We haven't done a "critique my team" thread in this draft yet, but if people don't mind, I'll put my team up for review:
PG: Steph Curry (MVP), Jalen Brunson
SG: Jrue Holiday, Victor Oladipo
SF: Hedo Turkoglu
PF: Giannis (MVP, DPOY), Elton Brand
C: Kristaps Porzingis, DeAndre Jordan Domantas Sabonis
I'll return the favor for anybody who comments (if they want me to).
I love how the backcourt is set up. Elite offense (Curry and Brunson) next to elite defense (Holiday and Oladipo). Only downside is you can?t really play Brunson and Curry at the same time but there are some fun combos to make here. Holiday/Oladipo for a late game stop and Oladipo can really get buckets leading a second unit- he can play alongside both of your starting guards.
I like Hedo as a secondary playmaker, but I worry slightly about the defense with him and Curry together in the starting lineup. Hedo is a little slow footed. Giannis and Holiday make up for a lot of ground defensively but I still think you need a big wing stopper to take some of Hedo?s minutes. Still some solid guys out there to fill that role.
I love Porzingis with this 5. He plays a better version of a big that has worked with Giannis in the past. Elite spacing and rim protection that lets Giannis roam on defense while having driving lanes on offense. Big fan of the fit of your starting lineup.
Brand is underrated,and he has a bit of a midrange game as to not clog for Giannis. Deandre Jordan is a great rim protector and rebounder - I would play him when Giannis sits.
I think your team needs one more shooter and one more lockdown defensive wing - but great team building as always, Roy.
Thanks, CFF. My take on your squad:
PG: Chris Paul, Fred VanVleet
SG: Ray Allen, OG Anunoby
SF: Paul Pierce, Gordon Hayward
PF: Chris Bosh, Serge Ibaka
C: Tim Duncan, Andrew Bogut
While my favorite era of basketball was the 1980s up until the mid-1990s, the years I most intensely watched it was maybe 2000-10. Your team is exactly in my wheelhouse.
Pierce and Ray obviously work well together. They won a title together, and but-for KG's injury, I think they win three. Duncan is the best player of his era. Full stop. Not Kobe. Not KG. Duncan.
CP3 is one of the best PGs of all time. The only very slight critique I have about him is that he holds the ball a lot. I suppose all passers do. But -- and if anybody is paying attention, I'd like feedback on this -- I thought our Big Three suffered a little the more prominent Rondo's role became. As he became more ball dominant, the team's movement seemed to suffer. CP3 was a better finisher and a better shooter than Rondo, but I have a prejudice for the "multiple ball handlers out of the backcourt" thing: Danny + DJ, Parker + Manu, etc.
So long as Bosh isn't matched up against dudes with a ton of muscle and size, he's a valuable asset, especially if you get him in his 3PT shooting days. And luckily, there aren't a ton of PFs drafted so far who can muscle him.
Your bench is just stifling on D, and I'm a believer in Hayward as a 6th-man type who can do a bit of anything.
I think your team is set; whatever you do in the next two rounds is a luxury. I might look for a beefier PF off the bench, along with perhaps some elite athleticism elsewhere, particularly if that guy can attack the rim.
