Once again...

I'll put together some nonsensical rankings and use the site rankings or something and you all can do yours and we'll get the SportsNation poll for the first post of the season (NEXT WEEK WOOOHOOOO!!!).

I can tell you right now my top 3 are:

1) Shawn
2) Me
3) Basa

And that's based on the same formula I've used for the last 2 years lol

I have t done a thorough look but I got me and Ryan long as wessy stays healthy

Nothing spectacular per se...but safe with some upside

The rest doesn't impress me.

got tyus and luke tho.

luke might really do 1.2 in 20 this season. watch.

i dont think he plays 20 mpg, but 1.2 is on def on the table

I know I said that wrong. I don't care...I'm so happy

somehow i missed that in my roto feed.

Shawn, you got any update on cp3's shooulder bruise?

i was fumbling around with my phone tryna fix my queue in a parking lot.

he woulda came back in. Smh.

>
>I can tell you right now my top 3 are:
>
>1) Shawn
>2) Me
>3) Basa
>
>And that's based on the same formula I've used for the last 2
>years lol

start the clock

I know you nervous though...that game 1 L looming and all.

It's cool. I'm just trying to get on your level champ.

I feel like the 2003 Cubs. Could have did it before everyone (Red Sox, Cards, White Sox) but blew it. DSTL played one season like he was a Russian bot planted to sabotage my #3. Then greasy a** LABeat slid in, stole it, cashed out and checked out. Disgraceful blip he was.

But yeah, I'm coming. No worries.

WCS
Beasley
Capela
Monroe


Guys I really wanted that I got
Rondo (or so I thought)
Randle
Dedmon(we'll see)
Portis (we'll see)

Guys that I drafted that I didn't really want
Zach Randolph

I wanted Portis I thought hed drop to my last picks

I probably would've tried to get both, but that would've been unlikely.

the other's minutes gonna be hella sporadic.

They'll all be around 1.35+ when they play they lol

Went one pick before me. Surprised he lasted that long tbh. Also was hoping John Collins wasnt on anyone elses radar, shoulda pulled the trigger when I made that Sessions pick.

Ben Simmons - Theo was on him EARLY
Dennis Smith - Wanted Batum before him though.
Willy Hernangomez or Dedmon...thanks Cenario!
Dion Waiters - his new fascination with passing has made him a pleasant surprise in this. He balled out for me last year until he got hurt.
ZaZa - Completely forgot about him though. He's who I should have instead of Dirk.
Milos Teodosic - Theo makes me sick how often he does this to me. lol
John Collins - This is who I should have instead of Noah. Had I been smarter and gotten Zaza, I would have done this likely.

Those are my two biggest mistakes in this draft.

>Guys I really wanted that I got
Donovan Mitchell
Kyle Kuzma
Malcolm Brogdon

>Guys that I drafted that I didn't really want
Noah
Dirk

Ugh...I think they are gonna either surprise me with 65-70 games of 15-25 mpg high efficiency or completely suck and force me to the waiver for support. I'd bank on the latter but we'll see. Dirk looked washed in his last preseason game. Like his feet were anchored by 200lbs ankle weights. Made him look like a confused old man in a pick up game at the Y with 18-20 yr olds. SMH.

>WCS
>Beasley
>Capela
>Monroe
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>
>Guys I really wanted that I got
>Rondo (or so I thought)
>Randle
>Dedmon(we'll see)
>Portis (we'll see)
>
>Guys that I drafted that I didn't really want
>Zach Randolph
>



Its funny cause this year theres a bunch of rookie pgs to speculate on from ball down top milos. But theres something about each of them that didnt make sense for me.

Im high on the nets and DLO and Lin in real life, but I think theyre going to split a lot of their stats--especially assists. The good thing is neither will play more than 30 mpg though.


getting Russy really allowed me to focus on my bigs early. I went for high FPPM with flexibility where I could.

I wanted Gobert at C but im okay with getting Embiid 17 picks later

I was going to take the following with my next pick if they were still available:

George
Melo
Russell
Saric

Had a tough time deciding between KD, Lebron, and AD but figured I’m good either way.

Was happy to get the following when I got them:
Waiters
Zaza
Noel

May have reached but liked the potential upside:
Myles
Ingram

Not sure how to feel on Klay. Picked him in round 6, but seems like he’s not all that valuable in this format.

Hard to find guards that did anything last year in this format in the second half of the draft. I wanted to grab MCW with my 13th pick but he was already taken.

I avoided all rookies thinking that they’re typically not very efficient.

>Not sure how to feel on Klay. Picked him in round 6, but seems like he’s not all that valuable in this format.

Hard to find guards that did anything last year in this format in the second half of the draft. I wanted to grab MCW with my 13th pick but he was already taken.

I avoided all rookies thinking that they’re typically not very efficient.

there were other guards to go with there other than Klay.


Just looking at the guards who went next...LAmb and Brogdon are better. Oladipo has higher upside.

>>Not sure how to feel on Klay. Picked him in round 6, but
>seems like he’s not all that valuable in this format.
>
>Hard to find guards that did anything last year in this format
>in the second half of the draft. I wanted to grab MCW with my
>13th pick but he was already taken.
>
>I avoided all rookies thinking that they’re typically not
>very efficient.
>
>there were other guards to go with there other than Klay.
>
>
>Just looking at the guards who went next...LAmb and Brogdon
>are better. Oladipo has higher upside.

Yeah, I mean.....that’s the biggest instance where I couldn’t get past the standard fantasy league thinking, or the fact that Klay is an all star and Lamb struggles to get on the court for long stretches every season. I saw the 0.96 in a lot of minutes....and still picked him. I imagine he’s the put up a 1.6 when he’s hot and a 0.4 when he’s not type too.

he's alot of points but not too much of the other stuff.

I wanted Willy H or WCS...

That is all I know so far. Did not really do any prep or watch much rookie action this summer.

I drafted like a lunatic this year. This might be my worst team ever.

this came together too late to do as much research as i would have

Thought I could have waited one more pick on IT, Lou Willz (whom I had queued up ahead of DF) and a couple other guards. But I'm happy with a first rotation of Corny-Ass Dwight, Adams, Tristan, Millsap, Melo, Harden, Ariza and Goomba. And I got that Talisman Thabo back in the ro.

the draft being live threw me, as you saw lol

posting from the mechanic messed me up...seeing my contingency empty out at the same time my mechanic told me both front and back brakes were done was devastating.

Guess we won't need a SportsNation post this year

Smh.

Nobody else doing rankings or draft recap hot takes?

Have the mighty fallen?

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Rankings Methodology:
Avg based on last season's numbers + rookie potential + rookie risk + injury risk + injuries + new situations (+/-)

1) Ghostown DJ's (Shawn) - Has a lot of high efficient guys plus Russ, who will take a step back but will still do numbers. The potential on the roster is amazing (Embiid, RJax AND his backup, Ulis, Lance and LeVert). Only major concerns are that only a hand full of his guys are guaranteed to start and Embiid being healthy.

2) Chicago-East St. Louis (ChiESL) Markrakanens (Commish) - Would be #1 if I didn't make 2 key mistakes which I've already detailed. But the team as is has explosion (Cuz and Jordan), high efficiency, depth, flexibility and the 2nd best ace in the hole in Batum (who's injury status was upgraded from 8-12 weeks to 6-8 weeks). Injuries are a slight concern (Noah, Dirk, Wright), and some slippage concerns (Teague) but the potential of Rozier, Brogdon, Mitchell and Russell balance it out.

3) Washington DC Brunchers (Basa) - Giannis at #1 was keen. He might play with a chip on his shoulder given his dad passed during preseason as well. Rest of the roster is packed with good efficiency, even if heavy on the Duke homerism (4 players).

4) Chino Hills Big Ballers (Ryan) - Gobert, Curry and Kemba is a solid core. The rest of the roster is hit or miss on potential this year (old, rooks, new situations). Still a top team with moderate supplemental production though.

5) Waiters Isle Rappity Raps (Rook-DJR) - Damn rook built a solid team with good depth and nice potential (Ingram, Murray). He'll find a way to ruin it though.

6) Skid Row SoulHonky (Rook-cgonz00cc) - Still hasn't changed his team name Smh. Top 4 could compete with anybody (Draymond, Drummond, DeRozan, Schroeder) and good potential (Skal, Harris) but he's a rookie. He'll blow it.

7) Englewood GunViolence (Rook-DVS)- Davis, George, Bledsoe, Aldridge, McCollum. Nice...if Bledsoe plays more than 65 games, Aldridge doesn't continue to look like he's in rapid decline and the bench doesn't need to be as consistent. Some potential here but again...rookie.

Yup...all 3 rookies in the top 8 suckas.

8) Coney Island Bad Boys VIII (Deputy Commish) - Thon Maker, Ju Randle and Rondo will make or break this team. CP3 probably won't carry it as much as he's carried wobbly teams in the past. Might be some struggles out the gate as well.

9) Restown Smerf City Slamz (Smerf) - Whiteside, Leonard, Lin and Hayward are solid. Barton has good potential. Outside of that, bench is a bit questionable.

10) Northeast DC Trade Guerillas (Magilla) - Dwight, Milsap, Melo and Harden...4 guys with new situations (Harden having CP3 handle the ball more). Could be great and solid as a core. Could take a step back production wise. Also the bench is basically trash. Casualty of getting skipped in the draft I suppose.

11) ex. Detroit ex. Pistons (Ceej) - G Core is super solid, Good C in Vucevic, F's are eeeeeeeeeeehhh and C depth is dangerously thin.

12) Tribeca HiBrows (Ernie) - Defending and 3x champ's team is probably a C away from real contention. Has some good high Fppm potential but might not field enough depth to put up consistent higher end numbers. DSJ + his other two lead guards might prove to be very nasty though.

13) Oakland Cardpullers (Mr. Hood) - Hood got some good anchors (Bron, Gasol, Lowry) then just misplaced his strategy and went for names over production. Beal, Wiggins and Devin Booker need to take drastic leaps to justify their drafting and Tatum needs to be high Fppg, moderate production to save this team from an up and down season (more down than up).

14) Stanley Forms a Wall (Boogs) - Boogs said this was his worst draft ever and he's probably right. Ball and Fultz need to be stat hounds and minimize TO's for him to have any punchers chance. Lot to ask of two rookie PG's.

15) L.A. Major Keys (RBO) - RBO OD'd on rookies and Kentucky players. 5 of his 12 man roster has never played an NBA regular season game. LOTS of risk. Good risk in most cases but hard to stomach. His top 3 (KAT, Rubio and Jrue) aren't solid enough to absorb that risk.

16) Theodelphia Theventy-Thixers (Theo) - To be fair, this isn't the worst team in the league. It's just the team with the worst starting point. IT is the best ace in the hole on the board and when he returns, it'll be a boon. But...Milos, Jackson and Simmons are high potential rooks. I full expect theo to rise but right now, team put up 239 last year sans IT. Those rooks better be GOOOOD.

lol

All of my rookie risks are calculated.

By the end of Nov we’ll be cooking.

Last 4 years below

2013 - http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2245939&mesg_id=2245939&listing_type=search#2247054
Actual finish: 22-40, #15

2014 - http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2380019&mesg_id=2380019&listing_type=search#2380592
Actual finish: 11-51, #16

2015 - http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2486394&mesg_id=2486394&listing_type=search#2486749
Actual finish: 23-35, #13

2016 - http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2570799&mesg_id=2570799&listing_type=search#2570908
Actual finish: 26-32, #12

but ain't no moral victories here. Don't mean a thing with out that ring (c) The Chicago Bulls

I think my Rookie year I might have been lower. Made the playoffs every year. Just need to keep improving. This year conference finals or bust.

You should really stop ranking yourself top 3 every year, its getting sad.

If DSJ is legit, and even does say 1.1 my guards will be hard to fuck with. Add a few more minutes for FREEBOBAN, continued improvement from WCS who ended the year on tear last season, a healthy Favors and Im set at center. Blake running the offense might move him towards 1.5. And most importantly, I'll be wasting no minutes with Middleton and Covington protecting the bottom of the lineup. You'll likely waste 10 F minutes on opening night though.

Assuming Blake and Boban increase a lil, we have to also assume a few guys will slip (Nene, Ibaka and Covington are ripe given age for the first two and new pieces in philly). WCS has potential, I'll give you that but I'm not putting a ton of stock into 5 games or so. Over the last 20 games he was 1.2. I think that's doable. Fox, Jackson, Heild Skal, Randolph and Hill all gonna eat into his opportunities.

>You should really stop ranking yourself top 3 every year, its
>getting sad.

It's what the system says based on the prior years numbers. *Shrug* I ain't putting a gang of effort into this.

>If DSJ is legit, and even does say 1.1 my guards will be hard
>to fuck with.

I agree.

Add a few more minutes for FREEBOBAN, continued
>improvement from WCS who ended the year on tear last season, a
>healthy Favors and Im set at center. Blake running the offense
>might move him towards 1.5. And most importantly, I'll be
>wasting no minutes with Middleton and Covington protecting the
>bottom of the lineup. You'll likely waste 10 F minutes on
>opening night though.

You do realize Blake gets hurt EVERY year right?

Then started again. If I cared about last years numbers, I wouldn't have drafted Favors.

>Assuming Blake and Boban increase a lil, we have to also
>assume a few guys will slip (Nene, Ibaka and Covington are
>ripe given age for the first two and new pieces in philly).

Spoken like a Dirk owner. And Ibaka already slipped, although his Toronto numbers were way better than his Orlando numbers. A full off season, and maybe he continues that. But I'll take 1.1 in 30 minutes. Not sure how new pieces will prevent Covington from getting two steals a game. But again, he's protection, not a cog.

>WCS has potential, I'll give you that but I'm not putting a
>ton of stock into 5 games or so. Over the last 20 games he
>was 1.2. I think that's doable. Fox, Jackson, Heild Skal,
>Randolph and Hill all gonna eat into his opportunities.

lol. This is just silly. He was the 6th pick based on boards, blocks and steals. His opportunity isnt changing.
>
>
>
>Add a few more minutes for FREEBOBAN, continued
>>improvement from WCS who ended the year on tear last season,
>a
>>healthy Favors and Im set at center. Blake running the
>offense
>>might move him towards 1.5. And most importantly, I'll be
>>wasting no minutes with Middleton and Covington protecting
>the
>>bottom of the lineup. You'll likely waste 10 F minutes on
>>opening night though.
>
>You do realize Blake gets hurt EVERY year right?

You do realize Brow gets hurt EVERY year, right?

>Spoken like a Dirk owner. And Ibaka already slipped, although
>his Toronto numbers were way better than his Orlando numbers.
>A full off season, and maybe he continues that. But I'll take
>1.1 in 30 minutes. Not sure how new pieces will prevent
>Covington from getting two steals a game. But again, he's
>protection, not a cog.

Cool.

>lol. This is just silly. He was the 6th pick based on boards,
>blocks and steals. His opportunity isnt changing.

What type of funny-style rationale is this? 4.5 boards, 0.6 blks, 0.7stls? That made him the 6th pick? Or are you basing it off of the last 20 games of the season when they were pretty much just tanking? See, new circumstances don't lend to what you're talking about. Dude barely played 18 mins a game last year (his mpg actually declined last year vs his first year, even with the uptick after Cuz was traded). He's gonna get burn but I don't think his production will be 6th pick good.

But hey, you have won this thing 3 times...so if you're right, you're right. *shrug*

>You do realize Brow gets hurt EVERY year, right?

Yeah but Brow>>>>Blake and we are talking about your squad, not the rookies.

>
>>lol. This is just silly. He was the 6th pick based on
>boards,
>>blocks and steals. His opportunity isnt changing.
>
>What type of funny-style rationale is this? 4.5 boards, 0.6
>blks, 0.7stls? That made him the 6th pick?


Shouldn't have to explain this at all. He was drafted, based on his skill set BEFORE the draft. Which is boards, blocks and steals. Which translates well to our format. You new?


Or are you basing
>it off of the last 20 games of the season when they were
>pretty much just tanking?

Pretty sure the Kings are always tanking.

See, new circumstances don't lend
>to what you're talking about. Dude barely played 18 mins a
>game last year (his mpg actually declined last year vs his
>first year, even with the uptick after Cuz was traded). He's
>gonna get burn but I don't think his production will be 6th
>pick good.

You missed the point with the 6th pick thing. But yea, 30 minutes per after Cuz trade. Think he's a big part of their plans. Noone will be shocked at 1.25 in 28 minutes a game.

>
>But hey, you have won this thing 3 times...so if you're right,
>you're right. *shrug*

Base.

>
>>You do realize Brow gets hurt EVERY year, right?
>
>Yeah but Brow>>>>Blake and we are talking about your squad,
>not the rookies.

I'm talking about players being "injury prone" til they're not. And not drafting scared based on the past.

actually you know what...nvm

SPEAK LOUDLY AND WRONGLY. Its the Survivor way.

but i dont necessarily want to talk about my sleepers sooooo.....

BTW we were doing company-wide meetings offsite and I was drafting at the same time so no fucking excuse for these skipped pick ass dummies.

>BTW we were doing company-wide meetings offsite and I was
>drafting at the same time so no fucking excuse for MAGILLA AND RBO.

lol say what you mean. No Sneak dissin'

I conducted a phone interview and had a 1hr IT review during the live draft. I have no empathy.

and didn't run into a fountain. Eff y'alls.

And a quick GN search didn't say he was retired/looking for a team.

When you have a 30 swcond window to catch up on picks, these things happen.

Whatever. Traded Deron for Thabo so I'm good money.

I’m usually a reception only guy unless it’s family, so it’s justifiable IMO. At least I was there.

By the way...

6.

Cuz on nights Embiid takes off, Quicny Acy will be his No. 2 F.

If Embiid gets 55-65 games, I think Shawn will be ok.

But he has 4 players I wouldnt even consider rostering if I had two more spots. Doesnt scream top dog to me.

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Paid so far:
-Ryan
-Mr. Hood
-Magilla
-DVS
-Basa
-Ceej
-Ceej's alter ego (Ernie)

Missing:
-Deputy Commish
-Theo
-Boogs
-Shawn (if you're paying)
-cgonz00cc
-DJR
-Smerf
-RBO

I got the "the rest of y'all only deserve one bar" treatment in your 'rankings'.

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your squad has a good core. You'll probably need to tweak the bench as you go though.

The issue is, you're a rookie and rookie's tend to lose about 3-5 games just off of bad lineups, not knowing how to assess talent for the format (this ain't cbs, espn or yahoo) and general lack of pressedness (or rather, tap-out-itis).

Some get lucky and actually draft well, win a fair amount of games and then get fat and happy, never tweak and lose due to it.

We've had ONE rookie champ in 12 yrs.

If most of the seasoned guys had your roster, they'd have a shot at winning...but you? As a rookie?

That's like giving a teenager a their first car and not expecting at least a few dings on it that first year.

we'll see.

I'm the son of a degreed mathematician.

we'll see.

its all love and jokes. I just cant' wait until the season starts so I can ACTUALLY see what I'm working with.

D

>I'm the son of a degreed mathematician.

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once again...it's all fun and games but if you come for the king....you beddnotmiss

You'll be saying "ah, well, ah, well, ah, well" to explain your low scores

Gonna be dancing past a losing record

Gonna be all shook up by your losses

Gonna be shooting out your monitor on a daily basis

And in the end, your season is going to go straight down the toilet.

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