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Current Players Draft First Round: Thee Jazz Fan vs. White Chocolate

Who would win in a 7-game series?


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Thee Jazz Fan's Team

John Wall / Brandon Knight
J.J. Redick / DeMar DeRozen
DeMarre Carroll / Wilson Chandler
Ryan Anderson / Thaddeus Young
DeMarcus Cousins / Nerlens Noel

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White Chocolate's Team

Kyle Lowry / Kemba Walker
Alec Burks / Jamal Crawford
Carmelo Anthony / T.J. Warren
Kevin Love / David Lee
Tyson Chandler / Jonas Valanciunas


Thee Jazz Fan's Case:

Why my team will beat WC's team...
Lowry Burks and Melo are all ball dominant ISO players that struggle to share the ball which will severely limit Love's ability to get back to this Timberwolves playing days. Love's production went way down with the Cav's playing with two ball dominant stars in LBJ and Irving. He was relegated to mainly standing out at the three point line due to all of the work Melo does on the block hoping to get the ball once in a while even with all of LBJ's passing ability, and he doesn't have that on this team.

My team is built around, and accentuating the skills of my two stars thanks to the spacing on the court of three very good to elite 3pt shooting. Wall and Cousins will have plenty of room to do what they do best. WC's team will frankly struggle to get stops wether he doubles or not it will hurt his team. Melo is the the most ISO heavy player, and with Carroll one of the best defenders in the league will be able to make scoring for Melo that much harder causing WC's team to struggle to score a lot of points.

In the end my team wins going away.



My team is everything a great coach would want in a modernized NBA team. With a touch of some old school. This team is built around my two super stars Wall and Cousins.

Wall is a far cry from his earlier days of his iso days where he relied solely on his physical and athletic attributes. As he's matured and began to rely on his basketball savvy he has turned himself into the complete pg. a pg that can take it upon himself to carry a team with his offense or create opportunities for his teammates with his passing. Wall has an incredible blend of phisical attributes to overpower most pg's to go along with the pure speed to go right around any pg, get into the paint and either finish or his choice of Kick out options of Anderson Redick or Carroll or a wide open dunk for Cousins. Last year he was second in assists to CP3 with 10.0 assists a game only 2 tenths of a point from Paul

To give an example of what Wall will mean to my team. This is a quote from a member of the Wizards org.

Quote.
A lot of young guys are selfish. He's a team person and a leader. It doesn't matter if he scores 30 points or four points, as long as we get the win, he's going to get the credit."
Quote from Wall...
Wall said, "Everybody knows how I am as a player. I like to get my teammates involved. My teammates enjoy playing with me, and I enjoy playing with them."
This just shows how important Wall is to my team. He will influence my team in a positive way thanks to his unselfish play and leadership. This will be huge in that he plays with Cousins one of the most gifted and talented bigs who carries some baggage as far as attitude goes. Wall will go a long way to influence Cousins in a positive way and bring out the best in him.
As far as pure pg play he's right there with CP3 he broke out in a big way this last year and only expect him to be better next year.

My other star and running mate with Wall. The most dominating force in the paint today. Demarcus Cousins
Quote...
Boogie ranks sixth in the NBA in scoring (23.8 points per game), third in rebounding (12.3 rebounds per game) and sixth in PER (25.2, comfortably above Lillard's mark) to go with significantly improved defensive work. Sacramento has outscored opponents by 6.4 points per 100 possessions with Cousins on the floor, according to NBA.com's stat tool, and has been outscored by a staggering 12.8 points-per-100 with Boogie on the bench. In other words, Cousins' presence is the difference between the Kings playing like one of the five best teams in the NBA and being far and away the worst team in the league.
As u can see Cousins has improved a lot and on the worst run franchise in the history of the NBA he is a player that wears his emotions on his sleeve. Many of his problems come from playing with a ton of players that simply didn't care about winning like he did as long as they get their stats and many times being unable to get the ball due to there being no structure on offense and a every player for them selves environment.

With players like Anderson Carroll Redick and of course the unselfish play and greatness of wall, these are four unselfish players that will only help to channel his emotions in a positive way towards winning and playing for his teammates, because he is finally playing with teammates that care as much as he does.

Things that make Cousins so good is he hates to lose and plays with a chip on his shoulder the size of Hacks ego. The ferocity he plays with is second to none and impossible to stop one on one. Just ask Rudy Gobert as Cousins lit him up a couple times last year. He is this era's version of bully ball and if u double him WC's team will be burned from the outside with Redick Anderson and Carroll patrolling the 3pt line if u don't double him he will dominate the game and pace of play. WC IS DAMNED IF FHE DOES, DAMNED IF HE DOESN'T.

The rest of my starters..

Redick. A top 5 shooter in the game great at pick'n roll to get open shots. Good passer not a great defender but always plays hard.

Carroll. One of the best 3 & D players. Will be the heart and soul of my team and defense. Will do all of the thankless jobs to help my team win

Ryan Anderson. One of the very elite big shooters from distance. He knows his role and does it well.

These guys no there rolls and responsibilities on this team. They will only make life easier for my two stars Wall and Cousins. Because of them this will be a machine on offense that will be almost impossible to stop, creating lanes for Wall and room in the paint for Cousins. This will be a very team oriented and unselfish hard nosed team.

THE BENCH...

I built my bench on being a unit that will be like a shot of adrenaline. This is a team that will play great defense and bring loads of energy. This is a team that will bring athletic ability and score a lot of points and run other second units off the court.

Brandon Knight.

17pts. 5ast. 4reb. 40%3pt

DeMar DeRozan.

20pts. 4 reb. 3 ast. 1.3stl.

Wilson Chandler.

13pts. 6 reb. 1.7 ast. 34%3pt.

Thadeus Young.

13pts. 5 reb. 2.8 ast. 38%3pt with the nets

Nerlens Noel.

9pts. 8 reb. 1.8 stl. 1.9 blk


White Chocolate's Case:

John Wall is better than Kyle Lowry. Alec Burks is better than J.J. Redick. Carmelo Anthony is better than DeMarre Carroll. Kevin Love is better than Ryan Anderson. DeMarcus Cousins is better than Tyson Chandler. My starters win 3-2 and the benches are fairly even considering I have a perennial 6th Man of The Year candidate in Jamal Crawford and a solid front court of Valanciunas and Lee who will put up great numbers in Boston. Warren can flat out get buckets as well. Kevin Love is the perfect stretch four, Kyle Lowry was an all-star last year and lead Toronto to the playoffs, Burks is a perfect piece to put with this team, Chandler is a great defensive presence downlow, and Carmelo is who will be the main scoring option. Outside of Wall and Cousins, Thee's team is pretty average. I mean Carroll is severly overrated (he's a good player) and he is starting Redick and Anderson.
 
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This is the closest one for me so far. Havent decided, have to think about it.

Burks, Anthony and Love might be the worse three defenders you could get at the 2,3,4. But there is some serious offensive power. Carmello is hated on this site but he is a good player and carried some really bad teams to the playoffs. Its hard to tell how good he is now since he has such a ****ty team and has not really put in much effort the last 2 seasons. In a winning situation it might be different. He was a good defender for the USA team for the olympics.

John Wall and Cousins could be a scary combo. Cousins is so hard to tell what he would be like in the playoffs. Maybe he steps up and plays hard, he can dominate. Or maybe he cant control his emotions in the playoffs and throws his little fits and melts down. Reddick, Carroll and Anderson are great role players for a good team. This team wins if Cousins play his hardest and keeps his emotions in check but I dont think he can do that in the playoffs.
 
I like what I see as a fiery Wall, Carroll and even Redick helping to guide Cousins enough here in the first round to help him keep his head on straight and beat up a pretty mediocre WC team. Also, there's bench is better IMO.
 
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I like what I see as a fiery Wall, Carroll and even Redick helping to guide Cousins enough here in then first round to help him keep his head on straight and beat up a pretty mediocre WC team. Also, there's bench is better IMO.

I want to hope for that but emotions get much higher in playoff situations and Cousins has not shown the ability to handle high emotions. But man if he got going then this team wins this handily.
 
I want to hope for that but emotions get much higher in playoff situations and Cousins has not shown the ability to handle high emotions. But man if he got going then this team wins this handily.

Well I can say that Cousins had no problems on team USA last summer. All his problems stem from being on a perennial loser with a lack of system basketball and the fact that he hates to lose with a passion and playing with players that don't care. Cousins is now on a team that caters to him. And the other star is his good friend and former teammate in College and three of the most respected and top notch role players that will make life so much easier for the most talented and dominating center in the game today. U couldn't place Cousins in a better situation. Wall, Carroll, Redick, and Anderson are the type of guys that would have Cousins back.
 
Redick, Carroll, and Anderson are all mediocre.

Lol @ Anderson guarding Love.

Neither team is good defensively, but my team would out score his team by a ton. Look at the offensive firepower I have.
 
Redick, Carroll, and Anderson are all mediocre.

Lol @ Anderson guarding Love.

Neither team is good defensively, but my team would out score his team by a ton. Look at the offensive firepower I have.

Lol at WC trying to dig his way out of a hole. Redick, Carroll, and Anderson are not mediocre. Redick is a top 5 3pt shooter can put the ball on the floor shoot on the move and is a competitor. Anderson is one of the most feared stretch 4's in the league, and is there a better 3 & D player in the league then Carroll??

Lol at my team not being good defensive team. Wall and Carroll are elite defenders while Redick isn't anything special, he isn't terrible always gives great effort at the very least he's average and Cousins is above average. Also I have Noel who is very good defender, Knight, Chandler and Young. Really my only negative defender is Anderson. Not sure how my team is a bad defensive team. Lol. I don't need 5 allstars on my team. I have a top 5 player at both pg and Center the two most important positions withe amazing role players that don't get in the way of my two superstars, and I've already explained why this team is the perfect fit for Cousins and keeping his emotions in check. Now he's just a fiery competitor who loves winning and kicking WC's teams ***.

I may not have what looks like the most talented lineup. But my super role players make Cousins and Wall even better, and the most proficient team in this competition on offense and as I've shown above its a plus defensive team with only one bad defender.
 
Gotta go with Thee, though i like wc team too
 
Redick, Carroll, and Anderson are all mediocre.

Lol @ Anderson guarding Love.

Neither team is good defensively, but my team would out score his team by a ton. Look at the offensive firepower I have.

Also, pretty sure that with Melo operating from the elbow that leaves love spending most his time standing at the three point line
 
Good match, Thee. My team sucked balls.

*Note to self: Do not draft Carmelo or Lowry next year.
 
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