Draft redo's

I saw this on ESPN.com before and thought it was pretty cool. The idea is now that you've seen how players from past drafts, if the draft was to be held again, what would the new top 10 be. I'll do the top 10 for 2003 draft:

1. Cleveland - LeBron James | Actual pick - LeBron James
2. Detroit - Dwyane Wade | Actual pick - Darko Milicic
3. Denver - Chris Bosh | Actual pick - Carmelo Anthony
4. Toronto - Carmelo Anthony | Actual pick - Chris Bosh
5. Miami - Josh Howard | Actual pick - Dwyane Wade
6. Los Angeles - Kirk Hinrich | Actual pick - Chris Kaman
7. Chicago - Boris Diaw | Actual pick - Kirk Hinrich
8. Milwaukee - Chris Kaman | Actual pick - TJ Ford
9. New York - Darko Milicic | Actual pick - Mike Sweetney
10. Washington - Mickael Pietrus | Actual pick - Jarvis Hayes

 

^^tough to argue with your picks, but you messed up, wade to miami.

 

I think he meant that the actual pick to the Heat was Dwyane Wade, not Kirk Hinrich.

 

^^yup

 

My bad, I meant Miami's pick was Wade.

 

Let's see some other redo's from you guys. I'll do another one, the '96 draft.

Philadelphia - Kobe Bryant | Actual pick - Allen Iverson
Toronto - Allen Iverson | Actual pick - Marcus Camby
Vancouver - Steve Nash | Actual pick - Shareef Abdur-Rahim
Milwaukee - Ray Allen | Actual pick - Stephon Marbury
Minnesota - Jermaine O'Neal | Actual pick - Ray Allen
Boston - Stephon Marbury | Actual pick - Antoine Walker
LA Clippers - Peja Stojakovic | Actual pick - Lorenzen Wright
New Jersey - Zydrunas Ilgauskas | Actual pick - Kerry Kittles
Indiana - Marcus Camby | Actual pick - Erick Dampier

 

i'd still pick starbury in the redo, he was perfect with kg

 

Damn, Imagine an O'Neal and KG frontcourt. That would be crazy.

 

In the redo i think minnesota would have took ray or stephon still.

 

JO is soooooo overrated. i would rather have steph now. or ray allen. plus, i doubt JO woudl play well with KG. KG hates players like him. he is too much of a baby.

 

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JO is soooooo overrated. i would rather have steph now. or ray allen. plus, i doubt JO woudl play well with KG. KG hates players like him. he is too much of a baby.
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J.O is overrated (in your opinion)....and Stephon isn't? Not only is Stephon a selfish and egotistical player, he is as much of a "baby" as you make out JO to be.

What has Steph done so far in his career that makes him not overrated?
Exactly, he hasn't done anything. It's one thing if one franchise gets better after he leaves but it's happened with almost every franchise he's left behind...and look at the Knicks now. I find it humourous when people try to defend Stephon as a player and blame his misfortunes on other things. There's a reason he's been traded so many times.

 

Steph was great with KG. he got too big headed and wanted to be the man. it didnt work for him. When Kg and Steph were teammates though, steph was amazing. those were his best years. i wouldnt mind getting him back at all.

Steph i tough, KG loves those type of players.

 

I'll do one:

'98 NBA Draft

1. Dirk Nowitzki (LAC) / Actual Pick- Michael Olowokandi
2. Vince Carter (Vancouver Grizzlies) / Actual Pick- Mike Bibby
3. Paul Pierce (Denver Nuggets) / Actual Pick- Raef LaFrentz
4. Mike Bibby (Toronto Raptors) / Actual Pick- Antawn Jamison
5. Rashard Lewis (GS Warriors) / Actual Pick- Vince Carter
6. Brad Miller (Dallas Mavericks) / Actual Pick- Robert Traylor
7. Antawn Jamison (Sacramento Kings) / Actual Pick- Jason Williams
8. Larry Hughes (Philadelphia 76ers) / Actual Pick- Larry Hughes
9. Ricky Davis (Milwaukee Bucks) / Actual Pick- Dirk Nowitzki
10. Cuttino Mobley (Boston Celtics) / Actual Pick- Paul Pierce

 

1999 NBA Draft
Round 1

Actual Draft Order

1 CHI Elton Brand Duke
2 VAN Steve Francis Maryland
3 CHA Baron Davis UCLA
4 LAC Lamar Odom Rhode Island
5 TOR Jonathan Bender Picayune (MS) HS
6 MIN Wally Szczerbiak Miami(OH)
7 WAS Richard Hamilton Connecticut
8 CLE Andre Miller Utah
9 PHO Shawn Marion Nevada-Las Vegas
10 ATL Jason Terry Arizona
13 SEA Corey Maggette Duke
16 CHI Ron Artest St. John's
18 DEN James Posey Xavier
23 LAL Devean George Augsburg (MN)
24 UTA Andrei Kirilenko Russia
27 ATL Jumaine Jones Georgia

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Revised Draft Order

1. Elton Brand (Chicago)
2. Shawn Marion (Vancouver)
3. Andrei Kirilenko (Charlotte)
4. Ron Artest (L.A.C)
5. Lamar Odom (Toronto)
6. Richard Hamilton (Min)
7. Jason Terry (Was)
8. Baron Davis (Cle)
9. Steve Francis (Pho)
10. Corey Magette (Atl)
11. Wally Szczerbiak (Cle)
12. James Posey (Tor)
13. Kenny Thomas (Sea)
14. Jeff Foster (Min)
15. Devean George (NYK)

Haha...Toronto getting Lamar Odom and James Posey in one draft...not to mention they had Carter, Davis, Oakley, Dell Curry, Mugsy Bogues AND most importantly Tracy Mcgrady at this time...can you imagine that team?

Interesting to note that Artest was 16th on the original list and AK-47 was
24th....the Raptors could have also had either of those guys. They ended up picking Jonathan Bender and Alek Radojevic of all the people in the world.

 

I think if they had the choice between Bosh and Melo, Denver would still be making the same pick.

 

^^me too

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Sir Desmond:</div><div class="quote_post">I think if they had the choice between Bosh and Melo, Denver would still be making the same pick.</div>

It's really a toss up between those two. Melo could be a 30+ PPG scorer in the near future, but finding a big man like Bosh is rare nowadays. He could very well put up 24 PPG 10 RPG 3 APG 2 BPG next year.