The 1999 draft was weak? If Vince was there the game may have been different, but damn they look good. Odom, Francis, and Brand are going to be all-star starters soon. Brand will have the toughest time with Hill and carter. If the rooks hadn't made a few more mistakes than the sophmores, it would have been a blow out. B Davis and J Terry will be good. szczerbiak has potential as a top scorer. Bender is the real deal, but won't develop without the ball. A Carter, Kenny, and V Cummings are good late picks. Rip is a player.
1998 Top Players: Vince Carter Paul Peirce Jason Williams Michael Dickerson Raef Lafrenz Cuttino Mobley Dirk Nowitzski Antawn Jamison Bonzi Wells Larry Hughes Mike Bibby Michael Olowokandi (In no particular order) 1999 Top Players: Steve Francis Lamar Odom Elton Brande Adrian Griffin (sp) Baron Davis Wally Sczerbiach Jason Terry Kenny Thomas Richard Hamilton Corey Maggete (In no particular order) Out of the 98 class, I see 4 potential All-Stars (Carter, Williams, Peirce, Dickerson) and in the 99 class there are 3 (Francis, Odom, Brande). [This message has been edited by thacabbage (edited February 13, 2000).]
Are you trying to tell me that Mobley is a better player than Jamison? I'd trade Mobley for Jamison in a heart beat, and laugh my way to the victory column. [This message has been edited by haven (edited February 13, 2000).]
Uh oh, here we go again. People wanting to trade Mobley. What's wrong with you guys??!! Just kidding... I don't see where he said Mobley's better than Jamison. ------------------ trade them all and fire the coach.
It seemed to me that he was listing the draftees in order of talent. Of course, it's also possible that he was listing in order of who came to his mind first, which would also explain why the top picks came first... I should have made that clear in my first post. He edited the post... I suppose I shouldn't have assumed they were ordered. [This message has been edited by haven (edited February 13, 2000).]
Don't worry Haven, I'd make that trade, too. Now pardon me whilst I run for cover. ------------------ trade them all and fire the coach.
Haven, sorry, I listed in order of who came to mind first. Went back and edited. No doubt, Jamison is better than Mobley. No argument from me there, I'm not much of a Mobley fan at all.
Bonzi Wells on a regular team with minutes would be awesome. he will be awesome anyways if he gets the chance to log major minutes. he averages like 8ppg in 16 min. imagine 35 min. bonzi is very explosive and could be an allstar 1 day ------------------ --TEX
Salsa, agreed. He reminds me of a young Isiah Rider. Similar sturdy, low-cut build. Very explosive first step, and dangerous in the low post because of his low center of gravity. Sees the court well from the post. Not much of a greyhound in terms of running the court, because of his build, but he's not Walt Williams either. I think Bonzi on the Dallas Mavericks could develop into a very productive player.
