2024-25 Season Draft R1 - Laimbeer* vs. lilroddyb

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Who would win?

Poll ended at Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:45 pm

Laimbeer
5
63%
lilroddyb
3
38%
 
Total votes: 8

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2024-25 Season Draft R1 - Laimbeer* vs. lilroddyb 

Post#1 » by Fadeaway_J » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:46 pm

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).

Laimbeer wrote:.

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Re: 2024-25 Season Draft R1 - Laimbeer vs. lilroddyb 

Post#2 » by Laimbeer » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:48 pm

Karl Anthony-Towns ( 2025 ) 16.9
Draymond Green ( 2025 ) 7.5
Kevin Durant ( 2025 ) 18.1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker ( 2025 ) 7.5
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ( 2025 ) 21.8

Walker Kessler ( 2025 ) 7.2
Nic Batum ( 2025 ) 3.1
Kris Dunn ( 2025 ) 5.9

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Karl Anthony-Towns (38) / Walker Kessler (10)
Draymond Green (38) / Kevin Durant (10)
Kevin Durant (28) / Nic Batum (12)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker (38) / Kris Dunn (10)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (38) / Kris Dunn (10)

Good luck, roddy


Shai, KD, and KAT are a pretty formidable big three along with Draymond's facilitating as a bonus. Plenty of creation and scoring ability. A backcourt with 32 minutes of Harden and 36 minutes of Haliburton will be very vulnerable.

KAT/Allen, Draymond/Thompson, KD/Tatum, NAW/Haliburton, Shai/Jrue is pretty solid. We'll also have the advantage of their bigs not being shooting threats with range.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Draft R1 - Laimbeer vs. lilroddyb 

Post#3 » by lilroddyb » Tue Apr 22, 2025 11:26 pm

C: Jarrett Allen 38 min / Jaylin Williams 10 min
Pf: Jayson Tatum 38 min / Jaylin williams 10 min
Sf: Amen Thompson 36 min /James Harden 4 min / Ben Sheppard 8 min
Sg: Jrue Holiday 28 min / James Harden 20 min
Pg: Tyrese Haliburton 36 min / James Harden 12 min

Jayson Tatum 20.3
Tyrese Haliburton 13.8
Amen Thompson 10.1
Jarrett Allen 7.8
Jaylin Williams 4.7
James Harden 16.4
Jrue Holiday 9.2
Ben sheppard 4.6

tfga: 86.9

Good luck Laimbeer

I got decent team with really good starting lineup and elite sixth man in Harden of the bench

Defensive matchup

Amen Thompson on Shai ( has played really well vs shai )
Tatum vs Durant
Tyrese vs NAW
Jrue on Draymond
Jarrett Allen on KAT

I think I got slightly deeper team overall
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Re: 2024-25 Season Draft R1 - Laimbeer vs. lilroddyb 

Post#4 » by Fadeaway_J » Tue Apr 22, 2025 11:46 pm

durantbird wrote:.

Laimbeer wrote:.

Dr Positivity wrote:.

lilroddyb wrote:.

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Ready for votes. Laimbeer and roddy, please vote for yourselves.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Draft R1 - Laimbeer vs. lilroddyb 

Post#5 » by Fadeaway_J » Thu Apr 24, 2025 12:48 am

Laimbeer advances
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Re: 2024-25 Season Draft R1 - Laimbeer vs. lilroddyb 

Post#6 » by durantbird » Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:39 am

Laimbeer wrote: Karl Anthony-Towns ( 2025 ) 16.9
Draymond Green ( 2025 ) 7.5
Kevin Durant ( 2025 ) 18.1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker ( 2025 ) 7.5
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ( 2025 ) 21.8

Walker Kessler ( 2025 ) 7.2
Nic Batum ( 2025 ) 3.1
Kris Dunn ( 2025 ) 5.9

88.0

Karl Anthony-Towns (38) / Walker Kessler (10)
Draymond Green (38) / Kevin Durant (10)
Kevin Durant (28) / Nic Batum (12)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker (38) / Kris Dunn (10)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (38) / Kris Dunn (10)


You don't have enough SF minutes. Make sure to fix that

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