First S2 NBA GM Draft Peer Evaluation of Teams

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lukewarmplay)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (L)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Thoughts on my team?</p>

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Billups</p>

Giricek</p>

Posey/Maggete</p>

JO</p>

Nene/Nesterovic </p>

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Not sure what Giricek's doing on the team, let alone in the starting line-up. Outside of that, it seems pretty solid. I actually like the way it all fits together. It's going to be tough to pick up a bench of any signifigance, tho. </p>

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</div></p>Giricek is practically my only option at sg currently(Maggete and posey cant), but he is good at what he does best-shooting. Hopefully benching Maggete would help my bench scoring. Got enough of that in the starting unit. Also, if i draft sg who can shoot and defend effectively this late in the draft, then Giricek could find himself on the bench.

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Why can't Posey play the 2?

 

He is best utilized as a 3. He is not quick enough to guard the sg spot, and he is a bit tall for that position(6'7-6'8).</p>

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Edit: And voila! I found a sg who could guard and shoot in Eddie Jones; which leads Giricek going to the bench, giving it a nice shooting touch. </p>

 

Posey and Maggette at small forward and Eddie Jones and Gordon Giricek at shooting guard? Your two best wing players are not going to receive more than twenty six minutes. A wing player is a wing player is a wing player. Play Mags at shooting guard.

 

Starting Posey and Eddie over Maggette makes no sense.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Premier)</div><div class='quotemain'>Posey and Maggette at small forward and Eddie Jones and Gordon Giricek at shooting guard? Your two best wing players are not going to receive more than twenty six minutes. A wing player is a wing player is a wing player. Play Mags at shooting guard.</div></p>

The thing with Maggete is that he wont be as effective with the other players in the starting lineup. Billups and JO are going to get their touches, and Nene is there to pick up their misses. Jones and Posey provide defense and will hit the open shot unlike maggete. Maggete is very talented offensively and will get his touches from playing with the bench.</p>

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I still have a lot of moves to make in order to make this team gel. Currently, i must admit that my team is a bit of a mess at the wing positions. As you already pointed out, Maggete would at the least be playing 26 minutes per game with this team. But i can still make some moves to clear things up.</p>

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But right now, defensively speaking, my team isnt half bad. Posey, Billups and Jones are good defenders that can shoot, and JO and Nene are talented post players who have a nag for blocking shots.</p>

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TucsonClip)</div><div class='quotemain'>Starting Posey and Eddie over Maggette makes no sense.</div>

My reasoning for benching Maggete here so he can work his offense freely with the bench. In the starting lineup, he wouldnt have as much freedom to do so. Besides, he would be playing around 25-30 mpg, not around 10-20 like some other players on the bench. But as i stated above, i still have some moves to make to smooth things out at the wing positions. Until i draft some more players for my bench I might just bench Posey instead. </p>

 

I really don't think that you have a playoff team, speedy.

 

It'd be a fun team to watch tho, no doubt.

 

Anyone have a new opinion of my team after I added veteran scorer Corey Maggette?</p>

Foye
Bryant
Maggette/Yi
Rasheed/Antoine Walker
Shelden</p>

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Anyone have a new opinion of my team after I added veteran scorer Corey Maggette?</p>

Foye
Bryant
Maggette/Yi
Rasheed/Antoine Walker
Shelden</p></div>

</p> i don't have much faith in Shelden at C and Foye at PG. but hey, that's just me.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (speeds)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Does anybody think the last-picked team could find it's way into the top dozen or so?</p>

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Baron Davis, Sarunas Jasikevicius</p>

Quentin Richardson, Willie Green</p>

Luol Deng, Carlos Delfino</p>

David Lee, Brandan Wright</p>

Samuel Dalembert, Nazr Mohammed </p>

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Not much from the bench. Then again, i dont know a lot about this rookie class, so setting aside Wright, the bench is lacking imo.</p>

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (speeds)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Does anybody think the last-picked team could find it's way into the top dozen or so?</p>

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Baron Davis, Sarunas Jasikevicius</p>

Quentin Richardson, Willie Green</p>

Luol Deng, Carlos Delfino</p>

David Lee, Brandan Wright</p>

Samuel Dalembert, Nazr Mohammed </p></div>

Your backcourt is a huge injury risk, and Sarunas hasn't shown that he can play on an NBA level on 2 teams. If everyone stayed healthy, then my presumption would be that it is a playoff team, but that's a huge if, and the bench is pretty crappy. </p>

 

What do you think of my team.</p>

C - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
PF - Jeff Green
SF - LeBron James
SG - Brandon Roy
PG - Luke Ridnour</p>

Bench
Craig Smith
Brevin Knight
Trenton Hassell
Dikembe Mutombo</p>

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tim)</div><div class='quotemain'>

What do you think of my team.</p>

C - Zydrunas IlgauskasPF - Jeff GreenSF - LeBron JamesSG - Brandon RoyPG - Luke Ridnour</p>

BenchCraig SmithBrevin KnightTrenton HassellDikembe Mutombo</p>

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Its much better than the team Lebron has in real life! </p>

I cant really say how good/bad this is due to the fact i dont really know how good Green and Smith are. Aside from them, the starting lineup isnt bad, but the bench needs more shooting/offense </p>

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Btw, how about mine? I know ghoti's opinion already. </p>

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<font size="2">NY Knicks S2 GM Draft:</font><font size="2"></font>C-NenePF-J.O'NealSF-PoseySG-E.JonesPG-Billups</p>

BENCH:Giricek(SG)Diop&copy;M.Collins(PG/SG)House(PG/SG)Graham(SF)Nesterovic(PF/C)</p>

 

Thoughts on my team so far.</p>

PG-T.J. Ford/Derek Fisher</p>

SG-Manu Ginobili/Sasha Pavlovic</p>

SF-Grant Hill/Michael Finley</p>

PF-Tim Duncan/P.J. Brown</p>

C-Brad Miller/Jason Collins</p>

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Real)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Thoughts on my team so far.</p>

PG-T.J. Ford/Derek Fisher</p>

SG-Manu Ginobili/Sasha Pavlovic</p>

SF-Grant Hill/Michael Finley</p>

PF-Tim Duncan/P.J. Brown</p>

C-Brad Miller/Jason Collins</p></div>

I love your team Real. Great veteran leadership and a great big man duo(Duncan/Miller). You got go-to scorers in duncan and Manu.</p>

The frontcourt is also very good defensively. The backcourt is good defensively as well but the frontcourt is better. You have good veteran wings in Hill and Finley. Pavlovic was a great pick up for the bench. Deep bench thus far and it can score AND defend. The starting lineup is very balanced as well with the exception of Ford imo.</p>

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My only knocks on your team is the age and that Ford is your pg. Ford is best used on the fastbreak, but looking at the rest of the personnel of your team, their wont be anyone running with him.</p>

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (L)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Real)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Thoughts on my team so far.</p>

PG-T.J. Ford/Derek Fisher</p>

SG-Manu Ginobili/Sasha Pavlovic</p>

SF-Grant Hill/Michael Finley</p>

PF-Tim Duncan/P.J. Brown</p>

C-Brad Miller/Jason Collins</p></div>

I love your team Real. Great veteran leadership and a great big man duo(Duncan/Miller). You got go-to scorers in duncan and Manu.</p>

The frontcourt is also very good defensively. The backcourt is good defensively as well but the frontcourt is better. You have good veteran wings in Hill and Finley. Pavlovic was a great pick up for the bench. Deep bench thus far and it can score AND defend. The starting lineup is very balanced as well with the exception of Ford imo.</p>

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My only knocks on your team is the age and that Ford is your pg. Ford is best used on the fastbreak, but looking at the rest of the personnel of your team, their wont be anyone running with him. </p> </div>

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you've got a killer frontcourt there. two great passing big men...although it'd be nice to have another great 3 point shooter, but i'm sure you could pick one up soon. </p>

and seems as if there's great defense all-around, with the exception of the PG position, which probably doesn't matter with Duncan down low anyways.</p>

i agree with L, tho, the biggest knock on your team is its oldness.</p>

 

C - Ben Wallace / Steven Hunter
PF - Kevin Garnett / Dan Gadzuric
SF - Rashard Lewis / Mike Dunleavy
SG - Morris Peterson / John Salmons / Martell Webster
PG - Raymond Felton / Sam Cassell</p>

Thoughts so far? </p>