albiband0: Chamberlain, Wilt; Williamson, Zion; Payton, Gary; Erving, Julius; Murphy, Troy; Anthony, Greg; Andersen, Chris
albiband0 legitimately does pretty well in this format. It seems to me like he probably overdrafted usage. It is a weird mix of high eFG guys in Wilt, Zion, Birdman and Troy Murphy with low eFG counterparts. The rebounding will likely be excellent as well the defense. I am a little worried about the usage of the backups being too different from the usage of the starters. I also think the 3PM will end up low. Fringe playoff team.
beachhouse: Duncan, Tim; Garnett, Kevin; Mutombo, Dikembe; Millsap, Paul; VanVleet, Fred; Ball, Lonzo; Ford, Phil
Shooting efficiency does not seem to have been a priority for beachhouse but defense certainly seems like it was. The passing numbers should be very good. Rebounding is light in the backcourt and just above average in the front court. This should be a very low turnover team and probably about average on fouls. Right now the usage eye ball test looks like it might end up a little low. Out of the playoff race but not a bottom dweller.
benhoidal: Jordan, DeAndre; McHale, Kevin; Valanciunas, Jonas; Bledsoe, Eric; McCollum, C.J.; Hill, George; Williams, Marvin
There is a lot of “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” here. DeAndre and Jonas balance each other out well, Bledsoe and McCollum do the same. McHale can just be McHale and his weaknesses are pretty covered up. This should be a very, very good shooting team who doesn’t turn over the ball and rebounds at an above average rate. The high efficiency shooting, possession control and defense triumvirate is a proven winner. I am not sure there is a lot of money left for much more depth but that have never stopped benhoidal before. Championship contender.
berkelon: Robinson, David; Capela, Clint; Vucevic, Nikola; Billups, Chauncey; Green, Danny; Faried, Kenneth; Beaubois, Rodrigue
berkelon is an up and comer and it shows in his improved team building. Robinson isn’t the easiest in this format with his warts and costs, but Capela and Vucevic are wonderful front court guys to pair him with. I really do not love the Danny Green and Billups back court; I’ve soured on both. They are proven commodities in the ODL though. Faried is a gorgeous addition for cheap boards on the wing but without the right positional flexibility the SF position is exposed on defense here. Low seed playoff contender.
chewy3344: Jokic, Nikola; Adebayo, Bam; Chandler, Tyson; Young, Thaddeus; Porter Jr., Otto; Kirilenko, Andrei; Kuzma, Kyle
De ja vu all over again? Jokic + Bam is very much a “I see what you are doing here and I like it” combo with all that passing from the front court combined with two very complimentary players. However… I simply cannot figure out wtf Chandler is doing here and how he fits into the picture. I like Thad Young and Kirelenko replicating the Bam + Jokic stuff in the back court giving this the broad strokes of an incredibly cool build. But then Otto Porter and Kuzma confuse me. I am not sure what to do with this team… change a few pieces and it is one of the coolest ODL teams in a while. As it is, it feels misshapen. 4-6 seed.
copernicus: Paul, Chris; George, Paul; Russell, Bill; Boucher, Chris; Stoudemire, Amare; Gilgeous-Alexander, Shai; Portis, Bobby
Copernicus keeps drafting well, building solid teams and just failing to get over the hump. Lots to like here, with efficiency, rebounding, defense… like each player brings something to the table and has a corresponding player to cover their warts. It is classic ODL drafting. For my money, I think Russell is simply too expensive for this format. If I am drafting anyone over 3000 minutes, they better be overwhelming across the board just due to the way costing works. CP3, PG-13, Shai, Boucher and Portis is about as good of a 1-3 as you can have. Playoff team, shot at a bye, possible conference finals contender.
8/14/2022 8:53 PM (edited)