2018 Annual JazzFanz LEGENDARY Players NBA Draft

[Rubashov]

Quick question does Joe Johnson count as retired?

 

[gandalfe]

Quick question does Joe Johnson count as retired?

Has he announced he's retiring? If not, then no, per: this rule:

Players who played in 2017-2018 but have not yet announced their retirement are not eligible, even if they don't have a contract.

 

[Rubashov]

Rip Hamilton

 

[gandalfe]

Final teams, listed in game seeding order:

1 - Thee Jazz Fan - John Stockton, Karl Malone, Dominique Wilkins, Manu Ginobli, Grant Hill, Alonzo Mourning, Drazen Petrovic, Penny Hardaway, Ron Artest. Yao Ming
2 - Gandalfe - Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Charles Barkley, George Gervin, Pete Maravich, Dikembe Mutombo, Walt Frazier, Andrei Kirilenko, Sydney Monkrief, Marcus Camby
3 - Wes Mantooth - Kobe Bryant, Larry Bird, Bill Russell, Dennis Rodman, Chauncy Billups, Joe Dumars, Bill Walton, Rasheed Wallace, Bernard Kingm Kevin Johnson
4 - Hekate - Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Reggie Miller, Paul Pierce, Jason Kidd, Jerry West, Shawn Marion, Arvydas Sabonis, Peja Stojakovic, Deron Williams
5 - Ellis 269 - Hakeem Olajuwan, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Moses Malone, Steve Nash, Chris Webber, Mitch Richmond, Ben Wallace, John Havlicek, Earl Monroe
6 - Checkbookdoc - Magic Johnson, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Tracy McGrady, Chris Bosh, Elgin Baylor, Rick Barry, Shane Battier, Artis Gilmour, Mark Price
7 - Addictionary - Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Irving, Allen Iverson. Elvin Hayes, Isiah Thomas, Patrick Ewing, Shawn Kemp, Alex English, Stephon Marbury, David Thompson
8 - Rubashov - Michael Jordan, David Robinson, Gary Payton, Kevin McHale, James Worthy, Adrian Dantley, Larry Nance, Robert Parrish, Tim Hardaway Sr, Rip Hamilton

Thee Jazz Fan vs Rubashov
Gandalfe vs addictionary
Wes Mantooth vs checkbookdoc
Hekate vs Ellis269

Reminder: Get me your writeups within, let's say 24 hours from now, I'll be posting them sometime after midnight Monday night (board time, obviously) maybe as late as noon on Tuesday. I'm not going to bother splitting them up, just doing a couple a day, just do them all at once. 72 hours for voting - or should we just do 48 hours?

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Rubashov
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Gary Payton/ Tim Hardaway
Michael Jordan/ Mark Price
James Worthy/ Adrian Dantley
Kevin McHale/ Larry Nance Sr.
David Robinson/ Robert Parish

Addy
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Isiah Thomas/ Stephon Marbury
Allen Iverson David Thompson
Julius Erving/ Alex English
Elvin Hayes/ Shawn Kemp
Wilt Chamberlain/ Patrick Ewing

Ellis269
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Steve Nash/ Earl Monroe
Clyde Drexler/ Mitch Richmond
Scottie Pippen/ John Havlicek
Moses Malone/ Chris Webber
Hakeem Olajuwon/ Ben Wallace

Gandalfe
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Oscar Robertson/ Walt Frazier
Pete Maravich/ Sidney Moncrief
George Gervin/ Andrei Kirilenko
Charles Barkley/ Marcus Camby
Kareem Abdul Jabbar/ Dikembe Mutombo

Checkbookdoc
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Magic Johnson/ Mark Price
Ray Allen/ Rick Barry
Tracy McGrady/Elgin Baylor
Kevin Garnett/ Shane Battier
Chris Bosh/ Artis Gilmore

Hekate
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Jason Kidd/ Deron Williams
Reggie Miller/ Jerry West
Paul Pierce/ Peja Stojakovic
Tim Duncan/ Shawn Marion
Shaquille O'Neal/ Arvydas Sabonis

Wes Mantooth
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Chauncey Billups/ Kevin Johnson
Kobe Bryant/ Joe Dumars
Larry Bird/ Bernard King
Dennis Rodman/ Rasheed Wallace
Bill Russell/ Bill Walton

thee jazz fan
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John Stockton/ Penny Hardaway
Manu Ginobili/ Drazen Petrovic
Dominique Wilkins /Grant Hill
Karl Malone/ Ron Artest
Alonzo Mourning/ Yao Míng

 

[addictionary]

*Marbury

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

*Marbury

My bad. Stupid phone. I’ll fix it

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

My bad. Stupid phone. I’ll fix it

fixed

 

[addictionary]

Thank you.

 

[Miggs]

Here’s my write-up.

I have the best non-active small forward in this in Bird and the second best shooting guard in Kobe. Neither of those can be argued. I also have arguably the best center ever. I know we typically show recency bias (this board loves Hakeem) but most experts would select Russell or Wilt as the greatest center ever. Maybe Kareem.

I also have the best defensive center of all-time and a monster rebounder alongside perhaps the best defensive power forward of all-time and best rebounder at his position. The defense up front is almost too good. On the other end, I have Bird, Kobe and Billups, three of the clutchest players in history.

Chauncey is my “weak spot” but we are talking about a great two way player who won a Finals MVP for God’s sake.

While we are on that, Chauncey, Kobe, Bird, Walton and Dumars won Finals MVP’s for me. And oh yes, the award is named after my center Bill Russell because he was the MVP so to speak on all the championship Celtics’ teams.

These guys are not just studs. They’re winners. My starters have 24 rings combined. 24!

They play both ends. And they play to win. Simple as that.

And you come to my bench and Walton (a top 5 player of all-time for Bill Simmons...he was that good) and King and Dumars are just insane to have come off the bench.

So far as flexibility goes, I have it. I can bring Rodman out whenever I want and slide Bird over to the 4 (look at his size and rebounding numbers next to Parrish and McHale) or bring Rasheed in for 10-12 a game to stretch the floor and bring the nasty.

Which is something I also have in spades. My guys are tough as ****.

 

[gandalfe]

No other writeups? Just Wes & Thee?

 

[addictionary]

No time babe.