Just wondering while I watch USA take on Lithuania, who would have been the the most dominating player of the few I have selected? if there was a draft of them who would be first?
Im watching Dwight Howard just make it look so easy, now I might be just a bit overzealous here, but I think it is safe to safe that he would have been a 30pts 15 boards 5 block guy. Maybe?
anyways here are the guys.
Moses Malone, Shawn Kemp, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Jermaine Oneal, Tracy McGrady, Lebron James, Dwight Howard, Amare Stoudamire, and Al Jefferson. I know I probably forgot a few but these I believe are the biggest Impact prep to pros. So if they were all seniors coming out for the '09 draft in what order would they be taken?
With the First Pick of the 2009 NBA draft:
1: Moses Malone - I had a hard time with this pick between him and D.Howard. I think Malone in college would have put up similar numbers to the one I put above for DHoward if he had gone to college.
2: Dwight Howard - Same as above, I think he probably would have been top 2 most dominating big men in college history.
3: Lebron James - This is that Jordan Pick, best player in college basketball who can do it all but falls behind the big men.Well we have seen what he has done in the Nba at such a young age, imagine if he went to college for 4 years? he would have been a legitimate triple threat every single night. 28-10-10, am I being realistic?
4: Kobe Bryant - Kobe in college would have been sick. 35 pts a game? is that too much for a D1 college player? it wasnt for Pistol Pete. Kobe would have been one of the most offensively dominate players to ever play College basketball.
5: Kevin Garnett - Long, thin and dominate. Garnett probably wouldnt have been a big time scorer until his junior and senior years, 18-20 points a game, but could easily be considered the best defensive player in the draft. 12-15 boards a game 7-8 blocks a game with shutdown defense that wins championships. I love KG on the celtics.
6: Amare Stoudamire - Very Similar to Garnett except a scorer. He isnt going to give you the Defense but he is going to put up big Scoring numbers. 23-27 pts a game. He is taken 6th because there really is no room for him above this pick.
7: Tracy McGrady - In this draft a poor mans Kobe Bryant, score score score, that is what he is going to do, maybe a little defense sprinkled in with a history of injuries, probably could have gone anywhere from 5th on down, but teams are scared off by his injury history. Probably could have been a 25-30 pts per game guy.
8: Jermaine Oneal - He didnt show up as a beast until his junior season. Probably a 18-10-4 blocks guy. Teams question his fire but know that he is a sure fire beast in the paint. Would have been a great college player.
9: Shawn Kemp - The NBA loves guys who can fly and thats what Kemp does, Flys. This guy is an above the rim player with unbelievable talent and would have been a monster scorer and rebounder. His points would probably be inflated as he players for a lower level college. He will take his team to the final 4 and lose in the championship game, making the world aware of him. 32 points a game with 9 boards for the Reign Man.
10: Al Jefferson - Would probably of been a big time scorer and rebounder but is over shadowed by the beasts ahead of him.
So thats how I would draft them.
I chose the 10 best that I could think of
How would you rank them?