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Current Players Draft First Round: Tfivas vs. LogGrad

Who would win in a 7-game series?

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Not sure why Tfivas didn't go with his original plan of a two guard system with Lillard and Bledsoe, kind of a wasted pick on Bledsoe since you drafted him at 43 and he's not even starting.
 
tfivas said:
He's got more dominant players at a position that is vulnerable as hell to small ball....

When I throw this line up out there how does he adjust with out losing talent? Griffin @ center?

Lillard
Iggy
Ariza
Josh Smith
Monroe
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That's not really a scary lineup.
 
Log's team looks Horrible lol. Massively declining Parker, jr smith (lol) and an unproven wiggins are the starting guards/wings.

I'm not a huge fan of tfivas' team. Monroe will get destroyed by Blake (Monroe really needs to play C) and there's not enough scoring. Also no big rim protection threat (just... Ok rim protection I guess). There's good perimeter d, but lillard is a weak link. Teams with any semblance of guard play will just try to run screens until they get the matchup they want vs lillard and stay away from Iggy and ariza. Then there's nobodt to cover up for lillard' mistakes at the rim. Just... Weird.
 
If i were Log, I would start Wiggins and MKG for better perimeter defense. I almost didn't vote for Log because of JR Smith in starting unit but his big 3 is too big too ignore.
 
Looks like I'm going to lose this one, nice job Log.
I don't think most read my write up cuz honestly I usually don't either lol, but I just looked at the Warriors when building my team and they were really only lead by one super star (Curry is on a whole nother level than Thompson and Dray imo) and DLill is a lot like Steph Curry (crazy streaker scorers, defensive liabilities, etc ). The Warriors were also crazy deep and were always fresh. I'm a big believer in that your bench is as important as having a super star, the ability to bring guys in that could start for most teams is a bigger advantage than having 2 one dementional bigs and zero perimeter shooting.
 
tfivas said:
Looks like I'm going to lose this one, nice job Log.
I don't think most read my write up cuz honestly I usually don't either lol, but I just looked at the Warriors when building my team and they were really only lead by one super star (Curry is on a whole nother level than Thompson and Dray imo) and DLill is a lot like Steph Curry (crazy streaker scorers, defensive liabilities, etc ). The Warriors were also crazy deep and were always fresh. I'm a big believer in that your bench is as important as having a super star, the ability to bring guys in that could start for most teams is a bigger advantage than having 2 one dementional bigs and zero perimeter shooting.
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LOL. No. Steph Curry is FAR from a defensive liability. He's a very good defender, actually. And he's NOT a streaky shooter. He's a consistently good and reliable shooter. Lillard, your only star player, doesn't give two ****s on D. And he's not all that good a shooter. Log's team is one of the worst in the tournament, but you still need more firepower to beat it.
 
tfivas said:
Looks like I'm going to lose this one, nice job Log.
I don't think most read my write up cuz honestly I usually don't either lol, but I just looked at the Warriors when building my team and they were really only lead by one super star (Curry is on a whole nother level than Thompson and Dray imo) and DLill is a lot like Steph Curry (crazy streaker scorers, defensive liabilities, etc ). The Warriors were also crazy deep and were always fresh. I'm a big believer in that your bench is as important as having a super star, the ability to bring guys in that could start for most teams is a bigger advantage than having 2 one dementional bigs and zero perimeter shooting.
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Thanks. I am surprised I even won one of these. For the record I think my team is actually fairly solid. Tough to do anything against my bigs, Parker to run the show and generate big plays, energy and shooting out of the wings, solid backups to give the main guys some rest and mix and match possibilities along with stellar defense at all 5 positions.

As far as the write up goes, you gotta get used to that. I made some beautiful write-ups in the last one, doing things like explaining exactly and in detail why I would start a given player and what he brings to the team for this particular matchup and would still get comments like "your starting him? lololol fail." People don't read the write-ups anyway so it is a waste of time.
 
Jeffrey32 said:
If i were Log, I would start Wiggins and MKG for better perimeter defense. I almost didn't vote for Log because of JR Smith in starting unit but his big 3 is too big too ignore.
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I did that on purpose. Smith brings scoring and outside shooting to spread the D. With him in the game, as he did for Cleveland, he gives another point of attention for opposing defenses. Opens things up for Parker and the bigs to dominate. Wiggins has shown solid defensive abilities on the wing, and Smith isn't terrible, just not as focused as he could be with his physical tools. Then I can bring MKG off the bench for that lock-down type D on opposing bench wings. It's a good combo.
 
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