2013 CB Draft: How's my CB Draft Team look?

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Nuggets after 10

Damian Lillard / Kyle Lowry
Courtney Lee  / Jason Richardson
Wilson Chandler / Martell Webster
Anderson Varejao / Mareese Speights
Greg Monroe / Andrew Bogut

Took AB's advice and will start Andy at PF. Have at it.

i like your team.  i think people that are down on it dont value depth....either that, or they are planting seeds in people's minds so that voters will think of it come voting time. i on the other hand think depth is very important, so i like ur team.  u have a lot of flexibility, i like your depth on the wings, andi love your frontcourt pairings.  i think lillard is legit and can take the turn from being a young talent, to leader

[dark_lord]

Cleveland Cavaliers

PG: Ty Lawson / Steve Blake
SG: Tony Allen / Jamal Crawford
SF: Caron Butler / Gerald Wallace
PF: Al Horford / Carl Landry
C: Kevin Garnett / Timofey Mozgov

Mozgov and Wallace (and Blake to some extent) will be regular season bodies. The playoff rotation is Lawson-Crawford-Allen-Butler-Horford-Landry-Garnett with Wallace being used as a defensive stopper in select matchups.

this team is tough....not championship contenders, but tough (i like tough teams).  defensively, ur good to go for sure, and i think u could be ok offensively.

concerns....your SF's are always injured, so your team could be pretty vulnerable there. i think TA could fill a void at SF in certain spots, but he couldn't really play SF for the long haul or in large doses. 

i love KG and horford together, but i think ur going to have to rely too much on kg, which means minutes, which hurts him over the course of a season and post season imo

ty lawson is great, and i love crawford off the bench....spark for sure

[action781]

Boston Mod Squad
Kyrie Irving/Isaiah Thomas/Patrick Beverley
Lance Stephenson/Evan Fournier
Danillo Gallinari/Corey Brewer
Pau Gasol/Terrance Jones
Tiago Splitter/Jonas Valanciunas

Some guys are gonna play multiple positions obviously, but this is getting perilously close to the end of the row-add.

Thoughts on the team get a TP. Thoughts on the team that are mostly praise get 5 TP's. Thoughts on the team that are 5+ lines long written in legitimate iambic pentameter get 20 TPs, regardless of actual option regarding my team, although it must be an opinion on the team.

Will a team that is offensively deficient as this one be able to survive Gallinari's injury for the first several months?  A starting lineup that includes Splitter, Brewer, and Stephenson is going to struggle, isn't it?

Nah, I don't think it'll be a huge issue. Corey Brewer's pp36 ties him with Gallinari's, Tiago Splitter's pp36 put him just below Chandler Parson's and just above Roy Hibbert's.

The kind of scoring that'll happen might be different though. Corey Brewer doesn't have the range Gallo does, so while Gallo comes back, Terrance Jones will probably be asked to shoot a little more than he's used to, and Fournier might get some more time at the 3 they he had previously, Beverley sliding down a spot too. Stuff like that.

I see your team as having a below-average offense, and a below-average defense.  Well, maybe an average defense until Gallinari comes back.

You've got one elite offensive player in your starting lineup, and only one legit floor stretcher.  Those are the same guy.  Everyone else is going to have to score close to the basket, and that's not a huge recipe for success.

I'm surprised you call Boston a below-average offense after just praising the Nuggets team starting Lilliard, Lee, Chandler, Varejao, and Monroe.  IP's team has a considerably better offense in the starting lineup without Gallinari.  When you include Gallo in the starting lineup, this Boston team is equal or better on offense at every single position 1-5 (if you twist the frontcourt matchups) than Yoki's Nuggets.

I get that Denver has a better bench, but in the playoffs minutes are generally distributed heavy toward the starters.

[dark_lord]

Nuggets after 10

Damian Lillard / Kyle Lowry
Courtney Lee  / Jason Richardson
Wilson Chandler / Martell Webster
Anderson Varejao / Mareese Speights
Greg Monroe / Andrew Bogut

Took AB's advice and will start Andy at PF. Have at it.

i like your team.  i think people that are down on it dont value depth....either that, or they are planting seeds in people's minds so that voters will think of it come voting time. i on the other hand think depth is very important, so i like ur team.  u have a lot of flexibility, i like your depth on the wings, andi love your frontcourt pairings.  i think lillard is legit and can take the turn from being a young talent, to leader

lol.  just being honest

[indeedproceed]

Boston Mod Squad
Kyrie Irving/Isaiah Thomas/Patrick Beverley
Lance Stephenson/Evan Fournier
Danillo Gallinari/Corey Brewer
Pau Gasol/Terrance Jones
Tiago Splitter/Jonas Valanciunas

Some guys are gonna play multiple positions obviously, but this is getting perilously close to the end of the row-add.

Thoughts on the team get a TP. Thoughts on the team that are mostly praise get 5 TP's. Thoughts on the team that are 5+ lines long written in legitimate iambic pentameter get 20 TPs, regardless of actual option regarding my team, although it must be an opinion on the team.

Will a team that is offensively deficient as this one be able to survive Gallinari's injury for the first several months?  A starting lineup that includes Splitter, Brewer, and Stephenson is going to struggle, isn't it?

Nah, I don't think it'll be a huge issue. Corey Brewer's pp36 ties him with Gallinari's, Tiago Splitter's pp36 put him just below Chandler Parson's and just above Roy Hibbert's.

The kind of scoring that'll happen might be different though. Corey Brewer doesn't have the range Gallo does, so while Gallo comes back, Terrance Jones will probably be asked to shoot a little more than he's used to, and Fournier might get some more time at the 3 they he had previously, Beverley sliding down a spot too. Stuff like that.

I see your team as having a below-average offense, and a below-average defense.  Well, maybe an average defense until Gallinari comes back.

You've got one elite offensive player in your starting lineup, and only one legit floor stretcher.  Those are the same guy.  Everyone else is going to have to score close to the basket, and that's not a huge recipe for success.

I'm open-minded, though; I'd like to be wrong about your team, with the mod bias and all.

haha, mod bias is a myth made up by the liberal media to explain votes I get in contests by people who don't like it when I win in contests.

Fournier is a 40% from 3 shooter, Thomas scores from all over the floor, Beverley is a 37.6% 3pt shooter, Terrence Jones has range as a stretch 4, Gasol, Valanciunas, can both hit a 10-footer, I'm not overly concerned about spacing (although Gallo helps a lot there), and I'm not concerned at all with volume.

Defensively? I think we're fine. Splitter is one of the better post defenders in the league, and a vastly improved team defender. He'll take whoever the banger is, and Pau will play help. After that, my bench is populated with good defenders, and while Gallo and Kyrie leave something to be desired, they both score more than they let through, so even if we have to deal with some defensive lapses, hopefully our player continue to excel and even improve (the roster is pretty young overall) from what they've already done and our performance matches our projection.

[Lucky17]

Boston Mod Squad
Kyrie Irving/Isaiah Thomas/Patrick Beverley
Lance Stephenson/Evan Fournier
Danillo Gallinari/Corey Brewer
Pau Gasol/Terrance Jones
Tiago Splitter/Jonas Valanciunas

Some guys are gonna play multiple positions obviously, but this is getting perilously close to the end of the row-add.

Thoughts on the team get a TP. Thoughts on the team that are mostly praise get 5 TP's. Thoughts on the team that are 5+ lines long written in legitimate iambic pentameter get 20 TPs, regardless of actual option regarding my team, although it must be an opinion on the team.

How will Pau handle being called "Grandpa" by the rest of the team?

[Who]

Marvin Williams is injured too? Ugh, achilles injury. Yikes. Nasty injury. 

Eh, Jeff Taylor can double up as backup SF and Stuckey/Ray can get a bit more PT at SG if M.Williams doesn't recover well enough.

[dark_lord]

PG: Tony Parker, Will Bynum
SG: Eric Gordon, Brandon Knight
SF: AK47, Jonas Jerebko
PF: Faried, Tyler Hansborough
C: Enes Kanter, Chris Kaman
thoughts on euro.. i mean dallas mavs

best part of this team is the depth at pg....i like it. solid sg depth as well.  i love the manimal! other than that, the rest of the roster makes me say "meh"....not a knock on u or ur team....but they just dont do enough to make me think they are legit

[rondoallaturca]

Boston Mod Squad
Kyrie Irving/Isaiah Thomas/Patrick Beverley
Lance Stephenson/Evan Fournier
Danillo Gallinari/Corey Brewer
Pau Gasol/Terrance Jones
Tiago Splitter/Jonas Valanciunas

This is an impressive rebound from when this team had Gordon and Kanter. However, this team is no more than middling for me right now. There is simply way too much reliance on the continued development of young talent, and the depth is much too stratified. You have a crap ton of talent at the 1 and 5, but 2-4 are very thin - and even thinner considering Gallo has a very real chance of not coming back until after the new year. The potential is there, but moves need to be made.

[Lucky17]

PG: Derrick Rose, Eric Maynor
SG: Iman Shumpert, Marco Belinelli, Ben McLemore
SF: DeMar DeRozan, Chase Budinger
PF: Taj Gibson, Udonis Haslem, Patrick Patterson
C:  Dwight Howard, Ian Mahinmi

I wanted to create an elite defensive unit that would control the glass, turn opponents over, and score a ton of points in the transition game.

Yes, yes, I know: I have Dwight Howard, so I must have shooters to put around him. Well, along with providing suffocating D, Iman Shumpert shot 40%+ from 3pt land last season (and his percentages improved in the playoffs). He'll see some minutes at the 3 this season, along with Chase Budinger, who shot 40% from 3 in his last full season. Marco Belinelli is another threat from deep. Haslem and Gibson have been known to knock down the occasional baseline jumper.

I've got one more pick left, and enough depth to perhaps make one more trade. But even if I stand pat, I like this team's ability to shut opponents down, and grind out victories.

[Who]

PG: Derrick Rose, Eric Maynor
SG: Iman Shumpert, Marco Belinelli, Ben McLemore
SF: DeMar DeRozan, Chase Budinger
PF: Taj Gibson, Udonis Haslem, Patrick Patterson
C:  Dwight Howard, Ian Mahinmi

I would start Budinger over DeRozan. DeRozan struggles at SF defensively without his usual size advantage that he against guards and is a poor possession creator. Budinger is actually the better defender/rebounder and of course long range shooter.

I think I'd play Patrick Patterson ahead of Udonis Haslem as backup PF. I think his shooting ability would be a valuable alternative to Taj Gibson. Plus, I think U.Haslem's game has seen major decline over the last couple of seasons.

[Lucky17]

PG: Derrick Rose, Eric Maynor
SG: Iman Shumpert, Marco Belinelli, Ben McLemore
SF: DeMar DeRozan, Chase Budinger
PF: Taj Gibson, Udonis Haslem, Patrick Patterson
C:  Dwight Howard, Ian Mahinmi

I would start Budinger over DeRozan. DeRozan struggles at SF defensively without his usual size advantage that he against guards and is a poor possession creator. Budinger is actually the better defender/rebounder and of course long range shooter.

I think I'd play Patrick Patterson ahead of Udonis Haslem as backup PF. I think his shooting ability would be a valuable alternative to Taj Gibson. Plus, I think U.Haslem's game has seen major decline over the last couple of seasons.

I'd planned to have Shump and DeRozan swap defensive assignments when needed, but I do feel confident starting the low-usage Budinger.

Truthfully, I inherited Patterson, and would prefer to move him. I hear you about Haslem, who should only get about 15 minutes a night.

[action781]

PG: Derrick Rose, Eric Maynor
SG: Iman Shumpert, Marco Belinelli, Ben McLemore
SF: DeMar DeRozan, Chase Budinger
PF: Taj Gibson, Udonis Haslem, Patrick Patterson
C:  Dwight Howard, Ian Mahinmi

I wanted to create an elite defensive unit that would control the glass, turn opponents over, and score a ton of points in the transition game.

Yes, yes, I know: I have Dwight Howard, so I must have shooters to put around him. Well, along with providing suffocating D, Iman Shumpert shot 40%+ from 3pt land last season (and his percentages improved in the playoffs). He'll see some minutes at the 3 this season, along with Chase Budinger, who shot 40% from 3 in his last full season. Marco Belinelli is another threat from deep. Haslem and Gibson have been known to knock down the occasional baseline jumper.

I've got one more pick left, and enough depth to perhaps make one more trade. But even if I stand pat, I like this team's ability to shut opponents down, and grind out victories.

Whoa.  I'd like to know how you did this.  Top team I've seen so far.  Shumpert is a fantastic fit for this team.  I'd probably start Budinger over Derozan.  Maybe start Haslem too.  He'd be a great fit alongside Dwight and Taj has produced very very well off the bench in his career.  Taj would still get the majority of minutes there (25-30) with Haslem seeing 20 or so

[rondoallaturca]

PG: Derrick Rose, Eric Maynor
SG: Iman Shumpert, Marco Belinelli, Ben McLemore
SF: DeMar DeRozan, Chase Budinger
PF: Taj Gibson, Udonis Haslem, Patrick Patterson
C:  Dwight Howard, Ian Mahinmi

I was wondering what you had planned for this team's offense?

[Lucky17]

PG: Derrick Rose, Eric Maynor
SG: Iman Shumpert, Marco Belinelli, Ben McLemore
SF: DeMar DeRozan, Chase Budinger
PF: Taj Gibson, Udonis Haslem, Patrick Patterson
C:  Dwight Howard, Ian Mahinmi

I was wondering what you had planned for this team's offense?

In the half-court set, you'll see a fair amount of pick and roll for Rose and Dwight. I think that plays to their strengths/advantages over their defenders.