What has been your biggest steal so far?

theGreatRC · Post #1 » by **theGreatRC** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:10 pm

Whether it be a trade for a player who broke out, or a waiver wire pickup who became a stud, post what your biggest steal was.

Mine had to be before the season started, it was an eight team league, and a guy dropped Kaman and picked up Shaq. I was mad that I didn't get Shaq cause I needed a C so I took Kaman, and we all know how he turned out.

risktaker91 · Post #2 » by **risktaker91** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:55 pm

Yeah Kaman was on the wire in almost all leagues, and too bad I didn't get him. For me it has to be Brad Miller and Peja Stojacovic. I got them in a big trade as mainly fillers and they've turned out great.

Also one of my friends got Stephen Jackson off waivers because he was suspended to start the season. S-Jax has also been great.

kiz5 · Post #3 » by **kiz5** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:59 pm

Calderon off wires, at 3:02 am, where he cleared waivers and I didn't have to use my waiver priority on him.

That was a while back.

Recently, I managed to package him with Al Harrington, for R. Jefferson and Artest. With Webber coming back, and Ford coming back sometime soon I think, it looks like it's definitely my biggest steal.

Post #4 » by **Optimism Prime** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:18 pm

All my moves so far have been pretty good.

Dropped Marbury for Mike Miller
Dropped Ben Wallace for Kaman
Dropped Hinrich for Mo Williams
Dropped Okur for McGrady
Traded Mo Williams and Luol Deng for Jason Richardson and Jason Terry
Dropped Jason Terry for Kevin Martin
Traded Mike Miller and Deron Williams for Manu Ginobili and Caron Butler

So, I turned Marbury into half of Manu/Caron; Hinrich into half of Richardson/Martin.

Not bad. :nod:

Post #5 » by **Stanford** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:23 pm

Drafted Calderon around 100 in every single one of my live drafts.

Lconte17 · Post #6 » by **Lconte17** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:58 pm

I turned Loul Deng, into Gerald Wallace, Emeka Okafor and Kieth Bogans after trading deng for Barbosa.

TR50 · Post #7 » by **TR50** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:19 pm

Calderon and i got Grant Hill in the last round of my draft...

Not to mention David West in the 6th round is pretty damn good

Pacersike · Post #8 » by **Pacersike** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:59 pm

It depends, how many teams there are.

Mine are Calderon as FA and Kaman drafted in one of the last rounds

Post #9 » by **Young_Star11** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:14 pm

In the RealGM league Money League,

With a budget of $10,000, I blew it on Jose Calderon for $400 and Chris Kaman for $1250 :lol:

Then, nostradamus2005 mocked my side and drafting technique by saying I failed top draft any top-20 players!!

raps4life~ · Post #10 » by **raps4life~** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:36 pm

i picked up Kaman of FA. i also think this is my best trade:

OUTGOING
Gilbert Arenas
Andre Iguadala
Leandro Barbosa

FOR

INCOMING
Chris Paul
Brandon Roy
Josh Smith
Andrei Kirilenko
Darko Milicic

raps4life~ · Post #11 » by **raps4life~** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:45 pm

Optimism Prime wrote:All my moves so far have been pretty good.

Dropped Marbury for Mike Miller
Dropped Ben Wallace for Kaman
Dropped Hinrich for Mo Williams
Dropped Okur for McGrady
Traded Mo Williams and Luol Deng for Jason Richardson and Jason Terry
Dropped Jason Terry for Kevin Martin
Traded Mike Miller and Deron Williams for Manu Ginobili and Caron Butler

So, I turned Marbury into half of Manu/Caron; Hinrich into half of Richardson/Martin.

Not bad.

mcgrady was on FA? :-?

brown_kids · Post #12 » by **brown_kids** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:46 pm

Stephen Jackson + Hedo off FA

Trading Barbosa for Billups

Serge28 · Post #13 » by **Serge28** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:15 am

Traded R. Jefferson+Gooden for Caron Butler.

Post #14 » by **Stanford** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:41 am

Optimism Prime wrote:All my moves so far have been pretty good.

Dropped Marbury for Mike Miller
Dropped Ben Wallace for Kaman
Dropped Hinrich for Mo Williams
Dropped Okur for McGrady
Traded Mo Williams and Luol Deng for Jason Richardson and Jason Terry
Dropped Jason Terry for Kevin Martin
Traded Mike Miller and Deron Williams for Manu Ginobili and Caron Butler

So, I turned Marbury into half of Manu/Caron; Hinrich into half of Richardson/Martin.

Not bad.

Three team league?

FlashFlood · Post #15 » by **FlashFlood** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:08 am

Kurt Thomas for Raja Bell, just when Bell was heating up last week. He singlehandedly won the 3pt category for me last week... I also had a pre-season trade of Eddy Curry + Ricky Davis for Igoudala which I'm proud of. Somebody also dropped Artest in the league when he went out for surgery. He hasn't been doing too well, but when I learned he got PF eligibility I flipped.

e180th · Post #16 » by **e180th** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:24 pm

...Picking up Hedo in week 1 via waivers.

Post #17 » by **Optimism Prime** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:24 pm

raps4life~ wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

mcgrady was on FA?

Well, waivers, I guess, right after he got injured.

stanford wrote:
Three team league?

Six, but yeah. Small league. Not many basketball fans at a small college in Iowa... :lol:

username · Post #18 » by **username** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:58 pm

In a deep 20 team league...I would have to say picking up Mike Dunleavy very late in the draft.

superLuigi21 · Post #19 » by **superLuigi21** » Sat Feb 2, 2008 12:30 am

i picked up bogut off the waiver wire for jamal magloire 1 week into the season.. hes having a very solid year... on the flip side i dropped calderon right before tj ford got hurt, that hurt a lot (just traded for cp3 tho so my pgs are good)

FARMERMAN10 · Post #20 » by **FARMERMAN10** » Sat Feb 2, 2008 3:07 am

so someone drafted jamaal magloire... while andrew bogut was available?

I mean Boguts no stud... but Jamaal freakin magloire?