This is essentially my preliminary thoughts on how my team will run. Definitely subject to some change, but I don't think too much change.
Allow me to wax lyrical just a little bit here. One of the more forgotten about teams in terms of all-time greatness is, in my eyes, the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks. They had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a sophomore big man putting up truly absurd numbers with unstoppable post offence, amazing rebounding and elite rim protection. They had the Big O running the point, finally in a situation where it wasn't on him to have to score all the time, and thus he flourished in feeding those around him. They had Bob Dandridge, one of the forgotten elite scorers of the 70s who could do a bit of everything. They had Jon McGlocklin, one of the better perimeter shooters of the change of the decade. Smith, Boozer and Allen rounded out the rest of their rotation.
They had a highly efficient, yet unspectacular offence. Kareem was the dominant force in the NBA, the Big O was cementing himself as an all-time great floor general, Dandridge and McGlocklin were getting 15-20 points each night with ease. They cruised to a 66-16 record and dominated in the playoffs, only losing 2 games. They were a truly great team for that season.
That is the team I've sort of based my team off, in terms of the way I want my guys to play on offence. Embiid as the Kareem-type low post monster, Trae Young as the Oscar Robertson type finding all the open players, Beal as a super-McGlocklin with his perimeter scoring and ball-handling, and John Collins picking up easy points with his athleticism, efficiency and perimeter shooting, similar to Dandridge.
My team has three of the top-6 in free throws per game from last season (Embiid #1, Young #4, Beal #6). Free throws translate into really valuable offence in the important games as it allows my team to pressure the opposition with foul trouble.
Trae Young is one of the best passers in the game, and is more than willing to defer to whoever is open, or whoever might be open. Beal is an above average passing SG, as he showed in 19-20 before Westbrook came along. Barnes has developed into a really solid passing wing, and knows what it takes to win. Embiid is an underrated passer - he has had struggles in double-teams previously, but double-teaming him with Beal, Young, Barnes, Collins, Jamal Murray, Bogdanovic and Rozier flying around is done at your peril!
My bench has three guys who can do it all on offence - Murray, Rozier and Bogdanovic all can play on & off-ball, all are decent passers and good shooters. They're complemented by a highly athletic pass-first forward in Gordon, who also plays good defence.
Perimeter defence is probably my biggest weakness. Trae Young is a poor defender, Beal, Murray and Rozier are average, as is Collins. Embiid is an elite defensive anchor, Gordon and Barnes are both + defenders, and Bogdanovic IMO is a sneakily good defender, but it is still probably a weakness of mine. However, I don't think many teams have the ability to punish opposition teams on offence like mine. It might be a 150-140 All-Star type game, but I fancy my teams chances to take it home.
There are plenty of different lineups I can throw out, some examples being:
Young-Beal-Barnes-Collins-Embiid
Young-Murray-Beal-Gordon-Embiid
Rozier-Murray-Bogdanovic-Barnes-Collins
Young-Rozier-Bogdanovic-Gordon-Embiid
Murray-Beal-Barnes-Collins-Embiid
I like the idea of putting out Young-Murray-Beal-Collins-Embiid and letting any team try to defend it at their peril
If anyone wants someone I have in exchange for perimeter defence, I'm happy to hear out offers. But I like the idea of my group as the 1970-71 Bucks 50 years on, in Minnesota.