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).
24.1 ppg, 24.2 rpg, 7.8 apg, .683 FG%, .441 FT%, .637 TS% - Led the NBA in FG%, rpg, PER (26.5), TS%, OWS (14.8), WS (21.9), WS/48 (.285) - NBA Champion - NBA MVP - NBA All-Star - All-NBA First Team
Rotations C - Chamberlain (40), Grant (8) PF - Grant (28), Schrempf (20) SF - Anunoby (36), Schrempf (12) SG - Roy (34), Ellis (14) PG - Paul (34), Wright (10), Roy (4)
FGA Per Player
Spoiler:
Wilt Chamberlain - 12.1 (14.2*0.85) Chris Paul - 13.8 OG Anunoby - 13.9 Brandon Roy - 16.9 Detlef Schrempf - 12.2 Delon Wright - 3.5 Horace Grant - 9.8 Keon Ellis - 5.8
Total: 88.0/88.0
We attack in a variety of ways. Wilt features prominently as a post hub who can both score and distribute from the block. He's flanked by a pair of All-NBA level guards who can run pick-and-roll with Wilt, drive and kick to shooters, or create a good look for themselves. 2025 OG can legitimately step up and give you 20-25 on a given night. Grant fills in nicely with his midrange game and efficient rim finishing. Schrempf carries the second unit offensively, supported by two excellent 3-and-D pieces in Wright and Ellis.
Matchup - We start off with CP3 on Harden, Roy on Butler, OG on T-Mac, Grant on Sheed, and Wilt on Kemp. Wilt's quickness and overall athleticism is insane for a man his size, and should be able to take away easy paint points for Kemp much like Dikembe did in the 1994 playoffs. More importantly, this allows us to keep Wilt near the basket where his GOAT-level rim protection is most impactful. Older CP3 has the strength and savvy to guard bigger players like Harden, who will also see big minutes against OG, Wright, and Ellis over the course of the series. - Our perimeter defense is clearly superior here with OG, CP3, Wright, and Ellis compared to only Butler being a plus on that end for Ness. In particular, we don't see how they are going to stay in front of both Roy and CP3 off the dribble. Harden is a weak link both of our guards can seek out and attack. - The bench gap is pretty sizeable in our favour. Schrempf is by far the best sixth man, and late career Butler is a pretty marginal piece.
Offense: Pick and rolls and pick and pops with Harden / Kemp or Tmac / Kemp. Sheed stretches out other centers. Butler always flashes or cuts to the basket. I offer 2 elite scoring wings, which most teams cannot. I also have two big who can run the floor, one who can roll for alley oops (Kemp) and one who can roll for lay ups or step out and hit the 3 (Sheed). Butler is the ultimate wing who can do it all. I boost 5 All Stars on my starting 5 (4 out of 5 of them All NBA). I don’t think any other team has that.
Defense: Butler on CP3. Harden on OG. Tmac on Roy. Kemp on Grant. Sheed on Wilt. Deke will see time on Wilt. Plan to limit CP3 getting his way here. Butler should minimize what he wants to do. Fade wont be able to pick and roll with Wilt as much as he’d want to with Butler/Sheed shutting that down. Having CP3/Roy/Grant (3 of 5) starters around Wilt isn’t ideal 3 point shooting. Spacing is any issue here.
