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Originally Posted by Assani Fisher
Heres how I'd rank the players taken so far and how I would've drafted them:
1. MJ
2. Lebron
3. Shaq
4. Duncan
5. Bird
6. Hakeem
7. Magic
8. Robinson
9. KG
10. Kobe
11. Stockton
12. CP3
13. Malone
14. Dirk
15. Howard
16. Barkley
17. Zeke
I think the actual order is way better than th is list. I know you have a man crush on Duncan but there is no way he should be higher than Magic or Hakeem,. Seriously Magic at 7?? LBJ over Shaq is prety questionable too, Shaq is a one-of-a kind player, we will probably see the next Jordan well before we see the next Shaq. Barkley at 16 is a crime, I know he was my pick but putting Dirk over him is laughable, Barkley was a clutch player with about 1000x more intensity than Dirk and if you put him on that 2006 Mavs team it's a sweep and Barkley has his ring. And Howard over him is pretty dubious too, we're talking about someone who has had one star-caliber season, and is still largely unknown, whereas Barkley at age 24 was coming off a 23/14 season and the next six years he averaged 26/12/4 despite never playing with another star in their prime to draw any attention away from him or dish him the ball like Stockton with Malone, and you can't discount the intangibles - remember he was always matched up against guys taller than him and was still probably the best rebounding forward in the league during his prime. The other picks have a lot more what-ifs attached to them and are thus "riskier".