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* NEW * 2019 Annual JazzFanz All-Time NBA Draft

The first best NBA player in the history of the league

Bob Pettit
Hall of Famer
11x All Star (every year in the league)
11x All NBA (every year in the league)
First guy in league history to be named MVP
2x MVP
NBA Champion (beat the mighty Celtics see below)
2x Scoring Champ
4x All Star Game MVP
Averaged 20+ ppg and 13.8+ rpg in all 11 seasons in the NBA
Lifetime 26.4ppg, 16.2rpg, 3apg

After Pettit's playing days had ended, rival Bill Russell said: "Bob made 'second effort' a part of the sports vocabulary. He kept coming at you more than any man in the game."

What stands out most about the night Pettit scored 50 in Game 6 of the ’58 Finals?
Pettit's Teammate: All I remember is telling my teammates, “I’ll break your arm if you shoot. Give the ball to Bobby.” He was unstoppable, and it was one of the unsung phenomenal games anyone has played: 50 points in the deciding game against Russell and the Celtics? Bob was a very difficult cover because he could move enough to beat anyone one-on-one, and he was one of the first men who started weight training, which we were told would make us muscle-bound and unable to shoot. Once he developed the strength to go with his toughness and skills, he was impossible to guard. You could not knock him off his shot or away from the rebound.

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Our next pick is one of my favorites...Detlef Schrempf
  • 3× NBA All-Star (1993, 1995, 1997)
  • All-NBA Third Team (1995)
  • 2× NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1991, 1992)
  • 1× NBA Leader in Offensive Rating (1995)
  • German Player of the Year (1992)
  • Third-team All-American – NABC (1985)
  • 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1984, 1985)
  • Points 15,761 (13.9 ppg)
  • Rebounds 7,023 (6.2 rpg)
  • Assists 3,833 (3.4 apg)
He's a great shooter and a member of the over 50 percent from the floor, better than 50 percent from deep and over 80 percent from the foul line club. Exactly what I want in a backup forward. And he looks like a creepy European too!
 
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Our next pick is one of my favorites...Detlef Schrempf
  • 3× NBA All-Star (1993, 1995, 1997)
  • All-NBA Third Team (1995)
  • 2× NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1991, 1992)
  • 1× NBA Leader in Offensive Rating (1995)
  • German Player of the Year (1992)
  • Third-team All-American – NABC (1985)
  • 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1984, 1985)
  • Points 15,761 (13.9 ppg)
  • Rebounds 7,023 (6.2 rpg)
  • Assists 3,833 (3.4 apg)
He's a great shooter and a member of the over 50 percent from the floor, better than 50 percent from deep and over 80 percent from the foul line club. Exactly what I want in a backup forward. And he looks like a creepy European too!
Great pick.

Curious to see who @Thee jazz fan takes with his three picks now.
 
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Our next pick is one of my favorites...Detlef Schrempf
  • 3× NBA All-Star (1993, 1995, 1997)
  • All-NBA Third Team (1995)
  • 2× NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1991, 1992)
  • 1× NBA Leader in Offensive Rating (1995)
  • German Player of the Year (1992)
  • Third-team All-American – NABC (1985)
  • 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1984, 1985)
  • Points 15,761 (13.9 ppg)
  • Rebounds 7,023 (6.2 rpg)
  • Assists 3,833 (3.4 apg)
He's a great shooter and a member of the over 50 percent from the floor, better than 50 percent from deep and over 80 percent from the foul line club. Exactly what I want in a backup forward. And he looks like a creepy European too!
Dang I wanted him. But he is sorely underrated in this draft in the past.
 
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