Here is a quick list of what you need in your writeup.
1. Specific years for each player on your team 2. Rotations and minutes for each player 3. Reasoning as to why your team will win and/or why people should vote for you.
Do not vote in this thread until both managers have submitted their writeups. Once the writeups are posted, I will add a poll, and the team with the most votes after 24 hours will advance. EACH MANAGER SHOULD ALSO VOTE FOR THEIR OWN TEAM IN THE POLL - IF YOU FAIL TO DO THIS, YOU ARE SIMPLY GIVING AWAY A VOTE. If the votes are tied, we will decide the matchup via AI vote.
You are not required to state or explain your vote, but you are free to comment in the thread if you want to.
If writeups aren't posted within 24 hours, we will vote solely based on the players they have drafted (and any rotations they have posted on their roster page).
20.6 ppg, 13.8 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.0 spg, 2.9 bpg, .572 FG%, .594 FT%, .600 TS% - Led the NBA in bpg, DWS (7.6) - Defensive Player of the Year - NBA All-Star - All-NBA First Team - All-Defensive First Team
PF - Rashard Lewis (2008-09)
Spoiler:
17.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.6 bpg, .439 FG%, .397 3P%, .836 FT%, 220 3P (2.8 pg), .580 TS% - Led the NBA in 3P - NBA All-Star
SF - Danny Granger (2008-09)
Spoiler:
25.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.0 spg, 1.4 bpg, .447 FG%, .404 3P%, .878 FT%, 182 3P (2.7 pg), .584 TS% - NBA All-Star - Most Improved Player
Rotations C - Howard (38), Noah (10) PF - Lewis (38), Granger (6), Noah (4) SF - Granger (32), Elie (12), Bell (4) SG - Bell (33), Hinrich (15) PG - Paul (40), Hinrich (8)
FGA Per Player
Spoiler:
Chris Paul - 16.1 Dwight Howard - 12.4 Rashard Lewis - 13.8 Raja Bell - 10.0 Danny Granger - 19.1 Kirk Hinrich - 8.2 Mario Elie - 3.6 Joakim Noah - 4.7
Total: 87.9/88.0
This superstar pairing should mesh extremely well, with a pick-and-roll maestro in CP3 feeding a devastating roll man and lob catcher in Dwight (before he started to chafe at those roles later on in his career). Our floor spacing is impeccable with Granger, Lewis, and Bell (plus Hinrich off the bench) all bombing threes at high volume and accuracy. Both forwards provide a combination of size, shooting ability, and on-ball creation that opposing frontcourts will be challenged to contain. Defensively, Dwight is the anchor while CP3 is a menace at the point of attack. Bell, Hinrich, and Elie can lock in on varied perimeter threats. Young Noah is already creating havoc at that end. Granger is underrated, especially as a supplementary rim protector at the combo forward spot (1.4 bpg).
Matchup - Defensive assignments are straight up. CP3/Bell/Hinrich is a nice tandem to throw at Jimmy's backcourt creators. Lewis should with the Magic that he could hold his own against opposing 4s, and he has Dwight as a backstop at the rim. - We feel like we can go at Camby here; he isn't keen on leaving the paint on pick-and-rolls (which is quite problematic against CP3), and is also giving up a lot of size and strength against Dwight in the post. Also, we have the floor so well spaced that it will be hard to send help from anywhere else. - Stockton was obviously a great defender over the course of his career, but I think asking the 37-year-old version to stay in front of CP3 at his athletic peak is a bridge too far.
with Stockton orchestrating, Manu creating in crunch time, and Webber’s inside-out game pulling Dwight away from the rim, I can dictate tempo and force Fade’s squad into uncomfortable half-court sets. Battier’s discipline on Granger plus Camby’s rim protection can make Fade’s offense overly reliant on Paul, and if Manu swings a couple games late with his playmaking magic, my balanced, high-IQ approach could tilt the series in my favor. Paul and Dwight is a powerful duo, but outside of Paul, there is little shot creation ability among Fade's starters.
Good luck Fade.
PG: John Stockton (34) / Nick Van Exel (14) SG: Manu Ginobili (36) / Nick Van Exel (12) SF: Shane Battier (36) / Cliff Robinson (12) PF: Chris Webber (36) / Cliff Robinson (12) C: Marcus Camby (30) / Cliff Robinson (10) / Erick Dampier (8)
1.13: Manu Ginobili (2005) - 10.5 2.1: Shane Battier (2009) - 5.9 3.1: John Stockton (2000) - 8.8 4.13: Clifford Robinson (2000) - 14.3 5.1: Marcus Camby (2007) - 9.4 6.13: Chris Webber (2001) - 23 4 7.1: Nick Van Exel (2003) - 11.4 8.13: Erick Dampier (2008) - 3.8
87.5/88
a slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown, and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting
