Dwight Howard Draft - R1 - durantbird* vs lilroddyb

[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).

[durantbird]

PG: James Harden 2015 - 18.1 - Houston
SG: Joe Dumars 1996 - 8.9 - Lost to Lakers
SF: Kevin Durant 2017 - 16.5 - Two teams finals
PF: Dirk Nowitzki 2011 - 16.2 - No college
C: Alonzo Mourning 1999 - 13.8 - Multiple stints

Bench: Derek Fisher 1998 - 4.6 - Lakers
Bench: James Posey 2008 - 5.6 - 7 franchises
Bench: Bo Outlaw 2000 - 4.1 - Orlando

Rotation:
PG: James Harden 38 / Derek Fisher 10
SG: Joe Dumars 32 / James Posey 12 / Derek Fisher 4
SF: Kevin Durant 33 / James Posey 15
PF: Dirk Nowitzki 38 / Bo Outlaw 5 / Kevin Durant 5
C: Alonzo Mourning 38 / Bo Outlaw 10

87.8/88

vs

C: Hakeem Olajuwon 38 min / Al Horford 10 min
Pf: Al Horford 28 min / Robert Horry 20 min
Sf: Clyde Drexler 38 min / Jonathan Isaac 10 min
Sg: Reggie Miller 38 min / Manu Ginobili 10 min
Pg: Manu Ginobili 26 min / George Hill 22 min

Matchup:
- We were able to put together an incredibly potent team with three MVPs who happen to be three of the best shooters of all time in Harden-Durant-Dirk - with Mourning 99' being second in MVP votes, and Dumars-Mourning complementing our trio perfectly in a no weak-point starting five. Alongside them, we've built an extremely solid bench with three big versatile defenders and glue guys. Harden–Durant–Dirk forms one of the most unguardable offensive cores possible, our off-the-chart shooting ability is going to stretch any defense to the maximum.
- Defensive assignments: Mourning vs Hakeem, Dirk vs Horford, Durant/Posey vs Clyde, Dumars vs Reggie, Harden/Fisher vs Manu.
- I think Harden-Dumars-Fisher give us the playmaking advantage with Harden as the most natural PG in the matchup, and we've got at three of the best four players in the matchup. Also, I think roddy doesn't have a great matchup against our backcourt, I can't really see him having great answers against Harden-Durant.

[lilroddyb]

C: Hakeem Olajuwon 38 min / Al Horford 10 min
Pf: Al Horford 28 min / Robert Horry 20 min
Sf: Clyde Drexler 38 min / Jonathan Isaac 10 min
Sg: Reggie Miller 38 min / Manu Ginobili 10 min
Pg: Manu Ginobili 26 min / George Hill 22 min

1993 Hakeem Olajuwon 19.5
2005 Manu Ginobili 10.5
1995 Reggie Miller 13.5
2018 Al Horford 10.5
1991 Clyde Drexler 16.3
2000 Robert Horry 4.8
2024 Jonathan Isaac 4.9
2012 George Hill 7.6

Tfga: 88

Everyone in the starting lineup is at the their peaks or really close to it and most of them played multiple playoff series and thrived in them. Hakeem has one of the greatest peak in history and the team is build to maximize his impact. Great spacing around him with everyone being great or decent threepoint shooter outside of Drexler and Hakeem.

Manu and Clyde can get anywhere on the court and they will run the offense. I don't think I need a pg in the starting lineup because of them. Clyde avereged during the playoffs close to a triple double with 21 pts, 8.1 assists, 8.1 rebounds on 56 ts%, 2.1 stl and 1 blk

Reggie Miller also raised his game during the playoffs like he always does with 25.5 pts on 63 ts%

Defense

everyone on my team is a great defender outside of Reggie Miller.

Hakeem / Horford on Alonzo

Al Horford / Horry on Dirk

Clyde Drexler/ Isaac on Durant

Reggie Miller on Dumars

Manu on Harden

overall

DB has an insanely good team and at first glance it looks like DB has way better team because of three mvp players vs one but I think its closer when you look at the version of them and stats.

I think my defense is better with Reggie Being the only bad defender on my team vs Harden/Dirk on DB team.

Imo Manu and Reggie are better players than Harden and The version of Clyde is better than the version of Harden used in this matchup

if we look at our starters bpm during their playoffs this is the score

Dumars -0.4/ Harden 7.6/Durant 8.9/ Dirk 5.5 / Alonzo 5.9 overall 27.5

Manu 9.2/Reggie Miller 6.9 / Clyde Drexler 8.8 / Horford 4.4 / Hakeem 9.1 overall 38.4

I know this is flawed since I chose only one that type of advanced stat and DB might be able to cherrypick some other stats that show his team in better light but this is my only hope beating DB's insanely good team and to show even if my team doesn't have as many mvps its still a great team

best of luck DB

[durantbird]

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[durantbird]

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