NBA ReDraft Chat Thread

[italstallianion]

I don't know about Ming, but I'll give you Paul and Iguodala. I think top 3 might be a bit high too.

[YanksHater213]

Paul and Iguodala are definitely not top 5. Iguodala is a fringe top ten at the very best, top 15 is more realistic. Paul is pretty good, but he gets way overrated cause of his steal numbers. He's definitely one of the better PG defenders, but I don't think he's top 3.

[yrtb]

Yao Ming is an athletic center and is 7'6". The league assumes no injuries, and he's a defensive force when his knees hold up

 

Paul and D-Will are the best defensive guards in the league IMO

 

Gerald Wallace is better than Iguodala, I still think he's top 3 though

[YanksHater213]

Yao Ming is an athletic center and is 7'6". The league assumes no injuries, and he's a defensive force when his knees hold up

 

Paul and D-Will are the best defensive guards in the league IMO

 

Gerald Wallace is better than Iguodala, I still think he's top 3 though

 

Those three assumptions are pretty awful.

[boston22407]

rondo is better then dwill

[italstallianion]

I think that the board can come up with at least 5 better defenders for each position than Paul, Iguodala, and Ming. Paul might be a bit tougher than the others.

[YanksHater213]

Rondo, Williams, Billups, Hinrich are all no contest better than him. You could also make a case for Tony Parker.

 

Bryant, Pierce, James, Prince, Deng, Marion, Kirilenko, Wallace, Artest, Josh Smith, Battier, etc etc etc. I could go on and on.

[italstallianion]

I can think of a least one more pg that's better defensively than Paul.

[WhiskeyBreath]

Yao Ming is an athletic center and is 7'6". The league assumes no injuries, and he's a defensive force when his knees hold up

 

Paul and D-Will are the best defensive guards in the league IMO

 

Gerald Wallace is better than Iguodala, I still think he's top 3 though

 

Am I the only one that wasn't aware that the league assumes no injuries?

[Jasonbay44]

In 3 years I think that Yao will be lucky to still be in the league with all the injuries hes suffered.. I don't think you can just assume he'll be healthy 3 years from now.. Thats like assuming every old player will keep up their level of play for 3 more years.

[WhiskeyBreath]

Deron Williams is a very overrated defender. Struggles big time with quick guards.

[YanksHater213]

I think past injuries need to be factored in. Going forward, Yao isn't gonna do much of anything.

[italstallianion]

Am I the only one that wasn't aware that the league assumes no injuries?

 

 

I knew, I just didn't think that Yao Ming was all that good, nor did I think that he was worth the money.

[yrtb]

The first post says assuming no injuries...so that was mentioned already

 

Rondo, D-Will are better defensively than Paul, I disagree about Hinrich and Billups

 

As far as SF, Bryant, Pierce, James, Prince, Deng, Marion, Kirilenko, Wallace, Artest, Josh Smith, Battier

 

Bryant is a SG, and Smith is a PF. AK47, Wallace, and Artest I agree with, James is a tossup, I disagree with the others

[YanksHater213]

Hinrich and Billups are widely regarded as two of the best defensive point guards in the game. That's blasphemy if you think they're better than Paul.

[boston22407]

I knew' date=' I just didn't think that Yao Ming was all that good, nor did I think that he was worth the money.[/quote']

 

agree 100% ,pretty sure he is on a time limit to play

[yrtb]

Last year the Hornets played the Nuggets 4 times

 

Two times, CP3 didn't play

 

One time, he put up 26/10, Billups put up 20/9, Paul shot above .500 FG%, Billups below

Other time, Billups didn't play, CP3 put up 30/9/19

 

They only played each other H2H once and CP3 played better defensively

 

He played the Bulls twice, but I don't see how you compare his performance with Hinrich really since D-Rose plays the 1 for the Bulls, Hinrich essentially played the 2 last year

 

As far as Yao Ming, due to the no injury policy, in this redraft his knees can't really be held against him. Granted, he won't be expected to play as much 3 years from now at age 31, but assuming good knees, he will still be a force when he is playing and can put up 30-35 minutes a game of dominant play on both ends of the court. Defensively, I would take DH12 and a couple guys over him, but due to his height, assuming good knees, I think he can make a case for top 5

[Flynnatic10]

i think i have a balanced team so far. I'm probally a borderline top 5 team.

[italstallianion]

I was going to get revenge on you Flynnatic, but I decided not to.

[Flynnatic10]

you were gonna take one of my guys?

[italstallianion]

Bingo.

[Flynnatic10]

YOU WOULD TAKE HIM.

[Flynnatic10]

im not sure if i like the jefferies pick. too early for him.

[WhiskeyBreath]

Yeah, it might be early but boston is looking for versatile defense and that is exactly what he got. Jeffries is a very good defensive player who is undervalued by many.

[italstallianion]

Flynnatic, you should send me your other pick in case Jacoby Ellsbury makes his pick while you're gone, that way we don't have to wait until you get back from school (or until we skip you) before your picks get made.

[TheKilo]

My top 5 teams in no particular order:

 

JBay

WB

YH213

Yrtb (operating under the no injuries rule which I think is dubious)

Mine

[yrtb]

I probably agree with that top 5 right now

 

I realize now that the no injury rule was not the best idea, but it's been in place for the first 8 rounds and I'm assuming people drafting with that assumption (I did, or I wouldn't have taken Yao round 4) and its fair to leave it in place

[italstallianion]

I think that it's too hard to differentiate between a lot of the teams at this point. I think that it'll come down to who has the most money left and who can dig for the best talent towards the end. The way I see it, there are a few teams towards the top, a few towards the bottom, and the majority are somewhere in the middle. There is plenty of time for a good team to slip and a bad team to climb.

[WhiskeyBreath]

yrtb, do you mind moving Ginobili to my starting SG and move Turner to the bench.

[yrtb]

Done