Build a Team: NBA Edition

[billy]

Build the best starting five with a sixth man (in real life) who can win games in regular season and win a 7 game playoff series and eventually a title.

Now, I'll put 4 rules here so it's not the same team every time and the thread is boring.

ALSO PLEASE USE THE DEPTH CHART FROM ESPN

www.espn.com/nba/team/depth/_/name/atl

1. You can only choose ONE franchise player overall from any team (that I will designate per team)
2. You cannot choose any 2 player from the same team (1 player per team)
3. You cannot choose any player from the GSW or CLE (to make it more fair and legitimate)
4. You cannot take a player that plays one position and convert him to play another position i.e. Lamarcus Aldridge switching from PF to C, and James Harden and Westbrook from PG to SG

Franchise Player per team

Atlanta Hawks: Dwight Howard (center)
Boston Celtics: Isaiah Thomas (point guard)
Brooklyn Nets: Brook Lopez (center)
Charlotte Hornets: Kemba Walker (point guard)
Chicago Bulls: Jimmy Butler (small forward)
Dallas Mavericks: Dirk Nowitzki (power forward)
Denver Nuggets: Emmanuel Mudiay (point guard)
Detroit Pistons: Andre Drummond (center)
Houston Rockets: James Harden (point guard)
Indiana Pacers: Paul George (small forward)
Los Angeles Clippers: Chris Paul (point guard)
Los Angeles Lakers: D'Angelo Russell (point guard)
Memphis Grizzlies: Marc Gasol (center)
Miami Heat: Hassan Whiteside (center)
Milwaukee Bucks: Giannis Antetokounpo (point guard)
Minnesota Timberwolves: Karl Anthony Towns (power forward)
New Orleans Pelicans: Anthony Davis (power forward)
New York Knicks: Carmelo Anthony (small forward)
Oklahoma City Thunder: Russell Westbrook (point guard)
Orlando Magic: Nikola Vucevic (center)
Philadelphia 76ers: Joel Embiid (center)
Phoenix Suns: Eric Bledsoe (point guard)
Portland Trail Blazers: Damien Lillard (point guard)
Sacremento Kings: Demarcus Cousins (center)
San Antonio Spurs: Kawhi Leonard (small forward)
Toronto Raptors: Kyle Lowry (point guard)
Utah Jazz: Gordon Hayward (small forward)
Washington Wizards: John Wall (point guard)

Example

PG Russell Westbrook
SG Demar Derozan
SF Andrew Wiggins
PF Blake Griffin
C Al Horford
6th man: Bradley Beal

[Theodore Duncan]

PG Mike Conley
SG Avery Bradley
SF Kawhi Leonard
PF Paul Millsap
C Rudy Gobert
6th man: Blake Griffin

Defense wins championships ;)

[Pete Maravich]

This was harder than I thought but settling with this for now.

PG  R Westbrook
SG  N Batum
SF  J Crowder
PF  P Millsap
C  R Gobert
6th  D Jordan


Damn broke rule 2...i give up...updated (meh)

[Donkey Kong]

Jan 18, 2017 9:41:47 GMT -5 Theodore Duncan said:

PG Mike Conley
SG Avery Bradley
SF Kawhi Leonard
PF Paul Millsap
C Rudy Gobert
6th man: Blake Griffin

Defense wins championships ;)

Thats pretty much the team I had in mind. x_x

PG Mike Conley
SG Avery Bradley
SF Kawhi Leonard
PF Paul Millsap
C Rudy Gobert
6th: Demar DeRozan

Edit: Can't help myself. I will go with the twin towers and Millsap to 6th man.

PG Mike Conley
SG Avery Bradley
SF Kawhi Leonard
PF Kristaps Porzingis
C Rudy Gobert
6th: Paul Millsap

That team would be unreal in terms of fit I think.

[Steve Jobs]

PG - Chris Paul
SG - Khris Middleton
SF - Otto Porter
PF - Kristaps Porzingis
C - Myles Turner
6th - C.J. McCollum

Basically as good of a "no glaring weaknesses" team as I can put together with the given rules. Chris Paul surrounded by 4 shooters with defensive skill/potential ranging anywhere from acceptable to great.

edit: Everyone has good percentages from 3 and from the line. The floor spacing would be incredible, and a floor general like CP3 to run the offensive engine, they'd get open shots or open drives to the basket on every play. I could see rebounding being a little bit of an issue, but I think they've got the skill to do fine in that regard, just that KP and Turner would have to communicate well about who stays in the paint on any given possession. CP3 improves perimeter defense immensely for any team, so giving him two rim protectors with the agility to run some serviceable defensive sets on the perimeter, and two solid defensive wings capable of switching or holding their own in iso sets, I think they'd be capable of dominating on the defensive side at best, or at worst holding down the fort to let the offense do it's thing. Short of including guys like Dray/Love/Klay, it's about as good of a "small" ball line up as you can make.

Also, forgot to mention, C.J. McCollum gives an unfair scoring edge of the bench.

[Theodore Duncan]

In the other hand, who needs defense if you can outscore anyone.

PG J.Harden
SG CJ McCollum
SF J.Parker
PF K.Porzingis
C N.Jokic
6th man: D.DeRozan

coach: Mike D'Antoni

edit.. had to change Brook Lopez to Jokic to fit the rules

[billy]

Jan 18, 2017 12:29:43 GMT -5 Steve Jobs said:

PG - Chris Paul
SG - Khris Middleton
SF - Otto Porter
PF - Kristaps Porzingis
C - Myles Turner
6th - C.J. McCollum

Basically as good of a "no glaring weaknesses" team as I can put together with the given rules. Chris Paul surrounded by 4 shooters with defensive skill/potential ranging anywhere from acceptable to great.

You'd take Porter over Crowder?

[Steve Jobs]

Jan 18, 2017 12:39:39 GMT -5 billy said:

Jan 18, 2017 12:29:43 GMT -5 Steve Jobs said:

PG - Chris Paul
SG - Khris Middleton
SF - Otto Porter
PF - Kristaps Porzingis
C - Myles Turner
6th - C.J. McCollum

Basically as good of a "no glaring weaknesses" team as I can put together with the given rules. Chris Paul surrounded by 4 shooters with defensive skill/potential ranging anywhere from acceptable to great.

You'd take Porter over Crowder?

Not necessarily for my team, but yes in this specific line up... Porter gives some extra scoring, extra rebounding, and better percentages. Technically his DRtg is better too, although I don't consider him a better defender.

[Allan Houston]

Lol, who's gonna pick Mudiay?

[Gregg Popovich]

PG Chris Paul LAC Franchise
SG Nicolas Batum CHA
SF Jae Crowder BOS
PF Paul Milsap ATL
C Rudy Gobert UTA
6 Kristaps Porzingis NYK

[Allan Houston]

This team maximizes PER:

PG: George Hill
SG: DeMar DeRozan
SF: Kawhi Leonard*
PF: Blake Griffin
C: Nikola Jokic
6: Enes Kanter

And this one maximizes RPM:

PG: Chris Paul*
SG: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
SF: Otto Porter Jr.
PF: Paul Millsap
C: Rudy Gobert
6: Nikola Jokic

[billy]

For this season?

[Allan Houston]

Yea.

[Paul Pierce]

PG: CP3
SG: Derozan
SF: Jae Crowder
pf: Aldridge
c Jokic
6 mcollum

[Justin Timberlake]

PG: Giannis Antetokounmpo
SG: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
SF: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
PF: Jae Crowder
C: Nikola Jokic
6: CJ McCollum

Maybe not the best team, but tried really hard to get one around Giannis. Would've loved to have had Khris instead of MKG to help with shooting and not lose much on defense, but rules suck and MKG needs love too. The plan on defense is to have KCP guard 1s, MKG on 2s, Giannis/Crowder on 3s and 4s, and Jokic on 5s. Super switchy lineup, a few solid shooters, decent passing, great rebounding, great defense, great potential. CJ gives us the scoring punch we need off the bench.

[Reggie Miller]

PG: Mike Conley
SG: DeMar Derozan
SF: Paul George
PF: Kristaps Porzingis
C: DeAndre Jordan
6th:Avery Bradley

All players are 2 way players

[DJ Jazzy Jeff]

PG: Reggie Jackson
SG: Demar Derozen
SF: Paul George
PF: Blake Griffin
C: Rudy Gobert
6: Devin Booker

[Allan Houston]

Why are you guys choosing Paul George over Kawhi?

[Reggie Miller]

Jan 18, 2017 21:23:06 GMT -5 Allan Houston said:

Why are you guys choosing Paul George over Kawhi?

because he is PG13..

[John Stockton]

Jan 19, 2017 0:08:26 GMT -5 Reggie Miller said:

Jan 18, 2017 21:23:06 GMT -5 Allan Houston said:

Why are you guys choosing Paul George over Kawhi?

because he is PG13..

Yeah pg13 suxxxxx /sarcasm

[Theodore Duncan]

I was thinking maybe it's better to build around AD rather than Kawhi. Which team would you rather have?

Team 1:
PG Mike Conley
SG Avery Bradley
SF Kawhi Leonard
PF Paul Millsap
C Rudy Gobert
6th man: Blake Griffin

or

Team 2:
PG Mike Conley
SG C.J. McCollum
SF Jae Crowder
PF Anthony Davis
C Rudy Gobert
6th man: Blake Griffin

[billy]

Beal over McCollum for team 2!