The Unpopular Stars draft - Discussion thread

[lilroddyb]

Thanks a lot for AI Laimbeer



This is going to be extremely tough lol

That price is pretty brutal. You can make the case that his offensive efficiency was hurt by their failure to give him enough help offensively. He didn't even have good spacing around him most of the time.

He's certainly the best player chosen so far.

Yeah at least you are getting a really good player, even if the cost is way higher than preferred

I'm actually starting to warm up to AI, but still pretty terrible lol

[parsnips33]

Big Al playing the 5 in a 90s to now pool should be a barrel of laughs.

Glad somebody is appreciating my pick

[Colbinii]

Big Al playing the 5 in a 90s to now pool should be a barrel of laughs.

He may be bad enough where you try to build a team with 69 FGA, using Jefferson as a back-up big at 18.8 FGA.

[Fadeaway_J]

I definitely had Derozan high on my list, though I suppose cost wise 21 FGA for a SG isn't really worse than Jefferson or Howard's for a big man

His offensive portability is pretty bad though which I think matters more for a guard. And he's a terrible defender to boot.

You don't even get the benefit of the improved playmaking he's shown in the last few years.

[MadNESS]

Not gonna lie DeRozan didn’t even make my list - in hind site it’s not bad actually (like it is a bad pick )

[Fadeaway_J]

Big Al playing the 5 in a 90s to now pool should be a barrel of laughs.

He may be bad enough where you try to build a team with 69 FGA, using Jefferson as a back-up big at 18.8 FGA.

Backup 5 is literally the worst position to have as a sixth man though.

[Snakebites]

Honestly? I kinda like Demar.

I mean, not for this game, but he's good at what he does. He's a respectfully efficient scorer with a good midrange game.

He's just bad at some key things that are very important in these games, namely outside shooting and defensive effort. It'll be an effort to build with him but I'm prepared to try.

I went back and fourth on this one. There was another guy I thought about going with, but as bad a season as the one available was, I felt that he was a guy I could see clearly fitting with a lot of top end players.

Baron's a decent player, but with a sub 50% TS and 20 FGA per game, he just feels very cumbersome, and blocks Wack from using a lot of really good players.

[wackbone]

I'm okay with Baron. There's 2 other guys I am happy Snake DIDN'T go with. One of which I will be shocked if he doesn't get picked...

[Colbinii]

Honestly? I kinda like Demar.

I mean, not for this game, but he's good at what he does. He's a respectfully efficient scorer with a good midrange game.

He's just bad at some key things that are very important in these games. It'll be an effort to build with him but I'm prepared to try.

Demar is clearly worse than Davis though. Davis was the best player on a mediocre team but the team was terrible without Davis (5-10 without him).

I probably don't want to spend 20 FGA on anyone close to Davis though.

[parsnips33]

I'm already liking this format a lot. Good job to whoever cooked this up

[Fadeaway_J]

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Up I think

[Dr Positivity]

I'm a little bit torn between giving Laimbeer a 21-22 FGA guy who's at least somewhat valuable as a volume scorer, or a player for about 6-7 FGAs less who I truly feel is useless in these games

[Snakebites]

Honestly? I kinda like Demar.

I mean, not for this game, but he's good at what he does. He's a respectfully efficient scorer with a good midrange game.

He's just bad at some key things that are very important in these games. It'll be an effort to build with him but I'm prepared to try.

Demar is clearly worse than Davis though. Davis was the best player on a mediocre team but the team was terrible without Davis (5-10 without him).

I probably don't want to spend 20 FGA on anyone close to Davis though.

Davis is a decent floor-raiser- he can elevate a team with out other stars. In these games he takes shots away from better players and his playmaking is far more replaceable.

[Laimbeer]

Not sure I've seen Baron Davis since the BdeRegt days. He actually picked the guy in some games as I recall.

[Snakebites]

Not sure I've seen Baron Davis since the BdeRegt days. He actually picked the guy in some games as I recall.

I’m sure he didn’t use 2004, and I believe Baron cost him success.

[Dr Positivity]

My only trepidation with Russ is I wouldn't want his Thunder partner to fall to him but 7th pick seems far enough, plus I will have had to pass on him.

[parsnips33]

Honestly forgot Russ made all NBA last season

[Fadeaway_J]

Not sure I've seen Baron Davis since the BdeRegt days. He actually picked the guy in some games as I recall.

I picked him once but I used one of his good Warriors seasons.

[Laimbeer]

It won't be easy to build with GOATbrook, but I don't think I've ever drafted him. It will be a fun change.

[Snakebites]

All of the last few players taken (including BDiddy) are guys I “like” but think they’re poor fits for this game.

There’s a 20 FGA power forward I strongly considered but I feel like, burdensome as he is, he’s a decent fit with too many first rounders to really justify using a mid pick on.