NBA ReDraft Playoffs: #7 YanksHater vs #10 RSFFL

[yrtb]

YanksHater

 

PG Russell Westbrook/Ricky Rubio/Louis Williams

SG Demar DeRozan/Courtney Lee/Louis Williams

SF Danny Granger/Martell Webster/Ryan Gomes

PF LaMarcus Aldridge/Anderson Varejao/Ryan Gomes

C Tyson Chandler/Andrea Bargnani/Anderson Varejao

 

PG Russell Westbrook ($4,017,220)

SG Demar DeRozan ($2,453,880)

SF Danny Granger ($10,973,202)

PF LaMarcus Aldridge ($10,700,000)

C Tyson Chandler ($12,600,000)

6th Andrea Bargnani ($8,000,000)

7th Courtney Lee ($1,352,640)

8th Anderson Varejao ($7,000,000)

BN Ricky Rubio ($5,000,000)

BN Martell Webster ($4,800,000)

BN Louis Williams ($5,000,000)

BN Ryan Gomes ($4,000,000)

 

RSFFL

 

C- David Lee/Brad Miller

PF-Amare Stoudamire/Anthony Randolph

SF-Carmelo Anthony/Jared Dudley

SG -Stephen Jackson/Leandro Barbosa/J.R Smith

PG-Aaron Brooks/Nate Robinson/Jerryd Bayless

 

C- David Lee($10,800,000)

PF-Amare Stoudamire($16,486,611)

SF-Carmelo Anthony($15,779,912)

SG- Stephen Jackson($8,453,250)

PG-Aaron Brooks($2,016,692)

6th-J.R Smith($6,757,851)

7th-Nate Robinson($4,200,000)

8th-Anthony Randolph($1,965,720)

BN-Leandro Barbosa($7,100,000)

BN-Jared Dudley($2,151,086)

BN-Jerryd Bayless($2,292,600)

BN-Brad Miller($4,400,000)

[yrtb]

I'm going to go position by position

 

PG: Russell Westbrook is already one of the best point guards in the league, and he's only going to get better from here. Brooks is pretty good, Westbrook is in a tier with guys like Rondo and Rose and Brooks in a tier with guys like Jennings and Harris. Neither Nate Robinson or Jerryd Bayless will be impact players. I like YH213 at PG

 

SG: Demar DeRozan has some nice offensive upside, but not much other than that, and I'm not too big on Courtney Lee either. I like Stephen Jackson, he's a pretty complete player and knows how to get to the bucket, and Barbosa and Smith are solid scorers as well. I like RSFFL at SG

 

SF: Danny Granger will probably be a top 5 offensive player in the game 3 years from now, and Melo will be on the borderline of that too. Right now Melo is a more complete player, but I honestly think Granger will have developed into a more complete player 3 years from now and will be better than Melo. I think Martell Webster and Ryan Gomes give YanksHater slightly better depth over Jared Dudley as well, I'll take YH213 at SF

 

PF: Amare Stoudamire is a very big name, but even as a Knicks fan I think he is a little overrated. There is no question that he can get to the bucket, but he is not a dominant rebounder, he is not a dominant defender, and he could work on decreasing the turnovers too. LaMarcus Aldridge is by no means a dominant defender, but I think 3 years from now he will have a very similar skillset to Amare. Verajao is a dominant defender, and Anthony Randolph hasn't proved anything yet. I'll take YH213 at PF

 

C: I feel like David Lee is undersized and will be outmatched by Tyson Chandler at center, even though Lee might be the better player. I also love Bargnani off the bench. YH213 at center

 

Overall, I think YH213 has built a better team, and while RSFFL might have some better players right now, when you look at head to head matchups YH213's team would win in a playoff series

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I'll do player analysts a bit later I'm doing something atm. From the looks of it YanksHater beats me in Centers. I have the upper hand in one or two positions imo. I'm obviously going to vote for my team

[YanksHater213]

I'll break this down, but obviously my (and RSSFLs) votes don't count.

 

Overall, RSSFL's squads biggest deficiency is their defense. Lee is his best defender probably, but will have a tough time defending against Chandler and especially Bargnani because he's such a good perimeter threat. I don't see anyone there that will really be able to stop my team from driving to the bucket either. Westbrook, Granger, and Lee will get there at will, and leave guys like Webster,DeRozan and Williams open for perimeter shots.

 

Really the only thing that's going to suck about this is people voting by position. Basketball is a game built on team chemistry and how well the playing styles mesh with each other, not so much as which team has the best players (see Celtics vs. Heat this year). I just hope everyone remembers that when voting, because I didn't always pick the most talented player, I picked the best fits for my team.

[WhiskeyBreath]

Pretty much agree with all of those comparisons.

 

I'm gonna go with Yankshater on this one.

 

The main reason why I'm going with him is because of his defense. IMO, he has a very big advantage in that area, especially the front court. Lee and Amare put up nice rebounding numbers but a fair number of them could be considered of the "empty" variety. RSFFL has better overall offensive players but in the end the defense wins this battle, especially with Westbrook running the point.

[italstallianion]

I agree with the group. RSFFL can put up a lot of points on any given night, but his team doesn't have the defense to stop teams from putting up greater numbers on a nightly basis. While YH's offense isn't great, it's certainly good enough to beat RSFFL's defense.

 

If this was a fantasy basketball matchup where points, rebounds, etc determined who would win, then I'd go with RSFFL, but in a real basketball game with defense involved, I'd take YH's team.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I want to vote for my team but carefully looking at the teams I don't have a logical explanation so my vote wouldn't count. Anyways I didn't really build a strong all around team. I do however think I have a monster scoring team. I lack on other things as well. YanksHater has a strong team and would probably build a better. I'd pick my team but I don't know if I'm allowed to since I have no valid arguement besides offense. If that's the case I pick YanksHater(not like I have a choice lol).

 

With that vote he advances to the next round. Congrats.

[yrtb]

Really the only thing that's going to suck about this is people voting by position. Basketball is a game built on team chemistry and how well the playing styles mesh with each other, not so much as which team has the best players

 

I went by position, but I although Lee is a better player than Chandler IMO, and Amare is better than Aldridge, I gave you those matchups because of how I think the players would work head to head and with the team

 

The thing is though, its hard to predict chemistry on a team you will never actually see play

[yrtb]

YanksHater advances to play ital next round