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Jazzfanz Current Players Draft: ONE LOVE v Thee

Who wins?


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ONE LOVE
Russell Westbrook / Colin Sexton
Donovan Mitchell / Lou Williams
Klay Thompson / Trevor Ariza
LaMarcus Aldridge / Marvin Bagley
Hassan Whiteside / DeAndre Jordan

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Theejazzfan
Jaren Jackson Jr // Mitchell Robinson
Zion Williams // Lauri Markkanen
Tobias Harris // James Johnson
CJ McCollum // Tyler Herro
Ben Simmons // Jamal Murray


ONE LOVE Offensive Philosophy

Well balanced offense with attacking guards in Westbrook (27.5ppg, 7 assists) and Mitchell (24.2ppg, 4.2 assists), pick and roll, driving and dishing to the likes of Klay Thompson (21.5ppg) and Aldridge (18.9ppg) for easy 3's.

LaMarcus 3pt % 2019/20 = 38.9%
Klay 3pt% All time = 41.0%

Defensive Philosophy

Westbrook, Mitchell and Thompson are all athletic 2-way players who can hold their own defensively and will be hard to beat on the perimeter.

Whiteside is having a great season defensively with 3.1 blocks per game and rebounding at a rate of 14 total rebounds per game, and 10 of those being defensive.

Bench

Lou Williams (18.7ppg) the ever reliable option off the bench. Colin Sexton is having a breakout season with 20.8ppgwhile shooting 38% from 3's. They will be providing the spark off the bench.

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In my starting lineup I will employ Pick’n roll with Simmons to get the proper matchups using Jackson as the screen man allowing Simmons to drive and put pressure on the defense freeing up Jackson for open threes and opening space for Zion to cut in for easy lobs Mitchell and and Klay must stay home on Harris and CJ who are both feared long range bombers. This puts Aldridge in a Terrible no win situation.

I can also run a more conventional pick’n roll using CJ who has play making ability and using Zion as a roll man, who might be the most powerfully explosive roll man in the game.

On defense. I don’t need to get creative vs Westbrook having Simmons on my team. He can both give space but not so much that he can get great looks at three point shots. This makes him both less of a driving threat and even worse of a three point shooter than he’s been in 2019/2020 season. Bringing back the old team destroyer who shoots a lot more threes because he has less options, and since Simmons has great length it will be harder for him to make plays for his teammates.

We want to run as much as we can Whiteside and Aldridge make OL’s team a slower team. Zion and Jackson are quick athletic players that can get down court pretty effortlessly and Simmons is the perfect pg to run with them and create easy buckets.

My biggest defensive liability is probably Harris guarding other wings, but Klay is the one guy where this is less of an issue as Klay isn’t much of a ball handler. He is in the Reggie Miller mold who relies on running through screens and being set up by his team. To combat this we will always switch on Klay.

With OL being small at Guard and sf I can bring in Murray to play point taking out Harris if the matchup dictates. Or take advantage of this any point in the game.

In the end. My team is more talented and athletic up front. Mitchell and Westbrook are redundant and don’t fit. Both need the ball and have the same mind set and need to put up a lot of shots to make an impact on offense making my team a much cleaner more economical team on offense. Both Mitchell and Westbrook are Proned to bring out of control and making mistakes in crunch time. My players fit better on offense then OL’s on both sides of the court.

At every point I can maneuver to match up against OL, the same can’t be made for his team. OL can only play big, and if he tries to go small he will not be utilizing his most talented lineup.
 
I really dislike Thee’s team. It almost gets me angry. Jackson shouldn’t be starting in this and Harris is a far better 4 than 3.
 
I really dislike Thee’s team. It almost gets me angry. Jackson shouldn’t be starting in this and Harris is a far better 4 than 3.
Maybe next time you should read my ****ing writeup. Klay, who Harris would be matched up with doesn’t handle the ball much if at all relies on others to create for him unlike most other star wings, and he will get time at the 4.
 
I don't like either teams construction but I think One Love wins this.
Mitchell with not a good shooters around him might get him to the second round...
 
I think Thee wins relatively easily (maybe in 6).
I don't get the JJJ hate. He was the second best player on a team that is in the playoffs right now. Dude was killing it this year and is one of the best floor spacers in the NBA. Needs to improve rebounding and defense, but he has shown flashes on that end (not unusual for it to take a few years for defense to click with big men).
The team is full of floor spacers and playmakers. Defense isn't great, but should be okay. Also think the Thee has a much better bench (Murray could be a starter and Mitchell Robinson is really good now and might be a starter for next year's draft).
 
You could argue Jamal Murray is Thee’s best player. And he has him on his bench. What a ****ing idiot.
 
As tough as it was to integrate a known good teammate with Mitchell I cannot see him and Westbrook playing together as anything less than a dumpster fire.
 
Is he being serious? First off he’s not better than Simmons, and he’s perfect to come off the bench as he can play both guard positions equally well, and would get time at both.

I said could argue. Listen your team...well, it’s just not very good when you compare it to other teams.
 
I said could argue. Listen your team...well, it’s just not very good when you compare it to other teams.
Nah... it’s pretty good and only improves into next year. After next year Zion could be a top 5-8 pick in this. Simmons still getting better as well as Jackson, Herro, Robinson, and Markkanen who many had picked as a breakout star this year if not for injuries Plaguing him all year, and we all know how Wes manlicker feels about Murray.

I have playmakers up and down my lineup which for the most part is Interchangeable other than Robinson who only plays C and maybe Zion. I have multiple studs who can take over the game both on my starting 5 and bench. This is a well rounded team whereas OL’s team will stand around watching RW and DM shooting up half the team shots and inefficiently I might add
 
Nah... it’s pretty good and only improves into next year. After next year Zion could be a top 5-8 pick in this. Simmons still getting better as well as Jackson, Herro, Robinson, and Markkanen who many had picked as a breakout star this year if not for injuries Plaguing him all year, and we all know how Wes manlicker feels about Murray.

I have playmakers up and down my lineup which for the most part is Interchangeable other than Robinson who only plays C and maybe Zion. I have multiple studs who can take over the game both on my starting 5 and bench. This is a well rounded team whereas OL’s team will stand around watching RW and DM shooting up half the team shots and inefficiently I might add

lmao at Zion being a top 5-8 pick. Just ****ing stop.
 
Don't love either team. One Love has more talent but I don't see how the play well together at all. Thee isn't a very good team but at least they aren't all ball stopping black holes. I begrudgingly vote for Thee.
 
lmao at Zion being a top 5-8 pick. Just ****ing stop.
Look how that team took off as one of the best teams in the entire league once he got there, before, the Pels. we’re out of the top 8, now look at them. Ya, he’s going to be very good next year.
Don't love either team. One Love has more talent but I don't see how the play well together at all. Thee isn't a very good team but at least they aren't all ball stopping black holes. I begrudgingly vote for Thee.
Lol thanks for the vote of confidence :D
 
Well this is a very nice match up
On one side there is a mix of experience (Sexton is the exception) and talent. (Only Westbrook actually is making me itchy all over)
On the other hand I really like the combination of youth of high hopes (JJJ, Mitchell Robinson, Zion, Markkanen...) and well-known players (Tobias, CJ, Simmons, Murray) someone of whom could still improve.

Choose one team is not easy at all!
 
I see OL’s bigs struggling against my lineup. I have a team that has every aspect of the pick’n roll covered and this is a team that wants to run and thrive in the fast break. This will get me tons of easy high quality baskets. I could’ve gone with other centers available at the time, but none fit better next to Simmons than Jackson. He can run with him is athletic and stretch the floor and not get in Simmons way like Embiid does at times.
 
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