Common Theme Pairs Draft 2.0 - Semis - durantbird* vs Laimbeer

[durantbird]

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).

[durantbird]

PG: Mark Price 92' - 12.5
SG: Kobe Bryant 08' - 20.6
SF: Trevor Ariza 09' - 7.3
PF: Peja Stojakovic 03' - 14.4
C: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 80' - 16.9

Bench: Patrick Beverley 19' - 6.1
Bench: Luc Mbah A Moute 17' - 4.7
Bench: Ivica Zubac 21' - 5.5

88/88

PG: Price (38), Beverley (10)
SG: Bryant (33), Beverley (15)
SF: Ariza (32), Stojakovic (9), Bryant (7)
PF: Stojakovic (29), Mbah a Moute (16), Zubac (3)
C: Abdul-Jabbar (39), Zubac (9)

Vs

Anthony Davis (38) / Ekpe Udoh (8) / Dennis Rodman (2)
Detlef Schrempf (36) / Dennis Rodman (12)
Scottie Pippen (30) / Dennis Rodman (18)
Ray Allen (38) / Brent Barry (10)
Sidney Moncrief (38) / Scottie Pippen (10)

Matchup
- Assignments Price vs Moncrief, Kobe vs Allen, Ariza vs Pippen, Peja vs Schrempf/Rodman, KAJ vs Davis.
- Ariza and Kobe are great options against their wings and Price gets to guard Moncrief who is more of a slasher who faces Kareem's rim protection. Beverley is a great option off the bench against Moncrief.
- We've got the clear two best players in the series with Price and Peja not far off as offensive threats from anyone on Laimbeer's team other than Allen, especially with the season for AD. Ariza is the perfect glue guy for our lineup, adding even more spacing as a 47% from 3 shooter in the playoffs.

[Laimbeer]

Anthony Davis ( 2024 ) 16.9
Detlef Schrempf ( 1995 ) 12.2
Scottie Pippen ( 1996 ) 15.8
Ray Allen ( 2001 ) 16.0
Sidney Moncrief ( 1986 ) 13.2

Ekpe Udoh ( 2018 ) 3
Dennis Rodman ( 1998 ) 4.5
Brent Barry ( 1997 ) 6.4

88.0

Anthony Davis (38) / Ekpe Udoh (8) / Dennis Rodman (2)
Detlef Schrempf (36) /Dennis Rodman (12)
Scottie Pippen (30) / Dennis Rodman (18)
Ray Allen (38) / Brent Barry (10)
Sidney Moncrief (38) / Scottie Pippen (10)


Davis, Detlef, Pippen, Moncrief and Allen give us really high level offense at all five positions. Price and Peja have nowhere to hide defensively.

Our defense is absolutely elite at four positions and they'll struggle mightily to score. AD/Kareem, Detlef/Peja, Pippen/Kobe, Allen/Ariza, and Moncrief/Price will be stifling.

Better defense and more favorable match-ups win this for us.

[durantbird]

Voting is open. Laimbeer, please vote for yourself

[durantbird]

Durantbird advances