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Originally Posted by Franchise 60
I couldn't wait until a flawed poker analogy came up.
Listen you guys buttsex ever young player in this league and take away all the value of longevity, and its fine, but you're wrong.
JJ is a durable player yes, but that doesn't mean that he will be durable when his body breaks down and his skills start to decline. DS has proven that HIS BODY CAN HANDLE THAT. It isn't a ****ing poker hand. Its a human beings body showing that it can handle something.
Of course, drafting young is a bigger gamble then drafting vets who we know how their career went or ended. Personally I drafted 2 young player and 1 vet. The reason I went young with 2 of my picks is they both haven't had injury issues at all yet, and D12 is rediculous and a guy I wanted to build around b/c he was super efficient and could eventually be an MVP level player and dunks a lot over a guy like Ewing who we know what he did, is a rediculous player but isn't nearly as efficient but probally is/was a better defender overall.
Then I went with Iggy over others b/c I wanted a wing player who played good D and could rebound, assist and score (and of course TO) better than any other player I could find. There is no doubt both of these guys could have a knee injury and seriously decline or a career-ending injury, I just took a gamble that they would have similar type game to what they have now and I gambled that they wouldn't have too many injury issues going forward. That's what everyone has to do with young players vs retired players.