Question: What NBA rules are being used? Current rules? I think Jordan could have scored 40+ ppg in the current rules that make it so easy for star slasher types. In the 90's you could hand check and do things that would be called for fouls in today's game. In an era where gilbert arenas can score 29 ppg, I can't imagine what Jordan would have done.

I don't think they had trouble selling out MSG every night.

I also don't think we will be running a "fun to watch" simulation for this draft, so I don't really understand your point.

Ewing/Nance is sick.

you are seriously underestimating how good gilbert was that season

Larry Nance will sell tickets.
And everybody come to see the best team in the league

I don't have all the more modern stats at my fingertips (TS%, PER, etc..) but I do know that Jordan shot 52-54% from the field in his prime vs. 43-45% for Arenas at his peak (which was shorter lived so far, jury still out). In an era with much tougher rules for a wing scorer, I can't see how you can say that Jordan wouldn't tear up the league with current rules. Just about every other contender in the Jordan era was built around a center (Hakeem, Ewing, Robinson) or a 4 with a good point guard (Malone/Stockton, Barkley, Kemp/Payton).

Rules were tweaked earlier in the decade that opened up the game, making it easier for scoring wings like Kobe, McGrady, Carter, Pierce, Wade, LeBron, and Arenas.

All I'm saying is that Jordan's career high was 37 ppg, but under current rules he could have hit 40+.

I don't think guys like arenas would be as effective if for example, the guards on the early 90's knicks were allowed to hand check all day.

umm, dont the knicks sell out with crawford and a bunch of fatasses?

someone correct me if i'm wrong, but weren't the zone rules changed drastically a couple years back? isn't that the sorta thing that wouldn't allow someone like jordan to get as many easy baskets as he did (see: what's happening to LBJ against a good defense). i would NEVER argue that gilbert (or anyone else except maybe LBJ in the future) is in MJ's class (kobe's like 90 cents on the dollar IMO), but this is the sorta thing that might've hurt him. then again, he probably would've gotten to the line 40824409 times in the modern game.

agree, we essentially wait another ~4ish hours, then move to the next pick, and knock him down until he logs back on... right?

they drastically changed the illegal defense rules. pretty sure bostons defense of lebron would have been illegal a few years back.

I feel like I should say yes, but I'm not sure I would even want to do that. It really depends on how much we could get done, but even if we look at it like that (say 5 guys are ready with their picks), that hurts battschr even more than if there's only one guy ready (obviously but yanno..)

Best thread ever.

Sry for dumb question, never been in these fantasy league things but how is the winner determined?

i say we just wait until monday. weve already waited 24hrs, no big deal to wait longer.

we should emphasis that such lack of commitment is completely unacceptable tho.

i think thats the beauty of it.

we haven't really determined that, some ideas are being tossed around here though

QFT

I don't agree with the "we've already waited 24 hrs". Just bump him back, he picks whenever he gets back, and lets keep moving with people behind him.

after him we have dr. zoidberg and nicholasap, who have a combined 7 posts in this thread...not sure how active they are on 2p2 though

We're going to find the winner by doing a long, careful analysis to determine exactly which participant has Michael Jordan. Then that guy wins.

Clark will probably get a booby prize for owning the draft so hard, but then he'll have it taken away for exposing top secret Karl Malone too early.

They were 15th in attendance % this season.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attend...8&seasonType=2

still they sold 96.6% of their tickets...how on earth do the mavericks sell 105.2% of their tickets???

also, lol @ the nets selling 78% at home and then 91% on the road...great fans

24 hours were for the first round only. I will give him a reasonable a few days to pick. If he takes over a day to pick then I'll PM him privately and ask him what happened. If I don't get the feel that he'll be improving on his pick time then I'll ask him to step down.

Also as I said, it wasn't a big deal because we trust Clark, but if you trade again please confirm it in the thread.

Finally got around to updating my pick write-up.

Pretty much.

Knicks games also have way less people in the stands this season then the attendance figures.

Regardless, MSG was sold out for like 400 plus games straight until this season iirc. The whole point of this is that if you win with an ugly style, you will still sell out if you have a semi legit fan base.

The Knicks might be an extreme example since MSG is usually full regardless, but they were used because Ewing and those ugly Knicks teams were brought up. You can't say omg who would want to watch that ugly basketball with Ewing and then total ignore the fact that MSG was a sick environment during those times and always full.

He is going to pick today based on this.

I think the "no hand checking" rule changes would've helped Jordan more than the illegal defense changes would've hurt. I mean, he was already triple teamed on every play, so what's the difference there.