I'm just going to assume Locke is fine picking since we've skipped Manji multiple times and pick as well because I'm going to bed.

There are a TON of undrafteds that I am amazed haven't been picked.

Last picks:
Iman Shumpert (23)

I struggled between 3 guys for my last big. I decided to go with the younger ones that have more potential still. Struggled even harder to decide between them, but going to draft as my last pick:

Patrick Patterson (25)

Final roster:
CP3
Terrance Ross
Luol Deng
Al Jefferson
Larry Sanders

Patrick Patterson
Iman Shumpert

Coached by Doc Rivers

actually still only 22 i thought i was the only one left on the bandwagon! definitely agree theres still time for him to get there, but hes coming up on his 5th year in the league. with aljeff/millsap gone he quietly made some nice improvements last year- his usg/ts/efg/ast all went up and his tov dipped by 3%. still he wasn't like a huge positive or anything. also his blocks/rebounds dropped which is kind of worrisome.

i didn't mean to come off as hating on him, like i said i still believe he can be great. i was more painting a picture of how much i think needed to go right for that team to contend and how skeptical i am of its chances.

Favors team would be destroyed by any team that can score in the paint at all. Middleton is more of a 2/3 than a 3/4 right now, and hes the starting PF. Is Favors even a true center?

yeah I think that is a fair point.

Bosh off a bad finals leaving a bad taste in my mouth. Could see him falling off a bit with all the demanding mins hes played over the last 4 years. I knew I could get Taj much later who I do like a lot. Like I said I didn't know I was gonna go hardcore with the olds when I took Klay.

Maybe go Bosh then a wing 3+D guy like Wes Matthews rd 3 and then a PG like Jrue later since Manu gonna be on the court creating O down the stretch anyway.

Bosh without main rim protector duties would be pretty sick defensively though.

just another team i really like that im sort of baffled by one particular selection- what is al jefferson doing on this team? taking a look at the spreadsheet randerson/millsap/dirk were all taken after him. two of those guys are better than him in a vacuum and much much much better fits. can you imagine a cp3/dirk PnR with ross/deng waiting on the wings and sanders cleaning up down low? and then you have cp3/deng to defend the wings and sanders defending down low. man that team would be so sick. its not like age matters too much as cp3/deng/aljeff are all approaching 30 anyway.

how is the sanders/aljeff front court even supposed to work? who guards 4s? wat about spacing on offense? seems like an awfully packed paint for a PG who operates mostly in the PnR. also AlJeffs biggest strength is his ability to isolate from the low-midpost and make lots of meh shots at decent efficiency. that skill doesn't really mean much with chris paul.

oh well. cp3 is good enough to make any team respectable and you have talent so you can contend. but man this coulda been an amazing team.

love geoffras commentary

Stop skipping me, I'm here.

i think he's fine as a center, was 245 when he was drafted. probably 260 or so now imo, has good strength/athleticism. great stocks so he's obv a disruptive force on d, but the fundamentals/structure aren't there yet

he's a weird guy to watch though. sometimes just dominantly ****s on ppl and looks awesome offensively, but when he's bad he's bad. big thing i like is that he's imrpoved one of his biggest weaknesses (shooting) to a pt where he no longer sucks. doesn't seem to be a tard or lazy, just isn't exploding out of the blocks like say dwight did at the same age. he had 19per last yr, dwight had 22per at the same age. worse, but bodes well for a allstar type potential ceiling imo

finishing my team with Pau Gasol. I think he fits my team extremely well and I have no idea how he is still available. Is he prime Gasol? No. He is still a strong center that commands a double especially against benches. On top of that, his defensive issues will not be as exposed on the bench. I'm still picking right now and need a coach but here is the player roster while I look at some coaches quickly.

PG - Deron Williams
SG - Lance Stephenson
SF - Andre Iguodala
PF - Kevin Love
C - Andrew Bogut

Bench1: Reggie Jackson
Bench2: Pau Gasol

good pick. still some solid coaches around imo

I think you rebounded to draft a real good team

Al Jeff can start but then make sure he's on the court anytime CP3 isn't as instant offense for the 2nd unit

So most of the 1st unit minutes are 5. Larry 4. PatPat

ETA - re: Geoff's critique

LS should be more than athletic enough to cover 4's as a whole

If it's a stretch 4 I don't think there's too many that could take him off the dribble, a post 4 would be no problem, and Melo/Bron/Durant everyone is screwed w/ regardless

I'll take some feedback on my team.


Pg: exum/ Napier
Sg: beal
Sf: Carmelo
Pf: Thad young / Julius randle
c: Javale McGee

Coach: mark Jackson

I'll take Eric Spoelstra if he is still available. Is this real?

PG - Deron Williams
SG - Lance Stephenson
SF - Andre Iguodala
PF - Kevin Love
C - Andrew Bogut

Bench1: Reggie Jackson
Bench2: Pau Gasol

Coach: Erik Spoelstra

EDIT: NM NO SPOELSTRA OBV

Yeah regards to al jeff and sanders - al jeff can cover the stronger less athletic types (zbo, pek) and sanders can cover the athletic types. Between the two they can cover most bigs. Stretch fours could hurt but Deng/Ppat should be able to have that covered

nah I got Spo

I like your team overall although DWill/Iggy/Bogut/Pau seems like it would probably run into injury problems.

Lance/Iggy not great spacing but obviously with them 2 and Bogut you can hide Love on D some. Also can go Pau/Love vs teams Bogut isn't as optimal vs.

Shabazz/McGee probably shouldn't be drafted by anyone in this format, you have decent pieces but your glue guys are severely lacking. Also I would prefer Melo at the 4 full time, so I'm not too sure Thad was a good pick when you got him.

There is a current undrafted player that really would have helped your team so much.

Also the offense works fine if it's PNR w/ Chris and Larry w/ Al either spotting up 8-12 feet out or curling behind

When PatPat is out there he can space out to 3 and Chris can either run PNPop where Al either shoots a baby jumper or gets a full step into his move via the low post or run classic PNR w/ Larry as mentioned before

wesrwood-

was odd to surround a star like melo with a bunch of projects. odd to not draft more wings to allow you the opportunity to go small with melo at the 4 surrounded by shooters. odd to have melo and not get anyone known for being even slightly above avg on defense to make up for his biggest weakness. if you could somehow have dealt for wiggins+something and given up melo or something id like your team a lot more.

my favorite thing about your team, outside of melo, is your backcourt. if exum/beal pan out you've got two great players with perfect synergy. exum can be the ball dominating penetrater while beal can play off the ball and space the **** out of the D. if napier improves as a shooter you could even try exum/napier/beal/melo/mcgee.

still, i think your frontcourt is just far too weak to overcome. thad is aight, but not much of a difference maker and im not too high on randle. this just seems like another team that needs A TON to go right to have a shat at contending.

There's nothing that would theoretically prevent Larry from hanging w/ them out there

As DB has said, it's just a few more feet

My coach is going to be Jim Boylen. He's got rave reviews and even Pop picked him up as an assistant coach.

I tried to trade melo for wiggins or Parker but got no response.

We should assign Monty and Perk to Maz to finish his team

pmed my picks to darO in case I dont wake up early enough tomorrow and I dont want to hold up the draft manji style

The Mangenius takes time to figure out his guys.

The real story is that I was out of town all weekend and without Bobbo I still may not have more than a few players.

Man if Toph's team had Mansap instead of Big Al his team might be my favourite. I still like it though. Really like Manjis team as well, and love the Conley/George/Asik team