NBA/ABA Decades League Draft Thread

jcldallas24 · Post #181 » by **jcldallas24** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 3:38 am

Adrian Dantley

SabasRevenge! · Post #182 » by **SabasRevenge!** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 4:45 am

The Tall Firs select:

Jeff Ruland (1983-84) - 22.2/12.3/3.9/1.0/0.9, .579/.733

Ruland's career may have been derailed by injuries, but his '84 campaign showed what could have been. Ruland was a powerful player on both ends of the court who could hit the 20-footer. As good as he was in the regular season, he averaged 24/13/8 on the Celtics that year in the playoffs...

SabasRevenge! · Post #183 » by **SabasRevenge!** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 5:11 am

With our 10th pick, we're going with Jeff Hornacek in '92

1991-92 - 20.1/5.0/5.1/2.0, .512/.439/.886

Hornacek may not be the sexy pick here, but I believe that he's the best fit. He's also the only player in the history of the NBA to go for 20/5/5/2 on over 50% from the field and 40% from three. Hornacek was obviously one of the NBA's all time elite shooters, but he was also a good passer, rebounder, and defender. His all-around game and team-first attitude make him a perfect 10th man and you can never have too many shooters. If our opponent is fouling to stop the clock at the end of the game, Horny will be in.

jcldallas24 · Post #184 » by **jcldallas24** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 2:04 pm

Clifford Robinson

BlackIce · Post #185 » by **BlackIce** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 3:51 pm

Tim Hardaway

Post #186 » by **Snakebites** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 6:28 pm

Drazen Petrovic

Before his tragic death he put together a season that was a masterpiece in shooting efficiency in 1993, a follow up of an amazing year previously as well.

.518/.449/.870 on 22.2 ppg. Almost 52% shooting with 3pt range.

Bruh Man · Post #187 » by **Bruh Man** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 9:35 pm

05/06

His best season with the Clippers he put up career numbers 24.7 pts 10 rbs. and 2.5 blocks a game. He lead his team to their first playoff's in almost 10 years defeating denver in the first round 4-1, only to lose to the suns in the conference semis.

Post #188 » by **bryant08** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 9:59 pm

Joe Johnson.

Myth_Breaker · Post #189 » by **Myth_Breaker** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 10:19 pm

I'm taking 6-10*, 215 PF/C out of Marquette - Maurice Lucas!

His 1977/78 season: 16,4 PPG on .458/.767 shooting/9,1 RPG/2,5 APG/0,8 SPG/0,9 BPG.
NBA All-Star, All-NBA Second Team, All-Defensive First Team.

And follow-up to my previous pick:

6-3*, 175 SG/PG out of Marshall University - Hal Greer!

His 1967/68 season: 24,1 PPG on .478/.769 shooting/5,4 RPG/4,5 APG.
NBA All-Star, All-Star Game MVP, All-NBA Second Team.

*Added 1 inch for being measured in shoes today.

SamBone · Post #190 » by **SamBone** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 10:25 pm

bryant08 wrote:Joe Johnson.

damn you bryant!

bastillon · Post #191 » by **bastillon** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:06 am

Baron Davis.

pancakes3 · Post #192 » by **pancakes3** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:15 am

tayshaun prince

All In The Name · Post #193 » by **All In The Name** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:05 am

Theo Ratliff

Post #194 » by **CellarDoor** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:23 am

mark aguirre

Baller 24 · Post #195 » by **Baller 24** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:30 am

Doug Christie

Post #196 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:02 am

I'm going with Carl Landry.

I wanted a workhorse, someone who can knock down the mid-range shot, rebound around the rim, and finish with the best of them. Someone who can come in and change the complete course of the game, essentially putting up hall of fame caliber stats off the bench. With, both he and Hakeem in my frontcourt, offensively, we'll create too many mis-matches, and be dangerous on the weakside defensively. I'm very surprised that he's still available on the board, and I'm very happy to have him here.

I really wanted to go this route, as the last two drafts, I had gone with Chuck Hayes in the past two drafts, and Landry is probably my favorite player in the league. I typed all that up, because the intention was for him to be my pick. But that was twelve round drafts, and in a last minute decision, my real pick will be:

Tree Rollins

Which means, yes people, Carl Landry is available to be drafted.

Post #197 » by **Miller4ever** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:04 am

I pick Carl Sam Lacey Landry.

But no Carl Landry.

SamBone · Post #198 » by **SamBone** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:24 am

I will select one of my personal favorite players of all time, if he didn't get hurt he would have been an all time great! But he did manage to make 2 all star teams in really only 3 seasons as a full time player, but he was a deadly shooter and CLUTCH!

"He was dubbed "The Boston Strangler" by Boston sportswriters during the 76ers' and Boston Celtics' rivalry in the early 1980s because of his ability to single-handedly dominate games against the Celtics including Game 7 of the 1982 Eastern Conference Finals by scoring 34 points in a game.

Toney was a prolific scorer, particularly against the elite teams of the time such as the Los Angeles Lakers and Celtics. It wasn't uncommon for him to put up thirty or more points single handedly against such teams."

1982 Andrew Toney

*side note, by my quick count AT was the 18th Sixer taken and still no AI

Post #199 » by **Miller4ever** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:33 am

^^Career 42-31 FG-3P percentage? TO's up the yin-yang? Not known to play well with others? His rep hurts him a lot.

Post #200 » by **Snakebites** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:41 am

Yeah, I hate to sound like a hater, but I am absolutely thrilled that Iverson went undrafted (since I know damn well War won't be dumb enough to take him).