I will let ben et al handle the qualitative analysis, but I will aggregate some general data here as a starting point.

ADP is based on the last six seasons so players with great 16/17 seasons are a little hurt since there was only one ODL featuring them.

For team summary information, I had to go with some generic rule for choosing which season is displayed. I went with GameScore/82 (GS/82) but those are often reasonably expensive seasons and in many cases, especially the later rounds, may not reflect the season chosen.

Trade Analysis:
1) The first one to discuss is the one that received the commisioner veto. That was:
ben receives cjok's 1, 5, 6, 6
cjok receives ben's 2, 3, 6, 6
Personally, even though I thought this was a bad trade, I did not think it was necessary to veto it. If you look in ODL history, there hasn't been one quite like this but there have been some similar enough. I think we should establish tougher rules on this to just prevent the controversy. But maybe I am the type of person that doesn't mind a lot of regulation. The general outline of the trade is a fair one, I just think the fact that the first round pick was so high and the second round pick so low that it didn't fit the general framework of what would make that trade generally fair. I suspect ben's commentary on it being associated with him (and giving him some advantage) was partially true. My personal opinion was that the personal nature of it had very little to do with people thinking he is some sort of savant who can't get an advantage and more to do with him having a long history of being involved in controversial trades. It doesn't help that cjok himself is a pretty controversial trader. But I generally dislike trying to think about problems from a personal nature like that and both owners are experienced and really good guys. I think had it gone through, ben would have gotten Curry and Rodman and I think even not having another pick until the 4th round he could have made a pretty unstoppable team with those two... since they compliment each other as well as any two players in the sim.

2) bds9992 receives robusk's 1, 2, 4, 6, 6
robusk receives bds9992's 1, 2, 4, 6, 6

bds moves up 6 places in the first round. robusk moves up 6 places in the 2nd, 4th and 6th round. Essentially, this was the Rodman trade. Rodman fell way too far and was a great value at that point. robusk didn't want to build around him so he got a little value in the later rounds while bds got value in the 1st. It's a pretty blah trade.

Selection	Pick	Owner	Pick v. ADP
Chamberlain, Wilt	1	uptowngbv	-0.33
James, LeBron	2	mikee1	0.00
Curry, Stephen	3	cjok1051	0.33
Jordan, Michael	4	gerryred	-0.33
O'Neal, Shaquille	5	milest	-1.50
Malone, Karl	6	ysw128	-3.00
Howard, Dwight	7	jcred5	-1.83
Paul, Chris	8	benhoidal	-3.33
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem	9	scudmissle	2.50
Malone, Moses	10	24kpyrite	1.83
Harden, James	11	sixernuggets	-45.17
Durant, Kevin	12	pharrop	-2.00
Robinson, David	13	vancem	0.17
Stockton, John	14	twinsfan8791	-2.67
Bird, Larry	15	Midge	0.50
Rodman, Dennis	16	bds9992	6.50
Antetokounmpo, Giannis	17	dh555	-3.00
Barkley, Charles	18	jkaye24	5.17
Leonard, Kawhi	19	seapilots	-16.67
Gilmore, Artis	20	pointfwd	-12.33
Johnson, Magic	21	robusk	5.17
Jordan, Deandre	22	rjk2781	-2.17
Pippen, Scottie	23	copernicus	-3.83
Garnett, Kevin	24	rubnsly	5.33
Billups, Chauncey	25	rubnsly	-6.83
Gobert, Rudy	26	copernicus	-27.17
Green, Draymond	27	rjk2781	-8.83
Duncan, Tim	28	robusk	6.17
Hardaway, Anfernee	29	pointfwd	3.83
Whiteside, Hassan	30	seapilots	-14.67
Kidd, Jason	31	jkaye24	6.33
Wade, Dwyane	32	dh555	13.50
Walton, Bill	33	bds9992	-8.00
Wallace, Ben	34	Midge	6.83
McHale, Kevin	35	twinsfan8791	-6.17
Thompson, Klay	36	vancem	-12.17
Mutombo, Dikembe	37	pharrop	-12.50
Towns, Karl-Anthony	38	sixernuggets	-28.00
Russell, Bill	39	24kpyrite	7.67
Williams, Deron	40	scudmissle	0.17
Nash, Steve	41	benhoidal	9.67
Porter, Terry	42	jcred5	-2.83
Marshall, Donyell	43	ysw128	-9.17
Lowry, Kyle	44	milest	-48.40
Drummond, Andre	45	gerryred	-5.17
Ginobili, Manu	46	cjok1051	1.50
Stoudemire, Amare	47	mikee1	-10.50
McAdoo, Bob	48	uptowngbv	10.50
Blaylock, Mookie	49	uptowngbv	7.83
Camby, Marcus	50	mikee1	8.17
Davis, Anthony	51	cjok1051	16.33
Erving, Julius	52	gerryred	21.83
Conley, Mike	53	milest	-28.00
Frazier, Walt	54	ysw128	-18.33
Payton, Gary	55	jcred5	0.00
Allen, Ray	56	twinsfan8791	-15.50
Love, Kevin	57	scudmissle	-10.80
Marion, Shawn	58	24kpyrite	11.50
Drexler, Clyde	59	sixernuggets	-14.33
Brand, Elton	60	pharrop	14.67
Ward, Charlie	61	vancem	-8.50
Noah, Joakim	62	benhoidal	6.17
Nowitzki, Dirk	63	Midge	-10.33
Harper, Derek	64	robusk	8.50
Olajuwon, Hakeem	65	dh555	33.33
Kemp, Shawn	66	jkaye24	16.83
Chandler, Tyson	67	cjok1051	14.17
Grant, Horace	68	pointfwd	-7.00
Ewing, Patrick	69	bds9992	-16.50
McGrady, Tracy	70	rjk2781	-7.33
Jones, Bobby	71	copernicus	1.83
Brandon, Terrell	72	rubnsly	-13.00
Jokic, Nikola	73	rubnsly	-39.00
Price, Mark	74	copernicus	-11.83
Rondo, Rajon	75	rjk2781	1.00
Ibaka, Serge	76	robusk	-8.67
Gasol, Pau	77	pointfwd	-24.33
Boerwinkle, Tom	78	seapilots	11.33
Wallace, Gerald	79	jkaye24	-16.50
Rollins, Tree	80	dh555	-9.25
Robertson, Oscar	81	bds9992	40.20
Calderon, Jose	82	Midge	-12.83
Ray, Clifford	83	benhoidal	10.67
Williams, Buck	84	vancem	-5.67
Cheeks, Maurice	85	pharrop	9.33
Reed, Willis	86	sixernuggets	-24.67
Barry, Brent	87	24kpyrite	-2.17
Jones, Eddie	88	scudmissle	-2.33
Hill, Grant	89	benhoidal	1.00
Nance, Larry	90	jcred5	21.50
Bogut, Andrew	91	ysw128	1.50
Sanders, Larry	92	milest	0.40
Odom, Lamar	93	gerryred	-18.67
Kirilenko, Andrei	94	seapilots	25.00
Iguodala, Andre	95	mikee1	-14.00
Bell, Raja	96	uptowngbv	-39.00
Dumars, Joe	97	uptowngbv	-27.50
Webber, Chris	98	mikee1	21.17
McMillan, Nate	99	seapilots	-10.83
Bogues, Muggsy	100	gerryred	-36.00
George, Paul	101	pointfwd	#N/A
Przybilla, Joel	102	ysw128	-13.00
Green, Danny	103	jcred5	2.00
Unseld, Wes	104	twinsfan8791	-7.20
Hawkins, Connie	105	scudmissle	17.00
Bryant, Kobe	106	24kpyrite	34.75
Dunn, T.R.	107	sixernuggets	#N/A
Batum, Nicolas	108	pharrop	-10.00
Smith, J.R.	109	vancem	-2.50
Maxwell, Cedric	110	twinsfan8791	-24.00
Christie, Doug	111	Midge	#N/A
Humphries, Kris	112	robusk	13.83
Outlaw, Bo	113	dh555	-3.83
Dalembert, Samuel	114	jkaye24	-7.00
Hill, George	115	seapilots	-4.00
Edge, Charlie	116	milest	16.75
Johnson, Joe	117	bds9992	-4.00
Pierce, Paul	118	rjk2781	25.75
Boozer, Carlos	119	copernicus	30.20
Ceballos, Cedric	120	rubnsly	-6.00
Davis, Dale	121	rubnsly	6.00
Lee, David	121	rubnsly	-17.00
Anderson, Kenny	122	copernicus	-19.00
Bynum, Andrew	122	copernicus	32.00
Johnson, Kevin	123	rjk2781	44.70
Biyombo, Bismack	123	rjk2781	11.70
Anderson, Ryan	124	robusk	2.50
Mirotic, Nikola	124	robusk	#N/A
Smith, Michael	125	milest	-4.80
Beverley, Patrick	125	milest	#N/A
Gasol, Marc	126	seapilots	#N/A
Horford, Al	126	cjok1051	0.00
Miller, Oliver	127	jkaye24	3.90
Gatling, Chris	127	jkaye24	8.40
Tarpley, Roy	128	dh555	-0.60
McGuire, Dominic	128	dh555	#N/A
West, Delonte	129	bds9992	#N/A
Robinson, Nate	129	bds9992	#N/A
Nelson, Jameer	130	Midge	7.20
West, David	130	Midge	#N/A
Kukoc, Toni	131	twinsfan8791	-4.45
Kerr, Steve	131	twinsfan8791	#N/A
Tinsley, Jamaal	132	vancem	9.70
Varejao, Anderson	132	vancem	3.70
McKie, Aaron	133	pharrop	#N/A
Wesley, David	133	pharrop	#N/A
Nater, Swen	134	sixernuggets	6.10
Williams, Mo	134	sixernuggets	#N/A
Mourning, Alonzo	135	24kpyrite	95.10
Beaubois, Rodrigue	135	24kpyrite	4.10
Parish, Robert	136	scudmissle	58.10
Watson, Earl	136	scudmissle	5.33
Rose, Jalen	137	benhoidal	#N/A
Sabonis, Arvydas	137	benhoidal	31.83
Eaton, Mark	138	jcred5	28.00
Griffin, Blake	138	jcred5	18.07
Embiid, Joel	139	ysw128	48.90
Porter, Kevin	139	ysw128	10.40
Les, Jim	140	pointfwd	5.40
Bullard, Matt	140	pointfwd	#N/A
Roundfield, Dan	141	gerryred	21.13
Marshall, Kendall	141	gerryred	14.30
Redd, Michael	142	cjok1051	14.20
O'Quinn, Kyle	142	cjok1051	20.97
Anthony, Carmelo	143	mikee1	43.00
Terry, Jason	143	mikee1	39.40
Covington, Robert	144	uptowngbv	#N/A
Davis, Antonio	144	uptowngbv	#N/A

24kpyrite		After Round 2: Obviously 24kpyrite has his rebounds and frontcourt defense in good shape. Right now, I would be pretty concerned about finding a combination of perimeter shooting and defense that is going to work. If he can get one multi-positional defender and then two elite/low-d shooters in the next few rounds then he could make this workable. After Round 4: Barry was a really good pick. You probably could have gone with a better scorer than Marion given that you didn't need the boards quite as much but I like the pick as well. You will crush the glass and looks like you can get enough threes. This team is in good shape so far. Final Assessment: Mourning and Beaubois are great picks! Kobe is… yowzers man. A team crushing pick. This team, I mean, 6 out of the 7 picks are good. That is awesome. 1 pick is just team destroying. I don’t know… maybe you have the boards to make it work. It will be cool to see one way or the other. Verdict: C, not in the playoffs
Malone, Moses	10
Russell, Bill	39
Marion, Shawn	58
Barry, Brent	87
Bryant, Kobe	106
Mourning, Alonzo	135
Beaubois, Rodrigue	135
bds9992		After Round 2: This is going to be tricky and not too different from 24k's situation. He has limited usage and shooting after two rounds. I specifically avoid Rodman in a draft like these because he pigeonholes the rest of your draft. You either aren't going to get enough threes or enough backcourt defense. I think someone like Klay Thompson or Deron Williams would have been a more sensible pairing at this point. Bds can afford a pretty bricky backcourt now given these two rebounding behemoths up front. He could still make this work. After Round 4: Let me start by emphasizing this isn't personal because based on everything I have seen, bds seems like a really good dude. But holy hell, I would be hard pressed to find a team that made less sense to me. I mean, it seems like his strategy is to just go rebound crazy given that front line and guard choice. But this team is going to be expensize as hell, foul and turn the ball over a ton and shoot no threes. Final assessment: Well, bds is confident at least. He thinks he can pound on some more threes in the bench and presumably make the backcourt defense work. I am dubious but it will be fun to watch. Verdict: D- (but an A in my heart), not a playoff team
Rodman, Dennis	16
Walton, Bill	33
Ewing, Patrick	69
Robertson, Oscar	81
Johnson, Joe	117
West, Delonte	129
Robinson, Nate	129
benhoidal		After Round 2: Ben is one of the 3-5 best owners in this format if not the best. So, you can sometimes assume he is playing 5-dimensional chess. That being said, I am curious about this allocation of resources. Paul is a pretty good pairing with Nash in the sense that, if you don't mind a tiny hit on positional effectiveness (which you shouldn't) he can defend the best backcourt opponent and negate Nash's defense. Ben can also focus on high efficiency, high boards, low usage guys in the front court. He should have plenty of shooting. However, he has a lot of money devoted to assists and I feel like he is going to get diminishing returns on that. After Round 4: Ben is going for it! I haven't played in the ODL much, so I Haven;t seen anyone try the State Farm strategy in it. Ben says it has been tried three times: twice in collasol failure and once making the playoffs. I tried the Noah/Ray combo once to limited success. Hill was a nice pickup even if he is a flawed sim player. I haven't ran the numbers but I suspect this team is a little pricier than ben wants at this stage but if anyone will make it work it is him. Final Assessment: We are making it too easy for ben. Rose is such a smart and logical pick and Sabonis was drafted appallingly late for his skills. I am annoyed that he is going to pull this off. Verdict: B+, firmly in the playoffs
Paul, Chris	8
Nash, Steve	41
Noah, Joakim	62
Ray, Clifford	83
Hill, Grant	89
Rose, Jalen	137
Sabonis, Arvydas	137
cjok1051		After Round 2: Well, cjok certainly has threes covered. Manu and Steph are two of the most efficient guards out there and both defends reasonably well. Honestly, they even rebound okay for their respective positions. Cjok's team will be able to score and score in bunches. Now he just must see if he can get some rebounds. After Round 4: Man, this team is so good. This is maybe the best base after this stage in the game. Hopefully cjok doesn’t make any crazy Westbrook style decisions to close it out because I can’t wait to see how this team performs. I would hate to be in a division with these guys. As stated, the backcourt is awesome. Davis and Chandler are a great option in terms of defense and covering a little of everything up front. My only concern would be that he seems a little light on minutes so far and he has spent quite a bit on usage. Final Assessment: There are so many smart picks here. Every player is good. Here is my one nitpick though – what is the point of some of them on this team? Curry has 8 points of usage, Manu has 6, Davis has 6, Redd has 4, O’Quinn and Horford each have 2. So, you are going to roll out a starting lineup of 23 points of usage? Or you are going to start scrubs? A lot of smart picks but this is sub-optimal distribution of your resources and you are going to take shots away from good players Verdict: C+, will probably make the playoffs but not as confident as I once was.
Curry, Stephen	3
Ginobili, Manu	46
Davis, Anthony	51
Chandler, Tyson	67
Horford, Al	126
Redd, Michael	142
O'Quinn, Kyle	142
copernicus		After Round 2: I love Rudy in this format. I am lukewarm on Pippen in this format. Rudy is an elite defender, great rebounder, high efficiency player, without a glaring weakness on something like free throws. Plus, you now have Pippen who can credibly defend four positions so copernicus already has defense covered for the opponents best two players. That is awesome and a preferred strategy of mine. I just love Pippen more as a second banana instead of offensive lead and I will be curious to see who copernicus adds next. After Round 4: Jones does everything well except generate threes. Price is a pretty efficient point guard who I generally like quite a lot. This is a pretty strong four. I would like to think that Pippen will be at the 2 and Jones at the 3. If it is going to be Jones at the 4 and Pippen at the 3, I don’t like this team nearly as much. Final assessment: Boozer and Bynum were really excellent picks for this team. Very impressive to land them at that stage of the draft. The Kenny Anderson pick doesn’t really move the needle for me one way or the other. Verdict: B+, playoff team
Pippen, Scottie	23
Gobert, Rudy	26
Jones, Bobby	71
Price, Mark	74
Boozer, Carlos	119
Bynum, Andrew	122
Anderson, Kenny	122
dh555		After Round 2: dh555 is another owner in the elite 3-5 owners in this format. He knows what he is doing. However, he now has two perimeter slots allocated to two guys who don't shoot threes. Yes, they are elite defenders and do a lot of everything else. I am just not convinced he can get enough threes to make this team elite moving forward. I suspect he will prove me wrong though. After Round 4: Again, DH gets the benefit of the doubt. This is an all defense, no threes team. I am not a fan of Hakeem in WIS (loved him in real life) because he doesn’t shoot a great percentage, plus has lots of TOs and fouls. But, dh is rolling out some extreme defense (with good boards) and I trust him to make it work. Final assessment: dh is keeping with his strategy of all defense, no threes. I don’t know how it will work, I will play a -2 all day against this team and hope to not get slaughtered at the free throw line. Still, dh is sneaky… Verdict: C-, not in the playoffs but I could see him sneaking in on guile alone.
Antetokounmpo, Giannis	17
Wade, Dwyane	32
Olajuwon, Hakeem	65
Rollins, Tree	80
Outlaw, Bo	113
Tarpley, Roy	128
McGuire, Dominic	128
gerryred		After Round 2: Jordan and Drummond are a great start. It would be nice if Drummond had a better defensive rating in his best seasons but he rebounds well and shoots from the field at a high clip. Jordan, while an elite player, can be defended a little easier than some of the other high picks due to how much of his scoring comes from the mid-range. That is really nit picking though because he is so awesome everywhere else. After Round 5: Okay, maybe this is nitpicking, but he is my issue with this team. If you are using the right seasons, then most of your usage is coming from Jordan and Erving. Both of those guys generate the bulk of their points from the midrange. Even the secondary scorers are Odom and Bogues which are midrange heavy. There aren’t enough threes or boards here to punish me from playing a 0 defense which makes this team too easy to gameplan against. Each piece individually is good but I don’t like the sum of the parts. Final Assessment: Roundfield and Marshall don’t really move the needle for me on what I was already thinking. I like the players but I think this team is too easy to gameplan against and doesn’t have enough diversity. Verdict: C-, not in the playoffs
Jordan, Michael	4
Drummond, Andre	45
Erving, Julius	52
Odom, Lamar	93
Bogues, Muggsy	100
Roundfield, Dan	141
Marshall, Kendall	141
jcred5		After Round 2: I am fine with both of these. I mean, jcred is a top notch owner. Both players are super efficient. Dwight scores efficiently, rebounds and defends like a beat. Porter has great shooting in his best season with low turnovers and fouls. Also, one of the breweries near me has a special Terry Porter beer right now. I can't say anything bad about either player and both were drafted where they should have been. This team is just somehow... exactly what it should be if that makes sense? I am not sure it does. Maybe I wrote too many of these today. After Round 4: There is strong defense here throughout and nobody is high on fouls or turnovers. That is usually a good recipe. It does look like this team is going to be light on perimeter shooting though. If jcred can stack the bench with lights out three point shooters he might be okay… assuming he has the budget for it. I actually think you can go with a couple different Payton seasons so I will be curious which he picks. After Round 5: Green was an interesting pick. He solves the threes problem but this team is still missing a starting 4/5. Final Assessment: Eaton and Griffin were honestly perfect picks and everything I thought this team needed to round out the roster. I think this team has everything covered that you could want. Plus, jcred is a smart owner and will pick the right seasons. Verdict: A-, in the playoffs
Howard, Dwight	7
Porter, Terry	42
Payton, Gary	55
Nance, Larry	90
Green, Danny	103
Eaton, Mark	138
Griffin, Blake	138
jkaye24		After Round 2: Man, this is such an awesome duo starting out for jkaye and he has proven to be a great owner. He will get elite rebounding from the 1 and 3 spots (assuming he picks the right seasons), elite passing and good efficiency. Both players were a steal where they were taken. He now has so much flexibility for his remaining picks. This is my favorite duo by far at this point in the draft. After Round 4: I feel like I am saying this a lot, but this team may also be light on threes. Barkley won’t give you much, Kemp and Wallace give you none and J-Kidd will give you a good amount. It really isn’t insurmountable with this team. I like the squad if Wallace is at the 2 and Barkley at the 3… I don’t like it as much if they are playing a position up. I think jkaye has a lot of options for his fifth spot, I have a couple guys in mind. I will be closely watching to see who he picks. Final assessment: Closed out the draft with three damn near perfect picks. I really love this team in every way except for it only having one three-point shooter. Plus, that three point shooter is low-usage, so this is a minus defense candidate who won’t make me pay for it. Verdict: B, playoff team
Barkley, Charles	18
Kidd, Jason	31
Kemp, Shawn	66
Wallace, Gerald	79
Dalembert, Samuel	114
Miller, Oliver	127
Gatling, Chris	127
Midge		After Round 2: This is a good team Midge! Bird is a credible defender across 3-4 positions, and does everything well, although I wish his threes and shooting were a touch better. He also fell too low in my opinion. Then, Wallace also fell a couple picks low and you have another elite front court defender who won't hurt you anywhere and will crush the boards. This is a top three team this early in the draft. Great job. After Round 4: Good team! I am usually dubious about Dirk in a league like this. But, if Dirk is set to defend SFs, then Wallace and Bird can cover down on the better frontcourt players and they provide enough rebounding to cover for him. That is smart team construction. This feels a little early for Calderon but he is elite in every facet but defense. Hopefully you find the right backcourt mate to pair him with. Final assessment: Christie was a solid pick, he can defend and do the little things. I love Jameer in this format but now 66% of your guard rotation can’t defend a lick. David West is as meh as meh gets. Verdict: B+, playoff team
Bird, Larry	15
Wallace, Ben	34
Nowitzki, Dirk	63
Calderon, Jose	82
Christie, Doug	111
Nelson, Jameer	130
West, David	130
mikee1		After Round 2: Congrats, you got LeBron. The best player in the sim and he unlocks so much team potential. He can play anywhere, do it at max effeciency and does everything. Amare is firmly a third round pick to me, but you are going to score at a hyper efficient level with those two. You are going to have some ground to make up in defense, assists and threes but you have time to do it. After Round 5: It is hard to have a bad team with LeBron. Camby was an excellent pick in the third to pair with Amare. Given the choice of Webber, I am guessing he is playing SF and LeBron/Iggy are the backcourt? Webber/Amare/LeBron seems like suboptimal distribution of your usage, but if you set up the rotation right (where like Webber backs up both Amare and LeBron) then you can make it work. Final assessment: I like most of the picks here. If you are using the low minute Melo season then that is a great backup for LeBron. Terry has some really good seasons to fit in here. The assists and three point shooting are pretty light... could prevent title contention but this team is pretty strong and has LeBron. Verdict: B-, playoff team
James, LeBron	2
Stoudemire, Amare	47
Camby, Marcus	50
Iguodala, Andre	95
Webber, Chris	98
Anthony, Carmelo	143
Terry, Jason	143
milest		After Round 2: This feels a little early for Lowry. I really like Lowry although I am not sure if milest wants the better shooting version or the better defending version. Shaq is another player you can choose between a couple different seasons on. Often with Shaq, it is good to get your frontcourt partner so you can address Shaq's pseudo-weakness on the boards but then you might get stuck without viable guard options. I'll be curious to see how this team turns out. After Round 4: I don’t know. I am not sure Sanders is good enough on the boards to offset Shaq, plus since Shaq only plays one position, Sanders can’t rotate over to defend the harder spot. So, Sanders plays one position which isn’t his optimal use. Then you pigeonhole your Shaq choices more. Conley and Lowry are both efficient players with good perimeter numbers, but now you don’t have an elite backcourt defender. This team will be fine but I’d be hard pressed to see them be a major contender. Final assessment: After four rounds I would have given this team a D+ or C-. After 6, it gets bumped up. Milest absolutely nailed the last three picks. He got two defenders and rebounding. Good gameplan. Verdict: C+, last team in the playoffs
O'Neal, Shaquille	5
Lowry, Kyle	44
Conley, Mike	53
Sanders, Larry	92
Edge, Charlie	116
Beverley, Patrick	125
Smith, Michael	125
pharrop		After Round 2: There are no flaws in this team so far. Durant does everything at a good to elite level and Mutombo will give you great defense and rebounding upfront. Depending on what pharrop does with the rest of the picks, this team is off to a good start. Early front runner for contention at this point. After Round 4: I need to see more about what pharrop is doing. I love Brand at SF and Durant is probably fine at SG although you lose arguably my favorite season of his. If Durant is the 3 and Brand is the 4 then I am less jazzed on this team. Cheeks in the 4th was an awesome pick for this team. From top to bottom, this team has good defense and enough of everything to have no real flaws. Good drafting. Final assessment: I was totally in on this team after 4 rounds. Plus, I LOVE Batum. But the last three picks indicate to me that Brand is playing the 4. And maybe even some 5. I don’t know, this team is a lot of good players who don’t fit well together. Verdict: C, just missing the playoffs
Durant, Kevin	12
Mutombo, Dikembe	37
Brand, Elton	60
Cheeks, Maurice	85
Batum, Nicolas	108
McKie, Aaron	133
Wesley, David	133
pointfwd		After Round 2: I think pointfwd is right on the line. I think Gilmore went a handful of picks too early and Hardaway went a handful of picks too late. Hardaway should always be a first rounder and does everything you want. Gilmore is like the other elite defender/rebounders but I think he is too expensive and turns it over too much for where he was selected. After Round 5: Paul George got drafted! First time in the 6 seasons I use for my dataset. George, Hardaway, Gasol and Gilmore… that is a lot of usage points and I imagine it is going to be an expensive team. Good defense, rebounding, enough threes, probably enough passing. The team passes the smell test but I think the final team construction will be tricky. Final Assessment: I mean, Bullard and Les are not good but also I understand that at this point pointfwd has to round out the roster as cheaply as possible. I like what he was thinking but I worry about how ugly this bench if going to be. I am not totally sure the starters will be good enough to carry such a bad bench. Verdict: C, inconsistent team that just misses the playoffs. Could sneak it with masterful coaching.
Gilmore, Artis	20
Hardaway, Anfernee	29
Grant, Horace	68
Gasol, Pau	77
George, Paul	101
Les, Jim	140
Bullard, Matt	140
rjk2781		After Round 2: This is one of those teams that could be off to a good start but it could also go very poorly. In a vacuum, DeAndre and Green are both good picks and not drafted too high. However, after two rounds, you don't have any guards which isn't terrible but you also have no usage which is scary. Right now, you have elite defense in the front court and elite rebounding, but you somehow need high per%, high usage, good defense guard play in rounds 3-6. That is a lot to ask. After Round 4: I don’t know. I mean, I really don’t like the Rondo fit here. I would have rather seen someone who is a better scorer/perimeter shooter since I don’t think you needed the boards. McGrady is generally good in the sim but his shooting numbers aren’t stellar and so far his is the only person on your team who can really score. So I am not sure where you go from here… Final assessment: So Draymond is going to play the 4? Nah b, that is not a good plan. Also, your primary scoring options are McGrady, Pierce and Kevin Johnson… God don’t like it. To be honest, I like every single person rjk drafted except for Pierce and Rondo, but I just don’t like them together. The recipe is coming together, just not there yet. Verdict: C-, not in the playoffs
Jordan, DeAndre	22
Green, Draymond	27
McGrady, Tracy	70
Rondo, Rajon	75
Pierce, Paul	118
Johnson, Kevin	123
Biyombo, Bismack	123
robusk		After Round 2: This team needs a good secondary rebounder, some perimeter shooting and a good perimeter defender. That's a lot of needs! After Round 4: This team still needs rebounding and shooting! Final assessment: This team got a lot of rebounding and shooting in the finals rounds Verdict: C+, this team will be in the playoffs but it is pretty medicore
Johnson, Magic	21
Duncan, Tim	28
Harper, Derek	64
Ibaka, Serge	76
Humphries, Kris	112
Mirotic, Nikola	124
Anderson, Ryan	124
rubnsly		After Round 2: This is a real like duo in the late 90s/early 2000s if I recall. Chauncey rebuilt his early career in Minny. I know most people are high on Garnett in this format, but I am not. While he does almost everything well, I just get nervous about that shooting at that usage level. And since Chauncey is also just an okay shooter at that usage level, I am a little concerned about this team's efficiency. After Round 4: We will see how Jokic does here. I love him in an open league format and certain themes right now, but unsure how he will perform in a big boy league like this. The 4th feels really early for him though. Brandon seems like an odd fit with Chauncey and, outside of Jokic, I don’t like the shooting percentages here. Another team that feels like it has over-committed money to usage this early. Final assessment: There is a lot I like here. Ced has some good seasons. Davis has a ton of good seasons. Overall though, I think the efficiency is not there for this team… but it isn’t a bad team. Every player is just kind of good for where they were taken. Verdict: C+, just missing the playoffs
Garnett, Kevin	24
Billups, Chauncey	25
Brandon, Terrell	72
Jokic, Nikola	73
Ceballos, Cedric	120
Davis, Dale	121
Lee, David	121
scudmissle		After Round 2: This is one of the better duos at this point in the. Except for rebound, Kareem does everything else at an elite level. I traded down to avoid picking him though because I feel like I am paying the costs for elite defense but it only applies to a single position and that doesn't seem cost effective to me. The top years of Deron are good and scud has enough of everything after two rounds that he can do what he wants moving forward. Really smart start. After Round 4: I don’t like the Love pick here. Love cannot defend SFs and Kareem can’t defend 4s, so Love can only defend 4s and he stinks at D. So anyone who lines up a stud at the 4 will light this team up. The Deron/Jones backcourt make sense, is cost effective, has enough threes and defends well. You probably overspent on usage here so far. Final Assessment: It looks like scud is going to go with the Connie season that makes the most sense. Parish is a little pricey at that spot but is such a damn steal that he would not reasonably be passed on. Watson has a ton of good PG seasons to choose from. Ideally, I would envision Parish starting and Love being an uber 6th man to mitigate his defense issue. Honestly, I love every pick but the Love one. Verdict: C+, in the playoffs
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem	9
Williams, Deron	40
Love, Kevin	57
Jones, Eddie	88
Hawkins, Connie	105
Parish, Robert	136
Watson, Earl	136
seapilots		After Round 2: I love both guys in the sim. Kawhi is probably my favorite player in the sim (although I stupidly love Dragic) and Hassan is a damn stud. You are going to need passing and in a hurry but it is hard to ask for a better start that this. After Round 5: Man, this team is so good. My love of Kawhi and Whiteside is already stated. Boerwinkle is always popular. I almost picked Kirilenko because he is tricky… you either get the seasons where he does everything well but has a bad shooting percentage/usage combo… or you get the better shooting/lower usage seasons where he doesn’t do as much for you. Nasty Nate is so perfect for this format. This is really good team construction. Final assessment: The last two picks didn’t make great sense but the first five were almost flawless. This team could be light on threes but otherwise it is pretty great. Not a lot to nitpick. Verdict: A, in the playoffs.
Leonard, Kawhi	19
Whiteside, Hassan	30
Boerwinkle, Tom	78
Kirilenko, Andrei	94
McMillan, Nate	99
Hill, George	115
Gasol, Marc	126
sixernuggets		After Round 2: Oof. Maybe I underestimate this team, but this is probably my least favorite team after two rounds. The defense simply is not there and both players were drafted much higher than I personally feel like they should have been. Plus, I just think Harden's TOs are too high to navigate. Obviously, the team will score, rebound and pass at an elite level. I just don't think they can stop the other team from scoring. After Round 4: I guess the plan is coming together. I am guessing you get the best defending versions of Reed and Drexler and let them take the best offensive player tied to Harden or Towns since they cover the same positions. That could work but then you get pretty reasonably inefficient seasons of both. Also, this team is going to turn the ball over a lot. Final assessment: I legitimately only like one of this team’s draft picks. I kind of see where the team is going but it isn’t clicking. There just doesn’t seem to be enough of anything. I would love to see sixersnugget’s take though and discuss it. I'd also like to know how to be a fan of both the sixers and the nuggest and what happens if they play each other. Verdict: D-, not close to the playoffs.
Harden, James	11
Towns, Karl-Anthony	38
Drexler, Clyde	59
Reed, Willis	86
Dunn, T.R.	107
Nater, Swen	134
Williams, Mo	134
twinsfan8791		After Round 2: I need to see more to make a real judgment. Stockton is one of the elite passers and is highly efficient. You can always build a team around his scale. McHale is a highly efficient scorer. I just need to see if you can get the secondary scorer to pair with Stockton and right rebounders to pair with McHale before I can decide. After Round 4: Allen is a great fit for this team. He will be another highly efficient scorer and will light it up from 3. Unseld is fine, although you still need more boards to help out the McHale/Allen/Stockton trio. You have the right mix of defense/positions. Final assessment: This team could have been good, but it only really drafted one okay rebounder. I think it will get killed on the boards and just be okay at defense. There are a lot of threes and good passing but this team ended up with critical flaws in my opinion. Verdict: C-, not in the playoffs.
Stockton, John	14
McHale, Kevin	35
Allen, Ray	56
Unseld, Wes	104
Maxwell, Cedric	110
Kukoc, Toni	131
Kerr, Steve	131
uptowngbv		After Round 3: All three of these guys have a high approval rating in terms of where they get usually get drafted, so I would guess that my opinion on them don't match the overall consesus of the ODL. I mean, Wilt is damn awesome but I would rather have LeBron. LeBron has more flexibility for roster construction, cheaper and I think as people have mentioned before, you can't scale Wilt up in the playoffs. McAddo is fine, I guess he is a pretty nice pairing with Wilt. To me, since Wilt can really only play the 5, I would have liked to get a guy who can defend both 3s and 4s at a high level here. But I mean, he is good and this is in no way a bad pick. Mookie is a really popular player in SLB but he is a volume shooter with a low shooting %. In the big picture though, you have 3 good to great defenders, your usage covered, your assists covered, your boards covered. My general feelings on players aside, this is shaping up to be a very complete team. After Round 5: Trying to decipher the vision. Dumars at the 2 and Bell at the 3? With Mookie/McAdoo and Wilt at the other three you could someone have a Wilt team that is light on boards. I mean, I get the idea with Bell/Dumars in that you get defense/threes and must keep costs down with Wilt. It isn’t a bad play and you can probably do enough to round out the fringes. It isn’t what I would have done really picks 2-5 but I can’t put up too much of an argument with it. Final assessment: Nothing terribly wrong with any pick but nothing super impressive about any of them either. This team is at the mercey of what division it ends up in I think. Verdict: C, just outside the playoff picture
Chamberlain, Wilt	1
McAdoo, Bob	48
Blaylock, Mookie	49
Bell, Raja	96
Dumars, Joe	97
Covington, Robert	144
Davis, Antonio	144
vancem		After Round 2: Robinson is one of the big men who can *possibly* make Klay work for you. While Klay provides great defense, shooting and efficiency he doesn't pass or rebound. Robinson provides enough passing that you may be able to overcome it with the right complimentary guard. However, Robinson is not a good rebounder for the position and since neither is Klay, vancem has his work cut out for him in the next couple of rounds. After Round 4: I love the Ward pick. He is awesome. It is higher than I thought he would go but he gives you a perfect PG for this format: cheap, threes, defense, efficiency. I know you wanted Buck to help with the boards, but he fouls and turns the ball over a lot for a third/fourth wheel which drives me crazy. Still, this team is good! Final assessment: A little more rebounding might have been ideal but I generally like this team a lot. Tinsley, Smith and Varejao were all smart picks at the end. Buck is the only one I am slightly dubious on. There were some other guys I liked better in that spot. Robinson and Thompson as your first two really pigeonhole you on what you can do with the rest of the draft though. Verdict: C+, sneaks in the playoffs
Robinson, David	13
Thompson, Klay	36
Ward, Charlie	61
Williams, Buck	84
Smith, J.R.	109
Tinsley, Jamaal	132
Varejao, Anderson	132
ysw128		After Round 2: Apparently, I like the Donyell pick more than ysw because he immediately criticized his own pick. Donyell gives you elite boards at the 3, can defend 2s at an elite level and jack’s threes. Malone is a top 5 big man who passes at a high level from that spot. ysw has 4 positions covered with elite defense and has exceptional rebounding. I like this team a lot. After Round 5: Well, this team is going much differently than I expected. Either he is starting Donyell at the 2 and is going SUPER BIG or he knows he can get a guard later and is just stacking the bench. Right now, he is really low on assists and kind of light on threes. I really wanted either Bogut or Pryzbilla to fall to me and I am super aggravated that this dude got both. I love them in this format. Final Assessment: It seems like a lot of people wanted that Embiid backup season. I love the two headed monster at C and Embiid is a good backup for the mailman. Porter and Frazier as your guard rotation is a poor one but the front court is nearly perfect. Verdict: C, just missing the playoffs only because I think the back court will be a major problem.
Malone, Karl	6
Marshall, Donyell	43
Frazier, Walt	54
Bogut, Andrew	91
Przybilla, Joel	102
Embiid, Joel	139
Porter, Kevin	139

Divisions:

Atlantic	This division is not good. Ben will sleepwalk to a bye.
Central	The divison has the two worst teams in the conference and a lot of teams that overspent on minutes. Probably means ben sleepwalks to the finals with one of his lesser teams.
Midwest	5 teams in this division would make the playoffs out East. Someone, probably 2, from the robusk, cjok, jkaye, midge group are going to get screwed out of the playoffs
Pacific	Second best division but some teams just couldn't do enough to overcome their critical flaws.

Teams:

Owner	Playoffs: After Draft	Grade: After Draft	Playoffs: Entered	Grade: Entered	Comments
rubnsly	No	C+	No	C	Not efficient enough
gerryred	No	C-	No	C-	Not enough threes or boards, too many fouls
vancem	Yes	C+	Yes	C+	A little light on assists but good
bds9992	No	D-	No	D+	Terrible bench, not enough threes
24kpyrite	No	C	No	D+	Too much Mamba
behoidal	Yes	B+	Yes	B	Don't know if he got enough assists for the strategy, but this division is not good anyway
scudmissle	Yes	C+	Yes	C	This team is just as I expected. Fine but the conference is not good
parrop	No	C	Yes	C	Good defense. Really messed up the usage though. Wouldn't make the playoffs in another division.
milest	Yes	C+	Yes	C+	Light on passing, heavy on fouls but good enough.
copernicus	Yes	B+	Yes	B	No real weakness on this team
twinsfan8791	No	C-	No	C-	Not enough rebounding or usage
uptowngbv	No	C	No	D+	Wrong Wilt, not enough usage or assists
midge	Yes	B+	Yes	B+	Good team
seapilots	Yes	A	Yes	A	Finals contender
robusk	Tes	C+	Yes	B-	Squeaks into the last spot
ysw128	No	C	No	C-	Not enough threes
jkaye24	Yes	B	No	B-	The team is good, last team out. This is by far the toughest division and I think your fouls and turnovers will hurt.
cjok1051	Yes	C+	No	C	All that usage means not enough rebounding or assists
pointfwd	No	C	Yes	C+	Somehow pointfwd afforded what he needed
sixernuggets	No	D-	No	D-	Woefully ineffecient
dh555	No	C-	No	C-	I am prepared to be surprised
jcred5	Yes	A-	Yes	B	Should have spent less on minutes, more on boards, threes, passing.
mikee1	Yes	B-	Yes	B	I like it
rjk2781	No	C-	No	C-	Not how I would have done it.

How did Kawhi Leonard turn into a 1st round pick?

Posted by milest on 12/5/2017 4:29:00 PM (view original):
How did Kawhi Leonard turn into a 1st round pick?

He is on the lower minutes side but on a per minute basis he is pretty incredible. Good shooting numbers, good shot distribution, elite defense and positional flexibility, good enough rebounding and passing number, elite turnovers/fouls.

Depending on who is available, there is a a pretty reasonable chance I will be able to trade down in the second round.

Posted by robusk on 12/5/2017 4:32:00 PM (view original):

Posted by milest on 12/5/2017 4:29:00 PM (view original):
How did Kawhi Leonard turn into a 1st round pick?

He is on the lower minutes side but on a per minute basis he is pretty incredible. Good shooting numbers, good shot distribution, elite defense and positional flexibility, good enough rebounding and passing number, elite turnovers/fouls.

I agree with all of that.. To an extent.. Although I understand he can play SF on a winning team at this cap level- I like to play him at SG, bc I have an addiction to rebounds, that can sometimes be unhealthy.. LOL. Playing him at SG limits your future draft pool- so does playing him at SF, but probably easier to work with... I've drafted him more than once in the 2nd round of the DH $52 with successful results... I don't think it's horrible to draft him in the 1st at this cap level, but with the low mins combined with low asts at SG or low rebs at SF- I think he's a 2nd rounder... But as long as it works- my opinion doesn't really matter...

Posted by milest on 12/5/2017 7:46:00 PM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 12/5/2017 4:32:00 PM (view original):

Posted by milest on 12/5/2017 4:29:00 PM (view original):
How did Kawhi Leonard turn into a 1st round pick?

He is on the lower minutes side but on a per minute basis he is pretty incredible. Good shooting numbers, good shot distribution, elite defense and positional flexibility, good enough rebounding and passing number, elite turnovers/fouls.

I agree with all of that.. To an extent.. Although I understand he can play SF on a winning team at this cap level- I like to play him at SG, bc I have an addiction to rebounds, that can sometimes be unhealthy.. LOL. Playing him at SG limits your future draft pool- so does playing him at SF, but probably easier to work with... I've drafted him more than once in the 2nd round of the DH $52 with successful results... I don't think it's horrible to draft him in the 1st at this cap level, but with the low mins combined with low asts at SG or low rebs at SF- I think he's a 2nd rounder... But as long as it works- my opinion doesn't really matter...

Well, he was drafted 18th by the team that won the league last year.

Posted by robusk on 12/5/2017 10:34:00 PM (view original):

Posted by milest on 12/5/2017 7:46:00 PM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 12/5/2017 4:32:00 PM (view original):

Posted by milest on 12/5/2017 4:29:00 PM (view original):
How did Kawhi Leonard turn into a 1st round pick?

He is on the lower minutes side but on a per minute basis he is pretty incredible. Good shooting numbers, good shot distribution, elite defense and positional flexibility, good enough rebounding and passing number, elite turnovers/fouls.

I agree with all of that.. To an extent.. Although I understand he can play SF on a winning team at this cap level- I like to play him at SG, bc I have an addiction to rebounds, that can sometimes be unhealthy.. LOL. Playing him at SG limits your future draft pool- so does playing him at SF, but probably easier to work with... I've drafted him more than once in the 2nd round of the DH $52 with successful results... I don't think it's horrible to draft him in the 1st at this cap level, but with the low mins combined with low asts at SG or low rebs at SF- I think he's a 2nd rounder... But as long as it works- my opinion doesn't really matter...

Well, he was drafted 18th by the team that won the league last year.

Yep. Nice job.

I wrote some stuff on the teams that have two picks so far. None of it is personal just my (ill-)informed take.

Also, some trade analysis.

Nice work Robusk! BTW I'm using 72-73 Artis with 3.9 to's per 48 which hopefully isnt too bad.

Posted by pointfwd on 12/7/2017 1:31:00 PM (view original):
Nice work Robusk! BTW I'm using 72-73 Artis with 3.9 to's per 48 which hopefully isnt too bad.

16.23 TO%. Average player has 14.59 so just slightly above average.

I make no assumptions that the players listed in that one post are the players being used. It is a reasonable approximation of the player's best season but I know there will be a lot of variance.

Anyway, Artis is very good! I just think I like some of the other big men option more in that spot.

that's not the right Scottie - I'm either going all in (94-95) or using one of his more 3pt friendly/economical Swiss-army knife seasons (like 95-96) really depends on what's waiting for me at the next turn