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All-Time NBA Draft Round 1: spycam1 vs. Jeffrey32

Who would win in a 7 game series?

  • Total voters
    22
  • Poll closed .
akirac73 said:
Dan Majerle starting over HOF Chris Mullin? Are you smoking a Jeffrey?

This alone is enough to make me pick the other team.
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Read the reason and the strategy. I didn't just want to put the best individual talent in starting, but the best team on the floor as a unit. Majerle give me defense plus spacing. Mullin then becomes by far the best player off the bench like Ginobli for the Spurs or Harden in OKC. It's how Pop would have done it.


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dalamon said:
Notice how ppl laugh about Sam Bowie getting drafted ahead of Jordan, but never Hakeem? Gee, I wonder why.
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Rockets made a great pick back then no question, but with 100% hindsight if the Rockets could redo the draft knowing what Jordan became you don't think they would take Jordan over HO? 100% of teams in history would take Jordan #1 in every draft ever knowing what he became.



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spycam1 said:
The chemistry I brought into question was that of Kobe and Magic (your two best players). I don't think they're an ideal pairing. Kobe is not accustomed to playing with a ball dominant PG, and Magic loses a lot of value when he doesn't have the ball in his hands when Kobe would want to run the show.

Doesn't mean it's the end of the world, toxic chemistry. Just saying they're not a natural fit as much as Hakeem/Bird are.
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Magic is a natural fit with any player.
Because Magic is even more pass first than Lebron, Magic and Kobe together would have similar chemistry, if not better, than Lebron and Wade. People questioned their chemistry too and it led to 4 Finals.

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spycam1 said:
The number of voters is disappointing.
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Maybe if these threads are stickied at the top, there will be more voting... As it is hard to find which threads I've looked at and voted on. WC/Mods... Is that possible?


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Jeffrey32 said:
Read the reason and the strategy. I didn't just want to put the best individual talent in starting, but the best team on the floor as a unit. Majerle give me defense plus spacing. Mullin then becomes by far the best player off the bench like Ginobli for the Spurs or Harden in OKC. It's how Pop would have done it.


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Don't get me wrong, your team is very solid, but Dan Majerle IMO was one of the most overrated players of all time. Once a tough, scrappy player coming out of college, he later pigeon holed himself into being a volume 3point shooter (even though he wasn't really that good at it). Not once in his 14 year career did he ever shoot 40%+ from 3. His best season of 38% from 3 wouldn't even rank in the top 40 in the 2015 season. He made a couple of all nba-defensive team (2nd team) selections early in his career, but his defense overall in his career was nothing spectacular.
 
Stifle Tower said:
I agree. Wish I could have split my vote.

And jeffrey, nice pick of Petrovic. I had completely forgotten the name. Amazing shooter. Wish we had someone with his shooting percentages!
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I completely wanted to pick Drazen but he was gone before he got to me. One of the many forgotten gems. Sad his life and career were cut short.
 
akirac73 said:
Don't get me wrong, your team is very solid, but Dan Majerle IMO was one of the most overrated players of all time. Once a tough, scrappy player coming out of college, he later pigeon holed himself into being a volume 3point shooter (even though he wasn't really that good at it). Not once in his 14 year career did he ever shoot 40%+ from 3. His best season of 38% from 3 wouldn't even rank in the top 40 in the 2015 season. He made a couple of all nba-defensive team (2nd team) selections early in his career, but his defense overall in his career was nothing spectacular.
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Agree regarding Majerle. I watched him play. A lot. He was just not an impact player beyond timely 3's really. Solid for sure, but nothing fantastic. 3rd tier SG/SF really. Never did I see a game with him where I said "wow his lock down defense turned the tide in that game".
 
spycam1 said:
A tie seems fitting.
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So with a tie both are just eliminated right?

Too bad we don't have some convoluted and overly-complicated tie-breaking procedure in place.
 
To me, Petrovic was the original "Steph Curry" if that makes sense. Unbelivable quick release and could make shots from anywhere.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Agree regarding Majerle. I watched him play. A lot. He was just not an impact player beyond timely 3's really. Solid for sure, but nothing fantastic. 3rd tier SG/SF really. Never did I see a game with him where I said "wow his lock down defense turned the tide in that game".
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I really enjoyed watching him play. He was an energy and hustle guy. Lots of heart, passion, and athleticism. Then he prolonged his career and made himself an All Star by adding shooting to his game, allowing Barkley and KJ to work the middle. Volume or not, he hit a ton of threes in an era where the style of play wasn't as three-heavy as today.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Agree regarding Majerle. I watched him play. A lot. He was just not an impact player beyond timely 3's really. Solid for sure, but nothing fantastic. 3rd tier SG/SF really. Never did I see a game with him where I said "wow his lock down defense turned the tide in that game".
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Yet you voted for him? When he was matched up against Larry Bird?
 
spycam1 said:
Yet you voted for him? When he was matched up against Larry Bird?
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Yes my vote was entirely for Majerle, and him alone, against Bird. Of course. You got me there!

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Eh, who am I kidding....

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spycam1 said:
Go ahead and give your reasoning.
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Which would you prefer....

1) A nice little quip about "oh no you didn't do such and such, so and so sucks!" like everyone else?

2) A thoughtful response about the inherent and inferred strengths and weaknesses of the teams involved along with cursory analysis using advanced analytics?

3) The truth
 
LogGrad98 said:
Which would you prefer....

1) A nice little quip about "oh no you didn't do such and such, so and so sucks!" like everyone else?

2) A thoughtful response about the inherent and inferred strengths and weaknesses of the teams involved along with cursory analysis using advanced analytics?

3) The truth
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Options 2 and 3 are different?
 
Jeffrey32 said:
Maybe if these threads are stickied at the top, there will be more voting... As it is hard to find which threads I've looked at and voted on. WC/Mods... Is that possible?


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I have no control over it, I tried getting the actual thread where drafted stickied a couple of times and 100+ pages in it still no sticky. Hopefully one of the mods can sticky Round 2 and beyond.
 
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