2005 Coast-to-Coast Draft brit, deNIEd

[Miller4ever]

Round 1-West

1. lukekarts - Tim Duncan
2. deNIEd - Kevin Garnett
3. 48_7 - Steve Nash
4. SamBone - Dirk Nowitzki
5. Cellardoor - Kobe Bryant
6. britblazerdude - Ray Allen
7. Teddy KGB - Yao Ming
8. janga - Amare Stoudemire
9. TMACFORMVP - Tracy McGrady
10. poopdamoop - Shawn Marion
11. Miller4ever - Elton Brand
12. Snakebites - Manu Ginobili

Round 2-East

13. Snakebites - Shaquille O'Neal
14. Miller4ever - Lebron James
15. poopdamoop - Dwyane Wade
16. TMACFORMVP - Jermaine O'Neal
17. janga - Paul Pierce
18. Teddy KGB - Allen Iverson
19. britblazerdude - Ben Wallace
20. Cellardoor - Vince Carter
21. SamBone - Chauncey Billups
22. 48_7 - Larry Hughes
23. deNIEd - Jason Kidd
24. lukekarts - Rip Hamilton

Round 3-West

25. Teddy KGB - Rashard Lewis
26. britblazerdude - Mike Bibby
27. janga - Marcus Camby
28. Cellardoor - Pau Gasol
29. TMACFORMVP - Carlos Boozer
30. SamBone - Joe Johnson
31. poopdamoop - Peja Stojakovic
32. 48_7 - Chris Webber
33. Miller4ever - Tony Parker
34. deNIEd - Carmelo Anthony
35. Snakebites - Lamar Odom
36. lukekarts - Kenyon Martin

Round 4-East

37. lukekarts - Grant Hill
38. Snakebites - Gilbert Arenas
39. Denied - Rasheed Wallace
40. Miller4Ever - Michael Redd
41. 48_7 - Dwight Howard
42. Poopdamoop - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
43. Sambone - Emeka Okafor
44. TMAC - Tayshaun Prince
45. Cellar - Kirk Hinrich
46. Janga - Stephon Marbury
47. Britblazerdude - Chris Bosh
48. Teddy KGB - Antawn Jamison

Round 5-West

49. lukekarts - Andre Miller
50. deNIEd - Jason Richardson
51. 48_7 - Bruce Bowen
52. SamBone - Brad Miller
53. Cellardoor - Shane Battier
54. britblazerdude - Wally Szczerbiak
55. Teddy KGB - Cuttino Mobley
56. janga - Raja Bell
57. TMACFORMVP - Jason Terry
58. poopdamoop - Sam Cassell
59. Miller4ever - Troy Murphy
60. Snakebites - PJ Brown

Round 6-East

61. Snakebites - Jalen Rose
62. Miller4ever - Jeff Foster
63. poopdamoop - Kurt Thomas
64. TMACFORMVP - Tyson Chandler
65. janga - Udonis Haslem
66. Teddy KGB - Stephen Jackson
67. britblazerdude - Steve Francis
68. Cellardoor - Samuel Dalembert
69. SamBone - Gerald Wallace
70. 48_7 - Ben Gordon
71. deNIEd - Jamal Crawford
72. lukekarts - Eddie Jones

Round 7-West

73. Teddy KGB - Reggie Evans
74. britblazerdude - Joel Pryzbilla
75. janga - Josh Howard
76. Cellardoor - Dikembe Mutombo
77. TMACFORMVP - Mike Miller
78. SamBone - Corey Maggette
79. poopdamoop - Chris Anderson
80. 48_7 - Nene Hilario
81. Miller4ever - Bobby Simmons
82. deNIEd - Theo Ratliff
83. Snakebites - Antonio Daniels
84. lukekarts - Mehmet Okur

Round 8-East

85. lukekarts - Damon Jones
86. Snakebites - Antonio McDyess
87. Denied - Brandan Haywood
88. Miller4Ever - Reggie Miller
89. 48_7 - Josh Smith
90. Poopdamoop - Raefer Alston
91. Sambone - Drew Gooden
92. TMAC - Gary Payton
93. Cellar - Mo Williams
94. Janga - Brevin Knight
95. Britblazerdude - Andre Igoudala
96. Teddy KGB - Dan Gadzuric

Round 9-West

97. lukekarts - Caron Butler
98. deNIEd - Marko Jaric
99. 48_7 - Chris Kaman
100. SamBone - Ruben Patterson
101. Cellardoor - Robert Horry
102. britblazerdude - Mike Dunleavy Jr.
103. Teddy KGB - Damon Stoudamire
104. janga - Michael Finley
105. TMACFORMVP - Bob Sura
106. poopdamoop - Fred Hoiberg
107. Miller4ever - Jason Williams
108. Snakebites - Eric Dampier

Round 10-East

109. Snakebites - Desmond Mason
110. Miller4ever - Al Harrington
111. poopdamoop - Donyell Marshall
112. TMACFORMVP - Eddy Curry
113. janga - Nazr Mohammed
114. Teddy KGB - Antoine Walker
115. britblazerdude - Raef Lafrentz
116. Cellardoor - Keith Van Horn
117. SamBone - Josh Childress
118. 48_7 - Kyle Korver
119. deNIEd - Hedo Turkoglu
120. lukekarts - Nenad Krstic

Round 11-West

121. deNIEd - Shareef Abdur-Rahim
122. britblazerdude - Tim Thomas
123. janga - Derek Fisher
124. Cellardoor - Jim Jackson
125. TMACFORMVP - Quentin Richardson
126. SamBone - Luke Ridnour
127. poopdamoop - Marquis Daniels
128. 48_7 - Earl Boykins
129. Miller4ever - Darius Songaila
130. Teddy MIA - Lee Nailon
131. Snakebites - Danny Fortson
132. lukekarts - Rasho Nesterovic

Round 12-East

133. lukekarts - Luol Deng
134. Snakebites - Mike James
135. Denied -
136. Miller4Ever - Fred Jones
137. 48_7 - Jason Hart
138. Poopdamoop - Adonal Foyle
139. Sambone - Kelvin Cato
140. TMAC - Lorenzen Wright
141. Cellar - Jason Collins
142. Janga - Nick Collison
143. Britblazerdude -
144. Teddy MIA -

[Snakebites]

Oh, I'll also offer my Realgm email to people here.

artiethestrongest@gmail.com

Should you find that you won't be around to make your pick (especially if you live in a non-peak time zone like Europe) I encourage you to make use of this since we ARE running on a North American centric clock here.

Send a list of possible picks to that address and I can make your selection for you. Make sure you have enough backups.

[lukekarts]

Well with the 1st pick, I will select TIm Duncan.



Regular season average 20.3 points (50%), 11.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.6 blocks in 33 minutes.

Playoffs average 23.6 points (46.7%), 12.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.3 blocks in 38 minutes.

Finals MVP

2005 NBA Champion

[deNIEd]

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[48_7]

I apologize for being tardy. I had no idea this was starting, otherwise I would have notified someone that I would be absent this weekend.

Steve Nash is my selection. It's hard to pass up the league MVP. 15.5/11.5 on 50% shooting and led his team to the best record in the NBA. He stepped it up in the playoffs, doing 23/11 and taking his team to the WCF where they lost to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs.

[SamBone]

the Boned Samuels will select ........



Dirk Nowitzki
26 ppg, 10 reb, 3 asst, 1.5 blk, 46 % from the field, 40% from 3, 1st Team All NBA, 3rd in MVP voting

It was really a difficult decission but we think with where we draft in the 2nd round we needed a BIG since their will be a ton of wing players in round 2. Dirty is our "chosen one", I am a huge fan and have never built a tea,m around him, so I will give it a try!

[CellarDoor]

Oddly, I've never built a team around Kobe.
Time to start.

[britblazerdude]

After a close look----the Blazerdudezzzz select:

Ray Allen......

8th in points, 3rd in three pointers made, 10th in FGM. We love this guy.

[Snakebites]

With the 7th pick, KGB is pleased to select Yao Ming.

[janga]

Amare Stoudemire



Balla

[TMACFORMVP]

With our own selection, we are VERY pleased to select Tracy McGrady.

I'd like to normally classify myself as someone that isn't a homer, and a person that generally lets his bias out of the way in arguments. Over the past couple of years, I've come to sort of dislike McGrady despite what my still-unchanged moniker says, but it's undeniable, when McGrady came to Houston in 04-05, he became my favorite player, and honestly the player that got me into the addiction of basketball that I have today. And in this particular season, McGrady was undeniably one of the best players in the NBA, and just as good as Kobe Bryant.

His averages of 25.7 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 5.7 APG put him in an elite status of only three players that season to have achieved such a mark (25/5/5) - while being the only player of the bunch to actually make the playoffs. And while his stats being gaudy, it doesn't tell the full story of how he averaged 20 PPG on under 40% shooting the first month of the season - meaning 26.8/6.4/5.9 the rest of the way. It also doesn't mention he played some of the best defense of his career that season, often times being put on the opponents best player (pre-Battier). Take it for what its worth, but McGrady in this particular season finished in the Top 5 for DWS and 16th in DRTG. And for a player of his magnitude, he's surprisingly careful with the ball, Jeff Van Gundy was once quoted as saying McGrady was the second best passer in the NBA behind Steve Nash. Granted I don't agree with that statement, it's a testament to his court vision, and ability to reduce on his mistakes.

He may have lost in the first round, but his performance was arguably the best playoff outing of his career. He did 30/7/7 on 45% against the Mavericks, while also taking the task of guarding Dirk Nowitzki, and holding him to 35% shooting on the series. It was Dirk who was neutralized, unfortunately for us, Terry would go on to kill us, and eventually oust us from the playoffs. He would also play 78 games this season, so health is not an issue.

Nonetheless, McGrady has a legitimate argument as being the top wing this particular year, and we're absolutely ELATED to have him on our team.

[poopdamoop]

Shawn Marion

Fantastic rebounder and defender, quality scorer, just a perfect complement to any team

[Snakebites]

Per Miller's request, he selects Elton Brand.

[Snakebites]

Let me take you back 5 years.

His bald spot was smaller, his legs were quicker, and his playoff performances, well, they spoke for themselves.

I'm proud to select All-Star, energy guy, and terrific all around player MANU GINOBILI.



An amazing clutch performer and first rate second option to....

[Snakebites]

SHAQUILLE O'NEAL



Second in MVP voting, 1st team All NBA, lead the league in FG% and averaged a cool 21/11 with a league leading FG% in the process, while at the same time swatting 2 blocks per game and being absolutely integral to one of the league's elite defenses.

[Snakebites]

Per his request, Miller selects Lebron James.

[poopdamoop]

Dwyane Wade

Still young, but a 2nd team All-NBA and All-Defense caliber player who could take over games and proved himself in the playoffs.

[TMACFORMVP]

I'm going JO. He'll provide an offensive option in the low post and a defensive anchor in the paint. 24/9 on the season with over 2 blocks. Reasonably more efficient than the previous season, in which he finished Top 3 in MVP voting.

[janga]

Paul Pierce



Good scorer, good floor leader. And still produced well when his team acquired other talented players to surround him.

[Teddy KGB]

I pick:



Super underrated nowadays, he was most definitely a dominant player back in the day. Yes, he shot **** percentages in Philly but that was with a supporting cast that was inept offensively. With my team he has Yao freakin Ming. Besides, I plan to slowwwwww the game and Iverson has experience in that sort of a tempo.