Celticsblog Fantasy Roster Review

[bucknersrevenge]

With today's addition of Chris Duhon, a top 12 PG last season with a solid Ast:TO ratio, which pushes the instant offense of Rashad McCants to the bench, the Las Vegas Lakers are looking like a young force to be reckoned with.

C: Darko Milicic (23)
PF: Chris Bosh (24)
SF: Kevin Durant (19)
SG: OJ Mayo (20)
PG: Chris Duhon (25)
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6th: Rashad McCants (23)

I'm interested to know what style of play you are going to run. Durant, Mayo and to some extent Bosh are fast break players. Duhon is a good defender who can hit the 3 and Darko can grab some rebounds, so are you going to run without a fast break pg? Or are you going to play a half court game with Mayo and Durant as your wings?

wow CM that is a really solid looking young squad you put together there. the pieces all seem to fit together well. just bring in some solid vets of the bench(especially a shooter or 2 and a banger down low) and youre golden. in think that group is gonna be able to function well both in the half and on the break. bosh and durant are gonna be credible post up options for the half court sets. theyre athletic enough to get out when the breaks present themselves. seriously, youve got one of the better young teams here, period.

[bucknersrevenge]

With today's addition of Chris Duhon, a top 12 PG last season with a solid Ast:TO ratio, which pushes the instant offense of Rashad McCants to the bench, the Las Vegas Lakers are looking like a young force to be reckoned with.

C: Darko Milicic (23)
PF: Chris Bosh (24)
SF: Kevin Durant (19)
SG: OJ Mayo (20)
PG: Chris Duhon (25)
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6th: Rashad McCants (23)

I'm interested to know what style of play you are going to run. Durant, Mayo and to some extent Bosh are fast break players. Duhon is a good defender who can hit the 3 and Darko can grab some rebounds, so are you going to run without a fast break pg? Or are you going to play a half court game with Mayo and Durant as your wings?

Im more interested on how Duhon can be considered a top 12 point guard. Quick, everyone name 12 better point guards!


CP3, Williams, Nash, Alston, Rondo, Parker, Kidd, Mo Williams, TJ Ford, Jose Calderon, Kirk Hinrich, Jameer Nelson, Beno Udrih (am I stretching it with Beno Udrih?)

why not...youre already stretching it with alston.

[celticmaestro]

With today's addition of Chris Duhon, a top 12 PG last season with a solid Ast:TO ratio, which pushes the instant offense of Rashad McCants to the bench, the Las Vegas Lakers are looking like a young force to be reckoned with.

C: Darko Milicic (23)
PF: Chris Bosh (24)
SF: Kevin Durant (19)
SG: OJ Mayo (20)
PG: Chris Duhon (25)
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6th: Rashad McCants (23)

I'm interested to know what style of play you are going to run. Durant, Mayo and to some extent Bosh are fast break players. Duhon is a good defender who can hit the 3 and Darko can grab some rebounds, so are you going to run without a fast break pg? Or are you going to play a half court game with Mayo and Durant as your wings?

half-court primarily. i have some things in the pipeline with regards to a back-up point who can change things up a bit. i see duhon and darko excelling defensively in this team, and playing to their strengths. in duhon's case, he takes care of the ball extremely well, shoots well and rebounds well for a point guard and most importantly he will keep the scorers happy.

Im more interested on how Duhon can be considered a top 12 point guard. Quick, everyone name 12 better point guards!


CP3, Williams, Nash, Alston, Rondo, Parker, Kidd, Mo Williams, TJ Ford, Jose Calderon, Kirk Hinrich, Jameer Nelson, Beno Udrih (am I stretching it with Beno Udrih?)

you forgot billups. anyway, in AST/TO ratio he was ranked 6th in pg's who played over 65 games. for what we needed, he was the best available and we think he could have a breakout year.

top 12 is a stretch though i'll give you that.

in this team, it wouldn't be a stretch.

[celticmaestro]

With today's addition of Chris Duhon, a top 12 PG last season with a solid Ast:TO ratio, which pushes the instant offense of Rashad McCants to the bench, the Las Vegas Lakers are looking like a young force to be reckoned with.

C: Darko Milicic (23)
PF: Chris Bosh (24)
SF: Kevin Durant (19)
SG: OJ Mayo (20)
PG: Chris Duhon (25)
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6th: Rashad McCants (23)

I'm interested to know what style of play you are going to run. Durant, Mayo and to some extent Bosh are fast break players. Duhon is a good defender who can hit the 3 and Darko can grab some rebounds, so are you going to run without a fast break pg? Or are you going to play a half court game with Mayo and Durant as your wings?

wow CM that is a really solid looking young squad you put together there. the pieces all seem to fit together well. just bring in some solid vets of the bench(especially a shooter or 2 and a banger down low) and youre golden. in think that group is gonna be able to function well both in the half and on the break. bosh and durant are gonna be credible post up options for the half court sets. theyre athletic enough to get out when the breaks present themselves. seriously, youve got one of the better young teams here, period.

thanks bucknersrevenge, i'm pretty content with it. i need a few more moves to fill out the roster, but i'm very happy with the young core i've got.

[indeedproceed]

With today's addition of Chris Duhon, a top 12 PG last season with a solid Ast:TO ratio, which pushes the instant offense of Rashad McCants to the bench, the Las Vegas Lakers are looking like a young force to be reckoned with.

C: Darko Milicic (23)
PF: Chris Bosh (24)
SF: Kevin Durant (19)
SG: OJ Mayo (20)
PG: Chris Duhon (25)
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6th: Rashad McCants (23)

I'm interested to know what style of play you are going to run. Durant, Mayo and to some extent Bosh are fast break players. Duhon is a good defender who can hit the 3 and Darko can grab some rebounds, so are you going to run without a fast break pg? Or are you going to play a half court game with Mayo and Durant as your wings?

Im more interested on how Duhon can be considered a top 12 point guard. Quick, everyone name 12 better point guards!


CP3, Williams, Nash, Alston, Rondo, Parker, Kidd, Mo Williams, TJ Ford, Jose Calderon, Kirk Hinrich, Jameer Nelson, Beno Udrih (am I stretching it with Beno Udrih?)

why not...youre already stretching it with alston.

Alston was as much a part of the Rockets winning streak as anyone. I don't think he's the 4th best pg in the league but last year he was very very good.

[wdleehi]

Teams in most need of a player trade

76ers.  Needs some beef. A lot of SFs

Cavs - I just don't like Wade and Manu on the same team.  Neither should be put to the physical abuse of SF

Pistons - too much complimentary talent.  Need to use the deep bench to get one superstar to lead

Bucks - no identity.  Bad mix of young and old

Bobcats - Get rid of Randolph

DC - No big men.  Two SF/PF I don't think will work well together on offense

Portland - one trade using the depth can change them from West favorite to NBA favorite. 

Kings - Ray Allen can be the guy that pushes a team to the top.  Kings need good return here

Dallas - to many offensive minded bigs.

[BigAlTheFuture]

Teams in most need of a player trade

76ers.  Needs some beef. A lot of SFs

Cavs - I just don't like Wade and Manu on the same team.  Neither should be put to the physical abuse of SF

Pistons - too much complimentary talent.  Need to use the deep bench to get one superstar to lead

Bucks - no identity.  Bad mix of young and old

Bobcats - Get rid of Randolph

DC - No big men.  Two SF/PF I don't think will work well together on offense

Portland - one trade using the depth can change them from West favorite to NBA favorite. 

Kings - Ray Allen can be the guy that pushes a team to the top.  Kings need good return here

Dallas - to many offensive minded bigs.

Wow, your good at these. If you were a GM your team would've dominated the league. Lol.

[Roy Hobbs]

Portland - one trade using the depth can change them from West favorite to NBA favorite.

I agree that the teams in the East are pretty formidable, with New Jersey being my clear favorite.  The one thing my team has over just about any Eastern squad, though, is athleticism.  I'd simply try to run the older teams out of the gym.

I'm not saying it would work, but it would be the strategy.

[wdleehi]

Portland - one trade using the depth can change them from West favorite to NBA favorite.

I agree that the teams in the East are pretty formidable, with New Jersey being my clear favorite.  The one thing my team has over just about any Eastern squad, though, is athleticism.  I'd simply try to run the older teams out of the gym.

I'm not saying it would work, but it would be the strategy.

Tough to do in a 7 game series. 

[wdleehi]

Teams in most need of a player trade

76ers.  Needs some beef. A lot of SFs

Cavs - I just don't like Wade and Manu on the same team.  Neither should be put to the physical abuse of SF

Pistons - too much complimentary talent.  Need to use the deep bench to get one superstar to lead

Bucks - no identity.  Bad mix of young and old

Bobcats - Get rid of Randolph

DC - No big men.  Two SF/PF I don't think will work well together on offense

Portland - one trade using the depth can change them from West favorite to NBA favorite. 

Kings - Ray Allen can be the guy that pushes a team to the top.  Kings need good return here

Dallas - to many offensive minded bigs.

Wow, your good at these. If you were a GM your team would've dominated the league. Lol.

When you are the commish, besides copy and pasting to keep things up to date, the only real thing you have to do of enjoyment is tryig to break down the teams.

[Roy Hobbs]

Portland - one trade using the depth can change them from West favorite to NBA favorite.

I agree that the teams in the East are pretty formidable, with New Jersey being my clear favorite.  The one thing my team has over just about any Eastern squad, though, is athleticism.  I'd simply try to run the older teams out of the gym.

I'm not saying it would work, but it would be the strategy.

Tough to do in a 7 game series. 

Agreed.  Realistically, Portland's goal is to make the Finals, and see what happens.  There are a couple teams in the West who could make things difficult on that end.

Once we get to the East, it depends on who is healthy.  It's going to be tough for any ECF team winning in our building (and we fully intend to have home court).  Still, this team is really built for future years.  Anything less than three championships, and I'll be disappointed.

[celticmaestro]

Portland - one trade using the depth can change them from West favorite to NBA favorite.

I agree that the teams in the East are pretty formidable, with New Jersey being my clear favorite.  The one thing my team has over just about any Eastern squad, though, is athleticism.  I'd simply try to run the older teams out of the gym.

I'm not saying it would work, but it would be the strategy.

Tough to do in a 7 game series. 

Agreed.  Realistically, Portland's goal is to make the Finals, and see what happens.  There are a couple teams in the West who could make things difficult on that end.

Once we get to the East, it depends on who is healthy.  It's going to be tough for any ECF team winning in our building (and we fully intend to have home court).  Still, this team is really built for future years.  Anything less than three championships, and I'll be disappointed.

see i really had you guys down as a building team, rather than a win-now team. i think there are a few teams who i'd fancy in a seven game series to beat you guys right now.

that's not a knock, because i think over the next 10-12 years, the lakers and blazers are competing for the majority of championships.

[indeedproceed]

Perkins
Nene/Channing Frye
Caron Butler/Trevor Ariza
Brandon Roy/
Mike Conely Jr/ Antonio Daniels

Weaknesses as I see them?
1. How good is Mike Conely? It's very hard to judge any point guard based solely on his rookie season, but there is enough here to say maybe a lot of his pre-draft hype was undeserved.

A bried summation of his rookie season

Mike Conley - 6-1 PG 1 yr exp Ohio State
- Conley's rookie season was filled with injuries that limited him to 53 games last season but he still started 46 of those games. Once established as a starter, Conley averaged double figures in points in three of the last four months. Assists are supposed to be Conley's forte and yet he only averaged over 5 assists per game in one month (not coincidentally the last month Pau Gasol was on the team). His shooting was sporadic as it is for most rookies but he finished strong and is working to improve his shot over the summer.

Many times rookies who are slower to develop take a small step forward their sophomore season, than a leap their junior. I simply don't know the answer here. My instinct tells me he'll be productive.

2. How healthy is Nene?

Who knows? If he's healthy, he's one of the better power forwards in the league.

Lets time travel back to 2007, Feb. Nene is recovering from a horrible knee injury. He's being ridiculed for being signed to a MONSTER contract by the Denver brain trust in the offseason. He's been back for a few games that weren't that great but then BAM. 20pts, 6 rbs against the blazers. Follows that with 13 and 10 against the kings. He goes on a run that extends into the playoffs in which he averages 15 pts and 8 rebounds. This is after suffering a torn acl, sprained mcl and full meniscus tear.

If he can fully recover from testicular cancer as well as he did his MCL tear, I've got quite the power forward on my hands.

3. Depth

I have many needs on my roster, and to fill them I have a 9th round pick (30), 10th (1), 11th (30), 13th (30), 14th (1), 15th (30).

We'll see. I think I've been workin in the middle rounds though.

[bucknersrevenge]

Teams in most need of a player trade

76ers.  Needs some beef. A lot of SFs

Cavs - I just don't like Wade and Manu on the same team.  Neither should be put to the physical abuse of SF

Pistons - too much complimentary talent.  Need to use the deep bench to get one superstar to lead

Bucks - no identity.  Bad mix of young and old

Bobcats - Get rid of Randolph

DC - No big men.  Two SF/PF I don't think will work well together on offense

Portland - one trade using the depth can change them from West favorite to NBA favorite. 

Kings - Ray Allen can be the guy that pushes a team to the top.  Kings need good return here

Dallas - to many offensive minded bigs.

lol thats hilarious. i agree on needing the trade because my roster lacks leadership but the bad mix part...thats classic. if i had a big name talent in the middle of this group the mix would fall right into place. unfortunately i couldnt make that happen.

[Big Ticket]

I'm not going to get into any arguments over it because I think the entire point of this thing was to kill time and have fun... but I am confident that, as of now, my team is full of better players, from both a talent and a fit perspectives, around LeBron James than either the 2008 or 2007 Cavaliers playoff teams.  He took one of those to the NBA Finals and the other to the brink of all brinks against the eventual World Champs.  I don't think my team is necessarily the best, and for where I drafted I had no belief that I would build the top team (the 1st pick (or 2nd) is brutal in these types of formats.... getting the 59th best player as our #2 option is tough), but the players I put around LeBron compared to those around him in real life tells me a lot about how competitive my team would be.

But, as I mentioned a few days ago, the collective record if all GMs were polled on their team would be like a 65% winning percentage instead of the required 50% if all 2,460 games were to be played... so I'm sure 2/3 of the league thinks their team is a contender as well.

Looking forward to the rest of the rounds.