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bkbillups "Justified": Lebron James, Chris Bosh, Zach Randolph, Al Jefferson, Elton Brand, Chris Anderson, Shaquille O'Neil, Mo Williams, DJ Augustin, Ramon Sessions, Jordan Farmar, Nikola Pekovic
Pluses: You got Lebron and his off the chart eFG%, so should be in most games. Al Jefferson and Zack Randolph should provide good scoring in the paint, but may fight over touches. Elton Brand was a steal as late as he went in the draft. Kevin Martin should add a good amount of 3's. Chris Anderson provides good D off the bench.
Negatives: Lack of defense across the board (except for Lebron) could hurt this team. Brand is decent at the 3 spot. Other than Lebron, Brand and Anderson, only ONE other player has a 50 D rating or over and that's Jordan Farmar at 50. Could struggle against teams with low post scorers.
Prediction: bk is a very good in game coach, who could find a way to get the most of this roster. 42-40 and squeaks into the playoffs.
dh555 "Currt Munchers": Stephen Curry, Amare Stoudamire, Jose Calderon, Kris Humphries, Gorgui Dieng, Ersan Ilyasova, Kevin Martin, Darren Collison, Jon Leuer, Greg Oden, Rodrique Beaubois, Jimmer Fredette
Pluses: Nice inside/outside 1-2 punch with Steph and Amare. Plenty of 3 point shooting. Great depth specialists in Beaubois, Shaq (a smart pick that late in the draft), Jimmer, Oden and Ersan. Very good rebounding team.
Negatives: Other than Curry, Calderon and Williams, not a lot of assists on this team. Most guys average under 2 APG other than those 3, so this could be a very selfish team based in isolations. Suspect overall defense, but we can say that about many teams. Amare specifically could be taken advantage of defensively in many matchups.
Prediction: Should be a playoff team, but could be inconsistent at times. 51-31
jethroeg "Prometheus": Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kenneth Faried, Khris Middleton, Jeff Green, David West, Grant Hill, Chuck Hayes, Patty Mills, Mike Dunleavy Jr, Steven Adams, Brandon Rush
Pluses: jethro has struggled in the past in this league but should be better this time with this team. They can score! Durant provides leadership and mad usage and should pair nicely with Kyrie. Lots of efficient shooters complement them with guys like Dunleavy, Middleton, Green, Mills and Rush (an absolute STEAL in the final round). Plenty of three's and good offensive rebounding from Faried. Defense should be above average.
Negatives: No low post scoring options to balance things out. Should probably lack for rebounds. Faried is great but can only play about 27 MPG or so. Adams and Hayes are strong defensively and on the boards, but add nothing scoring-wise.
Prediction: Should outscore their fair share of opponents, but if their shooting is off, they will lose their fair share of games too. Should be a fun team to follow box scores of. 35-47 and probably miss the playoffs.
cmcafeeky "Blue Moon": Dwight Howard, Manu Ginobili, Omer Asik, Tony Parker, Terrance Jones, Jason Richardson, John Henson, Dejuan Blair, Bradley Beal, Ish Smith, Joey Dorsey, Luigi Detome
Pluses: Nice effectiveness in an inside outside combo with Howard and Manu/Parker. Plenty of 3's with Manu, J-Rich and Beal. Should be a very effective offensive rebounding team with Howard, Asik, Henson and Blair, leading to plenty of 2nd shot opportunities. Howard provides a beast defender in the low post.
Negatives: No pure point guard as far as a true distibutor goes, but should be enough assists collectively. Not much low post scoring off the bench, so could sudder when Howard is on the bench. Parker's defense is suspect.
Prediction: I like this team a lot and they should easily make the playoffs. Many more stregths than weaknesses. 57-25
jcred5 "24": Chris Paul, Al Horford, Nic Batum, Marcin Gortat, Anderson Varejao, Andray Blatche, Gerald Green, Sergio Rodriguez, Aaron Gordon, Leandro Barbosa, Mike Scott
Pluses: Best pure point guard in the decade, Chris Paul. A bevy of efffective scorers--all but one has an eFG over 50%. Horford and Gortat provide low post options. Good depth off the bench.
Negatives: An interesting team in that there are not many "go-to" options other than Paul. Most players usage ratings are between 18 and 21. Other than Paul, defense is just average at best. Interior defense especially, is rather suspect.
Prediction: This is a tough team to predict. Very effective scorers but not a ton of high usage, so you wonder if usage penalties will hurt them. I'm guessing they will miss the playoffs with about a 37-45 record, but they could totally surprise me.
midzim "Coffee is for closers": Anthony Davis, Paul George, Luol Deng, Emeka Okefor, Jrue Holliday, Nikola Jokic, Jared Sullinger, Jeremy Lin, Robert Covington, Rodney Hood, Mirza Teletovic, Jusuf Nurkic
Pluses: VERY strobg defebnse. Starting 5 averages about 75 D rating, and only three players on the team have a defensive rating under 50. Davis and George are a productive inside-outside combo. Three point shooting should be decent, although maybe not the highest percentage in the league. Rebounding should be pretty strong.
Negatives: The "Unibrow" is one of the most effective pure scorers in the decade, but many of the other "scorers" on this team don't have a very high eFG, especially George, who is one of the lowest eFG "scorers" in this decade, although he makes up for it defensively. There could be plenty of "off" shooting nights for this bunch. The question will be, can the defense make up for that? Not a lot of assists here either.
Prediction: Strong defense overall should keep this team in most games. Still, there will be plenty of games where George might shoot them out of games. I'll go 41-41 and a borderline playoff berth.
superrobb420 "The Americans": James Harden, David Lee, Marc Gasol, Kyle Korver, Eric Bledsoe, Andrei Kirilenko, Victor Oladipo, Jermaine, O'Neal, Nick Calathes, Spencer Hawes, Ronnie Brewer, Patrick Beverly
Pluses: You want three's? This team has them in spades. Would have even been more if Robb used Spencer Hawes vest 3 point season. Best pure scorer in the decade possibly in Harden. David Lee is a pretty effective low post scorer. Strong defense overall. Nice depth off bench. Very good passing team--almost everyone has an assist percentage of 10% pr pver. Very strong defense, except for Lee
Negatives: Not a lot off effensive rebounding. In other words, no one to put back all of Harden's missed shots. No one on the team has an OReb% over 10 and only two are over 8. 3 point percentage--even though there will be a lot of three's raining down, only Korver shoots over 38%. Should have used Hawes 40% three point season.
Prediction: Kind of a similar team to midzim's with slightly better scoring, so I'll go with a slightly better result--43-39 and a playoff berth.
uptowngbv "Game of Thrones": Dwyane Wade, Carlos Boozer, Damian Lillard, Sam Dalembert, Vince Carter, Kendrick Perkins, Amir Johnson, Ed Davis, Nszr Mohammed, Boban Marianovich, Michael Beasley, Matt Dellavadova
Pluses: Nice usage/effectiveness, inside/outside combo of Wade and Boozer. VERY strong rebounding with Boozer, Dalembert (one MONSTER year on the glass), Mohammed, Boban and Davis. Vince Carter off the bench. Defense of Wade.
Negatives: Serious lack of three point shooting, with really only Lillard being a threat and he only shoots at 34%. Not a great passing team. Defense of Boozer.
Prediction: Rebounding is definitely a strength of this team and with all those second chance opportunities, they should be in most games. I'm guessing they should be a playoff team. 46-36
maglor1 "Angel Beats": DeAndre Jordan, Andre Iguodala, Kemba Walker, Joe Johnson, Brook Lopez, Danny Green, Kristaps Porzingus, Lou Williams, Tobias Harris, Landry Fields, Jarrett Jack, Drew Gooden
Pluses: Jordan, Lopez and Porzingus inside. Walker, Johnson, Green and Fields from the outside. This should make for a dangerous mix of inside and outside shooters and scorers. Jordan is a BEAST defensively and shooting percentage-wise, although doesn't look to score much. Effective three point shooting. Above average defensively, and pretty good rebounding.
Negatives: Iguodala seemed to be a bit of a reach in the 2nd round, but provides a lot defensively and with an all around game, just not a great scorer. Much like Paul george, Kemba Walker is not the most effective "go to guy" offensively. Not a great passing team, as Walker isn't really a major distributor, and the shooters are just that--Johnson, Green and Williams don't pass the ball much. Not a ton of rebounding, other than Jordan.
Prediction: This roster doesn't thrill me with too many inefficient shooters, but the good defense and post presence of Deandre should keep it competitive. maglor is one of the better in game coaches too, so I will bet on him surprising me, or me being wrong and say, 44-38 abd a low playoff seeding.
smokey63 (2) "Beast of no nation": Draymond Green, Paul Millsap, Chauncey Billups, Trevor Ariza, Jeff Adrien, Troy Murphy, Tayshawn Prince, Luke Ridnour, Kyle O'Quinn, Aaron Gray, Eric Maynor, Shane Battier
Pluses: Draymond is such a good player to start off with in round one because he gives you a lil' bit of everything. Plenty of three point shots and decent defense.
Negatives: There isn't much "inside" presence to be found here. Lots of wing players and three point shooters, but not much in the paint, save for some post scoring from SF Paul Millsap. Not a great rebounding team, as only Green, O'Quinn and Gray have defensive rebounding percentages over 20 and only Gray has one over 10%.
Prediction: Green is nice, but too many inconsistent shooting for my likes. 33-49, no playoffs.
rjk2781 "Zootopia": Hassan Whiteside, Serge Ibaka, Bismack Biyombo, Ryan Anderson, Mike Conley, Avery Bradley, Chandler Parsons, Danilo Gallinari, PJ Tucker, Wilson Chandler, CJ Watson, Anthony Randolph
Pluses: A ton of bigs here with lots of intimidation in the post, both offensively and defensively. Whiteside is Godzilla...when he is on the floor, which isn't as much as you'd like when you take him in the 1st round, still I can't fault that--I woulda too. Anderson and Parsons provide nice outside shooting from the 3 and 4. Strong D with three starters over 80 D rating, and six overall over 70. Not many turnovers at all.
Negatives: Not a great passing team. ONLY Conley, Parsons and Watson have an assist % over 10, ouch! Rebounding, other than Hassan Whiteside, is suspect. Someone in the starting lineup, either Parsons, Gallinari or Anderson, will be a defensive weaskspot. Not a lot of usage overall--only ONE player over 21.5 usage % and that is the last guy off the bench, Anthony Randolph.
Prediction: There are some nice players here, but no real "go-to guys". I think that serious lack of usage will hurt big time. They will have to win with defense and I don't think they can do that consistently. 30-52 abd a playoff miss.
amerk1180 "Expedition Unknown": Kawhi Leonard, Andrew Bynum, Carmelo Anthony, Ricky Rubio, Andrew Bogut, Javale McGee, TJ McConnell, JJ Redick, Thomas Robinson, Tyrus Thomas, Shaun Livingston, Thabo Sefolosha
Pluses: Decent inside-outside combo with Bynum and Leonard and Anthony. Very effective, above 40% three point shooting from Leonard, Anthony and Redick. Pretty strong rebounding with Bynum, Bogut, McGee and Robinson. Good defense off the bench with Sefolosha, Ty Thomas and Livingston. Ricky Rubio's distribution skills.
Weaknesses: effective shooting of Rubio at the point. Interior defense is average at best. Best player, Leonard, can only play 25-30 minutes a game. Melo's high usage and streaky shooting means he can shoot this team out of as many games as he shoots them in games.
Prediction: Luckily, Ricky Rubio's usage % is under 19, because his shooting is awful, but he has to get minutes because of his passing skills. Redick and Anthony will win this team some games and lose this team some games. Still, I see this team as slightly above agerave in most catagories, so I'll go 46-36 and a 4 or 5 seed.
skypilot "Enders game": Andre Drummond, Marcus Camby, Jeff Teague, Demar Derozen, Lance Stephenson, Rudy Gay, Zaza Pachulia, Al-Farouq Aminu, Nick Collison, Trevor Booker, Alex Len, Devin Harris
pluses: Rebounding of Drummond and Camby will be the biggest strength of this team, no doubt. Jeff Teague does a lot of nice things at the point.
Negatives: Effective shooting. Drummond and Camby are great offensive rebounders and this team will need them badly because the outside shooting will be downright offensive. Demar Derozen can score and loves to shoot but has an eFG of just over 46. Stevenson shoots 35% from the arc. Teague 35%. Harris 36% and Aminu 20%. All are better from two point range, but there will still be quite a few misses.
Prediction: Too many ineffective shooters for me, but superior rebounding...should equate to around 37-45 and out of the postseason.
mcdarsh "Swiss Army Men" : Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, DeMarcus Cousins, Hedo Turkoglu, Tyreke Evans, Boris Diaw, Jameer Nelson, Cole Aldrich, Jahlil Okefor, Chris Copeland, Mareese Speights, Luke Walton,
Pluses: Very interesting choice, starting the draft with Kidd and Nash. Obviously, this team should have a ton of assists, and DeMarcus Cousins should be the main beneficiary.
Weaknesses: Other than Cousins, there aren't a lot of great rebounders on this team. Only Aldrich and Speights have an over 10% O Reb percentage, and only Cousins and Aldrich are over 20 D Reb. Other than Kidd, the overall team defense is pretty poor, with Nash, Nelson, Turkoglu, Okefor and Diaw all 44 or under D ratings. Turkoglu was probably a reach at the point of the draft when he was taken. Other than Cousins, usage isn't very high.
Prediction: Probably in the bottom third of the league, but I like Cousins so I hope they surprise me. I would have liked to see them surround Nash and Kidd with more effective higher usage players. 27-55
grayfoxx "N.C.I.S.": Tim Duncan, Karl-Anthony Towns, Ty Lawson, Ray Allen, Luis Scola, Greivas Vasquez, Tristan Thompson, Isaiah Thomas, Jordan Hill, Elfrid Payton, Jodie Meeks, Corey Magette
Pluses: I LOVE the mixture of Duncen, Towns & Thompson and Allen & Thomas (although I might have gone with the higher D rating year of Towns, but can't remember how many mins he played that year). Should be enough assists. Good usage and rebounding. Tough to defend the inside scoring and also Allen's proficiency from beyond the arc.
Degatives: Other than Duncan, the team defense will be pretty poor. ONLY Duncan and little used Elfrid Payton have D ratings over 50.
Prediction: There are many more pluses than negatives on this team, but the negative is pretty important, and I think that will cost this team...possibly even a playoff berth. I'm thinking right around .500 and a 50-50 shot of making the postseason. 40-42
smokey63 "Inside out": Joaquim Noah, Kyle Lowry, LaMarcus Aldridge, Derrick Favors, CJ McCollum, Mario Chalmers, Wes Matthews, Kyle O'Quinn, Demarre Carroll, Taj Gibson, Rasheed Wallace,
There seems to be an issue with smokey's two teams, as CJ McCollum is supposed to be on this team but is on his other team. Same for O'Quinn and Wallace. I guess I will just have to analyze this team as it is.
Pluses: Joaquim Noah's passing as a big man. Kyle Lowry's passing as a little man. Overall rebounding with Noah, Murphy, Gibson, Ajinca & Adrein. Scoring and usage with Aldridge and Lowry. eFG with Murphy, Aldridge, Lowry, Ridnour and Ariza. A bevy of effective 3 point shooters. Good passing team with four 20+ assist % guys.
Negatives: Not much usage, other than Lowry and Aldridge. Other than Noah and Lowry, not much strong defense among the higher minute guys. Lowry can be very streaky and inconsistent at times.
Prediction: I like this team much better than somkeys other team. Effective scoring and good inside-outside balance, still can be had on D. I'll guess 43-39 and a probable playoff appearance.
jkaye24 "Mr. Robot": Gerald Wallace, Russell Westbrook, Larry Sanders, Jonas Valenciunas, Marvin Williams, Brandan Wright, Nene Hilario, Reggie Jackson, Jannero Pargo, Channing Frye, Hamed Haddadi, Norman Powell
Pluses: Some talented players, but I feel that Sanders and Valanciunas might have been taken too early. Westbrook and Wallace are both electifying players who do a lot for a club. Strong team defense overall. Excellent, effective three point shooting. Good depth and role players.
Negatives: Westbrook's turnovers. The two highest usage players have the teams lowest eFG percentages (Westbrook and Jackson). Defensive hole at the "4" with Valenciunas, Frye, Nene. Offensive rebounding among the high minute guys (only two over 10%).
Prediction: A pretty solid team overall, but Westbrook and Jackson will shoot them out of some games. 46-36 and probably playoff spot.
Poddy: Pau Gasol, Derrick Rose, Goran Dragic, Greg Monroe, Thaddeus Young, Beno Udrih, Chris Kaman, Carl Landry, Joel Anthony, Tony Allen, Ronny Turiaf, Gilbert Arenas
Pluses: Goran Dragic's effective shooting and Pau Gasol scoring down low is a decent combination. Derrick Rose's overall game in his MCP season. Pretty good passing team with seven players with a 10+ assists percentage. Good low post scoring.
Negatives: Not a great three point shooting team overall. The two highest usage players also have the two lowest eFG's on the team. Overall team rebounding a bit weak. Other than Gasol, defense in the paint is below average.
Prediction: Rose does a lot of nice things, but isn't used much on WIS because his usage is very high and his shooting, well...is pretty low. Combine that with the overall poor defense down low and possible rebounding deficiencies and I'm afraid it will be a long year. I hope I'm wrong, but 23-59 and way out of the playoffs.
roadhouse19 "Black Cloud Rain": Kobe Bryant, Nikola Vucevic, Lamar Odom, Monta Ellis, Danny Granger, Tiago Splitter, Craig Smith, TJ Warren,Jordan Crawford, Shabazz Muhammed, Cameron Payne, Henry Sims
Pluses: Kobe, Ellis, Granger and Odom's all around games and versatility. Plenty of usage, or in other words, no shortage of "go-to" guys. Kobe's defense.
Negatives: Defense of everyone other than Kobe. Only four of the 12 guys on the team have D ratings over 50, and SIX have defense ratings UNDER 40. Overall team rebounding is pretty weak, with only TWO players over 10 OReb% and 20% DReb. Overall shooting is questionable with half the team under 50% eFG.
Prediction: Like Poddy, I am afraid it's going to be a long year for roadie. Major deficiencies in the above areas will be too tough to overcome consistently. 27-55 and a playoff miss.
samuelyork93 "Guardians of the Galaxy XD": Rajon Rondo, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Dirk Nowitzki, Ben Wallace, Shawn Marion, Clint Capela, Matt Barnes, Charlie Villanueva, Michael Carter-Williams, Tracy McGrady, Salah Nejri, Shavlik Randolph
Pluses: Rajon Rondo's distribution skills and rebounding at the point. The Greek Freak, Dirk and the Matrix offensive efficiency. Above average team defense, with six players with a 70 or greater D rating. Strong rebounding off the bench. Good overall eFG.
Negatives: Rajon Rondo's shooting at the point guard. Weak rebounding among the starting unit/higher minute guys. Not much three point shooting to worry about. Nowitzki's defensive prowess. Not a ton of usage other than Dirk.
Prediction: A pretty solid team, but one with faults. Could struggle on the glass against bigger, stronger teams. Still, I think this is a playoff team. 44-38
gerryred "Ex machina": Kevin Love, Klay Thompson, Kevin Garnett, Raymond Felton, Robin Lopez, Baron Davis, Kendall Marshall, Steve Novak, JR Smith, Tim Frazier, Ryan Hollins, Chris Wilcox
Pluses: Kevin Love's rebounding. Three point shooting of Love, Thompson, Marshall, Novak and Smith. Garnett's overall game. Above average passing from Felton, Davis and Marshall, and FOUR guys over 28 assist %. Defense of Thompson, Garnett and Davis. Offensive rebounding of Love & Lopez.
Negatives: Kevin love's defense. Inefficient point guard shooting. Other than Klay and maybe Garnett, not many "go-to" guys. Other than Davis, bench defense isn't that great.
Prediction: Should make the playoffs, with capability of a decent run. 48-34
rubnsly "The Leftovers": Blake Griffin, Deron Williams, Nerlens Noel, Gordon Hayward, Roy Hibbert, Brendon Knight, Mason Plumlee, Miles Plumlee, Josh McRoberts, Mike Miller, Chrus Johnson, James Jones
Pluses: Blake Griffin's offensive game and FG %. Good team rebounding with Griffin, Noel, Hibbert and the Plumlee boys. Good team passing with seven players over 10% assist %--one over 34 and one over 23. Decent 3 point shooting. Low turnovers, with only two guys over 4 per 48 minutes.
Negatives: Blake Griffin's defensive game. Surprised rubn didn't use one of Hibbert's stronger D rating years. Other than Noel and Williams, the rest of the defense isn't awe-inspiring.
Prediction: Pretty solid team, and one which should be playoff bound. More strengths than weaknesses. 52-30
smcafeeky (2) "Blue Exircist":: Paul Pierce, Tyson Chandler, Jimmy Butler, Andre Miller, Enes Kanter, George Hill, JJ Hickson, Kosta Koufos, Kent Basemore, Brandon Bass, Aaron Baynes
Pluses: Pierce and Butler's versatile, overall game. Changler's toughness and offensive rebounding. Overall team rebounding is solid, especially Huckson and Chandler, but also some rebounding monsters off the bench. Good amount of usage.
Negatives: Other than Butler and Chandler, defense is fairly weak with quite a few holes. Team passing is substandard, with no real major distributors--none over 30%, and the rest of the team doesn't pass well.
Prediction: A solid team offensively from top to bottom, but defensively, could struggle at times. Should make the playoffs though if they can rise above their defensive inefficiencies. 46-36.
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