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Post #21 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:37 am

Nash and Terry would get lit up by opposing guards and I don't see a dynamic enough scorer on your team.

Having no legit back up PG would be a concern too.

SWedd523 · Post #22 » by **SWedd523** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:52 am

You guys have any thoughts on the fantasy team I drafted tonight for TLOEBF?

Deron Williams (PG)
Mike Conley (PG)
Ricky Rubio (PG)
George Hill (PG/SG)

Ray Allen (SG)
Courtney Lee (SG/SF)
Steve Novak (SF/PF)

Ersan Ilyasova (PF)
Serge Ibaka (PF/C)
Joakim Noah (PF/C)
Brandon Bass (PF/C)
Gustavo Ayon (PF/C)

Marcin Gortat (C)
Nikola Pekovic (C)
Jonas Valanciunas (C)

James Gatz · Post #23 » by **James Gatz** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:02 am

I'm in the same GMaT game as cha 77. This is what I have turned our Bobcats into. Let me know what you think.

Started with:
Kemba/Sessions
Henderson/Ben Gordon/Reggie Williams/Carrol
MKG/Jeff Taylor
Biyombo/ Tyrus
Haywood/Mullens/Diop

Now:
Brandon Jennings/ CJ Watson
Tony Allen/Archie Goodwin/Q Rich
Carmelo Anthony/James Jones
Ryan Anderson/Miles Plumlee
Kendrick Perkins/Okur

Post #24 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:27 am

SWedd523 wrote:You guys have any thoughts on the fantasy team I drafted tonight for TLOEBF?

Deron Williams (PG)
Mike Conley (PG)
Ricky Rubio (PG)
George Hill (PG/SG)

Ray Allen (SG)
Courtney Lee (SG/SF)
Steve Novak (SF/PF)

Ersan Ilyasova (PF)
Serge Ibaka (PF/C)
Joakim Noah (PF/C)
Brandon Bass (PF/C)
Gustavo Ayon (PF/C)

Marcin Gortat (C)
Nikola Pekovic (C)
Jonas Valanciunas (C)

That is a HELL of a fantasy team. Could do with 1 primary big time scorer but other than that you have your assists, boards, steals and points covered along with solid %'s.

What number did you draft and how many players?

Post #25 » by **fatlever** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:30 am

SWedd523 wrote:You guys have any thoughts on the fantasy team I drafted tonight for TLOEBF?

Deron Williams (PG)
Mike Conley (PG)
Ricky Rubio (PG)
George Hill (PG/SG)

Ray Allen (SG)
Courtney Lee (SG/SF)
Steve Novak (SF/PF)

Ersan Ilyasova (PF)
Serge Ibaka (PF/C)
Joakim Noah (PF/C)
Brandon Bass (PF/C)
Gustavo Ayon (PF/C)

Marcin Gortat (C)
Nikola Pekovic (C)
Jonas Valanciunas (C)

it totally sucks. haha

i can tell that when our teams play each other it will be a real battle for the two rebound categories. i made a conscience decision to punt the assist category in favor of going with bigs and guards who score.

PGs: curry, stuckey, lou williams
SGs: k martin, k leonard
SFs: josh smith, kirilenko, j green
PF/Cs: p gasol, lee, stoudemire, garnett, hickson, t thomson, r lopez

SWedd523 · Post #26 » by **SWedd523** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:20 am

BigSlam wrote:
SWedd523 wrote:You guys have any thoughts on the fantasy team I drafted tonight for TLOEBF?

Deron Williams (PG)
Mike Conley (PG)
Ricky Rubio (PG)
George Hill (PG/SG)

Ray Allen (SG)
Courtney Lee (SG/SF)
Steve Novak (SF/PF)

Ersan Ilyasova (PF)
Serge Ibaka (PF/C)
Joakim Noah (PF/C)
Brandon Bass (PF/C)
Gustavo Ayon (PF/C)

Marcin Gortat (C)
Nikola Pekovic (C)
Jonas Valanciunas (C)

That is a HELL of a fantasy team. Could do with 1 primary big time scorer but other than that you have your assists, boards, steals and points covered along with solid %'s.

What number did you draft and how many players?

Picked 9/12.

I know what you mean about the points thing. As I was picking, I noticed I didn't have a guy you would call a #1 option, but it always ended up being a guy who fills a harder cat like Ibaka's blocks over Kobe/Melo or Conley's steals over Gay/Griffin. Hopefully these guys are efficient enough to make up for the lack of sheer pure ppg

Post #27 » by **Diop** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:22 am

I didn't really have a strategy and I can see that hurting me.

Pg's: Mo Williams, Collinson, Nelson
Sg's: Batum, Ariza, J Rich,
Sf's: Gay, Deng, Battier, Marion.
Pf's: Aldridge, Boozer, Gooden
C's: Bynum, Chandler.

Most are duel position, but I dunno how I'll go.

SWedd523 · Post #28 » by **SWedd523** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:26 am

fatlever wrote:PGs: curry, stuckey, lou williams
SGs: k martin, k leonard
SFs: josh smith, kirilenko, j green
PF/Cs: p gasol, lee, stoudemire, garnett, hickson, t thomson, r lopez

Definitely getting a lot of points out of that lineup. Issue I have is that you'll either have a great team or a bad team.

-Curry has health questions, but if he returns to form you have another top 10 guy on your team.
-Kirilenko/Green didn't play in the league last year, but both have proven to be capable players and Kirilenko was awesome overseas.
Hickson/Tristan/Lopez have PT in question, but all could be close to double double players if they earn it

HornetJail · Post #29 » by **HornetJail** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:59 pm

BigSlam wrote:Nash and Terry would get lit up by opposing guards and I don't see a dynamic enough scorer on your team.

Having no legit back up PG would be a concern too.

I think having six guys on the roster that could put up 15-20 on any given night might be good enough. I was worried about the backcourt defense as well, but I had a really nice trade chip that I needed to use at the end of the game that I was going to use to get Wilson Chandler and like an entire bench unit, for a pick and a couple of scrubs but the dude was a goon and backed out. He was rebuilding (possibly a bottom 5 team in the league and he'd traded me his pick) and wouldn't take his pick back for Wilson Chanlder, and Chandler Parsons and a few role players. :lol:

penquin11 · Post #30 » by **penquin11** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:42 pm

This years madden is incredible, Im addicted!

doc.end · Post #31 » by **doc.end** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:54 am

Some, uhm, mod suspended Kemba on general board (Valanciunas hype type of thread). Basically for nothing. GB is getting even more ridiculous.

Eoghan · Post #32 » by **Eoghan** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:33 am

He had the audacity to point out that a stupid thread was stupid.

HornetJail · Post #33 » by **HornetJail** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:43 am

It's a shame. I'm really starting to hate the over-moderation on the GB. I've had to hold back a few hilarious responses to stupid people.

KembaWalker wrote:
Yuri Vaultin wrote:
KembaWalker wrote:this thread will go well

What a wonderful contribution. You were almost able to derail it with the very first post after the OP. Please, either add to the thread or don't bother posting at all.

On topic: He has an amazing motor, work ethic and all the physical tools to succeed at this level.

its not even a thread its just a blog article he ripped off another website and posted here with no actual discussion. get over it. if it wasnt about a player you liked you'd have locked it

qft because this is what the GB has turned into.

Post #34 » by **Diop** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:28 pm

this is how the GB is being run at the moment. Mods will act swiftly and aggressively as they try to change the standard of posts.

we all know the usual lunacy that always existed on the GB, they seriously considered shutting it down for a while.

This isn't a comment on Kemba's suspension but more a warning to tread carefully on the GB.

doc.end · Post #35 » by **doc.end** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:31 pm

Well that mod surely derailed the thread much more by that. Not like it would take another route and produce thoughtful discussion anyway. Kemba was called idiot by another poster after that suspension and that went unnoticed. Not seeing how that helps with dealing with lunacy. So far it only prvents free speech. It is similar to points Rowan Atkinson raised recently.

Post #36 » by **Yuri Vaultin** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:12 pm

doc.end wrote:Well that mod surely derailed the thread much more by that. Not like it would take another route and produce thoughtful discussion anyway. Kemba was called idiot by another poster after that suspension and that went unnoticed. Not seeing how that helps with dealing with lunacy. So far it only prvents free speech. It is similar to points Rowan Atkinson raised recently.

Considering Kemba has a history of derailing threads with "observations" I think I was in the right. This is not his first, second or third infraction... (all from different mods I may add and all in less than 1 year). His only intent was to derail any and all discussion in the thread and dismiss any points in the article because it was about a Raptor player as more or less pointed out by this:

its not even a thread its just a blog article he ripped off another website and posted here with no actual discussion. get over it. if it wasnt about a player you liked you'd have locked it

This was an opinion piece on yahoo that a poster shared to start discussion. I would not have locked it if it was about another player on another team - that was a complete assumption on Kemba's part.

We welcome all posters to join the discussion on the GB - all we ask is that you treat posters and fans of other teams with some respect and if you post, do so in a respectful manner.

Also, if you see something on the GB that you feel crosses the line like the idiot comment please hit on the ! button to report it. You've been around long enough to know how to do that right?

And with regards to free speech - we try to rid the board of racists, trolls any one else whose sole reason to post is to disrupt intelligent discussion - so if that means you think of us like the Gestapo, then so be it.

There is a thread on the feedback forum that I invite any all posters to add their 2 cents in with regards to this suspension.

Cheers,

Yuri Vaultin

advanced · Post #37 » by **advanced** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:29 pm

free Kemba

iirc there used to be rules against just copy and pasting articles without providing an ounce of discussion or input about it. that was clearly personal.

for example
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1208534

gets locked and told to go to Rookie thread, but Valanciunas future superstar thread is kept open and admanatly defended by Raptors mods handing out weak suspensions.

GB quality continues to head to the dumpster

Post #38 » by **Yuri Vaultin** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:49 pm

advanced wrote:
for example
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1208534

gets locked and told to go to Rookie thread, but Valanciunas future superstar thread is kept open and admanatly defended by Raptors mods handing out weak suspensions.

GB quality continues to head to the dumpster

Terrible example. One thread is based on the writings and opinion of an actual person employed to report on sports and the other is simply a thread about Waiters sucking. That is like comparing a thread based on a Bill Simmons article about Kyrie Irving being the real deal to one started by you about how you think Tristan Thompson sucks balls while not putting it in a thread called "Thoughts on Second year bigs".

We welcome all feedback - as we want to make this site better. Please feel free to message Howard Mass, post on the feedback forum or approach a Global Mod or mod on the Bobcats Forum with your concerns.

advanced · Post #39 » by **advanced** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:54 pm

it doesnt matter...its general accepted practice that non-news rookie related threads are locked and told to go in the megarookie thread. whenever there are threads that are going to be locked, its usually a free for all for posters to say whatever they want, even if its off topic. you and i both know i could find plenty of examples of that. at worst, Kemba is a victim of inconsistency in moderation. a warning would have sufficed. a suspension is just unfair.

HornetJail · Post #40 » by **HornetJail** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:18 pm

Yuri Vaultin wrote:We welcome all posters to join the discussion on the GB - all we ask is that you treat posters and fans of other teams with some respect and if you post, do so in a respectful manner.

Comments like Kemba's come up in almost every thread. Either let them slide (or at most give a warning) or suspend everyone who makes posts like this (which quite honestly would be pretty far over the top). All we want is some form of consistency. I really don't think that's too much to ask.