After witnessing 45 great minutes of debate and speculation, I thought it might be interesting to critique the action and give everyone an in depth analysis from someone who has a stake in the outcome. Overall, I was very entertained.
I also have some other thoughts.
Favorite part...
Mock Draft Grades:
(Also a break down of the most common tendencies of each player)
Ben as represented by BC - F-
- Ben - Driver, Stand and Shoot
- Brian - Distributor, Capitalist
- Joe - Scorer, Defender
- Donley - Stand and Shoot
- Smo - Stand and Pass
- Danny - Stand and Shoot
- Bmac - Stand and Shoot
- Hops - Sometimes everything, sometimes nothing
Abe as represented by DANNY - A+
- Abe - Scorer, Defender, Rebounder, Philanthropist, Genius, All around great person
- Beas -Scorer, Defender
- BC - Stand and Shoot
- Pitto - Scorer
- Sabin - Scorer, Defender
- Bruise - Rebounder
- Spot - Stand and Shoot, Backcutter
- Wes - Stand and Miss
Look at those teams! Not even fair. I'd have way too much offensive power. Defense always goes to shit in these tourneys because everyone gets crazy tired no matter how good of shape they are in so defense really is not even worth mentioning. Scoring takes far less physical effort and ultimately plays a much larger role as the weekend progresses.
The Player Analysis Debatables:
The way I break it down, right now there are 5 people in this thing that can get theirs. Joe, Pitto, Sabin, Abe, Beas. The people that are most up for debate are explained below.
- Beas has a small sample size but I'm sure his effort guarding Joe last year took a lot out of him on the offensive end. Thats why I still think he has the talent and determination to be an electric offensive player.
- I've taken Ben off the scorer list because, well, he hasn't scored in a while.
- Brian can score and is effective when doing so but I don't really consider him a scorer. More of a "capitalize on opportunity" rather than "breakdown your strength" kinda guy.
- Donley can play off other people pretty well and can put up numbers but he relies on his teammates to do it.
So I would have 4 of those 5 scorers? No chance for team Grizzly Bear.
At this point in time, we all know each other well enough to know what we can expect. Of course, every year there will be a couple disappointments alongside a couple redemptions, but for the most part it will remain pretty consistent. And even those outliers aren't really that extreme. Its not like we have an Adrain Peterson that tears up his knee one year and the next year puts together a record breaking performance. Its more like, "Oh, this guy didn't suck quite as bad as last year" or, "Hey, why is Brian missing layups?"
My Drafting Strategy:
I want at least a little competition this year so I'll drop some knowledge on Ben and give him a little insight. In PCTI when drafting a team, a common mistake that is made is emphasizing both matchups and size. Out here size doesn't really matter. We all end up on the perimeter anyway and we are all pretty slow out there. That transitions me into the other point well... Matchups. Anyone can pretty much guard anyone. It's because we all get tired and lazy and then the least bit of defensive pressure can shut us down. This is an unfortunate realization of our old age and diminishing ability. Danny was right on the money when he said that I go by "best available", but I will add to that... I go by "best available scorers". So far that strategy has worked pretty well and now my secret is out.
It's your pick Ben... whatcha gonna do?
I wanted #1 (as I've mentioned to a couple folks), and I got what I wanted. I will go on record saying that BC couldn't have gotten my mock stick more wrong, so don't rest your laurels on his musings. WHO IS YOUR DADDY AND WHAT DOES HE DO
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The only thing I do know is that I probably won't draft Sabin (unless the value is too good) so that one of us has to be 0-5 and live with that shame. If I lose I will be kicking myself out of PCTI and will replace myself with the least cool person in the world (his name rhymes with Clausen Snuff). You guys can thank me later.
My favorite part of the vid was BC spitting out his coffee
ReplyDeleteBen, how can you break up our incredible chemistry that has led to 8 consecutive defeats?
ReplyDelete#WalterWhite
#JessePinkman
I would argue the defense is too good, hence the 30% from the field for the MVP every year.
ReplyDeleteAbe Money, I wanna hate on this post so bad but you're undefeated and probably right so whatevstick
ReplyDeleteBen give us some insight into your draft strategy
ReplyDeleteStill waiting for some time to watch this vid stack, but my biggest struggle is if I want my secret loveman Benny the not so Jet or Captain America to select me in this thing - A MAN DIVIDED AGAINST HIMSELF, CANNOT STAND!
ReplyDeleteSoooooo Abe, what your really trying to say is you'll be drafting me with one of your first two picks? I can break a D down with the best of them.
ReplyDelete#penetrateandcreate
#finesse
At least I don't stand.
ReplyDelete@Beasley, here's a peek into my draft strat stick: I'm going to go in there and pick a guy, then I'm gonna watch two more guys get picked by someone else. Once that's over with, then I'm gonna retort with two picks of my own, and boy are those gonna rock the competition. My opponent will then retaliate with two body blows of his own, but then I'll just counter jab stick him twice in his awesome teeth. Then he'll probably cheat and headbutt me twice, but because I'm made of cast iron, shit won't hurt and I'll groin punch-groin punch him until he's cowering in his corner and is forced to throw in the white towel, aka say the words Wes Murray*.
ReplyDelete*Note: I am 0-4.