One Time Draft R1 - Larry_Russell vs. wackbone*

[Fadeaway_J]

Here is a quick list of what you need in your writeup.

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.

You are not required to state or explain your vote, but you are free to comment in the thread if you want to.

If writeups aren't posted within 24 hours, we will vote solely based on the players they have drafted (and any rotations they have posted on their roster page).

[Larry_Russell]

PG: Derrick White (2023-24) 11.5
15.2ppg, 4.2rpg, 5.2apg, 1spg, 1.2bpg, 39.5Q% on 6.8-3pta
DEF-2

SG: Luka Doncic (2023-24) 23.6
34ppg, 9.2rpg, 9.8apg, 1.4spg, 0.5bpg, 38.2% on 10.6-3pta
MVP-3, WCFMVP, NBA-1, AS

SF: Jaylen Brown (2023-24) 17.9
23ppg, 5.5rpg, 3.6apg, 1.2spg, 0.5bpg, 35.5% on 5.9-3pta
FMVP, ECFMVP, AS

PF: Dorian Finney Smith (2021-22) 8.7
11ppg, 4.7rpg, 2apg, 1spg, 0.5bpg, 39.5% on 5.5-3pta

C: Dwight Howard (2009-10) 10.2
18.3ppg, 13.2rpg, 1.8apg, 1spg, 2.8bpg
MVP-4, DPOY, NBA-1, DEF-1, AS, #1-fg%, rpg, bpg

PG/SG: Ron Harper (*1996-97) 5.3
6.3ppg, 2.5rpg, 2.5apg, 1spg, 36% on 2-3pta
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SF/PF: Nic Batum (2020-21) 6.1
8ppg, 4.7rpg, 2.2apg, 1spg, 40% on 4-3pta

C: Boris Diaw (2012-13) 4.4
5.8ppg, 3.4rpg, 2.4apg, 0.7spg, 0.4bpg, 38.5% on 1-3pta

PG: White (38) / Harper (10)
SG: Luka (38) / Harper (10)
SF: Brown (38) / Batum (10)
PF: Finney-Smith (32) / Diaw (10) / Batum (6)
C: Howard (38) / Diaw (10)

87.7/88

Defense will be straight up.

I have elite defense here and my only weak point is Luka who will only be guarding one of danny green, marcus smart or herb jones

Offensively I will humm with the howard/luka pick and roll surrounded with great shooting and secondary playmaking (white) and secondary attacking (brown)

Super clutch team with awesome defense.

[wackbone]

Julius Erving - 1981 - 18.6 FGA - MVP
James Harden - 2015 - 18.1 FGA - 2nd in MVP, 37.5 3P% on 6.9 att
Alonzo Mourning - 1999 - 13.8 FGA - 2nd in MVP, DPOY
Al Horford - 2018 - 10.5 FGA - All-Star, 5th in DPOY, 42.9 3P% on 3.1 att
Herb Jones - 2024 - 7.7 FGA - 5th in DPOY, 41.8 3P% on 3.6 att
Danny Green - 2014 - 7.4 FGA - 41.5 3P% on 4.7 att, notably good defender
Marcus Smart - 2019 - 7.1 FGA - All-Defensive 1st, 36.4 3P% on 4.3 att
Andrew Bogut - 2016 - 4.0 FGA - Starter on best team ever
Total: 87.2/88 FGA

James Harden (22) / Marcus Smart (26)
Danny Green (32) / James Harden (16)
Julius Erving (38) / Herb Jones (10)
Al Horford (32) / Herb Jones (16)
Alonzo Mourning (36) / Andrew Bogut (12)

Writeup:

Helluva team LR, best of luck.

Defensively we will start with Harden on White, Green on Luka, Erving on Brown, Horford on DFS, and Mourning on Howard. We also have both Smart and Herb off the bench to guard Luka/Brown.

I think we matchup really well defensively. Green/Erving/Smart/Herb are all solid-elite defenders to take turns on Luka and Brown. Mourning is the DPOY on Howard.

Offensively we are built around our three-tiered attack, with 2nd in MVP Harden as the primary playmaker, MVP Erving on the wing, and 2nd in MVP Mourning down low. They are surrounded by 3&D galore in Green, Horford, Smart, and Herb. Both Smart and Erving will take some of the playmaking responsibilities off of Harden as well.

Larry's bench is solid but I personally prefer Smart/Herb/Bogut over Harper/Batum/Diaw, although I don't see a massive edge there either way.

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Ready for votes. Larry and wack, please vote for yourselves as well.

[Larry_Russell]

I did not think I would be doing this poorly in the voting.

[wackbone]

I did not think I would be doing this poorly in the voting.

I could see this going either way as we have a lot of similarities, 5-3 is pretty close all things considered.

[Fadeaway_J]

Wack advances