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i disagree. i mean he's good value (especially in a 6th man role), but he can't play defense (or do anything other than score), and he missed a ton of time with injuries. couldn't really shoot 3s either. not to mention he was a holdout after his age-27 "breakout" year, so the character thing might be an issue.

that said, he could score, and score in bunches. i was hoping to get him at the end of this round

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06-04-2008 , 03:05 PM

#10727

ClarkNasty

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Gilmore was a god in Status Pro Basketball

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06-04-2008 , 03:06 PM

#10728

HighStakesPro

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I was thinking of taking Pierce for my next pick but decided against it for the reasons KLJ gave, he's basically just a good shooter and nothing else.

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06-04-2008 , 03:10 PM

#10729

xxThe_Lebowskixx

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a shooting guard with 50 fg%. come on,**** the 3 ball.

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06-04-2008 , 03:13 PM

#10730

kidcolin

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Ricky rullllles just wait and see fellas.

Gilmore was ROY and MVP the same year in the ABA. That's pretty sweet.

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06-04-2008 , 03:15 PM

#10731

sergsz

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Man, was hoping agaisnt hope that either West or ACG would drop to me. Nice picks.

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06-04-2008 , 03:16 PM

#10732

sergsz

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Originally Posted by Assani Fisher

To make things easier on me, just quote this post and add your name to whichever list you want to be a part of. Also if I missed anyone then let me know please. Some people's posts were very ambiguous, so I didn't count them yet. Again let me state what we're doing here:

For coaches:

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Against Coaches:

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12. sergsz (against)

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06-04-2008 , 03:21 PM

#10733

nath

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damn you JoA, A.C. would have fit well on my team

I've been trying to think of a nickname for him, but the best I can come up with is "The Urgent Virgin", which sounds like a Kevin Grisham novel

anyway, may be interested in trading down from 176 if anyone wants to move up.

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06-04-2008 , 03:23 PM

#10734

D104

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I never know how to judge 3pt% for 80s players. It jus wasn't a big part of the game. I mean, with pierce, he averaged 1 every OTHER game until he was 29. Half court heaves are probably a statistically significant portion of that.

If you look at the seasons where he shot more than 1 per game, he was 35.4%, which is OK. His FG% and FT% is very high, so I think the argument can be made that he would be a average to good 3 shooter in today's game.

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06-04-2008 , 03:23 PM

#10735

nath

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Also, I haven't made up my mind on coaches. I was for them, and I like the idea of drafting coaches, but then it occurred to me that there probably haven't been 40 good ones.

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06-04-2008 , 03:23 PM

#10736

tbach24

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Tally of for/against:

For: Bobbo, HSP, Dudd, Epipen, Zoidberg, KLJ (6)

Against: Alex, AC-Cobra, MEbenhoe, NoPair, tbach, sergsz, Seadood, Kidcolin, franchise, clark, BJLTNYK (12)

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06-04-2008 , 03:25 PM

#10737

tbach24

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btw I'm pretty shocked that no one drafted the Suns training staff 1st round and then drafted every great player who's ever been injured. EZ $$$$$$$

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06-04-2008 , 03:26 PM

#10738

kidcolin

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You're all ignoring the fact that Ricky Pierce invented the AccUShot22 ball, which my team will have sole rights to.. expect 55/45/93 from Bird.

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06-04-2008 , 03:29 PM

#10739

battschr

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Originally Posted by kidcolin

Oh yeah.. and he'll make the whole team better shooters with his invention: AccUShot22

Puts this team over the top, imo.

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06-04-2008 , 03:30 PM

#10740

Jack of Arcades

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IMO we shouldn't draft coaches, just player coaches. Terry Porter ftw.

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06-04-2008 , 03:30 PM

#10741

D104

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Originally Posted by kidcolin

You're all ignoring the fact that Ricky Pierce invented the AccUShot22 ball, which my team will have sole rights to.. expect 55/45/93 from Bird.

LOL. I actually googled this and lo and behold - ITS REAL. Advantage kc, IMO.

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06-04-2008 , 03:43 PM

#10742

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I think the reason Ricky Pierce fell so far was because he was so hurt by the "You get them at 24" rule. He'll be a below average 6th man for 2-3 years, and you won't get the AccuShot for like 15 years. Of course after 2-3 years he'll be awesome and for a long time. And once you get the AccuShot it's, like, all over baby.

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06-04-2008 , 03:44 PM

#10743

flyingmoose

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Originally Posted by tbach24

btw I'm pretty shocked that no one drafted the Suns training staff 1st round and then drafted every great player who's ever been injured. EZ $$$$$$$

The Suns training staff are my sleeper for round 5. You're all going to be so impressed when I get 16 years out of Jermaine O'Neal.

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06-04-2008 , 03:57 PM

#10744

LurchySoprano

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Originally Posted by tbach24

Tally of for/against:

For: Bobbo, HSP, Dudd, Epipen, Zoidberg, KLJ (6)

Against: Alex, AC-Cobra, MEbenhoe, NoPair, tbach, sergsz, Seadood, Kidcolin, franchise, clark, BJLTNYK (12)

AGAINST drafting coaches.

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06-04-2008 , 04:44 PM

#10745

kidcolin

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Originally Posted by flyingmoose

I think the reason Ricky Pierce fell so far was because he was so hurt by the "You get them at 24" rule. He'll be a below average 6th man for 2-3 years, and you won't get the AccuShot for like 15 years. Of course after 2-3 years he'll be awesome and for a long time. And once you get the AccuShot it's, like, all over baby.

He didn't RELEASE it to the public for 15 years. He had that **** tucked away perfecting his jumper until he was done playing. Ricky ain't no fool.

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06-04-2008 , 05:21 PM

#10746

Victor

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seriously, how can u have a team without a coach?

vote for coaches

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06-04-2008 , 05:26 PM

#10747

kidcolin

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yeah but it's more like, on what planet do you draft coaches.

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06-04-2008 , 05:26 PM

#10748

tbach24

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argghhh i wanna make my pick. it's gonna be bomb. only like 16 away then i have two within 8!!!!

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06-04-2008 , 05:36 PM

#10749

Franchise 60

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Its going to suck when coaches ruin this whole thing.

Just imagine someone with an awful team arguing that they will beat a better team because of coaching, pretty much takes away the whole point of seeing who drafted the better team doesn't it?

Plus once the first coach is taken there is going to be a huge run on coaches, and whoever picks on the other end of that round is going to get screwed because there are way more teams than even decent coaches.