1980s All-stars Draft Final - durantbird vs Fadeaway_J

[Dr Positivity]

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: Isiah Thomas 89' - 15.3
SG: Michael Cooper 86' - 7.4
SF: James Worthy 86' - 14.5
PF: Larry Bird 86' - 19.6
C: Artis Gilmore 81' - 10.0

Bench: Reggie Miller 89' - 11.2
Bench: Danny Green 17' - 6.6
Bench: George Johnson 82' - 3.0

87.6/88

PG: Isiah Thomas 38 / Michael Cooper 10
SG: Michael Cooper 22 / Reggie Miller 26
SF: James Worthy 28 / Danny Green 20
PF: Larry Bird 38 / James Worthy 10
C: Artis Gilmore 38 / George Johnson 10

vs

C - Malone (38), McHale (10)
PF - McHale (28), Horry (20)
SF - Anunoby (32), Ingles (16)
SG - Moncrief (38), McMillan (5), Ingles (5)
PG - Price (38), McMillan (10)

Matchup
- Defensive assignments: Thomas vs Price, Cooper vs Moncrief, Worthy vs Anunoby, Bird vs McHale, Gilmore vs Moses.
- We match up nicely here. We are pretty versatile, having both Bird and Worthy as good options against McHale, while McHale needs to guard a more dynamic wing. Also, Green/Cooper/Worthy/Isiah can all rotate against the Price/Moncrief duo - while Thomas' relative defensive limitation is in his size, that won't bother him against Price, and he'll also be fine against Moncrief for bursts. Gilmore is a great option against Moses.
- Bird is the best player in the matchup, with Isiah-Worthy-Gilmore-Reggie providing great depth and offensive versatility that matches up pretty well against Moncreif-McHale-Price. Bird-Reggie duo provides us with two reliable historical-level spacers, and Reggie is the best sixth man as a near-All Star impact.
- Good luck Fade.