Posted by copernicus on 3/16/2023 6:30:00 PM (view original):
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copernicus(chewy score 71.5) - Dennis Rodman, John Stockton, Shawn Kemp, Zach Lavine, Khris Middleton, Kevin Love, Alonzo Mourning

I feel like most of these picks were just about within 3 or 6 slots of ADP. I wanted McHale but he went a little earlier than I was expecting (Towns was also on the radar there) but the pick came down to Stockton or Bam and I have never used Stockton so wth? I actually had a trade out in the works where I would have sent Stockton out for a later 2nd rounder and better picks down the road but the guys I wanted were all scooped up right before the 2nd rd slot I was offered.

As soon I had Stockton and Rodman I knew I was going after Zach - I think everything else was chalky

I think you should have taken that trade! Lol (from the guy who almost had a deal)

Posted by copernicus on 3/16/2023 6:30:00 PM (view original):
Explain Myself
copernicus(chewy score 71.5) - Dennis Rodman, John Stockton, Shawn Kemp, Zach Lavine, Khris Middleton, Kevin Love, Alonzo Mourning

I feel like most of these picks were just about within 3 or 6 slots of ADP. I wanted McHale but he went a little earlier than I was expecting (Towns was also on the radar there) but the pick came down to Stockton or Bam and I have never used Stockton so wth? I actually had a trade out in the works where I would have sent Stockton out for a later 2nd rounder and better picks down the road but the guys I wanted were all scooped up right before the 2nd rd slot I was offered.

As soon I had Stockton and Rodman I knew I was going after Zach - I think everything else was chalky

I’m surprised to see that a veteran manager like yourself has never used Stockton before. Don’t you know that his to% is only 22.4%?

Midge I think you’re definitely right about the steal% part on Stockton. In the savage he has had plenty of games with as many steals as tovs. The way the sim works I just don’t know how much I should take a/t ratio into account. I think turnover% is really important and underrated by most managers but you and everyone else are right that there are other factors to take into account such as usg or assists when looking at that number.

I’m like a kid on Christmas morning waiting for my team to get a low grade right now haha

Posted by dakjd901 on 3/16/2023 8:42:00 PM (view original):
I’m like a kid on Christmas morning waiting for my team to get a low grade right now haha

I mainly want to see what mistakes I made so I can look out for it as I’m sure I made plenty

Posted by chewy3344 on 3/16/2023 9:09:00 PM (view original):
5)dakjd901: Overall it looks like about 105 - 110 Usage% on the floor most of the time, Weighted EFG of about 59%, OReb roughly 29%, DReb roughly 87%, Ast roughly 94%, 68 weighted avg team defense, To’s are below average, and Fouls are ok. The biggest concern is what happens to your usage when Giannis goes to the bench, and the other concern is the Rebounding, especially ORebounding, but with this EFG maybe you won’t need to worry about it. I think you have a good fit with Deron Williams, Haliburton,and Giannis. Overall good draft. I am giving you a chewy score of 70.

Player	Pick #	Comments
Giannis ANtetokounmpo	5	Minute for minute best quality player in the sim. EFG, Def, Usage, pretty efficient. Rebounding, Assists are all amazing.
Tyson Chandler	44	Nice fit with Giannis. The usage pairs nicely. THe Rebounding is just ok but the 100 Defense is sweet.
Tyrese Haliburton	49	Haliburton keeps moving up draft boards and we know why. Great EFG from 18.9 usage and good assists. Good Defense too.
Deron Williams	92	Deron Williams provides a lot of assists from the PG position with a good EFG and USage too. The Defense is good.
Mason Plumlee	155	Plumlee will be a backup PF/C backup and provides nice REB / Ast %'s. His poor defense can hide behind Chandler or Giannis.
Joe Ingles	156	Joe Ingles shoots 3's. Elite EFG, guards 4 positions, and is fairly clean. He needs to hide defensively.
Wendell Carter	168	Wendell Carter I guess is the Giannis backup? That 20.9 usage will not cut it. I might be wrong, but I predict the team usage penalty might hurt you as I think you can only get to 8 or 9 tier usage points when you need at least 10. This is discussed in detail on the Message boards and is explained much better than I can.

Yeah I realized my usage situation and tried to make up for it in the extra adds

Giannis is 98% at SG I guess I don’t understand not playing him there at least 5-10mins.

If you do too much of that don’t you run out of money?

Posted by Midge on 3/16/2023 5:14:00 PM (view original):
You can question Midge all you want because he makes mistakes, but you just questioned the draft strategy of seapilots. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

As far as pairing Lillard with Jordan...defense - check, rebounds - check, passing - check, scoring - out the wazoo, low to% - check, plenty of threes - check. It seems to me that if a team has one good defensive guard and another guard that hides behind the other guy...either Jordan or Lillard is going to be firing away at the guy that is supposed to be hiding.

MIDGEFUNK52 FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!
MJ is my PG so there! Murphy can't run and he can't be hid
Also....A huge bow of respect to chewy for these evals! Fun read, insightful and entertaining!
a great $9.95 value!!!!

Posted by Midge on 3/16/2023 10:52:00 PM (view original):
If you do too much of that don’t you run out of money?

Too much of what?

Play a C at PF and SF and SG and play a PF or SF at PG…..at some point won’t you be spending all of your money on rebounding and have little or nothing left over for bread, eggs, milk and cheese?

Posted by Midge on 3/17/2023 10:51:00 AM (view original):
Play a C at PF and SF and SG and play a PF or SF at PG…..at some point won’t you be spending all of your money on rebounding and have little or nothing left over for bread, eggs, milk and cheese?

Thats the beauty of giving Giannis some time at SG he gives you your regular bread, eggs, milk and cheese that the position needs and you get a great rebounding rate.

Posted by steelers821 on 3/16/2023 10:41:00 PM (view original):
Giannis is 98% at SG I guess I don’t understand not playing him there at least 5-10mins.

I have a version of Giannis that is only decent at PF/C. But he is 100 defense, has a 58.9% efg on a 37.5% usage, has a 32% DREB% and 20 ASST% this season so I had to take this version

Posted by dakjd901 on 3/17/2023 1:50:00 PM (view original):

Posted by steelers821 on 3/16/2023 10:41:00 PM (view original):
Giannis is 98% at SG I guess I don’t understand not playing him there at least 5-10mins.

I have a version of Giannis that is only decent at PF/C. But he is 100 defense, has a 58.9% efg on a 37.5% usage, has a 32% DREB% and 20 ASST% this season so I had to take this version

Interesting choice. Not saying it’s wrong but one of my favorite parts of Giannis is I get at 85-90 rated defender at 5 positions. I’ll take that over 100 at 2.

Posted by chewy3344 on 3/17/2023 8:07:00 AM (view original):
4)jackedjamie

chewy score 75

75! Thanks for the #