I texted Bern.
First two picks in and everyones team is looking good. Only a couple picks have really surprised me...watched Gtime play tennis match tonight
Is he nasty at tennis?
His serve is huge. Hits a good amount of topspin on his groundstrokes. He was super rusty to start but dominated the guy once he got going.
Melo.
Great value here imo, Melo wouldn't have to be the best player on his team every night and it gives me two elite scorers.
Also extremely tough to lob the ball over once at net. Had some pretty powerful overhead smashes...Yeah, with his height and strength I would assume he hits a pretty fast ball.
Cool that he is actually trying and not playing it cool. Are the people he is going up against actually good?
AgreedSuper surprised Hayward lasted this long. Seems like Utah players usually get selected way earlier than they should and I actually think Hayward should have gone 5 spots earlier.
Kinda thisYou just cursed your team.
Melo is the product of his environment, he hasn't played with anybody good since AI and they went to the Western Finals. I don't feel bad for him obviously since he made his own decisions but he's still got elite scoring ability.
Just like to say Iverson was gone by that point(traded to Detroit that season), it was Billups and Melo who took Denver to the WCF.