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2015 Annual JazzFanz All-Time NBA Draft

Ellis269 said:
I think the problem is that many of the All-Time guys just aren't very good shooters. At least long-distance shooting. If you discount shooting and spacing in this thing, people sing you in the voting. Cousy, for all his bravado and brilliance, had a horribly ugly shot. If you're building a transition team, he's perfect. In the half-court. . . Not so much.
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Yeah agreed. Shooting has become so important nowadays. Karl Towns and D'Angelo Russell selected over Okafor and the Warriors winning it this year is proof of this.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Hahaha.. that's true..this is probably about the right pace actually.
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I like this pace, it's nice and laid back. Like I said it's basically the same as last year minus all the trades. We've had more trades involving big-time players compared to last year though.
 
Ellis269 said:
I think the problem is that many of the All-Time guys just aren't very good shooters. At least long-distance shooting. If you discount shooting and spacing in this thing, people sing you in the voting. Cousy, for all his bravado and brilliance, had a horribly ugly shot. If you're building a transition team, he's perfect. In the half-court. . . Not so much.
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Not sure how much you watched in the 80s or earlier but most of these legends made their money playing half court sets. If there had been a 3 pt line they would have adjusted their game. In their world a free throw line jumper was a good shot and layups / hooks, etc. Of course. They understood spacing and were masters at getting off good shots in the half court set. Transition was also an important part of the game,and for that defense was key. I think given a half a season or so a Cousy or Russell et al would have the hang of it and would start to school folks.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Nice pick, used to watch him play for the Heat in the 90's :)
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Why not the Suns in the 90's
LogGrad98 said:
Not sure how much you watched in the 80s or earlier but most of these legends made their money playing half court sets. If there had been a 3 pt line they would have adjusted their game. In their world a free throw line jumper was a good shot and layups / hooks, etc. Of course. They understood spacing and were masters at getting off good shots in the half court set. Transition was also an important part of the game,and for that defense was key. I think given a half a season or so a Cousy or Russell et al would have the hang of it and would start to school folks.
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Lol. I don't know about Cousy. That shot form was my shot form when I was 10. Lol
 
Last year I had a ton of current players. This year I tried to stay away. Only three this year. All three though are the more dominant at their positions currently in Cousins Durant and Westbrook who went on a triple double binge second half of the season and was in discussion for MVP even though he missed so many games. Mostly went 90's two in the 80's and two of the best the 60's had to offer. Think I got a good mix
 
Thee jazz fan said:
I know that. Just not sure how accurate he could be from 3 with that form. Seems it would be hard to shoot that straight from that distance.


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It's funny because Wilt and Russell went in the first round and they played in the early 60's and are highly regarded. Yet, Pettit who played in that same era and is the only player to beat Russell in the Finals is not highly regarded at all. He was MVP twice in the league when Russell and Wilt were playing.
 
White Chocolate said:
It's funny because Wilt and Russell went in the first round and they played in the early 60's and are highly regarded. Yet, Pettit who played in that same era and is the only player to beat Russell in the Finals is not highly regarded at all. He was MVP twice in the league when Russell and Wilt were playing.
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Just a reminder that Russell got injured in game 3 of that series ;)
 
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