Infrequent Finalist Franchises - R1 - lilroddyb vs Larry_Russell*

[durantbird]

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: Kyle Lowry (2017-18) 12.1
16.2ppg, 5.6rpg, 7apg, 1.1spg, 40% on 7.6-3pta
AS, All NBA votes received, All Defense votes received

SG: Raja Bell (2007-08) 10
12ppg, 3.7rpg, 2.2apg, 0.7spg, 0.5bpg, 40% on 6-3pta
Def-2

SF: Julius Erving (1975-76) 19
29.3ppg, 11rpg, 5apg, 2.5spg, 2bpg, 33% on 1.2-3pta
MVP, FMVP, ABA-1, Def-1, AS,

PF: Charles Barkley (1992-93) 18.1
25.6ppg, 12.2rpg, 5.1apg, 1.6spg, 1bpg, 30% on 3-3pta
MVP, NBA-1, AS, All Def Shares

C: Brook Lopez (2022-23) 11.5
16ppg, 6.7rpg, 1.3apg, 0.5spg, 2.5bpg, 37.5% on 4.7-3pta
DPOY-2, Def-1

PG/SG: Fred VanVleet (2017-18) 7.2
8.6ppg, 2.4rpg, 3.2apg, 1spg, 41.5% on 3.5-3pta
6MOY-3

SF/PF: Robert Covington (2021-22) 7
8.5ppg, 5.5rpg, 1.3apg, 1.5spg, 1.3bpg, 38% on 4.8-3pta

C: Chris Andersen (2010-11) 3
5.6ppg, 5rpg, 0.5apg, 1.3bpg


PG: Lowry (38) / FVV (10)
SG: Bell (38) / FVV (10)
SF: Erving (40) / Covington (8)
PF: Barkley (38) / Covington (10)
C: Lopez (38) / Andersen (8) / Covington (2)

87.8/88

Defense will be straight up.
Lowry on porter
Bell on allen
Erving on Harden
Barkley on horry

Lopez on KaJ

My defense stands up very well here with no weakspots exclusing barkley and Horry is not exploiting that

Offensively having floor spacing around 2 mvp players is huge for me.

No one here can guard either Barkley or dr J and with kaj being pulled away from the basket it will be a bloodbath.

[lilroddyb]

C: Kareem Abdul Jabbar 38 min / Jason Collins 10 min
Pf: Robert Horry 30 min / Bo Outlaw 18 min
Sf: James Harden 28 min / KCP 20min
Sg: Ray Allen 38 min / KCP 10 min
Pg: Terry Porter 38 min / James Harden 10 min

1972 Kareem Abdul Jabbar 21.2
2001 Ray Allen 16
1991 Terry Porter 11.7
2023 KCP 8.3
1997 Robert Horry 6.7
2000 Bo Outlaw 4.1
2021 James Harden 16.7
2007 Jason Collins 3

tfga: 87.7

Offense

Harden and Terry will run the offense with elite offball player in Ray allen and one Of the goats in Kareem. The spacing is overall good and Horry worked really well with other bigs in his career and his playoffs during the season were awesome like it's usually with Horry

Defense

Kareem/JAson Collins on Brook
Horry/ Bo on Barkley
Harden/ KCP on Julius
Ray on Raja
Terry Porter on Kyle

overall

I think my spacing is better overall, Playmaking and the best player

[durantbird]

Ready for votes. Larry and Roddy, please vote for yourselves

[durantbird]

roddy has the more talented team overall with KAJ-Allen-Harden and Porter as fourth option, but I don't like Harden at SF and it's particularly damning against Dr J. I'd go with Erving on Allen and not Harden personally, but LR matches better still. LR has enough offensive talent to win due to better fit and matchup, though I really like KAJ-Allen-Harden.

So I voted LR, regretfully.

[Fadeaway_J]

More or less agree with durantbird - this is not the series for roddy's no-SF approach, and he's not well equipped to defend Chuck either.

[durantbird]

LR advances