by Fresh8 on Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:35 pm
I did two fantasy drafts just to test... here's my two teams. Which one's better?
LA Kobes: ||| Minnesota Wolves
C: Pau ||| Kwame
PF: Dirk ||| KG
SF: Peja ||| Caron Butler
SG: Kobe ||| Stevie Franchsie
PG: Cassell ||| Mike Bibby
6: Darius Miles ||| James Posey
7: Desmond Mason ||| Antonio Daniels
8: Ruben Patterson ||| Stephen Jackson
9: Glenn Robinson ||| Jeff McInnis
10: Kareem Rush ||| Robert Traylor
11: Earl Watson ||| Toni Kukoc
12: Carlos Arroyo ||| Jerome Williams
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I also simmed the two seasons and this is how each fared:
- LA was plagued with injuries as Dirk and Gasol kept going on the IR with major injuries throughout the season. However, the team got through this and won 56-26 games for the season. Good for 1st in the West and the League. Kobe was named to the All-NBA 2nd team.
Kobe was brilliant for the first half of the season, averaging 25 ppg, 5 rpg and 6 apg. However, Peja increased his scoring average from 17 ppg to finsih with 23 ppg at the end of the season. Kobe's scoring took a toll as it went down to 21 ppg but his assist count did go up to 7 a game. His final game saw him dish out 16 assists and score 35 points against Portland. Other notable stats were Dirk's 18 ppg, 8 rpg and Pau's 13 ppg and 8 rpg.
LAL Defeated SEA 4-1 in the first round. They beat Portland and Minny by the same margin and then swept Toronto in the Finals.
NOTE: Kobe stepped up in the playoffs with 26 ppg, 6 rpg and 8 apg. Peja averaged 20 ppg, Pau had 20 and 10 and Dirk had 15 and 9.
- KG didn't have his highest scoring season as he struggled all season but he did come alive in April to win player of the month. His efforts on the defensive end were awarded with Defensive Player of the Year and spots on the ALL NBA first team and All Defensive First Team. KG averaged 17 ppg, 11 rpg, 4 apg, 1.7 spg and 2 bpg.
Mike Bibby led the team up to the All-star break with 21 ppg and 6 apg before the second half of the season saw the Wolves take out a more team orientate approach with five guys averaging double figures in points per game and no player with more than 20 ppg. Bibby was the high man with 18 per game, followed by KG and then Francis (15 ppg, 6 rpg, 7 apg, 2 spg), Butler (13 ppg, 8 rpg) and Kwame (11 ppg and 8 rpg).
The Wolves, seeded fourth came from behind to beat the Suns; 4-2 in the first round before James Posey's injury cut the team's postseason short as the faltered to the eventual champions Utah in 6 games.