Official Discuss your CB Draft team

[wdleehi]

Discuss rosters in this thread.  Find out what others think of your team.

[wdleehi]

I will throw out my team to start.


Detroit
-Guards: John Wall, Ben Gordon
-Forwards: Al Jefferson, Marvin Williams
-Centers: Roy Hibbert

[indeedproceed]

How many of your guys do you consider long term members on your team?

Concerns that Jefferson and Hibbert are both slow post-centric players?

[wdleehi]

How many of your guys do you consider long term members on your team?

Concerns that Jefferson and Hibbert are both slow post-centric players?

At this point, all. 

There will have to be more additions to the big man rotation to deal with the quicker PFs, but those two will be tough to defend down low.

[Lucky17]

I will throw out my team to start.


Detroit
-Guards: John Wall, Ben Gordon
-Forwards: Al Jefferson, Marvin Williams
-Centers: Roy Hibbert

Any worries that your best player and leader has never played a minute in the NBA?

[wdleehi]

I will throw out my team to start.


Detroit
-Guards: John Wall, Ben Gordon
-Forwards: Al Jefferson, Marvin Williams
-Centers: Roy Hibbert

Any worries that your best player and leader has never played a minute in the NBA?

Same worry that every team with the number 1 pick in the college draft.


The place I was picking, there was not a better chance to get a star.

[Lucky17]

I will throw out my team to start.


Detroit
-Guards: John Wall, Ben Gordon
-Forwards: Al Jefferson, Marvin Williams
-Centers: Roy Hibbert

Any worries that your best player and leader has never played a minute in the NBA?

Same worry that every team with the number 1 pick in the college draft.


The place I was picking, there was not a better chance to get a star.

I'll ask it differently. Your starting five is:

a rookie drafted number #1 overall
a young shoot-first gunner coming off an abysmal season
a former number #3 overall who's largely been invisible since joining the league
a young talented PF who's languished on horrible teams since joining the league
a young talented big man who's toiled on a losing team since joining the league

Who keeps the team on an even keel when it's on a losing streak? Who takes the shot in crunch time? Who wills the team to victory when the game is on the line?

Right now, I'm guessing Wall. And no one knows what kind of NBA player he is. That's a hell of a bet.

It would be one thing to have Wall as a starter with a couple veterans around him. But your starting five is full of unrealized potential and question marks. Defense, in particular, has to be a concern.

As a team of the future, it looks like the ultimate boom-or-bust situation.

[wdleehi]

I will throw out my team to start.


Detroit
-Guards: John Wall, Ben Gordon
-Forwards: Al Jefferson, Marvin Williams
-Centers: Roy Hibbert

Any worries that your best player and leader has never played a minute in the NBA?

Same worry that every team with the number 1 pick in the college draft.


The place I was picking, there was not a better chance to get a star.

I'll ask it differently. Your starting five is:

a rookie drafted number #1 overall
a young shoot-first gunner coming off an abysmal season
a former number #3 overall who's largely been invisible since joining the league
a young talented PF who's languished on horrible teams since joining the league
a young talented big man who's toiled on a losing team since joining the league

Who keeps the team on an even keel when it's on a losing streak? Who takes the shot in crunch time? Who wills the team to victory when the game is on the line?

Right now, I'm guessing Wall. And no one knows what kind of NBA player he is. That's a hell of a bet.

It would be one thing to have Wall as a starter with a couple veterans around him. But your starting five is full of unrealized potential and question marks. Defense, in particular, has to be a concern.

As a team of the future, it looks like the ultimate boom-or-bust situation.

Gordon had a bad season on a team of bad seasons.  But he is from a winning situation in Chicago.  We all remember how well he played against Boston in the playoffs.  Not to mention, he was another number 1 drafted PGs running mate.  That worked out well.

Williams is the starting SF on a 50 win team.  He will play good defense, rebound well for a SF and can hit shots.  He is not asked to be a go to guy.

Al Jefferson is out of that triangle offense.  I expect to see him bounce back to the 20 and 10 player he was the two previous seasons.

Roy Hibbert is going into his third season.  He showed improvement already from his 1st season.  When he is taught not to foul as much, he will be a 15 and 10 type of C.  Top 10 C in a year or so.


Wall is the number 1 pick in the draft.  We have to wait and see, but we expect great things.

[Edgar]

Lets be Honest IF perkins wasnt Injuried The
Andrycrotorpickels were already champs
I am ready to accept the trophy after my next pick

Saludos


Jammer Nelson, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, David Lee, Kendrick Perkins

[Lucky17]

I'll put mine under the scope as well, despite the fact I do not yet have a full starting five:

Guards: Tony Parker
Forwards: Danny Granger, Troy Murphy, JJ Hickson
Centers: Samuel Dalembert

I envision stretches when Hickson will play as PF alongside either Murphy or Dalembert.

[wdleehi]

Lets be Honest IF perkins wasnt Injuried The
Andrycrotorpickels were already champs
I am ready to accept the trophy after my next pick

Saludos


Jammer Nelson, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, David Lee, Kendrick Perkins

Boston minus Rondo and KG.


Can you build a bench strong enough to overcome those downgrades?

[Edgar]

Lets be Honest IF perkins wasnt Injuried The
Andrycrotorpickels were already champs
I am ready to accept the trophy after my next pick

Saludos


Jammer Nelson, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, David Lee, Kendrick Perkins

Boston minus Rondo and KG.


Can you build a bench strong enough to overcome those downgrades?

For me its not THAT of a downgrade
Lee will fight for rebounds more than KG at this point
of course hes a lost in quality, and leadership but not a total lost
and Jammer if not close at rondo is an all star
Bench will come
I think we can manage to make even a stronger bench over the
one that make Boston champion

[wdleehi]

Lets be Honest IF perkins wasnt Injuried The
Andrycrotorpickels were already champs
I am ready to accept the trophy after my next pick

Saludos


Jammer Nelson, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, David Lee, Kendrick Perkins

Boston minus Rondo and KG.


Can you build a bench strong enough to overcome those downgrades?

For me its not THAT of a downgrade
Lee will fight for rebounds more than KG at this point
of course hes a lost in quality but not a total lost
and Jammer if not close at rondo is an all star
Bench will come
I think we can manage to make even a stronger bench over the
one that make Boston champion

I am looking at the downgrade in defense.

[Edgar]

I'll put mine under the scope as well, despite the fact I do not yet have a full starting five:

Guards: Tony Parker
Forwards: Danny Granger, Troy Murphy, JJ Hickson
Centers: Samuel Dalembert

I envision stretches when Hickson will play as PF alongside either Murphy or Dalembert.

Over all seems like a versitle team with some upside and
injury concerns in center like the all mighty picklecrotors
murphy is more of a center not a foward
still LOT of need in the wing and I am not talking about a bench
old player I am talking  go for the best SF available
and try not to go young there

[Slugger]

I will throw out my team to start.


Detroit
-Guards: John Wall, Ben Gordon
-Forwards: Al Jefferson, Marvin Williams
-Centers: Roy Hibbert

I dont think you could have started with a more inept defensive starting 5.

Gordon is a matador on defense, Jeffersons defensive inefficiencies are still evident, Hibbert is too weak to handle good centers (like Bogut).

Wall and Williams are adequate defenders.

Your team also gets killed on the boards.

Offensively they are solid, but what energy on that end will they have after getting pounded defensively.

I'd be looking to move Big Al for more of a defensive minded/rebounding 4.