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Taking Josh Hart. Like how he progressed throughout the year and looked pretty good in his starts.

Fred Van Vleet - CJ McCollum - Kawhi Leonard - Nikola Mirotic - Derrick Favors

Josh Hart - Jeremy Lamb - Nikola Vucevic

We're gonna take Mario Hezonja

Only 23 years old
Made a big leap last season (from awul to average nbaer)
Can shoot the basketball
Good shot distribution (69% FG at the rim, 33% from 3 but good form and shoots well from the line)
Not an awful defender
Played for the lolando magic his whole career so far

Just betting on his upside here

Roster:

Bledsoe
Richardson
KD
Olynyk
Myles Turner
Darren Collison
Hezonja
Maker

I'll take Davis Bertans.

Another good 3pt shooter. Played meaningful minutes this season for a good team. Perfect age for this.


Team
Giannis Antentokounmpo 24-28
Andre Drummond 25-29
Andrew Wiggins 23-27
Kyle Anderson 25-29
Jae Crowder 28-32
Isaiah Thomas 29-33
Trey Lyles 23-27
Davis Bertans 26-30

Took a few gambles, that are good gambles imo.

Crowder and IT should bounce back. And Wiggins SHOULD continue to improve.

Happy with my team. Not ideal fits but good value with each pick.

we could not

The New York Jazz select:

Hassan Wiltside (29)

Yeah wasn't sure when Hassan was going to go but I wasn't going to draft him. Don't want his bad attitude around my team. Sick that he was a 2nd round pick before last season and now went in the 8th round. What a difference a year makes.

Hassan can still be a beast when he wants to. Whiteside and UNDRAFTED were the two center headcases I thought a team with a top coach should gamble on.

Spo is a very good coach.

Agree Spo is top end but its clear he and Whiteside do not get along. Whiteside probably is a lost cause but he has flashes of looking really dominate.

This over? Let’s get some neutral judges in herr

I think Hassan is definitely still a plus player worth gambling on, could be another Larry Sanders/Roy Hibbert but I don't mind it.

Final Roster

Starters:
Jrue Holiday (28)
Kent Bazemore (29)
Harrison Barnes (26)
Serge Ibaka (29)
Nikola Jokic (23)

Bench:
Tyler Johnson (26)
T.J. Warren (25)
Dwight Powell (27)

Can you enlighten us on how Wiggins had improved from 16-17 to 17-18. He's been worse at literally everything. His rookie season was actually better than his last season

Wiggins has eerily similar #s to Michael Jordan, so I wouldn't count him out quite yet.

He might not make a big leap (tho its possible he does), but most players are going to steadily improve throughout their early 20s.

For example, each and every season his 3PA/100 possessions has steadily increased.

Last season he was elite at not turning ball over. Over time he will continue to learn how to play. He might never become a star but even if he doesnt he was good value there when factoring in his upside.

Sick benchmark

my grades (part team, part drafting slot skill)

A (great draft luck/great picks):
Cinarocket/loldolphins - Got the big stuff right. Bledsoe is salvageable imo. Thon Maker probably a spew but who cares.
Aejones - Hope this goes on the top of your list of sports betting achievments

A- (great or good draft luck and picks):
McLovin/Guivre - Nailing #1 pick is critical. Can Robs come back? Is Quin worth it? Can Frank learn to shoot? A few too many gambles for an A.
JumanjiBoard - Could be an A, but not sold on later picks and JMurder got a few good jabs in with the Levert argument
Eewert - Super sexy young team, but who the **** knows
Jmurder - Also sexy. Less young, but Hayward brings ?s too.

B+ (slight gripe with team):
DodgerIrish - As draft played out, think I like Harden over KAT
Capone0 - a little worried you drafted 2 1s and 2 5s with your first 4 picks. Ariza maybe an overdraft given how much he got paid in FA. Getting the last real stud keeps this a B+
KanMan/Tarheel - ain't a Russ guy. JJJ seems early. Missed last pick. Could be a terror on defense and I see the upside.

B (moderate gripe with team):
Charder - Embiid and LMA fit sucks, but love punting PG, so bonus points there.
Jdowell35 - Like first 2 picks, but really unsure about rest. Would take the over on 30.5 years for Ibaka.
DarO - Brad too early even for a president. Kind of feel like you have to take Brad OR Jaylen, but if you're taking both that kind of implies a level of success Jaylen didn't have. Thesis of the team is coherent otherwise
Heroball - Later round team that doesn't sizzle. No glaring errors, but probably close to dead.
Vinivici9586 - Flake and/or Gasol probably just a mistake.

B- (gripe with team i'm confident about or a botched early pick):
Wooders0n - Nailed Giannis pick, but didn't get the spacing. I'd beat Kyle Anderson in a race.
QuietAnarchist - Sleeping first pick hurts. Don't see how Fultz can be a superior prospect to Ball
SteelersDMW - Soooooooooo early for porzingis. Philly prospects are light years ahead.
Assani - Don't love the Oladipo/Wall fit, and flew too close to the sun with olds in the later rounds when you probably cant ship year 1.
KOD - Perhaps I'm underselling Capela's impact on Houston, but I really don't like him as a first pick
Wrane - Similar to my team, but Love/DAJ/Nurk a bigger mistake

C (critical errors)
RebeccaTwigley - You built around a Derozan and a Lowry. You don't win anything with a Derozan and a Lowry.

Lauri is a 5?

probably should have phrased it "cant play the wing". i assume he's like a 4.5?

Definition of a stretch 4; much better Channing Frye.

You "could" play him at 5. But you could with PJ Tucker too.

vini giving himself a B and jumaji an A- is about as respectable as scott foster in WCF game 7.

Thon Maker is only really part of the roster for protectionif a brawl ever erupts

BLATCHE ATTACK