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Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« on: September 01, 2009, 01:17:39 PM »

Offline Rondo2287

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I dont know why but I just decided to check this out, but the list of names coming out of the 2003 draft is really pretty exceptional.  Can anybody think of a draft class better than this one?

Lebron
DWade
Darko
Melo
Bosh
Kaman
Hinrich
TJ Ford
Sweetney
Pietrus
Jarvis Hayes
Nick Collison
Luke Ridnour
David West
Dahntay Jones
Borris Diaw
Carlos Delfino
Perk
Travis Outlaw
Barbosa
Josh Howard
Jason Kapono
Luke Walton
Steve Blake
Keith Bogans
Matt Bonner
Mo Williams
James Jones
Kyle Korver

This draft has premiere talent as well as a huge ammount of role players.  It pretty crazy when you look at that whole list.  Notice Mo Williams at the 47th pick
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Re: Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2009, 01:23:31 PM »

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1984 was pretty good:

Michael Jordan
Hakeem Olajuwon
Charles Barkley
John Stockton

Those guys are all arguably top-five at their positions, all-time.

Other players were guys like Alvin Robertson, Sam Perkins, Otis Thorpe, Kevin Willis, and Jerome Kersey.  2003 was deeper, but I don't think any draft has had four elite players of the quality that '84 did.
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Re: Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2009, 01:25:26 PM »

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'96 was also very good.
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Re: Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2009, 01:26:13 PM »

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How often do you see 8 quality rotation players taken in the second round of a draft though

Jason Kapono
Luke Walton
Steve Blake
Keith Bogans
Matt Bonner
Mo Williams
James Jones
Kyle Korver
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2009, 01:27:32 PM »

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If you made a 12-man team out of the 2003 draft picks, and matched them up against a 12-man team made out of the 2000 draft picks, and they played a 48-minute game....    how many points would 2003 win by?  Fifty?  Seventy-five?  Are there even 12 players left in the league from the '00 draft?

If Darko was a '00 draft pick instead of '03, would he still be considered a bust?  He'd be one of the three or four best players from that draft.  

Just goes to show again, how much luck is involved.
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Re: Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2009, 01:34:13 PM »

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My 12 Man team from 2003

Pg:Mo Williams/Hinrich
SG:Wade/Pietrus/Korver
SF:Lebron/Howard
PF:Bosh/West/Diaw
C:Kaman/Perk


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Re: Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2009, 01:37:39 PM »

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Quote from: Rondo2287 on September 01, 2009, 01:34:13 PM
My 12 Man team from 2003

Pg:Mo Williams/Hinrich
SG:Wade/Pietrus/Korver
SF:Lebron/Howard
PF:Bosh/West/Diaw
C:Kaman/Perk




You forgot Melo.
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2009, 01:37:45 PM »

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1985 Draft Team

C- Patrick Ewing
PF - Karl Malone
SF - Chris Mullin
SG - Joe Dumars
PG - Terry Porter

Bench

Charles Oakley
Detlef Schremph
Xavier McDaniel
A. C. Green
Ed Pinckney
Manute Bol
Michael Adams
Spud Webb
Mario Elie

That's a one year draft team I'll be confident in beating just about anyone
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2009, 01:39:27 PM »

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My 12 Man team from 2003

Pg:Mo Williams/Hinrich
SG:Wade/Howard/Korver
SF:Lebron/Melo
PF:Bosh/West/Diaw
C:Kaman/Perk





I forgot melo, darn. I knew it was too easy......Pietrus Gets the boot, Melo goes in as 6th man, I keep Diaw for versatility and Korver for shooting
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2009, 01:41:13 PM »

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Quote from: Rondo2287 on September 01, 2009, 01:34:13 PM
My 12 Man team from 2003

Pg:Mo Williams/Hinrich
SG:Wade/Pietrus/Korver
SF:Lebron/Howard
PF:Bosh/West/Diaw
C:Kaman/Perk




PG: Steve Nash/ AI/ Starbury
SG: Kobe Bryant/ Ray Allen
SF: 'Toine/ Peja
PF: Jermaine O'Neal/ Shareef Abdul Raheem
C: Camby/ Big Z/ Eric Dampier

Combustabile, but it gives 2003 a run for its money.
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Re: Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2009, 01:41:39 PM »

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Quote from: Rondo2287 on September 01, 2009, 01:39:27 PM

My 12 Man team from 2003

Pg:Mo Williams/Hinrich
SG:Wade/Howard/Korver
SF:Lebron/Melo
PF:Bosh/West/Diaw
C:Kaman/Perk





I forgot melo, darn. I knew it was too easy......Pietrus Gets the boot, Melo goes in as 6th man, I keep Diaw for versatility and Korver for shooting
The 1985 team beats that team 4-1 in a 7 game series with everyone in their primes.
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Re: Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2009, 01:43:21 PM »

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Nick I concede that team may be better but again look at the pure depth of players still playing in the NBA from that 2003 draft. Could be a testament to lack of talent in the NBA or just that draft was that good

And Also guys like Lebron, melo, Wade are still getting better, I think williams Bosh and Kaman kinda, "are what they are" at this point though
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Re: Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2009, 01:44:50 PM »

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Quote from: nickagneta on September 01, 2009, 01:41:39 PM
Quote from: Rondo2287 on September 01, 2009, 01:39:27 PM

My 12 Man team from 2003

Pg:Mo Williams/Hinrich
SG:Wade/Howard/Korver
SF:Lebron/Melo
PF:Bosh/West/Diaw
C:Kaman/Perk





I forgot melo, darn. I knew it was too easy......Pietrus Gets the boot, Melo goes in as 6th man, I keep Diaw for versatility and Korver for shooting
The 1985 team beats that team 4-1 in a 7 game series with everyone in their primes.

Absolutely not.
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Re: Can Anybody name a better draft than 2003?
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2009, 01:46:03 PM »

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Im not sure we have seen the primes of some of those players from the 2003 team which is why im not sure. 
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« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2009, 01:46:18 PM »

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So, who's going to do it for 2000?

C: Joel Przybilla
PF: Kenyon Martin
SF: Michael Redd
SG: Mike Miller
PG: Keyon Dooling

Bench:
Jamal Crawford
Jamaal Magliore
Stro Swift
Mo Pete
Speedy Claxton
Des Mason
Q-Rich

That's what...  a 20 win team, tops?
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