2023 Annual JazzFanz Current Players Draft - Round 1: Team K vs. Team L

[Elizah Huge]

Team K

PG - Stephen Curry / Terry Rozier
SG - Jamal Murray / Jalen Green
SF - OG Anunoby / Kyle Anderson
PF - PJ Washington / Bobby Portis
C - Jaren Jackson Jr / Deandre Ayton

Team L

PG - Luka Doncic / Derrick White
SG - Anthony Edwards
SF - Khris Middleton / Gordon Hayward
PF - Jaden McDaniels / Chet Holmgren
C - Draymond Green / Brook Lopez / Al Horford

Voting is based off of how you think the players will perform in the upcoming season.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Team L:

Gonna throw a wrinkle in for this matchup. Gonna put McDaniels in the starting lineup to blanket Steph and go small. The other team doesn't have enough on ball creation and we are gonna snuff out what little they do have. Since they are going to try and spread things out we will bring Lopez and Horford off the bench to provide spacing and matchup with Ayton. Once Luka and Ant get JJJ in foul trouble its over.

What happens when you put great floor spacers around Luka and Ant.... Buckets on Buckets on Buckets. We have a variety of ways we can go with our bigs and all iterations will give us spacing and rim protection. Luka is in shape... Ant is going through his glow up... its over.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Love team L’s lineup

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Team L’s guard line is a huge mismatch issue for team K

 

[LogGrad98]

Don't really like either team tbh. Each has some big holes. Flip a coin.

 

[sip]

This is a tough matchup for team K. They only have one good perimeter defender and the wing size of team L is pretty overwhelming.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Team L is cute but K is better and more balanced

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Don't really like either team tbh. Each has some big holes. Flip a coin.

I'd love to hear what you think the holes are for team L.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Team L is cute but K is better and more balanced

But Team L has serious D-Raptor doe.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

But Team L has serious D-Raptor doe.

Team L is just so slow though. I really like Team L, but I think they missed on a certain aspect of the building and got too cute.

Plus Team K is just really good

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Team L is just so slow though. I really like Team L, but I think they missed on a certain aspect of the building and got too cute.

Plus Team K is just really good

Nah... Team L's ball in hand guys are better than Team K's. We've never seen Steph without Dray or Murray without Jokic and those guys are key to certain actions. Steph is phenomenal but who's running the Dray stuff with him on this squad... same question with Murray.

The roster has exactly one non-shooter and the rest of the dudes are 40%-ish catch and shoot 3 point shooters. Slow? Ant ain't slow, McDaniels either, got bigs that can survive on the perimeter and shoot. Also, playoff series are played in the half court... Team L got proven playoff winners on top of proven playoff winners.

Team L is solid AF.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Nah... Team L's ball in hand guys are better than Team K's. We've never seen Steph without Dray or Murray without Jokic and those guys are key to certain actions. Steph is phenomenal but who's running the Dray stuff with him on this squad... same question with Murray.

The roster has exactly one non-shooter and the rest of the dudes are 40%-ish catch and shoot 3 point shooters. Slow? Ant ain't slow, McDaniels either, got bigs that can survive on the perimeter and shoot. Also, playoff series are played in the half court... Team L got proven playoff winners on top of proven playoff winners.

Team L is solid AF.

Lol Steph is just a product of Green is the dumbest take

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Lol Steph is just a product of Green is the dumbest take

Not what I said.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Not what I said.

More or less.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Lol Steph is just a product of Green is the dumbest take

Not what I said.

Simply saying that Steph plays with a phenomenal passing big and runs a ton of actions with him... same with Murray (obviously to a much bigger degree). Is PJ Washington and his 2.6 assists per 36 gonna step in that role, what about JJJ and his 1.2 assists per 36, or maybe its OG with his 2 assister per 36.

Simply saying that both guys thrive with ball moving bigs.... and neither guy has a good one to work with... Draymond gets more assists per 36 than the entire frontcourt combined.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

More or less.

Nope not at all but keep reaching.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Not to mention drafting Middleton and Hayward, two guys who can't stay healthy and are aging. And a rookie who is coming off a season ending injury.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Not to mention drafting Middleton and Hayward, two guys who can't stay healthy and are aging. And a rookie who is coming off a season ending injury.

LOL... Hayward is a 10th man and Middleton had an injury this season... came back and put up 24/6/6 on 55% TS... he's been a playoff killer and had fine durability for the majority of his career. If Chet sucks or gets hurt I got Dray/Horford/Lopez... if he is healthy and plays well he's one of the most unique defenders in the league and will shoot the piss out of it and has some passing chops.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

LOL... Hayward is a 10th man and Middleton had an injury this season... came back and put up 24/6/6 on 55% TS... he's been a playoff killer and had fine durability for the majority of his career. If Chet sucks or gets hurt I got Dray/Horford/Lopez... if he is healthy and plays well he's one of the most unique defenders in the league and will shoot the piss out of it and has some passing chops.

That why you getting stomped currently

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

That why you getting stomped currently

Nah... people ain't with Draymond and Gordo around these parts. Let's see how it finishes and how we do during the season when people catch up to my 20/20 future vision. Ant and Luka gonna have phenomenal seasons.