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Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess*

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Which team wins?

Poll ended at Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:11 pm

MadNess
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78%
GeorgeMarcus
2
22%
 
Total votes: 9

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Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess* 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Tue Jun 10, 2025 2:40 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).

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Re: Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess 

Post#2 » by MadNESS » Wed Jun 11, 2025 1:46 pm

PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (38) | Alex Caruso (10) | LeBron James
SG: Bruce Bowen (32) | Alex Caruso (16) | Luka Dončić
SF: Luka Dončić (36) | Anthony Mason (12) | LeBron James
PF: LeBron James (36) | Anthony Mason (12) | Bruce Bowen
Cc: Dikembe Mutombo (36) | Anthony Mason (4) | Kyle O’Quinn (8)

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Total: 87.9 | 88.0 FGA

19’-20’ LeBron James 19.4 FGA
99’-00’ Anthony Mason 8.1 FGA
23’-24’ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 19.8 FGA
22’-23’ Alex Caruso 4.3 FGA
21’-20’ Luka Dončić 20.5 FGA
99’-00’ Dikembe Mutombo 7.0 FGA
02’-03’ Bruce Bowen 5.8 FGA
18’-19’ Kyle O’Quinn 3.0 FGA

GL GM

He can defend LeBron with Pippen and SGA with Payton, who’s guarding Luka? Or if he puts Pippen on Luka, who’s guarding LeBron?

He doesn’t have 3 defender for my big 3. There will always be a crazy mismatch.

Bowen will defend Ray Allen. LeBron on Dirk. Those are his only 2 spacers. Will will pack the paint for everyone else forcing them to shoot.

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Re: Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess 

Post#3 » by durantbird » Wed Jun 11, 2025 4:10 pm

GeorgeMarcus wrote:Starting Lineup
96 Shawn Kemp ~ 11.9 FGA ~ NBA2, MVP-8
11 Dirk Nowitzki ~ 16.2 FGA ~ Finals MVP, NBA2, MVP-6
96 Scottie Pippen ~ 15.8 FGA ~ NBA Champion, NBA1, DEF1, MVP-5
01 Ray Allen ~ 16.0 FGA ~ NBA3, MVP-11
98 Gary Payton ~ 15.6 FGA ~ NBA1, DEF1, MVP-3

Bench
11 Brendan Haywood ~ 3.1 FGA ~ NBA Champion
21 Tony Snell ~ 3.6 FGA
97 Ron Harper ~ 5.3 FGA ~ NBA Champion

87.4/88 FGA

Rotation
Kemp (38) / Haywood (10)
Dirk (38) / Pippen (10)
Pippen (30) / Snell (10) / Allen (8)
Allen (32) / Harper (16)
Payton (40) / Harper (8)
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Re: Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess 

Post#4 » by durantbird » Wed Jun 11, 2025 4:12 pm

Larry_Russell wrote:...

Dr Positivity wrote:...

Fadeaway_J wrote:...

GeorgeMarcus wrote:...

MadNess wrote:...

lilroddyb wrote:...

Snakebites wrote:...

durantbird wrote:...

Laimbeer wrote:...


Matchup is open. GM and Ness please vote for yourselves
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Re: Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess 

Post#5 » by Dr Positivity » Wed Jun 11, 2025 4:35 pm

Shame GM missed this as it's a great matchup

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Re: Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess 

Post#6 » by Laimbeer » Wed Jun 11, 2025 4:47 pm

I was probably going to vote for Ness anyway. But I'm still not sure about this policy of not voting for someone simply because they didn't do a write-up. It does put them at a disadvantage but you still feel they have the better team why not vote for them?

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Re: Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess 

Post#7 » by Fadeaway_J » Wed Jun 11, 2025 5:14 pm

Laimbeer wrote:I was probably going to vote for Ness anyway. But I'm still not sure about this policy of not voting for someone simply because they didn't do a write-up. It does put them at a disadvantage but you still feel they have the better team why not vote for them?

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If it's close (as it often is) I'll default to the writeup, especially since I rely a good deal on defensive strategy/matchups. I have voted for the team without one on a few occasions though.
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Re: Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess 

Post#8 » by GeorgeMarcus » Wed Jun 11, 2025 6:02 pm

Knew I was forgetting something...

Starting Lineup
96 Shawn Kemp ~ 11.9 FGA ~ NBA2, MVP-8
11 Dirk Nowitzki ~ 16.2 FGA ~ Finals MVP, NBA2, MVP-6
96 Scottie Pippen ~ 15.8 FGA ~ NBA Champion, NBA1, DEF1, MVP-5
01 Ray Allen ~ 16.0 FGA ~ NBA3, MVP-11
98 Gary Payton ~ 15.6 FGA ~ NBA1, DEF1, MVP-3

Bench
11 Brendan Haywood ~ 3.1 FGA ~ NBA Champion
21 Tony Snell ~ 3.6 FGA
97 Ron Harper ~ 5.3 FGA ~ NBA Champion

87.4/88 FGA

Rotation
Kemp (38) / Haywood (10)
Dirk (38) / Pippen (10)
Pippen (30) / Snell (10) / Allen (8)
Allen (32) / Harper (16)
Payton (40) / Harper (8)

Write-Up
Initial assignments:
Kemp --> Bron
Dirk --> Mutombo
Pippen --> Luka
Allen --> Bowen
Payton --> SGA

Probably my first team where everyone in my SL received MVP votes. As grossly talented as Ness's big 3 is, I believe we have the depth of talent and complementary skillsets to get it done. We have ideal counters to SGA/Luka, and Kemp in his athletic prime vs 2020 LeBron works better than I think people might realize. However, Pippen will definitely be spending time on LeBron when Harper checks into the game.

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Re: Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess 

Post#9 » by durantbird » Wed Jun 11, 2025 6:15 pm

Kemp on LeBron is a nasty mismatch. Honestly I'd just rather have Allen on Luka. Yeah Kemp was a fine defender but you can't expect him to guard an elite mobile wing like LBJ. Not to mention that it leaves you with zero rim protection against Luka SGA.
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Re: Draft Night Trades Draft - Semis - GeorgeMarcus vs MadNess 

Post#10 » by durantbird » Thu Jun 12, 2025 6:30 pm

MadNess advances

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