[NCarmean18Participant]

Starters as of 12-4-2011

PG – Ty Lawson (Denver Nuggets) – Ty Lawson was a great mid-round pick for me.  He does a lot of things right and very little wrong.  He is a very good shooter and finishes well around the rim whether he is laying it in or dunking the ball.  With Raymond Felton and Chauncey Billups out of the picture, Lawson will look to have a breakout year as the official starting point guard for the Denver Nuggets.

SG – Eric Gordon (L.A. Clippers) – Eric Gordon is a fantastic young prospect who knows how to play solid basketball, and he’s playing on a team that is only getting better, which never hurts one’s potential.  Last year he averaged a bunch of new career-highs in PPG (22.3), RPG (2.9), APG (4.4), & SPG (1.3).  I think Gordon will only get better and will be more efficiant from the floor and behind the 3-Pt line than he has been in his previous three seasons in the NBA.

SF – Michael Beasley (Minnesota Timberwolves) – Michael Beasley may be my starter but he is also a trade value player, which is why I picked him up.  If he is traded to a team in need of a small forward, than you can look for Beasley to drop 25 PPG with about 8 RPG, thus finally having the breakout season we have all been waiting for.  If he isn’t traded, and he splits minutes with Derrick Williams, I expect his numbers to go down, thus making him expendable for my fantasy team.

PF – Blake Griffin (L.A. Clippers) – I love Blake Griffin.  To me, he is the 2nd most feared power forward in the NBA behind Dirk Nowitzki, and I was able to pick him up with the 20th pick in the Fantasy draft.  Griffin is going to help out my frontcourt a lot with his sheer size, and his ability to finish around the rim.  I also think he has been working on his jump shot a little more over the offseason, thus adding another way of scoring to add to his resume.  Whenever I got Blake I was excited for 2 reasons. 1. He fell all the way down to the 20th overall pick.  2. He’s a beast and adds to this very talented frontcourt I have, being the second person added to my frontcourt behind my naext player.

C – Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic) – I used the first overall pick on Dwight Howard instead of guys like CP3, LeBron, & Kevin Durant.  Why?  Howard is the only center out there (in my personal opinion) that is elite.  There are others out there that are good, others great, and others with the potential to be elite, but can never fulfill due to injuries (Andrew Bynum & Greg Oden).  There are a few elite players in each position out there, other than the center position, which is exactly why I chose Dwight Howard.  He can easily come in and put up 24 points a night, snatching up around 14 rebounds, and denying 2+ shots a game while shooting over 55% from the floor +60% from the free throw line.  To me, he was worth more than Kevin Durant, which is why I chose him over the rising star down in Oklahoma City.  (You’re welcome ProudGrandpa)

G – Brandon Jennings (Milwaukee Bucks) – I liked the pick of Brandon Jennings being a starting guard.  I really think (and for the love of god, hope) that he has finally matured and will make better decisions with the basketball.  I think the presence of Stephen Jackson will only help the situation, giving the fact that the few previous years with the Bucks, Jennings has not had a leader to seek advice from.  Now that he does, I think Stephen Jackson will be an excellent trainer for Brandon and will teach him how to play the game — the right way.

F – Danilo Gallinari (Denver Nuggets) – Gallinari fell to me late, which I really liked.  He is a pretty good scoring forward, and with Wilson Chandler stuck in China, it looks like Danilo will get most of the scoring oppertunities from the forward position.  It’s all good, as Gallinari is one of the best 3-Pt shooters in the game today, as well as free throw shooters.  He was also an insurance pick up in case something went terribly wrong with Beasley & Williams.

Utility Players:

G – DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors) – DeRozan is looking to try to become the future scorer of the Toronto Raptors, and I can understand why.  He has all the makings of a legitimate 2 guard in the NBA.  One thing I really like about him is his aggressiveness to get to the basket and dunk on top of you.  It’s always a sick nasty feeling whenever you see him go up for a dunk, and I figured he could provide me with good enough scoring as a utility man.

F – Derrick Williams (Minnesota Timberwolves) – What can I say?  I like these guys from the T’Wolves.  The Timberwolves front office has shown that they know how to make trades and acquire good young potential.  Derrick Williams (in my personal opinion) was the best player coming out of last year’s draft, and I felt sick to my stomach seeing the Cavaliers let him slip through the cracks.  It’s alright though, this dude will only help whichever team he is on when the season starts.  I had a weird feeling about the Wolves trading away Beasley, so I picked up both as I predict both would become starters and put up solid numbers.

C – DeAndre Jordan (L.A. Clippers) – Rumor has it that the Clippers are looking to dump Chris Kaman, and if that’s the case, I look forward to DeAndre Jordan becoming the new starting center for the Clippers and quite possibly a future star for the team as well.

Bench:

G – Ricky Rubio (Minnesota Timberwolves) – I really like this kid.  I’m not buying into all of the hype but I think he can help make the Timberwolves a better team than what they are by his pure selfishness and his will to give up the rock to help his team score.  He is a gifted passer and I think he will be a starter this season.  If that’s the case, I look for him to be among the league leaders in assists, even if he splits the starting minutes for Luke Ridnour.  

F – Corey Maggette (Charolette Bobcats) – My friend Ty could not believe I had picked up Corey Maggette at the end of the draft, but I did in fact do it because of a forum posted on here two days prior to the draft.  Someone posted that Maggette will be the "go-to guy" on the Bobcats, and if that’s the case, why not get a guy who’s almost guarenteed to score a fairly decent ammount of points for a team everyone knows will be horrible and a likely candidate for the #1 overall pick in the 2012 draft.

C – Enes Kanter (Utah Jazz) – I was really surprised to see that my final pick of the draft was the 19-year-old center from Turkey.  Now he was the 3rd overall pick in the draft, which would have been enough for me to pick him with the final pick anyway, but now there is speculation that Utah is looking for trades for both Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap, making Enes Kanter a likely candidate for the starting center job, as well as playing a majority of the minutes.  That right there was definitely enough for me to spend my final pick on the big guy.

So tell me, how do you think I did.  Any picks your preferably liked or didn’t like?  Let me know below guys! 

[TyroberParticipant]

 Have to give more than that. How many are in your league? What is the scoring?

[seniokasParticipant]

 It looks not that bad except one sentence that killed me ”Timberwolves front office has shown that they know how to make trades”  no comments

 

[NCarmean18Participant]

@seniokas – When I said that, I was giving reference to the trades they made in bringing in Michael Beasley and Anthony Randolph.  Both are two young prospects with tons of potential. 

@Tyrober – It is a Rotisserie.  10 people are in the league.

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