Are we gonna do the dynasty draft this year?

[lethalweapon3]

ATLANTA AIR FORCE

GM/PBO: pimp

Head Coach: Luke Walton

First-Round Draft Position: 6^th

2020-21 Projection in 2016: 25.1 (11^th)

2020-21 Finish: 22.6 (13^th, below Projection by 10.0%)

Likely 8-Player Rotation: Ben Simmons, Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, Anthony Davis, Enes Kanter; Eric Bledsoe, Matthew Dellavedova, Marquese Chriss

Scouting Report: A healthier AD and a more assertive Ben could have elevated LaVine's club to heights of contention, even with so many inactives in the mix.

SUM-MELOs by Season: 29.4 (16^th in 2016-17) / 41.3 (7^th in 2017-18) / 32.1 (11^th in 2018-19) / 37.4 (tie-3^rd in 2019-20) / 22.6 (13^th)

[lethalweapon3]

WHINING SPARTANS FAN

GM/PBO: Alex

Head Coach: Tom Thibodeau

First-Round Draft Position: 4^th

2020-21 Projection in 2016: 27.3 (tie-7^th)

2020-21 Finish: 19.9 (14^th, below Projection by 27.1%)

Likely 8-Player Rotation: CJ McCollum, Gary Harris, Kawhi Leonard, Markieff Morris, Mason Plumlee; Denzel Valentine, Marc Gasol, DeAndre Jordan

Scouting Report: Win-Now worked out! The Spartans are sparse now, but a core of Kawhi and CJ, when healthy, remain a nice core from which to rebuild.

SUM-MELOs by Season: 54.6 (1^st in 2016-17) / 21.0 (16^th in 2017-18) / 29.9 (12^th in 2018-19) / 26.5 (12^th in 2019-20) / 19.9 (14^th in 2020-21)

[lethalweapon3]

DECATUR FUZZ

GM/PBO: @TheFuzz / AHF

Head Coach: Rick Carlisle

First-Round Draft Position: 9^th

2020-21 Projection in 2016: 23.7 (12^th)

2020-21 Finish: 19.3 (15^th, below Projection by 18.6%)

Likely 8-Player Rotation: Ricky Rubio, Avery Bradley, Jerami Grant, Blake Griffin, Brook Lopez; Marcus Morris, Danilo Gallinari, DeMarcus Cousins

Scouting Report: Backcourt depth evaporated long ago. But a few latter-round pickups have demonstrated staying power.

SUM-MELOs by Season: 45.6 (7^th in 2016-17) / 31.2 (13^th in 2017-18) / 40.4 (9^th in 2018-19) / 22.7 (15^th in 2019-20) / 19.3 (15^th in 2020-21)

[lethalweapon3]

ATLANTA ATTACK

GM/PBO: @ATLHawks3

Head Coach: Steve Kerr

First-Round Draft Position: 12^th

2020-21 Projection in 2016: 15.0 (16^th)

2020-21 Finish: 17.7 (16^th, above Projection by 18.0%)

Likely 8-Player Rotation: Damian Lillard, J.J. Redick, T.J. Warren, Paul Millsap, Ed Davis; Carmelo Anthony, Trevor Ariza, Thon Maker

Scouting Report: The team's headliner, Lillard, would have probably pleaded for a livelier supporting cast a couple seasons ago. Coach Kerr, too.

[AHF]

Fantastic work, @lethalweapon3!  Fun to revisit these clubs this much later to see how they have evolved.

[Spud2nique]

@lethalweapon3 you’re the man! This is some awesome stuff! Our own squawk version of Street n Smith! 

[Spud2nique]

3 hours ago, lethalweapon3 said:

* Summations of CARMELO scores (SUM-MELOs) assumed a minus-0.1 score for players who were inactive/retired/had an unavailable CARMELO score in any particular season.

TOP-FIVES BY SEASON

 

2016-17:

1.       Whining Spartans Fan (@Alex) – 54.6

2.       @AHF U-Niques – 54.1

3.       (tie-3^rd) H4wkfans (@h4wkfan / @IheartVolt) – 51.1

4.       (tie-3^rd) New Day Rocks (@LucastheThird) – 51.1

5.       Atlanta Ganstaslappas (@Diesel) – 48.5

Dynasty MVP: Kawhi Leonard (Whining Spartans Fan) – 15.2

Scoring Leader: Stephen Curry (H4wkfans) – 17.3

 

2017-18:

1.       Capstone’s Crew (@capstone21) – 58.1

2.       AHF U-Niques – 57.7

3.       Flocking Buzzards (@Buzzard) – 56.7

4.       Birds of a Feather (@PSSSHHHRRR87) – 48.3

5.       Lethal Obsession (@lethalweapon3) – 44.7

Dynasty MVP: Victor Oladipo (Capstone’s Crew) – 14.1

Scoring Leader: James Harden (Flocking Buzzards) – 17.4

 

2018-19:

1.       Jaybird Lady Squawkers (@JayBirdHawk) – 60.6

2.       AHF U-Niques – 58.9

3.       Flocking Buzzards – 53.2

4.       New Day Rocks – 46.2

5.       Hopeful Hawks Fans (@HopefulHawksFan) – 45.2

Dynasty MVP: Paul George (Jaybird Lady Squawkers) – 18.5

Scoring Leader: James Harden (Flocking Buzzards) – 20.1

 

2019-20:

1.       AHF U-Niques – 53.3

2.       Flocking Buzzards – 42.7

3.       (tie-3^rd) Atlanta Air Force (@pimp) – 37.4

4.       (tie-3^rd) Birds of a Feather – 37.4

5.       (tie-5^th) Lethal Obsession – 36.5

6.       (tie-5^th) New Day Rocks – 36.5

Dynasty MVP: Rudy Gobert (AHF U-Niques) – 11.4

Scoring Leader: James Harden (Flocking Buzzards) – 19.4

 

2020-21:

1.       AHF U-Niques – 46.1

2.       Flocking Buzzards – 44.3

3.       Capstone’s Crew – 41.8

4.       Jaybird Lady Sqauwkers – 37.1

5.       Hopeful Hawks Fans – 33.1

Dynasty MVP: Rudy Gobert (AHF U-Niques) – 13.6

Scoring Leader: Nikola Jokic (Hopeful Hawks Fans) – 17.5

 

Individual team profiles to follow.

~lw3

[Spud2nique]

2 hours ago, lethalweapon3 said:

Dennis Schröder

I may can myself for this!  If I’m the GM and coach head are gonna turn. 

2 hours ago, lethalweapon3 said:

Tristan Thompson

[Spud2nique]

2 hours ago, lethalweapon3 said:

Gorgui Dieng;

I knew he was gonna be … one of us! 

[Spud2nique]

I like @AHF @HopefulHawksFan and @LucastheThird team’s best. Durant and Rudy, Jokic and Sabonis and Lucas with Giannis and Beal. 

[JayBirdHawk]

So @JayBirdHawk had the highest ever single season SUM-MELO?

Yes, Yes, Yes - where's @JayBirdHawk's ?

I'm so high on the hog I'm speaking in 3rd person. .

Great job @lethalweapon3!

[Spud2nique]

3 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

So @JayBirdHawk had the highest ever single season SUM-MELO?

Yes, Yes, Yes - where's @JayBirdHawk's ?

I'm so high on the hog I'm speaking in 3rd person. .

Great job @lethalweapon3!

Before Sum-melo Spud thought GMing was easy.. he was flexing .. and then..