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).
9.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.1 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.1 bpg, .516 FG%, .460 3P%, .842 FT%, 81 3P (1.4 pg), .659 TS% - Led the NBA in 3P%
Rotations C - Davis (38), Bosh (10) PF - Bosh (26), Isaac (15), Anunoby (7) SF - Anunoby (28), Ariza (20) SG - Reaves (36), Hill (12) PG - Paul (38), Hill (10)
FGA Per Player
Spoiler:
Chris Paul - 16.1 Anthony Davis - 17.7 OG Anunoby - 8.2 Austin Reaves - 14.2 Chris Bosh - 12.1 Jonathan Isaac - 4.9 Trevor Ariza - 7.3 George Hill - 6.4
Total: 86.9/88.0
The spread pick-and-roll/pick-and-pop is our bread and butter, with two dynamic guards paired with two highly skilled and versatile bigs. CP3 and AD are the headliners, with 2008 being an unstoppable force off the dribble and AD one of the GOAT roll men and a solid midrange shooter as well. Plans B and C aren't too shabby either, with Bosh being an efficient rim finisher and an even deadlier jumpshooter, while Reaves can also initiate those actions at a high level. We keep the floor well spaced at all times, with even our three bigs being credible outside threats. Defensively, our bigs give us plenty of optionality, as we have elite rim protection from AD and Isaac, but both also have the lateral mobility to switch onto perimeter guys, as does Bosh. OG, Ariza, and Hill can handle bigger wings and guards, while CP3 is wreaks havoc as a point-of-attack ballhawk.
Matchup - We'll start out with CP3 on Garland, Reaves on Kidd, OG on Butler, AD on Dirk, and Bosh on Allen. AD's combination of size, quickness, and intelligence gives us as good a chance as can be hoped of containing Dirk. - I think roddy will struggle to deal with our backcourt here. 2009 Kidd is by far his best backcourt defender, but his days of being able to stay in front of a lightning-quick PG like CP3 are well in the rearview mirror. In any case, that leaves Garland or maybe Butler to deal with Reaves which is far from ideal either. - Dirk also gives us a place to attack in pick-and-roll as either of our guards can call him into the action by using Bosh/AD as a screener. - With Allen/Gobert at the 5, Butler at the 3, and Ausar backing up both forward spots, roddy will have to roll out some spacing-challenged lineups even with Dirk in the mix. That plays nicely into our hands as we can shrink the floor and force players to finish over AD/Bosh/Isaac.
C: Jarrett Allen 34 min / Rudy Gobert 14 min Pf: Dirk Nowitzki 38min / Ausar Thompson 10 min Sf: Jimmy Butler 38 min / Ausar Thompson 10min Sg: Jason Kidd 24 min / Joe Ingles 24 min Pg: Darius Garland 36 min / Jason Kidd 12 min
2011 Dirk Nowitzki 16.2 2022 Jimmy Butler 14.5 2009 Jason Kidd 7.6 2025 Jarrett Allen 7.8 2025 Darius Garland 15.7 2021 joe Ingles 8.4 2025 Ausar Thompson 7.8 2021 Rudy Gobert 8.8
tfga: 86.8
Good luck Fade
Offense The offense is really versatile with two mvp type scorers ( Jimmy and Dirk ) with good spacing all around, elite playmakers/Passers that can play with other ball dominant players ( Kidd, Darius and Jimmy ), lob and pick and roll players in ( Jarrett Allen with 72ts% and Gobert ), slashers in Jimmy and Darius and finally Dirk at his peak spacing the floor for the others and
Defense
all my guys are elite defenders outside of Darius and Dirk
Defensive matchups
Dirk on Bosh Jarrett on AD Jimmy butler on Darius Garland on Austin Jason Kidd on CP3
overall
Fade has great team but so do I and I think I got some advantages here and there.
I got the two best scorers in the matchup in Dirk and Jimmy
Its true that I got some players that are not good threepoint shooters like Fade mentioned but I still have the best ones. In the starting lineups I got the three best ones in Dirk, Jason Kidd and Darius Garland. Hill is slighly better than Ingles but Ingles is still 45%from three
and even if JArrett Allen and Gobert are not spreading the floor someone needs to box them out since both are good lob and putback players. Jarrett Allen and Gobert are the two most efficient players in the matchup ( Jarrett Allen 72 ts% and Gobert 68ts% )
imo I got the better bench with peak Gobert, Ingles and good player in Ausar
