2024 annual Jazzfanz All time jazz draft

[The Midnight]

So how many all defensive teams did he get playing at SF?

I actually looked it up on Basketball Reference.

None.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

I actually looked it up on Basketball Reference.

None.

What you didn't go to is the "Play By Play" Analytics where he played SF 30% of the season.

He played the 3 21% their championship run of 09-10.
Look at me schooling you on how to use BBall Reference.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

I actually looked it up on Basketball Reference.

None.

2000-2001 he played SF 34% of the time.

Who won the Finals that year?

 

[The Midnight]

2000-2001 he played SF 34% of the time.

Who won the Finals that year?

Of course he’s gonna get switched onto guarding SF at some point.

But who’s the other guy guarding SF 67% of the time then?

On your team it’s gonna be 6’3 Jerry West.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

Of course he’s gonna get switched onto guarding SF at some point.

But who’s the other guy guarding SF 67% of the time then?

On your team it’s gonna be 6’3 Jerry West.

The math ain't mathin brotha.

Kobe would be a primary 3, so he'd be guarding the 3 for the majority of the time, not the other way around lol.

Btw, his rookie year Kobe played the 4 5% of the time.

Either way, there's a lot of interchangeability with my lineups. I could run small, I could run a traditional lineup. People seem to think Josh Smith was a scrub but I could start him, and he'd be elite defensively.

 

[The Midnight]

The math ain't mathin brotha.

Kobe would be a primary 3, so he'd be guarding the 3 for the majority of the time, not the other way around lol.

Btw, his rookie year Kobe played the 4 5% of the time.

Either way, there's a lot of interchangeability with my lineups. I could run small, I could run a traditional lineup. People seem to think Josh Smith was a scrub but I could start him, and he'd be elite defensively.

So if Kobe is guarding SF the majority of the time (which he is not accustomed to).

That means the 6’3 Jerry West will also need to be guarding some 3 too right?

 

[The Fresh Prince]

So if Kobe is guarding SF the majority of the time (which he is not accustomed to).

That means the 6’3 Jerry West will also need to be guarding some 3 too right?

Donovan Mitchell played the 2 the entirety of his career (over 58% of his time on the court in his career is spent at the 2 slot), and has guarded 3's only 1% of his time 3 seasons on the floor. You tell me.

 

[Coach Ellis]

@Domino is otc

@Bawse Dawg is on deck

@Thee Idiotic Minivan K is in the hole

 

[The Midnight]

Donovan Mitchell played the 2 the entirety of his career (over 58% of his time on the court in his career is spent at the 2 slot), and has guarded 3's only 1% of his time 3 seasons on the floor. You tell me.

Ok man, good luck to you.

I still think a 6’0 CP3 , 6’3 West and 6’6 Kobe will make you one the smallest backcourt defensively in this comp.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

Ok man, good luck to you.

I still think a 6’0 CP3 , 6’3 West and 6’6 Kobe will make you one the smallest backcourt defensively in this comp.

Quick fix. Penny at the 2, Jerry West off the bench. Hell, I could even go with CP3 off the bench and start Jerry. I got plenty of versatility with my wildcard lineups. We are orientated for any matchup. Running 30 sims is really going to tell who wins this pissing contest though.

Last but not least. Those three you just mentioned have over 20 All Defensive Teams combined.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

Of course he’s gonna get switched onto guarding SF at some point.

But who’s the other guy guarding SF 67% of the time then?

On your team it’s gonna be 6’3 Jerry West.

I forgot to answer this question bro, my bad.

The answer is Ron Harper (Who would play the 2 @ 6'6), Rick Fox and Glen Rice, maybe Horry and likely Devean George. It definitely wasn't NVE or Fisher, lol. I'll go back to the LAL roster during that time, and do my homework but I'm sure there were matchup scenarios that were the cause for Kobe playing a number of minutes at SF. Kobe in the twilight of his career played almost all of his minutes at the 3, so for him to be able to hold himself down in the modern era at the 3 he should have no issue logging heavy minutes there in his athletic prime.

During the Gasol-Kobe era you had Shannon Brown and Sasha Vujacic.

And this is also per Wikipedia.

In the NBA, small forwards typically range from 6' 6" (1.98 m) to 6' 9" (2.06 m); in the WNBA, they are usually between 6' 0" (1.83 m) to 6' 2" (1.88 m). This puts them at the average height of all professional basketball players because they are taller than the guards, but shorter than the power forward and center.

In the NBA, shooting guards usually range from 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) to 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) while in the WNBA, shooting guards tend to be between 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m).

Kobe 6'6, The Logo is 6'3. Looks like I'm right on the money,

 

[The Midnight]

I forgot to answer this question bro, my bad.

The answer is Ron Harper (Who would play the 2 @ 6'6), Rick Fox and Glen Rice, maybe Horry and likely Devean George. It definitely wasn't NVE or Fisher, lol. I'll go back to the LAL roster during that time, and do my homework but I'm sure there were matchup scenarios that were the cause for Kobe playing a number of minutes at SF. Kobe in the twilight of his career played almost all of his minutes at the 3, so for him to be able to hold himself down in the modern era at the 3 he should have no issue logging heavy minutes there in his athletic prime.

During the Gasol-Kobe era you had Shannon Brown and Sasha Vujacic.

And this is also per Wikipedia.

Yeah so you’ve just helped me prove my point.

Kobe had Harper, Fox, Rice, Horry and George on the team to throw at opponent’s SF.

Your team has Jerry West and Penny.