8. Copernicus (Dwight, Kyrie, McAdoo, Siakam, Arvydas, Shuttlesworth, Ryno)
What I like: Dwight plus shooters is a great strategy - time tested in SIM and real life. Arvydas is a good Dwight backup and there are lots of extremely efficient scorers. Kyrie, Ray, Siakam, McAdoo, and Dwight give you 5 above average to elite eFG guys in your starting 5.
What I don’t like: Kyrie and Allen is a weak defensive backcourt - I would recommend having at least one good defender who can switch with the bad defender. Too much usage means shots get taken from Dwight (who has a better chance of making those shots than the guys taking them away). Could’ve used the resources on a couple lower usage guys who were better at D/rebounding/passing. I like McAdoo. I like Siakam. I don’t like them together with a high usage C and two high usage guards. Should’ve made one of them a low usage role player with better complimentary stats. The efficiency will keep you in every game but the holes prevent you from being a contender. Predicting 44 wins.
7. Hoopsdude (Rodman, Camby, Billups, Kobe, Carmelo, Dirk, Varejao)
I’ve actually been wanting to try this strategy of starting with elite low usage guys for a while. It always seems like there’s good usage in the later rounds. I’m not sure if Kobe and Dirk were the best ones available but they’re certainly not bad. In real life, this team would be absolutely amazing. In the sim I think it’s good but not great due to your usage leaders being only okay at efficiency. Would’ve loved to see Oscar get the nod instead of Kobe. I think this is a 38-44 win team. I could be wrong due to your 2 elite rebounders.
6. Thomcat (Shaq, Nash, Brand, Russell, Ward, Covington, Monroe)
I love the Shaq/Nash duo. I like Brand in the 3rd. I love Russell in the 4th. I like the rebounding you get from Brand/Russell/Shaq at 3/4/5. I think this is a strong team that will make the playoffs and could make a run.
5. Tarheel1991 (Kareem, Matrix, Terry Porter, Beal, Jerry Lucas, Beaubois, Boban)
I like all of these players individually but I don’t love them together. The D won’t be great and I don’t know if the offense will be good enough to compensate for it. This is the type of team that could win any game but ultimately won’t do too much. I think playoffs are possible but borderline.
4. Ysw128 (LeBron, Dikembe, Manu, Bogut, Humphries, Parker, Person)
The first 3 picks are chalk. Absolutely great picks. Bogut in the 4th is okay but kind of a reach. Humphries was a waste of a pick IMO. Pretty sure he would’ve been there in “free agency”. Same with Parker and Person. Hard to win in a competitive league when you’re using some of your limited picks on players that no one else would have selected. That said, the “Big 3” is so strong that you won’t be bad. I’d say ~35 wins.
3. Pennsylvania (Jordan, Favors, Mason, Pressey, English, Batum, Ratliff)
I’m honest to god rooting for Penn to take us all by surprise this year.
2. Gerryred (Curry, Tyson, Vucevic, Cheeks, Webber, Wright, JR Smith)
Curry and Tyson is a great combo. Cheeks and Curry together is interesting and it looks like you were able to make up for their lack of rebounding with Webber/Vuc/Tyson at 3/4/5. Classic 2 PG, 3 Bigs strategy - tried and true. Borderline playoffs. Good drafting, I just worry that JR Smith might try to dribble out the clock when you’re losing.
1. Redbooda (Wilt, Hakeem, Vince, Devin Booker, Gallinari, Danny Manning, Phil Ford)
I don’t really understand some of these picks so I’ll just watch to see what you’ve got up your sleeve.
4/18/2020 11:11 PM (edited)