K guys I'm really drunk righu now which is good because I can use that as the excuse for my ****ty pick (I know it's weak value, but I have a glaring need for a center who favors to last more than 5 years)
I'm taking Joakim Noah.
The reason: Jermaine O'Neal is going to break in half in like 5 years so I need someone who is young enough that he will be coming into his prime as Jermaine is fading and hopefully at that time can step in to rebound and block some shots and provide a defensive presence. Joakim has the most potential of all the young bigs I was looking at, but he's also the biggest little bitch out of them, which made this hard for me to choose him. I considered a couple other young bigs who aren't such little douches, but Joakim just seems to have a higher ceiling and a better chance at emerging as a starter-quality player.
His numbers for his rookie season:
20mpg, 6.6ppg, 5.6rpg, 0.9bpg
per 36 mumbers: 11.5ppg, 9.8rpg, 1.5bpg
His TS% is like 54$
This is really hard you guys, here's the link to
basketball reference
****, putting that url in was harder than writing the stats.
Anyway, there are better backup bigs available right now but with Manning/Aldridge/Jermaine I'm pretty set on my bigs for the immediate future, but I needed someone with youth and potential so that he could hopefully emerge as an adequate starter when Jermaine asplodes in 4-7 years or whatever his window of health is.
Team so far
Isiah Thomas
Brandon Roy
Richard Jefferson
LaMarcus Aldridge
Jermaine O'Neal
Danny Manning
Wally Sczerbababa
Joakim Noah