bit of a haircut on def with the new structure, but is still qualified as a superb sg. pippen's def is better. only difference.

longtallbrad: michael jordan, kirk hinrich

what i like best about this pair is the sim is gonna penalize hinrich a lot with fouls instead of jordan. and with kirk's 6 dimes a game, MJ is gonna go to the line as much as he should be going (and the sim stinks with rl fta's). i did not check KH's new def numbers yet, so i'll just assume he is still somewhere close to, or at 80. but the cat hits 3's, d's-up, and dishes a little. a poor man's billups. i think you got MJ what he needs, a mid-tier usage guy to burden some of the scoring load and to handle the ball. jordan was always at his best away from the ball, then exploding as soon as he touched it. you can now reverse order these guys into their natural playing positions and concentrate on boards. nice start.