scud's 4-player-foreplaying-forecasts
banditone - LeBron James, Walt Bellamy, Michael Ray Richardson
tricky24 - Moses Malone, Kevin Willis, Reggie Miller
sappy - Wilt Chamberlain, Mookie Blaylock, Glen Rice
gtak - Dennis Rodman, Terry Porter, Amare Stoudemire
scudmissle - Charles Barkley, Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer, Tom Boerwinkle
shapandrew7 - Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Donyell Marshall, Billy Paultz
uvasooner - Magic Johnson, Zelmo Beaty, Calvin Natt, AC Green
empdenied - Dwyane Wade, Steve Nash, Marcus Camby, Adrian Dantley
jakotay - Chris Paul, Hakeem Olajuwon, Antawn Jamison, Mark Landsberger
tarheel - Shaquille O'Neal, Mel Daniels, Manu Ginobili, Mike Miller
ashamael - Dwight Howard, Troy Murphy, Kevin Johnson, Vince Carter
ncih - Kevin McHale, Ben Wallace, Shawn Kemp, Tony Parker
rylan127 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Don Buse, Raja Bell
robocoach - Oscar Robertson, Dirk Nowitzki, Clyde Drexler, Samuel Dalembert
DR. WHO: oscar, he'll work. dirk's very cool in the 2nd. clyde's the 3rd nice pick in a row (if its his 25 pt season)... then, robo drafts, who? too many others available at the time than to reach down into the latrine glop for dalembert. even his name is uninspiring and sounds like a belch. lol. however, it's quite fixable and this team will be a contender given a better gorilla is drafted next. 50 wins. playoffs
felonius - Shawn Marion, Wes Unseld, Gary Payton, Brad Daugherty
ALICE IN WONDERLAND: this is basketball on drugs. the court will look unfamiliar to you. there's a madhatter with the ball. i like payton in the odl. i also like marion and unseld. they play better here. daugherty performs well in the gym rat league (42m there, too, i think) on the cavs, but this squad feels surrealistic. it's quirky enough to be lethal and fundamentally sound, but in need of a magic frog for a sg. have no idea how many wins. 35 or 48. hell no-yes playoffs.
eleibowitz - David Robinson, Paul Pierce, Jose Calderon, Richard Jefferson
PULP FICTION: if eleibowitz drafts the 100% pf admiral (my fav drob version) and sets sail for a stout boardman (and there's plenty still), then this (actually) remarkable trio is gonna hang tight and b'fuk the rest of us down in the basement. calderon and jefferson will serve the truth well every game and propel him into a top 10 scorer who shoots from multiple places. surprisingly, i like the jefferson pick, but not in the 4th. you should've put travolta and samuel jackson on the case for a gorilla first. the b'fuker in the basement, well, someone goes medievil on his a$$. 45 wins. perhaps playoffs
98average - Larry Bird, Dana Barros, Robert Parish, Buck Williams
COMMANDER CODY AND THE LOST PLANET AIRMEN: bird will have a ball on this team. he's got plenty of room to operate and barros will feed him steak sandwiches all game. unfortunately, the frontcourt isn't an offensive threat nor will they foul out their opponents too often, but their efficient as hell, and bird and the chief reunite in a song and dance. there's some but ugly faces on this squad, but they'll look pretty on court if they get a 20 pt airman at sg. 47 wins. playoffs.
longtallbrad - Chauncey Billups, Dikembe Mutombo, Spencer Haywood, Mitch Richmond
DOCTOR STRANGELOVE: the psycho-doctor says, no need for talk, just an arsenal. mortars from the arc. a midrange bazooka and general mutombo guarding the fort. "men, we are in need of an orebounding-dime conscious-wing shooting fundamentalist thief... a state of war exists. it's imperative we find him." 42 wins. in the hunt for a playoff spot until the end. 50-50.
captainzen - Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Cedric Maxwell, Michael Cage
WEIRD SCIENCE: it works, it stinks, it's dynamic, it's dysfunctional. no true center, but mozart on the wings. as david gilmore once sang: i traded a walk up part in a war, for a lead role in a cage. garnett as the no. 1 scoring option gathers no moss, except losses. weird science is in need of magic johnson, but there is still someone available. 39 wins.
dh555 - Tracy McGrady, Jerry Lucas, Connie Hawkins, Al Jefferson
TALLAHASSEE TWO-STEP: tmac enjoys the confines of low usage, top-tier specialists to play alongside with and one great scorer (hawkins OR jefferson), and if that happens, mcgrady's fg% will approach 50% and then you have drafted a dynamo. a heavy hitter, a top-3 league scorer. thats 2 steps forward. but, well, tmac gets two guys who can easily take away his shine, and his fg% suffers, as do his t.o.s (strangely). on the bright side, bulldog pg's who disrupt and shoot three's are still to be had. happy hunting. 41 wins.
coachcroft - Jason Kidd, Peja Stojakovic, Julius Erving, Nate Thurmond
SNAP-ON-TOOLS: this is the team i wish i built. i saw the doctor lurking there when i passed him up in the 3rd rnd. i will root for this team during the season. the snap-on tools fit is cool. around 370-3's and the doc's dunks. thurmond gets to handpick his center mate who concentrates on orebs. easy enough in the 5th. if the 21 pt season is used, nate the great becomes the 4th force in the lineup and one low usage guy, yeah, snap-on tools. 49.5 wins. playoffs.
lhtgk - Bill Russell, Karl Malone, Jerry West, Jayson Williams
THE WILD, WILD WEST: even though the mailman costs more, this is the logo's team, he's james west, guns, fisticuffs and boobytraps. artemis gordon malone, jaws a lot, wieves and deceives and dunks. nice, nice tandem. russell is the brains of the outfit. j. williams carries the luggage, drives the taxi, and cleans the glass. in need of robin hood, the archer from the arc. sure are a lot fo nice, affordable ones . this one gets into the dance. 48 wins
xxevilivexx - Artis Gilmore, Swen Nater, David Lee, Mark Price
THE EUNICH'S: this team will get its dick decapitated. artis will get all the game mvp's and the team's categories will all get nicely filled like jars of jelly, some sweet **** here (artisitic boardmen) but price will be needed to step up with a very solid 3rd scoring option role (assuming you're trolling for a 25% usage scorer) and will falter. that's the price to pay with price. the little decapitation. however, getting a 3-armed squid sg (high usage, pts, 3's) in the 5th round is easy enough. eunichs - men of stout hearts and little dicks. playoffs, i think. 46 wins
bsmuke - Bob McAdoo, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen, Willis Reed
WHOOPIE GOLDBERG: this team's direction goes as whoopie's hair goes, in all directions, but it works. there are patterns in chaos. mcadoo's above the rim force. stockton's underwater tactics. pippen's arsenal and reed's gorilla swings from the trees. in need of a low-usage thief... then this team's defense will actually disrupt just enough to win the possession war. pretty good stuff here. maybe playoffs. 44 wins