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).
PG: Tyrese Haliburton (2025: 13.8 FGA) SG: Danny Green (2019: 7.9 FGA) SF: Mikal Bridges (2024: 15.8 FGA) PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo (2021: 18.0 FGA) C: Joel Embiid (2021: 17.6 FGA)
PG: Steve Kerr (1997: 5.7 FGA) SG: Charlie Ward (2000: 6.2 FGA) PF: Tayshaun Prince (2003: 2.8 FGA = 3.0)
88 / 88
PG: Tyrese Haliburton (38) / Charlie Ward (10) SG: Danny Green (18) / Steve Kerr (18) / Charlie Ward (12) SF: Mikal Bridges (32) / Danny Green (16) PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo (32) / Tayshaun Prince (10) / Mikal Bridges (6) C: Joel Embiid (40) / Giannis Antetokounmpo (8)
GL Fadeaway
Defensive matchups: Haliburton on Lowry, Green on Tmac, Bridges on Pippen, Giannis on Sheed, Embiid on Mutombo
This series will probably not be pretty, but but I believe we're a little more dangerous on offense than him and have a better balance of perimeter threats and frontcourt. Tmac isn't Jordan in terms of off ball ability beside Pippen, and he is not getting a ton of scoring from his frontcourt. Giannis and Embiid will be totally rested on offense. Hali and Giannis should be a potent combination in transition helping us get some points outside of the halfcourt battle, and 08 Sheed could have some issues with the latter's speed. Our wings should be able to do a solid job on Tmac and Pippen. I don't see a major bench advantage with two solid perimeter role guys on each side, but neither team having backup bigs is a bigger issue for him.
Our build combines lockdown defense with a dynamic perimeter helmed by T-Mac and Pippen, arguably the best wing pairing in this draft. Pippen complements T-Mac's dominant three-level scoring with his own explosive slashing and transition game. Lowry slots in as the ideal third option who can create shots for himself and others. Lowry pushing the ball with T-Mac and Pippen on the wings should get us plenty of easy points on the break. Defensively, the combination of Deke, Sheed, Pippen, and Lowry is suffocating, especially given that all four are elite team defenders in addition to their individual abilities. Hill, Majerle, and Highsmith all bring valuable 3-and-D skills off the bench.
Matchup - Defensive assignments are straight up. We have very solid covers across the board, and our lead scorer T-Mac gets a less demanding matchup in Green. - Dr P's setup plays straight into our hands, as both his lead scorers are doing the vast majority of their work in the paint. He'll shoot a three here and there, but Embiid isn't spending most of the game spacing out like Brook Lopez; he's a volume scorer who wants to operate in the mid to low post, which doesn't mesh with Giannis at all. Embiid has routinely struggled against elite post defenders, and it doesn't get any better than a Deke/Sheed tandem. With Pippen also being a monster help defender, Embiid and Giannis are going to have a warm time scoring at the rim. - Haliburton is very much a weak link at the point of attack. Lowry should be able to get by him off the dribble fairly easily, forcing the back line into constant rotation. By contrast, Lowry will give Haliburton all he can handle with his smarts and physicality, while Pippen has the potential to take Bridges completely out of the series as a major scoring threat.
