Whats your lineup/lineup help thread

[Lucretius8]

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Experimenting now with a lineup of highly SKILLED players and what some might "position less basketball".

I'm focused on guys who can handle the ball, shoot, and pass.

Oh...and for now....I'm sticking with only Silver players.

PG - Rubio
SG - Mashburn
SF - Batum
PF - Kiki Vandeweghe
C - Laimbeer

Bench

Shaun Livingston
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (or as I call him....Chris Jackson)
Dell Curry
Robert Horry
Boris Diaw
Nick Collison
Draymond Green
Sarunas Marciulonis


Running the Pace n Space offense with Freelance.


I still have a few specialists on the roster like Curry and Collison....and I'm thinking about moving Draymond into the starting lineup.

Livingston and Rubio don't shoot it as well as I'd like, but Rubio's passing sets everyone up and I just play so well with Livingston. I love my big PGs.

Going to try out Brian Shaw....and try to save up some MT for Magic to add a Gold player later on....maybe even Larry Bird later.

What's Kiki like? Can you give a review?

[Justin7]

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Lineup now is:

Lillard-Wade-LBJ-LA-Dikembe with a bench of

Curry-Moncrief-PG-Griffin-Cousins-Westbrook

Bought Emerald Wesley and Whiteside, also have Wall, Bosh, VC (silver), Noah, Kyrie, Drummond, Iggy, Kerr.

I have beaten MyTeam, who you guys think would be a fun/cool lineup?

[MavericksFan1989]

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Made some adjustments to my lineup now that i'm in the 4th seed. 2-1 so far, two blowout wins and 1 TRIPLE overtime 2 point loss.

pg: (gold) lance stephenson / (silver) jerryd bayless
sg: (sapphire) dominique / (silver) vince carter
sf: (gold) paul george / (silver) doug mcdermott
pf: (gold) george mcginnis / (silver) noah vonleh
c : (sapphire) brook lopez / (silver) will perdue

- Dominique is just unreal. By far the best player on my team and in my entire collection for that matter. Defense, shooting, athleticism, playmaking, etc... you name it he has it.

- PG13 cost me the game in that loss, missing three clutch wide open shots, but i'll forgive him for now. He's a very good second option but i mostly keep him for his defense though.

- I'm loving mcginnis' hustle, rebounding and especially his 87 (lateral) quickness which helps a lot when my opponent has lebron/durant/melo/etc at pf.

- Brook is a monster inside and regularly turns shaq/yao/hakeem/whoever into his bitch.

- I put lance at point because of his height (against lebron/frobe/etc), he's also a solid passer and ball handler, will knock down some open shots. He's mostly a slasher though. His defense is kind of meh but it'll do.

- Vince is my favorite player so he'll always have a spot. He does well for me on offense, defense not so much.

- The rest of the bench are pretty much random silvers that i use because they still have contracts, so i can save some mt.

Another good cheap center option is Artis GIlmore, does everything pretty well

[Lord Bonium]

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Another good cheap center option is Artis GIlmore, does everything pretty well

I have him and he did alright for me when i used him, nowhere near sapphire brook though. There are also just a couple of things about him that really rubbed me the wrong way:

- 66 strength... i have no idea where 2k came up with that nonsense, give the man at least an 80

- his player model is completely wrong. It looks like they gave him an average wingspan while he had long arms irl. Also, not a big deal but he should be slimmer, have a big afro and they made his face look horrible. Looks nothing like his card, actually looks more like sam perkins which is never a good thing.

[kabamaru]

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For me george mcginnis is an apocalypse.
Haven't used him any many matches yet to have a full picture (only about 10) but in the last domination game (I don't play domination, only RTTP, I play domination only to try new players) he scored 34 points for me with 80-85 % FG. Not only he is quick (around 80) and has 90+ rebounding and boxout stats but he has 85 driving layup the biggest of any PF in the game (equal to Ruby Davis that costs 120K).
Matched with his 99 strength he can play the PF position as a poor man's Lebron minus the 3 point shoot but with much better rebounding. Feed him the ball, can an Iso, do a pump fake and press square is pretty much an automatic basket for me so far.I still need to see him in more games though... Regarding Dominique I am more hesitant. Ruby Kobe and Diamond Durant are now my SG and SF while ruby Clay is their backup that provides an extra shooting dimension. I don't really know what dominique would add, and tbh I got him only yesterday and I have never used him but I was not really impressed when I got opposed him by other players.

[Tons28]

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Debating a trade of the last of my Madden coins for 800-1mil MT. However is it even worth it at this juncture? Built this team with the amount I traded for last time;

PG: Onyx Nash/Saph Big O
SG: 90-91 Jordan/Ruby Magic
SF: Diamond Durant/Lebron
PF: Saph Russell/Ruby Garnett
C: Saph Wilt/Saph Hakeem

Other than a Ruby Jordan, is there anyone significantly better? Onyx Lebron/McGrady?

Can just keep the coins for MUThead coins for Madden16 if not.

[McPoofPuffer]

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Made some adjustments to my lineup now that i'm in the 4th seed. 2-1 so far, two blowout wins and 1 TRIPLE overtime 2 point loss.

pg: (gold) lance stephenson / (silver) jerryd bayless
sg: (sapphire) dominique / (silver) vince carter
sf: (gold) paul george / (silver) doug mcdermott
pf: (gold) george mcginnis / (silver) noah vonleh
c : (sapphire) brook lopez / (silver) will perdue

- Dominique is just unreal. By far the best player on my team and in my entire collection for that matter. Defense, shooting, athleticism, playmaking, etc... you name it he has it.

- PG13 cost me the game in that loss, missing three clutch wide open shots, but i'll forgive him for now. He's a very good second option but i mostly keep him for his defense though.

- I'm loving mcginnis' hustle, rebounding and especially his 87 (lateral) quickness which helps a lot when my opponent has lebron/durant/melo/etc at pf.

- Brook is a monster inside and regularly turns shaq/yao/hakeem/whoever into his bitch.

- I put lance at point because of his height (against lebron/frobe/etc), he's also a solid passer and ball handler, will knock down some open shots. He's mostly a slasher though. His defense is kind of meh but it'll do.

- Vince is my favorite player so he'll always have a spot. He does well for me on offense, defense not so much.

- The rest of the bench are pretty much random silvers that i use because they still have contracts, so i can save some mt.

Sapphire Brook sucks donkey nuts for me. I played a guy with Blake Griffin as his Center and Blake made Brook his bitch. I'm pretty sure Blake had a double double and Brook went like 1-5 with 2 points and 2 rebounds. I guess when you have a girl's name you end up playing like a girl

[Lord Bonium]

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Sapphire Brook sucks donkey nuts for me. I played a guy with Blake Griffin as his Center and Blake made Brook his bitch. I'm pretty sure Blake had a double double and Brook went like 1-5 with 2 points and 2 rebounds. I guess when you have a girl's name you end up playing like a girl

Sorry to hear that. From your post i take it you "play" off ball defense? Easy fix, play defense yourself. If i'm assuming wrong and you do play on ball that performance by blake is entirely on you. If i can use brook to stop hakeem and yao then blake shouldn't be a problem imo.

On offense you definitely control him yourself so i don't see how you can blame the 1-5 on him. Just wondering, what were you trying to do? Seems to me like you were forcing things. Brook barely ever misses anything for me, of course most of his shots are open dunks though. But he also makes open 10-15 footers at a good rate, the occasional post hook/fade and he's a great ft shooter for a center.

[USNAggie44]

Whats your lineup/lineup help thread

I need help with who to put at the 2 guard position and backup 3. I was thinking of PG at the backup 3. I have around 120k MT. Should I go with KD, Ruby Klay, or maybe Ruby Frobe? I'd like I guy that would help my offense. I like Nique a lot, just not sure if there's a better option.

PG: Oscar Robertson/Onyx Mo
SG: ? / Sapphire Nique
SF: Lebron / ?
PF: Sapphire Bill Russell / Gold AD
C: Sapphire Wilt / Sapphire DeAndre

[Abstruso]

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I need help with who to put at the 2 guard position and backup 3. I was thinking of PG at the backup 3. I have around 120k MT. Should I go with KD, Ruby Klay, or maybe Ruby Frobe? I'd like I guy that would help my offense. I like Nique a lot, just not sure if there's a better option.

PG: Oscar Robertson/Onyx Mo
SG: ? / Sapphire Nique
SF: Lebron / ?
PF: Sapphire Bill Russell / Gold AD
C: Sapphire Wilt / Sapphire DeAndre

I don't like KD, he has the highest OVR of the 3 but most of my silver players perform better for me. Ruby Frobe is the ultimate offensive weapon, a must-have, he can do everything. Ruby Klay is also a beast, awesome shooting! Also great for under 100k are Ruby Magic & Ruby Payton. For 120k-130k you can either get Payton, Klay plus one of the Lakers or Frobe & Magic.

[McPoofPuffer]

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Sorry to hear that. From your post i take it you "play" off ball defense? Easy fix, play defense yourself. If i'm assuming wrong and you do play on ball that performance by blake is entirely on you. If i can use brook to stop hakeem and yao then blake shouldn't be a problem imo.

On offense you definitely control him yourself so i don't see how you can blame the 1-5 on him. Just wondering, what were you trying to do? Seems to me like you were forcing things. Brook barely ever misses anything for me, of course most of his shots are open dunks though. But he also makes open 10-15 footers at a good rate, the occasional post hook/fade and he's a great ft shooter for a center.

How many calories did you burn jumping to that conclusion? I always play on ball defense, which is exactly why Blake dominated. While I was guarding the PG, Brook would leave Blake wide open for an easy lob. Also, whenever that guy's guard would shoot a 3, I'd contest with my guard, then switch to Brook to get a manual rebound but he is already being boxed out by Blake, so there was nothing I could do. Blake got half his points off of offensive rebounds.

And on offense, I wasn't forcing it. 3 of those misses were dumpoffs or offensive rebounds which should have been easy buckets but then I got hit with the "arm in the back" cheese and Brook never finished any of those layups. The other two were post fades where the release was touching the white line yet it was a brick.

Good for you for knowing how to use Brook. Everyone has a player or two they just dominate with even though they aren't that great. Everyone also has a few players they just can't play with, and Brook is one of those for me.

[RobUofM]

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My current squad.....

PG: Rube Magic / Ruby GP / Curry
SG: Lebron / Ruby Frobe / Sapphire Mullin
SF: PD Melo / Sapphire Wilkins / Diamond Durant
PF: Emerald AD / Ruby Cousins / Ruby Dirk
C: PD Shaq / Onyx Zo / Sapphire DeAndre

Working on getting Dumars Sapphire

Any suggestions for upgrading? I should have around 150 K. Was looking to get Ruby Harden if I saved more since the Gold is money. I could sell more players too since I have Ruby Klay and others just sitting now.

[H3LLGWAR]

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My lineup so far is

PG: Gold LeBron (if my opponent runs him, Magic or other "big" guy at the point) or Sapphire Westbrook

SG: Sapphire George

SF: Pink Diamond Durant

PF: Pink Diamond Melo

C: Pink Diamond Shaq

Bench:
Ruby Wade
Sapphire Curry
Sapphire Wilkins
Ruby Aldridge
Gold Davis
Gold Howard
Gold Kobe

There are a lot of my favorite players i wish i could have like Yao, TMac, Pistol but i've never had over 80k MT at once lol

[Lord Bonium]

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How many calories did you burn jumping to that conclusion? I always play on ball defense, which is exactly why Blake dominated. While I was guarding the PG, Brook would leave Blake wide open for an easy lob. Also, whenever that guy's guard would shoot a 3, I'd contest with my guard, then switch to Brook to get a manual rebound but he is already being boxed out by Blake, so there was nothing I could do. Blake got half his points off of offensive rebounds.

Maybe it's something in your settings? I've never had lopez, or any center for that matter, leave their guy wide open for oops. You've got a point with the rebounding though. He does get a good amount of offensive boards for me but on the defensive glass he's not ideal. For me personally it's not a big deal though since my pf's are rebounding specialists so they tend to pick up the slack.

And on offense, I wasn't forcing it. 3 of those misses were dumpoffs or offensive rebounds which should have been easy buckets but then I got hit with the "arm in the back" cheese and Brook never finished any of those layups. The other two were post fades where the release was touching the white line yet it was a brick.

I see shaq/hakeem/etc miss those dumb putback layups all the time, that's just a gameplay flaw. I always make sure to pumpfake and to move a little before going back up. That's helped me out a lot, it's actually how i score most of the time with my centers.
About the post fade, i only use that when it's wide open (if my opponent bit on a fake) from like 7-8 feet and he usually makes that for me. I rarely use it though since the old up fake - step through - dunk (or pass to pf when there's help) is obviously way more reliable.

Good for you for knowing how to use Brook. Everyone has a player or two they just dominate with even though they aren't that great. Everyone also has a few players they just can't play with, and Brook is one of those for me.

True, btw while re-reading my previous post i realize it may have come across as being a little "douchey" but i promise that wasn't my intent. It's like they say, some people have a way with words. Unfortunately i'm not one of them.

[McPoofPuffer]

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Maybe it's something in your settings? I've never had lopez, or any center for that matter, leave their guy wide open for oops. You've got a point with the rebounding though. He does get a good amount of offensive boards for me but on the defensive glass he's not ideal. For me personally it's not a big deal though since my pf's are rebounding specialists so they tend to pick up the slack.

I see shaq/hakeem/etc miss those dumb putback layups all the time, that's just a gameplay flaw. I always make sure to pumpfake and to move a little before going back up. That's helped me out a lot, it's actually how i score most of the time with my centers.
About the post fade, i only use that when it's wide open (if my opponent bit on a fake) from like 7-8 feet and he usually makes that for me. I rarely use it though since the old up fake - step through - dunk (or pass to pf when there's help) is obviously way more reliable.

True, btw while re-reading my previous post i realize it may have come across as being a little "douchey" but i promise that wasn't my intent. It's like they say, some people have a way with words. Unfortunately i'm not one of them.

It's all good man. Brook was good for me the first few games when I just used him as my reserve big man to come in if all my other bigs were sucking, so then I thought "I'm gonna give him more minutes and see how good he really is". So I replaced Moses Malone with Brook because Moses was too slow, short, and unathletic. Then Brook starts sucking. Maybe my backup center is just cursed.