Same Standing Pairs Draft - SF2 - Fadeaway_J* vs durantbird

durantbird · Post #1 » by **durantbird** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:56 pm

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. Please ensure you give a rationale for your vote; votes with no explanation will not be counted.

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 advances.**

Fadeaway_J wrote:

durantbird · Post #2 » by **durantbird** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:20 am

PG: Chris Paul 12' - 14.8
SG: Jrue Holiday 17' - 13.3
SF: Kawhi Leonard 19' - 18.8
PF: Karl Anthony Towns 18' - 14.3
C: Tyson Chandler 13' - 6.1

Bench: Ray Allen 13' - 8.2
Bench: Brent Barry 01' - 6.0
Bench: Ben Wallace 07' - 5.5

87/88

PG: Chris Paul 38 / Jrue Holiday 10
SG: Jrue Holiday 25 / Ray Allen 23
SF: Kawhi Leonard 24 / Brent Barry 24
PF: Karl Anthony Towns 34 / Kawhi Leonard 14
C: Tyson Chandler 34 / Ben Wallace 14

Vs

C - Allen (30), Adams (18)
PF - James (28), Tucker (20)
SF - Bridges (36), James (12)
SG - Booker (38), Beverley (10)
PG - Lowry (37), Beverley (11)

Matchup:
- Defensive assignments: Paul vs Lowry, Holiday vs Booker, Kawhi vs LeBron, Towns vs Mikal, Chandler vs Allen.
- We match up well here. Paul/Holiday combo is a great answer to Lowry and Booker, with Kawhi as good as a wing defender you can hope against LeBron. Chandler is set to have a great series as well staying close to the rim against Allen. On the other side, I assume LeBron would guard Towns, which isn't really set to his strengths as a defender and a pretty demanding task.
- We got some strong top end talent, with 2 of the best 3 guys in the series, and out squad should mesh together pretty well. After Paul-Kawhi and Lowry-LeBron, I prefer Holiday-Towns duo over Booker-Mikal. We also got the better overall depth outside the starting lineup, with two offensive difference makers in Allen and Barry, plus an all time great defensive anchor in Ben Wallace, in his Chicago years where he still had playoff success and eliminated Miami with Shaq in PS.

Post #3 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:26 pm

Starters
C - Jarrett Allen (2022-23)

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PF - LeBron James (2016-17)

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SF - Mikal Bridges (2020-21)

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SG - Devin Booker (2022-23)

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PG - Kyle Lowry (2017-18)

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Bench
C - Steven Adams (2020-21)

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F - P.J. Tucker (2021-22)

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G - Patrick Beverley (2021-22)

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Rotations
C - Allen (30), Adams (18)
PF - James (28), Tucker (20)
SF - Bridges (36), James (12)
SG - Booker (38), Beverley (10)
PG - Lowry (37), Beverley (11)

Matchup
- Defensive assignments will be Lowry-CP3, Booker-Jrue, Bridges-Kawhi, LeBron-KAT, Allen-Chandler. Tucker and Beverley provide additional defensive options off the bench. Our only relative weak spot is Booker who has developed into an adequate defender. The combination of Lowry and Bev will give CP3 all he can handle at the defensive end.
- We've got the familiar four-out alignment, with a key trump card being that we have other high-level creators around LeBron. Booker is an expert off-ball operator, but you can also give him the ball at the top and have him run pick-and-roll or drive-and-kick. Ditto Lowry. Not only does this enhance Allen's hyper-efficient roll man game, it also unlocks some actions where LeBron screens for Booker or Lowry and then causes havoc on the short roll.
- I think the PF matchup works nicely for us here. KAT has struggled against wing-sized players who can both his handle, and LeBron is also too strong for him to simply overpower in the post (as is Tucker). At the other end, assuming KAT guards Bridges, he's out of his element defending a lights-out outside shooter, but more importantly it forces Kawhi to take the primary assigment on LeBron all game long. Given where Kawhi is physically at this stage, we feel like this will impact his overall performance over the course of the series. Just as importantly, LeBron can go matchup hunting since there is literally no-one else on durantbird's roster who can guard him.

Good luck durantbird.

Dr Positivity · Post #4 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:52 pm

I like durantbird's talent and depth more with 2 of the 3 best players though I don't love the season choice for Holiday combined with playing SG and Towns playing PF, and overall big ball frontcourt against a Lebron PF team. I'll go with the Lebron formula with shooters and Allen finishing as making more sense. Vote Fadeaway.

wackbone · Post #5 » by **wackbone** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:00 pm

Fade matches up extremely well here. Not a huge fan of the CP3+Holiday fit (especially with given seasons), nor do I think 2018 Towns is up to this level. Fade's core makes a ton of sense. Those factors make up for the difference in benches.

Vote: Fade

Post #6 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:22 pm

Jrue has always been best playing point guard defensively- using his size to really bother and disrupt opposing playmakers. The series where the Pelicans (possibly in the chosen year, I'm too lazy to check) where Dame struggled against him and they had a surprise win vs the Blazers comes to mind. He isn't best utilized here guarding a wing like Booker who's bigger than him, though he he's also somewhat capable of doing that too.

He's not a reliable enough off ball player to really fit well next to CP offensively either.

Fade has a power duo in Booker/Lebron and a good supporting cast that I think gives him enough here. Lowry was a late round coup.

Vote Fade

durantbird · Post #7 » by **durantbird** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:29 pm

Fadeaway_J advances