2018 Annual JazzFanz All-Time NBA Draft
- Thread starter Elizah Huge
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Damn that's who I was wanting lol
Damn I traded down to 11 for Durant. ****.
@ganfalfe is OTC.
Hell, I'll just use my post from last year, just changing the pick number...
With the 9th selection, Gandalfe chooses: BILL RUSSELL
11× NBA champion (1957, 1959–1966, 1968, 1969) (more than any other player or coach ever)
2× NBA champion coach (1968, 1969)
5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1958, 1961–1963, 1965)
12× NBA All-Star (1958–1969)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1963)
3× All-NBA First Team (1959, 1963, 1965)
8× All-NBA Second Team (1958, 1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968)
NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969)
4× NBA rebounding champion (1958, 1959, 1964, 1965)
NBA 50th Anniversary Team
NBA playoffs all-time rebounding leader
NBA 35th Anniversary Team
NBA 25th Anniversary Team
No. 6 retired by the Boston Celtics
2× NCAA champion (1955, 1956)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1955)
Olympic Gold Medalist (1956)
UPI College Player of the Year (1956)
2× Helms Player of the Year (1955, 1956)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1955, 1956)
WCC Player of the Year (1956)
No. 6 retired by University of San Francisco
1st in NBA history in Defensive Win Shares (133.6)
2nd in NBA history in both total rebounds (21620) and RPG (22.5)
2nd in NBA history in MPG (42.3)
If they counted blocks during his career, he'd be way up there in those, too.
Former NBA player and head coach, Don Nelson, described Bill Russell in a quote that says, "There are two types of superstars. One makes himself look good at the expense of the other guys on the floor. But there's another type who makes the players around him look better than they are, and that's the type Russell was."
With the 9th selection, Gandalfe chooses: BILL RUSSELL
11× NBA champion (1957, 1959–1966, 1968, 1969) (more than any other player or coach ever)
2× NBA champion coach (1968, 1969)
5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1958, 1961–1963, 1965)
12× NBA All-Star (1958–1969)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1963)
3× All-NBA First Team (1959, 1963, 1965)
8× All-NBA Second Team (1958, 1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968)
NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969)
4× NBA rebounding champion (1958, 1959, 1964, 1965)
NBA 50th Anniversary Team
NBA playoffs all-time rebounding leader
NBA 35th Anniversary Team
NBA 25th Anniversary Team
No. 6 retired by the Boston Celtics
2× NCAA champion (1955, 1956)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1955)
Olympic Gold Medalist (1956)
UPI College Player of the Year (1956)
2× Helms Player of the Year (1955, 1956)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1955, 1956)
WCC Player of the Year (1956)
No. 6 retired by University of San Francisco
1st in NBA history in Defensive Win Shares (133.6)
2nd in NBA history in both total rebounds (21620) and RPG (22.5)
2nd in NBA history in MPG (42.3)
If they counted blocks during his career, he'd be way up there in those, too.
Former NBA player and head coach, Don Nelson, described Bill Russell in a quote that says, "There are two types of superstars. One makes himself look good at the expense of the other guys on the floor. But there's another type who makes the players around him look better than they are, and that's the type Russell was."
Thee Jazz Fan
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Kobe Bryant.
I was cool with either KD or Kobe.
I was cool with either KD or Kobe.
Thee Jazz Fan
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Anyone interested in trading up?
Make me an offer.
Make me an offer.
Thee Jazz Fan
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I've come to love Kobe since he's retired.