More picks, fewer pricks.
I donāt get the vibe of this thread at all. Thanks for setting it up dude. Lets draft players already. For a game that has no actual rules, you guys are nitpicking the fuck out of it.
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crap that was the pick i wanted.
Peak Bron vs Current Giannis is a really, really tough decision.
Current Giannis is so far and ahead the best value of current players I almost lean that way. You probably have to play him as your lone non-shooter is the only rub. Heās been more willing so maybe he gets there but that stroke looks like a big nope for me in perpetuity.
I think theyāre the clear top two picks tho. Ducan would eat Freakās lunch in the post w/ that specific matchup fwiw (if you played him at 5 against me).
iād rather lurk to start, if someone has a really good team and drops out then iāll be in 
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Thatās how Popovich started his NBA coaching career.
I guess that makes me Bob Hill.
I think youāre way underestimating how much having five seasons of GOAT-level basketball locked up on the board is worth versus a TBD.
Yeah, youāre right. You were the one who had to think it through.
Still tho, I think thereās a pretty huge drop off between Giannis and the next current pick (sans maybe one guy now that I think about it). Current elite players are much more scarce. But youāre right.
First, thanks to Dodger for doing this.
Second, I hate this spot in the draft - feel there was a big drop off after the first two. After that I think there are quite a few players that are close enough that drafting at the end of the first round would be preferable.
Thought about one current guy who I think should be elite for next five seasons, but thereās always injury risk, so going the safe route and locking myself into five guaranteed elite seasons.
Requirements for pick were five healthy seasons and at least 1 championship. Ruled out a few guys but still left me with a few solid choices.
I finally decided on the most unstoppable big man of all time:
Think he might be even more dominant in this era, as fewer guys that could even attempt to guard him and heād thrive with the added spacing from more shooters.
@Fossilkid93 is up
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So current player means starting this year with this year counting as year 1?
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Correct
Shaq was who I took in a 2+2 5 year draft like this a few years ago and I was hoping heād slip through to me again.
Good pick.
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Shaq is almost a no-brainer here. He was really the only guy I debated at 3, Duncan is a personal preference prioritizing defense.
A 5 year peak Shaq is something to behold. Maybe the best anchor in the draft, it depends how other teams are constructed if they can take advantage of his weakness rotating and if they can draw him out of the paint and/or splash on them if he wonāt.
With only 10 teams Iām intrigued to see who his matchups are going to look like.
Yep, i would have picked the exact 4 players in that order.
Iām not in, so I think itās @bode
But if youāre in need of owners, I take LaMelo Ball starting with his 2019-20 NBL season.
Not allowed per rules.
Then I take '98-'99 Hubert Davis. Heās 28 at this point and the clear GOAT 3-point shooter. Heāll be entering a stretch where 50% 3s will be the norm for him. Basically a Steph Curry w/height (and if Steph were a slightly better shooter), career 44.1% from beyond the arc. Heād be unstoppable in modern NBA.
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