Who would you take with the #1 pick in the draft?

IronMan4 · April 8, 2003

There was a lot of interest about this on the other thread, so let's make it official who the gmg.com basketball posters endorse for the first pick in the NBA draft.

Zeke · April 8, 2003

Someday I may say this was really stupid, but I am gonna stick with Lebron. This is not a knock in any way on Anthony's game. With Lebron, I just have to say, "its a hunch" because I have nothing to base it on like Anthony's proponents will have. Whoever gets eitehr of them, I hope fans remember that they are still rookies, no matter how much talent they have.

On another note: Jerry Krause's reign is over (and not a moment too soon).

IronMan4 · April 8, 2003

Now that I think about it, we may have the next big rivalry of the NBA. Watching these two try to outscore and outplay each other will be fun to watch for years. And there is already a natural rivalry brewing because of the big debate on who is better. It's not like the debate will die down after the draft, as whoever is taken #2 will be out to prove everyone wrong. Imagining either of those guys on a mission is not a pleasant thought for perimeter defenders around the league.

Zeke · April 9, 2003

That would be great. Magic and Bird was great for the league....this could be similar. They both appear to have personality too. That would be a much bigger help to the league than the scholar known as Shaq.

CMJ · April 9, 2003

Hard to say if it could match Bird and Magic. Those guys were arguably 2 of the top 4 players in the league as ROOKIES. I'm not sure either Anthony or James will be that good from the start.

UNTLifer · April 9, 2003

I'd take Anthony based on the fact that he has proven himself against tougher competition. LeBron will have a greater learning curve ahead of him.

Zeke · April 9, 2003

8 votes?!?!?!?!!! Thats all we can get on the basketball board is 8 lousy votes?!?!? Wow

IronMan4 · April 9, 2003

I would take LeBron and here is why: he can play point guard. Scoring off guards are a dime a dozen, point guards that do everything and do it spectacularly don't exactly come along every year.

CMJ · April 9, 2003

8 votes?!?!?!?!!! Thats all we can get on the basketball board is 8 lousy votes?!?!? Wow

That's about all the consistent posters there are on this forum.

IronMan4 · April 9, 2003

That's about all the consistent posters there are on this forum.

I think if we had a vote on the football board on what brand of TP the football team should use to wipe thier ass on gamedays, the response would blow this away.

On the bright side, CMJ, Zeke and I won't need to use the PM feature with each other, we can just leave messages on here and have the same privacy.

CMJ · April 9, 2003

I think if we had a vote on the football board on what brand of TP the football team should use to wipe thier ass on gamedays, the response would blow this away.
On the bright side, CMJ, Zeke and I won't need to use the PM feature with each other, we can just leave messages on here and have the same privacy.

That is comedy platinum!

IronMan4 · April 9, 2003

Now was it the "unknowing" comedy that FFR and MGF gave me nominations for over on the popularity contest?

CMJ · April 9, 2003

No doubt you are a funny guy when you want to be. Maybe they mixed it up. Or maybe they harbor a grudge.

I can't speak for them. The again, like you said...even if I tried they wouldn't read it anyways.

Zeke · April 9, 2003

I was wondering about that whole unknowing thing......usually if IronMan says something funny it all but has a rimshot afterwords.

UNTLifer · April 10, 2003

I would take LeBron and here is why: he can play point guard. Scoring off guards are a dime a dozen, point guards that do everything and do it spectacularly don't exactly come along every year.

Where has he proven he can play point guard, much less against NBA competition? Not trying to be argumentative, just trying to find a method to your madness. Again, Catholic high schools aren't known for prepping NBA players.

Also, point guard is probably the most difficult position to play in the NBA. Look at Travis Best, Earl Washington, Phil Ford, Kenny Anderson, etc.. These were all excellent college point guards in power conferences, yet have just been or were servicable point guards.

Back to James. Do you really forsee him as a point guard in the NBA? I thought he would be more of a small forward.

IronMan4 · April 10, 2003

Obviously LeBron has not proved anything on the pro level , much less ball handling, I'm just going off of what many scouts and "experts" are having him projected as eventually becoming a point guard.

If you remember, there was another HS to pro that was highly touted projected as a big point guard and has done OK at another position - Kobe.

The Lakers had the "Kobe at PG" experiment and it just wasn't natural. So it is pure speculation when projecting potential positonsfor a high school player, BUT if LeBron is a big point guard that can score...can't pass that up.

Zeke · April 10, 2003

I don't see James as a PG. If he has a handle than it would help, but most PG's in the league are amazingly quick (and usually a bit smaller which helps with quickness)

IronMan4 · April 10, 2003

In today's NBA the line between the positions is becoming blurred. I mean as far as quickness, size, and ball handling go, Allen Iverson has everything you could possibly want in a point guard. But for AI to be the most succesful, he slides over to off guard, in contrast, Kobe flopped as a point guard, but still brings the ball up the court a lot. I will put it this way, I think Anthony will be a better rebounder and shooter, while James will be a better pure scorer and ball-handler (the latter should make him more valuable). It will be great to watch these two go at it, won't it?