2011 CB Historical Draft - Draft Thread

[indeedproceed]

Here's another question for those owners who deign to grace us with their presence this morning: When you look at your team, how deep is your rotation in your mind?

Yeah, yeah..I get that its matchup dependent...but realistically are you seeing a 10man rotation, or are you seeing more of a 7-8 man unit?

I'm ten deep, but I could see myself dropping Iguodala and/or Kemp in a playoff run depending on match ups.

You got a loose mins breakdown?

[StartOrien]

One thing about the Indy team that worries me is that while there is no denying Wade's excellence as a player, he's no 3pt shooter, and neither is Barkley, and Marion's 31% is kind of paltry in this setting. Really the only big 3pt shooter in Indy's starting lineup is Nash.

But going back to this, because I think its a legitimate concern, I think two thinks work in our favor.

1. While 3 point shooting is somewhat lacking, Barkley and Wade are both capable of hitting mid range shots which opens the floor up some, though obviously not quite as easily as those pocket 3's we came used to.

2. Nash gets the benefit of some skilled distributors, primarily in Wade and Russell. Which means they'll be less occasions where he'd have to dribble the ball all the way up the court. Also, with Wade, I could see some times where Nash ends up being the Raja Bell type in transition.

[Donoghus]

We all know that the game seems to slow down in crunch time.

Who thinks they have the best half-court set/lineup and why?

[StartOrien]

Here's another question for those owners who deign to grace us with their presence this morning: When you look at your team, how deep is your rotation in your mind?

Yeah, yeah..I get that its matchup dependent...but realistically are you seeing a 10man rotation, or are you seeing more of a 7-8 man unit?

I'm ten deep, but I could see myself dropping Iguodala and/or Kemp in a playoff run depending on match ups.

You got a loose mins breakdown?

Bill Russell (35) / Alonzo Mourning (13)
Charles Barkley (35) / Alonzo Mourning (7) / Shawn Kemp (6)
Shawn Marion (35) / Glen Rice (9) / Andre Iguodala (4)
Dwyane Wade (22) / Dan Majerle (26)
Steve Nash (30) / Dwyane Wade (18)

[Rondo2287]

Here's another question for those owners who deign to grace us with their presence this morning: When you look at your team, how deep is your rotation in your mind?

Yeah, yeah..I get that its matchup dependent...but realistically are you seeing a 10man rotation, or are you seeing more of a 7-8 man unit?

I probably see myself going 10 deep a good ammount of the time.  Derrick Rose, Amare and Gervin are guys that I am going to need to get into the game without a doubt.  I think they are too talented to not see action.  Then I imagine using Bowen and Silas as defense replacements on a nightly basis for some minutes

[indeedproceed]

We all know that the game seems to slow down in crunch time.

Who thinks they have the best half-court set/lineup and why?

Good question.

[StartOrien]

We all know that the game seems to slow down in crunch time.

Who thinks they have the best half-court set/lineup and why?

Memphis, Miami and Atlanta all stand out to me.

EDIT: Misread, these are what I think to be the best half court offenses.

[KCattheStripe]

We all know that the game seems to slow down in crunch time.

Who thinks they have the best half-court set/lineup and why?

Good question.

I really don't see a better crunch time D line up then ours  and we have Hakeem in the low post for scoring and Jason Kidd to coordinate everyone else getting the ball.

[Rondo2287]

We all know that the game seems to slow down in crunch time.

Who thinks they have the best half-court set/lineup and why?

I think I have a pretty dominant end of game lineup.  

First of all.  I think one of the general weakenesses of teams is when they settle for jump shots down the stretch.  With Rose, Gervin, Baylor, there will be no team that has the perimiter defense to keep those guys out of the paint.  And when a big man rotates over you can drop it down to Shaq or Amare for the finish at the rim.  Course if a big man rotates to Rose it just won't matter.

Also assuming we have the timeouts to use we will be able to bring Bowen, Chaney, and Silas off the bench for defensive possessions which will significantly limit a teams chances to close us out down the stretch

[KCattheStripe]

We all know that the game seems to slow down in crunch time.

Who thinks they have the best half-court set/lineup and why?

I think I have a pretty dominant end of game lineup.  

First of all.  I think one of the general weakenesses of teams is when they settle for jump shots down the stretch.  With Rose, Gervin, Baylor, there will be no team that has the perimiter defense to keep those guys out of the paint.  

::::::Kidd, Lewis, Pippen raise their hands::::::

[indeedproceed]

Here's another question for those owners who deign to grace us with their presence this morning: When you look at your team, how deep is your rotation in your mind?

Yeah, yeah..I get that its matchup dependent...but realistically are you seeing a 10man rotation, or are you seeing more of a 7-8 man unit?

I'm ten deep, but I could see myself dropping Iguodala and/or Kemp in a playoff run depending on match ups.

You got a loose mins breakdown?

Bill Russell (35) / Alonzo Mourning (13)
Charles Barkley (35) / Alonzo Mourning (7) / Shawn Kemp (6)
Shawn Marion (35) / Glen Rice (9) / Andre Iguodala (4)
Dwyane Wade (22) / Dan Majerle (26)
Steve Nash (30) / Dwyane Wade (18)

Man, Kemp is just languishing. I guess you could give him all the minutes at the 4, and keep Russell and Morning on the bench, but they're probably better fitted players, esp if you want to put Marion at the 4 at all.

That's gonna leave Shawn Kemp with too much free time to make bad decisions.

[Donoghus]

In addition to crunch-time lineups, could everyone identify their end of game closer?

(Sorry if this has been asked before.  I'm a day behind on this).

[KCattheStripe]

Side note: I have only two players on my team under 6'7", does anyone else? I'm genuinely curious and lazy.

[Who]

So who is the best run n gun team? ****Can't nominate yourself***

It's going to be hard to top a team led by Bill Russell, Charles Barkley and Steve Nash.

Oh, Wade and Marion too. Keeps getting better.

[StartOrien]

That's gonna leave Shawn Kemp with too much free time to make bad decisions.

I like to keep off-court chemistry issues out of the excercise