I assume you can’t, because the dual category wasn’t explicitly mentioned in the rules, whereas “historic” and “current” were with current meaning this last season as first season.
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You may.
Just counts as historic instead of current.
This wouldn’t have made a diff in any pick to this point.
Early 1st rd value in Luka and Giannis is their current status. I’m glad you guys clarified tho, I had that exact example listed in a draft of the rules but it got lost in translation.
Kawhi Leonard
eta alternate universe current Kawhi Leonard where he is not load managed
He played 80% of the games this year.
We’ll see how the next 4 years go but he’s only 28 atm. I think he should be a little lower on the current list but if he wins 2 of the next 4 titles it’ll look great. He could become rejuvenated. Bill Simmons had him 3rd on his MVP ballot for the year (Lowe had him 5th).
@Nicholasp27 is up.
Ok, I know this is 5 years, but I’ll take 3 and some change years of the GOAT.
I get his entire second threepeat.
Unfortunately, he barely plays year one and will retire in his prime after the 4th year, but I’ll be contending with playoff Mike years 2-5 (and 1 if I can build a team around him to get to the playoffs).
Nah, you’d get him for a rusty playoff run in year 2 also.
edit: responded too quickly
No that rusty playoff run is year 1
I get prime mike winning mvps and titles years 2,3,4 then no mike year 5.
Right, makes sense. #45 in 1.
I didn’t realize he played 17 games, I didn’t remember that. I thought it was more like 12, I remember him playing the Pacers in his first game back.
It’ll probably be back on you soon. @anachronistic is up
KG 2002-2006
KD 2010-2014
Write-ups coming.
I was hoping KG was forgotten somehow and makes it back to me. I would have taken him a year later to include the 2007 championship+dpoy. I think he did evolve as a defensive player a bit later on.
Durant obviously value (he would have been value at #6) but f him. Also KG 100% hates him and Durant demands a trade in season #3.
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Shut it down
I like how in the spread sheet, you don’t spell out Antetokounmpo, but still feel the need to type “Giannis A” to differentiate him from any other Giannis.
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I was thinking about taking KD just because he’s probably my favorite player since he came into the league but his injury history/games missed was worse than Curry’s by a surprising margin. Thought KG might actually slip some but I definitely was eyeing him on the turnaround.
- Kevin Garnett, PF/C, 2002-2006
The links aren’t working right, so I’ll just post the following numbers for the era:
MPG: 39.2
PPG: 22.5
RPG: 13.1
APG: 5.2
SPG: 1.4
BPG: 1.6
WS: 77.7
VORP: 42.2
Perhaps no player, other than peak LeBron, has meant as much to his team as KG did for the Minnesota Timberwolves during this timeframe. The Big Ticket’s best man during this period was named Wally (seriously) and he still led the team to +62 wins over .500. After he left, the team simply never recovered. That’s impact. And in this simulation his running mate won’t be Sarah Palin.
In some ways KG himself will be the running mate for the leading man, and he fits the complementary role to a tee: he can pass, he can rebound, he can guard the entire floor, he plays LOTS of minutes, and he should have even more energy in this as he can defer on offense to a much greater degree given that he’s playing next to…
- Kevin Durant, SF, 2010-2014
Same deal:
MPG: 38.8
PPG: 29.3
RPG: 7.5
APG: 3.9
SPG: 1.3
BPG: 1.0
WS: 78.4
VORP: 37
We forget due to his recent selling out, but back in his OKC days, Kevin Durant was a stone killer. He posted 29/8/4 on 58 TS% in the playoffs, leading a youth movement to The Finals as a 23 year old. Again, only LeBron has ever been the leading man on a Finals team at the same age. In many ways, the lineup construction in OKC inhibited rather than accentuated KD’s strength. He had to play next to UNDRAFTED chucker and a rather green third banana who WILL NOT BE DRAFTED COACH somehow didn’t make second banana.
Kevin Durant has a game that transcends eras, a guy that can knock down shots against any style of defense and another guy, along with KG, that will open up the floor and can also make plays for others.
TEAM
KG 02-06
KD 10-14
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KD missed 6 games during this 5-year run.
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Ugh I was looking at both of them
It’s late but I want to pick tonight.
I’ll take Dirk Nowitzki, a member of the 50/40/90 club, and one of 4 modern players Jordan said had the toughness to have played in his era.
I’ll figure out which 5 seasons in the morning, but taking him now so @anon92450360 can go
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Gimme current James Harden
see yall tomorrow
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