Re: What if all players were available in the draft?

Parag Gajarawala wrote:
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> > > > > > Here's our game. Suppose you threw every player on Planet Earth into
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> > > > > > pool. Everyone is available, nobody has a contract, and a draft is
> > > > > > held today. Here's one person's mock draft, picks No. 1 through No.
> > > > > > 13.
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> > > > > <snip>
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> > > > > TD over Shaq.  TD doesn't score as many points, but his overall stats
> > > > > are better.  He's won 2 championships to Shaq's 3, but, then again,
> > > > > look who Duncan's supporting cast is compared to Shaq's.
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> > > > Hall-of-Famer David Robinson?  Ginobli?  Parker?  Rose?  No Bryants,
> > > > but once you get past Kobe, the Lakers have none of these.
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> > > Total Points last year:
> > >     Kobe                                   2461
> > >     Robinson PLUS Parker PLUS Ginobili     2340
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> > Rebounds?  Assists?  Blocked shots?
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> Why don't you compare the rebounds, blocks, and assists of robinson, parker
> and ginobli to kobe and the lakers next 2 best players?  It doesn't really
> make sense to compare all those 3 to just kobe, even though the point
> scoring comparison was mildly amusing.

That was my approach to begin with.  It is AFTER Bryant that the Laker 
talent level took a big drop.