I thought CP3 was #3 by far

I'm taking Carmelo Anthony. I think he's the last remaining ultra-elite player. Haven't decided whether he's a 3 or 4, depends who else I draft. But he's a clear cut #1 option that can be built around.

This was a tough decision. If Paul George was healthy, I'd have taken him. There are a bunch of bigs who I like, but I don't like building around as much. So there you have it.

I also had CP3 at #3, although I've put little to no thought into this so far

Did not have Melo in the top 10, come at me

It's a single season draft. Melo's 3 yr (2 years ago, last year, this projected year) puts him right around 4th best in the NBA.

He's a great player that somehow has a reputation with the common fan that eclipses his actual production. Totally fine with him here. Fact that I can squeeze him as a 3 or 4 makes me happy.

lol melo

whoa, face melted

melo is def not ultraelite, i think there's prob 3 players min better than him left. that said he's been let down on team build in his career imo and benefits from this format

Melo = Love > Harden. Still at least three guys left I had above all three though.

If you plan on playing Melo at the 4 this pick is horrendous. Defensible if you play him at the 3 due to scarcity.

I like Melo here and think he's pretty easy to build around. Dude has really improved since he left denver.

I think he's BPA at this point. Amazing player, put up the best season of his career last year while recovering from injuries, and that was even considering it took him ~a full month to get back up to speed with his meniscus. Don't think he's an injury risk going forward given his history. Westbrook's ability to take on insane usage should be even more valuable when separated from Durant.

Everyone's familiar with his baseline stats, but to go a bit deeper: Thunder with Westbrook on/Durant off over the past two seasons have put up numbers almost identical to the team's overall averages (albeit in a hilariously small 327-minute sample size, lol Brooks). And Westbrook, over the past three seasons (41 games), has put up playoff numbers with almost no decline from the regular season, because he wants it that much more. These two factors helped cement my position of Westbrook over undrafted in this spot.

Can't believe he went behind Harden and Anthony.

yeah imo rwb could've gone 5-6 and it's fine

RWB was top of my board, getting the best player on a perennial contender at #9 is pretty sick, nice pick. He put up 27/8/7 in the '14 playoffs on a league-leading 34.3 usage, BODIE.

Thought about Westbrook but PG is pretty loaded.

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Love Westbrook.

I'm going to bed in a few minutes, who can take a list?

Love the Westbrook pick. Think Melo is a pretty good pick as well. He pairs well with a lot of undrafteds.

Yeah Westbrook was who I almost took when I took Love. Good pick. Hes gonna have a big year. Like Boot said once he knocked the rust off he was a crusher and took a leap. He was good in playoffs too.

He had a .578 TS on a 36.1% usage post allstar break compared to .518 and 33.2% before.

Just sucks taking a PG so early, but gotta do it in some cases.

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I'm not even a Carmelo fan but he's clearly better than Westy for this upcoming season.

I think it's somewhat close between him and a few other players here, but in the end I went with Blake. I think these days he's close to becoming the complete offensive package. He shoulders a very high usage (29% last year), is a great leaper (obviously), has the handles/athleticism to create for himself pretty consistently, has a pretty good post game, an improved jump shot and is an excellent passer. He's not automatic from mid-range/outside yet, but he's definitely getting better, and shot 28% from three last season (44% from the corners) on .6 attempts/game. He's also not a ball stopper and imo has the intelligence and all-round ability to play in precise/structured offenses as well as ones that emphasise the fast break.

Perhaps the most exciting thing for my team is that he performed pretty damn well when CP3 was out last year from a playmaking perspective. I think his skill-set is definitely the type that doesn't necessarily need a great PG feeding him, and he can definitely create good shots for others without turning the ball over (with Chris Paul off the court last year Griffin had a 30% USG, 57% TS, 8.3% TOV, 17.8% AST). Furthermore, given how much he's improved from year-to-year, I expect him to have improved again this season. He's not the perfect offensive player, yet, but he doesn't really have weaknesses anymore and his strengths are really elite.

Stastically speaking he averaged 24/9.5/4 last year with a 23.9 PER, +4.1 RAPM and was 6th in the league in win shares (12.2).

I can't say I have a great understanding of his defense, I didn't watch as much NBA last season as previous years, but afaik he's fine on that end, not great but also not horrible, it's also an area I expect him to improve some this year.

I'm also thinking that depending on who's available with my next pick, I might be able to slide him over to C, which gives me some positional versatility down the road.

Don't know why people hesitant on RWB for him being a PG.

He has the size, strength, and defense to be fine with plenty of other undrafted PGs. Hell, he HAS shared a backcourt and perimeter in general with very high volume handlers. The RWB pick is more versatile than people may be letting on.

Thinking:
LBJ
KD
CP3
AD
RWB
Stephen
Blake
Love
Harden
Melo

And that's just of those picked so far. Prolly taking 2-3 others at least over Melo.

Yo seadood dont post my pick ill make it

I'd go:

LBJ
Durant
Davis
CP3
Love
Curry
Westbrook
Melo
Harden
Blake