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

Parag Gajarawala 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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> > > > > > > <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,
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> parker
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> > > 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..

Who was it that compared one player to three?  Who decided to focus on 
three?