Midwest Division
All That Jazz
A pretty successful draft. No bad or wasted picks, and you chose the best seasons of the players in their respective salary ranges. The strongest rebounding team in the division, you should win the possession battle and limit second chance opportunities for your opponents. The defense inside is very strong, so should do very well against teams with high usage scoring inside. Nice balanced scoring. It's not my favorite season of Lebron, but certainly not a bad pick. Your top scorers shoot around 55%, with only low usage Rodman shooting under 50%. It would be nice if the higher usage players shot a little more efficiently, but for that draft spot, Karl Malone and David Robinson were your two best options and you took one of the two best available. No weak positions, this team should be a strong contender for division lead and final four playoff team. What would I do differently? Not much. Not a fan of Boogie, who probably won't see many minutes in the playoffs anyway. Playoffs: Yes, 53 wins
Marvel Hero: Incredible Hulk
Bono's 1st Countdown
I like teams centered around KG at SF. 02-03 KG is one of the best SF's in the game, he brings so much else to the position that it overcomes his relatively low efg% for his usage. Porter and DeAndre were great pickups. Korver's high efg% is offset by his low usage, and his below average defense keeps him off most of my rosters. I wouldn't have drafted Shaq in the 1-3 category either, but at least his high efg% comes with high usage. Kareem is not a bad pick, but he'll be outmatched most of the time with his lack of rebounding. Despite DeAndre Jordan, it's not one of the better rebounding teams in the division. Predicting 40 wins and missing the playoffs.
Marvel Hero: Mr. Fantastic
Duncan DoNuts
Bird / Magic together again. Was the Dream Team the only time they played together IRL? It is a great shame that Bird centered teams rarely do well in the SIM. The season you chose is one of the top Bird seasons, and the best in the $9-11M range. I personally would have drafted 13-14 Drummond over 18-19 Drummond in the $7-8 price category. 18-19 gives more rebounding, but 13-14 is more efficient... and I value higher efg% over higher reb%. also 18-19 has higher usage, so he's shooting more, but worse than 13-14. at least worse than you want 22.1%+ usage guys to shoot. I also like the 81-82 season of Magic better than the 88-89 season you drafted in that price category. 81-82 is less usage, but more efficient and higher def. You want your 22.1%+ usage guys to shoot better than 53.5% (I prefer >=55% for 22.1%+ usage). The good news is that with both Magic and Nash this team will be dishing out more dimes than any other team in the conference. Maybe when they're both on the court at the same time it'll be enough to get a FG% boost. Playoffs: No cigar. 38 wins
Marvel Hero: Power Man and Iron Fist
Peter's Tingle
A lot to like about this team. DeAndre Jordan, Gobert, and Hakeem are a great big man rotation. Only thing is Hakeem's efg% is too low for his usage, but much like Garnett, Hakeem does so much else so well that it overcomes that. It's the best offensive rebounding team in the division, so that'll give second chance opportunities to make up for Hakeems low efg%. I like that Kirilenko at SG. and I like Bobby Jones at SF (unfortunate that his best season is at 95% SF). I do prefer 82-83 Magic over 84-85 (84-85 Magic's low 53 defense is going to allow opponents scoring PGs to put up big numbers) Playoffs: Yes, 47 wins.
Marvel Hero: Spider Man, of course
Semper Fortis
Once mptrey took the Mailman, then the Admiral became a no-brainer and a steal with the 12th pick.
You have a great SF in Marion. Pair with one of the best PGs in the game with 14-15 CP3, and you have a powerhouse. You have Klay's best season as well, and Tyson and DeAndre are super efficient. Hard to believe $3-4M Kirilenko wasn't drafted, he's great at SF. Did you actually draft Moses from his time with the Spirit's of St. Louis? Glad you got him before someone else snapped him up...those Spirit's go fast. Playoffs: Yes, 53 wins and contender for division lead.
Marvel Hero: Captain America
Sioux City Lawyers
Came so close to drafting this Giannis, but didn't want my first round pick to give me only 29 mpg. But what a 29 minutes it will be! I like Ginobili, Iguodala, and Walton... all good picks and the correct seasons used. Love Larry Nance at SF. Love Kevin McHale at SF. Don't love either at PF. You drafted two great SFs. Either one of these players should have been drafted, but only one of them because it cost you some possessions with lack of rebounding when they're both in the game. If you fill all 48 min at SF with these two guys, it should be a great team. All good players and seasons. Hard to predict this team. At worst, 50 wins. At best, 57 wins and division leader. Playoffs: Yes.
Marvel Hero: Daredevil (alter-ego Matt Murdock is a lawyer) It was either that or She-Hulk. Also a lawyer.
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