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2023 NBA All-Stars Build a Team 

Post#1 » by rand » Sun Feb 19, 2023 1:04 pm

Build a 5-man team out of the 2023 NBA All-Stars under the assumption that everyone is healthy. Budget is $7. No positional requirements.


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Steph Curry ($3)
Luka Doncic ($2)
Damian Lillard ($1)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ($1)
Ja Morant ($1)
Donovan Mitchell ($1)
Jaylen Brown ($1)
Jrue Holiday ($1)
Kyrie Irving ($0)
Anthony Edwards ($0)
Tyrese Haliburton ($0)
De’Aaron Fox ($0)

Forwards
Giannis Antetokounmpo ($3)
LeBron James ($2)
Jayson Tatum ($2)
Kevin Durant ($2)
Zion Williamson ($2)
Paul George ($1)
Jaren Jackson Jr. ($1)
Pascal Siakam ($1)
DeMar DeRozan ($0)
Lauri Markkanen ($0)
Julius Randle ($0)

Centers
Nikola Jokic ($3)
Joel Embiid ($2)
Domantas Sabonis ($1)
Bam Adebayo ($1)
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Re: 2023 NBA All-Stars Build a Team 

Post#2 » by eminence » Sun Feb 19, 2023 1:08 pm

Team Forward
Lebron $2
PG $1
Tatum $2
Lauri $0
JJJ $1

Bombs away, switch everything. Put KD in for Lauri if you’re not a Utah fan.
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Post#3 » by Jaivl » Sun Feb 19, 2023 1:41 pm

Curry 3
Jrue 1
George 1
Siakam 1
JJJ 1
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Post#4 » by Dutchball97 » Sun Feb 19, 2023 1:41 pm

I think avoiding the $0 guys is a good bet unless you can't make it work otherwise. With these small increments I also don't think the $3 guys bring the best value. Maybe Jokic if the health of everyone wasn't guaranteed but as it stands now it's not worth paying 150% more over another MVP-level player.

PG - Luka Doncic $2
SG - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander $1
SF - Paul George $1
PF - Kevin Durant $2
C - Joel Embiid $2
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Post#5 » by AEnigma » Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:26 pm

Jrue/George/Lebron/Siakam/Embiid
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Post#6 » by OhayoKD » Sun Feb 19, 2023 3:04 pm

Dutchball97 wrote:I think avoiding the $0 guys is a good bet unless you can't make it work otherwise. With these small increments I also don't think the $3 guys bring the best value. Maybe Jokic if the health of everyone wasn't guaranteed but as it stands now it's not worth paying 150% more over another MVP-level player.

PG - Luka Doncic $2
SG - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander $1
SF - Paul George $1
PF - Kevin Durant $2
C - Joel Embiid $2
Jaivl wrote:Curry 3
Jrue 1
George 1
Siakam 1
JJJ 1
eminence wrote:Team Forward
Lebron $2
PG $1
Tatum $2
Lauri $0
JJJ $1

Bombs away, switch everything. Put KD in for Lauri if you’re not a Utah fan.


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Giannis, Curry, JJJ, Edwards, Demar

Come get it :wink:
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Post#7 » by OhayoKD » Sun Feb 19, 2023 3:30 pm

^^^^
AEnigma wrote:Jrue/George/Lebron/Siakam/Embiid

You too big dawg.
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Post#8 » by Jaivl » Sun Feb 19, 2023 3:52 pm

Dutchball97 wrote:I think avoiding the $0 guys is a good bet unless you can't make it work otherwise. With these small increments I also don't think the $3 guys bring the best value. Maybe Jokic if the health of everyone wasn't guaranteed but as it stands now it's not worth paying 150% more over another MVP-level player.

PG - Luka Doncic $2
SG - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander $1
SF - Paul George $1
PF - Kevin Durant $2
C - Joel Embiid $2

Paying the $1 luxury tax is an even better bet :lol:
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Re: 2023 NBA All-Stars Build a Team 

Post#9 » by Dutchball97 » Sun Feb 19, 2023 4:10 pm

Jaivl wrote:
Dutchball97 wrote:I think avoiding the $0 guys is a good bet unless you can't make it work otherwise. With these small increments I also don't think the $3 guys bring the best value. Maybe Jokic if the health of everyone wasn't guaranteed but as it stands now it's not worth paying 150% more over another MVP-level player.

PG - Luka Doncic $2
SG - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander $1
SF - Paul George $1
PF - Kevin Durant $2
C - Joel Embiid $2

Paying the $1 luxury tax is an even better bet :lol:


I think it was $8 when I posted my comment and got editted to $7 after that. That or I misread lol. In any case I'd swap out Luka for Dame.
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Re: 2023 NBA All-Stars Build a Team 

Post#10 » by rand » Sun Feb 19, 2023 4:13 pm

Dutchball97 wrote:
Jaivl wrote:
Dutchball97 wrote:I think avoiding the $0 guys is a good bet unless you can't make it work otherwise. With these small increments I also don't think the $3 guys bring the best value. Maybe Jokic if the health of everyone wasn't guaranteed but as it stands now it's not worth paying 150% more over another MVP-level player.

PG - Luka Doncic $2
SG - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander $1
SF - Paul George $1
PF - Kevin Durant $2
C - Joel Embiid $2

Paying the $1 luxury tax is an even better bet :lol:


I think it was $8 when I posted my comment and got editted to $7 after that. That or I misread lol. In any case I'd swap out Luka for Dame.

You're correct. I quickly decided $7 would be better than $8 but I actually finished my edit before you posted.

eminence actually posted before I decided to drop to $7, it was seeing their team at only $6 that made me realize $8 was too much.

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