Young Franchises Draft R1 #4 - Colbinii vs Laimbeer*

[durantbird]

Here is a quick list of what you need in your writeup.

1. Specific years for each player on your team
2. Rotations and minutes for each player
3. Reasoning as to why your team will win and/or why people should vote for you.

Do not vote in this thread until both managers have submitted their writeups.

If writeups aren't posted within 24 hours, we will vote solely based on the players they have drafted (and any rotations they have posted on their roster page).

**First to 3 votes advances.**

[Colbinii]

Luka Doncic (2021) 20.5
Jimmy Butler (2018) 15.6
Shane Battier (2006) 7.7
Rashard Lewis (2009) 13.8
Dorian Finney-Smith (2021) 7.8
Ben Wallace (2000) 4.1
Peja Stojakovic (2008) 13.3
Fred Hoiberg (2004) 4.8

87.6/88

Rotation
Luka Doncic (36), Jimmy Butler (12)
Jimmy Butler (26), Shane Battier (12), Fred Hoiberg (10)
Shane Battier (20), Peja Stojakovic (28)
Dorian Finney-Smith (30), Rashard Lewis (18)
Ben Wallace (32), Rashard Lewis (16)

Offensive Philosophy

We have a assembled the greatest shooters in NBA history around Heliocentric Luka Doncic Jimmy Butler. Everyone aside from Ben Wallace is a near or above 40% 3PT shooter. We will stagger Jimmy/Luka as much as possible [12 minutes] and can switch everything with a mobile and athletic center [Ben Wallace] with large wings like Battier and Finney-Smith.

Offensive Match-up

Our opponent has two weak links defensively, Karl-Anthony Towns and Ray Allen. We have two of the best pick and roll ball handlers in the NBA in Butler and Luka. Assuming Ray Allen is on Battier, we will run plenty of pick and roll with Battier and also with Finney-Smith/Lewis to attack Towns.

Defense

Luka Doncic --> James Posey
Jimmy Butler --> Penny Hardaway
Shane Battier --> Ray Allen/Anthony Davis/Penny Hardaway
Dorian Finney-Smith --> Karl-Anthony Towns
Ben Wallace --> Anthony Davis

To start, the offense of our opponent has two relative liabilities in Posey and Allen. We will rotate Battier around the 3 players listed to give different looks, and given Battiers size and defensive IQ he should be successful. Jimmy Butler takes Penny who matches his strength and size, Ben Wallace will body Anthony Davis while the smaller Finney-Smith will trouble Towns as Towns has historically struggled both in the post-season but also against smaller defenders.

Overall
-We have more shooting and two all-nba level playmakers in Doncic/Butler while our opponent lacks playmaking outside of Penny
-Our depth is a big advantage with prime Peja AND Rashard Lewis off the bench, both of whom were all-star level players in the chosen seasons.
-Our defensive matchups line-up perfectly and we don't have a Towns or Ray Allen who can be hunted [as our opponent can't hunt Luka for 48 minutes with Penny while we can hunt the weakness since we have two elite playmakers]

[Laimbeer]

Karl-Anthony Towns ( 2022 ) 16.4 -
Anthony Davis ( 2018 ) 19.5 -
James Posey ( 2006 ) 5.9 -
Ray Allen ( 2013 ) 8.2 -
Penny Hardaway ( 1996 ) 14.8 -

Fred VanVleet ( 2019 ) 9.4 -
Maxi Kleber ( 2021 ) 5.5 -
Bruce Bowen ( 2001 ) 7.1 -

86.8 / 88.0

Karl-Anthony Towns (38) / Anthony Davis (10)
Anthony Davis (30) / Maxi Kleber (12) / James Posey (6)
James Posey (24) / Bruce Bowen (24)
Ray Allen (28) / Fred VanVleet (20)
Penny Hardaway (38) / Fred VanVleet (10)

Good luck, Colbinii.

We have a lot of offensive talent in our starting lineup. Penny is one of the game's great points with two superb bigs and spacing in Allen and Posey (note all three bench players are shooters as well). KAT will have a huge series against Finney-Smith.

Defensively, we match up pretty well AD/Wallace, KAT/DFS, Allen/Battier, Penny/Luka, Posey/Butler. The key is AD. He can wreak havoc at the basket against Wallace's limited offense.

I believe our depth is at least as good. They are starting two role players in DFS and Battier, while pushing two scorers in Peja and Rashard to the bench, giving the illusion of having more depth.

[Dr Positivity]

Weird build for Colbinii in this one, I might have just gone for his original idea of Rashard at 5 rather than playing Magic Big Ben 32 minutes and comprimising the 5 out plan. I'm not sure I love Doncic and Butler combo to begin with anyway, I think Laimbeer has the talent and fit edge with Penny, AD and Towns here. Vote Laimbeer.

[wackbone]

Colbinii has a bit too many issues with his squad to really contend here. I appreciate his vision, but I don't think it came together as nicely as he could've hoped. Laimbeer's team is just uber talented and fits well enough.

Vote: Laimbeer

[durantbird]

I understand the lineup change with Wallace because of the Towns-Davis duo but Magic Ben is really not Pistons' Ben. In retrospective it seems that too much FGA was spent on star shooters that ended up in the bench, some of this should've probably gone to a more reliable defensive bigman options. Anyhow the fit and offensive scheme make much more sense to me in Laimbeer's team.

Vote: Laimbeer

[durantbird]

Laimbeer advances