PC Board Fantasy Draft-Judging Over...Congrats Myth-Breaker!

[NO-KG-AI]

Ehh, I'll probably post a write up tomorrow fellas.

[VintaGe36]

I've been busy, so I'm not sure if I can give a proper write up.

However even I can see that I am horribly out matched.

I know my chances are bleak, when a WAS HAYWOOD FAN favors my opponent "easily"

but seriously, I'll try to get a write up by tomorrow, if not, congratulations to Myth.

[LeQuitterNotMVP]

Rockets vs. Hornets

D-Wade vs. Kobe. 2 guys who can take over a game, but I give the slight edge to Kobe becuase of experience and that he seems like he can carry a team on his own better than Wade can. Harris and Cassell are a solid combo at PG, but Billups has more championship experience and is more talented than either of them. The Hornets don't have a JO or Gasol type player, but they do have a very solid 3-man rotation that can score, play D, and rebound. The Rockets have the edge off the bench, but in the playoffs, the bench isn't as key as in the regular season. The Rockets having home-court will make it close, but the Hornets have a better all-around team.

Hornets in 7.

Wiz vs. Sixers

It's a Lebron vs. Duncan rematch, and we all know how that turned out. This Wiz team is at a bigger mismatch, however, then the real-life Cavs team was against the Spurs. The Wiz, in this series, have a small lineup, and Rasheed is the only stud playing in the post (assuming G-Wallace plays SF - he's not big enough to play against the Sixers' post anyway). Duncan and Bynum will dominate the Wizards' post all series long. This will force the Wizards to play more attention to the post, causing the perimeter players to get open looks. The Sixers also have Bowen to stop Lebron, so his prescence won't be as realized as normal. This series will be closer than the NBA finals because Lebron has some scorers around him on the Wiz, but it's still nowhere near enough.

Sixers in 5.

[penbeast0]

dang, LBJ, this time we agree on everything, lol

[tkb]

I'm going with the Hornets and Sixers as well.

[LeQuitterNotMVP]

dang, LBJ, this time we agree on everything, lol

Ya, I think they were pretty clear choices this time around.

[TMACFORMVP]

You got it wrong, all of you!!!

No, but seriously, I won't argue, the Hornets are a great team and nicely constructed. Best of luck to you NO-KG-AI and Myth Breaker in the finals and may the best team win.

Postings for the NBA Finals may be posted immediately.

[mudyez]

as you see, I couldnt wait any longer to start the next draft (just to see if there is interest in one)...in order to make a little room, i think the 3 other threads about this draft should be unsticked, shouldnt they? (maybe leave the roster-thread)

I'd like to give the people that are out, something to be interested in (and make them visit this board more often)

[Myth_Breaker]

Y'know, it feels good being in the Finals.
Good luck, NO-KG-AI (well, not really: but that's what we are supposed to say to each other ) and thanks to all participants for this great fun, especially to my recent opponent in Vintage!

Sidenote: Pen, I'm starting Hinrich now, not Tin.

[TMACFORMVP]

as you see, I couldnt wait any longer to start the next draft (just to see if there is interest in one)...in order to make a little room, i think the 3 other threads about this draft should be unsticked, shouldnt they? (maybe leave the roster-thread)

I'd like to give the people that are out, something to be interested in (and make them visit this board more often)

Yeah the other ones can be un-stickied, the only one needed really is this thread. Again write-ups for the NBA Finals be written immediately.

Philadelphia 76ers v. New Orleans Hornets
HORNETS WITH HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE

So do you guys want to go on with the awards thread after this, or just participate in the next one Mudyez is making? I'm fine with either way.

[mudyez]

I dont want to stress anybody with the new draft...I was really enjoying this one and dont want to call it dead especially as we are in the finals!!!

I just started the new draft so early, coz I wanted to have it loaded in time...not waiting 2 weeks just to find participants....I'm targeting the ASG, as I will have written all my tests and my girlfriend is gone to denmark (which is, why I have kind of a time-window to do the draft until I will visit her).

just wanted to avoid this board from beeing full of dead-sticky-threads

so go on and have fun...I'm still following

[penbeast0]

Y'know, it feels good being in the Finals.
Good luck, NO-KG-AI (well, not really: but that's what we are supposed to say to each other ) and thanks to all participants for this great fun, especially to my recent opponent in Vintage!

Sidenote: Pen, I'm starting Hinrich now, not Tin.

He does seem to be waking up a bit from his early season hibernation.

[Warspite]

Hinrich/Bowen/Howard/Duncan/Bynum is about as NASTY as it gets defensively seriously.

The flip side is that if you can score 75ppg you can win. That team is also a horrible FT shooting team. Still is there any doubt that Myths team would draw the worst TV ratings???

UGLY

[Myth_Breaker]

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He does seem to be waking up a bit from his early season hibernation.

That's one of the things I'm counting on.

[Myth_Breaker]

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The flip side is that if you can score 75ppg you can win. That team is also a horrible FT shooting team. Still is there any doubt that Myths team would draw the worst TV ratings???

UGLY

Not sure whether you meant my guys or opponents scoring 75:
- In first case, let's not exaggerate: in Sixers starting 5 only BB may be considered offensive liability, while I've already reminded that my guys average like 140 ppg combined in their current teams; so even after appropriate cutting down shot attempts when they play together, I've got more than enough firepower, even with substantial safety margin if some of the guys have off-night.
- In second case: yes, my opponents struggling to score 75 is very plausible; somehow I don't have problem with that.

And yes, I'll gladly take a win even if with horrible TV ratings, like Spurs or your Pistons have done.

[TMACFORMVP]

Are you guys going to do a write-up or can we just proceed with the judging? How bout until tomorrow 3 PM EST and judging can begin immediately then.

[Myth_Breaker]

Philadelphia 76ers

GM - Myth_Breaker

I. Players drafted (2007/08 averages through December 13):

Round 1 (pick #1) - 6-11, 260 PF/C Tim Duncan
17,6 ppg/8,9 rpg/2,6 apg/0,9 spg/1,8 bpg in 32,3 mpg.

Round 2 (#32) - 6-5, 210 SF/SG Josh Howard
22,2 ppg/7,1 rpg/2,2 apg/0,8 spg/0,5 bpg in 36,3 mpg.

Round 3 (#4 - 6-3, 190 PG Kirk Hinrich
10,6 ppg/3,0 rpg/5,5 apg/1,0 spg/0,2 bpg in 31,6 mpg.

Round 4 (#49) - 6-7, 200 SF/SG Bruce Bowen
5,6 ppg/3,1 rpg/1,3 apg/0,9 spg/0,2 bpg in 29,5 mpg.

Round 5 (#80) - 7-0, 285 C Andrew Bynum
10,9 ppg/9,7 rpg/1,5 apg/0,5 spg/2,0 bpg in 26,1 mpg.

Round 6 (#81) - 6-9, 245 PF/C Antonio McDyess
10,8 ppg/7,3 rpg/1,2 apg/0,8 spg/0,6 bpg in 29,7 mpg.

Round 7 (#97) - 6-3, 185 PG Jamaal Tinsley
14,7 ppg/4,5 rpg/8,6 apg/2,0 spg/0,2 bpg in 35,3 mpg.

Round 8 (#129)- 6-7, 205 SG/SF Ricky Davis
15,3 ppg/4,4 rpg/2,3 apg/0,9 spg/0,1 bpg in 35,8 mpg.

Round 9 (#130)- 6-7, 245 SF/SG Wally Szczerbiak
11,2 ppg/2,0 rbg/1,3 apg/0,3 spg/0,0 bpg in 21,0 mpg.

Round 10 (#162)- 6-11, 270 PF/C Kwame Brown
4,3 ppg/5,0 rbg/1,1 apg/0,9 spg/0,9 bpg in 21,0 mpg.

Round 11 (#176)- 6-3, 170 SG/PG Juan Carlos Navarro
10,9 ppg/2,0 rpg/2,0 apg/0,7 spg/0,0 bpg in 23,3 mpg

Round 12 (#177)- 6-10, 235 C/PF Theo Ratliff
8,2 ppg/4,5 rpg/0,8 apg/0,5 spg/2,8 bpg in 26,8 mpg.


II. Rotations:

A. Basic rotation
(you may call it offensive rotation, though I don't see any other roster better than it in defense )

PG - Jamaal Tinsley/Kirk Hinrich/J.C. Navarro
SG - Bruce Bowen/Ricky Davis/J.C. Navarro
SF - Josh Howard/Wally Szczerbiak
PF - Tim Duncan/Antonio McDyess/Kwame Brown
C - Andrew Bynum/Theo Ratliff, Kwame Brown

B. Defensive rotation

PG - Kirk Hinrich/Jamaal Tinsley
SG - Bruce Bowen/Ricky Davis
SF - Josh Howard/Wally Szczerbiak
PF - Tim Duncan/Antonio McDyess/Kwame Brown
C - Andrew Bynum/Theo Ratliff, Kwame Brown

C. Examples of veteran lineups for deciding stretches of games

PG - Jamaal Tinsley
SG - Bruce Bowen
SF - Josh Howard
PF - Antonio McDyess
C - Tim Duncan

or

PG - J.C. Navarro
SG - Bruce Bowen
SF - Josh Howard
PF - Antonio McDyess
C - Tim Duncan.


III. General makeup of my team:

Despite run and gun style being so popular in this league, I went with approach that has been most successful historically, constructing defense-oriented team with offense based on halfcourt sets and run by real PGs, similar to real Duncan's team in Spurs (though with enough firepower and athleticism to speed up the pace if needed, again like real Spurs were able to do in Suns series). Tim is obviously our leader and 1st option in both offense and defense. Josh - 2nd option, like he is to Dirk and overall 2nd most important player as just like TD he's great at both sides of the ball. Emerging dominant bigman in Bynum will be our 3rd option - similarly to his role in the Lakers. Tinsley and Hinrich are unselfish playmakers, able to fulfill role of 4th options: the former also excels at steals, while the latter - in guarding both PGs and SGs, so will anchor perimeter defense of my bench. Bowen - again, just like in real life - won't be obliged to do much in offense - basically just sink his patented 3s from the corner - but instead will be our designated defensive stopper (duh! He's the only guy that consistently gives trouble to even Kobe!). Kwame will perform the same role as to bigmen defense (don't laugh, he's on of the best man-to-man defensive bigs in the league) - it's good to have such stoppers since even if they foul out, my team offense will barely take a note. Ricky Davis - a do-it-all guy who registered like 20-5-5 season when starting - will be my scoring spark off the bench, while Szczerbiak - another designated shooter able to utilize outside-inside tactic, shooting open 3s when opposing defenses collapse on Duncan and/or Bynum. Navarro is less known in the NBA, but he's great and experienced clutch shooter (like when he co-lead with Gasol Spanish NT to Worlds gold/defeating US Dream Team), able to play both backcourt positions. Read e.g. this:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/r ... od=1&set=0

McDyess will be my most important reserve big, with his tough defense, smarts, ability to play both at PF and C, and this midrange jumper that makes him perfect complement to Duncan's/Bynum's dominant post game. I envision playing him next to Duncan in deciding moments of the games (like Spurs usually do with Horry at PF and Tim at C), but also next to Andrew in other quarters (remember that though I listed Bynum as a starter, he's going to spend a huge chunk of his PT with a second unit, being 1st offensive option then).
BTW, Dice's playing great this season and constitutes main reason why Pistons don't want Webber back:

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=746143

I'll be the first to admit that I did NOT expect Dice to be able to play this many minutes or be playing this well this early. Usually it takes him about 6-8 weeks to play himself into shape, but knowing he'd be a starter this year he worked out over the Summer for the first time since joining the Pistons. And it clearly shows. Not only is he FAR more productive than Nazr was, but he's even making CWebbs short stint as a starter look pale by comparison. Better rebounder, better fg% & better
defense.
(Cowology)

And, finally, Ratliff: you could call him just another experienced vet, giving me 6 fouls a game: with that little difference he can give me like 3 blocks a game as well: he's timing for blocks is unbelievable.

I must say that my squad has virtually no weak points. Name any aspect of the game and I've got at least 1-2 players excelling at that:

Rebounding? First of all Bynum and Duncan (who in meantime upped his rebounding average, relatively poor at the beginning of the season, to >9 rpg).

Scoring in the post? Again: Duncan and Bynum.

Man-to-man defense against bigmen? Duncan and Kwame, aided by McDyess.

Shotblocking? Duncan, Bynum, Ratliff...

Slashers? Josh Howard and Ricky Davis immediately come to mind.

Long range bombers? Szczerbiak, Bowen, Navarro, also Josh Howard this season improved his 3P% to almost 39%!

Creating/playmaking? I don't see many other teams with 2 PGs of starting caliber in a contending team like my Tinsley and Hinrich.

Stealing the ball? Tinsley is my most accomplished ball-thief, with J-Ho and Bowen complementing him.

Man-to-man perimeter defense? With Bowen, Hinrich and Josh Howard I feel I can stop anyone, anytime.

Veteran experience? Duncan and Bowen are obvious. Josh went to the Finals, while Tinsley - to ECF. The only starter which is relatively unexperienced is Bynum, but even he's in his 3rd year in the league and has already been to the playoffs. Furthermore, I've got experienced vets on the bench like McDyess or Hinrich to counterbalance his youth.

But having veterans doesn't mean my team is unathletic: Josh, Ricky Davis, Kwame or Bynum prove otherwise.

It is also worth noting that I can put on the floor a team which is very big and imposing physically. Rotating 3 7-footers, 260-285 pounds each, plus tough McDyess, always physical Bowen, and even Tinsley and Hinrich being one of the stronger 1s here, gives me possibility of beating opposing team to a pulp.

In summary, I feel like I constructed a team that could win even with real Spurs. Duncan and Bowen? Check. Josh offsets one of Manu-Parker duo, and while I don't have 2nd player of that caliber, I have overall even more offensive firepower, even more suffocating defense and more potent bench. In addition, Bynum is better than any of Spurs centers since Admiral retired. These guys were basically garbage, yet Duncan was still able to win titles with them - now imagine how much easier his task will be with young beast in Bynum competing with him for focus of opposing defense!

So it looks like my Sixers > real Spurs, and as Spurs are defending champs/title favorites... you do the math.

IV. 1st round matchup vs. Raptors:
Judges' votes: Sixers 4 - Raptors 0.

V. 2nd round matchup vs. Knicks:
Judges' votes: Sixers 3 - Knicks 2.

VI. Eastern Conference Finals vs. Wizards:
Judges' votes: Sixers 3 - Wizards 0.

VII. League Finals vs. Hornets:
(sorry for the delay )

My rotation for this matchup:

PG - Kirk Hinrich/Jamaal Tinsley/J.C. Navarro
SG - Bruce Bowen/Ricky Davis/J.C. Navarro
SF - Josh Howard/Wally Szczerbiak
PF - Tim Duncan/Antonio McDyess/Kwame Brown
C - Andrew Bynum/Theo Ratliff, Kwame Brown

Hornets rotation:
PG - Billups/B. Knight/D. West
SG - Kobe/Marbury
SF - Nocioni/Posey
PF - Randolph/Millsap/T. Thomas
C - Kaman/Oden

Well, many of my arguments from the previous rounds will fit this matchup as well. Not all of them: I've finally met an opponent who may match with Sixers in leadership/experience/winning mentality department. Yet I reckon my team is deeper, far more balanced and better in defense than Hornets, what gives me ultimate advantage in this Finals series.

General remarks - I love Kobe and Billups, but I'm always surprised when GM selects 2 backcourt players with his first 2 picks (the same case as with Wizards' LBJ/Manu duo I've defeated in the ECF). Team built around guards just has very little chance to be properly constructed and balanced. Hence I can't recall any champions with such core (with the exception of Bad Boys' Pistons, but they had like 5 quality bigs to compensate this!) or any playoff series at all when team with better backcourt (like Hornets) defeated squad with WHOLE better frontcourt (like Sixers). Not to mention that pairing 2 guys who love to have ball in their hands like Chauncey and KB isn't the most fortunate idea in the world since they will limit each other (similarly to Kobe-Payton situation).

Perimeter players - Billups has height/strength advantage over Hinrich and is simply better overall, but Hinrich is good enough to limit him - and is used to guarding 2-guards, so players even bigger than Billups. BTW, Hinrich is in a groove just now:

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic. ... c&start=12

kulaz3000: "Kirk has always been an above average shooter and a decent scorer in general. But when you have Deng and Gordon out there, you obviously going to defer to them a little more to get your best scorers going. But since they are out, he has been catapualted as the best scorer on the team(which he is right now), so obviously he is going to have much more opportunities to score and he is making the most of it."

bre9: "The Suns were letting the Bulls have a chance at winning this but they didn't take advantage. Kirk Hinrich was the only one who showed up to play today. If Nocioni and Thabo would have shot better we couldv'e won."

Wiretap:
"- CHI 93, MIN 85

Kirk Hinrich led the Chicago Bulls over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the United Center on Tuesday night with 27 points and 6 assists."

Kobe obviously will get his points, etc. - but on worse efficiency than usual. Or I should rather say: on his usual efficiency when playing Spurs, since Bowen is the only defender that consistently gives him problems, especially helped by their great team defense: and I enjoy both these advantages as well. Bowen is also great Billups defender, as evidenced by the fact than putting him by Pop on Chauncey changed the tide of 2005 Finals. So BB will generally guard one of KB-Billups duo which is actually hotter. What about the other one? J-Ho or Hinrich will take care of him, while one of them will be doubling Kobe or Chauncey, depending on the situation. Just like vs. LBJ-Manu Washington duo: my perimeter defense is the only one in the league able to contain even Billups-Kobe.
I will be content to leave Nocioni open and let him shoot much too many 3s for his accuracy, as he does nowadays, what even Chicago fans admit:
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=754800
kulaz3000:
"1st year 29 of 95 - 25.8% (1.2 attempts per game)

2nd year 93 of 238 - 39.1% (2.9 attempts per game)

3rd year 80 of 209 - 38.3% (3.9 attempts per game)

4th year 74 of 206 - 35.0% (4.9 attempts per game) .. and counting.

He has proggressively increased his shot attempts from the 3 point line year after year and i find that quite disturbing. He is becoming our very own Antoine Walker, and thats a very bad thing."

bre9: "Nocioni has really turned into a different player this year I think it's the 38 mil contract he signed. He figures he has to launch up every shot when he has the ball. He rarely passes the ball the last three years he always use played within offense. Now he's playing outside of it."

ice9: "Like Coldfish said, his gunning without setting his feet is just stupid, I don't know why he does it. Another one of his habits I hate is when he is on the wing on a fasbreak, instead of cutting towards the hoop, he flares out to the 3 point line."

Also Noc's defense is nothing to speak of anymore, as confirmed by Bulls fans themselves again:
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic. ... c&start=12

Nomorezorro: "you obviously don't know anything about the bulls, brown was only acceptable defensively as a C and nocioni is by far the worst defender on the team".

CBS7: "I don't know if he's the worst defender, but he is pretty overrated as a defender. Because he's gritty, tough, and he hustles, people think he's a great defender, but he's too small for PFs and too slow for a lot of SFs."

So Kobe would have to be assigned to stop Howard, who's far more athletic than Nocioni: but is such move worth it for the Hornets considering risk of foul trouble for their main scorer? Tough dilemma.

Bigmen - Duncan is obviously head-and-shoulders above all NOH frontcourt players. Even if we talk only about man-to-man defense: they have nobody to contain him, let alone stop him, unlike Sixers vs. Kobe situation. Randolph is less athletic even than Duncan, not quite being human highlight reel himself and is smaller than him. Plus he turned into jumpshooter and his numbers are down compared to Portland days: what he retained from these days is opinion of being black hole and general cancer. Look at posts of fans below:
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic. ... 5&start=36

Celticsfan42487: "Randolph's versital offensive abilities are also his downfall.

In the 05-06 season he decided to not fight in the lowpost and shoot jumpers, and therein he lost his value. Because if he settles for jumpers he's no way valuable to a team with that contract.

Hence him beign traded for a bag of potatoes to the only team that was willing to take that risk on him, NY. Last year he got back into the post quite a bit and had an amazing year, but most teams can't take the chance on him deciding to play in the post.

When he plays with fire he's a 24 ppg 10 rpg on 47%fg big man [aka AL level right now] when he doesn't he's an 18 ppg 8rpg on 44%fg guy...a lesser Aldridge."

DH34Phan: "I would compare him to Zach Randolph. Puts up great stats on crappy teams."

Doctor MJ: "That's an excellent comparison to keep in mind. Hopefully it's clear to everyone here how meaningless Randolph's stats were."

In turn Kaman has better numbers than Bynum, but tracking his career and watching him play we may draw conclusion that these numbers are more of a function of Brand's absence and Clips terrible bigmen situation/them being overall crappy team than Kaman suddenly becoming a star. Better stats in much worse team have no great significance (just like Randolph's in Portland), so such a young beast as Bynum - with his superior size and wingspan, at such young age already starting to draw double teams - is IMHO at least comparable to Kaman.
In summary: Hornets bigs won't give you more in offense than my guys - in fact even less considering how much weaker passers they are and with how poorer efficiency they shoot. <49% from the field for supposedly quality bigmen? It's pathetic! While as to man-to-man defense, rebounding and shotblocking my guys are clearly superior (we're bound to get much more 2nd chance points than NO-KG-AI's team). They are also bigger and more athletic.

Bench - Brevin Knight can pass, but is terribly undersized and can't shoot to save his life. Delonte West fell out of rotation in one of the worst NBA teams in favor of career role players in Ridnour and Watson: not a good sign. Wiretap:
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Sonics' West Preparing To Leave Seattle?
Seattle Times - 01/30 - 5:45 AM ESTGuard Delonte West, acquired from Boston as part of the Ray Allen trade, feels that his time with the Sonics may be nearing an end.

"All of my stuff in my apartment in Seattle is still packed up," he said. "I haven't even unpacked my stuff. I still got a month-to-month efficiency here. It's still in bags."

While he hasn't complained about his role and he hasn't asked for a trade, West says he is unsure of his future with the team, according to the Seattle Times.

"I haven't necessarily been welcomed with open arms," he said. "I thought they would tell me to go to the D-League with [Mickael] Gelabale. I'm not even getting in the rotation in practice." [READ]


Marbury is undersized for a SG and at his current age/form cannot make up for this with athleticism: besides we all know his terrible attitude. Posey regressed very much since his Miami days plus last time I've seen him was overweight: so you can't count also on him as to stopping Josh.
Ty Thomas and Millsap are nice, but both are inexperienced, very raw offensively and undersized: next guys that are no match for Duncan.
And I absolutely refuse to give any credit to Oden until he heals his injuries and sets foot on the NBA court: for now IMHO cannot be treated as a real asset. McDyess is much more reliable.
Overall with Tinsley, Navarro, Ricky Davis, Szczerbiak and Dice off the bench I have more potent scoring punch than the Hornets and better playmakers; add Kwame/ Ratliff and bench defenses are comparable. My reserves are more experienced as well.

Summary - it's great to have such 2 great clutch players as Billups and Kobe in your team, but I'm afraid they won't be in position to decide games with their buzzer - beaters anyway. Better balance, depth and defense of my team will produce lead substantial enough to assure this. Especially as - just like in matchup against Wizards - my guys are much better equipped to deal with opponent's No 1 in Kobe (and with Billups as well) than Hornets players are equipped to deal with my leader in Duncan.
Therefore HC won't be enough for New Orleans. Hey, even my 2nd round opponent - randomhero - admitted I have the best team in this league, followed by his Knicks. Sixers in 6.

[Myth_Breaker]

Hinrich/Bowen/Howard/Duncan/Bynum is about as NASTY as it gets defensively seriously.

Thanks. If you wanna know, I made some simulations of possible starting 5s after picking Duncan and came to conclusion I might be able to create lineup like this:

Billups (or TP)/M. Miller-like role player)/Bowen/Rasheed/Duncan.

Do you all like it more than my real squad or not? Think I would still go to the Finals?

Obviously as some players went higher than I expected/some dropped, I had to modify my plans a bit - but I'm quite satisfied with the final result.

[LeQuitterNotMVP]

OK, I'm going to go ahead and judge, as I will not be online this weekend.

Hornets vs. Sixers

This matchup seems very similar to the Wizards-Sixers matchup in the ECFs. Kobe=Lebron, and Billups and Nocioni are more or less equal to Bibby and Manu. The one thing I see here though, is Billups is a playmaker and that should lead to more opportunities to score for Kobe. I'm not sure who's going to stop TD in the post, I don't think Oden is ready, and he will be coming off of the bench. Even if the Hornets can stop TD, then they still have to worry about Bynum. I like the Hornets balance in the post alot, but this is where they will get exposed. This matchup is basically Kobe vs. Duncan, but the Sixers should be able to slow down Kobe, but the Hornets probably won't be able to slow down TD.

Sixers in 6. (Right on, Myth_Breaker )

[Myth_Breaker]

Good - I'm 1-0. It's a pity I can't be on net during the weekend...

Haha one point I'd like to make about your original writeup that you post everytime...

Just because your Sixers are better than the current Spurs doesn't guarantee them championships....There's only 16 teams in this competition, 30 in real life.

Shhh... I hoped nobody's gonna notice that.

But what do you think about the comparison of Sixers hypothetical lineup and "real" lineup from my previous post: which one is stronger? Would I reach the Finals also with hypothetical one?