2012 - CB Draft: "How's My Team Look?"

[jgod213]

Rubio/Udrih/Knight
J.Johnson/Belinelli/Knight
W.Chandler/Barnes/Belinelli
Milsap/Bonner
Howard/Hayes

Deep bench: Villanueva


I feel like i've maximized my assets at this point. i know the bench is a bit rough but i think it's a solid patchwork job.  I'm really struggling to figure out how/where to play Brandon Knight, i feel like he could be a weapon i just don't quite know how to deploy him.

[BigAlTheFuture]

Don't understand all the love for the Lakers here. I think we got them beat. Pacific division is ours!

1. Steve Nash/Andre Miller
2. Jason Richardson/Jamal Crawford/Willie Green
3. Tayshaun Prince/John Salmons
4. Kevin Love/Antawn Jamison/Jason Maxiell
5. Joakim Noah/Tristan Thompson/Ekpe Udo

Improved my bench a little bit by moving some young, but very talented players, for proven veterans. Steve Nash took a very bad Phoenix Suns team to a .500 record in the West last year. With K-Love, Noah, etc., this is definitely the best team he's ever played with.

[Lucky17]

Rubio/Udrih/Knight
J.Johnson/Belinelli/Knight
W.Chandler/Barnes/Belinelli
Milsap/Bonner
Howard/Hayes

Deep bench: Villanueva


I feel like i've maximized my assets at this point. i know the bench is a bit rough but i think it's a solid patchwork job.  I'm really struggling to figure out how/where to play Brandon Knight, i feel like he could be a weapon i just don't quite know how to deploy him.

Terrific starting five. Might be right up there with Phoenix's.

Yeah, don't know what to say about Knight. Keep him as the emergency/project PG. Udrih can cover both guard slots.

Open roster slot? Grab a backup big who's taller than 6'7". Bonus if he can play both PF and C. Unless you think CV can do that. Would prefer some defense there.

Actually considering you now have Bonner, not sure if you need CV. Another wing, a SG/SF type, could be nice.

[Who]

Rubio/Udrih/Knight
J.Johnson/Belinelli/Knight
W.Chandler/Barnes/Belinelli
Milsap/Bonner
Howard/Hayes

Deep bench: Villanueva


I feel like i've maximized my assets at this point. i know the bench is a bit rough but i think it's a solid patchwork job.  I'm really struggling to figure out how/where to play Brandon Knight, i feel like he could be a weapon i just don't quite know how to deploy him.

In a playoff series, I think Dwight Howard can go for 40-42 minutes a night. JJ too. Rubio, Wilson Chandler and Millsap would all be able to play around 36-38 minutes.

You only really need your bench for about 50 minutes out of 240. Only 20%. A tiny amount compared to most playoff teams.

Use Udrih for 15-20 of those behind Rubio and JJ. Barnes for another 10-12 behind W.Chandler. Then 6-8 minutes for Chuck Hayes backing up Dwight and 8-10 minutes for Bonner or Villanueva backing up Millsap.

It's a really weak bench but your starters are so talented and fully capable of playing big minutes, I don't really see it as a big issue.

[The Walker Wiggle]

Don't understand all the love for the Lakers here. I think we got them beat. Pacific division is ours!

1. Steve Nash/Andre Miller
2. Jason Richardson/Jamal Crawford/Willie Green
3. Tayshaun Prince/John Salmons
4. Kevin Love/Antawn Jamison/Jason Maxiell
5. Joakim Noah/Tristan Thompson/Ekpe Udo

Improved my bench a little bit by moving some young, but very talented players, for proven veterans. Steve Nash took a very bad Phoenix Suns team to a .500 record in the West last year. With K-Love, Noah, etc., this is definitely the best team he's ever played with.

So I don't need to worry about my presser? Good.

Since you don't know that Golden State wins the Pacific division you probably also don't know that Steve Nash announced he was divorcing his wife the day his son was born, and Jason Richardson was traded out of Phoenix just days later.

Also this:

Lakers will not take Jason Richardson. He supposedly has personal issue with Steve Nash.

Huh.

So career-worst 40.8 FG% and 59.4 FT% shooting from a guy that ranks in the bottom third of the league defensively, and has never scored or rebounded less effectively than he did last season, at an age for a two guard (31) where any decline can be precipitous + team chemistry issues?

[Lucky17]

Don't understand all the love for the Lakers here. I think we got them beat. Pacific division is ours!

1. Steve Nash/Andre Miller
2. Jason Richardson/Jamal Crawford/Willie Green
3. Tayshaun Prince/John Salmons
4. Kevin Love/Antawn Jamison/Jason Maxiell
5. Joakim Noah/Tristan Thompson/Ekpe Udo

Improved my bench a little bit by moving some young, but very talented players, for proven veterans. Steve Nash took a very bad Phoenix Suns team to a .500 record in the West last year. With K-Love, Noah, etc., this is definitely the best team he's ever played with.

Terrific starting lineup.

The bench still gives me pause. Miller, and perhaps Crawford, seem like the only sure things you've got (and not necessarily in a good way from Jamal).

I don't know what to expect from Salmons anymore. Jamison is a nice guy and a consummate professional, but I don't know what he has left in the tank. While a personal favorite of mine, Maxiell has been erratic lately, and Udoh and TT are still so raw.

Don't know what's still possible at this point, but perhaps you've got one trade left in you?

[jgod213]

Thanks for the input fellas, much appreesh.

Open roster slot? Grab a backup big who's taller than 6'7". Bonus if he can play both PF and C. Unless you think CV can do that. Would prefer some defense there.

Actually considering you now have Bonner, not sure if you need CV. Another wing, a SG/SF type, could be nice.

Yea i'm keeping that roster spot open for now, i have some thoughts in mind for it but we're on the same page.

Use Udrih for 15-20 of those behind Rubio and JJ. Barnes for another 10-12 behind W.Chandler. Then 6-8 minutes for Chuck Hayes backing up Dwight and 8-10 minutes for Bonner or Villanueva backing up Millsap.

It's a really weak bench but your starters are so talented and fully capable of playing big minutes, I don't really see it as a big issue.

As far as Knight goes, i feel like he has a ton of potential still and he deserves more than 'reserve' status, especially with this bench as constructed. Ultimately he's probably one of the best athletes on this team and certainly with regards to my guard play.  But i guess maybe i'm in the minority on his outlook this year.

[nickagneta]

Almost there. We won't score a ton of points but in a couple years we might be extremely difficult to score any points against.
 
Houston Boxers

Larry Brown - Head Coach

PG: Lin/Beaubois
SG: Kidd-Gilchrist/Redick/Lee/G. Green
SF: Barnes/Faried/Jerebko/
PF: Ibaka/Montiejunas/Henson
C: Valanciunas/Odoh

Can't wait to see teams attempt to score on this lineup in a few years:

Beaubois
MKG
Faried
Ibaka
Oduh

And in a couple year this is going to be a helluva offensive punch:

Lin
MKG
Barnes
Montiejunas
Valanciunas

[Lucky17]

Almost there. We won't score a ton of points but in a couple years we might be extremely difficult to score any points against.
 
Houston Boxers

Larry Brown - Head Coach

PG: Lin/Beaubois
SG: Kidd-Gilchrist/Redick/Lee/G. Green
SF: Barnes/Faried/Jerebko/
PF: Ibaka/Montiejunas/Henson
C: Valanciunas/Odoh

Can't wait to see teams attempt to score on this lineup in a few years:

Beaubois
MKG
Faried
Ibaka
Oduh

And in a couple year this is going to be a helluva offensive punch:

Lin
MKG
Barnes
Montiejunas
Valanciunas

nick, I think Faried is more capable of playing C than he is SF.

I think may be your best lineup:

PG: Lin
SG: Lee/Redick (toss-up)
SF: MKG
PF: Ibaka
C:  Valanciunas

[jgod213]

Nick,

I hope you plan on taking some of us to school, becuase i for one know very little about a couple of your foreign-bigs.  I know that they're extremely talented, but i'm not well versed in the particulars of their game. 

I look forward to taking Euro BabyBallers 101 with Professor Nickagenta

[nickagneta]

Almost there. We won't score a ton of points but in a couple years we might be extremely difficult to score any points against.
 
Houston Boxers

Larry Brown - Head Coach

PG: Lin/Beaubois
SG: Kidd-Gilchrist/Redick/Lee/G. Green
SF: Barnes/Faried/Jerebko/
PF: Ibaka/Montiejunas/Henson
C: Valanciunas/Odoh

Can't wait to see teams attempt to score on this lineup in a few years:

Beaubois
MKG
Faried
Ibaka
Oduh

And in a couple year this is going to be a helluva offensive punch:

Lin
MKG
Barnes
Montiejunas
Valanciunas

nick, I think Faried is more capable of playing C than he is SF.

I think may be your best lineup:

PG: Lin
SG: Lee/Redick (toss-up)
SF: MKG
PF: Ibaka
C:  Valanciunas

I explained this in the other thread. Faried is not exclusively a SF. He will guard the larger, stronger SFs in the league but play mostly PF.

I also am putting MKG where I think he will be best used, at SG. I think he is a natural there and Barnes a natural SF.

[KCattheStripe]

C:Al Horford/ Nick Collison/ Chris Wicox
PF :LaMarcus Alridge/ Thomas Robinson/Chris Wilcox
SF:Rudy Gay/ Carlos Delfino/ Dahntay Jones
SG: Tony Allen/ Terrence Ross/Norris Cole
PG: Kyle Lowry/ Devin Harris/ Norris Cole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL6DQZYPBeU&feature=player_embedded

[The Walker Wiggle]

C:Al Horford/ Nick Collison/ Chris Wicox
PF :LaMarcus Alridge/ Thomas Robinson/Chris Wilcox
SF:Rudy Gay/ Carlos Delfino/ Dahntay Jones
SG: Tony Allen/ Terrence Ross/Norris Cole
PG: Kyle Lowry/ Devin Harris/ Norris Cole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL6DQZYPBeU&feature=player_embedded

I like this L@kers team a lot. I still like my G.S. to win the Pacific (the "G" stands for gimmicks) but the L@kers have the much stronger front court 1-2, one of the league's strongest in fact.

I didn't like what I saw from Thomas Robinson in summer league, but I love Collison.

No shooters necessary?

[ronaldo943]

Don't understand all the love for the Lakers here. I think we got them beat. Pacific division is ours!

1. Steve Nash/Andre Miller
2. Jason Richardson/Jamal Crawford/Willie Green
3. Tayshaun Prince/John Salmons
4. Kevin Love/Antawn Jamison/Jason Maxiell
5. Joakim Noah/Tristan Thompson/Ekpe Udo

Improved my bench a little bit by moving some young, but very talented players, for proven veterans. Steve Nash took a very bad Phoenix Suns team to a .500 record in the West last year. With K-Love, Noah, etc., this is definitely the best team he's ever played with.

lakers are better more talent.

[Lucky17]

C:Al Horford/ Nick Collison/ Chris Wicox
PF :LaMarcus Alridge/ Thomas Robinson/Chris Wilcox
SF:Rudy Gay/ Carlos Delfino/ Dahntay Jones
SG: Tony Allen/ Terrence Ross/Norris Cole
PG: Kyle Lowry/ Devin Harris/ Norris Cole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL6DQZYPBeU&feature=player_embedded

Terrific starting unit. Scary athletic.

I actually worry about the bench. Two rookies and a second-year player, a guy coming off of heart surgery, and a currently still-unsigned FA. A lot of question marks there. If one or two of these could be replaced by more sure things, I would feel much better.