I PM'ed logik and he immediately came on the site and made his pick. Thanks logic FWIW, this is the first time I had a top 10 pick in any of these drafts, so I made a list of players in order that I would have picked if they were available come my turn. Basically a mock draft of sorts for the first round. LeBron Howard Kobe Paul Amare Garnett Williams Duncan Yao Wade Roy Bosh Dirk
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (fiElDy @ Aug 7 2008, 09:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Why Garnett over Duncan?</div> Garnett won the championship, San Antonio is looking a lot more ordinary as Duncan gets older. Maybe he's a step slower.
Got kind of screwed with the only remaining low post threats being Al Jefferson and ****. I figured it was my last chance to nab one. Went with the younger, taller, slightly better defensive one.
is it really so f*cking hard to not talk about players who haven't been picked? it's just common courtesy.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Aug 7 2008, 01:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>is it really so f*cking hard to not talk about players who haven't been picked? it's just common courtesy.</div> Never heard of that rule. May I ask why its in place? Are we hoping that people will forget about players entirely so that they'll slip?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Run BJM @ Aug 7 2008, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Aug 7 2008, 01:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>is it really so f*cking hard to not talk about players who haven't been picked? it's just common courtesy.</div> Never heard of that rule. May I ask why its in place? Are we hoping that people will forget about players entirely so that they'll slip? </div> Well how would you like it if you were picking #20, hoping the guy you named would fall to you, and then you blabber about him and #18 goes "Oh I forgot about him, I'll take him!"
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Run BJM @ Aug 7 2008, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Aug 7 2008, 01:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>is it really so f*cking hard to not talk about players who haven't been picked? it's just common courtesy.</div> Never heard of that rule. May I ask why its in place? Are we hoping that people will forget about players entirely so that they'll slip? </div> Something like that. It's more like...we don't want to help out other GM's. I guess it's about strategy. For example, I picked player X in the other draft. A couple picks after mine, another player I wanted was drafted...player Y. I didn't realize player Y was even available. Had I known that, I would have drafted player Y over player X.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Aug 7 2008, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Run BJM @ Aug 7 2008, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Aug 7 2008, 01:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>is it really so f*cking hard to not talk about players who haven't been picked? it's just common courtesy.</div> Never heard of that rule. May I ask why its in place? Are we hoping that people will forget about players entirely so that they'll slip? </div> Well how would you like it if you were picking #20, hoping the guy you named would fall to you, and then you blabber about him and #18 goes "Oh I forgot about him, I'll take him!" </div> That would suck but thats how drafts go. I would bank on my master drafting skills to win the game, not the luck of some player falling below where he should have been drafted. Maybe I was just smokescreening before when I mentioned the undrafted player who will not be named.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Aug 7 2008, 01:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Run BJM @ Aug 7 2008, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Aug 7 2008, 01:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>is it really so f*cking hard to not talk about players who haven't been picked? it's just common courtesy.</div> Never heard of that rule. May I ask why its in place? Are we hoping that people will forget about players entirely so that they'll slip? </div> Something like that. It's more like...we don't want to help out other GM's. I guess it's about strategy. For example, I picked player X in the other draft. A couple picks after mine, another player I wanted was drafted...player Y. I didn't realize player Y was even available. Had I known that, I would have drafted player Y over player X. </div> Ok then (hypotheticlaly) its your fault for being an idiot and not knowing the player you wanted was there. And if we're gonna be this competitive then it was probably a good move on my part to let the others know that said player was available, because I don't want him to slip back to the guys who got to draft the elite players in the NBA. Its irrelevant because said player would not have slipped anyway. Anyway I wasn't aware that I had violated any unspoken rules. I won't do it again.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Run BJM @ Aug 7 2008, 02:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Aug 7 2008, 01:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Run BJM @ Aug 7 2008, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Aug 7 2008, 01:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>is it really so f*cking hard to not talk about players who haven't been picked? it's just common courtesy.</div> Never heard of that rule. May I ask why its in place? Are we hoping that people will forget about players entirely so that they'll slip? </div> Something like that. It's more like...we don't want to help out other GM's. I guess it's about strategy. For example, I picked player X in the other draft. A couple picks after mine, another player I wanted was drafted...player Y. I didn't realize player Y was even available. Had I known that, I would have drafted player Y over player X. </div> Ok then (hypotheticlaly) its your fault for being an idiot and not knowing the player you wanted was there. And if we're gonna be this competitive then it was probably a good move on my part to let the others know that said player was available, because I don't want him to slip back to the guys who got to draft the elite players in the NBA. Its irrelevant because said player would not have slipped anyway. Anyway I wasn't aware that I had violated any unspoken rules. I won't do it again. </div> Exactly. If someone had brought him up, they would have helped me out. But, the way it should be is that if someone forgets a player, let them deal with the consequences. We're trying to construct the best team possible, not help out the other GMs.
btw guys I wanted to thank all of you for really helping to make this draft go faster through the PMs or whatnot, we've been along smoothly and I appreciate the collaborative effort.
I also took big Al with he 27th pick in the other draft and a few people said that his D was horrible.... I dont watch any of the twolves games so i dont know for sure, but his stats and age sure look pretty 20-10 guy with almost 2 blocks per game and only 23 years old? Not too shabby imho.
