Ashamael
I sense you’re worried about Jokic. Imagine where he’s going next Savage! I love the pick. He’s not the traditional defensive player, but boy can he do everything else. Amazing shooting with a lot of usage, solid to great rebounds and of course the assists. A fun player to build around I would think. Ben Wallace seems the perfect pairing. A complete statistical opposite of Jokic. Walt Frazier is a guy I would typically be hesitant to try because he doesn’t pass enough for a PG or rebound enough for a SG. Activate Jokic Powers! You have such incredible front court assists you can grab an otherwise valuable guy with great defense, pretty solid shoot and if you play him at PG, fine rebounds. Derrick Favors in the 4th is ok. Some pretty good D seasons with lower minutes. Shoots very well later in his career. Solid rebounds and some of it at SF. Did you consider Marques Johnson here? Would be interesting to see him with this group. Jayson Tatum! As we know he should be rated much higher defensively, but even so he offers a lot offensively. You needed some usage, great boards, pretty good passing and nice low TO’s. I like the fit.
Carlos Boozer falls to you in the 6th and I’m guessing he’s your Jokic backup. Pretty nice for a backup. In high doses as a starter he can be flawed but I like him behind Jokic. Brandan Wright is a super efficient scorer and can rebound well for a SF. Check out his crazy low TO%! Kemba Walker is interesting, I always forget how good the sim thinks his defense is… way better than Tatum’s! You can use him in a few ways. I’m not doing the math, but with Wallace basically being a zero with usage you need a lot next to him. So maybe you’ll run Jokic, Tatum and Kemba sometimes. A.C. Green is another SF option with solid D, rebounds and shooting. Doesn’t really hurt you anywhere, solid guy to have around. I’m starting to get a little pretzled with some of the positions here, Jamario Moon is a great SG plug in. Loosing track a bit, but I guess you still need SG minutes? Or is a defensive and rebounding upgrade over Tatum or Kemba. Miles Bridges has one very nice shooting season at SG, one or two other help seasons. Closing with Rasheed Wallace that is good value this late. His SF seasons are very usable.
Final thoughts: Ok, this is tough as the final product is hard to predict. For sure your Core is Jokic, Wallace, Frazier and then it’s a jumble. At times you can put more defense out there with Favors, AC Green, Moon and Rasheed. Other times you’re rolling with Boozer, Tatum, Kemba and Bridges. I guess you’ll blend them to get what you need.
Draft Grade: B+
Best value pick: Boozer
Head scratching pick: Favors
Projection: 5-10