RealGM

As the free agency is winding down and new season is approaching, we will conduct a mock draft for the upcoming season with fellow fantasy board gm's. The purpose of it will be to give some idea to other fantasy gm's about the value of players for the year and to see how the drafts will roughly shape up. I tried to get the best crop of gm's we have in our board and hopefully it will both fun and helpful for us and for others in preparing for the upcoming season.

Each gm will post their picks and give a brief explanation of why they made that pick and roughly what kind of stats they will be expecting from that particular player.

Sending lists is strongly encouraged (you can post your reasoning behind your pick afterwards when you are available if you make your pick via list)

Please use this thread only for posting picks(and your reasoning behind the pick). For all the other comments,please use the mock draft discussion thread. - http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic. ... 9&t=929117

Settings:

-Yahoo
-12 hours per pick & No trades allowed
-Teams: 14
-Scoring Type: Roto
-Roster Positions: PG, PG, SG, SG , G , SF, SF, PF, PF, F, C, C, UT, UT
-Stat Categories: FG%, FT%, 3PTM, PTS, REB, AST, ST, BLK, TO

The league will run on yahoo. Since there are no bench spots/no trades/no transactions, you set up your lineups once at the beginning of the year and then you are good for the entire year. So the “league” doesnt require usual fantasy basketball daily/weekly maintenance.
The list of gm's participating:

1)nostradamus2005
2)Jazzfan
3)Stanford
4)Stick
5)Skip
6)Kalelen
7)Youngstar
8)bww78
9)Sabonis
10)Tkunit
11)Loot
12)Writersblock
13)Woody Allen
14) sacstar16

Draft lottery:

SS_MagicMark wrote:Uh, hi. The draft order is:

12
8
6
4
11
10
13
1
7
2
14
5
3
9

Final standings:

1. WB 83.5 1 14 -
2. Loot RealGM Mock 79 -0.5 10 -
2. Sac Ballers 79 1 4 -
4. KalElen 73 0 12 -
5. YS 72.5 -2 6 -
6. BWW 70.5 0 13 -
7. Coco Rivington 69 0 8 -
8. Istanbul Run N Gun 68 -1 7 -
9. Sons of Disaster 67.5 0.5 11 -
10. Lazy ***** Tkunit 61.5 0.5 9 -
11. Stanford 61 1 2 -
12. SA Sugarkids 58 0 1 -
13. Jazzfan27 51.5 -1.5 5 -
14. sk1p 51 1 3 -

Draft order:
1 Writersblock - Chris Paul
2 bww78 - LeBron James
3 Kalelen - Kevin Durant
4 stick - Kobe Bryant
5 loot - Dwyane Wade
6 Tkunit - Danny Granger
7 Woody Allen - Dirk Nowitzki
8 nostradamus2005 - Amare Stoudamire
9 Youngstar - Brandon Roy
10 Jazzfan - Kevin Garnett
11 sacstar16 - Pau Gasol
12 Skip - Chris Bosh
13 Stanford - Al Jefferson
14 Sabonis - Deron Williams
15 Sabonis - Gerald Wallace
16 Stanford - Chauncey Billups
17 Skip - Rashard Lewis
18 sacstar16 - Steve Nash
19 Jazzfan - Shawn Marion
20 Youngstar - Jason Kidd
21 nostradamus2005 - Jose Calderon
22 Woody Allen - Caron Butler
23 Tkunit - Troy Murphy
24 loot - Dwight Howard
25 stick - Ray Allen
26 Kalelen - Devin Harris
27 bww78 - Kevin Martin
28 Writersblock - Jameer Nelson
29 Writersblock - Al Horford
30 bww78 - Marcus Camby
31 Kalelen - Josh Smith
32 stick - David West
33 loot - Derrick Rose
34 Tkunit - Joe Johnson
35 Woody Allen - Tim Duncan
36 nostradamus2005 - Andre Iguodala
37 Youngstar - Brook Lopez
38 Jazzfan - Gilbert Arenas
39 sacstar16 - Carmelo Anthony
40 Skip -Antwan Jamison
41 Stanford - Vince Carter
42 Sabonis - Nene
43 Sabonis - Michael Redd
44 Stanford - Manu Ginobili
45 Skip - Andrea Bargnani
46 sacstar16- Rajon Rondo
47 Jazzfan - Paul Pierce
48 Youngstar - LaMarcus Aldridge
49 nostradamus2005 - Elton Brand
50 Woody Allen - Stephen Jackson
51 Tkunit - Mehmet Okur
52 loot - Rudy Gay
53 stick - David Lee
54 Kalelen - Emeka Okafor
55 bww78 - Paul Millsap
56 Writersblock - Jason Terry
57 Writersblock - Francisco Garcia
58 bww78 - Mo Williams
59 Kalelen - Jason Richardson
60 stick -Ben Gordon
61 loot - OJ Mayo
62 Tkunit - Andris Biedrins
63 Woody Allen - Tony Parker
64 nostradamus2005 - Baron Davis
65 Youngstar - John Salmons
66 Jazzfan - Andrew Bynum
67 sacstar16 - Carlos Boozer
68 Skip - Monta Ellis
69 Stanford - Eric Gordon
70 Sabonis - Josh Howard
71 Sabonis - Thaddeus Young
72 Stanford - Hedo Turkoglu
73 Skip - Mike Bibby
74 sacstar16 - Jeff Green
75 Jazzfan - Tyrus Thomas
76 Youngstar - Joakim Noah
77 nostradamus2005 - Leandro Barbosa
78 Woody Allen - Ron Artest
79 Tkunit - Andre Miller
80 loot - Spencer Hawes
81 stick - Al Harrington
82 Kalelen - Andrei Kirilenko
83 bww78 - Blake Griffin
84 Writersblock - Wilson Chandler
85 Writersblock - Luis Scola
86 bww78 - Russell Westbrook
87 Kalelen - TJ Ford
88 stick - Grant Hill
89 loot - Anthony Randolph
90 Tkunit -Mike Miller
91 Woody Allen - Zach Randolph
92 nostradamus2005 - Marvin Williams
93 Youngstar - Mario Chalmers
94 Jazzfan - Lamar Odom
95 sacstar16 - Ronnie Brewer
96 Skip - Rasheed Wallace
97 Stanford - Andrew Bogut
98 Sabonis -Jermaine O'neal
99 Sabonis -Raymond Felton
100 Stanford - Charlie V
101 Skip - Shane Battier
102 sacstar16 - Delonte West
103 Jazzfan - Tracy McGrady
104 Youngstar - Boris Diaw
105 nostradamus2005 - Mike Conley Jr.
106 Woody Allen - Nate Robinson
107 Tkunit - Kevin Love
108 loot - Jr. Smith
109 stick - Chris Duhon
110 Kalelen - Greg Oden
111 bww78 - Kenyon Martin
112 Writersblock - Lou Williams
113 Writersblock - Trevor Ariza
114 bww78 - Jamal Crawford
115 Kalelen - Michael Beasley
116 stick - Marc Gasol
117 loot - Jason Thompson
118 Tkunit - Randy Foye
119 Woody Allen - Tyson Chandler
120 nostradamus2005 - Richard Jefferson
121 Youngstar - Brad Miller
122 Jazzfan - Kendrick Perkins
123 sacstar16 - Chris Kaman
124 Skip - Ronny Turiaf
125 Stanford - Rodney Stuckey
126 Sabonis - Kirk Hinrich
127 Sabonis - Chris Andersen
128 Stanford - Shaquille O'Neal
129 Skip - Tayshaun Prince
130 sacstar16 - Luol Deng
131 Jazzfan - Ramon Sessions
132 Youngstar - Courtney Lee
133 nostradamus2005 - Corey Maggette
134 Woody Allen - Luke Ridnour
135 Tkunit - Jarret Jack
136 loot - Samuel Dalembert
137 stick - Kelenna Azubuike
138 Kalelen - Aaron Brooks
139 bww78 - Richard Hamilton
140 Writersblock - Stephen Curry
141 Writersblock - Ryan Gomes
142 bww78 - Andres Nocioni
143 Kalelen - Drew Gooden
144 stick - Antonio McDyess
145 loot - Peja Stojakovic
146 Tkunit - James Posey
147 Woody Allen - Al Thornton
148 nostradamus2005 - Brendan Haywood
149 Youngstar - James Harden
150 Jazzfan - Danilo Gallinari
151 sacstar16- Rudy Fernandez
152 Skip - Derek Fisher
153 Stanford - Anthony Morrow
154 Sabonis - Nick Collison
155 Sabonis - DJ Augustin
156 Stanford - Mike Dunleavy Jr.
157 Skip - Udonis Haslem
158 sacstar16 - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
159 Jazzfan - Brandon Rush
160 Youngstar - Joel Przybilla
161 nostradamus2005 - Jonny Flynn
162 Woody Allen - Anderson Varejao
163 Tkunit - Ryan Anderson
164 loot - Tyreke Evans
165 stick - Steve Blake
166 Kalelen - Darko Milicic
167 bww78 - Quentin Richardson
168 Writersblock - Channing Frye
169 Writersblock - Amir Johnson
170 bww78 - Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
171 Kalelen - Thabo Sefolosha
172 stick - Allen Iverson
173 loot - Roy Hibbert
174 Tkunit - Andray Blatche
175 Woody Allen - Brandon Bass
176 nostradamus2005 - Nenad Krstic
177 Youngstar - Jamario Moon
178 Jazzfan - Larry Hughes
179 sacstar16 - Raja Bell
180 Skip - Roger Mason Jr
181 Stanford - Jordan Hill
182 Sabonis - Kyle Korver
183 Sabonis - Brandon Jennings
184 Stanford - Mareese Speights
185 Skip - Rafer Alston
186 sacstar16 - Mickael Pietrus
187 Jazzfan - Hasheem Thabeet
188 Youngstar - Kyle Lowry
189 nostradamus2005 -Eddie House
190 Woody Allen -Beno Udrih
191 Tkunit - Nicholas Batum
192 loot - Yi Jianlian
193 stick - Anthony Parker
194 Kalelen - Chris Douglas-Roberts
195 bww78 - Ben Wallace
196 Writersblock - Carlos Delfino[/b]

Teams:

Writersblock
PG - Chris Paul
PG - Jameer Nelson
SG - Jason Terry
SG- Stephen Curry
G- Louis Williams
SF - Trevor Ariza
SF - Wilson Chandler
PF- Ryan Gomes
PF- Channing Frye
F- Francisco Garcia
C - Al Horford
C - Luis Scola
UT- Amir Johnson
UT- Carlos Delfino

bww78
PG- Mo Williams
PG- Russell Westbrook
SG- Kevin Martin
SG- Jamal Crawford
G- Richard Hamilton
SF- LeBron James
SF- Andres Nocioni
PF - Blake Griffin
PF - Kenyon Martin
F- Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
C - Marcus Camby
C - Paul Millsap
UT- Quentin Richardson
UT-Ben Wallace

Kalelen
PG-Devin Harris
PG-TJ Ford
SG- Jason Rİchardson
SG- Kevin Durant
G- Aaron Brooks
SF- Andrei Kirilenko
SF- Michael Beasley
PF- Josh Smith
PF- Drew Gooden
F- Darko Milicic
C- Emeka Okafor
C - Greg Oden
UT-Thabo Sefolosha
UT- Chris Douglas-Roberts

stick
PG-Ben Gordon
PG-Chris Duhon
SG-Kobe Bryant
SG-Ray Allen
G- Steve Blake
SF- Grant Hill
SF-Kelenna Azubuike
PF- David West
PF- Al Harrington
F- Antonio McDyess
C- David Lee
C - Marc Gasol
UT-Allen Iverson
UT-Anthony Parker

loot
PG- Derrick Rose
PG- Dwyane Wade
SG- Jr Smith
SG- OJ Mayo
G- Tyreke Evans
SF- Rudy Gay
SF- Peja Stojakovic
PF-Anthony Randolph
PF- Jason Thompson
F- Spencer Hawes
C- Dwight Howard
C -Samuel Dalembert
UT-Roy Hibbert
UT-Yi Jianlian

Tkunit
PG- Andre Miller
PG- Jarret Jack
SG- Joe Johnson
SG- Randy Foye
G- James Posey
SF- Danny Granger
SF- Mike Miller
PF- Troy Murphy
PF- Kevin Love
F- Ryan Anderson
C- Andris Biedrins
C -Mehmet Okur
UT-Andray Blatche
UT-Nicholas Batum

Woody Allen
PG- Tony Parker
PG- Luke Ridnour
SG- Stephen Jackson
SG- Nate Robinson
G- Ron Artest
SF- Caron Butler
SF- Al Thornton
PF- Dirk Nowitzki
PF- Zach Randolph
F- Anderson Varejao
C- Tim Duncan
C -Tyson Chandler
UT-Brandon Bass
UT-Beno Udrih

nostradamus2005
PG-Jose Calderon
PG- Baron Davis
SG- Leandro Barbosa
SG- Andre Iguodala
G- Mike Conley Jr.
SF- Richard Jefferson
SF- Corey Maggette
PF- Elton Brand
PF- Marvin Williams
F- Nenad Krstic
C- Amare Stoudamire
C -Brendan Haywood
UT-Jonny Flynn
UT-Eddie House


Youngstar
PG - Jason Kidd
PG - Mario Chalmers
SG - Brandon Roy
SG - Courtney Lee
G - James Harden
SF - John Salmons
SF - Boris Diaw
PF - Joakim Noah
PF - LaMarcus Aldridge
F - Brook Lopez
C - Brad Miller
C - Joel Przybilla
UT - Jamario Moon
UT - Kyle Lowry

Jazzfan
PG-Gilbert Arenas
PG- Ramon Sessions
SG-Paul Pierce
SG- Tracy Mcgrady
G- Brandon Rush
SF- Shawn Marion
SF- Lamar Odom
PF- Kevin Garnett
PF- Tyrus Thomas
F- Danilo Gallinari
C- Andrew Bynum
C -Kendrick Perkins
UT-Larry Hughes
UT-Hasheem Thabeet

sacstar16
PG-Steve Nash
PG-Rajon Rondo
SG-Delonte West
SG- Ronnie Brewer
G- Rudy Fernandez
SF- Carmelo Anthony
SF-Jeff Green
PF- Carlos Boozer
PF- Pau Gasol
F- Luol Deng
C- Zydrunas Ilgauskas
C -Chris Kaman
UT-Raja Bell
UT-Mickael Pietrus

Skip
PG- Derek Fisher
PG- Mike Bibby
SG-Monta Ellis
SG- Roger Mason
G- Rafer Alston
SF- Rashard Lewis
SF-Shane Battier
PF- Antawn Jamison
PF- Rasheed Wallace
F- Udonis Haslem
C-Chris Bosh
C -Andrea Bargnani
UT-Tayshaun Prince
UT-Ronny Turiaf

Stanford
PG-Chauncey Billups
PG-Rodney Stuckey
SG-Manu Ginobili
SG- Eric Gordon
G- Mike Dunleavy Jr.
SF- Vince Carter
SF- Hedo Turkoglu
PF- Charlie V
PF- Al Jefferson
F- Anthony Morrow
C- Shaquille O'Neal
C -Andrew Bogut
UT-Jordan Hill
UT-Marresse Speights

Sabonis
PG-Deron Williams
PG-Raymond Felton
SG- Michael Redd
SG- Kirk Hinrich
G- DJ Augustin
SF- Gerald Wallace
SF- Thaddeus Young
PF- Jermaine O'Neal
PF- Nick Collison
F- Josh Howard
C-Nene Hilario
C -Chris Andersen
UT-Kyle Korver
UT-Brandon Jennings

First Pick:

Chris Paul

I don't think there's much to say about this pick...except that

1. At least I get to draft him in one league, even if it's just a mock draft league
2. I've always wanted to settle the debate: Does the team with the first pick, and arguably the best player, end up winning the league (my hunch is NO).

Lebron James

Do I really need to give any explanation? I probably would take him with the first overall pick too. More defense, less prone to injury, less likely to have an "off" season.

3. kevin durant

or me durant is nobrainer top 5 player. cp3 and lbj are 1st tier. 2nd tier would be wade, durant and granger. wade looks like an obvious choice here, but he played with a huge chip on his shoulder last year and had a career year. while i believe he will be in top 5 again, i don't think he'll be as good. durant's numbers improved when carlesimo was fired and he was moved to sf which is his natural position, so his final stats are deflated a bit. what's more important is that he still has huge upside. i don't think that anyone would be too surprised if by this time next year we're talking about him as of hands down best fantasy player in the league. finally in his 6 years in the league wade has played 61 or less games 3 times, including 51 twice in the last 3 years. he still relies heavily on driving to the hoop which is the main reason behind all those missed games. i'm just not ready to take such injury prone player with 3rd pick when there is such a great alternative available

4: Kobe Bryant

Really tough one; deciding between the 2 obvious ones.
But, Kobe is pretty much as sure of a shot as they come. Best player in NBA.
Always get your points and 3's.
I had to pick him or another; but Kobe has less of a chance of missing 30 games.

5: Dwyane Wade

As crazy as it sounds I hard a hard time deciding, but eventually I did what I had to do. Wade, he gives me more ast, stl and he basically a nice pick at #5. Granger could prove me wrong, though.

#6 Granger

There comes a time in every draft where you just get lucky. This is that time, Granger should have gone third or 4th and here he is at 6. Lucky me, the man gives you a little bit of everything which is what you want with your first roto pick. Love me some threes

#7 Dirk Nowitzki <3

This is kind of obvious. Nowitzki is a super-solid fantasy player with great consistency. I was most impressed with him this playoffs just after his girlfriend incident broke out, he went out to play and put up amazing numbers against the Nuggets, which have one of the thoughest frountcourts in the league. If he stays healthy as he always is, we can expect a very nice fantasy season from him, especially in roto.

# 8 - Amare Stoudamire

I was between three players but decided to go with high risk/high reward. With Shaq out of the picture and with Gentry implementing SSOL offense back,he should get more touches on offense and more rebounds on defense. Plus his shot blocking numbers will be probably around +1.5 level.
A return to his 07/08 form is not out of question when he was the 2nd best player in fantasy basketball. He will bring his usual great percentages with tons of attempts;give 23/9/2 and hopefully around 2.5 spg+bpg. He carries some injury risk nevertheless I expect him to have a monster season in a contract year.

9. Brandon Roy
Gonna go with a legitimate star here in Roy. Not only is he now more durable (after early-career knee worries), his fantasy game moved to another level last season as he ensconsed himself with the NBA elite. At time of selection, Roy was in a contract year, as he hadn't signed an extension with Portland.
2009/10 Projection: He was always looked upon as a 9-cat player, and outside of blocks, it's exactly what he is. Expect him to stuff the stat-sheet once more, joining the 20/5/5 club, whilst only committing a couple of turnovers, grabbing a steal, hitting a three, and once again boasting supreme shooting percentages.

10 - KG

It was down to KG or Bosh for me. I have a rule for drafting that I use pretty exclusively. I pick 3 bigs with my first 4 picks. I like to get my big cats in early as the pickings gets pretty thin pretty fast. There are still a couple good bigs on the board in Bosh and Gasol and Jefferson. I expect all 3 to go in the first round.

I choose KG among all these folks because he seems like the surest bet. Jefferson is coming off major surgery and my not be himself for a while, Gasol has to now share the ball with Artest and who knows how many touches Bynum will demand this year. Bosh was my second pick, but, the upside there was about zero as Bosh's game isn't improving and his minutes were allready large.

KG's minutes on the other hand were a paltry 31mpg. I don't see much chance that goes down any this year, and there is some chance it'll go up providing me with upside. KG has been around forever, but, is still relatively in his prime at 33yo.

i believe i can skip east now?

With the first round you have to go BPA.

In my mind, that's Bosh.

I'm going with Pau Gasol here.

He had a great season last year, only bad thing was his blocks dropped. He doesn't hurt me anywhere and I don't expect Bynum to remain healthy. I also wanted to grab a big early.

At 13 I'm going with Al Jefferson.

In my mind, this is the BPA in a roto league. Career highs in blocks, FT% and points last year while keeping the rebounds at 11 and the steals hovering around one. I'm a little worried about Al coming back from the knee injury, and if Pau or Bosh were still on the board, I would have gone there, but he's the best big left on the board and with another comparable pick coming up soon, it's an easy decision.

I think it's fair to expect some sort of readjustment period for Al, so I don't think he'll set another career high in points. 21ppg, 11rpg, 1.5apg, 1.6bpg, 0.8spg, 50fg%, 75ft%*, 03pm, 2tpg.

*I'm hoping this continues to trend upwards. There's no reason for me to think it won't.

Deron Williams and Gerald Wallace

Boozer's possible departure can boost D-Will's value and G-Wall is a great all-around fantasy player, love him.

sorry for the short explanation. I don't have enough time.

This pick I'll take Chauncey Billups. There's a real drop off after Deron IMO, and it starts with me (or GWill the previous pick). I might not have made this pick if it weren't for the initial Jefferson pick, but since I did, I felt his stats fit well against Al's. Besides, I think it's a real luxery to start your draft off with a C and point guard.

Billups was a top fantasy player 20 player in Denver. He'll give me threes, steals, assist and FT% - what I lacked with the Jefferson pick. I was also considering Butler, Nash and Calderon here. Durability and consistancy gave Billups the edge. I'm expecting. 17.5ppg, 3rpg, 6.5apg, 1.3spg, 2 3pm, 2.1tpg, 0.1bpg, 42fg%, 91ft%.

I wanted Billups here but I'll go with Steve Nash. Under Porter, Nash's offense significantly decreased. However, after Gentry took over, Nash's numbers increased to 18.7 points and 1.6 threes on 54.8% FG shooting. With the return of the run and gun system Nash thrives in and the Shaq trade, I like Nash here.

Tough call between Nash and Butler- I expect a huge year out of Butler and I'm a huge fan of his, but I also wanted a point guard.

Looks like my team will be named, 'The Hasbeens'. I'm going old school again wiht my second round pick.

Shawn Marion.

I'm of the opinion that Marion will see a resurgance of production in moving to Dallas. He also brings me those bigman stats that I crave in the early rounds. I think he probably would slide a few more spots in most leagues, but, he's the guy I want and I can't trade down so I take him a bit early.

Well you guys skipped accidentally Skip but thank god you didnt draft the guy he wanted so here it goes:

Skip picks: Rashard Lewis at 17

again, in the first few rounds i always take BPA
Lewis is all about high efficiency and has injury free history
-playing it safe in the first few rounds is always a good idea, if you go for the home run and your guy is a bust, your season can be over. why take a huge gamble when you have so many blue chip guys available?

This will be a pick I am sure to regret, but here goes:

#20 Jason Kidd

Why this could be a horrible pick: A guy gets picked 20th and can barely score 9 points a game! Can you rely on a 37-year-old to bring home the title?

Why this could be a total steal? Outside of points, Kidd is elite everywhere else. Treys will be there, he rebounds for a guard, assists will be top-tier, steals, he can even block, and TO will be kept low. FG% was a worry, but less shots should mean higher accuracy.

2009-10 Projection: The minutes will be there, and the Mavs will need him. They got deeper in adding Marion, but he's still the only genuine distributor on that team. So suffice to say he will get a lot of clock. 9 points, 1.5 three-pointers, 5-6 rebounds, 8-9 assists, nearing 2 steals, up to half a block, 2.5 TO (at the most), upwards of 40% FG, 80% FT