MKnight82 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 14 teams is going to make the bracket a little weird, but here's the system we will use: Seeds have been determined by post count (which were counted around mid November): 1. Utah | @bkobow05 (76,258) 2. Memphis | @devils1854 (26,495) you both have first round byes. Round 1 Match-ups Left Side of Bracket 8. Denver | @champ11 (6,644) vs. 9. Houston | @utley4568 (6,334) - winner will face 1. Utah | @bkobow05 in Round 2 4. LA Lakers | @MKnight82 (21,852) vs. 13. Oklahoma City | @MookieMonster (4,306) - winner will face winner of 5/12 match 5. Portland | @jfinley88 (20,937) vs. 12. Golden State | @48 1/2ers (4,718) - winner will face winner of 4/13 match Right Side of Bracket 7. New Orleans | @Spartica4Real (9,568) vs. 10. San Antonio | @amac (5,478) - winner will face 2. Memphis | @devils1854 in Round 2 3. Phoenix | @DalCowboyzRule ( 23,931) vs. 14. Dallas | @Tyronnosaurus (556) - winner will face winner of 6/11 match 6. Minnesota | @11sanchez11 (19,706) vs. 11. Sacramento | @samsel23 (5,058) - winner will face winner of 3/14 match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Rules: - You can't vote on your own match-up. - Teams can post in this thread an argument as to why they should defeat their opponent. - Anyone can vote, even people that didn't participate. - Please vote in the following manner to make it easier for me to tally the votes. Just copy and paste this while Bolding your vote: 8/9 - Denver or Houston 4/13 - LA Lakers or OKC 5/12 - Portland or Golden State 7/10 - New Orleans or San Antonio 3/14 - Phoenix or Dallas 6/11 - Minnesota or Sacramento Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Round 1 Match-ups Left Side of Bracket 8. Denver | @champ11 G: James Harden // Darren Collison // De'Aaron Fox G: Bradley Beal // JJ Redick F: Nic Batum // Jaylen Brown F: Robert Covington // Dario Saric C: Steven Adams // Willie Cauley-Stein vs. 9. Houston | @utley4568 Mike Conley // Milos Teodosic Jimmy Butler // Markelle Fultz Paul George // Tyreke Evans, Jon Isaac Paul Millsap // Rudy Gay DeAndre Jordan // Nerlens Noel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. LA Lakers | @MKnight82 PG: Dennis Smith Jr /// Jordan Clarkson SG: Demar Derozan /// Dion Waiters SF: Otto Porter /// Jayson Tatum PF: Draymond Green /// Rondae Hollis Jefferson C: Rudy Gobert /// Thon Maker vs. 13. Oklahoma City | @MookieMonster PG - Jeremy Lin / Kris Dunn SG - Devin Booker / Seth Curry SF - Gordon Hayward / Darius Miller PF - Giannis Antetokounmpo / Brook Lopez C - Hassan Whiteside / Nikola Vucevic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Portland | @jfinley88 PG: Kemba Walker | Kyle LowrySG: Avery Bradley | Will BartonSF: Kawhi Leonard | Thad YoungPF: Aaron Gordon | Ryan AndersonC: Domantas Sabonis | Dirk Nowitzki vs. 12. Golden State | @48 1/2ers PG- Goran Dragic // Patrick Beverly SG- CJ McCollum // Tim Hardaway Jr. SF- Kevin Durant // Brandon Ingram PF- Jabari Parker // Danilo Gallinari C- Clint Capela // Robin Lopez ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right Side of Bracket 7. New Orleans | @Spartica4Real PG: Kyrie Irving / Jrue Holiday SG: Evan Fournier / Jrue Holiday SF: Marcus Morris / Jonathan Simmons PF: Anthony Davis / Marcus Morris C: Andre Drummond / Anthony Davis vs. 10. San Antonio | @amac G- Chris Paul / George Hill G- Khris Middleton / Joe Ingles / Tony Snell F- Carmelo Anthony / Tobias Harris F- Serge Ibaka / James Johnson C- Demarcus Cousins / Derrick Favors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Phoenix | @DalCowboyzRule PG Damian Lillard | Eric Bledsoe SG Gary Harris | Allen Crabbe SF Andre Iguodala | Trevor Ariza PF LeBron James | Joe Johnson C Marc Gasol | Enes Kanter vs. 14. Dallas | @Tyronnosaurus PG: Malcolm Brogdon - Jeff Teague SG: Zach LaVine - Buddy Hield SF: Klay Thompson - TJ Warren PF: Karl-Anthony Towns - John Collins C: Myles Turner - Ekpe Udoh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Minnesota | @11sanchez11 PG: Russell Westbrook, Isaiah ThomasSG: Rodney Hood, Jeremy Lamb, Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSF: Harrison Barnes, Taurean PrincePF: Lamarcus Aldridge, Marvin WilliamsC: Joel Embiid, Dwight Howard vs. 11. Sacramento | @samsel23 PG- John Wall () // D’angelo Russell () Lou Williams () SG- Danny Green () // D’angelo Russell () // Lou Williams SF - Jae Crowder() // O.G. Anunoby () // Kyle Kuzma () PF - Al Horford () // Kristas Porzingis () // Kyle Kuzma () C - Kristas Porzingis () // Dewayne Denman () // Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 I just copied and pasted the rosters from the roster thread. If any of you guys want me to edit your roster let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48 1/2ers Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 1 hour ago, MKnight82 said: 8/9 - Denver or Houston 4/13 - LA Lakers or OKC 5/12 - Portland or Golden State 7/10 - New Orleans or San Antonio (7 on NO and 11 on SA throws this off for me) 3/14 - Phoenix or Dallas 6/11 - Minnesota or Sacramento Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 8/9 - Denver or Houston 4/13 - LA Lakers or OKC 5/12 - Portland or Golden State 7/10 - New Orleans or San Antonio 3/14 - Phoenix or Dallas 6/11 - Minnesota or Sacramento Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, MookieMonster said: 8/9 - Denver or Houston 4/13 - LA Lakers or OKC 5/12 - Portland or Golden State 7/10 - New Orleans or San Antonio 3/14 - Phoenix or Dallas 6/11 - Minnesota or Sacramento Read the rules. You cannot vote on your own match-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Meh. Have to balance out the fact that someone actually voted that LA team over mine....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, MookieMonster said: Meh. Have to balance out the fact that someone actually voted that LA team over mine....... Then write a post why your team is better. Btw guys I'm probably going to keep Round 1 voting open for a week. So until Midnight Wednesday the 13th. So feel free to change your votes up until them. I won't be tallying the votes until that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I see no chance the Sac team is better than mine. I think I'm better at every position (including bench) except you can give Kristaps>Embiid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, 11sanchez11 said: I see no chance the Sac team is better than mine. I think I'm better at every position (including bench) except you can give Kristaps>Embiid. I think Barnes is better than Crowder. But your bench is way better IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ11 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 1 hour ago, MKnight82 said: Rules: 8/9 - Denver or Houston - S/O to my guy Utley. I think I created a perfect Harden (MVP!) team, but his roster is certainly talented. He got a couple old guys who slipped farther than they should have. 4/13 - LA Lakers or OKC - I don't love the OKC bench and I think Whiteside is an empty numbers guy, but I think the Lakers would have scoring issues in a playoff series. 5/12 - Portland or Golden State - GS is a really nice team. The shooters around KD are really good. Jabari is a huge question mark for me so I'm looking more at Gallo and KD at the 4. JFin's 1-3 rotation is so gnarly, but I don't love the bigs...Capela would make a killing on them. IDK this one was tough to call 7/10 - New Orleans or San Antonio - does NO really have 7 guys? Assuming he has some more solid depth for this. Cousins would get Drummond to foul out every game lol. I actually love the way SA is built and think they would lock down NO on the wing. This might be the toughest one to call, but I'm going to give the edge to SA bc they are deep and would have a bunch of guys to throw at AD and Boogie/Paul could win their matchups. 3/14 - Phoenix or Dallas - can't lose w/ a Bron team in these tbh 6/11 - Minnesota or Sacramento - Honestly don't love the fits on Minn, but I think talent wins out - esp with the bench. I looked at each one through the lens of a 7 game series. It's really tough to make a decision with how talented these teams are lol I spent way too much time thinking about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 12 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: I think Barnes is better than Crowder. But your bench is way better IMO. Barnes is on my team. Both Crowder and Green are shooting less than 41% and both scoring less than 10 PPG. IDK if this is hypothetically if we are playing against each other, but if we are then my team would average 105 offensive rebounds per game. Kristaps, Horford, and Dedmon vs. Embiid, Aldridge, and Dwight would be laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Kristaps > Embiid Horford > Aldridge IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, 11sanchez11 said: Barnes is on my team. Both Crowder and Green are shooting less than 41% and both scoring less than 10 PPG. IDK if this is hypothetically if we are playing against each other, but if we are then my team would average 105 offensive rebounds per game. Kristaps, Horford, and Dedmon vs. Embiid, Aldridge, and Dwight would be laughable. Oh right my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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