Common Theme Pairs Draft 2.0 - R2 - MadNess* vs Snakebites

[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).

[MadNESS]

PG: John Stockton (37) | Jason Kidd (11)
SG: Mitch Richmond (37) | Jason Kidd (5) | Kyle Korver (6)
SF: Jaylen Brown (38) | Kyle Korver (10)
PF: Shawn Kemp (36) | Kevin Garnett (12)
Cc: Kevin Garnett (26) | Tyson Chandler (22)



07’-08’ Kevin Garnett 13.9 FGA
MVP (3) | DPOY | All NBA 1 | All NBA D 1 | All Star | Champ

11’-12’ Tyson Chandler 5.7 FGA
DPOY | All NBA D 1 | All NBA 3

94’-95’ John Stockton 9.6 FGA
All NBA 1 | MVP (8) | All Star | All NBA D 2 | APG Champ | 45% 3’s

95’-96’ Shawn Kemp 11.9 FGA
MVP (8) | All NBA 2 | All Star | WCC

23’-24’ Jaylen Brown 17.9 FGA
All Star | Champion | 36% 3’s

12’-13’ Jason Kidd 5.4 FGA
6.0/4.3/3.3/1.6 Started 48 games

95’-96’ Mitch Richmond 16.9 FGA
All NBA 3 | MVP (16) | All Star | 44% 3’s

17’-18’ Kyle Korver 6.6 FGA
44% 3’s

Total: 87.9 | 88.0 FGA

Write Up:
GL Snake

Straight up on defense.

We have good defenders for Kawhi with Brown and SGA with Stockton.

KG and Kemp will have big series here. Kemp will eat up Mason. KG will eat up KP.

Everyone forgets how good Mitch Richmond was.

We have 5 all stars to his 3.

Bench’s are pretty even all things considered.

Vote NESS.

[durantbird]

PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 23-24 19.8 FGA
SG: Eddie Jones 97-98 12.6 FGA
SF: Kawhi Leonard 20-21 17.5 FGA
PF: Anthony Mason 94-95 6.6 FGA
C: Kristaps Porzingis 23-24 13.2 FGA

B: Rudy Gobert 16-17 7.7 FGA
B: James Posey 07-08 5.6 FGA
B: Greg Anthony 94-95 4.8 FGA

SGA (32)/Anthony (16)
Jones (36)/SGA (6)/Posey (6)
Kawhi (37)/Posey (11)
Mason (33)/Posey (15)
Porzingis (26)/Gobert (22)

[durantbird]

Voting is open. MadNess and Snakebites, please vote for yourselves

[Snakebites]

Shoot. Forgot.



PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 23-24 19.8 FGA
SG: Eddie Jones 97-98 12.6 FGA
SF: Kawhi Leonard 20-21 17.5 FGA
PF: Anthony Mason 94-95 6.6 FGA
C: Kristaps Porzingis 23-24 13.2 FGA

B: Rudy Gobert 16-17 7.7 FGA
B: James Posey 07-08 5.6 FGA
B: Greg Anthony 94-95 4.8 FGA

SGA (32)/Anthony (16)
Jones (36)/SGA (6)/Posey (6)
Kawhi (37)/Posey (11)
Mason (33)/Posey (15)
Porzingis (26)/Gobert (22)

Overall, I think my team has more ability to close out games, while my well balanced defensive identity should keep Ness in check here.

He has a 5 All-Star lineup, but that democratic approach leaves me with the two best go-to scorers in the series by a country mile in SGA and Kawhi.

Furthermore, Brown and Richmond are both okay but not elite wing defenders, and Stockton has little hope of containing the bigger and more athletic SGA. Ness cites Stock as a good defender for him, but I'd contend otherwise given Shai is 6'6" and far more athletic. Stock was a good point of attack defender but a bigger scorer like Shai (who can also run the offense) is a really tough assignment for him.

Conversely I’ve got good defenders at every position and a defensive trump card off the bench in Rudy Gobert- some may not realize that I ALSO have 5 All Star level guys, they just aren’t starting.

I think my team is stronger defensively with better clutch scoring for close games, and that should carry it here.

[durantbird]

MadNess advances