WAY FUN: THE BULLS BOARD FANTASY DRAFT

GRADEN · Post #1 » by **GRADEN** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 8:03 pm

Let's put the misery aside for a few days and discuss the best players and how they would be picked if the league was set to a fantasy draft.

With the number 1 pick...

I would like to see what everyone thinks. Give it a day or 2 and then we'll move on.

My selection would be 1. LEBRON JAMES

With the number 2 pick...

My selection would be 2. Dwight Howard

Let's start here and then move forward. This is not easy. Think of age, position, marketing, etc...

GRADEN · Post #2 » by **GRADEN** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 8:06 pm

Guys like Kobe... Older than a Wade. Who would you take?
Guys like Melo... Most talented in the league perhaps but does he have an attitude?
Injury prone stars...
Rookies...

There is a TON to consider. I think my first two picks are no brainers though.

Let's go 1-50 I think. Everyone can list their 50 or we can go and see what the most common picks are slowly...

GRADEN · Post #3 » by **GRADEN** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 8:25 pm

1. LeBron James
2. Dwight Howard
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Amare Stoudamire
6. Chris Bosh
7. Deron Williams
8. Yao Ming
9. Chris Paul
10. Kevin Durant
11. Al Jefferson
12. Carmelo Anthony
13. Brandon Roy
14. Gilbert Arenas
15. Greg Oden
16. Carlos Boozer
17. Tony Parker
18. Andre Iguodala
19. Kevin Garnett
20. LaMarcus Aldridge
21. Pau Gasol
22. Luol Deng
23. Joe Johnson
24. Baron Davis
25. Tracy McGrady
26. Dirk Nowitzski
27. Kevin Martin
28. Al Horford
29. Tim Duncan
30. Vince Carter
31. Andrew Bynum
32. Michael Redd
33. Josh Howard
34. Paul Pierce
35. Rudy Gay
36. Chris Kaman
37. Josh Smith
38. Monta Ellis
39. Emeka Okafor
40. Daniel Gibson
41. TJ Ford
42. Jeff Green
43. Tyson Chandler
44. Andrea Bargnani
45. Rashard Lewis
46. Yi Jianlin
47. Caron Butler
48. Richard Jefferson
49. Jose Calderon
50. Allen Iverson

I know my list is a bit perplexing and alot of big names aren't on it. I thought of marketing sales, youth, etc... alot of stuff.

GRADEN · Post #4 » by **GRADEN** » Sat Jan 5, 2008 6:13 am

I'm curious. Is a point guard more important then a better scorer?

Would you take Deron Williams over Carmelo like I would?

GRADEN · Post #5 » by **GRADEN** » Sat Jan 5, 2008 5:48 pm

If I had to start a team right now that would win for a decade my lineup would be:

PG Deron Williams
G Andre Iguodala
F LeBron James
F Chris Bosh
C Dwight Howard

That would be my 5. I think they would mesh the best

SportsWorld · Post #6 » by **SportsWorld** » Sat Jan 5, 2008 5:59 pm

GRADEN wrote:If I had to start a team right now that would win for a decade my lineup would be:

PG Deron Williams
G Andre Iguodala
F LeBron James
F Chris Bosh
C Dwight Howard

That would be my 5. I think they would mesh the best

As much as I like Deron Williams I would swap Chris Paul in for him.

GRADEN · Post #7 » by **GRADEN** » Mon Jan 7, 2008 5:09 am

SW - I'm shocked no one wants to have fun with this.

No way I take Paul over Dwill btw. Deron has evolved into the elite point guard in the entire league in my eyes. Also note how highly I think of CP3 though.

chicagoballer · Post #8 » by **chicagoballer** » Mon Jan 7, 2008 5:27 am

I am too lazy to think of top 50 players, but I will list my starting lineup.

Chris Paul
Kobe Bryant (yes! kobe)
Lebron James
Dirk Nowitzki
Dwight Howard

I would draft DH first, and LBJ second. Even though LBJ looks better now, I believe we still havent seen reach Dwight reach his potential.

The reason I picked kobe is because even with his age, he has still got a good five years in him. He is the best clutch shooter in the game right now. Dirk helps by spreading out the floor and creating room for dwight.

As for CP3 vs deron, they are similar in terms of star caliber; however, I think CP3 is faster, and speed is essential over strength to a PG.

tclg · Post #9 » by **tclg** » Mon Jan 7, 2008 5:43 am

Dwight Howard
Lebron James
Chris paul
Durant
Al Jefferson
Melo
Deron Williams
Bynum
Horford
Biedrins
Aldridge
Rudy Gay
Marvin Williams
Deng
Granger
Ben gordon
R. Brewer

Basically to get on my list you have to be pretty young under 25 really and be pretty good

GRADEN · Post #10 » by **GRADEN** » Mon Jan 7, 2008 3:24 pm

Wow!

So if you were GM and they had a league wide fantasy draft you would draft Biedrins 10th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad you are not my GM lol.

Marvin Williams????

Wade has a ring and is a superstar marketing wise.... and young.

Not sure I understand the reasonings

tclg · Post #11 » by **tclg** » Mon Jan 7, 2008 3:33 pm

Well Really I approached it like a list of players I would want to target if I were doing a fantasy team that and I was up because I couldnt sleep I think I will edit the list. I didnt list wade because frankly I have concerns about his injuries.

per 48 biedrins is putting up 18.4 pts 16.5 rbs 2.1 ast 1.2 stl 2.3 blocks and he is shooting almost 66 percent from the field. and he has been trending upwards since his rookie season

GRADEN · Post #12 » by **GRADEN** » Mon Jan 7, 2008 6:30 pm

my thinking is that I like him too... but not at that high of price (10th)

im not a marvin williams fan... he desperatly needs a change of scene

Grand Champ · Post #13 » by **Grand Champ** » Mon Jan 7, 2008 7:11 pm

My all NBA ass whoopin team would consist of

PG - Deron Williams
SG - Kobe
SF - LeBron
PF/C - Amare/Howard/Duncan I can't make up my mind

Moon · Post #14 » by **Moon** » Tue Jan 8, 2008 1:35 am

Paul PG

Bryant SG

James SF

Bosh PF

Howard C

mattyj912 · Post #15 » by **mattyj912** » Tue Jan 8, 2008 2:08 am

Why dont we just make this an actual fantasy draft. Assume you are running your team, whatever team it is (doesnt really matter). Consider age and ability and chemistry of your team. Try to make your team as good as possible now and for the future.

Graden picked first and took lebron (no explanation needed)
Second pick was howard (again no explanation needed really)

As the third pick i would take chris paul

He is young, can score and distribute as well as anyone. I think in starting a team its most important to have a great playmaking pg and a post player. Hoping to pick up someone like aldridge in the second round as my post guy.