Billups Carter Draft - R2 - Snakebites vs lilroddyb*

[durantbird]

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. Please ensure you give a rationale for your vote; votes with no explanation will not be counted.

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).

**First to 3 votes advances.**

[lilroddyb]

C: Dwight Howard 38 min / Karl Anthony Towns 10 min
Pf: Karl Anthony Towns 28 min / Maxi Kleber 20 min
Sf: Andre Iguodala 28 min / Jonathan Isaac 20 min
Sg: Tracy McGrady 38 min / Andre Igoudala 10 min
Pg: Kyle Lowry 38 min / Tyus Jones 10 min

03 Tracy McGrady 24.2
10 Dwight Howard 10.2
18 Kyle Lowry 12.1
24 Karl Anthony Towns 15.3
24 Jonathan Isaac 4.9
13 Andre Iguodala 11
21 Maxi Kleber 5.5
18 Tyus Jones 4


tfga: 87.2

Offense
we have good spacing around Dwight Howard overall. Kyle Lowry has proven to work well with other ball dominant players like Derozan and Kawhi so I think he will work well with TMac.

Defense
I think all of my guys are good at defence outside of TMac but I think he is capable of playing good defense if he doesn't need to do everything on offense.

defensive matchup

Dwight on Porzingis
Towns/ Jonathan Isaac on Dirk t
TMac on Pippen
Iggy on Devin Booker
Kyle Lowry on KCP

overall

Snake build a good team and he got really good spacing overall so it will be hard to guard but all of my guys are good defenders ( TMac maybe not ) and really mobile that can guard multiple positions.

I think my defense is better with the best defender Dwight while Booker and Dirk aren't that good imo.

I think Dwight is a bad matchup for Porzingis. He is really physical player and I think he will get his way with Porzingis

best of luck Snake

[Snakebites]

PG: Mike Conley Jr 23-24 8.5 FGA
SG: Devin Booker 23-24 19.2 FGA
SF: Scottie Pippen 99-00 10.5 FGA
PF: Dirk Nowitzki 10-11 16.2 FGA
C: Kristaps Porzingis 23-24 13.2 FGA

B: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 23-24 7.7 FGA
B: Dorian Finney-Smith 19-20 7.4 FGA
B: Robert Williams 20-21 5.0 FGA

Total: 87.7 FGA/88

Rotation:

Conley (34)/Booker (14)
Booker (24)/KCP (24)
Pippen (35)/Finney-Smith (13)
Nowitzki (39)/Finney-Smith (9)
Porzingis (35)/Williams (13)

Alrighty, lets do this. I don't have a great deal of time tonight, so I'll just point out a few things.

1) This version of Pippen was still an elite defender and should be a good cover for TMAC.
2) Dwight Howard does his best work close to the paint, and my front court is designed to open the floor wide. Dwight will be well out of his element here and that also cuts into their potential rebounding advantage.
3) KAT has improved defensively but is still overmatched by Dirk
4) Booker can hide on Iggy, who is an unreliable shooter who fills a similar role to Pippen, but not quite as effectively
5) I prefer my bench.

Overall, my team should wield a pretty powerful offense here. I've got balanced playmaking from all 1-4 positions and a team with a pair of stretch bigs that should prove extremely difficult to guard. My balanced offensive attack makes it extremely difficult to play off of anyone, and these versions of Porzingis and Conley are terrific spot up shooters to complement Booker and Dirk. Dirk can create his own shot but also has multiple good playmakers to set him up.

[Fadeaway_J]

Even with Dwight's athleticism and KAT's improvement, I'm not sure two bigs can adequately deal with the shooting threat posed by Dirk and Porzingis. I prefer Snake's depth pieces as well.

Vote: Snakebites

[durantbird]

We have yet to see Porzingis playing reliable offense in a playoff setting. I think Dirk Towns matchup is damaging for both sides - although Towns has improved defensively. Overall I prefer Roddy's top guys a bit more, and combining all those factors:

Vote Roddy

[wackbone]

I really like both teams, but roddy's team in particular just seems extremely well constructed. Snake might have the better matchup in some areas, but Lowry-TMac-Iggy-KAT-Dwight is so solid all the way around. Certainly would want a *bit* more spacing though.

It's one of those weird matchups where Snake has several advantages over roddy but I still feel compelled to vote against him.

Vote: roddy

[Dr Positivity]

I don't like the frontcourt matchup for roddy in this series and I see the Dirk and shooters model as better for offensive flaw than Tmac, Towns and Dwight. Vote Snakebites.

[durantbird]

[Larry_Russell]

Spacing is becoming overrated in these drafts.

I think Roddy's team is crazy talented.

Got a DPOY vertical spacer rim runner in Howard.
KAT spreading the floor
TMac being jordan esque 3 level scoring
Lowry spacing and setting up Howard
Iggy being a DPOY threat, playmaker in the pippen type of role

Roddy wins easily, imo.

[durantbird]

lilroddyb advances

[Snakebites]

You know you’re losing interest when you’re actually relieved to be eliminated.

GG Roddy. I felt I had a solid team but it wasn’t one I saw going the distance.

Pulling away from these for a bit.

[lilroddyb]

You know you’re losing interest when you’re actually relieved to be eliminated.

GG Roddy. I felt I had a solid team but it wasn’t one I saw going the distance.

Pulling away from these for a bit.

GG Snake, Happy to get past good Dirk team

I feel like it's good to take brake from these games from time to time