Franchise Draft Lockdown CHAMPIONSHIP - ReggiesKnicks** vs. flaco

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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 win the championship. 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).

[Dr Positivity]

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[ReggiesKnicks]

Rotation

Luka Doncic (40) / Pablo Prigioni (8)
Kawhi Leonard (40) / Bruce Bowen (8)
Bruce Bowen (26) / Robert Horry (22)
Anthony Davis (30) / Boris Diaw (18)
David Robinson (40) / Anthony Davis (8)

Roster
Kawhi Leonard (2016) 15.1
David Robinson (1996) 16.8
Anthony Davis (2020) 17.7
Bruce Bowen (2006) 6.5
Robert Horry (1999) 3.8
Luka Doncic (2021) 20.5
Boris Diaw (2013) 4.4
Pablo Prigioni (2013) 3

Total FGA 87.8/88.0

-We have a massive size advantage combined with one of the best on-ball creator in the series in Luka
-Kawhi/Bowen/Horry provide real size to defend LeBron but the most important part about defending LeBron is having Rim Protection, and we have the two best in this series by a country mile
-You can't fully spread us out as each of our big men are quick enough to rotate and one will always be able to be near the rim on a drive and can close out fast enough to the corner
-Size wins and we have Twin Towers who are athletic enough to defend in space while allowing our perimeter players to play into the opposing shooters and chase them off the 3P line
-We have 4 of the Top 5 players in this series and they have natural synergy together
-Ultimately a talent advantage with a clean fit, better defenders throughout the roster and significantly more size should give us an advantage here

[flaco]

Best of luck, Reggie!



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 targeting the Luka mismatch. 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. Heat 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. We have the option to switch everything. Horford is mobile enough to meet Luka at the level of DHO and deny penetration. All starters are between 6'4'' and 6'9''. Oversized guards, undersized bigs and a bunch of wings are the perfect mix for a switch-heavy scheme. That said, neither of Reggie's bigs is a reliable 3pt shooter. This means we always ice the side PnR, but we also have the versatility to try all kinds of schemes such as blitz and risk the 3 from the bigs, hedge and recover, drop and fight through, etc.

Weak links on D
Luka has nowhere to hide on defense. We may run off ball picks to force the switch on our primary ball handlers, but at the end of the day all 5 starters can attack the Luka mismatch off the dribble. Whomever is defended by Luka is the one who initiates the action. This means a) we have a constant mismatch in our favor throughout the series b) Luka probably waists too much energy on defense and c) it's possible he gets in foul trouble. On the other hand, we got no weak links on D. Horford and Big Ben may technically be undersized, but they can hold their own against anybody in the paint, plus they can also defend in space.

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

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Ready for votes. Reggie and flaco, please vote for yourselves as well.

[ReggiesKnicks]

Good Games. I'm feeling like Rookie Magic Johnson!

[JimmyPlopper]

Nice tournament Reggie. Congrats

[ReggiesKnicks]

Nice tournament Reggie. Congrats

The Big Man will never be dead

[Fadeaway_J]

I guess it's not exactly breaking news, but we can officially call this in favour of ReggiesKnicks.

[MadNESS]

Who brought this guy on? Congratulations

[flaco]

Congrats, Reggie! Well deserved win!