PG: Tatum / Conley / Barnes
SG: Pippen / Tatum
SF: I Jackson / Isaac / J Johnson / Noah / Tatum / Barnes / Aldridge
PF: Noah / Valanciunas / Holmgren / Aldridge
C: Gobert / Noah

7 players, including 4 different starters, will see minutes at SF. Not ideal team building but it worked out in the end. Only using 3 seasons of Aldridge, 2 of Barnes, and 2 of Isaac. Despite the weighted numbers being similar to last season's, I'm not very optimistic about these guys.

5-team weighted avgs: 112.2 usg, 55.0 efg, 75.6 ft%, 59.3 ts%, 136.1 cReb (38.1 oReb, 98.0 dReb), 64.2 ast, 73.1 def, 619.9 3pm, 12.5 tov, 19.6 fouls/48

Name	Round	Mins Drafted	Mins Used	% used	mpg
Pippen	2	14857	14857	100%	36.2
Tatum	4	13297	13297	100%	32.4
Gobert	1	13063	13063	100%	31.9
Noah	5	11177	11177	100%	27.3
Conley	6	10592	10592	100%	25.8
Valanciunas	3	10303	10303	100%	25.1
Aldridge	10	11718	8216	70%	20.0
J Johnson	12	7103	5237	74%	12.8
Barnes	8	7389	4876	66%	11.9
Holmgren	7	2413	2413	100%	5.9
I Jackson	11	2354	2354	100%	5.7
Isaac	9	4546	2015	44%	4.9
Total		108812	98400	90%	240.0

Posted by dh555 on 9/16/2024 7:42:00 PM (view original):
1 - Lillard/Deron
2 - Moncrief/Havlicek/Deron
3 - Holmes/Henson/Ratliff/Lee
4 - Duncan/Lee/Bogut
5 - Claxton/Bogut/Biedrins/Lee

I thought the frontcourt came together nicely after being worried I'd have enough quality mins after starting with Claxton/Holmes in the 4th/5th. I pretty much punted 3s after the Dame pick. Kinda wish I had went after a good combo guard like Kemba or LaVine when I had the chance. I feel pretty good about this team overall. Good defense and plenty of high efg others around my middling efg stars. I think rebounds will be fine but wouldn't be surprised if that turns out to be a negative. This will be the first time I've tried the punt 1 team strategy. Congrats to whoever gets that team in their division. I feel like I have 2 teams capable of making a deep run but who knows.

Alright buddy sounds like you've got those teams built, let's get some league #s out!

Posted by chewy3344 on 9/16/2024 3:55:00 PM (view original):
PG - J.Butler / F.Lever / Ty Jones
SG - G.Wallace / Josh Smith / O.Porter
SF - Josh Smith / C.Webber / D.West
PF - J.Allen / D.Ayton / N.Reid
C - D.Robinson / C.Webber

Rd	Name	Total MPG	% Min Used of Total Seasons Chosen	% of Min Needed	Cumulative Min Needed %
1	David Robinson	182	100%	15%	15%
2	Jimmy Butler	128	100%	11%	26%
3	Jarrett Allen	124	94%	10%	36%
4	Gerald Wallace	118	74%	10%	46%
5	Otto Porter	64	59%	5%	51%
6	Fat Lever	104	59%	9%	60%
7	Deandre Ayton	101	81%	8%	68%
8	Josh Smith	172	100%	14%	83%
9	Chris Webber	133	83%	11%	94%
10	David West	38	38%	3%	97%
11	Tyus Jones	21	21%	2%	99%
12	Naz Reid	15	19%	1%	100%
		1200.0

This will be an interesting team to track IMO. I think the first seven picks were very good but maybe you lost the plot a little in finishing out the team. Defense is obviously the focus, and you should have a top 5 defense, but I wonder if the efficiency is just not going to be good enough, even with Allen and Ayton (a great PF platoon) buoying it. You're giving a lot of minutes (more than I expected) to Webber and Smith, both of whom will drag efficiency down if they're playing that much (especially because it looks like Webber is playing more than half his minutes at SF, where he will take a hit for positional effectiveness). Conversely a more efficient guy in Porter isn't playing as many minutes as I would have expected.

Reminds me a bit of my Wallace/Erving team last year that was very good defensively but couldn't stay afloat offensively. I think this team is better than mine was but I wonder if it will have trouble getting out of the middle of the pack due to scoring issues.

Posted by tarheel1991 on 9/17/2024 8:23:00 AM (view original):

Posted by dh555 on 9/16/2024 7:42:00 PM (view original):
1 - Lillard/Deron
2 - Moncrief/Havlicek/Deron
3 - Holmes/Henson/Ratliff/Lee
4 - Duncan/Lee/Bogut
5 - Claxton/Bogut/Biedrins/Lee

I thought the frontcourt came together nicely after being worried I'd have enough quality mins after starting with Claxton/Holmes in the 4th/5th. I pretty much punted 3s after the Dame pick. Kinda wish I had went after a good combo guard like Kemba or LaVine when I had the chance. I feel pretty good about this team overall. Good defense and plenty of high efg others around my middling efg stars. I think rebounds will be fine but wouldn't be surprised if that turns out to be a negative. This will be the first time I've tried the punt 1 team strategy. Congrats to whoever gets that team in their division. I feel like I have 2 teams capable of making a deep run but who knows.

Alright buddy sounds like you've got those teams built, let's get some league #s out!

what about the late tinkering and second guessing? wouldnt be a savage build without that haha

League #s are out!

I have really, really missed on this draft. There are more flaws than it is possible to compensate for. I have yet to put a single team together that I think has a chance to be good.