Jrue Holiday Draft - CHAMPIONSHIP - wackbone** vs durantbird

[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: Chris Paul 08' - 16.1 - Pelicans
SG: Ray Allen 01' - 16.0 - Bucks
SF: OG Anunoby 20' - 8.2 - Non lottery first round
PF: Evan Mobley 25' - 12.8 - Brother
C: Wilt Chamberlain 72' - 7.9 (with multiplier) - Two clubs champ

Bench: Greg Anthony 00' - 5.1 - Portland
Bench: John Havlicek 74' - 16.8 (with multiplier) - Celtics
Bench: Bobby Jones 85' - 4.8 - 76ers

87.7/88

PG: Chris Paul 38 / Greg Anthony 10
SG: Ray Allen 38 / John Havlicek 10
SF: OG Anunoby 26 / John Havlicek 22
PF: Evan Mobley 24 / Bobby Jones 16 / OG Anunoby 8
C: Wilt Chamberlain 38 / Evan Mobley 10

vs

Oscar Robertson (38) / Steve Blake (10)
Klay Thompson (38) / Kawhi Leonard (10)
Kawhi Leonard (28) / James Posey (20)
Charles Barkley (38) / James Posey (10)
Dave Cowens (38) / Alexis Ajinça (10)


Matchup
- Defensive assignments: Paul vs Oscar, Allen vs Klay, Anunoby vs Kawhi, Mobley vs Barkley, Wilt vs Cowens.
- We match up well here. The leading duo of Kawhi and Barkley have to face Anunoby and Mobley + Wilt anchoring the paint against the paint-oriented Cowens (and Jones off the bench). Allen is the only non-elite defender on the lineup, but he's a pretty solid one still against Klay. Havlicek will have some important defensive minutes on Klay or Oscar, and also some on Kawhi, with Jones/Mobley as other great versatile forwards against Kawhi.
- Both teams feature five stars lineup, with Havlicek being a lethal option off the bench and still playing 32 minutes. Anunoby-Jones-Anthony give us a real depth advantage over Posey-Blake-Ajinca with the latter two barely playable (comparing Portland backup PGs, Blake is towards retirement, and there's a significant TS% difference of 55% vs 50.7%, better defense for Anthony and real role for a contender).

[wackbone]

Category 1 - Bucks - Oscar Robertson - 1971 - (14.7x0.85) 12.5 FGA - 5th in MVP
Category 2 - 76ers - Charles Barkley - 1990 - 14.9 FGA - 2nd in MVP
Category 3 - Pelicans - Alexis Ajinça - 2014 - 4.4 FGA - .104 WS/48
Category 4 - Celtics - Dave Cowens - 1976 - (16.7x0.85) 14.2 FGA - 3rd in MVP, All-Def 1st
Category 5 - Blazers - Steve Blake - 2015 - 4.0 FGA - 35.2 3P% on 2.7 att
Category 6 - Brother - Klay Thompson - 2015 - 16.9 FGA - 10th in MVP, 43.9 3P% on 7.1 att
Category 7 - 2 Champs - Kawhi Leonard - 2016 - 15.1 FGA - 2nd in MVP, DPOY, 44.3 3P% on 4.0 att
Category 8 - 15-30 - James Posey - 2006 - 5.9 FGA - 40.3 3P% on 4.3 att
Total: 87.9/88 FGA

Rotations:
Oscar Robertson (38) / Steve Blake (10)
Klay Thompson (38) / Kawhi Leonard (10)
Kawhi Leonard (28) / James Posey (20)
Charles Barkley (38) / James Posey (10)
Dave Cowens (38) / Alexis Ajinça (10)

Writeup:

Helluva team as always db, best of luck!

Defensively we will start with Oscar on CP3, Klay on Ray, Kawhi on Anunoby/Havlicek, Barkley on Mobley, and Cowens on Wilt.

Oscar on CP3 isn't ideal, but I think the older Oscar has intangible/experience advantages over the younger CP3, and I think doing so allows for straight-forward matchups elsewhere. Klay knows Ray's game inside and out, Kawhi starts resting on Anunoby and saves his defensive intensity for Havlicek, and All-Def 1st Cowens should do fine on '72 Wilt. Barkley on Mobley is also not ideal, but as much as Mobley improved this year I just don't think his offensive game is a massive concern for us. We have Posey as another legitimate wing defender off of the bench.

Both teams are quite similar in many ways. My team has two main advantages:

#1 - We have the better top scorer(s) when the team needs a bucket in crunchtime.
#2 - There are 7 players in the matchup who were Champions in the chosen season. I have 5 of them, db has 2.

Again, both teams are quite similar, so it's largely going to come down to personal preference.

[durantbird]

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Matchup is open. Team owners please vote for yourselves

[durantbird]

wackbone wins!

GG. Great work winning the game even after missing out on some picks early