Draft Night Trades Draft - Discussion

[Snakebites]

When did the pairs restriction become made a first team instead of multiple first teams? The idea was to rule out perennial MVP candidates being paired with each other, not with one-offs like PG.

I'd personally argue that pairing Paul George with Tim Duncan or Kawhi might have moved those picks up a slot but it wouldn't have made them overpowered in terms of the whole game.

[Snakebites]

Penny fell a bit

I was so close to getting Penny and Draymond Green sigh....

still happy to get Draymond but almost went with another duo

My original pie in the sky idea was for Pippen to somehow drop. I thought that AD and Robinson would go to Fade and GeorgeMarcus, and that there was a SLIGHT chance he'd fall the rest of the way at that point. Unlikely but man it would have been perfect.

I pivoted to a more offensive approach with Penny when he didn't fall. Iggy was selected for extra wing defense- Draymond would have been a tad too expensive for me given he can easily be replaced by a cheaper player and I already drafted my starting front court.

[Dr Positivity]

Ah, the double PG teams caught me there.

[Larry_Russell]

Well Im pleased.

I think my fit around jordan is pretty lethal.

Lots of defense, spacing and high IQ.


I think J Williams fills a scottie pippen type role with better shooting lesaer defense and playmaking

Kidd superior to ron harper at defense, shooting and playmaking

Millsp a much lesser defender/rebounder but massively better scorer/spacer to Rodman

Lopez a much better player than those bulls centers.

[Fadeaway_J]

I always forget how annoying it is trying to find the last pick in a pairs draft.

[MadNESS]

seems like a fun draft

Really late but If you guys need an extra drafter I would like to join

Up

[Fadeaway_J]

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Up

[Snakebites]

seems like a fun draft

Really late but If you guys need an extra drafter I would like to join

UP

Up Roddy

[durantbird]

Ok

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[Snakebites]

Thought I nailed it. Then I saw some of these other teams.

Now I...still kind of think I nailed it. But we'll see. There are some insane teams in this.

[durantbird]

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[lilroddyb]

Penny fell a bit

I was so close to getting Penny and Draymond Green sigh....

still happy to get Draymond but almost went with another duo

My original pie in the sky idea was for Pippen to somehow drop. I thought that AD and Robinson would go to Fade and GeorgeMarcus, and that there was a SLIGHT chance he'd fall the rest of the way at that point. Unlikely but man it would have been perfect.

I pivoted to a more offensive approach with Penny when he didn't fall. Iggy was selected for extra wing defense- Draymond would have been a tad too expensive for me given he can easily be replaced by a cheaper player and I already drafted my starting front court.

I was pretty sure Penny would fall to you, really cheap fga wise and fits like a glove, gives you a secondary playmaker in the starting lineup that will free up Steph to do his offball magic. I thought you might have gone with Draymond because of proven fit and you could choose his cheap season in 2021 ( only 5.5 fga ) but with Penny and Iggy I guess you don't need Draymond's playmaking

[Snakebites]

Penny fell a bit

I was so close to getting Penny and Draymond Green sigh....

still happy to get Draymond but almost went with another duo

My original pie in the sky idea was for Pippen to somehow drop. I thought that AD and Robinson would go to Fade and GeorgeMarcus, and that there was a SLIGHT chance he'd fall the rest of the way at that point. Unlikely but man it would have been perfect.

I pivoted to a more offensive approach with Penny when he didn't fall. Iggy was selected for extra wing defense- Draymond would have been a tad too expensive for me given he can easily be replaced by a cheaper player and I already drafted my starting front court.

I was pretty sure Penny would fall to you, really cheap fga wise and fits like a glove, gives you a secondary playmaker in the starting lineup that will free up Steph to do his offball magic. I thought you might have gone with Draymond because of proven fit and you could choose his cheap season in 2021 ( only 5.5 fga ) but with Penny and Iggy I guess you don't need Draymond's playmaking

I could have use Draymond's defense, but with Dwight it felt less urgent. I really needed another wing defender to address matchup issues though. Iggy fit the bill. He's kind of a poor man's Pippen.

If I'd known exactly how this was going to play out I may have taken Jalen Suggs instead of Rashard Lewis in round 1. That would have allowed me to take Draymond/Penny and have it be a more comfortable fit. On the other hand, like you said, I didn't REALLY need Draymond's playmaking, and Rashard gives me a third high volume 3 point shooter in the lineup.

Dwight/Rashard/Klay/Steph as my first 4 guys felt like it gave me a lot more freedom with that 5th starter though, and I had no way of knowing Dray/Penny would fall so far.

[lilroddyb]

My original pie in the sky idea was for Pippen to somehow drop. I thought that AD and Robinson would go to Fade and GeorgeMarcus, and that there was a SLIGHT chance he'd fall the rest of the way at that point. Unlikely but man it would have been perfect.

I pivoted to a more offensive approach with Penny when he didn't fall. Iggy was selected for extra wing defense- Draymond would have been a tad too expensive for me given he can easily be replaced by a cheaper player and I already drafted my starting front court.

I was pretty sure Penny would fall to you, really cheap fga wise and fits like a glove, gives you a secondary playmaker in the starting lineup that will free up Steph to do his offball magic. I thought you might have gone with Draymond because of proven fit and you could choose his cheap season in 2021 ( only 5.5 fga ) but with Penny and Iggy I guess you don't need Draymond's playmaking

I could have use Draymond's defense, but with Dwight it felt less urgent. I really needed another wing defender to address matchup issues though. Iggy fit the bill. He's kind of a poor man's Pippen.

If I'd known exactly how this was going to play out I may have taken Jalen Suggs instead of Rashard Lewis in round 1. That would have allowed me to take Draymond/Penny and have it be a more comfortable fit. On the other hand, like you said, I didn't REALLY need Draymond's playmaking, and Rashard gives me a third high volume 3 point shooter in the lineup.

Dwight/Rashard/Klay/Steph as my first 4 guys felt like it gave me a lot more freedom with that 5th starter though, and I had no way of knowing Dray/Penny would fall so far.

Makes sense

Good to have finals mvp Iggy to throw at Lebron, kawhi, KD etc..

[lilroddyb]

Slightly surprised Harden didn't get drafted.

Almost took him and Horace Grant

[durantbird]

Penny fell a bit

I was so close to getting Penny and Draymond Green sigh....

still happy to get Draymond but almost went with another duo

My original pie in the sky idea was for Pippen to somehow drop. I thought that AD and Robinson would go to Fade and GeorgeMarcus, and that there was a SLIGHT chance he'd fall the rest of the way at that point. Unlikely but man it would have been perfect.

I pivoted to a more offensive approach with Penny when he didn't fall. Iggy was selected for extra wing defense- Draymond would have been a tad too expensive for me given he can easily be replaced by a cheaper player and I already drafted my starting front court.

Pippen was in my plans as well, but I knew the chances he'd fall are pretty much zero.

I considered a unique lineup of Pippen Butler Durant Holmgren Giannis

[Snakebites]

Penny fell a bit

I was so close to getting Penny and Draymond Green sigh....

still happy to get Draymond but almost went with another duo

My original pie in the sky idea was for Pippen to somehow drop. I thought that AD and Robinson would go to Fade and GeorgeMarcus, and that there was a SLIGHT chance he'd fall the rest of the way at that point. Unlikely but man it would have been perfect.

I pivoted to a more offensive approach with Penny when he didn't fall. Iggy was selected for extra wing defense- Draymond would have been a tad too expensive for me given he can easily be replaced by a cheaper player and I already drafted my starting front court.

Pippen was in my plans as well, but I knew the chances he'd fall are pretty much zero.

I considered a unique lineup of Pippen Butler Durant Holmgren Giannis

I briefly considered Pippen/Chet in round 2 but foresaw a perceived talent deficit, not to mention a Chet/Shard front court would likely be seen as too weak.


I wanted the splash brothers together.
That was the thought when I took Steph- get a great point guard in a weak pg pool then pair him with his perfect complement on both ends of the floor. I also think their off ball ability means they can fit a guy like Penny well.

[durantbird]

Seems like everyone has their roster pages in place. We'll start

[durantbird]

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

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Timestamp: 2025-06-06 16:38:43 UTC

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[durantbird]

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

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Larry_Russell
GeorgeMarcus
durantbird
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lilroddyb

Timestamp: 2025-06-08 07:56:27 UTC

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GeorgeMarcus vs durantbird
Laimbeer vs lilroddyb