NBA Workshop: Make Your Dream Team

I want to have a competition in which everyone who wants to compete enters their dream team.  Then I will write a blog with all the teams in it and people will vote for the team they think is the best and would beat every other team in a best of 7 series.  But you can't just have every superstar in the NBA, there are guidelines.

 

Team Guidelines

You Get:

• 1 mega star
• 1 super star
• 1 all-star
• 1 near all-star
• 4 role players
• 2 spot-minute guys
• 2 benchwarmers
• You can only use players that are playing right now in the NBA.

Now I'm going to state some of the main (or only if there is no etc. at the end) people that are in each group.

Mega Stars

Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard

Super Stars

Dwyane Wade, Deron Williams, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Yao Ming

All Stars

Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Pau Gasol, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Steve Nash, Danny Granger, Caron Butler, Tony Parker, Shaquille O'Neal, Allen Iverson, Amare Stoudemire, Devin Harris, Rashard Lewis, Al Jefferson, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Rip Hamilton, Carmelo Anthony, Dirk Nowitzki, etc.

Near All Stars

Lamar Odom, Ron Artest, Hedo Turkoglu, Jameer Nelson, Tayshaun Prince, Rasheed Wallace, Gerald Wallace, Jason Richardson, Baron Davis, Zach Randolph, Marcus Camby, Chris Kaman, Zydrunas Illgauskas, Monta Ellis, Corey Maggette, Stephen Jackson, Jamal Crawford, Andris Biedrins, Josh Howard, Manu Ginobili, Rudy Gay, Derrick Rose, OJ Mayo, Kevin Martin, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Durant, Mo Williams, Richard Jefferson, Michael Redd, Shawn Marion, Jermaine O'Neal, Jose Calderon, Jason Kidd, etc.

Role Players

Trevor Ariza, Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic, James Posey, Roger Mason Jr., David Lee, Chris Duhon, Rajon Rondo, Kendrick Perkins, Michael Beasley, Mario Chalmers, Al Harrington, Ronny Turiaf, John Salmons, Brad Miller, Stephon Marbury, Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Travis Outlaw, Rudy Fernandez, Russell Westbrook, Jeff Green, Eric Gordon, Delonte West, Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak, Daniel Gibson, Joe Smith, Chris Wilcox, Ramon Sessions, Luke Ridnour, Andrew Bogut, Charlie Villanueva, Udonis Haslem, Andrea Bargnani, etc 

Spot Minute Guys

Josh Powell, Leon Powe, Tony Allen, Eddie House, Chris Quinn, Jose Juan Barea, Erick Dampier, Brandon Bass, Jerry Stackhouse, Antoine Wright, Antoine Walker, Eddy Curry, etc.

Bench Warmers

You know who they are....

I know you may not agree with who is in each category, but those are the rules so don't cheat!

Hopefully we get a decent number of people to do this.

1)     1) http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=c8qx5p

Dallas Trades: Josh Howard, Brandon Bass, and Jerry Stackhouse

Phoenix Trades: Shaquille O'Neal and Matt Barnes

2)  http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=daepa4

 

 

New Jersey Trades: Vince Carter, Josh Boone, and Stromile Swift

Houston Trades: Tracy McGrady and Brent Barry

3)  http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=d95r5h

 

 

Cleveland Trades: Sasha Pavlovic and Anderson Varejao

Minnesota Trades: Mike Miller and Calvin Booth

 

 

4)  http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=dahynk

Cleveland Trades: Wally Szczerbiak

Minnesota Trades: Mike Miller and Mark Madsen

5)  http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=csbx2n

 

 

New Orleans Trades: James Posey and Melvin Ely

L.A. Lakers Trades: Luke Walton and Chris Mihm

6)  http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=c9seuf

 

 

Boston Trades: Tony Allen, Leon Powe, and Brian Scalabrine New

Orleans Trades: James Posey and Melvin Ely

7)  http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=arolcm

 

 

 Portland Trades: LaMarcus Aldridge, Rudy Fernandez, and Raef

LaFrentz Phoenix Trades: Amare Stoudemire

8)   http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=baqljl

 

 

San Antonio Trades: Roger Mason, George Hill, Kurt Thomas, and Bruce Bowen

New Jersey Trades: Vince Carter, Josh Boone

9)  http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=b3voqd

Cleveland Trades: J.J. Hickson, Wally Szczerbiak, Anderson Varejao, Eric Snow, a 2009 1st round draft pick, and a 2010 1st round draft pick

Toronto Trades: Chris Bosh, Jason Kapono, Kris Humphries, and Roko Ukic

 10) http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=dbtv8g

 Chicago Receives: Chris Kaman (LAC)

Detroit Receives: Chris Bosh (TOR) and Larry Hughes (CHI) L.A.

Clippers Receive: Rip Hamilton (DET) and Joey Graham (TOR)

Toronto Receives: Rasheed Wallace (DET), Tyrus Thomas (CHI), and Eric Gordon (LAC)

11) http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=dg53lz

 L.A. Lakers Receive: Wilson Chandler and Jared Jeffries

New York Receives: Luke Walton and Chris Mihm

 

Ubershorty's All-Star 2009 Picks!!!

All-Star H-O-R-S-E Game

Winner: Joe Johnson, Hawks

2nd: OJ Mayo, Grizzlies

3rd: Kevin Durant, Thunder

Rookies vs. Sophmore Game

Winner: Sophmores - 120-94

MVP: Kevin Durant, Thunder

Shooting Stars

Winner: San Antonio

2nd: Los Angeles

3rd: Detroit

4th: Phoenix

Play Station Skills Challenge

Winner: Tony Parker, Spurs

2nd: Mo Wiliams, Cavaliers

3rd: Derrick Rose, Bulls

4th: Devin Harris, Nets

Foot Locker 3-Point Shoot Out

Winner: Jason Kapono, Raptors

2nd: Roger Mason, Spurs

3rd: Daquan Cook, Heat

4th: Rashard Lewis, Magic

5th: Mike Bibby, Hawks

6th: Danny Granger, Pacers

Sprite Slam-Dunk Contest

Winner: Dwight Howard, Magic

2nd: J.R. Smith, Nuggets

3rd: Nate Robinson, Knicks

4th: Rudy Fernandez, Blazers

All-Star Game

Winner: West - 109-104

MVP: Chris Paul, West

Lakers @ Celtics

Grades & Notes

Lakers: 110

Celtics: 109

Final/OT  

Notes

• The Celtics are really good at setting screens to get their shooters open.
• The Lakers play good defense when they want to.
• Lamar Odom was actually trying to step up and make a major impact.
• Kobe is the most clutch player in the league.
• Paul Pierce can't contain Kobe.
• Rajon Rondo tries to start fights that he can't win.
• The Lakers didn't back down to the Celtics.
• DJ Augustin was right when the said that if you don't back down to the Celtics, they just fold.
• Lamar Odom didn't back down to Garnett.

Grades

Lakers

Chris Mihm - C

He only played a little bit, but while he was in he made a layup and gave up easy layups.

Josh Powell - B+

He didn't play a lot, but for the time he was in he took and made smart shots and played defense.

Jordan Farmar - B+

He played good defense and made big shots while he was in.

Sasha Vujacic - B+

He did pretty much what Farmar did.

Trevor Ariza - B

He didn't make as big of an impact in this game as he has in other games, but he played great defense on Paul Pierce while he was in.

Luke Walton - C+

He played decent defense on Paul Pierce and made so shots, but he also missed some easy shots, turned the ball over, and failed to get a critical rebound that was his for the taking.

Derek Fisher - A

Fisher played the best defense he has played in a while and made big shots.  You can't blame him for giving Ray Allen wide open shots because he was screened every time.

Lamar Odom - A+

Odom stepped up in a big game finally!  Every Laker fan has wanted that for so long and now it finally happened.  He hit critical shots in the 4th quarter and overtime as well as getting the biggest rebound of the game and making the game winning free throws.

Pau Gasol - A+

Pau also stepped up.  He proved that he can be tough and dominate in the post.  He made a huge hook shot over Perkins and grabbed a lot of rebounds.

Kobe Bryant - A

He played a good game.  He only shot 10-29 from the floor, but the shots he made were huge.  Including three 3-pointers in a row over Paul Pierce.  He did take some stupid shots though and that is why he gets an A instead of an A+.

Phil Jackson - B-

Jackson didn't really do anything stupid this game.  He made a questionable decision in keeping in Luke Walton and putting him on Paul Pierce instead of bringing in Ariza, but it worked out so I can't complain.

Celtics

Tony Allen - C

Tony didn't do anything in the game, but since he didn't do anything he didn't really hurt his team or help them.

Leon Powe - C

Same with Tony, he didn't do anything in the game.

Eddie House - A+

House was on fire from 3 and just kept using the screens from his teammates to drain three after three.

Glen Davis - F

Crybaby Davis didn't do anything in the game except for miss almost every shot he took and play no defense.  They gave him the ball in crunch time for some reason, and he just kept missing.

Kendrick Perkins - B-

Perkins didn't do anything on the offensive end, but that's not what his role is.  He played decent defense and that is what they want from him.

Rajon Rondo - A

Rondo kept driving in for easy layups this game, because there was no Bynum there like on Christmas day.  He also made some nice passes.

Ray Allen - B-

He missed a lot of shots that he normally makes, but he still did pretty well.

Kevin Garnett - B-

He fouled out in the 4th quarter after doing decent for most of the game.  He made most of his shots and played his signature good defense.

Paul Pierce - C+

His missed free throw in the 4th quarter was huge for the Lakers.  He also missed a potential game-winner and let Kobe drain a lot of critical three-pointers in his face.

Doc Rivers - C-

For some reason he decided to let Big Baby take big shot after big shot.  I also don't understand why he had Big Baby in instead of Leon Powe.  He didn't make smart decisions at the end which caused them to lose the game.  He also lost $15,000 for yelling at the refs after the game.

Ubershorty's

Picks!

Dwyane Wade, Heat

Chris Paul, Hornets

Devin Harris, Nets

Derrick Rose, Bulls

Los Angeles

WNBA: Candace Parker

NBA: Sasha Vujacic

Legend: James Worthy

San Antonio

WNBA: Katie Hammon

NBA: Roger Mason Jr.

Legend: George Gervin

Detroit

WNBA: Cheryl Ford

NBA: Allen Iverson

Legend: Isiah Thomas

Indiana

WNBA: Katie Douglas

NBA: Danny Granger

Legend: Reggie Miller

Kobe Bryant, Lakers

Danny Granger, Pacers

Paul Pierce, Celtics

Jason Terry, Mavericks

Rashard Lewis, Magic

Ben Gordon, Bulls

Dwight Howard, Magic

Trevor Ariza, Lakers

Gerald Wallace, Bobcats

Jason Richardson, Suns

Rookies:

PG- Derrick Rose, Bulls

SG- OJ Mayo, Grizzlies

SF- Michael Beasley, Heat

PF- Marc Gasol, Grizzlies

C- Greg Oden, Blazers

Bench- Eric Gordon, Clippers; Brook Lopez, Nets; Rudy Fernandez, Blazers; Russell Westbrook, Thunder

Sophmores:

PG- Rodney Stucket, Pistons

SG- Kevin Durant, Thunder

SF- Jeff Green, Thunder

PF- Al Thornton, Clippers

C- Al Horford, Hawks

Bench- Luis Scola, Rockets; Thaddeus Young, Sixers; Wilson Chandler, Knicks; Aaron Brooks, Rockets

East:

PG- Devin Harris, Nets

SG- Dwyane Wade, Heat

SF- LeBron James, Cavaliers

PF- Kevin Garnett, Celtics

C- Dwight Howard, Magic

Bench- Joe Johnson, Hawks; Paul Pierce, Celtics; Allen Iverson, Pistons; Chris Bosh, Raptors; Danny Granger, Pacers; Antawn Jamison, Wizards; Vince Carter, Nets

Injured Reserves- Caron Butler, Wizards; Rashard Lewis, Magic; Jose Calderon, Raptors

West:

PG- Chris Paul, Hornets

SG- Kobe Bryant, Lakers

SF- Carmelo Anthony, Nuggets

PF- Tim Duncan, Spurs

C- Yao Ming, Rockets

Bench- Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks; Deron Williams, Jazz; Pau Gasol, Lakers; Kevin Durant, Thunder; Al Jefferson, Timberwolves; Chauncey Billups, Nuggets; Brandon Roy, Blazers

Injured Reserves- Andrew Bynum, Lakers; Kevin Martin, Kings; Amare Stoudemire, Suns