Franchise Draft Lockdown R1 - flaco* vs. Stan

[Fadeaway_J]

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. Once the writeups are posted, I will add a poll, and the team with the most votes after 24 hours will advance. EACH MANAGER SHOULD ALSO VOTE FOR THEIR OWN TEAM IN THE POLL - IF YOU FAIL TO DO THIS, YOU ARE SIMPLY GIVING AWAY A VOTE. If the votes are tied, we will decide the matchup via AI vote.

You are not required to state or explain your vote, but you are free to comment in the thread if you want to.

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).

[flaco]

Best of luck, Stan!



Rotations
PG: LeBron James (14) / Alex Caruso (22) / Jrue Holiday (12)
SG: Jrue Holiday (24) / Paul George (16) / Hersey Hawkins (8)
SF: Paul George (20) / Jayson Tatum (16) / LeBron James (12)
PF: Jayson Tatum (22) / Al Horford (14) / LeBron James (12)
C: Al Horford (22) / Ben Wallace (26)

Offense
Jrue/Caruso bring the ball up the court. LeBron takes over PG duties in the half court. We run a 5-out, PnR/PnP-heavy motion offense. All starters can put the ball on the floor and create shots either for themselves or for their teammates. All of them are volume 3pt shooters. Lebron and Tatum are the primary PnR ball handlers. Horford can either roll to the basket or pop from 3. LeBron and Pacers George explode on the open court at every opportunity.

Defense
A whopping six players on the roster have made the all-defensive teams in their selected season including DPOY Ben Wallace. Horford-Big Ben are a solid enough duo to slow down Jokic. I'd argue Jokic would face bigger issues defending the perimeter than Horford defending postups. Big Ben can hold his own against anybody on D. The presence of 2 slashers in Wade-Butler allows us to either double Jokic or blitz the PnR.

Fit
Stan starts two drop bigs. Highly doubt that's a susteinable lineup against a 5-out offense. Neither Jokic nor Sheed are comfortable defending in space. Jokic is at his best when paired with a mobile PF/swing who covers lots of ground quickly to provide defensive cover in space. For instance, Gordon, Jerami Grant or Millsap in real life. Mind you, none of these guys are rim protectors. They rely on their mobility which is Jokic's biggest weakness. In contrast, Sheed excelled at post-up defense which is arguably Jokic's biggest strength on D.

FGA
2013 LeBron James 17.8
2024 Jrue Holiday 10.0
2014 Paul George 17.0
2024 Jayson Tatum 19.3
2018 Al Horford 10.5
2023 Alex Caruso 4.3
2001 Hersey Hawkins 3.0
2002 Ben Wallace 6.0

Total: 87.9

[Stan]

Roster
2023 NIkola Jokic
2011 Dwyane Wade
2023 Jimmy Butler
2001 Ray Allen
2007 Rasheed Wallace

2017 Andre Iguodala
2010 Kyle Korver
2013 Chris Andersen

Lineup
Wade (38) Allen (10)
Allen (28) Korver (20)
Iggy (30) Butler (18)
Butler (20) Sheed (28)
Jokic (38) Andersen (10)

Sadly, I just didn't have time to do a comprehensive writeup for this matchup today. Switching my lineup to match Flaco's, I have 4 wings to matchup with his. I'll put Wade on Tatum, Allen on Jrue, Iggy on PG, Butler on LeBron. I feel like I have the personnel to matchup with his defensively.

Offensively, it will certainly not be easy, he has top defenders throughout his lineup. I feel like my best chance at an exploitive matchup will be Jokic, who I don't feel like Horford is an ideal matchup with defensively. We can have Wade be our primary ballhandler, run the pick & roll with Jokic, either having Horford switch onto Wade one on one, or stay with Jokic who can spot up for a jumper, take Horford down to the post, or find a cutting Allen or Butler for a high percentage look.

While his defense certainly presents a challenge, I have 4 players who averaged 25+ through deep runs into the playoffs, plus two more guys off the bench who can space the floor and hit 3's, with a GOAT tier talent in Jokic running the show. I feel like that level of talent will put strain on any defense, even one as formidable as his.

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Ready for votes. Flaco and Stan, please vote for yourselves as well.

[Fadeaway_J]

Flaco advances