Kemp's best was better than either of their best. He didn't maintain it very long, but he was brilliant in his prime. Can't neither of those fools hope to contain "The Reign Man"!
Rupp Rafters NBA Legends GM Draft Round 10 Aike OTC
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Give me Nate Thurmond.
A steal at this point in the draft he is still known as one of the top 50 NBA players all- time. Nate was the first to record a quadruple-double in NBA history in October 18, 1974 at the age of 33 with 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks
“The toughest center for me to play against is Nate Thurmond,” Abdul-Jabbar once remarked.
One of 5 players to finish his career as a 15-15 guy and if he blocks were a stat back then they said it would of been around 2.1 BPG if not better due to the NBA just started keeping that stat during the end of his career.
FYI Gonzo Nate is listed as a PF/C if you can update the OP as he's going to be my PF in the starting lineup.
Miracle likes to take his time and then snatch the player I was going to pick. So I expect to see my pick disappear in about 8 hours.
Give me a guy that can slide in next to J Kidd at the 2 and absolutely fill it up. Also be the do it all PG with the 2nd unit. Give me the man who averaged 41.6ppg at Winston-Salem State University, the man who took the Knicks to their last title title, the Duke of Earl, Jesus of North Philadelphia, Jesus of The Playground, Black Jesus, the man who inspired Jesus Shuttleworth's name and not Jesus from the bible, ladies and gentleman give me Earl The Pearl Monroe. @gossie21 OTC
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I need to grab a point guard and most of the all-time greats of yesteryear are gone. So I'll take a modern point guard one who on his current rate is ranked 6th in NBA history in assist per game 9.25 per game. More than Jason Kidd, Steve Nash and Russell Westbrook. And he's only 27 years old and just entering his prime. 5 time all-star, and All-NBA and All-Defensive teams.
Give me Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr.
Give me Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr.
For my PF I will take the 1975 MVP of the league, Bob McAdoo. McAdoo doesn’t really get the love he deserves for a guy with his talent. The 3x scoring champ would’ve been the perfect PF in today’s NBA so IMO he was ahead of his time. 6-9, long and athletic, and the best part a really good shooter. While it was early in league history, Sports illustrated called McAdoo “The quickest tall man, finest shooter and most astounding outside scoring machine ever to play basketball."
@Pizza Slice you’re OTC
@Pizza Slice you’re OTC
You think guarding AI's crossover is tough? You think you can guard him off the dribble? Well imagine seeing double. To round out my starting lineup I'm taking Tim Hardaway. 17ppg and 8 assists per game for his career in the golden age of basketball. With him and AI as my PG, SG combo you're not stopping dribble penetration no matter who is on your team.
I kinda wanted to go for a bigger guard but I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to have Hardaway and Iverson on the same team. I can't imagine how teams would even try to guard that. Especially with Nique slashing and DRob/McHale posting up. You're not going to be able to help off anyone. If you do it's game over. However, you leave them 1on1 That's just as deadly.
Or just play zone and dare your guys to fadeaway midrange jumper us into submission.
If a zone would've stopped these guys don't you think every coach in NBA history would have implemented it? Every single one of my guys are top tier passers with the exception of Nique and would shred a zone to pieces.
Zone defense was illegal for 98% of their careers.
No, because it was illegal. Which is exactly why guys who can't shoot were able to thrive.
Iverson played in the league from 1997-2010 so I'm pretty sure they could have zoned him. Iverson has a career effective FG% of 45% and that jumped to 48% when he played with the Nuggets and actually had help. Hardaway has a career effective FG% of 49% and shot 36% from 3 for his career. I'm just fine in the shooting department. And like I said all of my guys are hall of fame players and are smart at the game of basketball. Allen Iverson averaged 8assists per game one year. Hardaway averaged 10 per game multiple times. DRob and McHale are both excellent post passers. The zone would get torn to shreds. Especially as deadly as my backcourt is at handling the ball.
They didn't need to zone Iverson because he would take the same awful shots regardless of defense and they didn't have to leave his teammates open.
People who love Iverson absolutely love him. Everyone else saw a high usage low percentage player that managed to be effective and did will his team to the finals once.
so a guy who is a 4 time scoring champ averaging over 30 points a game each time on a effective FG% of 45 and 6+ assists each game takes terrible shots all the time? And like I said when he played with the Nuggets his shooting percentages went up by almost 5% because he had better teammates.
Anyone on the planet should know taking that 76ers team to the finals is absolutely insane. I'm not sure Michael Jordan could have done that. Jordan is obviously the better player, but he also had more help and fizzled out of the first round in his early career.
Good grief, that's not a great eFG%. It's decent, one could even argue respectable, but it's not something that I would go around bragging about while we are still drafting legends of the game.
He played like a season and a half with the Nuggets, so a 5% boost isn't some tremendous indicator that he could shoot.
At 6'0 and playing off the ball, it's important that he be a good catch and shoot guy, or else having he and Hardaway is redundant and doesn't allow either to do what they really do best.
He's a unique player, and he's tough as nails. But at that size, at that position, against this competition, it might be rough.
I respect you're opinion man! Idk I grew up watching Iverson and to see what he did with those 76er rosters I just can't imagine how good he'd be playing with other legends. Who knows it might not work out but great players make things work and I think Iverson could do that.
I think I'd have put him at PG and sold the voters on that. Maybe bring Hardaway off the bench. Because having Allen Iverson without the ball in his hand defeats the purpose of having Allen Iverson.
I'd pay money to watch him alongside other greats.
I still have a trick up my sleeve if no one scoops up this next player I want. Most usually forget about him but once you bring him up they sing praises!
The juxtaposition of these two drafts is beautiful.
We're at basically the same spot in both of them, and in this thread I'm giving someone grief over drafting Allen Iverson while the last two picks in the other were Lonzo and Buddy Hield.
We're at basically the same spot in both of them, and in this thread I'm giving someone grief over drafting Allen Iverson while the last two picks in the other were Lonzo and Buddy Hield.
Ill weigh in on AI because he's very near to my favorite NBA player ever. I loved the way he played. I loved his heart, attitude, and overall moxie. He was one of a kind. I know he played for Larry Brown who is considered a good coach by most for 5-6 years early in his career and made a final. However I wish we could of seen him play for an all time coach. I think he could of been reigned in and all this argument about his efficiency and what not would be moot. I think he was maybe a top 10 skilled player ever.
For all the reasons above, I would like to add another guy who made his impact on both ends of the floor, but specific to his "finger wag" the defense was so elite it landed him in the Hall of Fame.
Give me Dikembe Mutombo
That was my next pick. I've got 2 other names I was toying with as well, so hopefully one will be left when it gets back to me.
This pick is beyond easy for me. I'm continuing my efforts to build an offensive juggernaut. Alex English.
Alex English was the NBA's most prolific scorer during the 1980s and retired as the seventh-leading scorer with 25,613 points. After being underutilized by the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers during his first four years in the league, English became the most explosive member of a high-powered Denver Nuggets team that consistently ranked among the league's top-scoring clubs. English dominated during the 1980s. During his 10 full seasons in Denver he played in eight straight All-Star Games, won a scoring title, averaged more than 23 points nine years in a row and led the Nuggets to nine consecutive postseason appearances (although never to the Finals). The sleek, 6-foot-7 forward became the first player ever to string together eight straight 2,000-point seasons. And he led the Nuggets in scoring seven times en route to becoming the franchise's all-time top scorer
Alex English was the NBA's most prolific scorer during the 1980s and retired as the seventh-leading scorer with 25,613 points. After being underutilized by the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers during his first four years in the league, English became the most explosive member of a high-powered Denver Nuggets team that consistently ranked among the league's top-scoring clubs. English dominated during the 1980s. During his 10 full seasons in Denver he played in eight straight All-Star Games, won a scoring title, averaged more than 23 points nine years in a row and led the Nuggets to nine consecutive postseason appearances (although never to the Finals). The sleek, 6-foot-7 forward became the first player ever to string together eight straight 2,000-point seasons. And he led the Nuggets in scoring seven times en route to becoming the franchise's all-time top scorer
He was exactly what I was looking in building with my team. Him and Dikembe fit nicely imo
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