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The Good: Great fit in starting lineup. Nice passing. Great spacing. Wiggins & Millsap would really benefit from CP3. Lots of youth and untapped potential. Nice depth at PF and SG. Nice balance of slashing and outside shooting. Threats from the post, slashing and spot up shooting. The Bad: Lots of bust potential in Russell, Exum and Embiid. Hate the SF situation behind Wiggins. Concerns about Noah being worn down. Injury concerns with Beal, Noah, Martin & Embiid. Offense: A- Defense: A- Rebounding: A- Depth: B+ Fit: A Potential Improvement: A+ Overall: A-

The good: Nice depth at SF, C and PG. Should have great spacing with two capable shooting bigs and an entire lineup of shooters. Excellent defensive presence in both starting lineup and off of benc. Should see a lot of nice ball movement with Gasol, Hayward & Holiday. Very strong rebounding team. Strong rim protection. The Bad: Lack of inside scoring. Lack of an "alpha dog". Hate Jared Sullinger in the starting lineup – Almost rather see you start Splitter or Mozgov. Lack of potential, I think what you see is pretty much what you're going to get down the line outside of Johnson. Severe lack of depth at SG. Injury concerns. Grades: Offense: B+ Defense: A Rebounding: A Depth: B+ Fit: B+ Potential Improvement: B Overall: B+

I wouldn't say it's that simple. There's some merit to what you're saying, but you can definitely hide one's deficiencies on the defensive end in the right situation, just as a defensive specialist can find open looks and easy baskets if paired/surrounded by offensive talent.

I'm off work for a few days, so I would also be happy to add some brief analysis for any teams looking for grades

Big Board: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iv_l8YlV83eBXdZ67jeRYLlxT5ct3F8XfvKzz5pUniU/edit?usp=sharing Round 1: 1. Challenge Accepted - Lebron James, F 2. KDubb - Anthony Davis, F 3. Ed_Reed20 - Kevin Durant, F 4. BaltimoreFlacco - Stephen Curry, G 5. Gordo - Russell Westbrook, G 6. AllblackRaven - DeAndre Jordan, C 7. Movethosechains - James Harden, G 8. CalvinSmoke - John Wall, G 9. Codizzle 10. LostInTranslation - Chris Paul, G 11. Gabefergy - Blake Griffin, F 12. Sons_of_Eli - Demarcus Cousins, C 13. Lama - Lamarcus Aldridge, F 14. Bmorebird22 - Marc Gasol, C 15. Inqui - Damien Lillard, G 16. Truth - Kawhi Leonard, F Round 2: 17. Truth - Paul George, G,F 18. Inqui - Al Horford, C 19. Bmorebird22 - Klay Thompson, G 20. Lama - Carmelo Anthony 21. Sons_of_Eli - Kyrie Irving 22. Gabefergy - Jimmy Butler, G/F 23. LostInTranslation- Andrew Wiggins, G/F 24. Codizzle - 25. Calvinsmoke - Nikola Vucevic, C/F 26. Movethosechains - Draymond Green, F 27. AllBlackRaven - Jeff Teague, G 28. Gordo - Kevin Love, F 29. BaltimoreFlacco - Andre Drummond, C 30. Ed_Reed20 - Eric Bledsoe, G 31. KDUBB - Kyle Lowry, G 32. Challenge Accepted - Dwight Howard, C Round 3: 33. Challenge Accepted - Serge Ibaka, F 34. KDubb - Goran Dragic 35. Ed_reed20 - Victor Oladipo, G 36. BaltimoreFlacco - Chris Bosh, F 37. Gordo - The Freak, F 38. AllBlackRaven - Tobias Harris, F 39. Movethosechains - Mike Conley, G 40. Calvinsmoke - Rudy Gay, F 41. Codizzle 42. LostInTranslation - Bradley Beal, G 43. Gabefergy - Rudy Gobert, C 44. Sons_of_Eli - Pau Gasol, F 45. Lama - Al Jefferson, C 46. Bmorebird22 - Gordon Hayward, G 47. Inqui - Derrick Favors, F 48. Truth - Dwyane Wade, G 49. Truth - Hassan Whiteside, C 50. Inqui - Jabari Parker, F 51. Bmorebird22 - Jrue Holliday, G 52. Lama - Ty Lawson, G 53. Sons_Of_Eli - Andre Iguodala, G 54. Gabefergy - Chandler Parsons, F 55. Lost_In_Translation - Paul Millsap, F 56. Codizzle 57. Calvinsmoke - Wes Matthews, G 58. MoveThoseChains - Demar Derozan, G 59. AllBlackRaven - Greg Monroe, F 60. Gordo - Tristan Thompson, F 61. BaltimoreFlacco - Derrick Rose, G 62. EdReed20 - Nerlens Noel, C 63. KDUBB 64. Challenge Accepted - Michael Carter-Williams Round 6: 65. Challenge Accepted - Danny Green, G 66. KDubb - 67. Ed_Reed20 - Zach Randolph, F 68. BaltimoreFlacco - Khris Middleton, G 69. Gordo - Brook Lopez, C 70. AllblackRaven - Monta Ellis, G 71. Movethosechains - Marcin Gortat, C 72. CalvinSmoke - Dirk Nowitzki, F 73. LostInTranslation - Joakim Noah, C 74. Gabefergy - George HIll, G 75. Sons of Eli - Kyle Korver, G 76. Lama - Kobe Bryant, G 77. BmoreBird22 - Jared Sullinger, F 78. Inqui - Arron Afflalo, G 79. -Truth- - Tim Duncan, F Round 8: 80. Truth - Kemba Walker, G 81. Inqui - Trevor Ariza, F 82. Bmorebird22 - Brandon Knight, G 83. Lama - Karl-Anthony Towns, F/C 84. Sons of Eli - Tony Allen, G/F 85. Gabefergy - JJ Redick, G 86. LostInTranslation - Enes Kanter, C 87. CalvinSmoke - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F 88. MovethoseChains - Tyreke Evans, G 89. AllBlackRaven - Julius Randle, F 90. Gordo - Isaiah Thomas, G 91. BaltimoreFlacco - Nikola Mirotic, F 92. EdReed20 - 93. KDubb 94. Challenge Accepted Round 9: 95. Challenge Accepted 96. KDubb 97. EdReed20 98. BaltimoreFlacco - Jahlil Okafor, C

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I originally had Rose as my starting SG and Middleton as my starting SF, but I moved Rose to the bench so I could play them both at their natural position. Gallo, despite health concerns, killed it as he got his legs back last year, so I'm banking on him to put up fringe all star numbers again as my SF, especially in Mike Malone's offense.

Wow, I messed up my last pick badly. There's a guy I'd much rather have.

My team is the first to be complete. I'm happy that I can contend now, but I'm also set up beautifully for the future with Drummond, Okafor, Turner, Winslow, Clarkson, Middleton, CJ and Capela. Thinking my rotation will look like this, with potentially McCollum or Clarkson taking Bradley's spot if they take the next step this year after having fantastic ends to their respective years. Turner may also overtake Mirotic, but likely not this year. PG: Stephen Curry (1), Derrick Rose (4), Jordan Clarkson (10) SG: Khris Middleton (5), Avery Bradley (8), CJ McCollum (12) SF: Danilo Gallinari (9), Justise Winslow (11), Tony Snell (14) PF: Chris Bosh (3), Nikola Mirotic (6), Myles Turner (13) C: Andre Drummond (2), Jahlil Okafor (7), Clint Capela (15)

Chef selects: Clint Capela, C

Chef selects: Tony Snell

Really nice picks in Dennis and Exum

Haha you know it. As I told Truth, I met him at a burrito shop down the street from where I lived last semester. He's a really nice guy, so I had to take him.

Had to make sure I got my boy. Check out this block in Orlando:

Chef takes: Myles Turner, C/F

Yup, the Blazers are nice team to pick from right now with so many up and coming guys getting minutes. You can throw in a certain sophomore they just acquired as well. CJ's been a personal favorite of mine since he went absolutely off against Duke in the tournament a few years back.

Pretty much taking guys I like at this point. McCollum does have insane upside though. He averaged 17 points, 4 boards and a steal during his coming out party in the playoffs. With Wes and Afflalo gone, he's poised for a nice year.

Chef takes the young SG with some Curry spice: CJ McCollum, SG

I personally hate Thad's game, but it's pretty surprising that he was still on the board. Great value

He's so impressive. I'm not a big Duke fan by nature, but couldn't help but root for them this year with Winslow and Jah. I think he's pretty much a lock to be solid and that you pretty much know what you're getting with him. Can't go wrong with a rim protector, pick and roll defender and offensive rebounder of his caliber.

Hasn't been a big man that could make the game look this pretty in a while

If I had to make odds myself, I'd peg him as No. 2 to Okafor in ROY likelihood

I believe E Gordon was taken already

Negger's back out in full force. I like the Muhammad pick. He's been very productive in limited minutes when he's healthy. Also a surprisingly good low post threat. Hope to see him keep progressing and stay healthy

Had to reunite Winslow and Jah