Award Winning Lakers Board NBA Dynasty League - Year 9 - ROballer Wins Championship!

moonpie · Post #101 » by **moonpie** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:08 am

Edit: Waiting on a PM response so might not be tonight...

moonpie · Post #102 » by **moonpie** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:39 am

With the 13th pick in the 2022 Award Winning Lakers Board NBA Dynasty League draft, Planet Moonpie selects...

Dyson Daniels from the G-League Ignite and the New Orleans Pelicans!

Dropping Drew Eubanks

Post #103 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 1:34 pm

Draft Walker Kessler, Drop Miles Bridges.

“As we worked our way towards being No. 1 in the country, and through the month of January and early February, Walker was the most dominant player in college basketball,” said Pearl. “He was on the floor with the best player (Jabari Smith), but the most dominant player was actually Walker, because of the way he protected the rim.”

Walker Kessler, 20, had the 2nd highest KenPom Game MVP's with 17 behind 21 year old Sophomore Keegan Murray who had 22 Game MVP's.

Kessler accomplished this feat despite only playing 25 minutes per game and on a team that had the No. 3 overall pick Jabari Smith.

His 19.05 BLK% is the highest ever recorded on basketballreference.com The second highest was 18.79 BLK% belonging to Hassan Whiteside.

But wait there's more!

Walker Kessler had two triple-doubles this year:

16-point, 11-block, 10-rebound performance against Tari Eason.
12-point, 12-block, 11-rebound performance against Texas A&M.

"If there's a better defender, shot blocker or rim protector in the country, I haven't seen him," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said.

"Now, the other thing that I don't think anybody was really aware of is that I would every now and then remind Walker to 'stop playing like a big 7-foot-1 slow white guy because you're not.' He's athletic, he's explosive, he's fast, and he knows it. But every now and then when you're 7-foot-1... when you're carrying 260 around, every now and then you want to play like all of the other 7-foot-1, 260 guys. Except he's not."

Kessler is 7-foot-1 and 255 pounds. He has a 7-6 wingspan, 9-foot-5 standing reach and blocked more shots by himself than all but 13 Division I teams.

USBWA All-American Third Team - 2022
USBWA All-District Team (IV) - 2022
NABC Defensive Player of the Year - 2022
NABC All-District (20) First Team - 2022
AP All-American Third Team - 2022
USBWA Player of the Week - 1/2/2022
First Team All-SEC (Coaches) - 2022
SEC Defensive Player of the Year - 2022
SEC All-Defensive Team - 2022
SEC Player of the Week - 1/3/2022, 1/24/2022, 2/14/2022
All-SEC First Team (AP) - 2022
ACC Freshman of the Week - 3/1/2021
Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year - 2020
Georgia Mr. Basketball - 2020

ROballer · Post #104 » by **ROballer** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 1:51 pm

=)))

Get'em Ty.

The Franz Wagner 'underrated as ****, will prove everyone wrong' award goes this year to the real best defender in the draft.

Taking Jeremy Sochan at 15, thank you very much.

Post #105 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 1:56 pm

Well, then to be fair to Bruce Pearl... Sochan didn't actually play so that's why he didn't see him.

Mamba Mentality · Post #106 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 2:37 pm

My pick is up for grabs. Looking for a decent player in return, I've had a couple teams that have already reached out.

Mamba Mentality · Post #107 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 2:38 pm

If I don't get any more trade interest in the next couple hours I'll make my selection.

insfo · Post #108 » by **insfo** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:28 pm

***Trade Announcement***

ROballer and Insfo have agreed to terms on the following trade

Insfo's 2022 2nd round pick (via Moonpie) - #17

for

ROballer's 2023 2nd round pick (via KJG)
ROballer's 2023 2nd round pick (via DoctaJ)

ROballer · Post #109 » by **ROballer** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:29 pm

Confirmed.

tugs · Post #110 » by **tugs** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:02 pm

Was looking at Kessler if Moonie agreed lol

DoctaJ · Post #111 » by **DoctaJ** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:30 pm

Was hoping Kessler would fall to #18 but had a pretty good idea that wasn't going to happen :lol:

Mamba Mentality · Post #112 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:32 pm

With the 16th pick in the 2022 Award Winning Lakers Board NBA Dynasty League draft, Mamba Mentality selects...

Mamba Mentality · Post #113 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:35 pm

I'll drop Luke Kennard.

ROballer · Post #114 » by **ROballer** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:39 pm

RO show is all for the winning this year, I had a well set plan with my 3 2nd rounders, but I couldn't pass on Sochan.

That's just straight up robbery, I didn't think there would be a chance in this universe he was falling past 9. Would have been my 2nd choice after Eason at 7 if he wasn't on the board.

So I needed to get another pick to keep my plan on track.

With the 17th pick, ROballer selects the starting PG of the San Antonio Spurs

Tre Jones

Expecting a solid fantasy season from the pup, he was solid as they were every chance he got as a starter last year.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/tre-jones-stats-as-a-starter

Very efficient, doesn't turn the ball over, high assists and decent steals and rebounds. I couldn't ask for anything more out of my PG's, I don't value scoring at all with my punting strategies.

insfo · Post #115 » by **insfo** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:45 pm

***Trade Announcement***

DoctaJ and Insfo have agreed to terms on the following trade

DoctaJ's 2022 2nd round pick - #18

for

Tim Hardaway Jr.

DoctaJ · Post #116 » by **DoctaJ** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:49 pm

insfo wrote:***Trade Announcement***

DoctaJ and Insfo have agreed to terms on the following trade

DoctaJ's 2022 2nd round pick - #18

for

Tim Hardaway Jr.

Agreed.

Dropping Gary Harris

insfo · Post #117 » by **insfo** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:10 pm

With the 18th pick of the 2022 Award Winning Lakers Board NBA Dynasty League draft, Team Insfo select

Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder

insfo · Post #118 » by **insfo** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:13 pm

Since I traded THJ away, I have an open spot and don't need to drop anyone.

TylersLakers · Post #119 » by **TylersLakers** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:06 pm

I'm on the clock. Give me a minute to sort through the picks that haven't been updated yet!

Post #120 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:16 pm

I'll update once someone tells me who Mamba Mentality's pick was.