allblackraven

Sorry about that. But I am glad that he was that high on somebody's list.

I actually went with a big body with my second, no hard feelings

The bank is open.

...and the player I thought about with my second is not on the board any longer. Great pick.

Unpredictability is what makes this fun. Your first two picks are rock solid, though. Two of my favorites, and great value at 11&12.

Thank you kindly

There are some that certainly "would" have been gone if I controlled all the picks, but after West I don't see anyone that I would definitely say "should" have been gone. With talents like all these players, there aren't big gaps between tiers, so opinions can vary without a large dispute from me.

Agree, although I think one guy should have been off the board definitely at this point. I actually considered him with my second pick.

Shhhhh!

I did my best to stay quiet on the issue but the issue won

There's one guy I can't believe hasn't been taken yet.

Are you thinking Rondo or Westbrook?

I agree. I don't think he is the 15th best player of all time, I say he is in the 20-30 range. But, if we are building a team, their is no denying his overall game. Him alongside Hakeem is a pretty damn good duo in my opinion, and I don't believe Pippen would've been available at my next pick. 

I really don't see anything wrong with taking Pippen with the 15th pick. He was just awesome defender, probably the best ever at his position.

IKR. They're absolutely terrible. What was I smoking?

You are lucky that Duncan is a nice guy, otherwise I could see some locker room / team chemistry issues

Oh, the glory days when teams were built and championships won around big men. (Notice I said teamS, not team.)

Trouble with that concept is that really dominant ones you can build around show up every 10 years or so

Magic Johnson falling to 7 is asburd

Yeah, it does seem weird but if people prefer to build a team around the big guy it's hard to pass on any of the centers selected so far.

And later Havlicek

That's true, but he was playing with a bunch of scrubs essentially against a team that was a bunch of scrubs (other than Russell).

Sharman and Bob Cousy were hardly scrubs.

He wouldn't be putting up his career numbers going up against people just as talented as himself.

Well, he was putting those numbers against Russell. Just the rest of the team couldn't keep up with Celtics.

Friendly announcement to those picking after me: if my pick doesn't come up in the next few minutes, I'm going to bed for the night. Don't stay up and wait.

You can always leave your 2 top picks with someone else in case birdest makes selection.

Yes, it's the best stretch of their careers. What confusion? 

I don't see confusion either. This will end as 11 Allstar teams that can play competitive ball.

Wilt was too into his own stats for me. Kareem and Russell may not have had better talent, but they were better players.

I don't think so. It's the way coaches relied on his 30-40 PPG. When he was asked to pass more and shoot less, he did. Sixers won NBA that way. Russell and Jabbar were also surrounded by better players/teams.

Hundo.

He would be my pick ahead of Russell and maybe Jabbar.

I tend to agree, but that is just an opinion. That's why I thought it would make for good discussion.

Yep, we'll never know. Would be great watching Russell go at some humongous specimens of recent times though.

He would face, and mostly better, one per game, but he wouldn't be a huge x-factor that other teams aren't used to seeing and practicing against all the time. Like I said, not a bad pick. I just wanted to discuss something interesting on the discussion board.

I'm not talking about Russell only, used him as an example because he is the only old-timer off the board. That x-factor is what I have in mind - these top 100 players have it x^2. So much that it just wouldn't matter when they had their careers.

Right, but you have to admit it would be harder for 7-footers in today's game, where there are more than just a couple of them.

That sounds very logical but quantity != quality. Russell would still face one at the time and there were only a handful of true match-ups to date.

If you're online when gabefergy picks, that'd prevent the few-hour lull we'd have overnight.

 

Although, if you're still interested in seeing who my guy is:

 

 

Surprised he's still on the board actually.

Lol. Good old Sean, two rings and counting....

In the name of a fast-moving game, does anyone want my board?

In the name of curiosity, I do . Wouldn't make draft any faster - I'm off for today.

It's interesting to wonder if all the players have to play by today's rules or each can play by the rules of their era. For example, Russell would be called for three seconds, both offense and defense, every possession today if he played the way he did in the 60s. Not to mention the fact that he'd be whistled for a foul every time he went up to block one of today's superstars, whether it was warranted or not.

I don't think it's relevant. 100-something players we're going to pick are/were extraordinary. I have no doubt that each one of them could adjust to any rules and conditions and still end up in top 100 or thereabouts.

He was never getting to you?

Oh, I forgot you are picking at 10

Wrecked my board...