Non Championship Decade Draft - Play in - Laimbeer* vs Stan

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Which team wins?

Poll ended at Mon Aug 18, 2025 1:02 pm

Laimbeer
9
82%
Stan
2
18%
 
Total votes: 11

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Non Championship Decade Draft - Play in - Laimbeer* vs Stan 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Sat Aug 16, 2025 10:19 am

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.

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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).

Stan wrote:

Laimbeer wrote:
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Re: Non Championship Decade Draft - Play in - Laimbeer vs Stan 

Post#2 » by Laimbeer » Sat Aug 16, 2025 4:13 pm

Joel Embiid ( 2021 ) 17.6
Toumani Camara ( 2025 ) 9.2
LeBron James ( 2009 ) 19.9
Mitch Richmond ( 1996 ) 16.9
Terry Porter ( 1991 ) 11.7

Erick Dampier ( 2009 ) 3.5
PJ Tucker ( 2018 ) 5.4
Matisse Thybulle ( 2023 ) 3.6

87.8

Joel Embiid (38) / Erick Dampier (10)
Toumani Camara (36) / PJ Tucker (12)
LeBron James (30) / PJ Tucker (18)
Mitch Richmond (38) / Matisse Thybulle (10)
Terry Porter (38) / LeBron James (10)

Good luck, Stan.

This is a great build around LeBron. You have a MVP-type big man in Embiid (who doesn't have to be the alpha), a third elite scorer in Richmond, and a superb secondary ball handler and creator in Porter. There's spacing at all five positions.

Defensively we have superb answers all around. Embiid/Zo, LeBron/Mobley, Camara/Shrempf, Porter/Stockton, and Richmond (who Jordan called one of his toughest opponents) on Jordan. And Zo is limited offensively, allowing for rim protection from Embiid.

Depth in our scoring and better spacing take this for us.
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Re: Non Championship Decade Draft - Play in - Laimbeer vs Stan 

Post#3 » by durantbird » Sun Aug 17, 2025 1:02 pm

Laimbeer wrote:...

wackbone wrote:...

Stan wrote:...

flaco wrote:...

Larry_Russell wrote:...

Dr Positivity wrote:...

Fadeaway_J wrote:...

Snakebites wrote:...

durantbird wrote:...

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Voting is open. Team owners please vote for yourselves
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Re: Non Championship Decade Draft - Play in - Laimbeer vs Stan 

Post#4 » by Fadeaway_J » Sun Aug 17, 2025 1:47 pm

That's a hell of a team Stan bailed out on :lol:
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Re: Non Championship Decade Draft - Play in - Laimbeer vs Stan 

Post#5 » by Larry_Russell » Sun Aug 17, 2025 3:24 pm

I eould have voted stan 100%
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Re: Non Championship Decade Draft - Play in - Laimbeer vs Stan 

Post#6 » by durantbird » Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:01 pm

Stan wrote:Roster
1989 Michael Jordan: 22.2
1995 John Stockton: 9.6
1999 Alonzo Mourning: 13.8
2025 Evan Mobley: 12.8
1995 Detlef Schrempf: 12.2
2023 Austin Reaves: 7.7
1998 Bruce Bowen: 4.9
2023 Robert Covington: 4.8

87/88

Rotation
Stockton (38) Reaves (20)
Jordan (38) Reaves (20)
Schrempf (38) Bowen (10)
Mobley (28) Covington (20)
Zo (38) Mobley (10)
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Re: Non Championship Decade Draft - Play in - Laimbeer vs Stan 

Post#7 » by durantbird » Mon Aug 18, 2025 12:38 pm

poll ends in 20-30 minutes and the result is decisive, moving on

Laimbeer advances

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