All-Time Fantasy League Draft (2014) - Draft Finished

DHodgkins · Post #241 » by **DHodgkins** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:57 pm

There was three people I was deciding between, but I'll go with this guy because he was a better defender imo.

Latrell Sprewell

Post #242 » by **Quotatious** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:06 pm

You can hate on my team all you want, but I'm going for broke. This is meant to be fun, right?

john248 · Post #243 » by **john248** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:42 am

Derrick Rose :lol:

CaliBullsFan · Post #244 » by **CaliBullsFan** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:04 am

Thank you for picking Derrick Rose.

For my last pick I am going with another big time pressure defender, who was also a very good shooter, Michael Adams.

He used to make Magic his girlfriend every time they played. So I hope I get that matchup in the first round, should be an easy win

ThunderDan9 · Post #245 » by **ThunderDan9** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:30 am

I don't intend to give him extended minutes, but he is a talented guy, who gives me VERSATILITY and athleticism on both ends of the court. Another valuable team defender.

10th and last pick: Josh Smith

RSCD3_ · Post #246 » by **RSCD3_** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:38 pm

Ill be taking a Power forward

ardee · Post #247 » by **ardee** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:31 am

Come on guys, let's finish this up so we can move onto the Playoffs...

MisterHibachi · Post #248 » by **MisterHibachi** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:38 am

ardee wrote:Come on guys, let's finish this up so we can move onto the Playoffs...

I thought we would be done by Sunday lol

batmana · Post #249 » by **batmana** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:38 am

OK, I'm gonna have the tallest player in this project, whether anybody expected this or not.

I'm taking Gheorghe Muresan. This guy was 7-7, led the league in FG% two straight seasons, and made his presence felt on both ends of the floor.

Sagittaron · Post #250 » by **Sagittaron** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:51 am

Ok with my last pick I am going with John Starks

Notanoob · Post #251 » by **Notanoob** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:14 am

I'll take Tree Rollins.

Narigo · Post #252 » by **Narigo** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:56 am

Im going with another point guard who can play off ball. This guy is going to be concentrated on 3pt shooting and defense and not alot of scoring like he did in those terrible offensive Bulls teams in the 2000s. He can also defend shooting guards. Im going with Kirk Hinrich for my final pick.

Post #253 » by **Quotatious** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:08 pm

HeartBreakKid wrote:.

and

Notanoob wrote:.

You guys still have to choose years of your drafted players. After both of you do that, we can finally randomize the matchups and get this thing started.

I'm posting here because you may have overlooked that fact in the discussion thread.

therealbig3 · Post #254 » by **therealbig3** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:54 pm

Hey if it's alright, could I volunteer as a judge? This is a really cool idea and I think it would be a lot of fun to evaluate the matchups.

john248 · Post #255 » by **john248** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:55 pm

therealbig3 wrote:Hey if it's alright, could I volunteer as a judge? This is a really cool idea and I think it would be a lot of fun to evaluate the matchups.

Yea, I think they're looking for more judges. You should post in the discussion thread.

MisterHibachi · Post #256 » by **MisterHibachi** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:58 pm

therealbig3 wrote:Hey if it's alright, could I volunteer as a judge? This is a really cool idea and I think it would be a lot of fun to evaluate the matchups.

I'll add you to the list.

bbms · Post #257 » by **bbms** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:15 pm

Just one comment: from the draft, I knew that if you couldn't net a C or a PG in the first round (or Ewing, DH and Nash in the second), you'd better wait. til the later rounds. Defensive centers are more valuable in these kind of games than scoring center... If you waited, you could have a stacked wing/pf core and Ben Wallace/Mark Eaton/Bogut/Chandler in the 4th round and Price/Porter/Dennis Johnsos/Deron Williams running the show.

PG is a stacked position. There are tons of PG's that can run a team and shoot, and even if they are not all time greats, they'd probably guard Stockton or Kidd at the end of the day, and having Wallace covering their weakness.

Didn't possibly imagine that Deron Williams would fall that much, though.

Post #258 » by **Quotatious** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:22 pm

bbms wrote:I knew that if you couldn't net a C or a PG in the first round (or Ewing, DH and Nash in the second), you'd better wait. til the later rounds. Defensive centers are more valuable in these kind of games than scoring center

Agreed. I'm very happy that I was able to draft Alonzo in the second round. Artis Gilmore (drafted at #34) and Yao Ming (#44), in the third round, were really the last available guys who could be even remotely thought of as 'dominant centers', although Zo and Dwight were the last dominant two-way centers in their primes. Artis was in his prime in the 70s, and even though he was still a very good player in the early 80s, he already lost a step by that time. Yao was only eligible for his first three seasons in the league, and although he was also pretty good, his best years were injury-plagued and thus ineligible here.

Jack Sikma was also a pretty good two-way player, but he wasn't really dominant. Like a worse version of Pau Gasol, overall.

There were only 6 truly dominant two way centers in their primes available - Shaq, Hakeem, D-Rob, Ewing, Zo and Dwight, so those who were able to take them, should feel very happy about it. :wink:

Obviously Moses was also a force, but except one season (1982-83), he wasn't a dominant defender. Well, he wasn't even a very good defender in 1981 and '82. I'm really happy that he didn't fell to my pick, because it'd be very difficult not to take him, and I didn't really want a starting center who wasn't a dominant defender. I had already drafted a leading scorer for my team (Kobe), so I didn't need another offensive anchor inside, but rather a dominant defensive presence.

O_6 · Post #259 » by **O_6** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:18 am

1. Hakeem Olajuwon (94-96)

Was just looking over some of the players and I think you need to correct the years of eligibility for Hakeem for Notanoob's team. That should be '93-'95 Hakeem, not '94-'96. '93 Hakeem is obviously a different animal from '96 Hakeem.

There may be others that I overlooked but this one was pretty easy to spot.

MisterHibachi · Post #260 » by **MisterHibachi** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:47 am

O_6 wrote:1. Hakeem Olajuwon (94-96)

Was just looking over some of the players and I think you need to correct the years of eligibility for Hakeem for Notanoob's team. That should be '93-'95 Hakeem, not '94-'96. '93 Hakeem is obviously a different animal from '96 Hakeem.

There may be others that I overlooked but this one was pretty easy to spot.

Notanoob wrote:C: Hakeem Olajuwon (93/94-95/96)/Tree Rollins (82/83-84/85)

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He chose 94-96.