PC Board All-Time Fantasy League Project - Discussion Thread

[Sagittaron]

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Your pick mate!

[Quotatious]

i thought WE were the coaches?

We are, actually. I agree with batmana that it's fun that we're deciding about everything, from minutes allocation to playing style. It'd be very unreliable to speculate how, for example, Phil Jackson, would use Larry Bird and Dwight Howard on a team.

how early someone would take a coach (3rd round, 4th round maybe???).

I'd say Phil, Riley and Pop would go probably in the 3rd or, most likely, fourth round, just after you drafted your stars, your core players. Other coaches post 1980 aren't really deserving of such a high spot in my opinion. Red Auerbach, Alex Hannum or Red Holzman would probably be deserving, but they'd obviously be ineligible. There's a question about their coaching to the modern game as well.

[Sagittaron]

i thought WE were the coaches?

We are, actually. I agree with batmana that it's fun that we're deciding about everything, from minutes allocation to playing style. It'd be very unreliable to speculate how, for example, Phil Jackson, would use Larry Bird and Dwight Howard on a team.

how early someone would take a coach (3rd round, 4th round maybe???).

I'd say Phil, Riley and Pop would go probably in the 3rd or, most likely, fourth round, just after you drafted your stars, your core players. Other coaches post 1980 aren't really deserving of such a high spot in my opinion. Red Auerbach, Alex Hannum or Red Holzman would probably be deserving, but they'd obviously be ineligible. There's a question about their coaching to the modern game as well.

European coaches maybe? Give me Lord of the Rings Zelimir Obradovic

[Notanoob]

Oh ok lol. In the one I did on another forum the final round was dedicated to coaches, and we flipped the drafting order so the 16th pick in the player draft, had the first pick in the coaches round to try and make it fair.

Well, maybe we'll think about drafting coaches, as 11th round? I don't know what Hibachi would think about it though. We're GM/head coach combined right now.

Yes, I also think the fun part is that we are the coaches, we are deciding what style the team plays, who plays at what position, how many minutes, who guards who, etc. On a side note, it would have been funny if we could draft coaches ALONG with the players how early someone would take a coach (3rd round, 4th round maybe???).

You're up.

Also, I'm happy to see Iverson get picked. I was worried that no one was willing to start him, but because of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMPO-FE9dg

He might go totally undrafted. I'm happy to see that isn't the case, but man is he a big risk. I know that a number of people do not think highly of him at all.

Personally, I can't wait until I get to make my picks.

[Quotatious]

Also, I'm happy to see Iverson get picked. I was worried that no one was willing to start him, but because of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMPO-FE9dg

He might go totally undrafted. I'm happy to see that isn't the case, but man is he a big risk. I know that a number of people do not think highly of him at all.

Yeah, I'm also happy that Iverson was finally drafted. I honestly thought no one would take him. I'm very curious how RSCD is gonna use him. He's not a good fit with LeBron (worse fit than Wade), and I can't imagine AI being willing to come off the bench. He wasn't willing to do it even when he was way past his prime in Memphis. Maybe on a team with other great players it'd be easier for him to accept that role? Naive me... He would be amazing as an instant offense off the pine type of guy.

Iverson is impractical for one other reason in this type of team too - he needs to take a lot of shots, and doesn't really convert that many of them. I think you'd rather want efficient players who will be okay with having their role a bit limited. Heck, I'm even a little worried about that with Kobe.

Right now it seems to me that there are two players who can be huge steals that late in the draft. Efficient 30 PPG scorer anyone?

[Purch]

i thought WE were the coaches?

We are, actually. I agree with batmana that it's fun that we're deciding about everything, from minutes allocation to playing style. It'd be very unreliable to speculate how, for example, Phil Jackson, would use Larry Bird and Dwight Howard on a team.

how early someone would take a coach (3rd round, 4th round maybe???).

I'd say Phil, Riley and Pop would go probably in the 3rd or, most likely, fourth round, just after you drafted your stars, your core players. Other coaches post 1980 aren't really deserving of such a high spot in my opinion. Red Auerbach, Alex Hannum or Red Holzman would probably be deserving, but they'd obviously be ineligible. There's a question about their coaching to the modern game as well.

Yea, if my memory serves correctly It was Red, Pop,Riley, Phil , Larry Brown and Sloan who got picked first

[Notanoob]

Just a suggestion, but shouldn't the match-ups be random too? Otherwise people might build their teams for their first match-up.

And no coaches seems fair, since there are so few who actually won anything, and even fewer since we aren't including the 60s and 70s.

[Quotatious]

Just a suggestion, but shouldn't the match-ups be random too?

I agree. It would add to the excitement.

Otherwise people might build their teams for their first match-up.

Well, it's probably too late to really build your team to play against a certain person because I think that the starting 5 is what really counts the most, but that predictability isn't really interesting. Random matchups would be much better.

And no coaches seems fair, since there are so few who actually won anything, and even fewer since we aren't including the 60s and 70s.

Yeah, agreed.

[MisterHibachi]

I don't really see the point of coaches, except to have the name there. The point is to draw your own game plan, not one limited by the name of your coach. I'm pretty sure Quotatious wants to run the triangle offense, but if he doesn't get Phil, cuz no way Phil would drop that low, it shouldn't mean he can't run the triangle. It's silly to draft Jerry Sloan and run the triangle, you know?

As for match ups, I was intending to ask everyone this. Should we keep the seeds according to the draft order or randomize the GMs again? I prefer the second option, it seems more exciting. And I see that Notanoob and Quotatious agree.

[Quotatious]

disregard this post

[Quotatious]

I'm pretty sure Quotatious wants to run the triangle offense, but if he doesn't get Phil, cuz no way Phil would drop that low, it shouldn't mean he can't run the triangle. It's silly to draft Jerry Sloan and run the triangle, you know?

I'm not sure if I'll run the triangle offense. Maybe for short streches, but not consistently, because I don't really have a fitting personnel for that (Zo is a poor passer, and he has to be involved in the offense quite a bit, he needs his fair share of touches).

I could always get Kurt Rambis though. Or maybe Brian Shaw.

[MisterHibachi]

I'm good with those^, but I wanted to do the match ups after the draft. At the last moment.

[Quotatious]

I'm good with those^, but I wanted to do the match ups after the draft. At the last moment.

Oh, you're right. We'll do that over after the draft. Disregard my post.

[Quotatious]

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Your turn.

[ThunderDan9]

Right now it seems to me that there are two players who can be huge steals that late in the draft. Efficient 30 PPG scorer anyone?

I've just drafted one.

[Sagittaron]

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You are up

[Quotatious]

I've just drafted one.

There are still two of them left.

[CaliBullsFan]

I've just drafted one.

There are still two of them left.

Actually 5

[ardee]

I've just drafted one.

There are still two of them left.

Dantley should not be drafted. He's a cancer.

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[DHodgkins]

Whats up with mentioning names before drafted?