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Build your all-time starting five with $15

NewBlood said:
Bazz - Castle - Caron - Adrien - Clingan

I love Jerome, but Hawkins is a $2 and Cam is a $1
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I didn't even notice that, Cam is better than both Jerome and Hawkins.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Smitty
Burrell
Castle
Donyell
Oak
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I have plus defenders at every position, length, speed, and shooting.

Smitty, Burrell and Castle wreak havoc defensively on the perimeter and gum up passing lanes. Marshall and Okafor erase everything at the rim.

Transition offense is a blur with Okafor outlets and Smitty or Castle bringing it up with Burrell and Marshall filling the wings.
 
I'm going:

El-Amin (2)
Castle (3)
Butler (4)
Karaban (1)
Okafor (5)

I know you don't have to pick exactly one guy at each dollar value, just worked out that way.

We have toughness, leadership, unbelievable basketball IQ, stout interior and perimeter defense, and enough offense/spacing to score reliably without being dependent on the 3. Ballhandling is maybe a bit light, but any of the first 3 can handle it, and Castle's PG skills were underutilized here (for valid reasons).
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Honestly just give me the 5 $3 players. That team would be insane
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I was just about to say the same thing. That's a killer lineup.

Though Kemba, Castle, Lamb, Adrien, and Clingan would be great as well.
 
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My lineup is Bazz, Steph, DC (3$ each), Meka (5$) and Smith(1$)

Good luck to score against this defense juggernaut which will take the oxygen out of any offense.
 
Give me the entire $1 row with Jim Calhoun and keep the change.

I know you can win a title with those 5 guys.

Smith, though I'd prefer Talik, Hawkins, Burrell, Karaban and Drummond.
 
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I think Clingan and Rip are the 2 must haves. Then throw in that moxie at guard with Kemba, Bazz or El Amin and it doesn’t even really matter who the other 2 are. You could debate all day about Emeka vs. Clingan, but for $2 less I’m taking Clingan all day long.
 
Marshall $5
Gordon $4
Sanogo $2
Smith $1
Gay $3
 
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PG - Kemba -$5
SG - Gordon -$4
SF - Lamb - $2
PF - AK - $1
C - Clingan - $3

Honestly I didn't spend much time on this and didn't base it off sheer talent, so I can probably be convinced another lineup is better pretty easily, lol. But as far as my reasoning goes:

-Elite shooting and penetration at both guard spots. Two dudes who can go out and get you a bucket when you really need one. Worth spending 60% of my budget on IMO.

-However both are smaller guards with defensive limitations, so I have Clingan anchoring the paint on defense.

- AK is the ideal role player for any team and is an absolute steal at only $1.

- I only had $2 left but I'm fine "getting stuck" with Lamb as my SF
 
JRDBWK said:
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Harder question, make a roster that wouldn't win a title, lol.

For now, I'm going with this $13 team.

Backcourt -- Going with length, versatility and defensively stout

PG - $4 Newton - Big two-way lead guard who can close games.

G - $2 Lamb - Long perimeter floor-spacer, who is an underrated bucket-generator, decent secondary passer and underrated defender

G - $3 Castle - Big two-way guard who can get to the basket and be a secondary PG

Frontcourt

F - $1 Karaban - Easy money play. Elite spacer, smart, versatile offensive weapon.

C - $3 Clingan - The best defensive center in the history of UConn? Plus, underrated versatility on offense.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Harder question, make a roster that wouldn't win a title, lol.

For now, I'm going with this $13 team.

Backcourt -- Going with length, versatility and defensively stout

PG - $4 Newton - Big two-way lead guard who can close games.

G - $2 Lamb - Long perimeter floor-spacer, who is an underrated bucket-generator, decent secondary passer and underrated defender

G - $3 Castle - Big two-way guard who can get to the basket and be a secondary PG

Frontcourt

F - $1 Karaban - Easy money play. Elite spacer, smart, versatile offensive weapon.

C - $3 Clingan - The best defensive center in the history of UConn? Plus, underrated versatility on offense.
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Karaban at $1 is comical. It's like getting 200 points on a test for writing your name it's such an obvious choice lol.

When I first looked at the list my brain said, "I don't care if he's 5 bucks, I need Okafor." He still just feels like the most dominant force we've had down low. But then I saw Clingan at $3, and realized he probably had just as much of a defensive impact, if not more, and was much cheaper. That became a no brainer choice as well.

You're right, it would be much harder to make a team from this list that wouldn't have a shot at a title. Even if you were only allowed to use the 1 and 2 dollar guys haha
 
So much depth at several positions. SG, PG, SF, C all have minimal fall off in the $5-$3 slots. I'm not sure Rip is even the best SF. Center and PG are strong even to $1. The one $5 guy I think you need to take is Marshall. I could see an argument for Cliff if you get the NBA Cliff that was making 3s. Marshall added so much versatility and shot blocking that pairing him with any of these guys would yield a dominant team.
 
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You could add another column with bench players.

Oriaki, Brimah, Talik, Giffey, Freeman, Moore, Depriest, a whole bunch of role players
 
You can literally pick any 5 that costs $15 and have a heckuva team. I'll take 3 $3 players - Napier, Castle, Clingan. Add Donyell at the 4, and that leaves a superb athlete who played years in the NBA for $1, Scotty B.
 
Doctor Hoop said:
You can literally pick any 5 that costs $15 and have a heckuva team. I'll take 3 $3 players - Napier, Castle, Clingan. Add Donyell at the 4, and that leaves a superb athlete who played years in the NBA for $1, Scotty B.
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I can never do these - I overthink and get mad when I leave out guys I like. It’s too frustrating and I quit.

I can’t decide on just one iteration.
 
Doctor Hoop said:
You can literally pick any 5 that costs $15 and have a heckuva team. I'll take 3 $3 players - Napier, Castle, Clingan. Add Donyell at the 4, and that leaves a superb athlete who played years in the NBA for $1, Scotty B.
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It’s nice having enough greats to make this a real debate and fun exercise

Pretty clear cut (if they even have 25 greats) with most programs
 
Despite our surplus of PGs and Shabazz being the guy I ALWAYS want to pick here…2 bucks for El-Amin might be the move. He was so good. Great leader, clutch…
 
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Again, we need one of those SIM maven's to start running these teams against each other. That would actually be a pretty cool thing to do in the off-season.
 
Shabazz ($3) Lamb ($2) Caron ($4) Charlie ($3) and Clingan ($3)

Ultimate point God

A shooter with length and can get in passing lanes + can play off ball

Do it all Caron

Jumbo 4 who was a great floor spacer + shot blocker

Clingan is Clingan

Covering my bases rebounding wise, defensively, with shooters, and a go to scorer in Caron when needed. And Shabazz in there to make sure everyone gets the ball accordingly while being the best catch and shoot 3 point guy of the group of PGs.
 
RuffRuff said:
If your roster isn’t starting with a 3 dollar discount Clingan you’re not doing this right. He might be the most valuable asset at any dollar value.
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That and $3 Shabazz.

He has everything you need to run a great team and has all the ability to play both on and off the ball seamlessly.

Honestly not sure how he became the $3 player but I’ll take it.

If I went with any $5 guy it’d be Marshall value wise because I don’t think there’s another super talent in that group.

PGs have Shabazz at $3 who is a $5 player.
SGs have Ben and Lamb is a pretty good value choice too who can do a little bit of everything
SFs have Caron who is a $5 player realistically
Centers have Clingan who is another $5 value player

I tried to find a way to fit Marshall in but I’m not moving off of Bazz or Clingan and really wanted a dominant wing scorer which I didn’t think was there under $4.

So Butler and the next closest thing to Marshall in Charlie it was lol
 
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Lots of interesting teams. I’m picking

Napier
Gordon
Gay
Adrien
Clingan

Great scoring. Nobody going to come into the lane with Adrien and Clingan.
 
Might just take all five $3 players - imagine Charlie V and Donovan? Castle as the tall elite shooting guard with Napier's 3s and passing and drives? Rudy Gay then just chilling and scoring and rebounding.

Really cannot lose with $15, the obvious bargains are Chris Smith for $1, Karaban for $1, and Clingan for $3
 
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