The Franchise Draft Lockdown Draft (90s to now) - Discussion

[Larry_Russell]

Love what I have built so far….

I do too


Mine looks weaker on paper right now I think but I have loads of fga left and 3 guys who fit with anyone I might draft. Leaving 15 for my bench I have 34 FGA left for guards. I can really load up on that.

Might even draft a 25+ fga player that never gets chosen.

[wackbone]

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Up!

[ReggiesKnicks]

Actually I think it was the Magic pick that jolted me back to the 1980s.

You're up

[Laimbeer]

There shall be no defense played on my team.

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[wackbone]

There shall be no defense played on my team.

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Fade is going to be damn near impossible to beat for most of us anyways with the CP3/Kobe/Duncan start and essentially all role players since 1990 available to fill in the gaps. A few teams have some chance depending on how the rest of their draft goes but don't think it's in the cards for you or I this game

So let's just have fun with it!

[MadNESS]

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Up again

[wackbone]

In

Up

[wackbone]

And down goes the first franchise, the Boston Celtics. Notable players no longer available:

Jaylen Brown
Matisse Thybulle
Grant Williams
Marcus Smart
Desmond Bane

Among others.

[wackbone]

Have a few different paths I'm considering with my team with this point, with my main focus being to finish off as many franchises as possible in the process.

Here are the teams that still have yet to have a single player drafted, and how I think it will shake out:

Will definitely have someone drafted at some point:
Dallas Mavericks
Detroit Pistons (no doubt about it)
Memphis Grizzlies (no doubt about it)
Portland Trail Blazers (too many high-profile players)
Toronto Raptors

Will probably have someone drafted at some point:
Atlanta Hawks (a few traditionally selected role players)
Los Angeles Clippers (several low-FGA guys)
Washington Wizards (two likely candidates)

Might not have anyone drafted:
Brooklyn Nets (couple possibilities, though)
Sacramento Kings (couple possibilities, though)

[Snakebites]

Flaco is building the most Flaco team to ever Flaco.

Pistons are an interesting case in this.

Their most popular players in these weren’t drafted by them and their drafting in general has been so lackluster in the last 20 years.

[Fadeaway_J]

Flaco is building the most Flaco team to ever Flaco.

Pistons are an interesting case in this.

Their most popular players in these weren’t drafted by them and their drafting in general has been so lackluster in the last 20 years.

Your GM was red-hot with the trades during that early-to-mid-2000s period.

[Laimbeer]

There shall be no defense played on my team.

Sent from my Pixel 6 using RealGM mobile app

Fade is going to be damn near impossible to beat for most of us anyways with the CP3/Kobe/Duncan start and essentially all role players since 1990 available to fill in the gaps. A few teams have some chance depending on how the rest of their draft goes but don't think it's in the cards for you or I this game

So let's just have fun with it!

Top contender, but I don't subscribe to the Duncan/Kobe/Paul-Billups trio somehow being unbeatable. There are a lot of loaded teams.

[MadNESS]

There shall be no defense played on my team.

Sent from my Pixel 6 using RealGM mobile app

Fade is going to be damn near impossible to beat for most of us anyways with the CP3/Kobe/Duncan start and essentially all role players since 1990 available to fill in the gaps. A few teams have some chance depending on how the rest of their draft goes but don't think it's in the cards for you or I this game

So let's just have fun with it!

Top contender, but I don't subscribe to the Duncan/Kobe/Paul-Billups trio somehow being unbeatable. There are a lot of loaded teams.

It will be if he gets a certain MVP PF that for whatever reason is still on the board

[JimmyPlopper]

I'm not very high on Kobe in these games, but Paul and Duncan is excellent impact for low FGA/G. I look across these rosters and I can't help but feel that it's not even close to over. So much talent that each team appears a bit ridiculous on its face - until you look around at the rest of the teams.

[Snakebites]

Flaco is building the most Flaco team to ever Flaco.

Pistons are an interesting case in this.

Their most popular players in these weren’t drafted by them and their drafting in general has been so lackluster in the last 20 years.

Your GM was red-hot with the trades during that early-to-mid-2000s period.

Absolutely- Trader Joe was on point for a few years there. Drafter Joe with one noteworthy exception was another matter.

[JimmyPlopper]

Flaco is building the most Flaco team to ever Flaco.

Pistons are an interesting case in this.

Their most popular players in these weren’t drafted by them and their drafting in general has been so lackluster in the last 20 years.

Your GM was red-hot with the trades during that early-to-mid-2000s period.

Absolutely- Trader Joe was on point for a few years there. Drafter Joe with one noteworthy exception was another matter.

What was the exception? I thought Stuckey was a pretty good pick considering how it felt a bit out of left field at the time. Tayshaun was a pretty good pick I thought also.

[Snakebites]

Your GM was red-hot with the trades during that early-to-mid-2000s period.

Absolutely- Trader Joe was on point for a few years there. Drafter Joe with one noteworthy exception was another matter.

What was the exception? I thought Stuckey was a pretty good pick considering how it felt a bit out of left field at the time. Tayshaun was a pretty good pick I thought also.

Tayshaun was the exception- getting him at 23 was an absolute steal.

Stuckey was middling. Decent volume stats and was solid at protecting the ball, but he never developed a go-to offensive move and never became a good shooter or efficient scorer. His overall playmaking was never better than okay.

Before Cade the last player we drafted who became an all star with us was Andre Drummond, who in retrospect IMO never should have been an All-Star. Before that it was Grant Hill- drafted in 1994.

[flaco]

Absolutely- Trader Joe was on point for a few years there. Drafter Joe with one noteworthy exception was another matter.

What was the exception? I thought Stuckey was a pretty good pick considering how it felt a bit out of left field at the time. Tayshaun was a pretty good pick I thought also.

Tayshaun was the exception- getting him at 23 was an absolute steal.

Stuckey was middling. Decent volume stats and was solid at protecting the ball, but he never developed a go-to offensive move and never became a good shooter or efficient scorer. His overall playmaking was never better than okay.

No love for Darko? Better beer drinker than DWade, Bosh and Melo combined.

[Snakebites]

What was the exception? I thought Stuckey was a pretty good pick considering how it felt a bit out of left field at the time. Tayshaun was a pretty good pick I thought also.

Tayshaun was the exception- getting him at 23 was an absolute steal.

Stuckey was middling. Decent volume stats and was solid at protecting the ball, but he never developed a go-to offensive move and never became a good shooter or efficient scorer. His overall playmaking was never better than okay.

No love for Darko? Better beer drinker than DWade, Bosh and Melo.

Hey, guy won a ring his rookie year. Even Lebron didn't come close to accomplishing that.

[Fadeaway_J]

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You're up.