2024 annual Jazzfanz All time jazz draft

[David Hume]

Apologies for the amateurish AI poem:


In the realm of hoops where legends are known,
Stood Jerry Sloan and the mighty Sabonis.
On courts they fought, their prowess clearly shown,
In battles fierce, their skills would astonish.

Sloan, the coach with a heart made of stone,
Guided his team with a will so tenacious.
Sabonis, a giant, in skills he had grown,
With moves so majestic, truly audacious.

In the annals of time, their names are intoned,
Legends of basketball, forever harmonious.
Their legacies etched, in history’s tome,
Jerry Sloan and the great Arvydas Sabonis.

Gerald Eugene Sloan,
Thy passing away we moan
For thy direction on the bench
Halted the stench
Of losing games at home

Arvydas Romas Sabonis
Portland is where his home is
He came from Lithuania
In time for Jordanmania

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

@Coach Ellis otc
@Elizah Huge on deck

 

[The Midnight]

That would be fun. Unfortunately I don’t think it would be realistic at all. A simulation can’t measure just how much more competitive the dream team was/is. IMO of course. I’ve heard stories of how their practices were when they would scrimmage love hearing about the battles they had. Jordan and Magic especially. I truely believe they would’ve destroyed the current team.

Maybe I’m bias because I love reminiscing the past and love to study even further back from before my time. But I definitely identify more with the 90’s than any other era.

Well, it’s hard to gauge competitiveness, but at least we can do the sim.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

My childhood hero, Bobby Jones

Noooooooo!

Time to call an audible. Congrats you got the best defensive player of all time. The Secretary of Defense!

 

[The Fresh Prince]

Dammit man I swore Bobby was going to slip to my pick and go unnoticed. Dammit, dammit, daaaaaammmmmmiiiiiit @silesian ruined my plans.

 

[Miggs]

Ben Wallace and Havlicek are excellent defenders, but Kevin Durant isn't really a good defender.

Gary Payton, Scottie Pippen, Ben Wallace and Havlicek are all elite.

Edwards ranked as the league’s 28th best defender this past season. Durant is average at worst.

 

[Coach Ellis]

My childhood hero, Bobby Jones

Great pick

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Great pick

You’re up

 

[gandalfe]

I like the pick for its pure poetry.

Sloan and sabonis, Sabonis and Sloan

Gotta be honest, that may be why I thought of it. I wanted Jerry for his Tenacious D, and then the name Sabonis popped into my head. Had to decide which one, tho.

 

[silesian]

Gotta be honest, that may be why I thought of it. I wanted Jerry for his Tenacious D, and then the name Sabonis popped into my head. Had to decide which one, tho.

We are mastered by our subconscious.

Next pick: Jack Black.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Ummm. . . I’m going to stick around to make sure, but I’ve checked and double checked. . . and it looks like he was picked by @The Midnight and then put back because he already had an 80’s era pick - and he’s gone unpicked up to this point.

PF: Shawn “Reignman” Kemp

Career highlights and awards
6× NBA All-Star (1993–1998) 3× All-NBA Second Team (1994–1996)

 

[silesian]

Noooooooo!

Time to call an audible. Congrats you got the best defensive player of all time. The Secretary of Defense!

Got ak47 and bj on my bench. They were the 1-4 switchiest elite defenders before it was a thing.

If this were “real”, defense would win the tournament because everyone has elite scorers and there is one ball. Need elite role players who don’t need the ball and who can “contain” elite scorers.