All-Time NBA Roster Draft

[Steviekick 0]

Fuck indeed. Well, with him taken I know who my next two picks are and feel fairly safe with them.

[AboveAverage484 0]

 

GAIL GOODRICH

 

Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. (born April 23, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is best-known for his part in the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971-72 season. During that season the team won a still-record 33 games consecutively, posted what was at the time the best regular season record in NBA history, and also won Los Angeles' first NBA championship. Goodrich was the leading scorer on that team.[1] In 1996, 17 years after his retirement from professional basketball, Goodrich was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

I may have taken Willis..lol..

LOL. Now that's ironic.

[MFer 0]

 

GAIL GOODRICH

 

Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. (born April 23, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is best-known for his part in the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971-72 season. During that season the team won a still-record 33 games consecutively, posted what was at the time the best regular season record in NBA history, and also won Los Angeles' first NBA championship. Goodrich was the leading scorer on that team.[1] In 1996, 17 years after his retirement from professional basketball, Goodrich was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

And there goes my next pick...

 

(although I have a sneaky suspicion that 909 would've taken him one spot before me anyways)

[Guest]

Nope

[Gert T 0]

Ugh, I was torn between JO or Willis, but I thought he would be around for at least one more round. Great pick!

 

 

[Cuban Linx 0]

 

Brandon Roy

[Jorge Gorgeous 0]

Huh... interesting.

[CanadianChris 0]

I was torn between two guys. One is more well known, and might not get back to me, but the other fits my team better and I really don't want to pass him up. So, I'm taking a chance and going with the second guy:

 

 

Dan Roundfield, F/C

 

3x All-Star

3x All-Defensive 1st team

2x All-Defensive 2nd team

All-NBA 2nd team (1980)

 

A solid defender, in the Ben Wallace mold, but he could shoot and score, too. Another 20-10 guy in his prime. He'll provide a big contribution off the bench.

[Guest Vitamin X]

I still don't understand the value of taking guys in this draft who haven't played for very long yet. I was thinking of drafting LaMarcus Aldridge, for instance, but I realized that was stupid since although he has great potential, there's nothing that says he's going to be a greater player than say, Dominique Wilkins or whatever.

[AboveAverage484 0]

I agree with VX. If Deron Williams fell off the face of the earth tomorrow, somebody like, well, a point guard who had one real good season that I am thinking of in particular would have been just as good a choice. That's why I'm generally going with guys who I know played at a top level for a long time, or if their time at top was short, i.e. Walton/David Thompson/Sampson, they were really, really good, like first team All-NBA good.

[Guest Vitamin X]

And with that, I will take THE DIRTIEST PLAYER IN THE GAME-

G/F Bruce Bowen

3x NBA Champion

5x NBA All-Defensive 1st team

3x NBA All-Defensive 2nd team

6x Complete 82-game seasons

 

Reliable, tough, and a smart defensive player who knows how to get away with all sorts of cheap tricks. I needed someone to add a little bit of size to my frontline since my guards are pretty much settled at this point, and some additional toughness.

[Jorge Gorgeous 0]

That is where I was going to go with my next pick, and where I woulda gone with my last pick if I hadn't just taken a SF. Nice pick, sanchez.

[Precious Roy 0]

Bowen is a great pick. The only thing I don't like about him is that he doesn't do anything but play d, doesn't rebound, doesn't dribble, and his offensive game consists entirely of three pointers from the corner. I don't think I've ever seen him shoot from, say, the top of the key. But for a 9th or 10th man he's a great pick.

 

My pick is forthcoming

[alfdogg 0]

I'd been considering Bowen the last couple rounds, but thought it might cost me some points with the voters.

[Precious Roy 0]

One thing my team needs at this point is another big body to throw against the tougher matchups at center, Shaq specifically, but also Chamberlain, Kareem, Ewing, Robinson etc. etc. But this isn't just any big body, this is the reason we have shatter proof backboards and break-away rims, the death defying, babies crying, rump roasting, bun toasting, from the planet Lovetron, CHOCOLATE THUNDER!

 

 

Darryl Dawkins was a GREAT dunker. The way Dwight Howard is now, just an unstoppable dunker from anywhere close to the basket, that was Darryl Dawkins. He absolutely threw down. He shattered two backboards by dunking so hard. Dawkins shot 57% on his career because practically all his baskets were dunks. He was also a good rebounder and shot blocker, and freakishly athletic at 6-11 250. His "per 36 minutes" averages from Basketball-Reference are 18 pts, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, but he wasn't shy about fouling people (5.8 per 36 minutes) and never really played more than 25 minutes a game. But that's perfect for me because his role on my team is to a) provide backup minutes and fouls against the bigger centers, and b) dunk in dude's grills.

[Guest]

I'm gonna take Byron Scott. I need a high-energy player.

 

[Maztinho 0]

One thing my team needs at this point is another big body to throw against the tougher matchups at center, Shaq specifically, but also Chamberlain, Kareem, Ewing, Robinson etc. etc. But this isn't just any big body, this is the reason we have shatter proof backboards and break-away rims, the death defying, babies crying, rump roasting, bun toasting, from the planet Lovetron, CHOCOLATE THUNDER!

 

 

Darryl Dawkins was a GREAT dunker. The way Dwight Howard is now, just an unstoppable dunker from anywhere close to the basket, that was Darryl Dawkins. He absolutely threw down. He shattered two backboards by dunking so hard. Dawkins shot 57% on his career because practically all his baskets were dunks. He was also a good rebounder and shot blocker, and freakishly athletic at 6-11 250. His "per 36 minutes" averages from Basketball-Reference are 18 pts, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, but he wasn't shy about fouling people (5.8 per 36 minutes) and never really played more than 25 minutes a game. But that's perfect for me because his role on my team is to a) provide backup minutes and fouls against the bigger centers, and b) dunk in dude's grills.

 

I almost took Dawkins instead of Webber. Great pick.

[MFer 0]

I'm gonna go with a couple of guys who played with each other briefly and are also still alive in this year's playoffs.

 

 

Sam Cassell

 

2004 NBA All-Star

2004 All-NBA 2nd Team

 

Great leader and a guy who's definitely not afraid to take a big shot. Contributed on the Rockets' 2 championship teams, helped lead the Bucks to one game away from the NBA Finals, the T-Wolves to the Western Conference Finals, and the Clippers to one game away from the West Finals.

 

 

 

Michael Finley

 

1996 All-NBA Rookie 1st Team

2-Time NBA All-Star

 

He can play SG or SF, plus he gives me another good 3-pt shooter.

 

 

 

[Precious Roy 0]

I was wondering when Scott was going to go. Seems like he lasted a lot longer than he should have.

 

EDIT* Cassell and Finley are fucking excellent picks. Damn you!

[CanadianChris 0]

Yeah, he definitely did. I totally spaced on him with my last pick, or I might have grabbed him.

[Guest]

There's really no reason for this guy to still be around either.

 

 

Magic can always be a big when other guys go out. Worthy can slide over to power forward...uh, I don't see a reason to pick another big guy just yet.

 

Yeah, in case the picture doesn't work, I'm taking Spree. He choked his coach, but that doesn't matter in this case. Nobody would dare do that shit to Pat.

[CanadianChris 0]

Riles would probably choke him out first.

[Precious Roy 0]

Spree is another good pick. I didn't take him because of the whole "psychopathic chucker living in his own world" thing, but that's just me.

 

I've gotta say that personally the draft is getting harder for me the closer to the end we get, not because there aren't players to choose from, but because there's so many good players left that I can't make up my mind, and that I have to keep fighting the temptation to draft guys that I don't really need but think are too good to still be on the board. There's about a half dozen guys I want to take with this pick and it's hard to decide on just one. But, I did.

 

 

The guy getting under Magic's skin, Danny Ainge

 

My specific need with this pick is a sharpshooter, and Ainge is that. About 38% from long range on his career with 4 seasons over 40% (including a blistering 44% in 86-87), 47% FG overall, 85% from the line. Led the NBA in 3's in 87-88, and was in the top 10 6 times. In addition to being a great shooter he was tough and scrappy and a pest defensively. He had a knack for pissing off the best player on the other team with his defense, as seen above with Magic, and also in various altercations with Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas. Won two championships with Boston and helped Portland and Phoenix get to the finals before running into Jordan and the Bulls.

[Precious Roy 0]

nothing to see here

[Guest Vitamin X]

Pickins are gettin' slim.

 

F Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson

 

Not a bad guy to have coming off the bench, a good scorer and a 2-time All-Star.

[CanadianChris 0]

I was looking for someone who was a good long-range shooter this round, and snagged someone who not only can shoot (the Rockets' all-time leader in 3-point %), but is a good assist man and has a couple of rings:

 

 

TNT's own, Kenny "The Jet" Smith!

[Cuban Linx 0]

Another former 6th man of the year to come off the bench for me:

 

 

Antawn Jamison

[AboveAverage484 0]

 

TRUCK ROBINSON

 

Known throughout the league as “Truck,” Leonard Robinson used his rugged body, intelligent playmaking, and sure shot to become one of the game’s best forwards in the 1970s and 1980s. Fundamentally sound in every area, he had the strength and physical attributes of a power forward along with the mobility of a small forward. He delivered a consistent cargo of offensive firepower and uncanny rebounding for 11 years in the NBA. A two-time All-Star, Robinson had his finest season with the New Orleans Jazz in 1977–78, when he averaged 22.7 points and led the NBA with 15.7 rebounds per game.

[alfdogg 0]

Shit, I was hoping Jamison would make it back to me.