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PhillyEagles36 said 06/23, 08:39 PM
Rules: Create a team out of ETO, Restricted, Unrestricted, Player options, Team options. I pick one, you pick the other. 5 starters 3 bench and they must play their real positions.

Alright here is my team. I am taking the Restricted Free Agents.

PG: Jose Calderon
SG: Monta Ellis
SF: Andre Iguodala
PF: Josh Smith
C: Andris Biendrins

Bench
Emeka Okafor
Ben Gordon
Luol Deng

PhillyEagles36 said 06/23, 09:15 PM
I forgot to list the site I used, mine is different and doesn't have some of your players on it but it's no big deal...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=2008freeagents

Jose Calderon is one of the best young point guards in the league, he knows how to lead his team and is quite a good decision maker. At 11.2ppg and 8.3apg he has turned into one of the best passers in the league. His assist/ 48 minutes is at 13.1 with an great assist to turnover ratio of 5.38/1, which was tops in the league.

Monta Ellis is another young star. He averaged 20.2ppg, 4apg while shooting a ridiculous 53% from the floor. He is a very quick talented defender and has become a great scorer.

Iggy is a player that can do it all. 20ppg, 5.5rpg, and 5apg are all great O stats while still being a great defender, 2.1spg.

Smith, another great player. 17.2ppg, 8.2rpg, and 2.8bpg, he puts up great numbers. He too is young and is quietly becoming a dominant force.

Biendris, not great but good. He lead the league in FG% at 63%. Still averaged 11ppg and 10rpg, he too is a good defender.

Emeka Okafor, is a great defender. 14ppg 11rpg and 1.7bpg. He is a great leader and all around player.

PhillyEagles36 said 06/24, 07:22 PM
Brand plays PF not C and is coming off a major injury, who knows how long before that becomes a problem again.

Marion may play PF but should be playing SF, it is more natural for him. He complained about not being a high option on the Suns, he won't like his role here either.

Artest is a very good player... but he too has his issues, how will he handle being the 5th scoring option on this team?

A.I., clear him and passing duties and I can just see his shot count rise and rise.

Davis won't be able to score as much when he is your teams third possibly fourth option, he gets a lot of rebounds based on the small ball you mentioned.

O'Neal was not on my site, but with his injuries who cares. He is an injury waiting to happen and is not quite what he used to be.

Arenas won't like coming off the bench very much. He isn't a great shooter and is a pretty bad defender...

Your team has injury prone players (Brand, O'Neal, Marion, Davis, and Arenas all missed significant time this year), while no one on my team missed more than 20 games.

Your team is loaded with stars, my team has everything that is needed to win games. Defense, scoring, rebounding, and passing I have it all.