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The Dusty Banner Draft - Play in - Stan vs Laimbeer*

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Which team wins?

Poll ended at Sun May 11, 2025 5:13 am

Stan
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Laimbeer
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Total votes: 6

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The Dusty Banner Draft - Play in - Stan vs Laimbeer* 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Fri May 9, 2025 4:58 am

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).

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Laimbeer wrote:
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Re: The Dusty Banner Draft - Play in - Stan vs Laimbeer 

Post#2 » by Laimbeer » Sat May 10, 2025 2:13 am

Hakeem Olajuwon ( 1993 ) 19.5
Harrison Barnes ( 2023 ) 9.6
Grant Hill ( 1997 ) 15.7
Clyde Drexler ( 1991 ) 16.3
Alex Caruso ( 2023 ) 7.6

Isaiah Hartenstein ( 2024 ) 4.9
Toni Kukoc ( 1996 ) 9.7
Thabo Sefolosha ( 2012 ) 3.7

87.0

Hakeem Olajuwon (38) / Isaiah Hartenstein (10)
Harrison Barnes (36) / Toni Kukoc (12)
Grant Hill (28) / Toni Kukoc (20)
Clyde Drexler (38) / Thabo Sefolosha (10)
Alex Caruso (36) / Grant Hill (12)

Good luck, Stan

We have a potent big three offensively with the proven combo of Hakeem and (upgraded) Drexler joined by Grant Hill. Caruso and Barnes provide spacing with Kukoc a potent 6MOY off the bench.

Defensively Hakeem is perhaps the GOAT with the balance solid - Hakeem/Ewing (a match-up Hakeem dominated), Barnes/Holmgren, Hill/Horry, Drexler/Christie, and Caruso/Jordan. No real mismatches.

Benches are decent but I believe Kukoc is most likely to turn a game.
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Re: The Dusty Banner Draft - Play in - Stan vs Laimbeer 

Post#3 » by durantbird » Sat May 10, 2025 5:13 am

Stan wrote:Roster
1991 Michael Jordan: 22.4
1989 Patrick Ewing: 16
2024 Chet Holmgren: 11.6
1995 Robert Horry: 8.4
2003 Doug Christie: 7
2015 Kyle Korver: 8
1994 Buck Williams: 6.5
2017 Patrick Beverley; 8.1

88/88

Rotation
Christie (30) Beverley (18)
Jordan (40) Korver (8)
Horry (30) Korver (12) Christie (6)
Chet (30) Buck (12) Horry (6)
Ewing (36) Chet (6) Buck (6)
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Re: The Dusty Banner Draft - Play in - Stan vs Laimbeer 

Post#4 » by durantbird » Sat May 10, 2025 5:14 am

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Voting is open, Laimbeer and Stan please vote for yourselves
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Re: The Dusty Banner Draft - Play in - Stan vs Laimbeer 

Post#5 » by durantbird » Sun May 11, 2025 7:44 am

Laimbeer advances

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