Who do you all think is the best team in terms of drafting consistently. I was just looking at past draft's to try and find the team which has done the best job. It seems like every year teams botch their picks no matter how high. However, I believe the honor of best drafting team would have to go to the Phoenix Suns. I compiled a list of their top picks from the last few years. Keeping in mind, there is only one lottery pick in there, and even that is at #9. 1994-23rd Wesley Person SG 1995-21st pick Micheal Finley SF 1996-15th pick Steve Nash PG 1997-43rd pick Stephen Jackson SG/SF *Never Played for them 1998-19th pick Pat Garrity SF/PF *Aquired from Milwaukee 1999-9th pick Shawn Marion SF 2000-25th pick Iakovos Tsakalidis Center ------------------
Without doing any research, my gut feeling is it has to be the Clippers. After all, they are always a lottery team. ------------------
Have to agree with you there counting crow. The Suns are one of the best, but then again they seem to have a "best available player, worry about where to put him later" approach to drafting that I would like to see the Rockets adopt. Drafting for need is fine, but I would rather draft for talent. Orlando also seems to do well, as does Seattle. And when Nelson was there, Golden State did wonderfully, eventhough he would trade them within a year or two. ------------------ "ON-BEE-TAH-BULL!!", Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, alumnus, University of Houston
well anybody who grabs Larry Bird a year before he leaves college, prompting a rules change, should get best drafting for a decade. Seriously though, going way back, Red Auerbach picks were always outstanding. Especially had Len Bias lived up to his potential. lol!
Houston ain't too shabby either. We've had duds, as I'm sure Phoenix has too, but we've also had some great choices. Horry over Miner, among others. ------------------ RealGM Rockets Draft Obligations Summary http://www.gaffordstudios.cjb.net/ Artisan
heypartner, i think that joke about len bias is uncalled for. His death, although it was his own fault, was still tragic, and shouldn't be laughed at. ------------------
OK Steve, While I can't take back my laughter, none of you other guys better laugh at my bad joke. Hey, anyone want to hear my bonfire joke?
I also think the Len Bias joke wasnt funny. An interesting note to that story, though. After his death, Bias' parents sued his agent for a number of things, inlcuding failure to get a $1 million dollar life insurance policy before his death and failure to sign a shoe contract that they could have benefited from. Of course, the agent won the case, as no sane insurer would put out a $1 mil policy on a drug addict and it was unreasonable to ask the agent to get a shoe contract in that short a period, if he could get one at all. Anyway, just useless knowledge. ------------------ "There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them." Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)
