That's from the rules. So yeah no Shaq. FIRST ROUND Spoiler 1. dharocks - Dwight Howard 2. ICanDunkOnYao - Dirk Nowitzki 3. BleedRocketRed - LeBron James 4. arjun - Kevin Durant 5. Bob MonkeySon - Dwyane Wade 6. Spooner - Derrick Rose 7. freeze00up - Kobe Bryant 8. thething - Chris Paul 9. RedNation - Deron Williams 10. YourSecretLover - Carmelo Anthony 11. Hoopstar - Amar'e Stoudemire 12. wekko368 - Kevin Garnett 13. Spooner (via trade) - Kevin Love 14. Sydeffect- Blake Griffin 15. torque (via trade) - Rajon Rondo 16. Jmcballer88 - LaMarcus Aldridge 17. Showtizzle2642 - Danny Granger 18. AFS - Rudy Gay 19. da_juice - Kevin Martin 20. VBG - Zach Randolph 21. fadeaway - Pau Gasol 22. Ubigman - Russell Westbrook 23. RocketsRed14 - Gerald Wallace 24. RowdyRicky - Marc Gasol SECOND ROUND Spoiler 1. Ubigman (via trade) - Chris Bosh 2. RocketsRed14 - Andrew Bogut 3. Ubigman - Al Horford 4. fadeaway - Josh Smith 5. dharocks - Steve Nash 6. da_juice - Andre Iguodala 7. AFS - Al Jefferson 8. Showtizzle2642 - Andrew Bynum 9. Jmcballer88 - Manu Ginobili 10. Spooner (via trade) - Brook Lopez 11. Sydeffect - Tyson Chandler 12. RedNation (Via Trade)- Paul Pierce 13. wekko368 - Nene 14. hoopstar - Luol Deng 15. YourSecretLover - Joakim Noah 16. RedNation - Tim Duncan 17. greenhippos (via trade) - Monta Ellis 18. freeze00up - David West 19. ICanDunkOnYao (via trade) - Tyreke Evans 20. Bob MonkeySon - Luis Scola 21. torque (via trade) - Joe Johnson 22. BleedRocketRed - John Wall 23. wekko368 - Stephen Curry 24. VBG - Eric Gordon THIRD ROUND Spoiler 1. VBG - Lamar Odom 2. greenhippos (via trade) - Tony Parker 3. YourSecretLover (via trade) - Serge Ibaka 4. thething (via trade) - Paul Milsap 5. Bob MonkeySon - Roy Hibbert 6. RowdyRicky (via trade) - Ray Allen 7. freeze00up - JaVale McGee 8. arjun (via trade) - David Lee 9. greenhippos (via trade) - JJ Hickson 10. BleedRocketRed (via trade) - Wesley Matthews 11. hoopstar - Marcin Gortat 12. wekko368 - Jason Richardson 13. ICanDunkOnYao (via trade) - Chauncey Billups 14. Sydeffect - James Harden 15. arjun (via trade) - Stephen Jackson 16. Jmcballer88 - Kyle Lowry 17. Showtizzle2642 - Carl Landry 18. AFS - Raymond Felton 19. da_juice - Elton Brand 20. VBG - Jason Kidd 21. fadeaway - Carlos Boozer 22. arjun (via trade) - Jrue Holiday 23. thething (via trade) - Jason Terry 24. Torque (via trade) - Emeka Okafor FOURTH ROUND Spoiler 1. RowdyRicky - Wilson Chandler 2. thething (via trade) - Tayshaun Prince 3. RedNation (via trade) - O.J. Mayo 4. BleedRocketRed (via trade) - Marcus Camby 5. VBG - Caron Butler 6. da_juice - Kendrick Perkins 7. AFS - Anderson Varejão 8. Showtizzle2642 - Landry Fields 9. Jmcballer88 - DeAndre Jordan 10. torque (via trade) - Andrea Bargnani 11. Sydeffect - Dorrell Wright 12. Torque - Danilo Gallinari 13. RocketsRed14 (via trade) - DeMarcus Cousins 14. hoopstar - Ty Lawson 15. fadeaway (via trade) - DeMar DeRozan 16. arjun (via trade) - Shawn Marion 17. thething - Chris Kaman 18. freeze00up - Andrei Kirilenko 19. RocketsRed14 (via trade) - Jamal Crawford 20. Bob MonkeySon - Mike Conley 21. thething (via trade) - Devin Harris 22. BleedRocketRed - Derrick Williams 23. greenhippos (via trade) - Channing Frye 24. VBG (via trade) - Nicolas Batum FIFTH ROUND 1. dharocks - J.R. Smith 2. ICanDunkOnYao - Thaddeus Young 3. fadeaway (via trade) - Chuck Hayes 4. RowdyRicky (via trade) - Goran Dragic 5. BobMonkeySon - Richard Jefferson 6. RowdyRicky (via trade) - Darren Collison 7. freeze00up - Andre Miller 8. RowdyRicky (via trade) - Greg Monroe 9. RedNation - Samuel Dalembert 10. YourSecretLover - Arron Afflalo 11. hoopstar - Metta World Peace 12. wekko368 - Jameer Nelson 13. RocketsRed14 (via trade) - Marcus Thornton 14. Sydeffect - Rodney Stuckey 15. greenhippos (via trade) - Andray Blatche 16. Jmcballer88 - Michael "I Smoke Bud" Beasley 17. Showtizzle2642 - Mike Miller 18. AFS - Nick Young 19. da_juice - D.J. Augustin 20. YourSecretLover (via trade) - Kyrie Irving 21. fadeaway - Brandon Jennings 22. Ubigman - Antawn Jamison 23. thething (via trade) - Jeff Green 24. RowdyRicky - Grant Hill SIXTH ROUND 1. RowdyRicky - Brendan Haywood 2. RocketsRed14 - Jeff Teague 3. Ubigman - Richard Hamilton 4. fadeaway - Shane Battier 5. dharocks (via trade) - John Salmons 6. da_juice - Thabo Sefolosha 7. AFS - Brandon Roy 8. Showtizzle2642 - JJ Barea 9. Jmcballer88 - Kenyon Martin 10. greenhippos - Tyrus Thomas 11. Sydeffect - Lou Williams 12. torque - Tony Allen 13. ICanDunkOnYao (via trade) 14. hoopstar 15. VBG (via trade) 16. torque (via trade) 17. thething 18. freeze00up 19. greenhippos (via trade) 20. Bob MonkeySon 21. greenhippos (via trade) 22. dharocks (via trade) 23. wekko368 (via trade) 24. VBG (via trade) FUTURE TRADES: 1) RocketsRed14 owns thething's 7th round selection 2) Ubigman owns RowdyRicky's 7th round selection 3) torque owns RedNation's 7th round selection 4) Spooner owns torque and greenhippos' 7th round selections 5) dharocks owns VBG's 7th round selection 6) BleedRocketRed owns fadeaway's 8th round selection 7) dharocks owns VBG's 8th round selection 8) YourSecretLover owns dharocks' 8th round selection 9) arjun owns thething's 8th round selection 10) Spooner owns arjun's 8th round selection 11) ICanDunkOnYao owns greenhippos' 8th round selection 12) RedNation owns ICanDunkonYao and torque's 8th round selections
I'm definitely considering it...Gallinari would be a potent scoring threat off the bench and Allen can play some lockdown...but I think it will depend on the matchup. If I'm against Kobe or Wade, Allen Starts. Weaker SG, I want Johnson posting them up and Gallinari catching and shooting off double teams.
My impression is that the drafting is based on what a player did in the 2010-2011 season. The stats we use to determine a player's worth is using the stats from last season, so I do not see why it is not allowed. If anything, incoming rookies should be banned. They are being picked merely on name recognition. How would you know their performance in the NBA level?
We're picking players on their current 2011 level. We're not picking for last years performance alone but rather how would they play if they had to play a game today assuming they were properly conditioned. Incoming rookies will play now in the 2012 season in the NBA. None of the rookies is gonna make a big impact. You know what skills they have. I don't think anyone is having a rookie run their team.
Personally, I don't want to draft a rookie on my team since its very unpredictable. But then again, who knew that Kevin Love would turn into a legendary rebounder?
How would you know their "current 2011 level"? You haven't seen 90% of them play many months ago. There's bound to be players improving and decaying, and absolutely no way to measure their "current" performance. Just look through the thread. When people are comparing players, everyone uses the 2010-2011 stats. I think it's only fair that we base it off last season.