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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.

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Dr Positivity wrote:

PG: Joe Dumars 96' - 8.9
SG: Ray Allen 08' - 13.5
SF: Jimmy Butler 18' - 15.6
PF: Kevin Durant 17' - 16.5
C: Shaquille O'Neal 05' - 15.0

Bench: Tyrese Haliburton 22' - 11.8
Bench: Tayshaun Prince 03' - 3.0
Bench: Chris Andersen 13' - 3.0

87.3/88

PG: Joe Dumars 19 / Tyrese Haliburton 29
SG: Ray Allen 31 / Joe Dumars 17
SF: Jimmy Butler 39 / Ray Allen 7 / Kevin Durant 2
PF: Kevin Durant 37 / Tayshaun Prince 11
C: Shaquille O'Neal 37 / Chris Andersen 11

vs

PG: Luka Doncic (38) / Tyus Jones (10)
SG: Klay Thompson (38) / Andre Iguodala (10)
SF: Lu Dort (32) / Andre Iguodala (16)
PF: Kevin Garnett (38) / Buck Williams (10)
C: Vlade Divac (34) / Buck Williams (14)

Matchup
- Defensive assignments: Butler vs Luka, Dumars vs Klay, Allen vs Dort, Durant vs Garnett, Shaq vs Divac.
- We match up well here. Butler and Dumars are two great options to throw at Luka/Klay, with Prince also giving us valuable minutes off the bench. Durant is big and agile and can make life hard for KG. Divac trying to defend MVP-level Shaq with no help from Garnett who needs to chase around Butler is a tough ask. Dort is way too small to handle Durant, who will simply shoot over him with a 18 cm difference.
- We've got superb defensive foundation with 5 dangerous weapons, including a ridiculous frontcourt duo in Durant-Shaq, flanked by an all time 3pt shooter in Ray Allen. This provides no room for Luka to hide. Haliburton provides masterclass level facilitating off the bench, and is the best offensive weapon off the bench. I also don't see much of a difference between Minny Jones and Portland Buck vs Prince and Andersen.

PG: Luka Doncic (2021: 20.5 FGA)
SG: Klay Thompson (2018: 16.2 FGA)
SF: Lu Dort (2025: 8.4 FGA)
PF: Kevin Garnett (2005: 16.6 FGA)
C: Vlade Divac (2000: 9.3 FGA)

PG: Tyus Jones (2018: 4.0 FGA)
SG/SF: Andre Iguodala (2017: 5.5 FGA)
PF/C: Buck Williams (1992: 7.0 FGA)

87.5 / 88

PG: Luka Doncic (38) / Tyus Jones (10)
SG: Klay Thompson (38) / Andre Iguodala (10)
SF: Lu Dort (32) / Andre Iguodala (16)
PF: Kevin Garnett (38) / Buck Williams (10)
C: Vlade Divac (34) / Buck Williams (14)

Defensive matchups: Doncic on Dumars, Thompson on Allen, Dort on Durant, KG on Butler, Divac on Shaq. KG/Butler matchup is made up a bit by durant having to guard and rebound against KG.

We have a strong Luka build with him and KG as superstar combo that should fit well together, Klay and Dort 3 and D, Divac is quality starting C and a talented bench. Our team play should be great.

- He has a lot of downgrades, Heat Shaq, Kings Hali, older Dumars, late all-star Allen.

- No true PG in the starting lineup could lead Butler and Durant offense to be more stagnant while we have fantastic playmaking between Doncic, KG/Divac frontcourt, Iguodala, etc.

- Our defense is stronger with superb wing combination of Thompson/Dort/Iguodala around KG. We'll take advantage of the Hali/Allen backcourt minutes, and Heat Shaq is a bad matchup against Doncic's pick and roll game, especially in Hali PG minutes.

- While our bench spacing is ok the talent is higher with Iguodala and Buck as a superb combo and winning players, and Tyus is also a better 8th man than Prince.

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