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Re: $15 dollar 25 and under team 

Post#21 » by Cammo101 » Mon Jun 20, 2022 7:47 pm

Morant (5)
Doncic (5)
Bane (1)
Barnes (1)
Mobley (3)
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Re: $15 dollar 25 and under team 

Post#22 » by LewisnotMiller » Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:09 am

peZt wrote:
thebirdman wrote:Doncic 5
Bane 1
Tatum 5
Barnes 1
Mobley 3


I think this is the team to beat. Has everything


Same one I came up with. Except I've got Giddey, Jarret Allen, Chet, Ivey and myself coming off the bench, since we all appear to be free.

(I'm probably not getting many minutes, to be fair...)
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Re: $15 dollar 25 and under team 

Post#23 » by gswhoops » Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:58 pm

peZt wrote:
thebirdman wrote:Doncic 5
Bane 1
Tatum 5
Barnes 1
Mobley 3


I think this is the team to beat. Has everything

Yeah I don't think I can top this, but just for ***s and giggles...

C - JJJ ($2)
PF - Mobley ($3)
SF - Bane ($1)
SG - SGA ($4)
PG - Luka ($5)
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Re: $15 dollar 25 and under team 

Post#24 » by codydaze » Tue Jun 21, 2022 5:05 pm

PG - Haliburton $3
SG - Ant $4
SF - Ingram $4
PF - Barnes $1
C - Mobley $3
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Re: $15 dollar 25 and under team 

Post#25 » by GreekAlex » Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:30 pm

Luca $5
Cade $3
Edwards $4
Mobley $3
Ayton $1
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Re: $15 dollar 25 and under team 

Post#26 » by BostonCouchGM » Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:00 am

PG-Doncic $5
SG-Green $1
SF-Bridges $1
PF-JJJ $2
C-Adebayo $5

lob city. Best combination of athletes and hustle. Defenders to pick up slack for Doncic and Green
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Re: $15 dollar 25 and under team 

Post#27 » by SNPA » Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:29 am

peZt wrote:
thebirdman wrote:Doncic 5
Bane 1
Tatum 5
Barnes 1
Mobley 3


I think this is the team to beat. Has everything

Same team I came up with but then decided subbing Bridges for Barnes was better on a team built around Luka/Tatum.
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