Official Magic RealGM A League Discussion - 2019-2020 Season

[Hoopslife]

Yes! Absolutely!!! Please continue to draft based on preseason performance....

Wait... That's a bad game plan?! That's how I make all my picks!! Ugh. Now I need a new strategy.

Best to draft based off of Summer League!

LOL. Truth!

[dsg2021]

Sorry for the delay. These middle rounds are brutal for my nerdy side.. too many mid-tier options, and too much background researching and analyzing

I would be lying if I said I didn't grab Isaac because I'm a massive fan of his and our Magic obviously, but take a look at my projected line for him:

Jonathan Isaac
44 FG%, 77 FT%, 1.3 3PM, 12.4 PPG, 7 RPG, 1.6 APG, 2.2 SPG, 2.0 BPG, 1.95 TO

- There's somewhere around 2-5 players in the league who will plausibly go 1.5 SPG AND 1.5 BPG. And that's just my bottom floor for Isaac's Stocks per game! I actually predict something in line with his PER36 Stocks; which are, exactly, 2.2 SPG and 2.0 BPG.
- A 2.0 BPG (or near) would actually make Isaac one of the best blockers in the league, with the overall blocks being dampened in the past few years of small ball.
- There's about 4-7 players in the past two years who have averaged 1 3PM, 1 SPG, and 1 BPG. I think Isaac joins them this year.
- Isaac's lack of APG is balanced out very well by my drafted team so far; all my previously drafted players Assist insanely well for their positions until Isaac. But Isaac's been a great passer in college, and a very passing-oriented player, so there's some surprise potential here up to 3 APG as well imo.
- Isaac is also no slouch in contributing 7 RPG, 1.3 3PM, 1.95 TO, and 12.4 PPG (in about that order). I also think Isaac has a small chance to go above 12 PPG if he finds he's making some consistent buckets due to his height and skill. He's at that 7'0 Dirk Nowitzki length!
- I played with customized rankings with my range of projections for Isaac's stats, and Isaac was inside the top 50 most of the time.
- My fear has become less the risk of picking him 49th and more the risk of his injuries. Isaac's injury history is; sore hip for missing most of his first summer league, a right ankle sprain that saw a lot of games missed, a short return for a few games followed by a re-aggravation of his right ankle injury for another big group of games. Then a return of some games that was cut short to a left foot strain. After that return was some games that were cut short to a left ankle sprain until the end of the season. The right ankle sprain and the re-aggravation of it saw the most games missed by far last season. So far this season, he's had a very minor right ankle sprain that is already being listed as day-to-day, but this being the 2nd/3rd injury in the same spot of the body (and his 3rd/4th of both of his ankles) is a little bit scary.

[Hoopslife]

I felt the same about Isaac. Great defensive stats and was hoping he would fall to me. The injury concerns are huge like you said though. Here's hoping he can play enough games to establish himself!

[uraverage]

Sorry for the delay. These middle rounds are brutal for my nerdy side.. too many mid-tier options, and too much background researching and analyzing

I would be lying if I said I didn't grab Isaac because I'm a massive fan of his and our Magic obviously, but take a look at my projected line for him:

Jonathan Isaac
44 FG%, 77 FT%, 1.3 3PM, 12.4 PPG, 7 RPG, 1.6 APG, 2.2 SPG, 2.0 BPG, 1.95 TO

- There's somewhere around 2-5 players in the league who will plausibly go 1.5 SPG AND 1.5 BPG. And that's just my bottom floor for Isaac's Stocks per game! I actually predict something in line with his PER36 Stocks; which are, exactly, 2.2 SPG and 2.0 BPG.
- A 2.0 BPG (or near) would actually make Isaac one of the best blockers in the league, with the overall blocks being dampened in the past few years of small ball.
- There's about 4-7 players in the past two years who have averaged 1 3PM, 1 SPG, and 1 BPG. I think Isaac joins them this year.
- Isaac's lack of APG is balanced out very well by my drafted team so far; all my previously drafted players Assist insanely well for their positions until Isaac. But Isaac's been a great passer in college, and a very passing-oriented player, so there's some surprise potential here up to 3 APG as well imo.
- Isaac is also no slouch in contributing 7 RPG, 1.3 3PM, 1.95 TO, and 12.4 PPG (in about that order). I also think Isaac has a small chance to go above 12 PPG if he finds he's making some consistent buckets due to his height and skill. He's at that 7'0 Dirk Nowitzki length!
- I played with customized rankings with my range of projections for Isaac's stats, and Isaac was inside the top 50 most of the time.
- My fear has become less the risk of picking him 49th and more the risk of his injuries. Isaac's injury history is; sore hip for missing most of his first summer league, a right ankle sprain that saw a lot of games missed, a short return for a few games followed by a re-aggravation of his right ankle injury for another big group of games. Then a return of some games that was cut short to a left foot strain. After that return was some games that were cut short to a left ankle sprain until the end of the season. The right ankle sprain and the re-aggravation of it saw the most games missed by far last season. So far this season, he's had a very minor right ankle sprain that is already being listed as day-to-day, but this being the 2nd/3rd injury in the same spot of the body (and his 3rd/4th of both of his ankles) is a little bit scary.

The injury history with him is starting to get scary. If it goes on for another season. We could be using the "B" word. Still hopeful for him.

[dsg2021]

The injury history with him is starting to get scary. If it goes on for another season. We could be using the "B" word. Still hopeful for him.

He wouldn't be on the "B" level. He would be more like the next "bad luck" or "missed opportunity." Like with Penny and Grant Hill and many other NBA players before, they are similar in that they were undeniably talented. It was only the injuries that knocked em out of having more amazing years. (Not saying Isaac is on some star level yet, but you get what I'm trying to say here I think)

[magicfan4life05]

...Nice pick with Ayton...

...The Ayton pick is looking real good after his preseason game...

Yes! Absolutely!!! Please continue to draft based on preseason performance....

That LeBron James guy had a pretty rough first game... I'm surprised he went in the first...

@MF4L - I was waffling between Bledsoe & Murray, decided to go for youthful upside... Our draft boards must seem VERY similar I woulda taken Gobert with my 2nd round pick if I hadn't traded it to you!

haha yeah I thought the same

[HoraceGrant]

We've got 12 days until opening night. I've still got 10 spots to fill on my roster, we may be cutting it close at our current pace. Are we going to shorten the clock at any point?

[dsg2021]

We've got 12 days until opening night. I've still got 10 spots to fill on my roster, we may be cutting it close at our current pace. Are we going to shorten the clock at any point?

It will be 5 hours after BMP's pick.

Then at the start of Round 8 and until the very end of the draft, it will be only 3 hours.

To maintain the draft going at a solid pace, we will really need to start sending lists of players to me or each other. And you can also email not just the next person OTC, but also the person right after. Especially for the 3 hour rounds of rounds 8-15.

For those of you thinking 3 hours is way too short, the first 7-8 players are typically the most important ones, and then there's a bit of a drop in impact. This is when the draft really flattens out, and even missing your clock with 5-6 picks taken after you, you will still be able to find a comparable player or have plenty of sleeper options left to choose from.

It's also been noticed that Rounds 12-15 players are very, very often dropped players during the year for better FAs', waiver wire FAs', and traded players. So if the length of the draft is getting to you, take heart in that you already put in the real work with these earlier rounds (right now), and just try to move the draft along quickly.

[uraverage]

[NickAnderson]

So am I up now?

[uraverage]

So am I up now?

I am going to say "thats above my pay grade", but its got to be close.

[Hoopslife]

So am I up now?

I am going to say "thats above my pay grade", but its got to be close.

It has been 6 hours. By that rule you're up.

[dsg2021]

So many good names still left

[EasternMagic]

I realize this is the A league discussion but is there a B league this year?

[HoraceGrant]

I realize this is the A league discussion but is there a B league this year?

I don't think anyone has set one up.

[dsg2021]

I realize this is the A league discussion but is there a B league this year?

Not enough interest during the offseason because the Magic are not a playoff team these days. I could have gotten 14-16 teams into A League by waiting for the Preseason games to start, but then we would have easily missed Week 1-2 of the Fantasy season. We're close enough to missing Week 1 as it is (altho really not a big deal to miss just 1 week).

I encourage you or anyone to try a B league if you want tho. We try to do a 14 or 16 team league, but a 12 team league is just fine as well. If you (or anyone) are up for being the Commissioner and setting up everything for a B League, you're more than welcome to copy/paste the A League threads/rules/etc. It's encouraged actually, to keep the rules/format the same. And it should make things easier/smoother too.

[SHAQ32]

If we could get enough active regs I wouldn't mind commishing another league

[dsg2021]

He's not a starter anymore, but I'm interested in trading up with someone for J.J. Redick

I can do my two Round 9 picks #97 and #103, and my Round 12 pick #144..
for someone's Round 7 pick of J.J. Redick, Round 11 pick, and Round 15 pick

[dsg2021]

Yahoo! A League Invites have been sent out via email. Please join.

[SHAQ32]

Yahoo! A League Invites have been sent out via email. Please join.

Didn't see anything in my inbox/spam