RedN- Better starting 5, weak bench though. close match up, RedN gets the Nod though Tizzle- Better overall defense without sacrifice of Offense. Good floor spacing between bigs. Sydeffect with the better bench, but overall Tizzle gets the nod. Fallen- LeBron In all seriousness though, this matchup is a shootout of top SFs. JMC Bench PG is Monta Ellis, this will ultimately lead to BLACK HOLE LOSS. Donatas- Even though he has Matt Barnes and AK47 (EWWW GROSS) on his roster, It's tough to say his team isnt well put together. RedRocket has a good roster as well, but TD>>Hibbert, Horford=Ibaka, AK47<<Pierce, Deng>>Green, and D Will<TP. Bench is almost equal with ups and downs on each to cancel each other out. Overall Donatas gets nod.
He's a boss! But to be fair, David West has as much of a claim this year. Which means that probably neither should be there...
my picks Spooner. I think Spooner just matches up with RedNation very well here. Rondo on Kyrie. Parsons on Gallinari. Noah on ZBO and Big Al gets hidden vs. Omer Asik. The weak spot is Afflalo on Manu, but even Afflalo is at least average and sometimes very good. On the other end, Spooner doesn't have as many go-to scorers but he still has several solid scorers and great ball movement. Also, Ilyasova will be hard to defend for RedNation (will probably have to go small with Gallo at 4). Same with Jamaal Crawford (since Manu can't play for 48 minutes and defend both him and Afflalo). So overall, I think RedNation's offense runs into a very good D here and a bad matchup, while Spooner's offense should work well enough. Yung-T / Syde - I'll pass on this.. Talk about even. Very similar talent level and I like both teams. Yung-T has better D, Sydeffect better O. Both teams have solid defenders on opponent's best scorers (Matthews/Barnes on Wade, Gortat on Brook, Batum/Webster on Melo, Taj on Lee). Syde's defenders aren't at the level of Yung-T's but then again, he has more offensive talent. I think this is one of those series like Clippers - Grizzlies last year that can go any way. Fallen. Fallen has better D and starting lineup, Jmc has more depth and probably the better offense (once you account for bench). I think Fallen has a bit more talent overall, though.
Results so far (finished counting at 5): 1. RedNation vs. Spooner 5-0 2. Sydeffect vs. Yung-T 2-3 3. Fallen vs. Jmc 4-0 4. rr14 vs. Donatas 1-3
would a lineup of lillard allen durant sanders monroe been better judged? shoulda trade cousins for damian damnnnn
hard to say. Fallen just has a nuts team. It's hard to beat LeBron's team when the 4th best player on it is Nash.
LCAhmed has randomized both rounds so far so i assume the next one will be randomized too. So if you really aren't voting because it's your next opponent, vote You could be facing Fallen or rr14/me.
yeah. on some occasions in the past, everything was randomized up front so everyone knew his possible opponents in every round. I think thats' why Rednation thought the 1st pair will meet the 2nd pair in the next round. But i like randomizing more as well. less predictability, no one knows his opponents.
1. RedNation vs. Spooner 5-0 2. Sydeffect vs. Yung-T 2.49-3.51 3. Fallen vs. Jmc 5-0 4. rr14 vs. Donatas 2-4
Just curious maloe, what do you think is wrong with the spacing? Parker is my penetrators who is scoring at 53%, Green is my shooter at 42% from 3, Pierce as my 2nd Option who can create for himself and shoots at 41% and 35%, ibaka who shoots mid range shots at 55%, and Hibbert who is struggling right now, but is able to score in close. The key for me is parkers penetration will create open shots for the other guys who can shoot and shoot well. Also thought Thomas was a good pickup for my team because I thought he'd be a good person to learn from Parker since I think they both rely on their ability to penetrate. Marion defense, Carter in a shooting role, koufus for rebounding and put back. I'll vote in a min.
Btw, if it's any incentive. If i lose my matchup, DMo will never get any playing time for the rockets.
Spooner(don't think I can vote for myself) Can't decide between Syde and T I'll think about it more.. Fallen, though JMC would have a shot. RR14. Both teams are good, his is a little better out together IMO.
Actually I change my vote to Donatas. Forgot about Duncan. Just wish he had a more reliable shooting guard
