West Cross-Era Duos - Discussion

Post #41 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 12:37 am

Man... These pair options aren't great.

Post #42 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 12:58 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:Man... These pair options aren't great.

Yeah. You’re really facing an uphill battle with Kareem/Durant/Ray in a point guard rich pool.

Post #43 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 1:05 am

Snakebites wrote:
Fadeaway_J wrote:Man... These pair options aren't great.

Yeah. You’re really facing an uphill battle with Kareem/Durant/Ray in a point guard rich pool.

I meant the options to pair with Kareem weren't great.

Post #44 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 1:08 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
Snakebites wrote:
Fadeaway_J wrote:Man... These pair options aren't great.

Yeah. You’re really facing an uphill battle with Kareem/Durant/Ray in a point guard rich pool.

I meant the options to pair with Kareem weren't great.

Reaves is a solid 6th man.

The preference of course is to get someone who can start but you can’t have everything.

Larry_Russell · Post #45 » by **Larry_Russell** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 1:26 am

Cant complain about steph, mullin, malone and gobert.

Post #46 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 2:03 am

Laimbeer wrote:Kobe Bryant
Danny Green

MadNESS wrote:up

Green taken.

Laimbeer · Post #47 » by **Laimbeer** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 2:21 am

Fade has the best trio so far, imo. Lots of stacked teams will soon be adding a top point. Very tough field.

Jokic/Billups was not a good start in this draft. Kobe isn't a textbook fit but felt I needed another first roundish guy.

Post #48 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 3:12 am

durantbird wrote:In of course

Up

Post #49 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 3:13 am

Debated 3 MVP’s there, went the wrong route I’m sure, but I’m sick of building the same type of teams. Trying something different. Harden with Butler and KG protecting him should be alright. Also KG is best with an Alpha.

Dr Positivity · Post #50 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 3:34 am

lilroddyb wrote:
durantbird wrote:In of course

Up

Durantbird is up

Laimbeer · Post #51 » by **Laimbeer** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 4:00 am

Quite a player has fallen a long way - at least he wouldn't be getting paired with peak LeBron.

uberhikari · Post #52 » by **uberhikari** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 9:28 am

durantbird wrote:Isn't lilroddyb up

durantbird · Post #53 » by **durantbird** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 9:29 am

uberhikari wrote:
durantbird wrote:Isn't lilroddyb up

Sorry wrong quote

durantbird · Post #54 » by **durantbird** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 9:29 am

lilroddyb wrote: up

durantbird · Post #55 » by **durantbird** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 9:50 am

I nearly took Chris Paul myself, but D-Rob felt too good to pass on

lilroddyb · Post #56 » by **lilroddyb** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 10:16 am

durantbird wrote:I nearly took Chris Paul myself, but D-Rob felt too good to pass on

Ye I would've taken David Robinson if he had fallen.

Fits really well with LeBron and is in the same tier as the other great centers drafted earlier

uberhikari · Post #57 » by **uberhikari** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 10:25 am

I initially wanted to trade up but stayed at 10 to get the Hakeem/Dirk frontcourt. Hakeem is one of my favorite players but he can rarely be paired with who I think is his perfect frontcourt complement in Dirk.

Add in Stockton and it's perfect synergy. As a low-usage scorer and pass-first PG, he works great with an off-ball shooter like Dirk and a high-usage isolation specialist in Hakeem.

Dr Positivity · Post #58 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 10:39 am

My plan was to save just enough FGAs using 07 Duncan to get one of Barkley/Malone/Davis... Was it a good plan? Not sure. I maybe should've considered Robinson over Duncan though I think it would either be 92 or 98.

Laimbeer · Post #59 » by **Laimbeer** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 11:26 am

What would the reaction be to DRob/Jokic? Strongly considered it, but don't think I've ever seen a true twin towers go far in these.

flaco · Post #60 » by **flaco** » Sun Apr 7, 2024 12:05 pm

Laimbeer wrote:What would the reaction be to DRob/Jokic? Strongly considered it, but don't think I've ever seen a true twin towers go far in these.

Jokic can only drop. Question is, can DRob switch? Starting 2 drop bigs is a recipe for disaster in the modern era. DRob was uber athletic, but he was 7'1''. Don't think you maximize his impact if you ask him to defend away from the basket. Offense-wise, he relied heavily on his face-up game and lacked 3pt range. It could work, but personally I'd rather pair Jokic with either a cutter (to maximize Jokic's passing) or a legit floor spacer (to maximize Jokic's scoring).