I'm thinking about getting into sim basketball. I read the extremely helpful "guide" type posts. I just put together an exhibition team and wanted to see what you all thought of my thought process

83-84 Bernard King: my favorite season of my favorite player, I was including him no matter what. That being said, 6 usage points and a eFG of 57 make him seem like a decent centerpiece to my offense.

99-10 Tim Duncan: good defense, ridiculous percentages (eFG, O and D Red, assist). This seems like a guy who should be on a lot of teams. I'll start him at PF and play him at center when Camby sits.

06-07 Marcus Cambus: doesn't add much on offense, but defense, rebounds and blocks are all very nice.

07-08 Raja Bell: more good defense and a high Per% to open things up for King and Duncan

06-07 Chauncy Billups: good assist % and low turnovers for a point guard

Those are my starters. Backups are

11-12 Iman Shumpert: will pick up the sg/pg minutes. Good defense. I feel like I could find someone better for this spot.

99-00 PJ Brown: will play mostly power forward as Duncan slides to C when Camby sits. Good defense, ok rebounding and eFG%

90-91 Xavier McDaniel, 86-87 Bernard King: worse versions of the 83-84 King to back him up.

07-08 Jamaal Magliore, 11-12 Damion Jones, 98-99 Lee Mayberry: guys I'd drop for rookies in a real league, will play 3 minutes each in an exhib season.

Is that an ok team? Any spots where my thinking is way off? I think I have between 12-15 usage points at all times.

Just off hand that Duncan is not very good. High usage and sub 50% efg.. rebounding is not elite level either. Also, using King at SF is going to hurt you big time on the boards.

So you'd use King at SG? What would you consider elite rebounding?

that is an awesome king season....you can definitely put together a  winning team with him as your go to guy...but like loagin said, you need to play him at SG

billups is the perfect choice to play next to him....gotta have a 3pt bomber since king doesnt shoot any...hes actually my favorite pg to use in the sim and always out performs his stats if hes on a decent team....but i would go with the 05-06 season or his 07-08 if you need to save a few more bucks

camby is another great choice....rodman will always be the better option here but its nice to see people mix it up and go with a different low usage big...dont use the 06-07 though...the 9-10 is cheaper and better

duncan sadly is not a dominant big man in the sim....i do like that 9-10 season though...you could use it here and still be a solid team....but there are better options

if your gonna play king at sg then bell is pointless so id replace him with a sf who doesnt have higher usage then billups, can rebound(id say at least  25% cred - oreb% + dreb%), has low turnovers, shoots some 3s, and can play solid defense at the 2 and 3 since king is a weak defender........there is a guy out there that does all these things and would be a great fit

and remember.....you want around 17000-17500 mins when your team is complete