2016 Scavenger Hunt Draft - ESAL/Gatz wins

EwingSweatsALot · Post #1181 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:00 pm

fatlever wrote:still waiting on votes for Gatz, Ian, Yosemite & Lamar, right?

I haven't voted. I'll have mine in tonight when I have more time to dive into each team.

Post #1182 » by **fatlever** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:55 pm

James Gatz wrote:
fatlever wrote:still waiting on votes for Gatz, Ian, Yosemite & Lamar, right?

I already voted.

My bad, I was looking at your earlier post and mistakenly saw your name with a space between the votes and confused that as ESaLs votes.

Fats:
Coolio
ESAL
Yosemite

Diop:
Coolio
Ian
Fats

JDR:
Ian
Gatz
Coolio

Gatz:

ESAL
Coolio
Yosemite

Batum
Fats
Yosemite
Lamar

Sweed:
ESAL
Fats
Drop

Braggins:
Yosemite
Diop
Gatz

Flip:
Gatz
BtG
Drop

Post #1183 » by **Diop** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:48 pm

James Gatz wrote:
fatlever wrote:still waiting on votes for Gatz, Ian, Yosemite & Lamar, right?

I already voted.

Sorry but your previous vote didn't contain enough Diop, please try again.

BatumtheGlue · Post #1184 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:51 pm

Diop wrote:
James Gatz wrote:
fatlever wrote:still waiting on votes for Gatz, Ian, Yosemite & Lamar, right?

I already voted.

Sorry but your previous vote didn't contain enough Diop, please try again.

It seems you just got 1 vote. Drop got more votes than you.

James Gatz · Post #1185 » by **James Gatz** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:38 am

BatumtheGlue wrote:
Diop wrote:
James Gatz wrote:I already voted.

Sorry but your previous vote didn't contain enough Diop, please try again.

It seems you just got 1 vote. Drop got more votes than you.

My notepad kept autocorrecting.

EwingSweatsALot · Post #1186 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:17 am

ESALs voting:

1. Fat Lever- Top to bottom he has the most talent among having one of the best big three in Malone, Malone, and Magic. He also might have the best fit as well. Each player has a role to fill. Each player plays well off each other and are good teammates. Elite play making, some elite defenders, and a fair number of guys that are gonna fill the bucket up.

2. Coolio- To be honest I had no intention of voting for Coolio as the draft was going on. Kobe is going to be demanding. I get the love for Stockton, but I'm not one of those guys.But the talent is undeniable. And Kobe can be demanding because he doesn't really have anybody that will demand to score. Everybody else can get their buckets through ball movement and getting open. Not too mention a Duncan, McHale front court is just a wonderful combo. Maybe the two most fundamental big men to ever get the job done in the NBA. A lot of good teammates and the best in Duncan. The talent and ability to play together won me over in the end. Side note. I'd pay to watch Kobe and Laimbeer yell at each other I'm practice all night.

3. Diop- Kareem and Bird is a nightmare for everyone. Throw in Chris Paul just wanting to distribute, Bosh stretching out to midrange and Wade just a maniac on the attack. There are plus defenders across the board and the paint is almost completely shut down with KAJ and Bosh. Livingston gives a great and different look off the bench. And holy hell I haven't even gotten to Nique yet.

HM: Gatz has one hell of a trio with Dirk/Shaq/Durant. My concern came later on down the line in the roster. Maybe I'm underrating what three guys can do, but the depth doesn't match up with other teams IMO and when a lot of teams have great talent at the top I think the depth separates teams.

HM: YB. I just admire how he drafted around LeBron. That's a hell of a way to build a team. It's worked for every team in his career so why not here. My concern just came with the overall talent. Teams with the most talent tend to win out unless they are major headcases and not many headcases on the teams in my top 3. I really like how YB built around LeBron, but to make that perfect you do have to sacrifice talent abd in my mind it was a little too much to break into the top 3.

Flip Murray · Post #1187 » by **Flip Murray** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 4:26 am

somebody give me an honorable mention to make me feel better

BatumtheGlue · Post #1188 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 4:33 am

Flip Murray wrote:somebody give me an honorable mention to make me feel better

I knew the reason why did you vote my team. You really want to win that Ass Kicked Award, shame on you! :evil:

Post #1189 » by **Diop** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:03 am

Flip Murray gets an honourable mention for participating.

Which is better than honorable as its spelt properly, the English way. As its the English language.

BatumtheGlue · Post #1190 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 6:19 am

Diop wrote:Flip Murray gets an honourable mention for participating.

Savage! Lol.

Post #1191 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:25 pm

Will post mine later this morning. Just getting back from vacation.

-Ian- · Post #1192 » by **-Ian-** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:59 pm

Gold: Diop - Best starting lineup, IMO. Bird + Kareem FTW!
Silver: Gatz - That's a hellish frontline!
Bronze: yosemiteben - I like how this team is built around LBJ.

Post #1193 » by **Diop** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:00 pm

I always felt that Ian had a brilliant basketball mind.

Post #1194 » by **Diop** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:04 pm

fatlever wrote:Then, post something on the T&T board or PC board (which would be better fit?)

Was just checking out the PC board, it appears the general consensus there is that Bird and Magic cannot compare with Lebron, they're just not as good. . .

EwingSweatsALot · Post #1195 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:35 pm

Looks like I'm in the middle of you really like my team or we'll just not at all haha.

EwingSweatsALot · Post #1196 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:40 pm

Hope to have at least the regular season on the whatifsports sim done tonight. Some interesting stuff so far.

The funniest so far was a double OT game between Ian and Yosemite. Jordan vs LeBron. Ian won by 3.

But the funny part was that in both regulation and OT, LeBron hit a go ahead shot with around 4-7 seconds left on the clock. Then Jordan hits two buzzer beaters to send it to OT and Double OT.

Still trying to catch up to the greatest.

Post #1197 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:58 pm

My votes:

(1) Gatz (I love the way this team is built. Durant - Dirk - Shaq is just money, and Hayward and Conley with them makes tons of sense. Westbrook and Iggy off the bench is money.)

(2) Lamar (Love the speed of this team, and Payton - Hakeem pairing is fantastic and maybe favorite of this draft, other than my LeBron - Peja pairing...)

(3) ESAL (I don't love Rodman killing the spacing next to the Admiral in the starting unit, but I think this team has enough offensive firepower and has the tools defensively to do some damage.)

James Gatz · Post #1198 » by **James Gatz** » Wed Aug 24, 2016 1:12 am

Scoring Update:

Coolio: 11
Gatz: 11
Fats: 9
ESAL: 9
Yose: 8
Diop: 8
Ian: 4
Lamar: 3
BTG: 2

Braggins · Post #1199 » by **Braggins** » Wed Aug 24, 2016 2:03 am

Not gonna lie, Coolio's team was dead last in my rankings. Only one of my top three teams made the final top three. I didn't think my rankings would be that far off from the final vote.

BatumtheGlue · Post #1200 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Wed Aug 24, 2016 2:43 am

I just don't think ball dominant PGs like Stockton, Kidd, and Paul will work well with dominant wings like MJ, Kobe, and Wade. That's it.