sabonis wrote:well another contract year player and he has to prove to Pop that he's worth playing. Dirk is old and somewhat injury prone, Wright is meh, Dalembert is Dalembert and they lost Elton Brand & Kaman, so there should be around 18-20 minutes for Blair.
Anyway my roster is like this, let the comments begin
PG - Rose
SG - Redick
G - Butler
G - Conley
SF - Tucker
PF - Ryan Anderson
F - Ilyasova
F - Moultrie
C - Kanter
C - Olynyk
Bench - Ben Gordon
Bench - CJ Watson
Bench - CJ Miles
Bench - Dejuan Blair
I see a lot of potential with this team. Without looking at the numbers in detail, my first thought is that this team is very strong in guard stats. You'll be getting the scoring, 3s, and even steals from your guards and your wings. Your depth is also very guard-stat-heavy.
I think your biggest question is your big man stats: How good will Kanter and Olynyk be? KAnter is supposed to have the keys to Utah's front court, but with no Al Jeff looking over his shoulder, how will he do? Olynyk is an even bigger question mark. I doubt Olynyk does as well as people expect, at least before the all-star break. You don't have many back-ups who can fill in either, which means you'll be relying a lot on guys like Blair to fill your C spot. That's not good.
I do really like your "sleeper" picks. Butler, Moultrie, and Tucker have bright futures this year, I think, and your success this year relies as much on them as it does on your top guys like Rose.
I'm not a big fan of your last picks. Gordon has a tough road to climb to get minutes in Charlotte, and I bet he's begging for a trade by January. I think Miles is awful, but in 20 mins a game, besides hurting your %s, he'll give you 10ppg and a 3, so you can't complain. I just wonder if he loses minutes, as waiters emerges as a key part of that rotation. Waiters only played 28 min/game. If he improves his game this year, he's going to need closer to 35, cutting into Miles' minutes. I think Blair is an ok pick, he has steadily lost minutes over the last 3 years, ending at 14/game in 12-13. That's the exact opposite you would expect from a young guy like him. Even in those minutes, he does next to nothing. FG% and modest (very modest) points. Not what you need from a big man.
You might say: Knocking a team for its last picks is a bit unfair, like missing the forest for the trees, but the problem is that in this league, the bottom of your roster is just as important as the top. You can't float with also-rans on your bench, and I worry that might be your biggest weakness (apart from your weakness in big man stats).
Even so, I'd say your team is definitely top 8, and should easily make the playoffs.
