East Cross Era Duos - R1 - Colbinii vs uberhikari*

[durantbird]

Here is a quick list of what you need in your writeup.

1. Specific years for each player on your team
2. Rotations and minutes for each player
3. Reasoning as to why your team will win and/or why people should vote for you.

Do not vote in this thread until both managers have submitted their writeups.

If writeups aren't posted within 24 hours, we will vote solely based on the players they have drafted (and any rotations they have posted on their roster page).

**First to 3 votes wins the championship**

[uberhikari]

PG: 2005 Jason Kidd: 14-7-8, 5.4 3PA, 36 3P%; All-Defense 2nd
SG: 1984 Sidney Moncrief: 21-5-7; All-NBA 2nd, All-Defense 1st, DPOY
SF: 2020 Jayson Tatum: 23 ppg, 7.1 3PA, 40.3 3P%; All-NBA 3rd
PF: 1988 Kevin McHale: 23-8, 65.6 TS%; All-Defense 1st
C: 2021 Brook Lopez: 12 ppg, 4 3PA, 33.8 3P%

Bench
PG/SG: 2017 Spencer Dinwiddie: 7-3-3, 1.7 3PA, 37.6 3P%
SF/PF: 1996 Toni Kukoc: 13-4-4, 2.7 3PA, 40.3 3P%; 6MOY
C: 2023 Andre Drummond: 6-7, 60.6 TS%

Rotations
PG: Jason Kidd (39) / Spencer Dinwiddie (9)
SG: Sidney Moncrief (39) / Spencer Dinwiddie (9)
SF: Jayson Tatum (38) / Toni Kukoc (10)
PF: Kevin McHale (32) / Toni Kukoc (16)
C: Brook Lopez (34) / Kevin McHale (6) / Andre Drummond (8)

Matchups: Moncrief on Billups; Kidd on Carter; Tatum on Kawhi; McHale on Nance; Lopez on Bam.

Colbinii has the best player here but my team is much deeper and more well-rounded. Prime Nance is great but isn't in the same tier as peak Moncrief and prime Kidd, Tatum, and McHale. Plus, I have by far the best bench player in 6MOY Kukoc.

I probably have the best defense in the game and I match up quite well. Billups has to be the main facilitator b/c there is no other competent passer: 2019 Kawhi can't do it and Carter is even forced to play backup PG. This is a nightmare scenario with Billups being hounded by DPOY Moncrief. It's difficult to see how Colbinii's offense functions under these circumstances.

There's also some anti-synergy with Carter being the odd man out. Carter is an unreliable 3pt shooter; in his first 60 playoff games, he shot 31.2% from 3. Moreover, he's not an off-ball player but an isolation specialist but here he's being guarded by Kidd and paired with another isolation player in Kawhi. Kawhi will have to do a lot of heavy lifting to make this offense viable.

On offense, I have a well-balanced attack spearheaded by Kidd with Tatum on the perimeter, McHale in the low-post, and elite complimentary players on offense with Moncrief and Lopez. My offense functions both on the fastbreak and in the halfcourt. McHale ran the break with another dynamic passer in Bird and Tatum can run the break as an athletic wing.

My biggest advantage is the bench. Carter is unplayable as a backup PG, 17 minutes of Askins should be unplayable period, and 2016 RJ getting 19 minutes and having to guard Kukoc also isn't ideal.

[durantbird]

Player Year FGA
Kawhi Leonard 2019 18.8
Vince Carter 2000 20.7
Chauncey Billups 2005 11.4
Ben Wallace 2010 4.2
Larry Nance 1289 12.6
Richard Jefferson 2016 4.2
Bam Adebayo 2020 11
Keith Askins 1997 4.1

Total FGA 87

Rotation
Chauncey Billups (39) Vince Carter (9)
Vince Carter (31) Keith Askins (17)
Kawhi Leonard (39) Richard Jefferson (9)
Larry Nance (38) Richard Jefferson (10)
Bam Adebayo (37) Ben Wallace (11)

[durantbird]

No writeup and I prefer Uber anyway. The reason I didn't take Vince Kawhi is that they felt too expensive. I feel that comes into effect here with a pretty weak bench and some non ideal positions like Vince playing PG. Uber has good depth and very good defense.

Vote uber

[Dr Positivity]

I slightly prefer Colbinii's starting lineup but Kukoc off the bench helps uber. Moncrief can guard 2000 Vince well. No write up. Vote uber.

[Fadeaway_J]

I'll close this out.

Vote: uberhikari