Expansion League discussion thread

[Moo]

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They become F/C and it takes a min of 5 games to be elegible.

Cheers guys ...sorry for the drop in.

I am going in a league at work with some Yanks so tryoio g to build my knowledge.

 

[voodoo_86]

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Shouldn't all this be in the discussion thread? every time I see this thread with new posts in it and it turns out to be discussion I get bitterly disappointed.

And yeah, I know the irony of me posting this in the drafting thread

 

[sirjames]

Kenny's Allstars looking omnious post trade...

PG: Jason Kidd
SG:
SF: Rashard Lewis
PF: Shawn Marion
C: Boris Diaw

Bloody hell

 

[sirjames]

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Shouldn't all this be in the discussion thread? every time I see this thread with new posts in it and it turns out to be discussion I get bitterly disappointed.

And yeah, I know the irony of me posting this in the drafting thread

I thought this was the discussion thread??

 

[Kenny_01]

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I thought this was the discussion thread??

Borgsta moved it.

 

[X_box_X]

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Come on GeeCat and take your pick.

Happy to get Borgsta's pick 65, it will help me select players in required fields I need to fill. I didn't have a lot between Kobe and AI anyway. I rate the top five James, Garnett, Kobe, Marion, AI.

AI is my favourite player behind Lebron, and McGrady would rank third. So I am loving the AI-McGrady combination.

 

[voodoo_86]

Our league is soooo sloooow. I mean I know not everyone can have a sweet job where if I wanna surf big footy for 5 mins here and there noone gives a **** but for real.. this is excruitiating. Surely if your pick is like 3 away thats close enough to make a list and hit someone who's always online (cough kenny cough) to make the pick. I know it doesn't allow for late changes of heart but at least we might get this thing ticking over at more than 2 a day.

 

[Falchoon]

Out with the dodgy formatting, in with the direct port.

Post round 4

 

[Kenny_01]

Are they with the trades though?

Because Kidd shoots FTs at 80%, Lewis at 82%, Marion at 81% and Diaw at 74% but my FT average is 76.6%?

 

[hans moleman]

...and how is the Total calculated?

Our league is soooo sloooow. I mean I know not everyone can have a sweet job where if I wanna surf big footy for 5 mins here and there noone gives a **** but for real.. this is excruitiating. Surely if your pick is like 3 away thats close enough to make a list and hit someone who's always online (cough kenny cough) to make the pick. I know it doesn't allow for late changes of heart but at least we might get this thing ticking over at more than 2 a day.

I actually thought this draft was going pretty quickly up to this round - hopefully it'll get back to where it was for the remainder of the draft.

 

[DBAH0]

I assume the person with the lowest total score has done the best job of drafting so far?

 

[hans moleman]

Here's my take on Round 4:

4.01 hans moleman - Brad Miller
Was deciding whether to get another PG in Hinrich or another big man. I went with Miller, whose %'s and assists are always a bonus. The rebs and blks are a slight worry since they're below average for a C and his performance against the Spurs in the playoffs didn't exactly set the world on fire. Fortunately, he's Sacramento's only decent option at C so he should continue producing throughout the regular season.

4.02 Falchoon - Marcus Camby
We all now the story by now - here's a guy who can't stay healthy, but when he is playing, puts up outstanding no's. His versatility in producing a good combination of pts, rebs, blks & stls is only matched by Kirilenko, who also happens to be on Falchoon's team. He has become a favourite of George Karl and is bound the produce the odd 20 rebound performance that will singlehandedly help your fantasy team win that category for the week. How often he can do it is the question. I owned Camby one season & couldn't stand the missed games, so admittedly I'm not a fan of picking him up.

4.03 DBAH0 - Ron Artest
Here's a guy who can do it all (on the court I mean). A rare combination of size, skill and quickness: He's hard to stop in the post, he's comfortable bringing the ball up and he can play defense on all backcourt positions. He's become a good distributor in Sacramento as reflected by his assists no's. If he can keep those up and bump up his fg% to something respectable, then you've got a good all-round pickup here.

4.04 Colonel Matrix - Kirk Hinrich
I like Kirk's game, and the only flaw fantasy-wise is his fg%. Chicago don't have any inside players to help give him easier looks on offense, but his % has slowly been creeping up over the years and it should continue. He also gets a good no. of assists even though Duhon handles quite a bit of the PG duties. Nice pick.

4.05 Borgsta - Mike James
James' stats last season stand out like a sore thumb when compared to his season stats. He finally got the chance to show that he was more than just a chucker who didn't pass the ball - which is what I thought he was when he played in Houston. The T-Wolves should have higher aims than the Raptors did last season, so the key is whether James can keep producing the goods while working within the team structure. Based on the numbers last season though, this is a good consolation prize for missing out on Hinrich.

4.06 voodoo_86 - Antawn Jamison
Jamison seems to thrive in Eddie Jordan's uptempo system, producing career bests in 3's and rebounds while maintaining a low t/o rate. Not too many negatives to mention. If he can replicate that again this season, then this is a great pick here.

4.07 Showbag - Carlos Boozer
Check the no's for the last month of last season and his no's as a starter. Boozer was a beast who wasn't affected by the presence of Okur & Kirilenko. If he can settle in at around 19/9.5 and 1 steal this season (the fg% is always outstanding), then this is great value here for a player who I'm not ready to label as 'injury-prone' just yet.

4.08 Kenny_01 - Boris Diaw
I'm not sure there was any clear winner in the trade with GeeCat - though Kenny did get a guy he rated highly (Marion) while also ensuring he picked up the guy he wanted next (Diaw). As a result, it looks like Kenny might tank the pts category now, but gets a better spread of numbers while also filling positions. I said that I didn't think Amare's return would affect Marion, but I'm not so sure about Diaw. He had to do it all last season, but will the rebs, blocks still be there with the big men (kurt thomas along with amare) returning?

4.09 morpheus - Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed always seems to play within himself, so how much will he step it up now that Big Ben is gone? Has the rare combination of at least 1 three, steal & block per game. We know he can rebound the ball better than the 6.8 he grabbed last year, so expect those to go up, making him a good pick here.
Expect morpheus to pick Rip Hamilton & Prince in rounds 5 & 6 as he continues in trying to reunite last season's Pistons team

4.10 X_Box_X - Richard Jefferson
Sure, he sounds like a nerd, but RJ's all-round numbers are something to admire. He settled in as 2nd banana last season as Vince Carter got top billing, restricting Jefferson's output somewhat. His shooting has improved greatly since the Athens Olympics debacle, so you're receving nothing but positive stats here. Good pick.

4.11 sirjames - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
I was actually considering Ilgauskas instead of Miller, and looking at the stats there's really not much between them besides the tradeoff of assists for blocks. Another difference could be the extent in which Z is involved in Cleveland's offense. He played under 30 minutes per game last season - is his role with the Cavs slowly decreasing? This isn't a 'sexy' pick, but a solid one for sirjames which is all that matters.

4.12 GeeCat - Raymond Felton
It's gotta be nice picking up the best fantasy player in the game (IMO) in LeBron and also getting a PG that most people think is going to have a breakout year. It all clicked for Felton late last season as his no's skyrocketed and the 3's, assists and steals were what you'd expect of a top tier fantasy guard. I'm not 100% sold on Felton and one concern would be over who gets bumped out of the starting lineup now that Morrison has arrived. It surely can't be Felton, right?


Best pick - Hinrich.
Worst pick - Camby. The no's are worth it but I'm not sure the missed games are.

 

[voodoo_86]

...and how is the Total calculated?


I actually thought this draft was going pretty quickly up to this round - hopefully it'll get back to where it was for the remainder of the draft.

Yeah you're right, it was flying, probably why it seems so slow now

I'm just impatient

 

[voodoo_86]

I assume the person with the lowest total score has done the best job of drafting so far?

I doubt that very much

 

[Kenny_01]

Are they with the trades though?

Because Kidd shoots FTs at 80%, Lewis at 82%, Marion at 81% and Diaw at 74% but my FT average is 76.6%?

I just took my aggregates of FGA, FGM, FTA and FTM and my FG% was 48.41% while my FT was 79.39%. I am trying to build a team with good %'s so am glad it wasn't 76.6%

 

[Kenny_01]

And Felton will definitely start. And he will get big minutes.

 

[Falchoon]

I just took my aggregates of FGA, FGM, FTA and FTM and my FG% was 48.41% while my FT was 79.39%. I am trying to build a team with good %'s so am glad it wasn't 76.6%

I gave you Diaw but not the Matrix trade, same with Borgsta trade

make note in post 1 of the draft thread and I'll update it for rd 5.

 

[Borgsta]

Its all in post 2 Falc.. Much easier to read. But good job anyway!

 

[voodoo_86]

I just woke up to a nightmare. This is going to be a tough round to pick. (never truely believed any one of those 3 were going to fall to me anyways really.. still I hoped )

 

[Colonel Matrix]

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I'm baffled that Shaquille O'Neal & Emeka Okafur weren't taken before: Kaman, Felton, Nelson, Butler

 

[Kenny_01]

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I'm baffled that Shaquille O'Neal & Emeka Okafur weren't taken before: Kaman, Felton, Nelson, Butler

I'd take any of the latter 4 over either of the first two, without hesitation.

Borgsta, you're up.

 

[Showbag]

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I'm baffled that Shaquille O'Neal & Emeka Okafur weren't taken before: Kaman, Felton, Nelson, Butler

Exactly. I guess we have a few people following strictly the yahoo rankings. Not that there's anything wrong with that .

 

[Colonel Matrix]

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I'd take any of the latter 4 over either of the first two, without hesitation.

Borgsta, you're up.

So Shaq is lame in one category (FT%); He still dominates points, rebounds, blocks and fg%... He easily contributes to more catergories than the other four.

 

[X_box_X]

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55. Andre Igoudala (PHI SG/SF)

Excuse me, I can't have Allen Iverson without Andre Igoudala, it just doesn't work. Maybe we can work something out here.

 

[X_box_X]

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So Shaq is lame in one category (FT%); He still dominates points, rebounds, blocks and fg%... He easily contributes to more catergories than the other four.

He is lame in more than just FT%, and you know it. I'd hardly say he dominates points these days - he is just a solid point scorer. He still gets his ten boards and a couple of blocks, but Shaq's days are almost numbered.