All Star Draft tonight 5PM Pacific, 8PM Eastern

[tjforce]

This is a bit silly, but I always think it can be pretty fun.

LeBron, then Durant, pick their teams tonight.

Since LeBron Can't pick himself and Durant isn't playing, I believe the draft order will go

-LeBron
-Durant
-LeBron
-Durant
-LeBron
-Durant
-Lebron
-Durant
-Durant

For starters, then

-Durant
-LeBron

alternating reserves.

Starter pool:

Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks)
Bradley Beal (Wizards)
Stephen Curry (Warriors)
Luka Doncic (Mavericks)
Joel Embiid (76ers)
Kyrie Irving (Nets)
Nikola Jokic (Nuggets)
Kawhi Leonard (Clippers)
Jayston Tatum (Celtics)


Reserves Pool:
Devin Booker (Suns)
Jaylen Brown (Celtics)
Paul George (Clippers)
Rudy Gobert (Jazz)
James Harden (Nets)
Zach LaVine (Bulls)
Damian Lillard (Trail Blazers)
Donovan Mitchell (Jazz)
Chris Paul (Suns)
Julius Randle (Knicks)
Domantas Sabonis (Pacers)
Ben Simmons (76ers)
Nikola Vucevic (Magic)
Zion Williamson (Pelicans)


My Guess for picks:
Giannis -L
Kyrie -D
Kawhi -L
Curry -D
Embiid -L
Jokic -D
Luka -L
Beal -D
Tatum -D

Harden -D
Lillard -L
PG13- D
CP3 -L
Zion -D
Simmons -L
Mitchell -D
Booker -L
Brown -D
Vucivic -L
Gobert -D
Booker -L
Lavine -D
Randle -L
Sabonis -D

Totally non scientific guesses there.

[brothertona]

Bron - Giannis
KD - Kyrie
Bron - Curry
KD - Embiid
Bron - Luka
Durant - Kawhi
Bron - Jokic
KD - Beal
KD - Tatum

[whodatbeastly16]

Who got Zion

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by whodatbeastly16

Who got Zion

TBD. They just got to the reserves.

[phil]

West starters Lebron Giannis Curry Luka Jokic lol

[CJsHockeyCards]

LeBron's team is absolutely stacked

[brothertona]

Reserves:
KD - Harden
Bron - Lillard
KD - Booker
Bron - Simmons
KD - Zion
Bron - Paul
KD - Lavine
Bron - Brown
KD - Randle
Bron - George
KD - Vucevic
Bron - Sabonis
KD - Mitchell
Bron - Gobert

[yiguiri2002]

I just wanted to see a good passer with Zion...

[tjforce]

Man... 2 Utah guys go dead last.

Brutal

[brothertona]

Bron crushed it honestly.
Bron, Giannis, Luka, Curry, Jokic
Reserves:
Lillard, Simmons, Paul, Brown, George, Sabonis, Gobert

He's got a winning team. I know no-one plays defense in the AS Game but damn Bron has got stoppers all over. I mean Simmons, Brown, George and Gobert off the bench? Who's scoring on them?

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by brothertona

Bron crushed it honestly.
Bron, Giannis, Luka, Curry, Jokic
Reserves:
Lillard, Simmons, Paul, Brown, George, Sabonis, Gobert

He's got a winning team. I know no-one plays defense in the AS Game but damn Bron has got stoppers all over. I mean Simmons, Brown, George and Gobert off the bench? Who's scoring on them?

Toughest thing they'll have to contend with is anybody to stop Embiid... but I'm not sure it'll matter.

[brothertona]

Team Bron:
Bron, Giannis, Luka, Curry, Jokic, Lillard, Simmons, Paul, Brown, George, Sabonis, Gobert

Team Durant:
Kyrie, Embiid, Kawhi, Beal, Tatum, Harden, Booker, Zion, Lavine, Randle, Vucevic, Mitchell

[whodatbeastly16]

Team KD wins easily in my eyes

[brothertona]

KD basically got all of the buckets - Beal, Harden, Booker, Lavine, Mitchell

[Akphillips86]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Man... 2 Utah guys go dead last.

Brutal

In a paradoxical way, I love this. It really gives the Jazz more motivation to win this postseason with the lack of respect they have been given.

Fuel that fire and give them more incentive to prove the doubters wrong.


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[Justin7]

Embiid exposed Donovan Mitchoke and no one wants the leftovers.

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by Akphillips86

In a paradoxical way, I love this. It really gives the Jazz more motivation to win this postseason with the lack of respect they have been given.

Fuel that fire and give them more incentive to prove the doubters wrong.


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Jazz need motivation to go out and get a tough wing defender.

It's really their biggest missing piece, IMO.

[hairyangryfella]

Originally Posted by whodatbeastly16

Team KD wins easily in my eyes

...are they open..?

LeBron starters look great apart from a possible difficulty being able to stop Embiid.
Their bench looks good all-round.

KD has... scorers.

[ninjacookies]

It's the ASG so the team rosters matter little.


It's an unspoken understanding to not play a lick of serious ball til late in the 4th quarter when the score will be inevitably tied until a last second possession or fts.

[Akphillips86]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Jazz need motivation to go out and get a tough wing defender.

It's really their biggest missing piece, IMO.

You’re not wrong.

I still think with their current configuration they have a legitimate shot though. They are one of the most complete teams in basketball. Last night’s loss was one of the rare times they got beat when they shot well from three (which is about 80-85 percent of the time. Mitchell had an inefficient night despite putting up 33, Embiid went beast mode, and Simmons was Simmons.

I think it’s Lakers coming out of the West, but this is assuming AD is back healthy. If not, I think it’s the Jazz. Western playoffs will be a bloodbath though, no getting around that.

In the East it’s Brooklyn or Philly. I don’t want to say Brooklyn, but I just feel like it will be. I really hope I’m wrong. I’d much rather see Philly in the finals.


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[tjforce]

Originally Posted by Akphillips86

You’re not wrong.

I still think with their current configuration they have a legitimate shot though. They are one of the most complete teams in basketball. Last night’s loss was one of the rare times they got beat when they shot well from three (which is about 80-85 percent of the time. Mitchell had an inefficient night despite putting up 33, Embiid went beast mode, and Simmons was Simmons.

I think it’s Lakers coming out of the West, but this is assuming AD is back healthy. If not, I think it’s the Jazz. Western playoffs will be a bloodbath though, no getting around that.

In the East it’s Brooklyn or Philly. I don’t want to say Brooklyn, but I just feel like it will be. I really hope I’m wrong. I’d much rather see Philly in the finals.


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Philly vs Utah would be great... but they are both 1 piece away.

For Philly, they need to add a dead eye sharp shooter off the bench. Korkmaz is too streaky, Milton and Tybulle have been shooting terribly from 3 this year. Their 1st unit is as good as anyone in the NBA, but with Simmons + Embiid playing most of their minutes on the court at the same time, they need to find more bench scoring to keep things even when they are off, because Brooklyn is always going to have either KD, Kyrie, or Harden on the floor to score.

For Utah, I think the chances of them winning the finals are slim with this team as is. The reason? They don't have solid wing defender to match up to the likes of:
-LeBron
-Kawhi/PG13
-Booker

and in the East:
-Simmons/Harris
-KD/Harden
-Giannis

IMO they need someone to at least slow those guys down to win 2-3 7 games series' and win a title.

[Kio80]

Originally Posted by Justin7

Embiid exposed Donovan Mitchoke and no one wants the leftovers.

Damn, I wonder if he’s gonna complain about that as well


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[brothertona]

Giannis said it best

https://twitter.com/sportscenter/sta...349935616?s=21


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[Archangel1775]

Originally Posted by Akphillips86

In a paradoxical way, I love this. It really gives the Jazz more motivation to win this postseason with the lack of respect they have been given.

Fuel that fire and give them more incentive to prove the doubters wrong.


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You figured LeBron's "educated mind" would see that.