Build a Franchise (Season 5)- Discussion thread

[bishnykfan]

29 PLAYERS REMAINING

5 stars- (8 players)
4.5 stars- (11 players)
4 stars- (10 players)


2021-22 3.5-star players (Initial build)

Deandre Ayton
LaMelo Ball
Devin Booker
Miles Bridges
Malcolm Brogdon
Jaylen Brown
Clint Capela
John Collins
Andre Drummond
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Rudy Gobert
Tobias Harris
Gordon Hayward
Jrue Holiday
Richaun Holmes
Brandon Ingram
Caris LeVert
Kyle Lowry
CJ McCollum
Khris Middleton
Donovan Mitchell
Dejounte Murray
Jamal Murray
Chris Paul
Michael Porter Jr.
Pascal Siakam
Ben Simmons
Fred VanVleet
Christian Wood

2021-22 3-star players (Initial build)

Spoiler:

Jarrett Allen
Kyle Anderson
OG Anunoby
Lonzo Ball
Harrison Barnes
Scottie Barnes
RJ Barrett
Malik Beasley
Bogdan Bogdanovich
Chris Boucher
Jordan Clarkson
Mike Conley
Cade Cunningham
Anthony Edwards
Darius Garland
Jerami Grant
Draymond Green
Tyrese Haliburton
Tyler Herro
Buddy Hield
Al Horford
De'Andre Hunter
Jonathan Isaac
Jaren Jackson Jr.
Enes Kanter
TJ McConnell
Evan Mobley
Jusuf Nurkic
Victor Oladipo
Kelly Olynyk
Mason Plumlee
Jakob Poeltl
Kevin Porter Jr.
Kristaps Porzingis
Norman Powell
Terry Rozier
D'Angelo Russell
Dennis Schroder
Collin Sexton
Marcus Smart
Klay Thompson
Myles Turner
Kemba Walker
John Wall
PJ Washington
Coby White
Andrew Wiggins
Thaddeus Young

[NewEra]

may have pulled a NewEra and switched my team up a little before the season..

[bringbackhoffa]

Wow i would be disappointed with Ingram rating decreasing YOY however that is straight disrespect thrown at Booker.. and now am kind of worried at Morant did not see him getting 4 stars given his stats and comparable to other players but 2.5 stars seems low if they went that route

[NewEra]

Nice! As I expected

Just $45 for a 3.5 rated player in Fred VanVleet?

[SOUL]

Stars still aren't end all be all. I mean obviously higher is good but as long as your player is highly rated in the areas where you brought them in to flourish at.. it's all good.

[HerSports85]

Wow @ Booker and D Mitch being 3.5

[NewEra]

Wow i would be disappointed with Ingram rating decreasing YOY however that is straight disrespect thrown at Booker.. and now am kind of worried at Morant did not see him getting 4 stars given his stats and comparable to other players but 2.5 stars seems low if they went that route

Morant will absolutely get 4 stars.

[bringbackhoffa]

So from this most recent list prior to final release adjustments looks like the following players decreased YOY

Ayton (-1.0)
Booker (-1.0)
Collins (-1.5)
Drummond (-0.5)
Gobert (-0.5)
Ingram (-0.5)
Lowry (-0.5)
Mitchell (-0.5)
Murray (-0.5)
Siakam (-0.5)
Simmons (-1.5)

[DOT]

Wow @ Booker and D Mitch being 3.5

[bringbackhoffa]

Wow i would be disappointed with Ingram rating decreasing YOY however that is straight disrespect thrown at Booker.. and now am kind of worried at Morant did not see him getting 4 stars given his stats and comparable to other players but 2.5 stars seems low if they went that route

Morant will absolutely get 4 stars.

Not too sure man getting kind of worried, his comparables would be guys listed under 3 and 3.5, if he gets 4 stars it would kind of go against the metrics that I thought the SIM used as his player comparables were listed in 3.0 and 3.5 under my calculations

[HerSports85]

CP3 should be higher too

[NewEra]

Stars still aren't end all be all. I mean obviously higher is good but as long as your player is highly rated in the areas where you brought them in to flourish at.. it's all good.

Facts. This is what I’ve been trying to tell GMs. You can be a 2-star player with a 92 FGI, or even a 80 defensive rating and a 5-star player with a 70 FGI and 40 defensive rating. It’s all about strengths and combinations.

[NewEra]

Randle 4.5/5 stars incoming

[bringbackhoffa]

Randle 4.5 stars incoming

Possibly swaps with Ayton lol

[NewEra]

Wow i would be disappointed with Ingram rating decreasing YOY however that is straight disrespect thrown at Booker.. and now am kind of worried at Morant did not see him getting 4 stars given his stats and comparable to other players but 2.5 stars seems low if they went that route

Morant will absolutely get 4 stars.

Not too sure man getting kind of worried, his comparables would be guys listed under 3 and 3.5, if he gets 4 stars it would kind of go against the metrics that I thought the SIM used as his player comparables were listed in 3.0 and 3.5 under my calculations

Morant at 2.5 stars would call for protest. Simple. He’ll get 4, and you’ll like it!

[bringbackhoffa]

Morant will absolutely get 4 stars.

Not too sure man getting kind of worried, his comparables would be guys listed under 3 and 3.5, if he gets 4 stars it would kind of go against the metrics that I thought the SIM used as his player comparables were listed in 3.0 and 3.5 under my calculations

Morant at 2.5 stars would call for protest. Simple. He’ll get 4, and you’ll like it!

i think a lot of these 3.5 will be bumped prior to final release, i think Ingram was 3.5 and adjusted to 4.0 last year, there is no chance a player like Booker walks into the season with 3.5 stars

[NewEra]

Not too sure man getting kind of worried, his comparables would be guys listed under 3 and 3.5, if he gets 4 stars it would kind of go against the metrics that I thought the SIM used as his player comparables were listed in 3.0 and 3.5 under my calculations

Morant at 2.5 stars would call for protest. Simple. He’ll get 4, and you’ll like it!

i think a lot of these 3.5 will be bumped prior to final release, i think Ingram was 3.5 and adjusted to 4.0 last year, there is no chance a player like Booker walks into the season with 3.5 stars

Yea Booker needs that bump.

Westbrook has consistently kept a 5-star rating every year. While a guy like Curry has failed to achieve it (head scratcher). I wonder if that changes.

I also wonder who will be the surprise 4.5/5-star player this year? There’s always that one guy that shocks us all.

[bringbackhoffa]

Morant at 2.5 stars would call for protest. Simple. He’ll get 4, and you’ll like it!

i think a lot of these 3.5 will be bumped prior to final release, i think Ingram was 3.5 and adjusted to 4.0 last year, there is no chance a player like Booker walks into the season with 3.5 stars

Yea Booker needs that bump.

Westbrook has consistently kept a 5-star rating every year. While a guy like Curry has failed to achieve it (head scratcher). I wonder if that changes.

I also wonder who will be the surprise 4.5/5-star player this year? There’s always that one guy that shocks us all.

Well here are last years 4-5 star players

5 Stars (13)
Collins
Lebron
Kawhi
Tatum
Doncic
KAT
Harden
Simmons
Durant
Giannis
Westbrook
Trae
AD

4.5 stars (9)
Dame
Booker
Bam
Ayton
Steph
Whiteside
Beal
Sabonis
Irving

4.0 stars (14)
Embiid
Gobert
Murray
Mitchell
Butler
Ingram
Vuc
KP
Drummond
Lowry
Derozan
Siakam
Jokic
Fox

and we know there will be
5 stars- (7 players)
4.5 stars- (11 players)
4 stars- (10 players)

so this could be interesting, they are 28 open spots and 24 players remaining from last years list rated 4 stars or higher, I only see Whiteside being not included this year now so they are 5 open Spots

my guesses:
Morant or JV
Randle
Lavine
Zion
Paul George

Edit: I think JV or Morant gets screwed..

[SOUL]

Jaylen was 3.5 already

[NewEra]

i think a lot of these 3.5 will be bumped prior to final release, i think Ingram was 3.5 and adjusted to 4.0 last year, there is no chance a player like Booker walks into the season with 3.5 stars

Yea Booker needs that bump.

Westbrook has consistently kept a 5-star rating every year. While a guy like Curry has failed to achieve it (head scratcher). I wonder if that changes.

I also wonder who will be the surprise 4.5/5-star player this year? There’s always that one guy that shocks us all.

Well here are last years 4-5 star players

5 Stars (13)
Collins
Lebron
Kawhi
Tatum
Doncic
KAT
Harden
Simmons
Durant
Giannis
Westbrook
Trae
AD

4.5 stars (9)
Dame
Booker
Bam
Ayton
Steph
Whiteside
Beal
Sabonis
Irving

4.0 stars (14)
Embiid
Gobert
Murray
Mitchell
Butler
Ingram
Vuc
KP
Drummond
Lowry
Derozan
Siakam
Jokic
Fox

and we know there will be
5 stars- (7 players)
4.5 stars- (11 players)
4 stars- (10 players)

so this could be interesting, they are 28 open spots and 24 players remaining from last years list rated 4 stars or higher, I only see Whiteside being not included this year now so they are 5 open Spots

my guesses:
Morant
Randle
Lavine
Zion
Paul George

Edit: I think JV gets screwed..

Bish edited the list. There will be eight 5 star players.