Post#3 » by wackbone » Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:32 pm
PG: Tiny Archibald (40) / Leandro Barbosa (8)
SG: Klay Thompson (36) / Leandro Barbosa (12)
SF: Robert Horry (20) / P.J. Tucker (28)
PF: Draymond Green (32) / Robert Horry (16)
C: DeMarcus Cousins (36) / Clifford Rozier (8) / Draymond Green (4)
FGA:
Tiny Archibald (72-73) - 22.4... 34.0 ppg, 11.4 apg
DeMarcus Cousins (16-17) - 19.9... 27.0 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 4.6 apg, 1.4 spg, 1.3 bpg
Klay Thompson (14-15) - 16.9... 21.7 ppg, 1.1 spg
Draymond Green (15-16) - 10.1... 14.0 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 7.4 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.4 bpg
P.J. Tucker (16-17) - 6.0
Robert Horry (01-02) - 5.7
Leandro Barbosa (04-05) - 5.6
Clifford Rozier (95-96) - 2.3
Total: 88.9/90
Write up:
Best of luck Dario.
Offensively, we love our fit. Tiny is our primary ball handler and play maker. Kidd definitely has the length advantage, sure, but Tiny definitely has the speed advantage, and should be able to get around Kidd. Artest is an elite defender, but again I think Klay will take advantage of his speed. I don't see Gasol nor Camby being able to effectively follow Draymond around the court, and don't think either will be able to completely slow down Cousins, who I think really came into his own this season. Beyond Tiny's playmaking, Klay (43.9% on 7.1 attempts), Horry (37.4% on 2.5), Draymond (38.8% on 3.2), Cousins (36.1 on 5.0), Barbosa (36.7% on 2.2), and Tucker (35.7% on 2.4) provide a collective elite group of 3 point shooters. Even Cousins did well this year. Having both of my main frontcourt players being great 3 point shooters forces both of Dario's frontcourt members to have to follow them out to the perimeter, which would open up the paint for Tiny's drives to the basket.
Defensively, Tiny is a liability, I will admit that. Fortunately for me, I don't think Kidd is quite the player to go off scoring. Kidd is best as a distributor, not a scorer, and his options to dish to here won't allow for much offense from my opponent. Klay will guard JRich, and I think he will do well. Horry should also do well on Artest, and Draymond won't allow Pau to do much. Cousins isn't the best defender either, but he just has to deal with Camby, who scored 7.5 ppg in the chosen season, so we will be fine.
Summary:
Kidd is more of a distributor than scorer, so I don't think he will be able to take advantage of Tiny enough to completely own the series.
Beyond Tiny/Kidd, we feel confident in the rest of the matchups in the starting 5. Klay on JRich, Horry on Artest, Dray on Pau, and Cousins on Camby.
Insanely elite 3 point shooting, forcing Dario's front court out of the paint, freeing it up for Tiny.
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BAF Celtics
PG: Russell Westbrook|x
SG: Desmond Bane|Mathurin
SF: Mikal Bridges|Mathurin
PF: John Collins|x
C: Chet Holmgren|x
Other: Roddy, Saric