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FFDL - Mini Draft 2023 Between eyetoma and battaginlemon

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Re: FFDL - Mini Draft 2023 Between eyetoma and battaginlemon 

Post#21 » by eyeatoma » Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:06 pm

battaginlemon wrote:They all go in to the FA pool I Guess. Roster size Is 15 so we can't add more players

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Post#22 » by theman » Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:29 pm

Good jobs guys you impressed me.
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Post#23 » by sabonis » Sun Oct 15, 2023 4:43 pm

holy **** **** lemon's roster is just insane now. he'll probably be the champ for 3-4 seasons in a row lol

Damian Lillard
Anthony Davis
Jimmy Butler
Zach Lavine
Jalen Brunson
Ja Morant
Jerami Grant
Nikola Vucevic
Jaden ivey
Austin reaves

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Re: FFDL - Mini Draft 2023 Between eyetoma and battaginlemon 

Post#24 » by theman » Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:51 pm

sabonis wrote:holy **** **** lemon's roster is just insane now. he'll probably be the champ for 3-4 seasons in a row lol

Damian Lillard
Anthony Davis
Jimmy Butler
Zach Lavine
Jalen Brunson
Ja Morant
Jerami Grant
Nikola Vucevic
Jaden ivey
Austin reaves

What the hell is that ....


I think it is weaker that what WB had:

Anthony Davis LAL - PF,C
Mikal Bridges BKN - SG,SF
Jimmy Butler MIA - SF,PF
LeBron James LAL - SF,PF
Zach LaVine CHI - SG,SF
Rudy Gobert MIN - C
Terry Rozier CHA - PG,SG
Ja Morant MEM - PG
Kyle Lowry MIA - PG
Jaden Ivey DET - PG,SG
Saddiq Bey ATL - SF,PF
Mason Plumlee LAC - C
T.J. McConnell IND - PG
Luke Kennard MEM - PG,SG
Keita Bates-Diop PHX - SF,PF
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Post#25 » by sabonis » Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:16 pm

I don't know. He upgraded LeBron who's gonna retire max in 2 years, to Lillard
Vuc instead of Gobert
Brunson instead of Rozier
Reaves instead of Lowry
only downgrade is from Mikal to Jerami Grant

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Re: FFDL - Mini Draft 2023 Between eyetoma and battaginlemon 

Post#26 » by battaginlemon » Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:23 pm

Mikal is a big downgrade.
But yeah, overall I think the team got slightly better or even

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