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flaco · Post #141 » by **flaco** » Sat Oct 1, 2022 11:23 pm

I'll be offline for the next several hours. Snake has my pick.

euroleague · Post #142 » by **euroleague** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 12:06 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:He is because his wiki page lists both nationalities.

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Post #143 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 1:15 am

I’m also somewhat surprised Hedo wasn’t taken sooner. Very useful player and from Asia.

The twist wasn’t as hard to navigate as I expected. Locking down Africa early helped I suppose. I also think saving FGA by making Magic my USA pick helped smooth things over too.

Larry_Russell · Post #144 » by **Larry_Russell** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 1:16 am

losing HEdo hurts too.

Worst draft I have ever done this one. lol. Just getting dealt crushing blows after crushing blows.

Post #145 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 1:21 am

Larry_Russell wrote:losing HEdo hurts too.

Worst draft I have ever done this one. lol. Just getting dealt crushing blows after crushing blows.

Why take Gallo/Exum over Hedo?

Post #146 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 1:23 am

Snakebites wrote:I’m also somewhat surprised Hedo wasn’t taken sooner. Very useful player and from Asia.

The twist wasn’t as hard to navigate as I expected. Locking down Africa early helped I suppose.

Not for the first time, I made my life harder by not doing any research/planning beforehand and just taking certain things for granted.

For example, if I'd known Giannis was also a Nigerian citizen, there's no way in hell I would have passed on him for Luka. Then I had it in my head that Bell could be used as a non-USA player, so my plans were completely thrown into chaos when that was blown up. I also should have taken Mills over Nene since I still hadn't filled his category. Turkoglu falling to me was very fortunate because I had no backup plan to speak of.

Post #147 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 1:29 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
Snakebites wrote:I’m also somewhat surprised Hedo wasn’t taken sooner. Very useful player and from Asia.

The twist wasn’t as hard to navigate as I expected. Locking down Africa early helped I suppose.

Not for the first time, I made my life harder by not doing any research/planning beforehand and just taking certain things for granted.

For example, if I'd known Giannis was also a Nigerian citizen, there's no way in hell I would have passed on him for Luka. Then I had it in my head that Bell could be used as a non-USA player, so my plans were completely thrown into chaos when that was blown up. I also should have taken Mills over Nene since I still hadn't filled his category. Turkoglu falling to me was very fortunate because I had no backup plan to speak of.

Wow, I had no idea about Giannis.

I may have taken him 2nd, though I still think Hakeem is totally justifiable as a pick for me.

For me I’ve just gotten lucky I think. I was very worried about taking an American player so early but felt like I needed to take that risk to get an elite pairing.

I think “luck” tends to happen when there aren’t many drafters.

Larry_Russell · Post #148 » by **Larry_Russell** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 1:41 am

Snakebites wrote:
Larry_Russell wrote:losing HEdo hurts too.

Worst draft I have ever done this one. lol. Just getting dealt crushing blows after crushing blows.

Why take Gallo/Exum over Hedo?

Cause I was orignally planning Wilkins and Mills.

Thought Gallos lower FGA would be more apt to be drafted than Hedo at this point. Gambled and lost.

:lol:

I have a plan for my last 2 picks... hell maybe it will even turn this franchise around.

Post #149 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 2:53 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
durantbird wrote:I left my picks to Colbinii

Would be wiser to leave them with someone who's actually playing...

Like I said...

Dr Positivity · Post #150 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 2:59 am

lilroddyb wrote:Up

durantbird · Post #151 » by **durantbird** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 4:34 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
Fadeaway_J wrote:
durantbird wrote:I left my picks to Colbinii

Would be wiser to leave them with someone who's actually playing...

Like I said...

Sorry, but probably should have just left the first pick to someone below me in order. Opted to leave options for the two picks

Post #152 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 2:10 pm

Bird is a great grab with Gino/Horford/AK/Deke though I still think roddy would have been even better with Dirk or Joel.

The bottom was the place to be in this one IMO- just a very strong overall position.

Dr Positivity · Post #153 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 4:07 pm

Barbosa should be drafted more as bench guard, he has some solid cheap seasons including on 5.8/5.4 on Warriors champions, a young Suns for 5.6, and a 4.7 Celtics season

Dr Positivity · Post #154 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 4:33 pm

As a tribute to Thibs and because it makes sense anyway I will be playing Deng 40 minutes

flaco · Post #155 » by **flaco** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 6:28 pm

Fadeaway_J wrote:
Boris Diaw

Almost took him. I literally typed his name and then deleted it. Was considering Dieng, Diaw and another stretch big who's relatively expensive and would have forced me to downgrade Peja's season.

durantbird · Post #156 » by **durantbird** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 7:00 pm

Didn't take into account the deepness of the French pool when taking Tony

Post #157 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 7:05 pm

Still not sure whether to start Nene or Hedo.

Dr Positivity · Post #158 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 7:07 pm

Kind of second guessing not going Rubio/Ingles/Bird/Dirk/Embiid. I was concerned about being pretty soft in the middle on defense and it'd be real bad against someone like Giannis, but it's hard to deny the talent of Bird, Dirk and Embiid.

Post #159 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 7:23 pm

Dr Positivity wrote:Kind of second guessing not going Rubio/Ingles/Bird/Dirk/Embiid. I was concerned about being pretty soft in the middle on defense and it'd be real bad against someone like Giannis, but it's hard to deny the talent of Bird, Dirk and Embiid.

Your current team is better than that.

flaco · Post #160 » by **flaco** » Sun Oct 2, 2022 7:47 pm

Honest question: Would you guys rather have:

peak Peja, led the league in OWS, 4th in MVP voting (but underwhelming playoffs) + arguably 2nd best season for Steph + a mediocre wing from Israel
peak Steph, arguably the greatest scoring regular season in NBA history, the only player in the 3-point era to lead the league in scoring volume and in scoring efficiency + 2nd best season for Peja + a borderline NBA-calibre wing from Japan
2nd best season for both of them and save FGAs for a mediocre 3+D wing from the 00s who was born in the US but is also eligible in the asian pool