Originally Posted by BobboFitos
since we were spoiled by so many picks, we didnt do a whole lot of analysis. franchise said he may change his pick or some weird thing like that, so i'll leave him out, and naturally, i cant value my own team. the current 3 man teams that have filled out:
Steroid Boy - MJ, Camby, J Smoove
Fadi - B Miller, Peja, Clyde
Horizon - Team bus driver, Horace, Lebron
Ruffneck - Magic Hot Rod Redd
KC - Cassell, Bird, Divac
I'm not so sure I like Steroid's boy team. Granted he traded down and he has a pick coming up, but I actually think he has a soft 4/5. Neither Josh Smith or Camby is a great post defender (1on1) both are just superb help/weakside. With weaker guards help defense becomes more crucial, but you have one of the best (if not the best) perimeter defenders as well. I think you'll be ok rebounding wise, as well. Offensively though, MJ will give you 30 or so, but who else is going to score? JSmoove is a horribly inefficient shooter. (101 offensive rating, lol) The big problem is he takes too many shots at a poor %. If he had a good passer to find him in transition, (his biggest strength) than I will like this team alot. (Bc you guys would block so many shots it would start you guys runnnning) I just think there were so many options that would look great next to MJ, and Jsmoove is not one of them.
Fadi's lineup is starting to come together. Offensively it looks like he can run his offense from the inside out, and just find open shooters. But I wont speculate too much on that front, I'll only say offense is fine and looking dandy. Defensively, with both Clyde and Peja on the floor, HERE is where a help defender would help. Put Camby or Jsmoove there, and all the mistakes / getting blown by would funnel them into the big guy. Although Brad Miller is not a bad defender, and he's actually quite solid, it's that he's actually a better 1on1 guy than help. Mainly bc he's pretty big and relatively slow to rotate to block and so forth. That extra weight/muscle helps him not get pushed out of the paint but prevents him from helping contest when wingmen blow by Peja and Clyde (which will def. happen)
Drazen Petrovic was a guy I was looking to steal in the 5th round. No idea I wouldn't even have the option of selecting him in the 3rd! I guess more people knew about him than just me. Great scorer, and the type of guy that will work so well with LBJ. I think Horizon has one of the ODDEST teams, but looks like one of the BETTER ones. And he has the next pick, to boot.
I put "magic hot rod redd" together bc it sounded funny all at once. I dont want to belabor this, as others have mentioned, but with Magic you have so many possibilities. Didn't expect these next 2 guys to be paired with him. Could hot rod run the floor? What I know is he's a solid dude who will play both ends slightly above average.. Not much else. This is where someone could help me out, as he wasnt even on my radar screen.
Finally, Cassell/Divc/Bird looks like a team that has serious clutch factor. I'm disappointed KC went away from the all-white team, especially as there were some good white dudes around, but disappointment aside, this looks like a very SMART team. All three of these defenders were not physically gifted, but rather had high BBall IQs. That will count for something. That said, it looks like neither a fast or slow paced team, and a team without a true offensive identity.