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[QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 3388298, member: 1674"]
G: MCW
G: Trevor Cooney (or maybe Gbinije on second thought)
: James Southerland
: Tyler Lydon
C: Fab Melo

6th: Dion Waiters

I could have opted for more talented individual players in the starting lineup in Dion and Fair, but ultimately I think something like this might work best.

MCW was as good defensively at the top of the zone as I've ever seen and likewise for Melo inside. Cooney was a very good defender, creating turnovers while also doing a good job of being in position more often than not. Lydon and Southerland would add great length to the back end.

On the offensive end, you have MCW pushing tempo with Southerland, Lydon, and Melo all serving as potential alley-oop threats along with Cooney, Southerland, and Lydon all providing good spacing, giving MCW plenty of room for free lanes to the hoop.

And of course with Dion off the bench, you have a secondary ball-handler/creator on the offensive end that could also create turnovers on the defensive end.

Ultimately, CJ was maybe my favorite player to root for in the past decade besides MCW, but I'd rather have the spacing and length that Southerland provides (not to mention he and MCW had great chemistry together). And I'd rather have Cooney running around off-ball like a madman than Dion taking the ball out of MCW's hands (but I still very much value Dion as a spark plug off the bench).

Edit: You could also slot Gbinije in for Cooney if you'd like; he'd provide a lot of Cooney did while also being far better with the ball in his hands.
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