Posted by jhsukow on 9/5/2019 11:26:00 AM (view original):
A lot of upset people after the JV pick. He is what a lot of people are looking for.

There's another player almost exactly like him still on the board. :)

Posted by longtallbrad on 9/5/2019 11:20:00 AM (view original):
The Wilt trade with vancem has made this a bizarre draft for me. Did I overcharge? I will probably end this fifth round having drafted two bench players who usually go in the sixth round (if at all, in one case).

Currently sitting with the Admiral, Big Ben, Crash Wallace, Drexler, and Payton, with Valanciunas basically gobbling all the backup big man minutes. The squad seems solid but not frightening. Strong D and somewhat low on player mistakes, and hopefully on track to have just enough of everything essential. My main concern is mediocre efficiency (see: Gary Payton) and...the absence of anything exciting. Still, they shouldn't suck.

I think, given how good the D is otherwise, you'd be better off with a higher-efficiency, lower-defense PG than Payton. But this is definitely going to be a really good team, Robinson/Wallace is such an insanely good frontcourt pairing.

Posted by tarheel1991 on 9/5/2019 11:40:00 AM (view original):

Posted by longtallbrad on 9/5/2019 11:20:00 AM (view original):
The Wilt trade with vancem has made this a bizarre draft for me. Did I overcharge? I will probably end this fifth round having drafted two bench players who usually go in the sixth round (if at all, in one case).

Currently sitting with the Admiral, Big Ben, Crash Wallace, Drexler, and Payton, with Valanciunas basically gobbling all the backup big man minutes. The squad seems solid but not frightening. Strong D and somewhat low on player mistakes, and hopefully on track to have just enough of everything essential. My main concern is mediocre efficiency (see: Gary Payton) and...the absence of anything exciting. Still, they shouldn't suck.

I think, given how good the D is otherwise, you'd be better off with a higher-efficiency, lower-defense PG than Payton. But this is definitely going to be a really good team, Robinson/Wallace is such an insanely good frontcourt pairing.

You may be right. Whenever a dh52 draft concludes, I immediately start retracing my steps and figuring out who I coulda/shoulda drafted. Once I started out with Robinson, I immediately started hoping Wallace would land in my lap since he's pretty much the perfect running mate. He brings the same D and helps make up for the boards the Admiral doesn't quite grab enough of. With those two in the fold, Payton was basically a security blanket pick. I wanted to continue the trend of strong D, but needed a start on assists and 3s (his big minutes season contributes 170+ 3PM) without chalking up a lot of mistakes. But I leaned hard toward Deron for a while and perhaps that would have been a better move overall.

Posted by longtallbrad on 9/5/2019 12:05:00 PM (view original):

Posted by tarheel1991 on 9/5/2019 11:40:00 AM (view original):

Posted by longtallbrad on 9/5/2019 11:20:00 AM (view original):
The Wilt trade with vancem has made this a bizarre draft for me. Did I overcharge? I will probably end this fifth round having drafted two bench players who usually go in the sixth round (if at all, in one case).

Currently sitting with the Admiral, Big Ben, Crash Wallace, Drexler, and Payton, with Valanciunas basically gobbling all the backup big man minutes. The squad seems solid but not frightening. Strong D and somewhat low on player mistakes, and hopefully on track to have just enough of everything essential. My main concern is mediocre efficiency (see: Gary Payton) and...the absence of anything exciting. Still, they shouldn't suck.

I think, given how good the D is otherwise, you'd be better off with a higher-efficiency, lower-defense PG than Payton. But this is definitely going to be a really good team, Robinson/Wallace is such an insanely good frontcourt pairing.

You may be right. Whenever a dh52 draft concludes, I immediately start retracing my steps and figuring out who I coulda/shoulda drafted. Once I started out with Robinson, I immediately started hoping Wallace would land in my lap since he's pretty much the perfect running mate. He brings the same D and helps make up for the boards the Admiral doesn't quite grab enough of. With those two in the fold, Payton was basically a security blanket pick. I wanted to continue the trend of strong D, but needed a start on assists and 3s (his big minutes season contributes 170+ 3PM) without chalking up a lot of mistakes. But I leaned hard toward Deron for a while and perhaps that would have been a better move overall.

Yeah, and hindsight is always 20/20. I always like to protect defense early in this draft, and it's much harder to do that in the backcourt than the frontcourt. Just not as many efficient-shooting guards with high D, particularly if you want some usage too. (Hence my trade up/reach for George.)

Posted by dh555 on 9/3/2019 11:37:00 PM (view original):
would anyone object if i just give penn the #1 pick next season(provided he use it on wilt)?

i root for it every lottery but penn has had terrible luck...i really want to see what he can do with a tiny/wilt team

oh and penn...for the love of god...

DRAFT TINY IN THE 6TH!!!! NO ONE WILL TAKE HIM! IT IS INSANE YOU CONTINUE TO THINK OTHERWISE

go for it

Posted by dBKC on 9/5/2019 10:24:00 AM (view original):
Now Penn is SMing me. You can imagine what it looks like. Can we make this stop? I just don’t want to talk politics on a basketball forum, I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

There is a block button, although I've never tested to see if it works.

Posted by jcred5 on 9/5/2019 1:44:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dBKC on 9/5/2019 10:24:00 AM (view original):
Now Penn is SMing me. You can imagine what it looks like. Can we make this stop? I just don’t want to talk politics on a basketball forum, I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

There is a block button, although I've never tested to see if it works.

I’m not going to be able to see his picks or SM him if he’s up then. I’ll just deal with if if he doesn’t choose to stop

Posted by dBKC on 9/5/2019 1:50:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jcred5 on 9/5/2019 1:44:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dBKC on 9/5/2019 10:24:00 AM (view original):
Now Penn is SMing me. You can imagine what it looks like. Can we make this stop? I just don’t want to talk politics on a basketball forum, I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

There is a block button, although I've never tested to see if it works.

I’m not going to be able to see his picks or SM him if he’s up then. I’ll just deal with if if he doesn’t choose to stop

You can still SM I think, you just do not see his posts by default, although you can choose to expand them. I used the block feature like a decade ago when the forums here were still active.

I’ve only used about half of my salary cap so far (which is a bad thing) but I’m pretty happy with:

Ben Simmons
??
Kevin Durant
Tyson Chandler
Hassan Whiteside

Durant at SF dug me in to a major hole at ORB right out the gate, but Tyson/Whiteside/Simmons combine for 30.1 ORB% alone. Also my team eFG with those 4 is 59.5% right now and their D ratings are 71,90,90,100. Not happy with the fouls, and I don’t like Simmons’ TOs...and I need more shooting and maybe more passing...jeez it’s hard to not have any holes in this league. Almost there though.

Porter/ Ward
Ward/ ???
???/ Millsap
McAdoo/ ???
KAJ/ McAdoo

Definitely not feeling as confident as I usually do about my squad. McAdoo was picked because there wasn’t anyone I wanted that I might have been able to grab later in the Draft. Ward was a panic pick, where I realized I didn’t have enough assists in my tentative setup. That, of course, led to poor rebounding. I was hoping that Oscar would fall to me, as he would allow me to get assists without sacrificing rebounds too much. Overall, I’d say it will be another 30-35 win season for hoopsdude

Posted by dBKC on 9/5/2019 6:53:00 PM (view original):
I’ve only used about half of my salary cap so far (which is a bad thing) but I’m pretty happy with:

Ben Simmons
??
Kevin Durant
Tyson Chandler
Hassan Whiteside

Durant at SF dug me in to a major hole at ORB right out the gate, but Tyson/Whiteside/Simmons combine for 30.1 ORB% alone. Also my team eFG with those 4 is 59.5% right now and their D ratings are 71,90,90,100. Not happy with the fouls, and I don’t like Simmons’ TOs...and I need more shooting and maybe more passing...jeez it’s hard to not have any holes in this league. Almost there though.

You may end up with the best starting lineup in the league. Great D plus solid rebounding from the other 4 give you a lot of options at SG. The question will be depth, given that your four drafted players play 2700, 2500, 2300, and 2100 minutes. If you get solid backup options, this team is going to be really tough.

Edit: now I see the pick, Porter. Super efficiency but not necessarily who I would picked; I think you could have used more assists. That's the biggest weakness you have right now.

Posted by tarheel1991 on 9/6/2019 10:28:00 AM (view original):

Posted by dBKC on 9/5/2019 6:53:00 PM (view original):
I’ve only used about half of my salary cap so far (which is a bad thing) but I’m pretty happy with:

Ben Simmons
??
Kevin Durant
Tyson Chandler
Hassan Whiteside

Durant at SF dug me in to a major hole at ORB right out the gate, but Tyson/Whiteside/Simmons combine for 30.1 ORB% alone. Also my team eFG with those 4 is 59.5% right now and their D ratings are 71,90,90,100. Not happy with the fouls, and I don’t like Simmons’ TOs...and I need more shooting and maybe more passing...jeez it’s hard to not have any holes in this league. Almost there though.

You may end up with the best starting lineup in the league. Great D plus solid rebounding from the other 4 give you a lot of options at SG. The question will be depth, given that your four drafted players play 2700, 2500, 2300, and 2100 minutes. If you get solid backup options, this team is going to be really tough.

Edit: now I see the pick, Porter. Super efficiency but not necessarily who I would picked; I think you could have used more assists. That's the biggest weakness you have right now.

For what it’s worth, I think you needed the three’s way more than assists so I like the pick. Only issue I see is that Porter/Chandler/Whiteside kind of kill the defensive positional flexibility Durant and Simmons would have otherwise given you.

I couldn’t pass up Boerwinkle’s rebounding and passing but I hate that he can only play one position and he has kind of killed the defensive game plan that I had after picking Barkley.

Posted by robusk on 9/6/2019 10:34:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tarheel1991 on 9/6/2019 10:28:00 AM (view original):

Posted by dBKC on 9/5/2019 6:53:00 PM (view original):
I’ve only used about half of my salary cap so far (which is a bad thing) but I’m pretty happy with:

Ben Simmons
??
Kevin Durant
Tyson Chandler
Hassan Whiteside

Durant at SF dug me in to a major hole at ORB right out the gate, but Tyson/Whiteside/Simmons combine for 30.1 ORB% alone. Also my team eFG with those 4 is 59.5% right now and their D ratings are 71,90,90,100. Not happy with the fouls, and I don’t like Simmons’ TOs...and I need more shooting and maybe more passing...jeez it’s hard to not have any holes in this league. Almost there though.

You may end up with the best starting lineup in the league. Great D plus solid rebounding from the other 4 give you a lot of options at SG. The question will be depth, given that your four drafted players play 2700, 2500, 2300, and 2100 minutes. If you get solid backup options, this team is going to be really tough.

Edit: now I see the pick, Porter. Super efficiency but not necessarily who I would picked; I think you could have used more assists. That's the biggest weakness you have right now.

For what it’s worth, I think you needed the three’s way more than assists so I like the pick. Only issue I see is that Porter/Chandler/Whiteside kind of kill the defensive positional flexibility Durant and Simmons would have otherwise given you.

True but he could have had both threes AND assists (and that defensive flexibility you referenced). There's two guys that come to mind that I think were good fits, and one of them almost matches Porter in rebounding too.

I just couldn’t resist 115 DRB% and 35 ORB% on a team with 58.8 eFG% and 4 good defenders - also OPJ wasn’t just about the amount of 3s, but rather the quality of 3s. I’ll probably be light on 3s as a team but I still doubt people will want to go -1/-2 on me with Durant and OPJ both shooting over 40% on 3s, so now I can draft BPA for my bench without shoehorning 3s in. He also has almost no TOs or fouls and Durant can help guard SGs since he’s just an average defender. We’ll see how it goes.

I have Durant ranked about 14th, Whiteside as a very early 2nd, Tyson as a late 2nd/early 3rd, Simmons as a mid-3rd and OPJ as an early 4th, so I’m happy.