TWIST DRAFT - VOTING THREAD (100+ Posters please vote)

calderon13 · Post #1 » by **calderon13** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:29 am

WEST VOTES EAST AND EAST VOTES WEST. Also, outside Judges/Voters are welcome to vote but should have 100 or more posts in order to rank the teams.

This is the scenario that the voters should keep in mind while ranking the teams:

14 teams, 82 games, all doing their best to clinch a spot for the playoffs but
only 8 teams will advance to the playoffs. (4 from each conference)
- Are the teams well balanced? (eg. 4 PGs and only 1 Cc).
- Are the teams realistic? (ie. Chemistry, attitude problems,
"I am the leader cz I am the best" issues).
- How good is the team's defense?
- How destructive is the offense?
- Is the pine good enough to make an impact on the game?
- The voters should keep in mind that the length of the season is the same as NBA.
- A team will play another team multiple times just like how it happens in the NBA.
- Defense - 2 points
- Offense - 2 points
- Chemistry - 2 points
- Realism - 2 points
- Bench - 2 points

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE TEAMS ARE FORMED FOR THIS SEASON ONLY. A WIN NOW SITUATION.

Points - Rank
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10 - First
9 - Second
8 - Third
7 - Fourth
6 - Fifth
5 - Sixth
4 - Seventh
3 - Eighth
2 - Ninth
1 - Tenth
0 - Eleventh - Fourteenth

calderon13 · Post #2 » by **calderon13** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:30 am

Teams:

WEST

Phoenix Suns: (bullscubsbears)

PG: Sam Cassell, Jason Terry, Rafer Alston
SG: Joe Johnson, Mike Miller, J.R. Smith
SF: Caron Butler, Travis Outlaw, Josh Childress
PF: Elton Brand, Tim Thomas, Brook Lopez
Cc: Amare Stoudamire, Kendrick Perkins, Chris Mihm

Dallas Mavericks: (Pistons)

C - E.Okafor / Z. Illgauskas / D .Milicic
PF - C. Wilcox / L. Powe / N. Krstic
SF - K. Durant / T. Young / B. Wells
SG - D. Wade / R. Brewer / D. Stevenson
PG - B. Davis / J. Bayless / B. Jackson

NO Hornets: (calderon13)

PG: C. Paul, Stephon Marbury
SG: Vince Carter, Rudy Fernandez, JJ Redick
SF: Josh Smith, Jason Kapono, Marvin Williams
PF: Carlos Boozer, Jason Thompson, Tony Battie
C: S. O'Neal, Stromile Swift, Kwame Brown

San Antonio Spurs: (CellarDoor)

Iverson/Hinrich/Foye/Williams
Martin/Hinrich/Williams/McCants
Granger/Dunleavy/Alexander
Duncan/Okur/Millsap/Alexander
Okur/Pryzbilla/Mourning

Houston Rockets: (trav12221)

PG: Jason Kidd, Raymond Felton, Rafer Alston
SG: Brandon Roy, Mo Williams, Desmond Mason
SF: Lamar Odom, Andrés Nocioni, Matt Barnes
PF: Rasheed Wallace, David Lee, Anthony Randolph
C: Yao Ming, Eddy Curry, Etan Thomas

LA Lakers: (Mascot)

PG: Jose Calderon/Jordan Farmar/Luke Ridnour
SG: Kobe Bryant/Anthony Parker/Michael Finley
SF: Peja Stojakovic/James Posey/Bill Walker
PF: Pau Gasol/Nene Hilario/Kenyon Martin
Cc: Andrew Bynum/Rasho Nesterovic/Hamed Haddadi

EAST

Toronto Raptors: (-MK-)

PG: Tony Parker, Delonte West, Chris Duhon
SG: Corey Maggette, Jamal Crawford, Cuttino Mobley
SF: Josh Howard, Grant Hill, Danilo Gallinari
PF: Chris Bosh, LaMarcus Aldridge, Drew Gooden
C: Andris Biedrins, Ben Wallace, Ronny Turiaf

Detroit Pistons: (Jud's Buechlers)

PG - Chauncey Billups, Jameer Nelson, Juan Carlos Navarro
SG - Ray Allen, Russell Westbrook, Brent Barry
SF - Tracy McGrady, Ron Artest, Wally Szczerbiak
PF - David West, Rashard Lewis, Troy Murphy
C - Tyson Chandler, Brad Miller, Joakim Noah

Orlando Magic: (ws26)

PG: Derek Fisher, Derrick Rose, Eddie House
SG: Jason Richardson, Monta Ellis, Sasha Vujicic, Mikael Pietrus
SF: Rudy Gay, Bruce Bowen, Al Harrington
PF: Michael Beasley, Al Horford, Kurt Thomas
C: Dwight Howard, Al Horford, Mark Blount

Cleveland Cavaliers: (MJallday59)

PG - Mike Bibby, Nate Robinson, Ben Gordon
SG- Richard Hamilton, Quentin Richardson, Jamario Moon
SF- Lebron James, Luol Deng, Richard Jefferson,
PF- Dirk Nowitzki, Shawn Marion, * Joe Smith
C - Marcus Camby, Greg Oden*, Desagana Diop

Boston Celtics: (deNIEd)

PG: Devin Harris/Ronjo Rondo/Francisco Garcia
SG: Manu Ginobilli/Kyle Krover/Ricky Davis
SF: Paul Pierce/Gerald Wallace/Boris Diaw
PF: Kevin Garnett/Udonis Haslem/Zach Randolph
C : Chris Kaman/Eric Dampier/Sean Williams

More voting happening here
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calderon13 · Post #3 » by **calderon13** » Wed Oct 1, 2008 1:18 pm

Post #4 » by **CellarDoor** » Wed Oct 1, 2008 3:04 pm

Are the participants supposed to vote, or just non-participants. And where's your vote, Calderon?! :p

ws26 · Post #5 » by **ws26** » Wed Oct 1, 2008 4:07 pm

Just a quick pitch for my team:
1. Finals experience in Fisher, House, Vujacic, Bowen, Thomas. That doesn't include Horford or Rose, who have been to the NCAA championship.

2. Run and Gun: Rose will run this fast-paced team with the veteran Fisher teaching the young PG. Richardson, Ellis, Pietrus, Gay, Beasley, and Howard will all run the floor.

3. While Dwight and Beasley will mesh as a couple goofballs, players like Bowen, Fisher and Kurt Thomas will keep them in check. Vujacic, Rose and Horford are also young leaders. Richardson, Pietrus, Ellis, and Harrington all played with the Warriors over the past couple years, so I brought some of their chemistry to my team.

Hopefully, all this will lead my team to a championship with a mix of vets and rooks.

Jud's Buechlers · Post #6 » by **Jud's Buechlers** » Wed Oct 1, 2008 5:02 pm

Haha I didn't know we could explain our teams. Are we doing that or not? I was under the assumption that we were not. And participants voting sounds like a bad idea.

calderon13 · Post #7 » by **calderon13** » Wed Oct 1, 2008 7:37 pm

No we are not explaining our teams.

Only non-participants are voting.

ecuhus1981 · Post #8 » by **ecuhus1981** » Wed Oct 1, 2008 7:42 pm

I would say deNIEd's Celtics are the best team of the bunch. I'm not sure you're going to get 100 votes around here, though.

Post #9 » by **CellarDoor** » Wed Oct 1, 2008 7:57 pm

calderon13 wrote:No we are not explaining our teams.

Only non-participants are voting.

If that's the case, then you need to get his post explaining his team out of here.

Mascot · Post #10 » by **Mascot** » Thu Oct 2, 2008 12:39 am

so what happened to the other teams such as my LA Lakers?

MJallday59 · Post #11 » by **MJallday59** » Thu Oct 2, 2008 3:27 pm

Here's an Idea....since nobody is voting...

We separate the 14 teams into two conferences A and B

Conference A
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Team 7

Conference B
Team 8
Team 9
Team 10
Team 11
Team 12
Team 13
Team 14

Conference A can only vote for Conference B and vice versa. The public can also give their vote as well. Ranking each category like this

10 being the best - 1 being the worst

For example -

Team Chemistry Category - Are the teams well balanced? (eg. 4 PGs and only 1 Cc).
- Are the teams realistic? (ie. Chemistry, attitude problems,
"I am the leader cz I am the best" issues). On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate this team in this area.

Team Offense category
If the franchise player went down, could this team still win games?

Team Defense category
Will the team score 150 points a game but give up 275??

Once we get to the top 4 teams, then we should allow the public to vote...but for now...let's keep it in house i guess....

Just a suggestion Calderon, not trying to step on your shoes...

BTW- you should decide seeding....

bcortell · Post #12 » by **bcortell** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 2:14 am

I'm not voting but I like Boston. I also like Detroit but think they have their depth chart mixed up a little. It should probably be:

Billups/Nelson/ Navarro
TMAC/ Allen/ Westbrook
Artest/Lewis/ Wally
West/ Lewis/ Murphy
Chadler/ Miller/ Noah

That's a pretty good combination of scoring and defense.. i think Tmac/artest are a better compliment starting at the wings than allen/ Tmac

Mascot · Post #13 » by **Mascot** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 5:28 am

Mascot - LA Lakers
PG: Jose Calderon/Jordan Farmar/Luke Ridnour
SG: Kobe Bryant/Anthony Parker/Michael Finley
SF: Peja Stojakovic/James Posey/Bill Walker
PF: Pau Gasol/Nene Hilario/Kenyon Martin
Cc: Andrew Bynum/Rasho Nesterovic/Hamed Haddadi

Jud's Buechlers · Post #14 » by **Jud's Buechlers** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 3:28 pm

bcortell wrote:I'm not voting but I like Boston. I also like Detroit but think they have their depth chart mixed up a little. It should probably be:

Billups/Nelson/ Navarro
TMAC/ Allen/ Westbrook
Artest/Lewis/ Wally
West/ Lewis/ Murphy
Chadler/ Miller/ Noah

That's a pretty good combination of scoring and defense.. i think Tmac/artest are a better compliment starting at the wings than allen/ Tmac

That was a lineup that was going to happen a lot... but we didn't get to explain our teams. The starting lineup would always be either the one you suggested or the one that I had... depending on the opponent. Thanks for the recognition!

calderon13 · Post #15 » by **calderon13** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 6:12 pm

MJallday59 wrote:Here's an Idea....since nobody is voting...

We separate the 14 teams into two conferences A and B

Conference A
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Team 7

Conference B
Team 8
Team 9
Team 10
Team 11
Team 12
Team 13
Team 14

Conference A can only vote for Conference B and vice versa. The public can also give their vote as well. Ranking each category like this

10 being the best - 1 being the worst

For example -

Team Chemistry Category - Are the teams well balanced? (eg. 4 PGs and only 1 Cc).
- Are the teams realistic? (ie. Chemistry, attitude problems,
"I am the leader cz I am the best" issues). On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate this team in this area.

Team Offense category
If the franchise player went down, could this team still win games?

Team Defense category
Will the team score 150 points a game but give up 275??

Once we get to the top 4 teams, then we should allow the public to vote...but for now...let's keep it in house i guess....

Just a suggestion Calderon, not trying to step on your shoes...

BTW- you should decide seeding....

I like this idea better. If you guys want you guys can start this type of voting from tomorrow

Jud's Buechlers · Post #16 » by **Jud's Buechlers** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 6:47 pm

Calderon, can you clearly split the teams into two conferences? Thanks

Post #17 » by **CellarDoor** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 6:49 pm

Why not just use the conferences they were actually in if you're going that route?

Detroit East, SAS West, etc etc.

calderon13 · Post #18 » by **calderon13** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 11:05 pm

Can someone get me the remaining rosters. I am currently in university so I wil just arrange the teams by their conference

calderon13 · Post #19 » by **calderon13** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 11:34 pm

I am also editing the initial post so give it a read as well.

Mascot · Post #20 » by **Mascot** » Sat Oct 4, 2008 12:06 am

guess ill post this again since its never getting put on there....

Mascot - LA Lakers
PG: Jose Calderon/Jordan Farmar/Luke Ridnour
SG: Kobe Bryant/Anthony Parker/Michael Finley
SF: Peja Stojakovic/James Posey/Bill Walker
PF: Pau Gasol/Nene Hilario/Kenyon Martin
Cc: Andrew Bynum/Rasho Nesterovic/Hamed Haddadi