2016 CB Draft: Discussion thread

[Bucketgetter]

Sacramento Kings

PG Damian Lillard / Wade Baldwin IV / D.J. Augustin
SG Kentavious Caldwell-Pope / Rodney Stuckey
SF Kawhi Leonard / Taurean Prince
PF Marvin Williams / Andrew Nicholson
C  John Henson / Boban Marjanovic / Jeff Withey

This is my squad through 12. Any comments or concerns?

Feeling good about stealing Capela from you.  Otherwise your starting line-up would be pretty intimidating.

As of now, you've got a fearsome offensive team, with tremendous perimeter defense and a nice blend of talents (a little green with Baldwin/Prince but the skill-sets are right).

But your big man rotation has a ton of question marks, especially at the 5.

Personally, I'd start Boban and try to use him like Indy use to use Hibbert - with all that defensive quickness around him, his super-slowness won't be as big an issue, and he can focus on his strengths playing off all that offensive talent.

I was thinking about starting Boban, but I think Henson is safer and less likely to get exposed on D. Henson doesn't offer much on offense but I don't really need him to do a lot given my "fearsome offense"  Boban is also raw and hasn't played that much, so some voters might not respect his true awesomeness.

I don't rate Henson much on D. Blocks shots but gets pushed around. Not the kind of guy who can anchor a D. He's more harmful offensively than he is helpful defensively.

Thats true, and if I am in the playoffs against a guy like Cousins or Drummond, I would strongly consider starting Boban so I don't get muscled around. TP for the suggestions.

[KGs Knee]

This is probably the final version of the CBD Charlotte Hornets:

C- Andrew Bogut | Marreese Speights
F- Al Horford | Brandon Bass
F- Chandler Parsons | PJ Tucker | Joe Ingles
G- JR Smith | Tyler Johnson
G- Mike Conley Jr | Raul Neto | Marcelo Huertas

I'm pleased with the versatility, fit, and ability to play both big or small and up tempo or more half court oriented. Should be a solid defensive team that can attack on offense in a variety of ways and can be a threat from the perimeter shooting the ball from all 5 positions.

[Kane3387]

Cleveland Cavaliers

 C: Greg Monroe
PF: Serge Ibaka
SF: Joe Johnson
SG: Brandon Knight
PG: Andre Igoudala

Bench:

Kyle Korver
Thabo Sefolosha
Al Jefferson
Taj Gibson
Brandon Jennings
Michael Carter Williams
Richard Jefferson
Udonis Haslem

[KG Living Legend]

 Does this team look any better with two role players in the starting five and then bring Randle and Turner off the bench.

 Okafor
 Sabonis
 J. Grant
 Wade
 Lowry

 Sabonis can guard screen and role better than Randle and plays his role very well.

 Lowry, Wade, Grant provides a very good Defensive unit and the bigs rebound well.

 Bring Turner and Randle off the bench where they can be agrresive and score more. Or would you just start Randle and Turner and sacrifice defense.

[Soytiz]

The NOP:

C - Vucevic
F - Covington
F - Batum
G - Clarkson
G - Wall

Bench:

G/F - Will Barton
C - Timofey Mozgov
F/C - Terrence Jones
G - Jerian Grant
F/C - Luis Scola
G - Tony Wroten
F/C - Justin Hamilton

[Who]

Cleveland Cavaliers

 C: Greg Monroe
PF: Serge Ibaka
SF: Joe Johnson
SG: Brandon Knight
PG: Andre Igoudala

Bench:

Kyle Korver
Thabo Sefolosha
Al Jefferson
Taj Gibson
Brandon Jennings
Michael Carter Williams
Richard Jefferson
Udonis Haslem

I love your bench. Probably the best in the CB League.

[Who]

The NOP:

C - Vucevic
F - Covington
F - Batum
G - Clarkson
G - Wall

Bench:

G/F - Will Barton
C - Timofey Mozgov
F/C - Terrence Jones
G - Jerian Grant
F/C - Luis Scola
G - Tony Wroten
F/C - Justin Hamilton

Not sure how well Clarkson and Wall will play together. I liked Clarkson better as your 6th man when he can come in, be ball-dominant and take a lot of shots. I thought Clarkson struggled to play with other ball-dominant guards in LAL. I think Wall would be tough for him.

Clarkson is really only effective when he is allowed to have the ball in his hands and that won't happen much when playing alongside John Wall. And after Wall you have Nic Batum as your secondary ball-handler (superior passer to Clarkson) and you need to Vucevic a large dose of touches as well. So there isn't much time on the ball there for Clarkson to work with in the starting lineup. Clarkson would be awesome as a scoring guard off the bench though. I think he'd work very well in that role.

I love the shooting around John Wall. That will make his life so much easier and make him much more effective offensively. Vucevic is an excellent jump-shooting center. Nic Batum is lights out from SF. Going small and playing Covington at PF gives you one of the best jump-shooting frontcourts in the league. It will be a nightmare for opposing teams to try and help on John Wall's penetration without giving up open jumpers to those guys.

I like Will Barton as a starting SG if you do move Clarkson back to the bench. I like the length 2-4 with Barton, Batum and Covington. And John Wall too. Big PG. Lots of ability to switch on defense and play active help defense jumping into passing lanes with all that length. Barton and Wall would also give you a great rebounding backcourt. Deadly transition team as well 1-4.

[nickagneta]

OKC

Starters

PG: Jeff Teague
SG: Rodney Hood
SF: C. J. Miles
PF: Draymond Green
C: Mason Plumlee

Bench

PG: Leandro Barbosa/Brian Robets
SG: Brandon Rush
SF: Alonzo Gee/Jeremy Lamb
PF: Ryan Anderson
C: Tiago Splitter

This team will have multiple small ball line ups, one defensive lineup with length, a bigs lineup, and the starting lineup

[Who]

OKC

Starters

PG: Jeff Teague
SG: Rodney Hood
SF: C. J. Miles
PF: Draymond Green
C: Mason Plumlee

Bench

PG: Leandro Barbosa/Brian Robets
SG: Brandon Rush
SF: Alonzo Gee/Jeremy Lamb
PF: Ryan Anderson
C: Tiago Splitter

This team will have multiple small ball line ups, one defensive lineup with length, a bigs lineup, and the starting lineup

I'd play B.Roberts as my backup PG and keep Barbosa at SG. I don't think Barbosa would fare well at PG these days. Barbosa has gotten older and is more comfortable at SG. I'd go with Brandon Rush as my backup SF and use Alonzo Gee (defensive specialist) and Jeremy Lamb as my 3rd stringers.

[Soytiz]

The NOP:

C - Vucevic
F - Covington
F - Batum
G - Clarkson
G - Wall

Bench:

G/F - Will Barton
C - Timofey Mozgov
F/C - Terrence Jones
G - Jerian Grant
F/C - Luis Scola
G - Tony Wroten
F/C - Justin Hamilton

Not sure how well Clarkson and Wall will play together. I liked Clarkson better as your 6th man when he can come in, be ball-dominant and take a lot of shots. I thought Clarkson struggled to play with other ball-dominant guards in LAL. I think Wall would be tough for him.

Clarkson is really only effective when he is allowed to have the ball in his hands and that won't happen much when playing alongside John Wall. And after Wall you have Nic Batum as your secondary ball-handler (superior passer to Clarkson) and you need to Vucevic a large dose of touches as well. So there isn't much time on the ball there for Clarkson to work with in the starting lineup. Clarkson would be awesome as a scoring guard off the bench though. I think he'd work very well in that role.

I love the shooting around John Wall. That will make his life so much easier and make him much more effective offensively. Vucevic is an excellent jump-shooting center. Nic Batum is lights out from SF. Going small and playing Covington at PF gives you one of the best jump-shooting frontcourts in the league. It will be a nightmare for opposing teams to try and help on John Wall's penetration without giving up open jumpers to those guys.

I like Will Barton as a starting SG if you do move Clarkson back to the bench. I like the length 2-4 with Barton, Batum and Covington. And John Wall too. Big PG. Lots of ability to switch on defense and play active help defense jumping into passing lanes with all that length. Barton and Wall would also give you a great rebounding backcourt. Deadly transition team as well 1-4.

Noted! Was thinking about that too and basically the reason I posted the lineup... Thanks a bunch!

[Gainesville Celtic]

PG   Kemba Walker
SG   Josh Richardson
SF   Otto Porter
PF   Derrick Favors
C   Marcin Gortat
   
Rotation
6   Zach Randolph
7   E'Twaun Moore
8   Cory Joseph
9   Matt Barnes (or Morrow or Baynes situationally)
   
Bench
B1   Anthony Morrow
B2   Aron Baynes
B3   Richaun Holmes
B4   T.J. McConnell

[wdleehi]

The Now Knicks

PG  Irving
SG C. Lee
SF Shabazz Muhammad
PF Marcus Morris
C  Drummond


Bench
PG N. Cole
SG Hield
SF/SG V. Carter
SF Prince (the old guy)
SF/PF Livio Jean-Charles
PF/C Sullinger
PF/C Marquese Chriss
C Tyler Zeller

[nickagneta]

OKC

Starters

PG: Jeff Teague
SG: Rodney Hood
SF: C. J. Miles
PF: Draymond Green
C: Mason Plumlee

Bench

PG: Leandro Barbosa/Brian Robets
SG: Brandon Rush
SF: Alonzo Gee/Jeremy Lamb
PF: Ryan Anderson
C: Tiago Splitter

This team will have multiple small ball line ups, one defensive lineup with length, a bigs lineup, and the starting lineup

I'd play B.Roberts as my backup PG and keep Barbosa at SG. I don't think Barbosa would fare well at PG these days. Barbosa has gotten older and is more comfortable at SG. I'd go with Brandon Rush as my backup SF and use Alonzo Gee (defensive specialist) and Jeremy Lamb as my 3rd stringers.

Thanks Who but I figured when Rush and Barbosa were in the game, Draymond would be in there with them and he would become the point forward that facilitates the offense. Barbosa would just have to bring up the ball and get it to Dray, which I think he is capable of. I also don't like having Roberts, Leando and Rush as a second team trio as that would make the team way to small.

[wdleehi]

PG   Kemba Walker
SG   Josh Richardson
SF   Otto Porter
PF   Derrick Favors
C   Marcin Gortat
   
Rotation
6   Zach Randolph
7   E'Twaun Moore
8   Cory Joseph
9   Matt Barnes (or Morrow or Baynes situationally)
   
Bench
B1   Anthony Morrow
B2   Aron Baynes
B3   Richaun Holmes
B4   T.J. McConnell

Love your PG and big man rotation.  I think there is a lot for your starting swings to prove.

[Who]

Houston Rockets

Coach Mike D'Antoni

Starters

 C: Anthony Davis
PF: Nikola Mirotic
SF: DeMarre Carroll
SG: Gary Harris
PG: Goran Dragic

Bench Rotation - Sergio Rodriguez, Terry Rozier, Kyle Anderson, Festus Ezeli

Deep Bench - Ben McLemore, Reggie Bullock, Kyle Singler, Anthony Tolliver, Brandon Wright