Midge 52 Rosters & Commentary Topic

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1) dakjd901 - LeBron, Butler, Drummond, Buck Williams, Portis, Hartenstein, Korver---- Drummond was an integral part of my team last season. Butler and Lebron should be a fantastic tandem. I like Buck but I am told his TO% is too high. Portis is very efficient and I love the new Hartenstein season. Korver was a panic pick in attempt to get 3's and I think this league is too big for him. Draft Grade: C Prediction: Playoff- 1st Round out

2) jcred5--Wilt, Gafford, Dame, BSimmons, Okongwu, Amare, Payton II---- not sure I like the Gafford pick here. Lillard is a solid pick and to get him in the 3rd is fantastic. Added a defensive stopper in Ben Simmons in the 4th to cover for Lillard was smart, even though I am not a Ben Simmons fan (Bledsoe was still available.) I love the Amare pick in the 6th. I was afraid he wasn't going to be drafted. I've said this b4 and I will say it again---THERE ARE NOT 48 BETTER PF-C in the $52 than Amare Stoudemire or Bob McAdoo. McAdoo was the 2nd best player on my Championship winning team last season. He finished Top 20 in Points/Rebounds/Blocks/and MVP voting. And several seasons ago Amare was the 2nd best player on a team of mine that included Artis Gilmore/Bobby Jones/Giannis/Kyrie/and Zion. Draft Grade: B+ Prediction : Playoff 2nd Rd
5/17/2025 8:31 PM
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3) dontburnearl---Giannis, Walton, Jrue H, Alonzo, Paul Reed, Mookie, Zion--- wow, fantastic draft!! I've never used Mookie, but I get the feeling that he is underrated. Draft Grade: A+ Prediction: Chip contender
5/19/2025 12:20 PM (edited)
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4) copernicus - Steph Curry, Nic Claxton, Horace Grant, Bill Russell, Eric Bledsoe, Kevin Love, Tyler Herro ---- 1st and 2nd round picks are spot on. Horace gives solid Rbs at the SF position and is a very efficient, clean player. Russell was a mistake. Bledsoe is a good complimentary player to Curry and provides solid D. IMO only the Elite 5 can manage a low D guy like K. Love. Draft Grade: B- Prediction: Playoff contender
5/17/2025 8:45 PM
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5) pbandj----Jokic, Amen T, R.Williams, De Wms, G.Wallace, Iguodala, Myles T----the Joker is so good, only weakness is Defense. Would of liked to have seen more focus put around getting better elite D bigs around him. Walton or 100D Tyson Chandler woulda been better. The new Amen T season is fantastic, can you imagine how good he would be irl if he could shoot the 3? I like the guys you drafted but they are just more ODL style players than $52 style. Draft Grade: C- Prediction: 35-40 wins

6) 24kpyrite----CP3, Holmgren, Bam A., D.Marshall, L.Sanders, A.Wiggins, Covington-----very solid draft. Interesting to have both Holmgren and Bam A. D.Marshall is clean and provides 3's and D and decent rebounding. Love L. Sanders here. I think you coulda done better with your 6th and 7th rounders.
Draft Grade: A- Prediction: Playoff contender
5/18/2025 11:00 PM (edited)
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7) gerryred---MJ, McHale, Kidd, Vucevic, Holmes, Bogut, Jam Green--- MJ and Kidd were part of a finals team just a few seasons ago. I really like the pairing of McHale and Vucevic. Vucevic used to go in the 3rd and you got him late in the 4th. Holmes is very efficient and rebounds well but not sure I woulda gone with another weak defender right after the Vucevic pick. Probably striving to get xtra rebounds at SF position, worrying about McHale's lack of. Bogut is one of my favs as a late round pick. Jam Green was a mis-pick---needed a strong SF-PF defensive specialist with this pick. I really like the inside-out game pairing of McHale and MJ. Draft Grade: B (coulda been better but pieces are here to fill out a very strong team) Prediction: Playoff contender based off the draft, but this team could make a move deep in the playoffs if filled out correctly.
5/17/2025 10:00 PM
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Thanks for knocking these out rift! Always a fun and insightful read!!
5/17/2025 10:21 PM
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8) berkelon----SGA, Embiid, T. Chandler, Marion, Nash, Dale Davis, Melton-----Bravo! A master class in drafting for the $52, except for just one piece. Listen, I like Nash and have no problem with him being drafted in the 5th round or later. But SGA is your PG. He is a cheat code. He frees you up to go a little lighter on D at the SG position. (this will sound crazy, but I'd rather see you take a Ray Allen-type here than Nash) Klay T was available as were: CJ McCollum, Jalen Wms, etc...personally, this was a perfect spot to take Bob McAdoo. He could back up Embiid and T. Chandler. SGA, Embiid, T.Chandler, Marion, McAdoo, Beal, Melton = Chip contender Draft Grade: B++ Prediction: Playoffs for sure.
5/17/2025 10:22 PM
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9) longtallbrad---Howard, KAT, Dray G, Billups, B Barry, ASabonis, Lin----- Sandwiching KAT between Howard and Dray Green is very smart. It's mind boggling to me that teams with Draymond don't typically perform well, but they don't. :( Billups is ok but Brent Barry should always, always be played at PG (he's a fantastic pairing with Jordan, fyi) I made it to finals of ODL one season with Arvydas, but I didn't have to draft him and you didn't either. Lin is turrible. Draft Grade: D Prediction: not good, sorry.
5/17/2025 10:34 PM
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10) K123456789---Gobert, D. Sabonis, M. Porter, C.Wood, Magic, A.Gordon, Bynum---He's baaaaaack. :) After an incredible, mind blowing rookie season 2 seasons ago followed by a little bit of coming back down to earth last season, KDigits has assembled a very strong group of players in his 3rd season. LOVE Gobert, imo he's a cheat code to the Center position as SGA is to the PG position. I could never get away with a high minute poor Defensive player like D. Sabonis but I am pretty sure he was on your inaugural CHIP team so you know what you are doing and at least this time you've got one of the best defenders in Gobert around him. M.Porter and C.Wood are high efg guys--going back to more of your 1st year recipe, I see. Magic in the 5th is a good pick up--I'll be interested in what season you pick and how he meshes with the rest of this bunch. A. Gordon and Bynum were absolutely the right picks here in the 6th and 7th. I hope you forgot the advice I gave you b4 your 1st season about sprinkling in some High Defense subs otherwise we may be chasing you all season. Personally, I have to have a little better Defense across the board in my draft than what you have put together but I sure was wrong with my assessment of your 1st draft. Draft Grade: B+ Prediction: Playoff bound and if he sprinkled in enough D filling out his team, chip contender.
5/17/2025 10:49 PM
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Can you tell the people in the back row who the Elite 5 are?

Plus, thank you very much for writing these.
5/17/2025 10:55 PM
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11) lukemikk---Kareem, George, JAllen, Ibaka, TJ, IJackson, Faried----- what's not to like about this draft? I Like all of the picks, but I can't say OMG I Love these picks. I take that back, except Jarrett Allen in the 3rd, I do LOVE that pick. The rest are good, solid picks. I think I would of tried to do something different in the 5th rather than TJ McConnell. He's more of a 6/7 rounder. Draft Grade: C Prediction: 36 to 43 wins, whether or not that's good enough to make the playoffs depends on the conference.
5/17/2025 10:57 PM
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Posted by Midge on 5/17/2025 10:55:00 PM (view original):
Can you tell the people in the back row who the Elite 5 are?

Plus, thank you very much for writing these.
Raggedclaws/beloud/benhoidal/robusk/chewy

if you just wrote down the names of the players these guys draft in any of these themes for 3 seasons and then only drafted players that they had once drafted, you would make the playoffs every time.
5/17/2025 11:01 PM (edited)
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Posted by riftonapple on 5/17/2025 11:01:00 PM (view original):
Posted by Midge on 5/17/2025 10:55:00 PM (view original):
Can you tell the people in the back row who the Elite 5 are?

Plus, thank you very much for writing these.
Raggedclaws/beloud/benhoidal/robusk/chewy

if you just wrote down the names of the players these guys draft in any of these themes for 3 seasons and then only drafted players that they had once drafted, you would make the playoffs every time.
Seems like a pretty lame strat.

thanks for doing evals though!
5/17/2025 11:04 PM
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That is who I assumed you were talking about, but I wanted clarification. Thanks
5/17/2025 11:07 PM
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12) dbkc----AD, Dr. J, DeWhite, Camby, Horford, Drexler, BrWright---VERY nice job. Dr. J is a great player but you have to pick the right season for the team you have and I am not an expert at doing that, but I have noticed that with him and Pippen. The trick is selecting the right season and there's so many good ones, it's hard. Horford's 80D SF season is nice but you have to make sure you don't come up light on OREBs. Haven't looked at your full team but this draft was spot on. Draft Grade: A Prediction: chip contender
5/18/2025 2:12 PM (edited)
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