Not Loyal No Journeyman Draft - R1 - ReggiesKnicks* vs uberhikari

[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).

[ReggiesKnicks]

Player Year FGA
Scottie Pippen 1996 15.8
Bill Walton 1977 14.3
Chris Mullin 1990 16.3
Tyrese Haliburton 2024 15.2
Pascal Siakam 2019 11.8
Nickeil Alexander-Walker 2023 5
Naji Marshall 2024 5.6
Greg Ostertag 2003 4

Total FGA 88

Tyrese Haliburton (38) Nickeil Alexander-Walker (10)
Chris Mullin (40) Nickeil Alexander-Walker (8)
Scottie Pippen (40) Naji Marshall (10)
Pascal Siakam (38) Naji Marshall (10)
Bill Walton (38) Greg Ostertat (10)

-LeBron-led teams are difficult to top but Pippen/Siakam are two excellent bodies to throw on LeBron with Peak Walton in the back-line as a GOAT level rim protector
-Walton is going to feast on older Kevin Love while defensively he will be in a deep drop and playing well off of AK47
-Haliburton is a difficult cover as Klay/LeBron/Middleton don't have the lateral movement required to stay in front of him
-Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Naji Marshall are better players and great defenders unlike Paxson/Harris, though we do respect RWIII
-Peak Mullin is better than both Klay/Middleton and the opposition without a true PG lacks overall playmaking and creation
-Ultimately a talent advantage with a clean fit, better defensive front-court gives us a major advantage as well as a better bench

[Dr Positivity]

[durantbird]

PG: 2013 LeBron James: 28-8-7; All-NBA 1st, All-Defense 1st, MVP, DPOY(2)
SG: 2018 Klay Thompson: 20-4-3; All-Star
SF: 2019 Khris Middleton: 18-6-4, 6.2 3PA, 37.8 3P%; All-Star
PF: 2004 Andrei Kirilenko: 17-8-3, 1.9 stls, 2.8 blks; All-Star, All-Defense 2nd, DPOY(5)
C: 2018 Kevin Love: 18-9, 5.6 3PA, 41.5 3P%; All-Star

Bench
PG: 1993 John Paxson: 4ppg, 2 apg, 0.7 3PA, 46.3 3P%
SG/SF: 2023 Joe Harris: 8 ppg, 4.5 3PA, 42.6 3P%
PF/C: 2021 Robert Williams: 8-7, 1.8 blks, 71.9 TS%

Rotation
LeBron James (38) / John Paxson (10)
Klay Thompson (38) / Joe Harris (10)
Khris Middleton (40) / Joe Harris (8)
Andrei Kirilenko (38) / Robert Williams (8) / Lebron James (2)
Kevin Love (38) / Robert Williams (10)

FGA
Lebron James 17.8
Klay Thompson 16.2
Khris Middleton 14.9
Kevin Love 12.4
Andrei Kirilenko 11.9
Robert Williams 5
Joe Harris 5.9
John Paxson 3.9

Total: 88

[durantbird]

Matchup is open. uber and Reggie, please vote for yourselves

[durantbird]

I think we can decide it at this stage. RK advances