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Would it be fun to do a 1990 fantasy draft this summer, then a 1991 next summer etc. Just a draft like we just did (Mock) where we go 15 rounds deep with 10 managers and try to gather the best team possible. It would be interesting to see which players would go in which round, and afterwards I'd be willing to see how each team would've faired going by the total stats accumulated by the drafted players.

Would Magic and MJ beat out Olajuwon for the top draft pick? Where would Ewing go? Etc, etc.

Interesting, maybe, but wouldn't the fact that the numbers are already "in" make it a little predictable? I mean, you're not betting on what they will do, you already know what they've done. Might work as a sim league idea though.

Hm, a draft would make it more interesting to read. I could also just make a list and post that. A draft would add a little comment for each player.

I found a data set for 1990-1991 and computed the 9-cat z-rankings on a per game basis for the season. Here's a list of the top 40 players. And MJ dominated. His "value" was 1.20 compared to 0.93 for Robinson and 0.92 for Olajuwan. I tossed out the players who played fewer than 40 games. Tarpley (drug suspension?) played 5 games which would've ranked him #2, and Mark Price (injury?) played 16 games which would've put in top 10. Jordan lead the league in scoring, Stockton in assists, and Olajuwan in boards and blocks. Forgot how much of stud Michael Adams was - 26.6 ppg, 2.5 3pg, 3.9 rpg, 10.5 apg, 2.2 spg, 87.9% fg (though he was big negative in 3.6 topg, 39.4% fg).

jordan,michael
robinson,david
olajuwon,akeem
mullin,chris
adams,michael
miller,reggie
johnson,magic
stockton,john
bird,larry
porter,terry
hardaway,tim
hawkins,hersey
wilkins,dominique
barkley,charles
nance,larry
ewing,patrick
johnson,kevin
malone,karl
drexler,clyde
pippen,scottie
hornacek,jeff
mchale,kevin
richmond,mitch
parish,robert
rivers,doc
robertson,alvin
skiles,scott
humphries,jay
harper,derek
pierce,ricky
smith,kenny
worthy,james
smith,charles
daugherty,brad
lewis,reggie
gamble,kevin
grant,horace
gilliam,armon
woolridge,orlando
dumars,joe

loot, got your PM but I guess you're not set to receive a reply; you can email me at geodbear at yahoo dot com.

hamncheese wrote:Forgot how much of stud Michael Adams was - 26.6 ppg, 2.5 3pg, 3.9 rpg, 10.5 apg, 2.2 spg, 87.9% fg (though he was big negative in 3.6 topg, 39.4% fg).

I saw a Celtics-Bullets(?) game on the tube back then where Adams went completely berserk. He was shooting 35 footers and it was nothing but net. It was so wild to watch an nba game where a guy just dribbled a bit over the half court line and then launched with no conscience at all.

I also remember a Dee Brown dunk over two 7 footers. He came up with the ball down near the low block. Was just standing there, surrounded by 2 huge defenders, looking around for someone to pass it to. His teammates weren't giving him any help at all, so finally he just jumped straight up, reached out and threw it down. The defenders were caught flat footed and never got off the ground.

I'm probably merging two different games in my mind, so don't be surprised if I am.

floppymoose wrote:

hamncheese wrote:Forgot how much of stud Michael Adams was - 26.6 ppg, 2.5 3pg, 3.9 rpg, 10.5 apg, 2.2 spg, 87.9% fg (though he was big negative in 3.6 topg, 39.4% fg).

I saw a Celtics-Bullets(?) game on the tube back then where Adams went completely berserk. He was shooting 35 footers and it was nothing but net. It was so wild to watch an nba game where a guy just dribbled a bit over the half court line and then launched with no conscience at all.

I also remember a Dee Brown dunk over two 7 footers. He came up with the ball down near the low block. Was just standing there, surrounded by 2 huge defenders, looking around for someone to pass it to. His teammates weren't giving him any help at all, so finally he just jumped straight up, reached out and threw it down. The defenders were caught flat footed and never got off the ground.

I'm probably merging two different games in my mind, so don't be surprised if I am.

I remember that Dee Brown dunk. I was a Dee Brown fan.

I also remember Byron Scott heroics in the playoffs and loved watching Michael Cooper and his Coop-a-loops. (I still miss Chick Hearn, RIP).

hamncheese wrote:loot, got your PM but I guess you're not set to receive a reply; you can email me at geodbear at yahoo dot com.

ham, did you get my mail?

loot wrote:

hamncheese wrote:loot, got your PM but I guess you're not set to receive a reply; you can email me at geodbear at yahoo dot com.

ham, did you get my mail?

No, when did you send it?

A while ago, I'll send a new one.

loot wrote:A while ago, I'll send a new one.

Got it and replied. Let me know if you got my reply.