MoveThoseChains

There may not be a moderator available until the morning, but I feel that we should be able to continue given that we know the selection. Just skip one number in the format.

 

Is Carmelo Anthony Lama's pick?

Don't mind the Horford selection. He's a versatile, solid big man, as he demonstrated that throughout this past year. I also like the Thompson selection. Gasol and Thompson is a nice start. 

Really like the Kawhi and George picks. I picked Leonard early in the second round in last years draft, and he solidified his spot at the end of the first in this years. George is a player, too. I hope he bounces back like he never got injured, coming from a Wiz fan.

Just a heads up, but there's a gentleman's rule that we don't discuss players until they've been picked.

 

My bad. I'll delete that post.

Chris Paul may be getting up there but all around is still one of the best in the game. I'm happy with him.

Between Harden and CP3 at my pick. I quickly chose Harden after thinking about it for a minute, but CP3 is still a very great player and deserves to go top 10 

Someone who has already picked and knows more about basketball than me want to give me an opinion on two players?

 

I can help you out if you want to send me a personal message or whatever

In theory it's for future seasons, but in reality I don't think anyone cares about their team beyond the next season. So this time next year I won't care about my side from last year, even though that side was more geared to make a title push in five years' time.

 

 

It's a bit subjective, but I'd definitely say that I've seen a sizable amount of members treat their rosters as if they'll be around for a few years.

 

Yeah that's how I was going to approach this. Definitely for next season, as well as future consideration, because it is technically a franchise

True Detectives

Starters:

PG: Mike Conley
SG: James Harden
SF: DeMar DeRozan
PF: Draymond Green
C: Marcin Gortat

Bench:

PG: Tyreke Evans // Shaun Livingston
SG: Eric Gordon // Kelly Oubre Jr.
SF: Paul Pierce // Wilson Chandler
PF: Josh Smith // Ed Davis
C: Omer Asik // Brandon Wright

Harden was No. 4 on my board. Dude is a legitimate MVP caliber player. Insane he fell to No. 7. 

 

There's still some better guys on the board than Wall IMO. 

 

Yeah I didn't think he would fall to me. Pleased to build my team around Harden. 

So, I haven't actually contributed in a meaningful way yet, but I think Anthony Davis would have been my number one pick. You have to consider he's only 22 years old and he's eight years younger than LeBron. He doesn't have that versatility of LeBron yet, but he's certainly a very good combo big. He can shoot from pretty much everywhere but the three, he's got great defense that will only get better, he's a great facilitator with the ball, and he's an amazing rebounder.

 

I do love LeBron and he's my favorite player, but Anthony Davis was better last season and, again, he's eight years younger. If I'm building a franchise, it starts with Anthony Davis.

 

Are we taking into consideration future years, or just for this upcoming season, since we do a new draft every year. Just wondering for strategic purposes haha

Very surprised to see Deandre Jordan go at #6

With the 7th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft a Franchise, the True Detectives select:

 

James Harden, SG

 

Im ready to start whenever

Hopefully when a few more sign up

 

True true, the more the merrier. If I recall correctly, we had 15 guys last year when we did this. 

When are we gonna get this show started?

Sign me up if it isn't too late

Most exciting player I've ever watched. Thanks for all the memories REEEEEDD

You've mentioned it already, but having players like Mullin, Love and Ginobili significantly helps in this area. Each would be paired with great defenders when on the floor while helping with spacing. You're on point in your assessment of your starters in this facet but your focus on having reserves capable in this facet should help mask the issue. Didn't mean to come off as if that was my only assessment of the team and apologize if I did.

 

Oh no, I didn't have any problem whatsoever with your assessment of the team. No need to apologize. 

Also, I wanted to have champions on my team. Three players on my team haven't won a NBA Championship - Chris Mullin, Kevin Love, and Marcus Camby. Mullin did win two Olympic gold medals though, and Love has a nice chance of winning one during his time in Cleveland. I'm not going to count how many rings I have as a team total, because I don't believe total number of rings combined on a team is a fair assessment of an all-time draft. I do believe winning at least one has an impact though, as championship DNA is important. 

Imagine Walt Frazier - Dwyane Wade - Scottie Pippen - Kevin McHale - Hakeem Olajuwon. I think he has the best defense in this draft.

 

Thank you, sir. Defense was definitely on my mind during each selection, as I wanted to find all around players as best as possible. If I was a coach or GM for an actual team, I would try to do the same. Just my personal preference on how to build a team, as everyone has some sort of strategy that can be effective.

I would personally go with outside shooting as the weakness, at least among the starters.

 

This is another weakness I observed as well. I don't have a "reliable" three point option among my starters. Wade can hit threes, but thats not his game. Pippen was pretty solid in bringing the ball up on a semi-fast break and pulling up for three, but in half-court offense, three pointer was not a deadly threat from him. Ginobili and Mullin can certainly make threes, as well as Love, but I'm pretty thin with three point shooters. If I participated in the final three rounds, I would've used at least one selection on a player who was pretty solid at shooting threes consistently. Thanks for your observation.

Move the Chains K Coast squad breakdown:

 

Starters: Bob Cousy (best value), Dwyane Wade (biggest reach), Scottie Pippen, Kevin McHale, Hakeem Olajuwon

 

Bench: Guards - Walt Frazier, Hal Greer, Manu Ginobili

            Forwards - Chris Mullin, Jerry Lucas, Kevin Love

            Center - Marcus Camby

 

Let me first say that picking Wade as a reach is by default. He's a good player, but all the other picks were on point. I had to pick one. Waiting on a PG for so long and still landing Cousy is nuts, and the rest of us should be ashamed to let it happen. You certainly focused on defense more than the rest of us, but it was not so much a detriment to the other end because your guys can still do damage offensively. Your late round picks were all luxury selections after giving yourself such a stacked lineup, so no problems there, either. You mixed some of your personal favorites with some of the all-time greats from history, and you did a solid job grabbing players from all eras.

 

Biggest strength: All around talent at each position. You can beat teams in so many ways with so many different players. Your 1-2-3 can run with anyone; your 4-5 can bang down low; you have both shooters and defenders on your bench for whatever the situation calls for. It would be really hard to game plan for a team like this.

 

Biggest weakness: I'm nitpicking here, but I'd say post-play depth. Your starting 4 and 5 can certainly hold their own down low, but if either was off or found themselves in foul trouble, you'd be in trouble in that area. This is especially true if The Dream had to sit for a spell, as you don't have much in terms of offense to sub in. However, planning to play him nearly all game is certainly not a poor idea. He's the man.

 

Starters A-   Bench A-   Overall A-

 

Thanks for the breakdown. If I continued to participate in the final three rounds, I would definitely of added another center/post player who's strength is offense. When I broke my team down, post play from the bigs on my bench is a weakness I observed. I'll take an A- across the board, appreciate the honesty man.

We've come to a screeching halt with this thing over the past few rounds. I think 12 is enough for me, so that's one less person to worry about waiting for the last three.

 

12 is enough for me as well. This was fun, fellas. Could I get a team grade, Bean? No rush, do it whenever you have time. Thanks.

Sooo who's on the clock?

I guess I could stick around for 15. I was planning on doing a breakdown of the draft overall, including the best players not drafted after this round, but I guess that would be in poor taste now. Also, if anyone wants a breakdown of their team after this round similar to what I did for SAM, let me know. I know it's kind of stupid, but what else are we doing this for if not to try and figure out how we stack up?

 

I'll take a breakdown after all 15 rounds are complete if you're cool with that!