2000s Draft Redux - R2 - Laimbeer vs Jon_3232

[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).

[Laimbeer]

Alonzo Mourning ( 2000 ) 15.0 - MVP (3), DPOY (1)
Karl Malone ( 2000 ) 18.0 - MVP (4)
James Posey ( 2006 ) 5.9 - DPOY (13)
Reggie Miller ( 2000 ) 12.9 - MVP (13)
Gary Payton ( 2000 ) 20.3 - MVP (6), DPOY (5)

Ervin Johnson ( 2000 ) 3.5 - All-D votes
Glen Rice ( 2003 ) 7.4 - 37.4% on 2.8 3PA
JJ Redick ( 2009 ) 4.7 - 39.8% on 4.1 3PA

87.7

Alonzo Mourning (38) / Ervin Johnson (10)
Karl Malone (38) / Glen Rice (10)
James Posey (36) / Glen Rice (12)
Reggie Miller (38) / JJ Redick (10)
Gary Payton (38) / JJ Redick (10)


Good luck, Jon

On offense we have an elite point guard in Payton with the perimeter gravity of Miller and Posey and the bruising interior of Mourning and Malone. They're not playing a true center, so they could struggle with the physical play of Zo and Karl. They also don't have a good POA defender - maybe LeBron can chase Payton but that's a tall order.

Defensively we have something of a nightmare pairing to throw at LeBron. Posey did a great job on LeBron in the 2008 ECF and Payton's tenacity and GOATish defensive ability is a second tough look. They will rotate on LeBron and Miller, Reggie/Iggy, Zo/Wallace, and Malone/Bosh is pretty solid.

Benches are decent, but I like bringing two sharpshooters in Rice and Redick. Johnson tops off 48 minutes of elite rim protection.

[Jon_3232]

PG - Jason Terry (34) / Eric Snow (10) / LeBron James (4)
SG - Andre Iguodala (36) / Mike Miller (12)
SF - LeBron James (28) / Mike Miller (20)
PF - Rasheed Wallace (38) / LeBron James (10)
C - Chris Bosh (38) / Joel Przybilla (10)




2008-09 LeBron James - 19.9 fga
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2007-08 Rasheed Wallace - 11.3 fga
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2006-07 Chris Bosh - 15.9 fga
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2004-05 Jason Terry - 9.3 fga
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2008-09 Andre Iguodala - 14 fga
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2004-05 Mike Miller - 10.1 fga
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2008-09 Joel Przybilla - 3.3 fga
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2006-07 Eric Snow - 4 fga
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87.9/88 fga




Offensively, LeBron is still the primary playmaker with the move back to SF in this matchup. He can exploit mismatches against Posey or Payton by driving and collapsing the D, while Terry and Miller stretch the floor to punish overhelp. Iggy and Wallace add secondary playmaking and with Bosh/Wallace spacing in the front court they take away their rim protection, opening lanes for LeBron. Defensively, Iguodala and LeBron could switch across the perimeter, making life difficult for Miller by chasing him off screens. Payton and Posey aren’t high-volume scorers, so if Reggie is limited, much of the offensive load goes on Malone.

[durantbird]

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