666ace
1. Steph Curry - Curry is without a doubt the best three point shooter in the SIM. He adds good passing, good rebounding, and good defense, to his great scoring. Every single 50 win team in the last 12 seasons* has had at least 400 total threes on the roster. Let me repeat that. Every single 50 win team in the last 12 seasons* has had at least 400 total threes on the roster! Yes 400 is an arbitrary number, but the point is that you need threes in the ODL and 666ace just got 402 of them! All that being said, Steph Curry with the first overall pick????????????????????
2. Bill Russell - Russell is usually drafted near the first turn which is way too high for him, but at the second turn is a borderline steal. He brings a ton to the table and with his low usage, his shooting doesn't hurt you too badly. Great pick to pair with Steph.
3. Gary Payton - I usually dislike Payton in the ODL as I need threes from my guards, but you already got that covered in spades with Steph. Gary will provide a two position defender to cover a bit for Steph, and will provide some scoring and passing besides without a ton of turnovers. Not my favorite pick, but the fit is pretty nice.
4. Andre Iguodala - Iggy has an outstanding new season. 60+ efg% and does a little bit of everything. I was trying to fit him onto my team, but he doesn't make many threes and I was in dire need. You already have that covered with Steph, so Iguodala fits in nicely here.
5. Charles Oakley - Oakley gives you some much needed rebounds and adds some D and assists. I like how everyone in this lineup has at least 10 ast%. You still need some fire power off the bench as you really only have two scorers (and only one very good scorer), and I'm a little worried about what kind of scoring is available in the 6th round, but there are some very good role players here surrounding a true stud.
6. Brandan Wright - Lots of wonderful partial seasons. Great pick!
6. Lionel Hollins - eh
*I have only been keeping track of this for the last 12 seasons. For all I know, it probably has been going on longer.
Overall: Wrong Gary Payton season. He's going to hurt you. Would have liked to see a better Brandan Wright season as your bench is really bad. But Curry solves a lot of problems, and you have solid boards, passing and D with your main players. Depth is your biggest problem and you don't really have anyone outside of Curry who is good at scoring. Out of the playoffs, but not terrible.
bds9992
1. Wilt Chamberlain - Wilt is without a doubt a top two player in this league. He gives you everything. The only problem with him is his price tag. bds9992 just got a championship caliber star, but most owners screw their Wilt teams up. My other (small) beef with him is that you can't bump his minutes in the post season which means you can't increase the value of your team in the playoffs. However Wilt is probably the best regular season player in the ODL (provided you go with the right season).
2. Andre Drummond - Drummond is a beast and his new 16-17 season makes things interesting. Do you go with the higher efficiency 13-14 model, or the higher usage, higher rebounding 16-17 season? I know which one I would use, but I think it partly depends on who you can get with your third pick. Both versions go really well with Wilt, and you are looking at dominating the boards all season. Still have a lot of work to do on the perimeter, but it's a good start. Most people screw up a Wilt team in the 4th/5th rounds so be careful!
3. Donyell Marshall - Donyell is the original 3 and D. In the sim he brings awesome rebounding at the SF position along with great D, lots of threes at a good percentage, and very few mistakes. He is an awesome role player. bds9992 is going to dominate the rebounding battle with this threesome, but I'm getting worried about what kind of usage you're going to be selecting in the 4th and 5th rounds.
3. Isaiah Thomas - The new Isaiah season is a shiny one! 34 usage% with 54.6 efg% makes him a powerful offensive force. His low ast% lowers him considerably for most teams, but Wilt should cover a lot of that. You're still going to need a very good defensive guard who can play both positions, but I love the fit here. You badly needed a good scoring guard and you got a great one. I think trading up for him was a bit of a reach, because I am pretty sure he would have been there with your next pick, so on some teams I would call this a bad move. However, even if you might have stretched yourself to make this deal, I can't fault you too much because I like him a lot with this crew of low usage studs.
6. Dion Waiters - Don't like this pick, even if he is a backup. Not sure I see a single season of his that is that good. I guess his 16-17 season has some decent things, but I like my high usage players to have much higher efg%.
6. Alvin Robertson - Has some very good seasons and is the perfect fit as someone who can cover for IT at both guard spots.
6. Jim Price - eh
Overall: Your top 4 guys are awesome. So much rebounding and efficient scoring and the D is good (although there are some positional problems). Getting to play Wilt for 48 minutes a game should put you right in the playoff hunt, but your depth is going to hurt you badly. The first four may be awesome, but they are expensive, and I don't think you did a good job filling out your bench. Borderline playoff team, right on the edge.
cjok1051
1. LeBron James - LeBron at 3? LeBron at 3? LeBron at 3??????? This is an injustice. He needs to be a top two pick in every draft. CJ just got a huge break!
2. Russell Westbrook - 27.2 dreb% for a point guard? Wow. Pair that with 36.7 ast% and decent defense and you have the making of a top 10 player! Unfortunately, there's more to the story. 7.5 TO/48 is so many and pair that with below average scoring efficiency and an incredible 41.7 usage% and you have some of the worst negatives for any player in the entire data base. There is a lot to love with Russ, but even more to hate. CJ just took the ball out of the hands of a 60+ efg% player with low turnovers and gave it to a 47.6 efg% player with incredibly high turnovers.
3. Marcus Camby - Camby is the perfect player for this team and should never last until the third round. Great D, rebounds, and ast% with low turnovers and doesn't need the ball.
3. Tom Boerwinkle - Tom Boerwinkle was the right pick here, but I am not sure he is worth the trade up. Getting two less expensive players might have been better. Regardless, The Moose gives you tons of boards and assists. Along with Camby, he is the perfect role playing big guy for Russ. In fact all three players around Russ are perfect for him and give him the best chance to succeed. I would rather be building around LeBron and not around a turnover machine who can't shoot, but if you are going to go for it with Westbrook, this is the way to go. There is one glaring weakness to drafting Boerwinkle that most owners don't realize. Let's see if CJ can figure it out!
6. Thabo Sefolosha - Another very good role guy. Plays great D, hits shots including 3's, doesn't turn the ball over and rebounds pretty well, all for cheap. Perfect fit here. Honestly if I'm wrong about Westbrook and he's actually an ODL stud, then CJ has the title in the bag. I'm not wrong about Westbrook.
6. Mark Eaton - Very good low usage center with tons of blocks. Probably can't use his best seasons though.
6. Chris Mullin - Perfect player for this team. I love every single pick CJ made except for the Westbrook pick.
Overall: Lots of turnovers and not very efficient scoring, but wow the other stuff looks good. Don't really know what to think about this Westbrook led team. Hate taking the ball out of LeBron's hands at the end of the game, but LeBron and Co. are perfect compliments to make up for Westbrook's mistakes. Really curious as to how this team is going to do. No idea. Penciled in as a playoff team, could win anywhere from 30-50 games.
banditone
1. Michael Jordan - Jordan has long been an ODL joke. How does the best player of all time not have a single ODL ring? How does he miss the playoffs far more than making them? The problem comes down to two things. Most people use the wrong season, and most people spend all their money on expensive sidekicks who are derivative with Jordan aboard. He is a unique ODL challenge, that I am dying to try out in a future season. However, for all the bad press, 8 usage points, 55% efg%, great defense, great rebounding for a guard, and good passing is nothing to sneer at.
2. Bill Walton - Walton is a perfect pairing for Jordan. 90 D plus 30+ Dreb% and a relatively efficient game. Bill is a great pick here and one of my favorite sim players. His production for his price tag makes him an incredibly underrated ODL player.
3. Shawn Marion - banditone is quietly putting together a really good team. Marion is Donyell Marshall without the threes but with higher efg%. I think I like Marion a little more provided you can get enough threes on your team. banditone really needs to address his outside shooting with his remaining picks, but if he can do that, I love this threesome.
4. Bobby Jones - Jones is a really good complimentary piece who should never have been available this late in the 4th round. High efg% and low turnovers with 100 D, Bobby fits in between Walton and Marion very nicely. He is a bit expensive for not having a ton of rebounds, but this team already has a ton of boards and I love the fit here.
5. Brandon Rush - Rush is a good underrated role player who doesn't cost much. Exactly what this team needed! I'm a little worried about the assist floor being reached with some lineups and this is an expensive starting lineup so I am a bit worried about what that bench will look like. However, this is a very attractive team after five rounds.
6. Steve Novak - So many threes for so cheap! A good fit on this team.
6. Goran Dragic - Has a very good backup point guard season. Looks like MJ will be the point guard which I really like and Dragic will do a fine job backing him up.
Overall: You had a near perfect draft, but the end result is awful. 87 MJ is terrible for this league, and you don't have a PG! Playing this MJ at PG where he is 95% effective and doesn't have enough assists is a disaster. You're going to be below the ast% floor on every possession and you have more minutes than you need. You had the players to walk to 45 wins, but these are the wrong seasons of some really key guys. Lucky to win 30.
ImPagliacci
1. Shaquille O'Neal - Shaq is a scoring machine who can play D, get some boards, and pass a little. It's too bad he can't hit a free throw. It's hard to find his combination of high usage/efg% without high turnover %, now all you have to do is pick the right season.
2. Amar'e Stoudemire - This is way too early for Amar'e. While he gives you elite scoring, he is a pretty one dimensional player that you could have gotten easily in the third round. Pairing him with Shaq puts you in a huge rebounding deficit that you are going to have a really hard time crawling out of.
3. Terry Porter - Porter does a little bit of everything. He is a very solid point guard and I can't say anything negative about him, but I feel there are similar players that always go significantly later. Porter always goes in the late 2nd/early 3rd range so maybe people know something I don't, but it just seems to me like you can get most of his production later. This team right now is easily the worst rebounding team. That's a big problem.
4. Kyle Korver - Who's going to rebound for you? Korver does one thing really well and a lot of things okay, and is a fine pick here. However, you don't have a single above average rebounder on the roster so far!!!
5. Jamario Moon - Finally a good rebounder. Moon is the perfect pick for this team adding great D and rebounding. HIs shortcomings are already covered on this roster. Perfect pick. Still think you might be screwed in the rebounding battle which is incredibly important. Maybe too little, too late.
6. Al-Forouq Aminu - Better late than never with the rebounds! This is a great pick for your team.
6. Ron Harper - Has some good seasons and some bad seasons. Pick the right one!
Overall: Way too many minutes you aren't going to use, wrong season of a key player (Porter), only one shooter, and below the ast% floor whenever Porter sits. However, Shaq and Amar'e are going to be tough to stop offensively, and you did a great job getting much needed rebounds late in the draft. I have you as easily missing the playoffs, however this is one of the evals I am least confident in.
pointfwd
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - I will always have a soft spot for Kareem after he led me to my first ODL title. I used to think he was the automatic third pick (this was before Curry), and while I am no longer that high on him, he is still a solid pick here. Great usage/efg%, solid rebounding and passing with good defense.
2. Manu Ginobili - Manu somehow fell to the middle of the third round last season and I still think he is a steal this season at 43. He should go in the early to mid 2nd round every season. Manu can score, rebound and pass well all while playing decent defense. And he comes relatively cheap! This is a great pick here, and forms a nice 1-2 punch with Kareem.
3. Mookie Blaylock - I've never been a big fan of Mookie in the ODL. He provides usage, threes, and defense, but the efficiency isn't there which makes the usage less important. Plus you already have two guys with really high usage and good efficiency so Mookie is just taking shots away from them. If you went with a slightly lower usage version with lower turnovers and higher efg% I would like this pick better, but for that version of Mookie this is probably a reach and I still don't love the fit. This was one of my favorite teams after two rounds, but this pick left a sour taste in my mouth.
4. Kris Humphries - A very good role player that I think you could have gotten with your next pick. However, he gives you some much needed boards. I like the fit a lot, but the value isn't great.
5. Chris Webber - A super intriguing pick that I could see going either way depending on which version of Webber and Mookie you use. If you use the right ones, then I love this pick and fit with this team.
6. Earl Watson - Has some really good backup point guard seasons. Very good 6th round pick.
6. James Donaldson - eh
Overall: A few more minutes than I like, and not the most efficient, but a deep bench made for regular season success. I disagree with your Kareem season, but it looks like you nailed the rest. Very good rebounding, lots of threes, and did I mention deep? Solid playoff team.
8/9/2017 5:51 PM (edited)