Starting Line-ups and Reserves for 10 New Value Add Basketball Game Teams

Below are the starting line-ups and their back-ups for the 10 new teams we are creating - in alphabetical order. An explanation appears below the players. 

Position	Team	Stamina	Points, NBA?, Height, Suggested Usage
Start	Boston College 2006	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Louis Hinnant	42	7.5 ppg, 6'4 (PG 42-1)
2-SG	Sean Marshall	35	10.0 ppg, 6'4 (SG 44-43, 34-1)
3-SF	Jared Dudley	44	16.7, NBA, 6'7 (SF 44-1)
4-PF	Craig Smith	44	17.6 ppg, NBA, 6'7 (PF 44-1)
5-C	Sean Williams	10	3.1 ppg, NBA, 6'10 (SF 31-24)
Bench	Boston College 2006	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Marquez Haynes	6	3.3, 6'0 (PG 44-43, SG 42-40)
2-SG	Ted Dunlap	5	1.4, 6'3 (None)
3-SF	Akida McLain	6	4.2 ppg, 6'7 (SG 39-35)
4-PF	Tyrese Rice	23	9.3, 6'1 (C 33-11)
5-C	John Oates	13	3.4 ppg, 6'10 (C 44-34)
			Central Florida (see UCF)
Start	Clemson 1987	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Grayson Marshall	40	6.1 ppg, 6'2 (PG 40-1)
2-SG	Michael Tait	40	12.9 ppg, 6'2 (SG 44-41, 36-1)
3-SF	Jerry Pryor	34	12.2 ppg, 6'7 (SF 34-1)
4-PF	Horace Grant	44	21.0 ppg, NBA, 6'10 (PF 44-1)
5-C	Elden Campbell	18	8.8 ppg, NBA, 6'11 (C 18-1)
Bench	Clemson 1987	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Larry Middleton	12	8.0 ppg, 6'3 (PG 44-41, SG 40-37)
2-SG	Michael Brown	17	8.8 ppg, 6'4 (SF 44-35)
3-SF	Tim Kincaid	5	3.0 ppg, 6'3 (None)
4-PF	Ricky Jones	5	4.5 ppg, 6'7 (None)
5-C	Anthony Jenkins	26	9.1 ppg, 6'7 (C 44-19)
Start	Florida State 1993	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Charlie Ward	43	7.8 ppg, NBA, 6'2 (PG 43-1)
2-SG	Sam Cassell	44	18.3 ppg, NBA 6'3 (SG 44-1)
3-SF	Bob Sura	44	19.9 ppg, NBA, 6'5 (SF (44-1)
4-PF	Doug Edwards	40	18.3 ppg, NBA, 6'9 (PF 44, 39-1)
5-C	Rodney Dobard	41	11.5 ppg, 6'9 (C 44-40, 36-1)
Bench	Florida State 1993	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Lorenzo Hands	5	3.3 ppg, 6'4 (none)
2-SG	Scott Shepherd	5	1.5 ppg, 5'11 (none)
3-SF	Maurice Robinson	5	3.5 ppg, 6'7 (none)
4-PF	Derrick Carroll	11	5.4 ppg, 6'6 (none)
5-C	Byron Wells	14	4.6 ppg, 6'10 (PG 44, PF 43-40, C 39-37)
Start	Nebraska 2014	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Tai Webster	27	3.9 ppg, 6'4" (PG 27-1)
2-SG	Ray Gallegos	33	7.3 ppg, 6'2 (SG 44-41, 29-1)
3-SF	Terran Petteway	41	18.1 ppg, 6'6 (SF 41-1)
4-PF	Shavon Shields	43	12.8 ppg, 6'7 (PF 44-42, 40-1)
5-C	Walter Pitchford	27	9.3 ppg, 6'10 (C 27-1)
Bench	Nebraska 2014	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Benny Parker	14	2.4 ppg, 5'9 (PG 39-28)
2-SG	Deverell Biggs	5	9.9 ppg, 6'0 (PG 44-40)
3-SF	David Rivers	15	3.0 ppg, 6'7 (SF 44-42, PF 41, SG 40-30)
4-PF	Nathan Hawkins	5	1.4 ppg, 6'5 (none)
5-C	Leslee Smith	17	5.4 ppg, 6'8 (C 44-28)
Start	Northwestern 2017	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Bryant McIntosh	44	14.8 ppg, 6'3 (PG 44-1)
2-SG	Scottie Lindsey	34	14.1 ppg, 6'5 (SG 44-43, 32-1)
3-SF	Vic Law	42	12.3 ppg, NBA,6'7 (SF 42-1)
4-PF	Sanjay Lumpkin	34	6.0 ppg, 6'6 (PF 34-1)
5-C	Dererk Pardon	28	8.0 ppg, 6'8 (C 28-1)
Bench	Northwestern 2017	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Isiah Brown	13	6.4 ppg, 6'2 (SF 44-43, SG 42-33)
2-SG	Jordan Ash	5	0.6 ppg, 6'3 (None)
3-SF	Nathan Taphorn	9	4.5 ppg, 6'7 (PF 44-35)
4-PF	Gavin Skelly	18	5.9 ppg, 6'8 (C 44-29)
5-C	Barret Benson	9	2.0 ppg, 6'10 (None)
Start	Rutgers 1976	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Eddie Jordan	36	14.1 ppg, NBA, 6'1 (PG 36-1)
2-SG	Mike Dabney	41	19.1 ppg, 6'4 (PG 44, 40-1)
3-SF	Phil Sellers	43	19.2 ppg, NBA, 6'5 (SF 43-1)
4-PF	Hollis Copeland	37	12.9 ppg, NBA, 6'6 (PF 37-1)
5-C	James Bailey	29	8.5 ppg, NBA, 6'9 (C 44-38, 22-1)
Bench	Rutgers 1976	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Steve Hefele	8	3.4 ppg, 6'5 (PG 44-37)
2-SG	Mark Conlin	6	2.1 ppg, 6'2 (SF 44, PG 43-41)
3-SF	Jeff Kleinbaum	5	2.7 ppg, 6'2 (None)
4-PF	Mike Palko	5	1.9 ppg, 6'7 (None)
5-C	Abdel Anderson	22	9.4 ppg, 6'7 (PF 44-38, C 37-23)
Start	Stanford 2008	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Mitch Johnson	40	6.7 ppg, 6'1 (PG 40-1)
2-SG	Anthony Goods	32	10.0 ppg, 6'4 (SG 32-1)
3-SF	Lawrence Hill	26	8.6 ppg, 6'8 (SF 44-33, 18-1)
4-PF	Brook Lopez	30	19.3, NBA, 7'0 (C 44-33, PF 18-1)
5-C	Robin Lopez	32	10.2, NBA, 7'0 (C 32-1)
Bench	Stanford 2008	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Drew Shiller	5	3.3, 6'0 (PG 44-41)
2-SG	Fred Washington	26	4.4 ppg, 6'5 (SG 44-33, SF 32-19)
3-SF	Kenny Brown	5	4.2 ppg, 6'2
4-PF	Landry Fields	8	4.1 ppg, NBA, 6'7 (PF 25-19)
5-C	Taj Finger	19	5.9 ppg, 6'8 (PF 44-26)
Start	UCF 2019	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	2 Terrell Allen	40	6.7, 6'3 (PG 41-1)
2-SG	1 BJ Taylor	44	15.9, 6'2 (SG 44-1)
3-SF	15 Aubrey Dawkins	44	15.6 ppg, 6'6 PF 44-1)
4-PF	35 Collin Smith	25	8.0 ppg, 6'11 (C 44-31)
5-C	24 Tacko Fall	30	11.1, NBA, 7'6 (C 30-1)
Bench	UCF 2019	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	20 Frank Bertz	8	3.1 ppg, 6'5 (PG 44-41)
2-SG	4 Ceasar DeJesus	6	3.4 ppg, 6'2 (None)
3-SF	Chance McSpadden	5	0.9 ppg, 6'4 (None)
4-PF	10 Dayon Griffin	14	4.6 ppg, 6'4 (PF 44-31)
5-C	21 Chad Brown	17	4.5 ppg, 6'9 (C 44-31, PF 30-26)
Start	Virginia Tech 1986	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Dell Curry	44	24.1 ppg, NBA, 6'4 (PG 44-1)
2-SG	Johnny Fort	24	5.1 pgg, 6'5 (SG 24-1)
3-SF	Keith Colbert	40	14.7 ppg, 6'6 (SF 38-1)
4-PF	Bobby Beecher	42	14.3 ppg, 6'9 (PF 44-39, 34-1)
5-C	Dave Burgess	24	5.7 ppg, 6'7 (C 24-1)
Bench	Virginia Tech 1986	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	George Caesar	15	4.4 ppg, 6'2 (SG 44-32)
2-SG	Mark Whitaker	6	2.5 ppg, 6'2 (SG 31-25)
3-SF	Tim Anderson	12	4.3 ppg, 6'6 (PF 44-43, SF 42-39, C 38-35)
4-PF	Phil Williams	10	3.4 ppg, 6'6 (C 44-39)
5-C	Roy Brow	8	3.6 ppg, 6'11 (C 34-25)
Start	Washington 2006	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Justin Dentmon	34	8.3 ppg, NBA, 5'11 (PG 44-28, 18-1)
2-SG	Brandon Roy	41	20.2 ppg, NBA, 6'6 (SG 44-31,27-1)
3-SF	Jamaal Williams	27	13.8 ppg, 6'6 (SF 27-1)
4-PF	Bobby Jones	32	10.4 ppg, NBA, 6'7 (PF 32-1)
5-C	Jon Brockman	28	8.4 ppg, NBA, 6'7 (C 28-1)
Bench	Washington 2006	Stamina	Pts, NBA, Ht, suggested usage
1-PG	Ryan Applebee	26	7.9 ppg, 6'3 (SF 44-31, SG 30-28, PG 27-19)
2-SG	Joel Smith	9	3.7 ppg, 6'4 (PF 44-39, SF 30-28)
3-SF	Mike Jensen	13	5.3 ppg, 6'9 (C 44-39, PF 38-33)
4-PF	Hans Gasser	5	3.2 ppg, 6'9 (C 33-29)
5-C	Artem Wallace	5	2.3 ppg, 6'8 (C 38-34)

 We had not planned this detour from baseball on this blog, which is usually our focus from April to October, before we switch to college basketball. However, after a huge count of visitors on our basketball update in response to the massive realignment, we started calculating the player cards for our 10 new teams in the Value Add Basketball Game.

Calculating player cards for new teams is complicated and has to be done in several steps, because of the precise calculations to balance the cards based on the level of competition the team played in their era and conference - and even whether or not there was a 3-point line. The first step is to look at the new teams and determine the starting line-up and back-ups by position, and the endurance of each player.

For those who have not played the game, we play 44 possessions in the game - starting with the assumption that all 10 players already played 11 possessions each and the score is 20-20. This keeps the game well below an hour once you are used to playing

A player with a Stamina of 44 can play all 44 possessions of the game, but in most cases we need to figure out the rotation at each position. If a player plays more possessions then his Stamina, then every die roll is adjusted one against him - for shooting, rebounding, steals and turnovers. If he doubles his Stamina (a player with the lowest Stamina of 5 plays his 10th possession, then you start to adjust all rolls by 2. 

We do recommend player rotations on the cards and that you can see in the column to the right below. For example, if you look at the first team below from Boston College in 2006, the point guard Louis Hinnant can play the final 42 possessions of the game at point guard (thus PG 42-1) so we suggest playing backup Marquez Hayes on the first two possessions (PG 44-43 for possessions 44 and 43 counting down to one) and then we suggest Haynes moves to Shooting Guard for a few possessions (42-40). 

In other cases we do not suggest playing one of the 10 players (none where possessions would normally appear). These players may be used if a player fouls out or you simply choose them for a strategic possession (a player with a high steal rating or good 3-point shooter if down several in the closing moments).

One final note is that once a game goes to overtime you can use any player as long as they did not run out of endurance before regulation ended. At that point, all players are equally tired.