Lionlifer (1) vs. Han Solo (8) http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1450295
Warspite (4) vs. Timmaytime (5) http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1450471
Snakebites (2) vs. RexRyan (7) http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1450475
Pharaoh (3) vs. Laimbeer (6) http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1450477
Participants should plan on posting a run down on their teams and how they'd defeat their opponent (maximum 500 words) at the outset of each game thread. It's also advisable to include a depth chart and possibly minutes distribution. Here's a partial example..
PG: Mike Conley Jr. (37)/ Josh Richardson (11)
SG: Kobe Bryant (36)/ Josh Richardson (6)/Trevor Ariza (6)
SF: Shane Battier (28)/ Trevor Ariza (20)
PF: Chris Bosh (33)/ PJ Brown (10)/ Shane Battier (5)
C: Marc Gasol (33)/ PJ Brown (15)
I would like to start by reminding everyone of my team's defensive prowess. In the last round, against Jory's great defensive team, there was the feeling of a very narrow victory for Timmaytime ("Timmaytime in 7", "tough decision", and "back and forth" were all used to describe that series), and I got the sense that Timmaytime got the win because Jory's team only just couldn't muster up enough offense. I feel that my team is just as good as Jory's defensively across the board, and that we do have enough offense, the foundation of which is the best scorer in this series (Kobe Bryant)...
No voting or comments in the matchup threads before both participants have posted their initial run down.
As a compromise to the ideas raised in the discussion thread, the six other participants will serve as judges. In the case of a tie, I am arranging for someone to serve as the tie breaker(I've contacted them, please don't go looking for someone.) I'd like to wait for a matchup to conclude before launching another, but we'll see how the pace goes. (Happy to report theBigLip has agreed to be our tiebreaker).
Our first matchup is live, Lionlifer and Han Solo.
