OT-$15 to spend-UConn Team

[superjohn]

I'm just angry Selvie isn't available, that's a huge slight to him. He's at least worth 3 dollars.

 

[Mr. French]

Rationale for my team. I want a balance of offense and defense and ability to score from every level. Obviously this game is close to zero sum. You choose one player from each position and exclude four others.

AJ
Ray
Giffey
Donyell
Drummond

AJ had a plenty strong handle and I'm taking Ray's handle against the second best perimeter defender's ability to stop Ray. Both AJ and Ray could bang three's all day and could also hit the 15' shot off one dribble. Neils and Donyell could also hit the three no problem.
I'm going with the classic 4 out 1 in offense. Only Husky who could guard Andre straight up in the post is Emeka. I'm taking Donyell against any lineup with Emeka and whomever you have as your four. Plus, if Emeka has to rotate to guard Donyell at the rim, Dre is the premier offense rebounder. I can't think of any other combination of inside players who can hit offensive boards better. Plus, both Donyell and Dre can simply outjump defender to grab the board.
Dre, Donyell and Neils give me three very good defensive rebounders and Neils and Donyell give me plenty of length on the perimeter to feed to Dre for blocks and then clean up the rebounds.

This is one of my favorite teams so far. Has everything.

 

[KingConn]

$5 Kemba
$1 Jalen
$1 Niels
$3 Caron
$5 Emeka

 

[HooperScooper]

I'm just angry Selvie isn't available, that's a huge slight to him. He's at least worth 3 dollars.

Well maybe 3 Canadian dollars.

 

[KingOPancakes]

There are absolute steals in the $1 bin so give me:
Ray: $5
Mek: $5
Caron: $3
AJ: $1
Niels: $1

You can mail me my trophy.

 

[Mr. French]

I’m currently watching AJP highlights courtesy of @tcf15 and yes, him being a dollar is a crime.

Shows how lethal we’ve been at G.

Marcus Williams is probably our greatest passer ever and he’s not here!

 

[Rasputin]

PG: A.J. Price - $1
SG: Ray or Rip - $5
SF: Caron Butler -$3
PF: DeAndre Daniels - $1
C: Emeka Okafor - $5

 

[Ajs120102]

 

[HuskyFich]

Kemba, Ray, Bouk, Charlie V, Brimah


Charlie V (or Chris Smith) at $2 is the steal of the entire game

 

[Mooch82]

Caron is the biggest no brainer of the bunch here for $3. The center position has the biggest drop off after Emeka, so he makes the most sense as the $5 option. I want a bulldog at the PG position for a championship team, so I'll splurge on Kemba there. I'd be happy to take AJP as my SG in a traditional UConn 2 PG lineup. DeAndre becomes the default 4 and is a good fit with his ability to stretch the D since Emeka doesn't offer much offensively outside of 6 feet from the hoop.

Kemba - $5
AJP - $1
Caron - $3
DeAndre - $1
Emeka - $5

The other option I'd consider would be, but I prefer more of an alpha at the 1 (Kemba, Shabazz, KEA all suffice).

AJP - $1
Gordon - $4
Caron - $3
Charlie - $2
Emeka - $5

They made this game a few years back with some different players and K-Free was a low cost option at the 4. I actually like him better than DeAndre or Charlie (if actually forming a TEAM), but he wasn't on the board in this game.