Gregg Popovich Draft - Play in - Larry_Russell vs Fadeaway_J*

[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: Chauncey Billups (2005-06) 12.5
18.5ppg, 3.1rpg, 8.5apg, 1spg, 43.3% on 5.2-3pta
MVP-5, NBA-2, DEF-2, AS

SG: Kobe Bryant (2007-08) 20.6
28.3ppg, 6.3rpg, 5.4apg, 1.8spg, 0.5bpg, 36% on 5.1-3pta
MVP, DPOY-5, NBA-1, DEF-1, AS

SF: Bruce Bowen (2005-06) 6.5
7.5ppg, 4rpg, 1.5apg, 1spg, 0.5bpg, 42.5% on 3-3pta
DPOY-2, Def-1

PF: Kevin Garnett (1998-99) 19.1
20.8ppg, 10.4rpg, 4.3apg, 1.7spg, 1.8bpg
MVP-10, DPOY-7, NBA-3

C: Karl Anthony Towns (2024-25) 16.9
24.5ppg, 12.8rpg, 3.1apg, 1spg, 0.7bpg, 42% on 4.7-3pta


SF/SG: Matthew Dellavedova (2014-15) 4.6
4.8ppg, 2rpg, 3apg, 0.5spg, 41% on 2.5-3pta
DPOY-7, 6MOY-2, DEF-2

PG/PF: Ben Simmons (2024-25) 4.4
5ppg, 4.7rpg, 5.6apg, 0.7spg, 0.5bpg

C: Chris Andersen (2012-13) 3
5ppg, 4rpg, 0.5apg, 0.5spg, 1bpg



PG: Billups (38) / Simmons (10)
SG: Bryant (38) / Dellavedova (10)
SF: Bowen (38) / Dellavedova (10)
PF: Garnett (38) / Simmons (5) / Andersen (5)
C: Towns (38) / Andersen (10)

87.6/88


Lets defend straight up.

I have great defense against this team. Dirk is obviously the biggest offensive weapon....and Garnett is a monster defensively.

My wing trio is scary good as well.

Offensively I can really hum. Kobe is surrounded by perfect pieces

Billups can shoot, distrubute and is another clutch performer
Bowen is a knock down spacer
Garnett is a pick and roll, midrange shooting, lob catching high 2nd/3rd option
Kat is one of the best 3 point shooting bigmen of all time.

The floor is spread, guys can attack...team is pretty lethal.

[Fadeaway_J]

Starters
C - Dikembe Mutombo (1998-99)

Spoiler:

10.8 ppg, 12.2 rpg, 1.1 apg, 0.3 spg, 2.9 bpg, .512 FG%, .684 FT%, .584 TS%
- All-Defensive Second Team

PF - Dirk Nowitzki (2010-11)

Spoiler:

23.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 2.6 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.6 bpg, .517 FG%, .393 3P%, .892 FT%, 66 3P (0.9 pg), .612 TS%
- NBA Champion
- NBA Finals MVP
- NBA All-Star
- All-NBA Second Team

SF - Grant Hill (1996-97)

Spoiler:

21.4 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 7.3 apg, 1.8 spg, 0.6 bpg, .496 FG%, .303 3P%, .711 FT%, .556 TS%
- Led the NBA in DPBM (2.7)
- NBA All-Star
- All-NBA First Team

SG - OG Anunoby (2024-25)

Spoiler:

18.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.5 spg, 0.9 bpg, .476 FG%, .372 3P%, .810 FT%, 171 3P (2.3 pg), .591 TS%

PG - Darius Garland (2024-25)

Spoiler:

20.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 6.7 apg, 1.2 spg, 0.1 bpg, .472 FG%, .401 3P%, .878 FT%, 212 3P (2.8 pg), .600 TS%
- NBA All-Star

Bench
F - P.J. Tucker (2021-22)

Spoiler:

7.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.1 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.2 bpg, .484 FG%, .415 3P%, .738 FT%, 80 3P (1.1 pg), .593 TS%

F - Dorian Finney-Smith (2023-24)

Spoiler:

8.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.6 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.6 bpg, .421 FG%, .348 3P%, .717 FT%, 117 3P (1.7 pg), .546 TS%

G - Brent Barry (2005-06)

Spoiler:

5.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.4 bpg, .452 FG%, .396 3P%, .661 FT%, 80 3P (1.1 pg), .581 TS%

Rotations
C - Mutombo (38), Tucker (10)
PF - Nowitzki (38), Tucker (10)
SF - Hill (30), Anunoby (10), DFS (8)
SG - Anunoby (28), DFS (12), Barry (8)
PG - Garland (36), Hill (8), Barry (4)

FGA Per Player

Spoiler:

Dirk Nowitzki - 16.2
Grant Hill - 15.7
OG Anunoby - 13.9
Dikembe Mutombo - 6.8
Darius Garland - 15.7
Brent Barry - 4.7
Dorian Finney-Smith - 7.5
P.J. Tucker - 6.0

Total: 86.5/88.0

Dirk is our primary offensive hub and, and his unique gravity opens things up for everyone else. The Dirk-Hill two-man game is damn near unstoppable with Dirk's lethal shooting and Hill's slashing. Garland is a dynamite third option who can drive, shoot, and pass at a high level. OG will focus on finishing plays off the attention drawn by our three stars. Defensively, Dikembe locks down the paint, and we have plenty of rangy wings to take on perimeter threats.

Matchup
- Initial assignments are straight up. The key here is to slow down Kobe, and OG gives us as good a chance as anyone. Dirk should be fine on young KG who is a very inefficient scorer subsisting on long jumpers. KAT's three-point shooting could cause some problems, but he doesn't really take them at the volume you'd expect, and Deke should be able to take away his inside buckets which is still a win for us.
- We spam the two-man game with Dirk interacting with both Hill and Garland. The attention drawn by Dirk allows keeps KG away from the rim, allowing both ballhandlers to go at KAT who isn't much of a rim protector.
- The bench gap is pretty heavily in our favour. 2025 Simmons is essentially a 5, and 15 minutes of him combined with other non-threats like Delly and Birdman just isn't viable offensively.

Good luck Larry.

[durantbird]

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Voting is open, LR and Fade please vote for yourselves

[durantbird]

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