NBA/ABA Decades League Playoffs: Round 1 DUE SATURDAY

[Gremz]

Going to take a bit of a rest, more to come tonight. Hopefully have them all done.

[Gremz]

Myth_Breaker Vs Bruh Man

Myth_Breaker:

I do agree with you concern about Bruh Man's 3 point game being of little factor. It looks to give your guys an easier task with that little perimeter threat. It's tough for his guys to matchup with your frontcourt as you mention. Granted they are both great defensive minded players, but the size advantage you hold looks to be ratehr significant.

The rebounding and spacing are also good factors for you. The gameplan is pretty straightforward but it will be effective.

Bruh Man:

I would have liked to see you elaborate on a few more points here as I can see quite a few themes that could work in your favour. As it stands, I do like the talk about the fastbreak. It shows how you will operate on offense, but what are your defensive plans? There are tools there that can be very useful, how would you negate Tim? What do you do about Gilmore's tremendous shooting? Is rebounding in your favour? Will Wilkins be a destraction for the rest of your offense?

I always find it's good to include a mpg chart to show what your overall 48 minute plan will be also. The one thing that stands out here, is I'm not enamored with your spacing. Take for example you point about Oscar and Gervin abusing opponents in the paint. If that is the case, then Big Ben and Karl Malone will be pushed out a little.

Just a few things to focus on for your next writeup.

Vote Myth_Breaker.

[Gremz]

Miller4ever Vs jcdallas24

Miller4ever:

I like your defensive mathcups across the board. It's always hard against a guy like Nowitzki, which looks a hinderence but I agree with you that Thurmond's speed and length will be a restriction. Getting Pressey was a nice move on you part, he'll work well between Tmac's slashing and Kareem upfront to keep ball movement constant. Not positive that Kidd is a better scorer than Cousy, but you're right about him being more efficient.

Clyde will be tough cover, but your use of Tmac on offense does offset. The length advantage you pointed out looks to work very well in you favour.

jcdallas24:

I can't fault your offensive talent levels. It looks a good mix, the tremendous shooting of Dirk and the great slashing play of Drexler combined with the great passing of players like Cousy and Maravich. It does look to be a little turnover prone. Your bench brings quite a bit of versatility. It's hard with the guard play, but I'd like to see Dantley and DeBusschere in there a bit more.

I'd liked it more if you'd focussed on attacking more through you SG spot. There looks to be room for being really aggressive there, and would have created some easier looks for Dirk and your PGs imo.

Voting M4E on the overall matchups. Robinson is great, but with Kareem's arsenal even he will struggle and that looks to be the main point for me. M4E has the right guys to get him the ball when needed, and enough other weapons to keep the defense distracted.

[CellarDoor]

Thanks for your efforts guys. (Except Ronny!)

[Gremz]

SamBone Vs Bastillon

SamBone:

I'd prefer to see Pettit, Worthy and Parish a bit more. I think they're good enough to warrant a few more mpg. Interesting with MJ on Magic. It's a decent strategy, it won't stop Magic, but it's certainly better than seeing how Nash would fair. There's a tonne of quality in your backcourt. Tremendous shooting prowess. I like using Worthy the way you did. It maximises what he is capable of, and I guess while Marion is used too much, he at least keeps that intensity there.

Hack-A-Dwight could be useful. It would make you rely on some of your other bgis though some of which don't fit as well here.

bastillon:

Switching on any pick and roll is a very good idea. It could limit Nash quite a bit as we saw last season. I can't fault you for applying Pippen on NJ, it's a nice choice and is your best option to limiting his overall scoring game. I don't think it's such a cakewalk for Dwight and Kemp as you say. They will bruise on the inside without doubt, but Pettit and Parish combined with the alternate weakside shotblocking of Camby and solid positioning of Oakley offer up a great challenge. A little surprised that you writ them off so quickly. Would have liked to see more focus on how Cowens will effect the overall outcome.

The offensive plan is fitting, and there's some very good pieces in which to run that fast pace with. I'd like to see a bit more from Thompson from that bench, his offense would greatly contribute imo.

Extremely tough one. I'll go with SamBone though. There's slightly more offense on his side here.

[Gremz]

I'll get to BlackIce Vs pancakes3 tomorrow.

It looks to be 3-0 I believe. I'll still do a writeup, but since it's already decided, and its 2am here and I start work in 5 hours, I might sleep on it.

[CellarDoor]

Wasn't today your birthday man? Or yesterday, whatever?

[Gremz]

Technically 2 days ago now, only one day for you guys though (I believe). 19th.

[CellarDoor]

It's already Sunday there!?

That's depressing. So is your being coherent enough to judge write-ups the day after your birthday.

[penbeast0]

Someone had asked me to look in and see if you need an extra tiebreaking judge . . . looks like you have things in hand; if not, I'll look back in another 12 hours or so if you need a vote. Good luck.

[All In The Name]

CellarDoor, BlackIce, SamBone, All In The Name, Miller4ever, and Myth_Breaker have advanced. Two matchumps (SabasRevenge! vs. bryant08 and TMACFORMVP vs Warspite) are still undecided.

[CellarDoor]

Pretty much the two I predicted would go the distance.

[Dr Positivity]

You guys need another judge? ronnymac sent me here.

[SabasRevenge!]

You guys need another judge? ronnymac sent me here.

IMO the more reputable PC board judges the better. I'd love to hear another opinion on any of the match ups.

[All In The Name]

You guys need another judge? ronnymac sent me here.

Dr Mufasa, we've actually got enough judges for this round, but your help would definitely be appreciated in future rounds (the next round will begin very soon). What do you say?

[bastillon]

CellarDoor, BlackIce, SamBone, All In The Name, Miller4ever, and Myth_Breaker have advanced. Two matchumps (SabasRevenge! vs. bryant08 and TMACFORMVP vs Warspite) are still undecided.

in my matchup one judge didn't vote (dcash) so it's 2-1 currently. decided already ?

[Warspite]

Oh the suspense..... Lets not turn away a judge and get this over so I can sleep at night.

[Mascot]

sorry i never had time to help with the first round of judging, I will help with the second round.

[Dr Positivity]

You guys need another judge? ronnymac sent me here.

Dr Mufasa, we've actually got enough judges for this round, but your help would definitely be appreciated in future rounds (the next round will begin very soon). What do you say?

Ok

[SamBone]

CellarDoor, BlackIce, SamBone, All In The Name, Miller4ever, and Myth_Breaker have advanced. Two matchumps (SabasRevenge! vs. bryant08 and TMACFORMVP vs Warspite) are still undecided.

who will break the tie on these 2 matchups and when will round 2 start?

hopefully round 2 can be alot quicker!


Thank you Gremz and ronny for the constructive opinions. I always use my bench more then I should in these. It is a problem I have wanting to use everyone.

PS my main reason for Oakley and Camby getting extra minutes was for the hack a Dwight! Pretty sure both those guys will get less minutes next round (also because they will foul out quicker against more of an offensive C who also can not shoot FT)