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All-Time NBA Draft Round 2: White Chocolate vs. Hack

Who would win in a 7 game series?

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Not sure how Hacks team got through the first round but this ones an easy one for me. White Chocolate has way more talent.

Spacing is far less of an issue with elite players than people make it out to be. Can 2 or 3 of your players hit mid range jumpers? Can 1 or 2 of your starters hit a three? Then your floor is spaced. You dont need 4 guys on the court that can hit 3s to be spaced well. History of the NBA has not shown that.

Thompson, Wiggins, Favors, Horry are not good enough to be drafted in this.

Shaq with Curry and Ray is a fun combo, just not enough talent at around them and Ray is a good shooter but never an elite player.
 
Jeffrey32 said:
With Walton, Reed, Erving, and Stockton I don't know if you need that much spacing. I would guess that WC would go for a post-heavy, high shooting percentage offense, where most of the points are going to come from within 10-feet of the basket. Stock, Dr. J, and Pistol would also run the fast break perfectly and there would be a lot of opportunity for fast break points with all the 3s Hack will shoot and the long rebounds they will cause.
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Pretty much the same reason why I voted WC
 
Broncster said:
Not sure how Hacks team got through the first round but this ones an easy one for me. White Chocolate has way more talent.

Spacing is far less of an issue with elite players than people make it out to be. Can 2 or 3 of your players hit mid range jumpers? Can 1 or 2 of your starters hit a three? Then your floor is spaced. You dont need 4 guys on the court that can hit 3s to be spaced well. History of the NBA has not shown that.

Thompson, Wiggins, Favors, Horry are not good enough to be drafted in this.

Shaq with Curry and Ray is a fun combo, just not enough talent at around them and Ray is a good shooter but never an elite player.
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I'm not saying he was an elite player but people forget how great of a player Ray Allen was. 26.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 1.5 steals per game may not be elite but it is a great, great season.
 
Broncster said:
Not sure how Hacks team got through the first round but this ones an easy one for me. White Chocolate has way more talent.

Spacing is far less of an issue with elite players than people make it out to be. Can 2 or 3 of your players hit mid range jumpers? Can 1 or 2 of your starters hit a three? Then your floor is spaced. You dont need 4 guys on the court that can hit 3s to be spaced well. History of the NBA has not shown that.

Thompson, Wiggins, Favors, Horry are not good enough to be drafted in this.

Shaq with Curry and Ray is a fun combo, just not enough talent at around them and Ray is a good shooter but never an elite player.
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I'll give you Wiggins and Favors don't belong. But how can you Ray and Klay don't belong? I really think that's not good judgment of those two players.

Try to argue who you think is a better shooter than Ray Allen, other than Steph Curry, and Reggie Miller maybe? Who else? Why would you think the best shooters in basketball history don't belong in this contest? We are talking about a game of put the ball in the hoop. And both those players are far more than just shooters.
 
Hack said:
There aren't going to be many long rebounds when all the 3's are going in. Maybe you should check again who my shooters are.

So now spacing doesn't matter because those players can't space the floor? What kind of logic is that?
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It's style of play thing. WC's players played in an era where floor spacing wasn't as important and players were able to still able to get 30 through the mid-range and points around the basket. The players dictate the style of play and Dr. J didn't need shooters around him then to get his points and he wouldn't now.
 
Hack said:
I'll give you Wiggins and Favors don't belong. But how can you Ray and Klay don't belong? I really think that's not good judgment of those two players.

Try to argue who you think is a better shooter than Ray Allen, other than Steph Curry, and Reggie Miller maybe? Who else? Why would you think the best shooters in basketball history don't belong in this contest? We are talking about a game of put the ball in the hoop. And both those players are far more than just shooters.
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Klay had a terrible Finals overall, so I don't know if I would trust him in this 7 game series amongst the greats. He might be right for this in 2-3 years, but it is a bit too early to anoint him as a Top SG ever.

Ray Allen 100% deserves to be in and probably start in a series like this.
 
Broncster said:
Not sure how Hacks team got through the first round but this ones an easy one for me. White Chocolate has way more talent.

Spacing is far less of an issue with elite players than people make it out to be. Can 2 or 3 of your players hit mid range jumpers? Can 1 or 2 of your starters hit a three? Then your floor is spaced. You dont need 4 guys on the court that can hit 3s to be spaced well. History of the NBA has not shown that.

Thompson, Wiggins, Favors, Horry are not good enough to be drafted in this.

Shaq with Curry and Ray is a fun combo, just not enough talent at around them and Ray is a good shooter but never an elite player.
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seriously. Not sure why my team was so overlooked. Wilt West Worthy Durant Pettit English Gervin. Some of the greats right there. Just don't get it?
 
Hack said:
I'll give you Wiggins and Favors don't belong. But how can you Ray and Klay don't belong? I really think that's not good judgment of those two players.

Try to argue who you think is a better shooter than Ray Allen, other than Steph Curry, and Reggie Miller maybe? Who else? Why would you think the best shooters in basketball history don't belong in this contest? We are talking about a game of put the ball in the hoop. And both those players are far more than just shooters.
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I didnt say Ray didnt belong. I said he was a fun combo with Shaq. I said he isnt elite. I would not pick him to be a starter either, but he is a great shooter which fits with Shaq. Ray is not a top 50 player of all time.

Klay on the other hand does not belong as a player in this draft thing let along a starter.
 
Broncster said:
I didnt say Ray didnt belong. I said he was a fun combo with Shaq. I said he isnt elite. I would not pick him to be a starter either, but he is a great shooter which fits with Shaq. Ray is not a top 50 player of all time.

Klay on the other hand does not belong as a player in this draft thing let along a starter.
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Ya, you said was a fun combo, but not an elite player. How is he not elite? What's the bar you are using? He's in the top 5 best shooters ever who could do more than just shoot. He put up better numbers through out his career than a lot of players in this thing. Is he on the level of Jordan and Lebron, no, but a lot of people aren't.

You basically implied he didn't belong.

Mostly I want to know why you think Klay doesn't belong.

He was an Allstar Starter last year. He was the second best player on a championship team. His numbers were 22/3/3 on 46% fg/88% ft/ 44% 3p.

How does that not qualify as being a really good player? His finals wasn't that great, but he still was great throughout the regular season and helped lead that team to the Championship.
 
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