Alright....

a few people have said they don't like it, and nobody that is in the draft has said they prefer it, so we're sticking with a normal snake draft.

Blah, Lurchy should have just given Assani his top two picks.

Shawn Kemp's PER dropped 13 points in 2 seasons, while he was under 30 years old. You're right about the big dog though.

+1 gogogogogoogogogogogo

I agree completely, but given what's at stake here (Nothing) and also considering the very low likelihood that the dude with the number 11 pick will win this thing, I think taking your favorite player is definitely the right play.

And theres a ton of ex-players who had a great career, but if you put them in a new circumstance and re-did their careers then they would have had a few bright years and then fallen off the map.

disagree.

this is just supposed to be fun people need to stop getting butthurt

Apparently people have ignored the "pm assani with pick list." I think this rule should be enforced religiously, because this thread will get very stale if we are waiting 24 hours for each pick.

Yeah, I don't see how we're supposed to analyze a pick without mentioning some of the players available. Wait, we should have a continuously lagging discussion of 5 picks beforehand! So what do you guys think of this Tim Duncan guy?

Hes a lot better than Malone.

Omgggggggg nooooooo

yo yo yo this wasn't a rhetorical question it was a serious question.

and surely cp3 bangs hotter chicks than beyonce.

Yeah... That's kind of why I would elevate the value of guys who have been ridiculously good for more than one team, or have done it with a different cast. (IE- Shaq).

someone PM lurchy and just tell him to either post it or PM Assani his pick...

better yet - assani - you think you can PM the next 3-4 people in line to just give you their picks in advance?

BUT THAT'S CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Halle for sho.

Guys, guys, I'll take Lurchy's pick.

AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TOP SECRET KARL MALONE

what?...hold on..Im the dude with the 11th pick....lol

flyingmoose - FWIW, Chris Paul is not one of my fav players...and if thats what you read into it - then youre reading a different language.

I felt like I justified my pick well - and it had nothing to do with being a homer or whatever...it was stats and facts mixed in with some calculated and educated future predictions, nothing but.

I could go back and pick Stockton or Malone to make you happy, but I thnk CP3 is more valuable then both of them...and to be honest - I dont see Malone (or Stockton) having the great careers they had if it werent for playing with each other. And unfortunaley - in this draft - theres a good chance they will not be on the same team (possibly diminishing the value of one (malone), if not both)

shhhhhhhh

So we are diminishing the value of Stockton/Malone because they played together, but CP3 gets super duper 100% value after 3 years?

Its just crazy to me that playing at a HOF level for 15 years is a negative, and being young and having 1 all time great season makes you more valuable.

NOBODY TAKE MALONE I NEED HIM TO ANCHOR MY PEDOPHELIA-THEMED TEAM.

I wasnt tryin to diminsh Malone or Stockton...i was just tryin to make a point to flyingmoose that the whole point of this whole draft is to make a pick and have a sound argument backing it up. Thats all.

I think that taking him over Malone, Barkley or Stockton, three easily top 50 all time players and all top 5 all time at their position, all of whom had not only tremendous peaks, but extraordinary longevity, is a stretch.

chris dudley is a value pick w/ his awesome foul shooting i hope he lasts till my next pick

Okay how about I just ask you guys who to pick, Malone or Howard, since we're discussing so much. I've narrowed it down to those two, if Lurchy picks someone else. I'm leaning toward Malone because he was such a domina t player in his prime, the second leading scorer of all time and the leading defensive rebounder, and I'm inclined to think he could have had similar success with as little as a fringe all-star caliber point guard. It's not like his forte was catch-and-shoot, he did the heavy lifting in the paint to get his points. He was also the best player in NBA history at getting away with cheap, demoralizing, brutally effective elbows at both ends of the floor.

The one concern I have about him is that I will need to build a certain type of team to maximize his strengths, players who excel in a half-court offense and strog passers who can find him inside. I feel like Dwight is a more versatile player in that he can excel in the half-court and a running offense because of his quickness and athleticism. Plus, he is only 22 and already the youngest player ever to lead the league in reboudning and average a double-double for an entire season. I'm not sure how relevant this is too our league, but he is currently hands down the best center in the East by a mile and will likely be dominating opposing teams for the next ten years. Truth be told I will be happy with either of these players, as they will both present different challenges as far as building the rest of my team.