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Ital C: Blake Griffin/Roy Hibbert/Cole Aldrich PF: Dirk Nowitzki/Lamar Odom SF: Rudy Gay/Wesley Johnson/Kyle Korver SG: Dwyane Wade/Xavier Henry PG: Rajon Rondo/Ty Lawson C: Blake Griffin (5,357,280) PF: Dirk Nowitzki (17,278,618) SF: Rudy Gay (13,603,750) SG: Dwyane Wade (14,000,000) PG: Rajon Rondo (9,000,000) 6th: Roy Hibbert (1,685,280) 7th: Cole Aldrich (2,126,520) 8th: Wesley Johnson (3,726,600) BN: Lamar Odom (8,200,000) BN: Ty Lawson (1,546,560) BN: Xavier Henry (2,020,200) BN: Kyle Korver (5,000,000) YH213 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)

Yeah, but keep in mind that youker is never going to vote, and very often people don't bother to come on and vote. jbay44 hasn't voted in any matchups either. It took over a day to get enough votes If you guys want for the next round I'll make it that you can't vote for yourself, but for this round you can WB advances

3-1 WB, continue to vote guys

I think before we do power rankings we should have a thread where every team can post a paragraph on why they think their team is good, so that everyone can make a point to other teams before we vote on power rankings. A bad power ranking because somebody didn't realize your team was as good as it really is could screw you in the first round of the playoffs

Center: Okay, I understand there are no injuries, but injury or no injury, I'll take Bogut over Bynum anyday. Bogut is a monster on the boards and on D, he has averaged 2.5+ blocks/game this year and last. Bynum might be a little better on the offensive end, but not a very significant degree. And then JJ Hickson is developing into a star. I take WB for center PF: Josh Smith is one of the better power forwards in the league and is a monster on the defensive end, he racks up blocks like anything. Love is developing into a star as well, his 30/30 game on my Knicks was pretty impressive, so I think they average each other out. Paul Millsap has been great over the last couple of years, and has been playing great so far this year too though, but Beasley is developing into a great player as well. There is so much talent on both teams at this position, so I think they average out. Push for PF SF: LeBron is the most complete player in the NBA, but Durant isn't far behind. Durant is already a better shooter, but LeBron is better at the other things, and 3 years from now his edge on Durant will be minimal, if not gone. I love Luol Deng though, and as a result I give SF to CoCo SG: Monta Ellis is explosive, but he is a very one dimensional player, and I think he will continue to be one dimensional 3 years from now. Manu is aging, but 3 years from now I would still think he is as good as Ellis, because he is a great shooter and plays nice defense. Kevin Martin is very talented, but three years from now I think Evan Turner will be as good. SG is a push PG: Stuckey is pretty good, but now that he is a starter, Darren Collison is playing great. And with Devin Harris off the bench, WB has two great young point guards splitting time, and I would take both of them over Stuckey and Calderon. PG to WB Overall, it was pretty close, but I think WB has a better team, and also a more balanced one, as almost all of his players play well on both ends of the floor

WB C - Andrew Bogut PF - Josh Smith SF - LeBron James SG - Manu Ginobili PG - Darren Collison C - Andrew Bogut ($11,000,000) PF - Josh Smith ($11,700,000) SF - LeBron James ($14,500,000) SG - Manu Ginobili ($11,854,584) PG - Darren Collison ($1,361,040) C - JJ Hickson - ($1,528,920) PF - Paul Millsap - ($7,600,000) SF - Omri Casspi - ($1,254,480) SG -Evan Turner ($4,602,720) PG - Devin Harris - ($8,981,000) C - DeAndre Jordan ($854,389) SG - Corey Brewer ($3,703,472) CoCo C Andrew Bynum PF Kevin Love SF Kevin Durant SG Monta Ellis PG Rodney Stuckey C Andrew Bynum ($13,842,332) PF Kevin Love ($3,638,280) SF-Kevin Durant ($6,053,662) SG-Monta Ellis ($11,000,000) PG Rodney Stuckey ($2,767,126) 6th-Kevin Martin ($11,100,005) 7th-Michael Beasley ($4,962,240) 8th-Jose Calderon ($9,000,000) BN-Luol Deng ($11,355,850) BN-Tyler Hansbrough ($1,998,600) BN-Ramon Sessions ($3,964,320) BN-Anthony Tolliver ($2,200,000)

I'll take my team here, but honestly, the only top 50 player in the NBA I see on youker's team 3 years from now is Kobe, and I honestly think Brandon Roy will be about as good as Kobe three years from now And he has a decent frontcourt with Blatche/Cousins, but my backcourt would destroy his, CP3 vs. Teague and Iggy vs Terrence Williams

YRTB C Yao Ming/Marc Gasol/Luis Scola PF Derrick Favors/Luis Scola/Marc Gasol SF Andre Iguodala/Wilson Chandler/Landry Fields SG Brandon Roy/James Harden/Aaron Afflalo PG Chris Paul/Chris Paul/Jrue Holiday C Yao Ming $17,686,100 PF Derrick Favors $4,133,280 SF Andre Iguodala $12,345,250 SG Brandon Roy $13,603,750 PG Chris Paul $14,940,153 6th Marc Gasol $3,573,333 7th Wilson Chandler $2,130,482 8th Luis Scola $7,775,378 BN Jrue Holiday $1,627,920 BN James Harden $4,304,520 BN Arron Afflalo $1,959,577 BN Landry Fields $473,604 Youker Youker's Team PG- Jeff Teague SG- Kobe Bryant SF- Terrence Williams PF- Andray Blatche C- DeMarcus Cousins 6th-Marcus Thornton 7th- Javale McGee 8th- Dorell Wright BN-Mareese Speights BN-Eric Bledsoe BN-Reggie Williams BN-Brian Scalabrine

Boston advances

Boston still hasn't voted for himself...if he had he would have won by now 3-2 him so far

What were the rest of the ranks? I'm assuming WB, you, me, jbay44, and Kilo are 1-5, but I don't know in what order Also, I want people's opinion on this issue: should people be allowed to vote for themselves?

It doesn't make a difference though. I'm just going to automatically assume that people are going to vote for themselves, so it crosses out. Basically you get rewarded for being responsible enough for checking this thread and making an argument towards other teams as to why you should win

Look, everybody is going to vote for themselves, so basically both teams are going to get one vote automatically, it crosses out, so it doesn't matter

I like boston's team better here. While I feel like he has some players a little out of position, Curry is more of a 1 and JJ is more of a 2, and Jared Jeffries at PG is retarded considering that he's a 6'11" PF/C, the fact is that his team is incredibly talented. I like Bosh and Kaman going up against Jefferson and Lopez, I think Lopez and Jefferson would get dominated defensively. And Derrick Rose is developing into one of the best guards in the league. Jacoby has some nice defensive pieces on his bench, but I still like boston's team here

B22407 C-Chris Kaman/ Greg Oden PF-Chris Bosh/DeJuan Blair/Glen Davis SF-Joe Johnson/Al Thornton SG-Stephen CurryTony Allen PG-Derrick Rose/Jared Jeffries C-Chris Kaman($11,300,000) PF-Chris Bosh ($14,500,000) SF-Joe Johnson($16,324,500) SG-Stephen Curry($2,913,840) PG-Derrick Rose ($5,546,160) 6th-Jared Jeffries($6,883,400) 7th-DeJuan Blair($918,000) 8th-Greg Oden($6,796,524) BN-Glen Davis($3,300,000) BN-Tony Allen($3,000,000) BN-Al Thornton($2,814,196) BN -Cj Watson($3,100,000) Jacoby G Jameer Nelson G Tyreke Evans F Nicolas Batum F Al Jefferson C Robin Lopez G Jameer Nelson ($7,800,000) G Tyreke Evans ($3,880,920) F Nicolas Batum ($1,196,760) F Al Jefferson ($13,000,000) C Robin Lopez ($1,867,320) 6th Roddy Beaubois ($1,156,080) 7th Taj Gibson ($1,117,680 8th Trevor Ariza ($6,322,320) BN Thabo Sefalosha ($3,250,000) BN Greg Monroe ($2,798,040) BN Donte Greene ($930,700) BN Kwame Brown ($854,389)

YanksHater advances to play ital next round

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

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

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)

Honestly, I like Brook over Bynum injury or no injury CoCo advances to play WhiskeyBreath next round Next matchup going up

That would be cool, I'd be interested to know. But be sure to mention the rule variations in this league I feel like unlike the baseball matchups, where more is cut and dry with stats, these are way more up to opinion A mistake flynnatic made that probably cost him a couple of seeds is getting 3 dominant centers instead of a good PF or an offensively threatening SF

Jabar Gaffney, WR4

Mike McCarthy, HC

Whatever way you like I usually do it position by position, rating the depth at each position

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