East Cross Era Duos - Discussion

[flaco]

Flaco took Kyrie Irving.

Hell has fully solidified.

Hate myself already. Was planning to draft Dwight + Lewis in round 2 as well.

Can't be too picky in pairs drafts. At least Kyrie is a proven fit with LeBron. Really wanted Billups in round 2, but it was a pipe dream.

[Fadeaway_J]

Flaco took Kyrie Irving.

Hell has fully solidified.

That happened when he took Dwight in a previous draft.

[MadNESS]

Jesus some of these teams are stacked

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[durantbird]

Fade has my options

[parsnips33]

Happy with my weird little team - feel like I can throw out a variety of different lineup options which is always fun

The paucity of modern Pistons options made me abandon my initial plans for a big man pairing with Giannis

[Larry_Russell]

I wanted battier in my last round...but I was .4 fga too high.

Happy with terry, miller and perk off the bench.
Shooting on the wing and size up front.

[Dr Positivity]

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[Fadeaway_J]

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[Fadeaway_J]

The last round of a pairs draft can be such a nightmare

[Fadeaway_J]

Only Snake, Laimbeer, or Colbinii can spare Charlotte the ignominy of being the only unused franchise...

[Snakebites]

If I’d known a certain Toronto point guard would fall this far I’d have certainly taken Terry Porter and Shane Battier in round 3.

I always misread the board in these funky pair drafts, especially when I’ve got a late pick at the end. In this case the memory of losing all of my point guard options in the last Eastern pairs game (literally my plan F got snatched) made me really reluctant to get greedy here, though standing here now greed was the right call. I didn’t want to count on a starting PG dropping.

The late last round is brutal. It’s too hard to predict what’s going to fall.

[durantbird]

Something was probably off with my plan. I got exactly who I was aiming for at each round lol

[Fadeaway_J]

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[uberhikari]

I'm pretty sure what happened to flaco is what happened to me in another pairs draft. All the picks makes you think you've reached the round 3/4 turnaround but it's still round 2 and you pick last again in round 3.

[Snakebites]

I'm pretty sure what happened to flaco is what happened to me in another pairs draft. All the picks makes you think you've reached the round 3/4 turnaround but it's still round 2 and you pick last again in round 3.

I actually thought grabbing a 3/D pair there and waiting was a defensible strategy. You need guys like Tucker and Posey (in general but especially with Lebron).

Also he had back to backs. Wouldn’t he have posted 2 picks?

[Laimbeer]

Flaco took Kyrie Irving.

Hell has fully solidified.

Hate myself already. Was planning to draft Dwight + Lewis in round 2 as well.

Can't be too picky in pairs drafts. At least Kyrie is a proven fit with LeBron. Really wanted Billups in round 2, but it was a pipe dream.

Kyrie is a great later round selection with LeBron in this game. I thought Chauncey and a bench player in round two was a major reach. Can't see it with point being pretty deep.

I probably screwed up big time passing on Ewing and he's a huge get for you there. Seems like the feedback when I've had him isn't always real positive. I think he's great with his cheaper seasons available.

Penny fell way too far and Bird/Pierce/Moses/Penny is a problem.

[Snakebites]

I’ll reiterate that I really really wanted Pippen/Caruso.

Things didn’t feel right ever since I missed that duo.

[Colbinii]

Flaco took Kyrie Irving.

Hell has fully solidified.

Hate myself already. Was planning to draft Dwight + Lewis in round 2 as well.

Can't be too picky in pairs drafts. At least Kyrie is a proven fit with LeBron. Really wanted Billups in round 2, but it was a pipe dream.

Kyrie is a great later round selection with LeBron in this game. I thought Chauncey and a bench player in round two was a major reach. Can't see it with point being pretty deep.

It was, I missed my pick and gave up since I worked and then went to see Dune 2.

I also realize every time I play these games I don't care for them anymore since it's the same exact voters every game with the same exact rationale for voting in every single match-up with the same exact player pool of 150 players with each game just selecting to use 80 of those 150 players and making teams with that permutation of exact players we see every game.

Typically by my 1st round pick I am asking myself "Why am I doing this again?" and then miraculously finding the effort to walk towards the light at the end of the tunnel and finish the draft.

I honestly can't remember a time someone picked a player or players and I thought "Wow". Every single draft pick is "Yup, makes sense" or it's more accurately "5 of my Top 6 players went Top 5" or "28 of my Top 30 players went in the first 3 rounds". Really exciting stuff.

[Dr Positivity]

I would have gone for Penny and Jameer if they fell though I think I needed the Korver/Rodman pick first to do it