Comments on: 1996 NBA Draft Do-Over

By: ITSMR2U

ITSMR2U — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:50:41 +0000

Hold on… wait… Ben Wallace @ #6… to Boston? That’s where Dime thinks the four-time Defensive Player of the Year fits in? Hmm… why does that sound familiar. That’s it! Boston DID invite Big Ben to training camp as an undrafted FA. Pitino tried to play him at SHOOTING GUARD! The #6 pick for Wallace would have made great sense… IF Pitino wasn’t the coach at the time! I’m a Pistons fan and I could see that Pitino was setting that franchise back 10 years

By: the n@gg@you love to hate

the n@gg@you love to hate — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:52:01 +0000

You all suck dick this would of could of shit is duumb i agree with the dumbass knick fn R.E.W. if its and buts was candy and nuts every day would be halloween all the points in this post was stupid unless you are God or Jesus Christ how do you know how these players pan out. to the dudes talking about Steve Nash over Iverson you are a dumb dick in the booty ass homo!!!

By: Fresh

Fresh — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:27:57 +0000

U can’t change A.I, he’s the number 1. he never had a good team to play the title…

Kobe is a lucky guy, he have the smartest staff around him…

By: jamesagee

jamesagee — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:54:31 +0000

Good Job on putting Ben Wallace up there. The people who complain play to much fantasy basketball and stare at the numbers If somebody would have seen that talent early, and helped him hone his game, maybe taught homeboy to at least brick a free throw, he would’ve been more solid. He plays with alot of passion. His ankles may be bad now, but he was rarely injured when he play for the Pistons. I love AI, he’s one of my favorite player of all time. But there is no way in hell I’m picking him over Kobe. Again with the stat line, but how many rings has he won. Kobe is a different type of basketball player, it’s his life he feeds on it, and we’re talking about practice.

By: jamesinva

jamesinva — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:51:02 +0000

too many idiots in here posting stupid posts. talking about would kobe have gone to phili as the #1 pick after saying he would only goto LA/ NY? and Nash at #4 ? he wouldnt have been good then. this is a WHAT IF DO-OVER, judging from the talent of TODAY not THEN. IDIOTS.

also i find it very distrubing how players demand they will go and wont go to certain teams. as a young player it is a blessing to be in such a position to have reached your “dreams”. this obviously shows proof that to some players (althought they do have talent and love for them the game) but MONEY is more important. If it was ALL ABOUT THE GAME, then whocares what team you goto. you achieve the dream of getting to the NBA, if your as talented as you say you WILL end up getting paid. but to demand only the big market teams and refusing to goto other teams to me is just wrong. examples: kobe and steve francis

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:26:48 +0000

@Kudabeen — I was talking about Iverson’s postseason winning resume. He’s missed the playoffs 4 times, been knocked out in the first round 4 times, and only got to the conference finals in ’01, when he went all the way to the Finals. Yeah, he had great individual games, but so did Elgin Baylor and no one talks about his playoff resume because he didn’t win.

By: Kudabeen

Kudabeen — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:26:20 +0000

@Austin

Iverson, “best player on a Finals team but otherwise had a postseason resume that was nothing to write home about”

Huh?

I don’t know if you dislike AI or not, but that statment doesn’t really match up to AI’s post season exploits. The 50/40 games where he carried his team to victory. The 9 steals game. The 16 assist game. Playing injuried. The clutch baskets. Playing consistently against bigger defenders and still owning his matchups.

Winning is a team accomplishment…AI’s numbers compete with just about any guard not named MJ… Wow. What more could he do individually.

What I’m seeing in Denver is that he isn’t clear on his role. Karl hasn’t coached that team and they don’t even have an offensive or defensive philosphy that works to thier advantage.

Kobe’s cried when he was booed in Philly after being an All-star and getting a Chip. Would he really have handled the losing and horrible management to begin. Pat Croce saved Philly BBall, but then owners found away to F that up, so Philly is where they are. Philly team owners as a whole are not even sports fans, not winners. They are business men who love the status of owning a team. Not a good look for a very arrogant young Kobe that needs to win to be happy. AI’s teammates loved him through it all (accept John Salmons).

Maybe Kobe would have developed faster knowing that from the door he is the Franchise player. I’ll give you all that, but reading Phil Jacksons book, I don’t know if Kobe’s behavior was a matter of atmosphere or just who he was…

AI #1
Kobe #2

By: tealish

tealish — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:27:56 +0000

Well, skillwise, a big man will always lose out to a guard unless we’re talking Dirk vs. Eddie House. Looking at those Laker teams, who was The Man? Who was the guy that dominated on both ends? Who was the guy that the other team feared more than anyone else, and directed all their energy and strategy towards? The answer to all the aforementioned questions is your MVP, your #1 player.

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:10:07 +0000

Depending on how you define best. Kobe was the best all-around basketball player, skills-wise, on those teams, which is why he felt slighted that Shaq got most of the attention.

By: tealish

tealish — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:50:44 +0000

Dagomar: I’d take just Kobe and AI over the top 4 in ’03 combined. And counting Allen and Nash, you might be 3-4 HOFers (Not sure about Nash. Shouldn’t get in, IMO, but you never know). The 03′ draft will have, at the max, 2 HOFers.