I'll go old school for my backup forward. Alex Groza. Had to have somebody on the squad wearing Chuck Taylors.
@jrpross you're up
@jrpross you're up
Round 8 UK Basketball Draft
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I’m taking Erik Daniels. All-SEC as a senior and as versatile a forward as you could find.
Edit: oops, forgot to tag @Son_Of_Saul
Edit: oops, forgot to tag @Son_Of_Saul
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I can’t believe he was still there, either. He’s one of the most underrated players of my lifetime. He did everything well & was super athletic. And, I played it the same as you. I almost took him last round but I thought he had a better chance of slipping another round & making it back than Knox did due to recency bias. But, yeah, it freaking sucks when that happens & a guy slips & with each passing pick your hopes grow, only to have them squashed right before your pick.
That high low with him and Chuck will always be a thing of beauty.
I was between Dirk and Ed - but I wanted more shooting out of my PG spot. Considering I already had Wayne
I never dreamed UAB would beat that team
Also, that stupid backwards full - court pass is ingrained in my mind forever. Lol.
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Sorry bruh I had to be the one taking picks now, I was tired of getting sniped myself.
Give me just a second, fellas. I've been teaching all day and just got off work. I'm surprised there's a few guys left. My pick will come in within a few minutes...
Can’t go wrong with either. I was hoping one of those two would make it back to me. But, as a guy who watched every game that both Dirk & Davender played, the difference in their shooting ability was negligible. Davender was a better overall scorer, though.
Minniefield shot over 50% from the field in each of his last 3 seasons. And, he didn’t have the benefit of the 3pt shot. But, he was pretty solid from the perimeter & would’ve been a 35-38% shooter from 3, IMO. Davender’s 3pt% is misleading. He was a much better perimeter shooter than the numbers would lead you to believe. Both guys were strong at the FT line, too.
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I would have given bonus points if someone had managed to pick both on their team. I loved Daniel's passing and consider him one of the most underrated players at UK.
I had Davanedar on my board for a long time. Of course when I was gonna pull the trigger he got scooped from beneath me.
Hulk sad…
I need a back up center to give Cousins a break every once in a while.
I need a stabilizer emotionally, especially for some of my young pups like Wall, Johnson, and Cousins.
Sometimes you have to go for guys who fit in as role players as opposed to just locking in the best players. There's definitely some guys still available who headline better, but I think they would struggle embracing a role coming off the bench. I need a guy who will embrace his role as a role player and leader, someone who once embraced that role years ago as the team captain of our greatest team ever.
Give me the one, the only...
Mark Pope.
I need a stabilizer emotionally, especially for some of my young pups like Wall, Johnson, and Cousins.
Sometimes you have to go for guys who fit in as role players as opposed to just locking in the best players. There's definitely some guys still available who headline better, but I think they would struggle embracing a role coming off the bench. I need a guy who will embrace his role as a role player and leader, someone who once embraced that role years ago as the team captain of our greatest team ever.
Give me the one, the only...
Mark Pope.
I knew he had to be coming soonI need a back up center to give Cousins a break every once in a while.
I need a stabilizer emotionally, especially for some of my young pups like Wall, Johnson, and Cousins.
Sometimes you have to go for guys who fit in as role players as opposed to just locking in the best players. I need a guy who will embrace his role as a role player and leader, someone who once embraced that role years ago as the team captain of our greatest team ever.
Give me the one, the only...
Mark Pope.
He's the perfect emotional leader for a guy like Cousins. I need someone who can calm down DeMarcus when the game gets physical. Pope is perfect in that role. He's an on-the-court coach.
Cousins - Pope
Washington - Johnson
Reeves - Johnson
Meeks - Herro
Wall - Herro
I need one more guy for the rotation and I know who I want...
Washington - Johnson
Reeves - Johnson
Meeks - Herro
Wall - Herro
I need one more guy for the rotation and I know who I want...
Wait until you see what I run with Randle and KAT. Unstoppable.
I need a back up center to give Cousins a break every once in a while.
I need a stabilizer emotionally, especially for some of my young pups like Wall, Johnson, and Cousins.
Sometimes you have to go for guys who fit in as role players as opposed to just locking in the best players. There's definitely some guys still available who headline better, but I think they would struggle embracing a role coming off the bench. I need a guy who will embrace his role as a role player and leader, someone who once embraced that role years ago as the team captain of our greatest team ever.
Give me the one, the only...
Mark Pope.
Pope is gonna get hella run backing up Boogie. Big Cuz was a whistle magnet.
Don’t be cutting grass all night @Cowtown Cat .
With proper coaching, Boogie will be fine. Pope will keep him in line.
I figured we could be done by tomorrow night.
Yeah we’ve still got a whole up and down to go. I doubt we’ll get it done tonight. I could go ahead and make my next 2 picks right now to save some time if you want though 😃
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That reminds me, we had talked about picking our favorite walk-on too. What if we did that along with our 10th round pick? That way we wouldn’t have to spend the time of a full round on scrubs 😜
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