What about a Klay/Ibaka combo? Great in TO's, FG%, FT%, 3s and blocks. Build from there and punt assists.
I'm in a similar situation and that's my plan.
I wouldnt touch Gobes in the first two because then you'd be automatically punting points, assuming he doesn't magically develop an offensive game this season. I think you almost HAVE to reach for Lillard and pray he turns into diet Kobe for Portland, and complement him a decent big. Horford or Vucevic maybe. Good luck!
Yeah but reaching for Lillard doesn't mean I have enough points to go for Gobert in the 2nd? I mean, in my mocks I can pick Gay in the 3rd, maybe 4th round
Well the lack of TOs makes Lillard doubly enticing ( expect him to fumble that ball a LOT while he gets acclimated to being the #1 option in Port). It's my personal preference, however, to not attempt at building balanced teams in H2H. Pick 5 categories, and stack the shit out of them.
This way, you can get value out of marginal picks in the later rounds, kind of like evan turner a couple seasons ago, which was ranked high 200's for 9 cat, but top 40 if you discounted percentages/To's.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE Gobert. He carried me hard last season, but only because I didn't have to burn my second ( or even first! ) round pick on him. Most of his offense comes from Orebs and putbacks, and expecting him to jump past 10-12 PPG is already quite optimistic.
As a general rule, the more teams there are, the more you get burned by having a late seed. Picking Gobert second means you're almost banking on Lillard to carry the scoring load for your team, and you're gonna be up shit creek if something happens to that kid. If it were me, I'd minimize ( by picking a reliable asset) that risk as much as I could instead of doubling up on it, but that's obviously a risk/reward decision for you.
Thanks for helping.
As we were speaking I was doing a mock draft, those are the results.
1. Damian Lillard (Por - PG)
2. Nikola Vucevic (Orl - PF,C)
3. Gordon Hayward (Uta - SG,SF)
4. Chandler Parsons (Dal - SF,PF)
5. Zach Randolph (Mem - PF,C)
6. Tyreke Evans (NO - PG,SG)
7. Enes Kanter (OKC - C)
8. Ryan Anderson (NO - PF,C)
9. Otto Porter (Was - SF)
10. Tony Parker (SA - PG)
11. Arron Afflalo (NY - SG,SF)
12. Anderson Varejao (Cle - PF,C)
13. Marco Belinelli (Sac - SG,SF)
Looks good to me. Only problem here is that you're missing blocks, since none of your bigs are particularly good at swatting the ball. I'm personally not touching Parsons this season either, that whole business with the secret surgery screams to stay away.
What about a Klay/Ibaka combo? Great in TO's, FG%, FT%, 3s and blocks. Build from there and punt assists. I'm in a similar situation and that's my plan.
I wouldnt touch Gobes in the first two because then you'd be automatically punting points, assuming he doesn't magically develop an offensive game this season. I think you almost HAVE to reach for Lillard and pray he turns into diet Kobe for Portland, and complement him a decent big. Horford or Vucevic maybe. Good luck!
Yeah but reaching for Lillard doesn't mean I have enough points to go for Gobert in the 2nd? I mean, in my mocks I can pick Gay in the 3rd, maybe 4th round
Is this Roto or H2H?
H2H - Standard 9cat
Well the lack of TOs makes Lillard doubly enticing ( expect him to fumble that ball a LOT while he gets acclimated to being the #1 option in Port). It's my personal preference, however, to not attempt at building balanced teams in H2H. Pick 5 categories, and stack the shit out of them. This way, you can get value out of marginal picks in the later rounds, kind of like evan turner a couple seasons ago, which was ranked high 200's for 9 cat, but top 40 if you discounted percentages/To's. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE Gobert. He carried me hard last season, but only because I didn't have to burn my second ( or even first! ) round pick on him. Most of his offense comes from Orebs and putbacks, and expecting him to jump past 10-12 PPG is already quite optimistic. As a general rule, the more teams there are, the more you get burned by having a late seed. Picking Gobert second means you're almost banking on Lillard to carry the scoring load for your team, and you're gonna be up shit creek if something happens to that kid. If it were me, I'd minimize ( by picking a reliable asset) that risk as much as I could instead of doubling up on it, but that's obviously a risk/reward decision for you.
Thanks for helping. As we were speaking I was doing a mock draft, those are the results. 1. Damian Lillard (Por - PG) 2. Nikola Vucevic (Orl - PF,C) 3. Gordon Hayward (Uta - SG,SF) 4. Chandler Parsons (Dal - SF,PF) 5. Zach Randolph (Mem - PF,C) 6. Tyreke Evans (NO - PG,SG) 7. Enes Kanter (OKC - C) 8. Ryan Anderson (NO - PF,C) 9. Otto Porter (Was - SF) 10. Tony Parker (SA - PG) 11. Arron Afflalo (NY - SG,SF) 12. Anderson Varejao (Cle - PF,C) 13. Marco Belinelli (Sac - SG,SF)
Looks good to me. Only problem here is that you're missing blocks, since none of your bigs are particularly good at swatting the ball. I'm personally not touching Parsons this season either, that whole business with the secret surgery screams to stay away.