I'm going crazy on the multi-quote function now that I know how to use it, so hold on.
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Originally Posted by Jack of Arcades
Kemp gets you 6 years where he's probably one of the better guys at his position. The following guys taken before him will be better year-in, year-out though:
1. Duncan
2. KG
3. Dirk
4. Barkley
5. Dwight
6. McHale
Also guys like Amare, Brand, Gasol, Bosh, and Rodman have arguments for being better. Some of them are injury prone or young, though.
In his peak, Kemp was as good as any of those guys IMO (except Timmy and KG.) As good as Dirk, Barkley and McHale IMO. D12 is a center, not sure why you listed him. Also, for my team, there's no way that any of those guys except Timmy and KG are better fits.
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Originally Posted by Green Kool Aid
i considered deron with my first round pick.
As did I. Then I realized there were much better options. Still he rounded out my top 5.
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Originally Posted by BobboFitos
god damnit. thats who i wanted to trade up for. i dont want to trade up anymore. great pick, insane he slipped this far. he should've been gobbled up in the 1st round
LOL. I offered Bobbo a list of 15 players, said "pick one of those and if another one of the guys available on my list of 15 is available at your pick, we'll make the switch." Deron was on that list. Also, that list was contingent upon Kemp not being there.
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Originally Posted by kidcolin
I think Deron was BPA a solid 5-10 picks ago. I have no ****ing clue why Epip traded up to get Billups instead of Deron. And he even knew Deron was better but tried to make some system BS argument
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Originally Posted by kidcolin
I'm a dick who refuses to say "Darren"
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Originally Posted by Green Kool Aid
hate pairing yao with a guy who can't hit threes.
I thought a lot about the 'Melo/Yao pairing and I'm not sure I like it as much any more, precisely because of this. Melo needs iso's. When Yao is in the game, he's a better iso player than Melo. That's a lot of toe-stepping. Also, the defense is incredibly weak. With Yao, Melo will likely play the 3, and that's a lot to ask considering how weak he is as a player besides his scoring.
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Originally Posted by Green Kool Aid
Clark,
I've toned down my love for PER. It is not ideal to compare players to each other.
However, it is incredibly good for tracking a players improvement and decline as he gets older and declines, respectively.
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Originally Posted by westhoff
tdarko has Marion and DWill?!!!!
<---holy instaboner!
Considering DWill has AK shooting 50%, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Marion will have some really good production. Look for him to start moping though when people say "Deron is the best player on tdarko's team" and Marion is like "But guys!!! I was his first pick!!!!"
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Originally Posted by EvanJC
Just dropping in to say what a sick pick Kemp was.
TYTY
Also, this is important:
As far as injuries go, I consider someone like Paul or Deron to be as likely (and no more so) to get as injured as Hill or anyone else who suffered what I consider to be a freak injury. IMO people are still overrating the Hill injury. With today's medical advancements (think what would've happened to Amare had he suffered that injury a decade ago), I think Hill would've been fresh a year later. And if you don't think that injury hampered his career production, you're nuts. IMO I'm looking at a top player in the league for a solid decade.