SoCal Draft - Championship - GeorgeMarcus** 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).

[Laimbeer]

Bill Walton ( 1977 ) 14.3
Karl Malone ( 1993 ) 17.6
Jared Dudley ( 2015 ) 5.9
Kobe Bryant ( 2008 ) 20.6
Mitch Richmond (1996) 16.9

Bo Outlaw ( 2002 ) 3.6
PJ Tucker ( 2023 ) 3.0
Patrick Beverley ( 2019 ) 6.1

88.0

Bill Walton (38) / Bo Outlaw (8) / Karl Malone (2)
Karl Malone (38) / PJ Tucker (10)
Jared Dudley (36) / PJ Tucker (12)
Kobe Bryant (38) / Patrick Beverley (10)
Mitch Richmond (38) / Patrick Beverley (10)

Good luck, GM

Richmond is a capable ball handler and brings the ball up, then lets Kobe and Walton orchestrate the offense. Malone and Richmond were elite off-ball players and should make this offense more than a handful.

Kobe is a DPOY level defender with the lateral quickness, length, strength, and on-ball tenacity to make Magic uncomfortable. He denies Magic the ball, fights through screens, and basically minimizes his opportunities to facilitate. He's a rare player who can do that and still produce offensively. We'll pack the paint and invite Payton/Artest to take open threes - they just aren't making enough of those. Moses lives down low as well. Walton/Moses, Karl/Artest, Dudley/Jones, and Richmond/Payton is solid.

[GeorgeMarcus]

Starting Lineup
83 Moses Malone ~ 16.7 FGA ~ MVP, Finals MVP, DEF1
04 Ron Artest ~ 15.2 FGA ~ DPOY, NBA3
85 Magic Johnson ~ 11.7 FGA ~ NBA1, NBA Champion, MVP-2
98 Eddie Jones ~ 12.6 FGA ~ AS, DEF2
98 Gary Payton ~ 15.6 FGA ~ NBA1, DEF1, MVP-3, DPOY-2

Bench
01 Sam Perkins ~ 3.5
96 AC Green ~ 5.4 FGA
95 Byron Scott ~ 7.3 FGA ~ 6MOY-6

88/88 FGA

Rotation
Malone (38) / Perkins (10)
Artest (38) / AC (6) / Perkins (4)
Magic (38) / AC (10)
EJ (38) / Scott (10)
Payton (38) / Scott (10)

Write-Up
Initial Assignments:
Moses --> Walton
Artest --> Mailman
Magic --> Dudley
EJ --> Kobe
Payton --> Richmond

Gotta keep this brief but I think this match-up plays into our favor, given how our top 3 defenders match up with the top 3 scorers while our one vulnerability (Magic) can matchup with a super lower-usage Dudley.

Offensively, we will attack Richmond when we can but still rely on the Magic/Moses duo to shoulder the load.

GL Laimbeer and nice building!

[durantbird]

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Matchup is open. Team owners please vote for yourselves

[durantbird]

GeorgeMarcus wins!

GG

[Dr Positivity]

Nice bold pick of Eddie Jones in Rd 2 worked out!

[JimmyPlopper]

George as a winner? I demand a recount!

j/k - congrats

[GeorgeMarcus]

Thanks gang, my first W in a long time! GG Laimbeer

[Laimbeer]

GG and great job GM