Arena [Game] The Basketball Draft

Bob McAdoo, 74-75, and Grant Hill, 96-97 (I always forget how...LeBronesque...Grant's numbers are for his first 5 seasons).

 

There should have been a rule in which you have to stick with the year you originally chose for a player.

 

You'll rue this day, heels. Rue it!

 

"Vinsanity" Carter, '00-'01



And I'll change Bill Russell's season to 1963-1964, if possible.

 

george gervin '77-'78

 

Round One:

1) New_York_Jedi - Michael Jordan (88-89)
2) Point Given - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (71-72)
3) heels1785 - Shaquille O'Neal (99-00)
4) Jedi Gunny - Bill Russel (61-62)
5) tom - Lebron James (11-12)
6) MandaloreYak - Oscar Robertson (61-62)
7) EmpireForever - Wilt Chaimberlain (61-62)
8) DarthTunick - Magic Johnson (86-87)

Round Two:

1) DarthTunick - Hakeem Olajuwan (93-94)
2) EmpireForever - Larry Bird (84-85)
3) MandaloreYak - Tim Duncan (02-03)
4) tom - david Robinson (90-91)
5) Jedi Gunny - Julius Erving (80-81)
6) heels1785 - Kobe Bryant (05-06)
7) Point Given - Jerry West (69-70)
8) New_York_Jedi - Moses Malone (81-82)


Round Three:

1) New_York_Jedi - Charles Barkley (89-90)
2) Point Given - Karl Malone (89-90)
3) heels1785 - Kevin Garnett (03-04)
4) Jedi Gunny - John Stockton (89-90)
5) tom - Tracy McGrady (02-03)
6) MandaloreYak - Elgin Baylor (60-61)
7) EmpireForever - Dwyane Wade (08-09)
8) DarthTunick - Kevin McHale (86-87)

Round Four:

1) DarthTunick - Kevin Durant (11-12)
2) EmpireForever - Chris Paul (08-09)
3) MandaloreYak - Dwight Howard (10-11)
4) tom - Dirk Nowitzki (05-06)
5) Jedi Gunny - Pete Maravich (76-77)
6) heels1785 - Rick Barry (66-67)
7) Point Given - Gary Payton (99-00)
8) New_York_Jedi - Scottie Pippen (93-94)

Round Five:

1) New_York_Jedi - Isiah Thomas (84-85)
2) Point Given - John Havlicek (70-71)
3) heels1785 - Allen Iverson (00-01)
4) Jedi Gunny - Bob Pettit ('60-61)
5) tom - Steve Nash (06-07)
6) MandaloreYak - Bob Cousy (58-59)
7) EmpireForever - Clyde Drexler (88-89)
8) DarthTunick - Earl Montroe (68-69)

Round Six:

1) DarthTunick - Walt Frazier - (68-69)
2) EmpireForever - Elvin Hayes (70-71)
3) MandaloreYak - Dolph Schayes (54-55)
4) tom - Amar'e Soudemire (07-08)
5) Jedi Gunny - Patrick Ewing (89-90)
6) heels1785 - Kevin Love (11-12)
7) Point Given - Derrick Rose (10-11)
8) New_York_Jedi - Bob McAdoo (74-75)

Round Seven:

1) New_York_Jedi - Grant Hill (96-97)
2) Point Given - Bill Walton (76-77)
3) heels1785 - Nate Archibald (72-73)
4) Jedi Gunny -Vince Carter (00-01)
5) tom - George Gervin (77-78)
6) MandaloreYak On the Clock
7) EmpireForever -
8) DarthTunick -

Round Eight:

1) DarthTunick -
2) EmpireForever -
3) MandaloreYak -
4) tom -
5) Jedi Gunny
6) heels1785
7) Point Given
8) New_York_Jedi


Round Nine:

1) New_York_Jedi
2) Point Given
3) heels1785 -
4) Jedi Gunny -
5) tom
6) MandaloreYak
7) EmpireForever -
8) DarthTunick -

Round Ten:

1) DarthTunick -
2) EmpireForever -
3) MandaloreYak -
4) tom -
5) Jedi Gunny
6) heels1785
7) Point Given
8) New_York_Jedi

Round Eleven:

1) New_York_Jedi
2) Point Given
3) heels1785 -
4) Jedi Gunny -
5) tom
6) MandaloreYak
7) EmpireForever -
8) DarthTunick -

Round Twelve:

1) DarthTunick -
2) EmpireForever -
3) MandaloreYak -
4) tom -
5) Jedi Gunny
6) heels1785
7) Point Given
8) New_York_Jedi

Players Selected:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Nate Archibald
Chalres Barkley
Rick Barry
Elgin Baylor
Larry Bird
Kobe Bryant
Vince Carter
Wilt Chamberlain
Bob Cousy
Clyde Drexley
Tim Duncan
Kevin Durant
Julius Erving
Patrick Ewing
Walt Frazier
Kevin Garnett
George Gervin
John Havlicek
Elvin Hayes
Grant Hill
Dwight Howard
Allen Iverson
Lebron James
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
Kevin Love
Karl Malone
Moses Malone
Pete Maravich
Bob McAdoo
Tracy McGrady
Kevin McHale
Earl Monroe
Steve Nash
Dirk Nowitzki
Shaquille O'Neal
Hakeem Olajuwan
Chris Paul
Gary Payton
Scottie Pippen
Bob Pettit
Oscar Robertson
David Robinson
Derrick Rose
Bill Russell
Dolph Schayes
John Stockton
Amar'e Soudemire
Isiah Thomas
Dwyane Wade
Bill Walton
Jerry West

 

PER isn't everything. It's a good starting point for a conversation, but it's not a slam-dunk argument ender. And, really, once you get outside of your cornerstones, I'd care more about supporting stats than PER. You get your 2-3 super duper stars for these teams, and then you find the right pieces around them. Part of what I like about Yak's team - that Interior Defense is scary. Damn scary. And, he could keep building on that. It's an interesting strategy.

Meh. I think of it like this. They are dropping the player they drafted, and signing the same player in a different year as a free agent.

 

Are you people reading off of my list? Yeesh.

 

With the 54th overall pick, the Sahara Heatwave select:

Nate Thurmond (67-68)

 

Haha, people think I have a strategy.

 

Kevin Johnson ('88-'89)

I might change that to '90-'91, I haven't decided.

 

With the last selection of the 7th round & the 1st selection of the 8th round, the L.A. Courtsiders select:






Chris Mullin (1988-1989 season)


&





Dominique Wilkins (1987-1988 season)



L.A. Courtsiders

Starting lineup:

PG: Earvin "Magic" Johnson ('86-'87)
C: Hakeem Olajuwon ('93-'94)
PF: Kevin McHale ('86-'87)
SF: Kevin Durant ('11-'12)
SG: Earl "The Pearl" Monroe ('69-'70)


Bench:

PG: Walt "Clyde" Frazier ('68-'69)
SF: Dominique Wilkins ('87-88)
SG: Chris Mullin ('88-'89)


Mascot:

Vic "The Brick" Jacobs

 

In that case, I'm going to overlook someone else who has slightly better stats and go with Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III ('00-'01)

The Midland City Gutless Wonders
PG - Chris Paul ('08-'09)
SG - Dwyane Wade ('08-'09)
SF - Larry Bird ('84-'85)
PF - Elvin Hayes ('70-'71)
C - Wilt Chamberlain ('61-'62)


SG - Clyde Drexler ('88-'89)
PG - Kevin Johnson ('88-'89)
F/C - C-Webb ('00-'01)

 

With the 59th overall pick, the Sahara Heatwave select:

Rajon Rondo (2009-2010)

 

yao ming '06-'07

 

So... What bothers me is that (besides it may have been early for Rondo) Rondo is just better this year, from all reports, than he was in the year I got him. Which should happen considering he hadn't peaked then as a player. But his stats were better in that year. Does anyone know how the simulator deals with stuff like that?

 

Did you just bring up Rondo being better this year right as news of his torn ACL broke?

-10 points Yak.

 

Well, now his stuff for the year can't be ruined.

 

Going out on a limb here . . .

Connie Hawkins, '67-'68

 

I didn't take him even though his stats are pretty good. Obviously the simulator can't take this into account, but if you look at his stats from the NBA just two years later there is a sharp decline(okay, a small decline) from his ABA years--a testament to the lack of competition in the ABA maybe? I think probably.

 

+100 points.