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Am I late or did Bballin just go bot.

I saw that a few days ago and thought maybe it was already discussed and I had forgot. He actually went bot over 5 weeks ago. Really disappointing one.

Made first call ups. Only players that are fairly obvious. So far 7 guys in there, most of them bigs with 1 SF and Stronks......
That shows our bad depth at guards.

For bigs, Worley is safely better than other big man options. From there it's your call with the others. 4+ big man options for 1 or more likely 2 spots.

Maybe minutes trend is where you make final decisions at guard.

Guevin - routinely gets perfect minutes and great track record
Ferguson - perfect minutes and track record
Kearns - LPP currently inactive, Kearns had 120+ mins last week.
Chacon - only received 32 mins last week. (worth noting Laurent had 80+ under same owner so dunno how to make sense of these. maybe PM owner?)
Stavridis - 75 mins, which isn't always bad, but he did drop GS
Barbiroli - 105+ mins last week
Gaudreault - perfect mins and track record. not necessarily a guard in most tactics but a NT candidate nonetheless.
Jolly - perfect minutes and track record
Getsko - minutes haven't actually been too great, but possibly due to training and other factors. wouldn't read too much into it.
Macindeor - 84 mins and dropped GS, but good mins under same owner last season
Morales - mins last week were a tad high, but great track record beyond that

So, Guevin looks especially good. He's got the nice total skills and should be solidified a spot with minutes trend. Ferguson and Gaudreault look good to me. Chacon was my other guard on the offsite picks and still probably is. Jolly is very interesting to me, but it's difficult to bite the bullet and pick him over Chacon or Ferguson or Gaudreault.

Yep, completely forgot about Worley. He is a lock as well. Will take deeper look at guards. Gaudreasult is close, there is a problem with PGs. wonder if Jolly is worthy of consideration at all. Or is he redundand if Chacon is in good GS? Kearns would be in if LPP was actoive and his GS was good.

Hmm, what about Spadaro? I know he has small potential but he might be one of the best Li Sg we have (kind of sad but true)

Last edited by damian13ster at 10/26/2014 10:40:31 PM

wonder if Jolly is worthy of consideration at all. Or is he redundand if Chacon is in good GS? Kearns would be in if LPP was actoive and his GS was good.

Jolly and Chacon aren't similar at all. But, Jolly might be a step behind after another look. Might be better as a call-up if he receives continued training. Chacon looks pretty solid except for the one big weakness in an important unnamed skill, then it's just a question of his gameshape under new ownership. I think Kearns would've reluctantly had to make the NT too if LPP was active. Now it's less likely since it'll be hard to call up a 35 y/o weeks into the season.

Hmm, what about Spadaro? I know he has small potential but he might be one of the best Li Sg we have (kind of sad but true)

I overlooked Spadaro. Personally, I disagree with the notion he'd be a capable inside SG but like him at SF. Gaudreault, though, is Spadaro's closest comparable and Gaudreault just seems better and more versatile, especially with our current lack of outside presence. Or, you could just take Spadaro since it's your decision.

If we really wanted to go the inside LI SG route, I think Hudgins might be best off shifting to SG. We'd still have Hall and one of Gaudreault/Spadaro/Bradshaw along with Worley for SF.

Don't want to influence you, but for the sake of a 12-man team for an extreme inside offence... something like:

Stronks(31)/Guevin(6)/Chacon(6)/Ferguson(5)
Hudgins(32)/Guevin(14)/Gaudreault(2)
Hall(32)/Gaudreault(12)/Worley(4)
Sammons(33)/Laurent(11)/Worley(4)
Collin(27)/Laurent(19)/Arsenault(2)

Of course, that wouldn't happen as long as blank line-up exists. But I doubt Spadaro would play much at guard in blank line-up either.

Last edited by Stajan at 10/27/2014 5:01:43 PM

Personally I think Spadaro is the better option, not only because he is mine but because he has great skills. His 126 skill points is only 3 behind Gaudreault. The difference is that Spadaro is still getting training and Gaudreault is declining.

WEll, at 33 usually you dont lose more than 1-2 skills. Question is whether Spadaro still has some pops left in him.
One thing people often overlook is effect of experience. It also has to be taken into consideration

Maybe you should take them both 😀

Considering that. We will see. There are couple easier games for a start and I dont know whether more prospects like Hansen will need saving so dont want to use all roster spots at once

Our team currently has 2 total guards (1 of whom has sharply declining skills), whereas we have 2 quality SF already. I think Spadaro and Gaudreault are very comparable overall players (I like Gaudreault more and feel he could be better through the whole season) but the main reason I'd take Gaudreault is due to added versatility. You own both of these guys, so I feel less bad voicing my opinion on such close players.