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

"Miguelito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Parag Gajarawala wrote:
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> >>Charlie Board wrote:
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> >>>Miguelito wrote:
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http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/sports/basketball/nba/golden_state_warrio
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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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> >>>>>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
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> > make sense to compare all those 3 to just kobe, even though the point
> > scoring comparison was mildly amusing.
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> That was my approach to begin with.  It is AFTER Bryant that the Laker
> talent level took a big drop.
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That's probable, but you can't just compare the stats of one player to
three.  Even with the drop-off, I'd guess that the Lakers next 2 plus Bryant
would still probably be better than the spurs 3.  And to look at a
supporting cast, you have to to look at more than just 3 players by the
way..