Build a Team 17.0 Rules and Discussion Thread

Post #2001 » by **j4remi** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:00 pm

NewEra wrote:
j4remi wrote:I'll take offers for 99, probably not willing to go past 110 though and you're gonna have to make it worth my while with depth. Not looking for late round swaps as sweeteners.

Your team is in my favorites too. WestBrook is MJ reincarnated lol. It's mind boggling what He's doing.

Many thanks, I was really hype to land him even after getting skipped. The fact that he's able to contribute big rebounding numbers and quality defensive play is huge in terms of roster flexibility. He definitely freed me up to target a specialist for my third piece.

swisscheeseD · Post #2002 » by **swisscheeseD** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:05 pm

No joke...Will Barton on that roster has been my favorite selection of this entire BAT so far.

Love their identity.

NewEra · Post #2003 » by **NewEra** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:10 pm

Slicin N Dicin wrote:
NewEra wrote:Way too early, but these are some of my favorite "win now" teams with 3 or 4 players so far in no order. Will be interesting to see the direction they go from here. Some great duos out there as well.

Celtics
Heat
Nuggets
Wolves
Warriors
Kings
Pelicans
Magic

No love for the Thunder?

Nope. I still hate you for taking Crowder. :banghead:

Post #2004 » by **Manhattan Project** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:15 pm

Wouldn't mind packaging 152 + 204 for a nowish pick and a 300ish pick.

Slicin N Dicin · Post #2005 » by **Slicin N Dicin** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:20 pm

NewEra wrote:
Slicin N Dicin wrote:
NewEra wrote:Way too early, but these are some of my favorite "win now" teams with 3 or 4 players so far in no order. Will be interesting to see the direction they go from here. Some great duos out there as well.

Celtics
Heat
Nuggets
Wolves
Warriors
Kings
Pelicans
Magic

No love for the Thunder?

Nope. I still hate you for taking Crowder.

i had to, man. liked him at that spot to build with Giannis.

I am a fan of your roster though. Like how that team is structured, all defenders that should be able to cover up for rose's lack of d. See where you're going on offense also.

NewEra · Post #2006 » by **NewEra** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:24 pm

Slicin N Dicin wrote:
NewEra wrote:
Slicin N Dicin wrote:

No love for the Thunder?

Nope. I still hate you for taking Crowder.

i had to, man. liked him at that spot to build with Giannis.

I am a fan of your roster though. Like how that team is structured, all defenders that should be able to cover up for rose's lack of d. See where you're going on offense also.

Thanks.

Listen, I got emotionally attached to Crowder bro. I had my mind set on him for days. Watching freedawkins YouTube clips and all that. I felt like you stole something from me after that pick. lol. I'm hating, but I love your team. Still hating tho

Post #2007 » by **mpharris36** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:27 pm

Slicin N Dicin wrote:
NewEra wrote:Way too early, but these are some of my favorite "win now" teams with 3 or 4 players so far in no order. Will be interesting to see the direction they go from here. Some great duos out there as well.

Celtics
Heat
Nuggets
Wolves
Warriors
Kings
Pelicans
Magic

No love for the Thunder?

Not enough shooting imo. The league is about 3 point shooting now

Post #2008 » by **mpharris36** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:28 pm

swisscheeseD wrote:No joke...Will Barton on that roster has been my favorite selection of this entire BAT so far.

Love their identity.

Missing shooting though. Unless your worried about crowder killing u From deep. You could collapse on the Greek freak

NewEra · Post #2009 » by **NewEra** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:28 pm

mpharris36 wrote:
Slicin N Dicin wrote:
NewEra wrote:Way too early, but these are some of my favorite "win now" teams with 3 or 4 players so far in no order. Will be interesting to see the direction they go from here. Some great duos out there as well.

Celtics
Heat
Nuggets
Wolves
Warriors
Kings
Pelicans
Magic

No love for the Thunder?

Not enough shooting imo. The league is about 3 point shooting now

Plenty of those out there

Slicin N Dicin · Post #2010 » by **Slicin N Dicin** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:32 pm

mpharris36 wrote:
Slicin N Dicin wrote:
NewEra wrote:Way too early, but these are some of my favorite "win now" teams with 3 or 4 players so far in no order. Will be interesting to see the direction they go from here. Some great duos out there as well.

Celtics
Heat
Nuggets
Wolves
Warriors
Kings
Pelicans
Magic

No love for the Thunder?

Not enough shooting imo. The league is about 3 point shooting now

Beverley, Barton, and Crowder is not enough 3 point shooting?

Crowder is shooting 42% from deep at 2.3/5.4 makes and attempts per game.
Beverley is 39.7% at 1.6/4.1
Barton is 41% at 1.5/3.5

how is that not enough shooting to space the floor around Giannis. Add that they are all plus defenders too - with Crowder and Bev as top tier defenders at their positions.

Plus Giannis.

swisscheeseD · Post #2011 » by **swisscheeseD** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:33 pm

mpharris36 wrote:
swisscheeseD wrote:No joke...Will Barton on that roster has been my favorite selection of this entire BAT so far.

Love their identity.

Missing shooting though. Unless your worried about crowder killing u From deep. You could collapse on the Greek freak

I don't get what it is you're not seeing...Beverley is a very solid spot up 3pt shooter...Barton is shooting over 40% from 3 and has been very serviceable throughout his career and Crowder has been a respectable 3pt shooter as well.

SHOOTING is NOT the issue...though I'm sure one can make the argument that SCORING is.

bishnykfan · Post #2012 » by **bishnykfan** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:34 pm

Not sure what happened to the draft thread?? I will work on fixing it tonight when I get home.

Smash3 · Post #2013 » by **Smash3** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:34 pm

As much as I love the identity of that OKC team, scoring will be a problem come playoff time.

JustCame · Post #2014 » by **JustCame** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:38 pm

swisscheeseD wrote:
mpharris36 wrote:
swisscheeseD wrote:No joke...Will Barton on that roster has been my favorite selection of this entire BAT so far.

Love their identity.

Missing shooting though. Unless your worried about crowder killing u From deep. You could collapse on the Greek freak

I don't get what it is you're not seeing...Beverley is a very solid spot up 3pt shooter...Barton is shooting over 40% from 3 and has been very serviceable throughout his career and Crowder has been a respectable 3pt shooter as well.

SHOOTING is NOT the issue...though I'm sure one can make the argument that SCORING is.

Yeah, I personally don't believe that they have enough fire power to win a ship. That's why a guy like, oh I don't know, Brook Lopez? would do wonders next to a playmaker like Giannis.

AmazingJason · Post #2015 » by **AmazingJason** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:39 pm

br7knicks wrote:Two of my selections gone with smart and Beverley

You were going to pick Smart at 94? That would make me feel better

I was praying he'd fall to me. Fantastic pick.

Slicin N Dicin · Post #2016 » by **Slicin N Dicin** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:40 pm

swisscheeseD wrote:
mpharris36 wrote:
swisscheeseD wrote:No joke...Will Barton on that roster has been my favorite selection of this entire BAT so far.

Love their identity.

Missing shooting though. Unless your worried about crowder killing u From deep. You could collapse on the Greek freak

I don't get what it is you're not seeing...Beverley is a very solid spot up 3pt shooter...Barton is shooting over 40% from 3 and has been very serviceable throughout his career and Crowder has been a respectable 3pt shooter as well.

SHOOTING is NOT the issue...though I'm sure one can make the argument that SCORING is.

Smash3 wrote:As much as I love the identity of that OKC team, scoring will be a problem come playoff time.

Can't disagree with that point. Still plenty of draft left to build around, though. Scoring can definitely be added - however the identity of this team is something that is also a major plus during playoff time. Intense defense mixed with ball movement and 3 pt shooting.

Post #2017 » by **mpharris36** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:41 pm

swisscheeseD wrote:
mpharris36 wrote:
swisscheeseD wrote:No joke...Will Barton on that roster has been my favorite selection of this entire BAT so far.

Love their identity.

Missing shooting though. Unless your worried about crowder killing u From deep. You could collapse on the Greek freak

I don't get what it is you're not seeing...Beverley is a very solid spot up 3pt shooter...Barton is shooting over 40% from 3 and has been very serviceable throughout his career and Crowder has been a respectable 3pt shooter as well.

SHOOTING is NOT the issue...though I'm sure one can make the argument that SCORING is.

That's a really small sample size for Barton. Dude is a career 32% from 3 he's had one decent year and only takes about 3 3's a game...extremely small sample size. There is a difference between Jj redick 42% and Barton. I simply don't believe Barton will get anywhere close to 40% for the season. He's numbers will even out

Smash3 · Post #2018 » by **Smash3** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:42 pm

105. Memphis Grizzlies (mpharris36)-
106. Memphis Grizzlies (mpharris36)-
107. Utah Jazz (LJ4PointPlay)-

Damn.. You guys are forcing me to move up, I can´t trust you guys to not steal my player

I´ll be standing there like:

swisscheeseD · Post #2019 » by **swisscheeseD** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:42 pm

JustCame wrote:
swisscheeseD wrote:
mpharris36 wrote:
Missing shooting though. Unless your worried about crowder killing u From deep. You could collapse on the Greek freak

I don't get what it is you're not seeing...Beverley is a very solid spot up 3pt shooter...Barton is shooting over 40% from 3 and has been very serviceable throughout his career and Crowder has been a respectable 3pt shooter as well.

SHOOTING is NOT the issue...though I'm sure one can make the argument that SCORING is.

Yeah, I personally don't believe they have enough fire power to win a ship. That's why a guy like, oh I don't know, Brook Lopez? would do wonders next to a playmaker like Giannis.

Lopez is too slow-footed for that roster, which will get out and run...the guy that would be a much better option on your roster for bwgood/slice's squad would be KLove who would be an excellent compliment to Giannis and bring some much needed rebounding to that unit (tho we don't know who they'll land at the 5 spot just yet)...not to mention, Love doesn't exactly fit that Grit n Grind/ hard nosed / slashing style of play they carved out.

But I get your point.

Post #2020 » by **mpharris36** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:43 pm

Barton reminds me of a recent eddy curry that was shooting 43% from 3 at the time we did a draft and dude finished around 34-35% low of averages.