Opening Day Pairs Draft - Discussion

[durantbird]

Well I rushed to make a pick while trying to get back to work and forgot I had Draymond when I made the OG/Tatum pick. Small ball with Green at C I suppose


Thought about Shaq/Ant with my first too but have had Shaq a couple times recently so went with Kobe

MadNess recently had success with Kobe Draymond team and Kobe as PG

[Laimbeer]

Well I rushed to make a pick while trying to get back to work and forgot I had Draymond when I made the OG/Tatum pick. Small ball with Green at C I suppose


Thought about Shaq/Ant with my first too but have had Shaq a couple times recently so went with Kobe

With Draymond and Kobe, I think you have enough playmaking without a point guard. Just a thought

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[Snakebites]

Keep the current system, but then the championship we go back to the old system?

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Price prevented me from going Shaq/Ant.

If I was assured a 16.8 FGA MVP to pair them with like LR was I would have gone for it. But I knew it was likely that both KD and Steph would be gone by the time I picked second.

And Shaq/Ant was too expensive to pair with any of the other round 2 pairs I particularly liked, including the one I picked. We'll see what I can get in round 3.

[Larry_Russell]

Keep the current system, but then the championship we go back to the old system?

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Price prevented me from going Shaq/Ant.

If I was assured a 16.8 FGA MVP to pair them with like LR was I would have gone for it. But I knew it was likely that both KD and Steph would be gone by the time I picked second.

And Shaq/Ant was too expensive to pair with any of the other round 2 pairs I particularly liked, including the one I picked. We'll see what I can get in round 3.

It worked out well for at the end with steph still there as well

[Snakebites]

Keep the current system, but then the championship we go back to the old system?

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Price prevented me from going Shaq/Ant.

If I was assured a 16.8 FGA MVP to pair them with like LR was I would have gone for it. But I knew it was likely that both KD and Steph would be gone by the time I picked second.

And Shaq/Ant was too expensive to pair with any of the other round 2 pairs I particularly liked, including the one I picked. We'll see what I can get in round 3.

It worked out well for at the end with steph still there as well

Yeah I was sorta hoping Jon would go for Steph. That would have left you without an ideal pair. You'd still be in a fine position, but not an OP one.

I even considered taking Shaq without ANT.

[MadNESS]

Ok

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[Dr Positivity]

Ahh I wanted Battier

[Dr Positivity]

Tricky draft, I think cheap guards like Magic and Paul will go a long way for those teams.

[Snakebites]

CP3 became a more attractive pick when PG13 became available to pair with him.

I definitely agonized over my first pick. My second pick was (relatively) easy by comparision. There were some great players available but I liked the duo of CP3/PG.

[durantbird]

Sent Laimbeer a list

[Larry_Russell]

I’m in

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[Larry_Russell]

Was a bitbworried I wouldnt get a switchable defensive 3pt shooter at forward

Posey, for available options, was a great get

[Jon_3232]

These drafts where ya pick 2 guys at once can really go off the rails in a hurry I don’t know what I’m doing in this one after I made that Tatum/OG pick haha

[Snakebites]

In

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[MadNESS]

Ok

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[Snakebites]

Yeah, I knew I was only getting one of Ray or Horford…

[Laimbeer]

Sorry folks we have had a family situation come up and I'm going to have to drop.

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[Larry_Russell]

I can take over drafting Laimbeers team

Is that cool with everyone?

[durantbird]

I can take over drafting Laimbeers team

Is that cool with everyone?

Problem is, who will be responsible on writing his matchup explanations and such? I don't see a problem with helping him finish his team, but I do see a problem with one player responsible to write the write-ups for two teams. And if Laimbeer isn't available for that, I prefer we just keep his team unfinished

I say, let's skip him for now, and we can discuss this until the end of the draft, worst case - complete his team after everyone else is finished. But for me, the initial response is no point in doing this unless a tenth drafter wants to do it. Will wait for more opinions, but let's move on for now with other drafters

[durantbird]

I'll join if still relevant

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