Common Theme Pairs Draft 2.0 - R1 - ReggiesKnicks vs durantbird*

[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. Once the writeups are posted, I will add a poll, and the team with the most votes after 24 hours will advance. EACH MANAGER SHOULD ALSO VOTE FOR THEIR OWN TEAM IN THE POLL - IF YOU FAIL TO DO THIS, YOU ARE SIMPLY GIVING AWAY A VOTE. If the votes are tied, we will decide the matchup via AI vote.

You are not required to state or explain your vote, but you are free to comment in the thread if you want to.

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).

[durantbird]

PG: Mark Price 92' - 12.5
SG: Kobe Bryant 08' - 20.6
SF: Trevor Ariza 09' - 7.3
PF: Peja Stojakovic 03' - 14.4
C: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 80' - 16.9

Bench: Patrick Beverley 19' - 6.1
Bench: Luc Mbah A Moute 17' - 4.7
Bench: Ivica Zubac 21' - 5.5

88/88

PG: Price (38), Beverley (10)
SG: Bryant (33), Beverley (15)
SF: Ariza (32), Stojakovic (9), Bryant (7)
PF: Stojakovic (29), Mbah a Moute (16), Zubac (3)
C: Abdul-Jabbar (39), Zubac (9)

Vs

Derrick Rose (38) Jrue Holiday (10)
Jrue Holiday (26) Byron Russell (18) Danny Green (2)
Danny Green (26) Nic Batum (20)
Magic Johnson (40) Nic Batum (8)
DeAndre Jordan (28) Chet Holmgren (20)

Matchup
- Defensive assignments: Price vs Holiday, Bryant vs Rose, Ariza vs Magic, Stojakovic vs Green/Batum, KAJ vs DAJ/Chet.
- Kobe and Ariza are great counters to their two main focal points in Rose and Magic. Kareem anchors the defense guarding DeAndre.
- Kobe Kareem fit better as the one two punch while Price and Stojakovic provide superb spacing around them and great third and fourth options.
- They struggle against Kareem and Peja also presents them with challenges. Nowhere to hide both Rose and Magic.

[durantbird]

Player Year FGA
Magic Johnson 1990 14.4
Nic Batum 2021 6.1
Derrick Rose 2011 19.7
Jrue Holiday 2021 13.9
Danny Green 2020 7
DeAndre Jordan 2015 6.5
Chet Holmgren 2024 11.6
Byron Russell 1997 7.7

Total FGA 86.9

Derrick Rose (38) Jrue Holiday (10)
Jrue Holiday (26) Byron Russell (18) Danny Green (2)
Danny Green (26) Nic Batum (20)
Magic Johnson (40) Nic Batum (8)
DeAndre Jordan (28) Chet Holmgren (20)

[durantbird]

Voting is open. RK, please vote for yourself

[Laimbeer]

Hit the wrong button but I don't think it's going to matter.

[durantbird]

Hit the wrong button but I don't think it's going to matter.

Actually all polls enable change of vote, in case no one noticed by now. It's possible until the poll deadline

[Snakebites]

I think he did an admirable job building around an unconventional duo, but it’s hard to consider a team without a writeup.

He also drew a difficult first round matchup.

[ReggiesKnicks]

I conceded, sorry boys. Good team DurantBird.

[durantbird]

durantbird advances