Posted by appleseed1 on 8/2/2011 4:59:00 PM (view original):
The following is based on a quick rating system that I made and have and will again pick against.
Round 1:
Steal: David Robinson - The Admiral gives you good usage, and great defense and rebounding and is probably a better choice than a couple of centers that went before him (although I do like Howard's positional flexibility). A completely legit #6 pick, so getting him at #15 has to go down as a steal.
Puzzler: Bill Russell - I love Bill Russell. I love him as a person and as a champion and as a Celtic and as a civil rights leader. I may love him as much as it is possible to love someone I don't actually know. As a player in the ODL, however... He has a terrible TS% that good rebounding does not fully make up for, and now his defense is a bit suspect as well. He is kind of nominal for the league at all, and might be better picked in the 5th round +/-.
Round 2:
Steal Dr. J. You know he has a DR of 100 for multiple seasons, right? You know that he has a decent TS% considering his usage and you can use him as a guard, maybe even a point guard, and he has great rebounding percentages for a guard, right. At #9 I had to toss a coin between him and Barkley, and I think I might have chosen wrong. How did you ever ever ever ever ever... let this guy go until the 2nd round?????
Honorable Mention - Larry Nance
Puzzler: John Stockton I want to start by saying that my rating system can penalize you for having too many assists, but, even with that in mind, well, he is almost always over priced, because you will almost always get too many assists when you have him. Also, though he does give you lots of assists, if you are taking the kind of players what will require him, he is not entirely unique, and you do not need to take him in the 2nd round
Round 3:
Steal: Horace Grant* The General has good defense, good rebounding and a super-phenomenal FG%. He is a completely legit mid to late 1st round pick.
Puzzler: Tie Isiah Thomas, Kevin Porter. I hope he didn’t mean Terry Porter, ‘cause that would kinda suck. As for Thomas, I would draft Tyrus,Kurt, Kenny, Etan, Ron, Tim and Carl before Isiah. (but not John!)
Steals, well you won’t need much luck, and Puzzlers, good luck proving my wrong.
*2nd choice, but i don't like to brag. Much.
I disagree with almost everything you said there.
*Russell's low usage negates much of the problem with his low TS%. His defense is not suspect, it's just not elite like it should be. Good luck finding anybody that can sniff 70 defense and 44% creb% in round 5. He's most definitely an early/mid 2nd round pick.
*Dr. J at 9 would be terrible. He rebounds well for a guard, true, but he gives you nothing from the perimeter and has very meh fg% with a couple of exceptions. He also doesn't get to the line a ton. He's a late 2nd/early 3rd rounder and is one of those guys that ends up hurting the owner who drafts him more than helps him.
*Nance wasn't really a steal... he went where he should have gone
*You should fix your system because too many assists just plain don't happen. Well, it can, but only if you do something ludicrous like have Stockton, Kidd, Bird & bullwinkle on the floor at the same time. All assists do is help your team shoot better. More is better. Also, there is the absolutely insane 60% efg% Stockton season that gives you a good number of threes at a high percentage. Only downfall of Stockton is rebounding, but many elite PGs suffer this as well.
*I don't think Horace's phenomenal fg% season is 100% sf, but I could be wrong.
You're right on about Admiral, Zeke & Porter though.