Draft Help ! I have 3 First Round Picks

[slimkaka]

hello everyone. I have another league, 18 teams ROTO. 11 cats ( standard 9 cats + OREB+ Ast to TO )
12 players

This is how we determine the draft order.

we had two guys, one to rank team names from 1 to 18 randomly another one to rank the draft orders from 1 to 18 ( both of them don't know each other), and we combined the list.



Im kinda lucky, gotten the 5th Pick.

I have done two trades

First one, I traded my 2th ,4th and 7th round picks for 15th pick of 1st, 7th and 9th round.

Second one, I traded my 3th, 5th, 6th round picks for 16th pick of 1st , 8th and 9th round.

I knew that apparently the trades are not in my favor. however since the trades have completed. im focusing on the draft.

So my question is : HOW can I maximize the 3 first round pick , since the next pick will the 7th rounds.


Im thinking draft Curry at 5th, and Granger at 15th and Lopez at 16th. but kinda unsure of..
I plan to draft a PG, a forward and a C


PLEASE ADVISE !!

YOUR HELP IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED !!

THANK YOU !

[rocketsballin]

after trying to read this, i am the confuse and has what people call, a "headache".

[slimkaka]

after trying to read this, i am the confuse and has what people call, a "headache".

lol..Rox.. please advise...

[rocketsballin]

According to my translations, this is what I have discovered from your mysterious post.

You did 2 trades.

Trade One - your 2nd, 4th, and 7th round picks for either the 15th pick in the first round, a 7th round pick and a 9th round pick

Trade Two - Your 3rd, 5th, and 6th round pick for the 16th pick in the first round, an 8th round pick, and a 9th round pick

so u have 3 picks in the first round of the draft. but after those 3 picks, you dont have a pick until the 7th round.


i think i got it. so then, here's my advice. get 2 shot blockers and a pg. first get pau, then get smith or amare, and either kidd or rondo. you can take a risk and get jefferson but its a big risk.

[rocketsballin]

u konw i dunno wat to do actually. i always tank to's, but you have ast/to and oreb. after your first 3 picks, your next pick is the 126th at the earliest. i think you're gonna have to tank 2 cats to win this league, and they should be to's and ast/to. they're other ways, see if someone else has advice

granger is a risk, i had him last 2 seasons and i didnt like it at all . now with hibbert bound for a breakout season, his blocks might stay at .8. his fg% will go up w/ collison at point. that can change if he gets injured and has to play thru injuries.

forgot about lopez, you can get him too.

[slimkaka]

According to my translations, this is what I have discovered from your mysterious post.

You did 2 trades.

Trade One - your 2nd, 4th, and 7th round picks for either the 15th pick in the first round, a 7th round pick and a 9th round pick

Trade Two - Your 3rd, 5th, and 6th round pick for the 16th pick in the first round, an 8th round pick, and a 9th round pick

so u have 3 picks in the first round of the draft. but after those 3 picks, you dont have a pick until the 7th round.


i think i got it. so then, here's my advice. get 2 shot blockers and a pg. first get pau, then get smith or amare, and either kidd or rondo. you can take a risk and get jefferson but its a big risk.

Thank you so much.. You are absolutely right. I guess I didnt put the words in a right way.

Yes, I do have the same plan as you do. however, since there are Ast/To and OREB, PGs are gone really fast.. Deron will be gone at 4th ... if i pick Gasol at 5th. Im afraid that I won't be able to land any TIER 1/2 PG at 15th pick.. So that's what im confused about..

[rocketsballin]

you could get deron or curry at 5th pick, then get smith and another big. you'll take a hit w/ ft% drafting smith, but you can still be competitive in ft%, i do it all the time. his ft% is borderline acceptable. not like dwight.

players you shouldnt get are lee, dirk, wallace, melo, billups, iggy, and roy.

ya, you should take a hit with ft%. dont punt it, but dont try to be elite with it. get curry or deron, then 2 shot blockers, definitely smith, cuz he's a guaranteed 1.5bpg. gasol's blocks went down one year then up, now lakers got ratliff, and he was born to block shots, check his career stat averages.

the other big should be...lopez, amare, or jefferson.

lopez is risky cuz his blocks already went down last season, now the nets have a loaded frontcourt. he'll still get blocks, but will they be 1.3 or 1.6? big difference. he's young, will only get better, and the nets only real shot blocker. so i would get him first.

amare gets less blks but more pts, fg%. knicks frontcourt is thin, they need amare to play heavy minutes, might get 1.3 bpg, maybe more. i dont think he'll get 1.0bpg this year.

jefferson is high risk high reward. he stays healthy then he has the best value. 18/8/1.5blk season at the very least.

lopez and jefferson get at least 1.5apg. amare avg 1.0 apg last season. if jefferson stays healthy he has the most value, get the same stats as lopez last season.

[rocketsballin]

forgot to add you'll have a hard time finding blocks after your first 3 picks, so it's important that you get 2 blockers.

should wait and see other advice.

i forgot about bargs. big risk too but will get 3s and blocks. imo this year or next will be his best statistical season. with ed davis out till midseason, it could be this season.

[FantasyMVP]

Your going to be in a bad place with 3 studs, and then a whole roster of mediocre players. It's going to be really tough to build on categories.

rox has the right idea in this case. You'll need an elite point guard especially with ast/to being a category. Then two shotblockers since you won't get any late. So I would grab Deron over Curry for your 1st pick just for the boost in assists. Then Josh Smith with your next pick to carry blocks and steals. With the last pick it's basically lies in what big is available so Dwight, Pau, Amare, Lopez etc.

A team of Deron Williams, Josh Smith, Brook Lopez (or other) is a good building block in a league like this. You really have to hope that you luck out with sleepers late in the draft.

[slimkaka]

Your going to be in a bad place with 3 studs, and then a whole roster of mediocre players. It's going to be really tough to build on categories.

rox has the right idea in this case. You'll need an elite point guard especially with ast/to being a category. Then two shotblockers since you won't get any late. So I would grab Deron over Curry for your 1st pick just for the boost in assists. Then Josh Smith with your next pick to carry blocks and steals. With the last pick it's basically lies in what big is available so Dwight, Pau, Amare, Lopez etc.

A team of Deron Williams, Josh Smith, Brook Lopez (or other) is a good building block in a league like this. You really have to hope that you luck out with sleepers late in the draft.

Thank you MVP.. your analysis is really worth your user ID...
however, the only problem with my first 3 picks is that in between 5th and 15th. there is another 10 picks and it is so unpredictable who will be gone.. and it is very likely that Deron Will will be taken at 4th so there isn't any PG worth at 5th pick.. Even Nash and Kidd

Im thinking about gambling on the 15th. here is my thought: I will take Pau Gasol at 5th.. assume that all other elite PGs are gone before 15th, I will take Josh Smith at 15th and maybe Billups at 16th.
IF either Nash, Kidd or CURRY or Rondo slip to 15th, I will take whoever available and take Josh at 16th( if Josh is taken, I will take Lopez )

please advise

[FantasyMVP]

The draft being unpredictable is always an issue as you have no idea who's going to drop. Your possible strategy is decent, but if Deron is gone by 5 (which he might not be) then just go with Stephen Curry. I love Gasol as much as the next guy, but I think 5 is way to high to take him. Plus he's getting older and is kind of a boring pick. You only have three high picks so if you can't nab Deron then try to swing for the homerun and hope he(Curry) breaks out.

At least with Curry, he can carry your team in 3's, steals, ft%, and still get you excellent assist numbers. Then combine him with Josh Smith and you get blocks covered, and a center for rebounds. So you at least numerous categories covered.

1st pick - Deron or Curry
15th,16th pick - Rondo, J.Smith, Gasol, Dwight, Amare, Lopez

If you can somehow combine Deron, Rondo, and Smith then your a beast in assists and defensive stats too. I just don't know how bigmen will be around in the 120's and later, and you would still need help in threes.

[slimkaka]

the PGs and Bigmen are gone really fast in a league that count A/T and OREB.

I dun think there will be many bigs left in the 120s.

not sure Gasol is worth 5th pick but frankly speaking, he does give you blk, reb,oreb and fg with decent FT and Ast from a C.

if i chose Gasol at 5, and an elite PG slip to 15th and I will pick Josh Smith or Lopez at 16th.. then should be nice or if there isnt any PG left in the 15th, I will pick Josh Smith at 15th and add Billups at 16th.. I have to get a PG in my first three picks