PG - Rose 11, Westbrook 12, Bibby 04
SG - Pierce 02, Barbosa 07
SF - J. Johnson 05, Stackhouse 01
PF - K. Malone 97, Bosh 07, AC Green 89
C - Bynum 12, Seikaly 93, Cousins 12
I love your starting lineup and I love Russell Westbrook as your backup PG.
I think this is the best starting unit in the league (outside of my own). I think the D.Rose, K.Malone and P.Pierce troika is spectacular and that Joe Johnson is an absolutely wonderful fit alongside them. Andrew Bynum, I like. And as I said before, I think Rose-Westbrook as a 1-2 punch at PG is going to be overpowering for so many teams. A great PG duo.
Less wild about the rest of the bench. I like Bosh but prefer him at center rather than PF. I like Seikaly but I don't like that he is in Bosh's way.
I dislike Jerry Stackhouse in this format because he is a shot-happy player with so-so scoring efficiency who doesn't contribute much outside of scoring plus he is playing out of position on top of that. I also dislike Leandro Barbosa as your main backup two. Too weak as a defender/rebounder.
I like AC Green. I think he should be your primary backup PF instead of Bosh with Bosh your backup center. Then Seikaly as your third string center who gets called upon when you need more heft in the paint. I like Mike Bibby as an offensively orientated third string PG. I dislike Cousins, I don't think he plays winning basketball.
For me, you have the best starting unit in this league but your bench is holding you back. Especially on the wings.
Thanks for the positive feedback. As for the bench, just want to clear a few things up. Stackhouse played SF a lot in the 2000-2001 season. You are right he wasn't the most efficient scorer on his way to just under 30 a game, but he did hit 35% from three and over 80% from the line for a TS% of 52. He also had over 5 assists a game to go with just under 4 rebounds a game that year, which is pretty solid for a backup and better than a lot of starters in this league. And sure he may be a bit undersized at SF, but he won't be going against a lot of the starters and I believe he will overwhelm almost all of the backup wings at both the 2 and the 3 (where I have him playing if you look at my projected minutes).
I specifically wanted a guy like Barbosa next to Stack and Russ in the backcourt on the bench. Great spot up shooter and excellent ball handler/slasher when necessary (43% from three, 18 points with 4 assists and 3 boards as the 6th man of the year). Might be a bit undersized, but just like with Stack, I'll take my chances against most of the bench players in this thing.
I do have Bosh playing about 8 minutes a game at center. Essentially the way I see my minutes down low are
Malone/Seikaly - 15
Bosh/Bynum - 13
Malone/Bynum - 12
Malone/Bosh - 8
I don't actually anticipate Bosh and Seikaly playing together at all so I think some of your concerns there are minimized.
Also, while I didn't set it up this way, I'm sure there would be games where I have Bibby and Westbrook on the floor at the same time and possibly also Westbrook and Rose at the same time. Sure that wouldn't work all the time, but against a lot of teams in the right situations, it could pose a lot of problems.
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