The 2024-25 Prediction Draft - Discussion

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[Fadeaway_J]

Oops, I quoted Jimmy instead of Jon by mistake.

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Doubt it will matter as he hasn't been online since last November...

[JimmyPlopper]

Oops, I quoted Jimmy instead of Jon by mistake.

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Doubt it will matter as he hasn't been online since last November...

I think Jon was quoted before you quoted me. But I will allow Jon to take Cam Johnson if he does want him and I will repick.

[Fadeaway_J]

Oops, I quoted Jimmy instead of Jon by mistake.

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Doubt it will matter as he hasn't been online since last November...

I think Jon was quoted before you quoted me. But I will allow Jon to take Cam Johnson if he does want him and I will repick.

Sorry you're correct, his time had run out. Flaco is up now.

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[wackbone]

Was between Powell and Pritchard for my pick. Love seeing him get taken.

[Fadeaway_J]

Will leave the waiver period open until midnight in case Jon shows up by some miracle.

[MadNESS]

Still 2 guys on my list I would have added… interesting

[durantbird]

Was between Powell and Pritchard for my pick. Love seeing him get taken.

I was between Hartenstein and Pritchard. Two totally different players lol

[MadNESS]

Banchero right where he left off with 34 in 27 mins in his first game back

[Dr Positivity]

Darius Garland / Derrick White
Derrick White / Austin Reaves
Jimmy Butler / Andrew Wiggins / Trey Murphy
Evan Mobley / Karl-Anthony Towns
Victor Wembanyama / Karl Anthony-Towns

Pleased with this considering I have bench advantage over some of the best looking starting lineups (even Murphy put up 21ppg? I wasn't paying attention to Pelicans boxscores), even though it'd have been perfect if I just took Jokic over Wemby, although my other picks would've been different.

[MadNESS]

Will leave the waiver period open until midnight in case Jon shows up by some miracle.

We doing one more waiver period?

[MadNESS]

PG: Stephen Curry (36) | Cade Cunningham (12)
SG: Anthony Edwards (37) | Cade Cunningham (11)
SF: Herbert Jones (30) | Brandon Miller (18)
PF: Paolo Banchero (35) | RJ Barrett (13)
Cc: Domantas Sabonis (36) | Myles Turner (12) | Walker Kessler


Other Herb getting hurt, I’m happy with it. I’d probably drop Miller and get Giddey.

Steph
Cade
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Paolo
Sabonis

Would be my closing 5. Good luck guarding that.

[Fadeaway_J]

Will leave the waiver period open until midnight in case Jon shows up by some miracle.

We doing one more waiver period?

No. The draft will be judged after the playoffs.

[wackbone]

If I had a healthy Kawhi, Ingram, and Lively I like my team:
Jalen Brunson (32) / Norman Powell (16)
Desmond Bane (32) / Jalen Green (16)
Kawhi Leonard (32) / OG Anunoby (16)
Pascal Siakam (32) / Brandon Ingram (16)
Nikola Jokic (38) / Dereck Lively II (10)

Without those three, things get a bit dicey:
Jalen Brunson (36) / Norman Powell (12)
Desmond Bane (36) / Norman Powell (12)
Jalen Green (28) / OG Anunoby (14) / Norman Powell (6)
Pascal Siakam (26) / OG Anunoby (22)
Nikola Jokic (38) / Pascal Siakam (10)

Still a solid team with Jokic, likely All-NBA Brunson, fringe All-NBA Powell, Green, and Siakam, and solid contributors Bane and Anunoby. But having Kawhi specifically would really put the whole team over the top.

Fade, how do we evaluate injuries for this exercise again? If they played fewer than 41 games we can't include them?

[Fadeaway_J]

Picks
R1: Anthony Davis
R2: Devin Booker
R3: Jaylen Brown
R4: Jalen Suggs
R5: Jaden McDaniels
R6: James Harden
R7: Draymond Green
R8: Brook Lopez
R9: Jalen Johnson
R10: Zach LaVine
Waiver: Ivica Zubac

My team has been a mixed bag. AD was at his typical level until the inevitable injury, Dray is probably the DPOY frontrunner, and I was prescient on Johnson breaking out and LaVine bouncing back. Zubac was a great waiver pickup, and Harden was an All-Star (although I thought Zu should have made it over him). On the other hand, Suggs, Brown, and Booker all forgot how to shoot, and both Johnson and Suggs missed more than half the season with injuries. The underperformance from my first-choice guards was pretty damaging, especially Booker who had such a well-established track record. We'll see if my playoff guys can give me a boost.

[Fadeaway_J]

If I had a healthy Kawhi, Ingram, and Lively I like my team:
Jalen Brunson (32) / Norman Powell (16)
Desmond Bane (32) / Jalen Green (16)
Kawhi Leonard (32) / OG Anunoby (16)
Pascal Siakam (32) / Brandon Ingram (16)
Nikola Jokic (38) / Dereck Lively II (10)

Without those three, things get a bit dicey:
Jalen Brunson (36) / Norman Powell (12)
Desmond Bane (36) / Norman Powell (12)
Jalen Green (28) / OG Anunoby (14) / Norman Powell (6)
Pascal Siakam (26) / OG Anunoby (22)
Nikola Jokic (38) / Pascal Siakam (10)

Still a solid team with Jokic, likely All-NBA Brunson, fringe All-NBA Powell, Green, and Siakam, and solid contributors Bane and Anunoby. But having Kawhi specifically would really put the whole team over the top.

Fade, how do we evaluate injuries for this exercise again? If they played fewer than 41 games we can't include them?

Here's my response from earlier in the thread:

In a regular draft we don't really factor in injuries, it's merely a question of whether the player is eligible or not.

How do we evaluate them here? Suppose I pick Kawhi and I didn't drop him but he ended up playing only 20 games. How is he judged?

Again, I don't want to impose a games minimum as there's no way to predict beforehand that enough of your players will meet it. This is why we're doing rankings based on season performance as opposed to playoffs.

You will have to use your judgement to determine how much you penalise for missed games. Think of it somewhat like awards voting (prior to the games minimums being implemented). 20 games is obviously too extreme, but you may decide 55 games of one player is more valuable than 70 games of another.

[wackbone]

If I had a healthy Kawhi, Ingram, and Lively I like my team:
Jalen Brunson (32) / Norman Powell (16)
Desmond Bane (32) / Jalen Green (16)
Kawhi Leonard (32) / OG Anunoby (16)
Pascal Siakam (32) / Brandon Ingram (16)
Nikola Jokic (38) / Dereck Lively II (10)

Without those three, things get a bit dicey:
Jalen Brunson (36) / Norman Powell (12)
Desmond Bane (36) / Norman Powell (12)
Jalen Green (28) / OG Anunoby (14) / Norman Powell (6)
Pascal Siakam (26) / OG Anunoby (22)
Nikola Jokic (38) / Pascal Siakam (10)

Still a solid team with Jokic, likely All-NBA Brunson, fringe All-NBA Powell, Green, and Siakam, and solid contributors Bane and Anunoby. But having Kawhi specifically would really put the whole team over the top.

Fade, how do we evaluate injuries for this exercise again? If they played fewer than 41 games we can't include them?

Here's my response from earlier in the thread:

In a regular draft we don't really factor in injuries, it's merely a question of whether the player is eligible or not.

How do we evaluate them here? Suppose I pick Kawhi and I didn't drop him but he ended up playing only 20 games. How is he judged?

Again, I don't want to impose a games minimum as there's no way to predict beforehand that enough of your players will meet it. This is why we're doing rankings based on season performance as opposed to playoffs.

You will have to use your judgement to determine how much you penalise for missed games. Think of it somewhat like awards voting (prior to the games minimums being implemented). 20 games is obviously too extreme, but you may decide 55 games of one player is more valuable than 70 games of another.

Oy vey okay, thanks. No idea how to handle that lol

[Fadeaway_J]

If I had a healthy Kawhi, Ingram, and Lively I like my team:
Jalen Brunson (32) / Norman Powell (16)
Desmond Bane (32) / Jalen Green (16)
Kawhi Leonard (32) / OG Anunoby (16)
Pascal Siakam (32) / Brandon Ingram (16)
Nikola Jokic (38) / Dereck Lively II (10)

Without those three, things get a bit dicey:
Jalen Brunson (36) / Norman Powell (12)
Desmond Bane (36) / Norman Powell (12)
Jalen Green (28) / OG Anunoby (14) / Norman Powell (6)
Pascal Siakam (26) / OG Anunoby (22)
Nikola Jokic (38) / Pascal Siakam (10)

Still a solid team with Jokic, likely All-NBA Brunson, fringe All-NBA Powell, Green, and Siakam, and solid contributors Bane and Anunoby. But having Kawhi specifically would really put the whole team over the top.

Fade, how do we evaluate injuries for this exercise again? If they played fewer than 41 games we can't include them?

Here's my response from earlier in the thread:

Again, I don't want to impose a games minimum as there's no way to predict beforehand that enough of your players will meet it. This is why we're doing rankings based on season performance as opposed to playoffs.

You will have to use your judgement to determine how much you penalise for missed games. Think of it somewhat like awards voting (prior to the games minimums being implemented). 20 games is obviously too extreme, but you may decide 55 games of one player is more valuable than 70 games of another.

Oy vey okay, thanks. No idea how to handle that lol

It's not ideal, but it's better than forcing teams to field six or seven players because of injuries.