#6 picks are cursed

Billyhoyle · Jun 29, 2006

they didn't get victor the bulls did

Minnesota acquires the Draft rights to Randy Foye from Portland (via Boston) for the Draft rights to Brandon Roy.

Portland acquires the Draft rights to LaMarcus Aldridge and a future second-round pick from Chicago for Viktor Khryapa and the Draft rights to Tyrus Thomas.

mattyj · Jun 29, 2006

Calbert Cheaney had a pretty reasonable career...

jimboiitmac · Jun 29, 2006

Billyhoyle said:
they didn't get victor the bulls did

Minnesota acquires the Draft rights to Randy Foye from Portland (via Boston) for the Draft rights to Brandon Roy.

Portland acquires the Draft rights to LaMarcus Aldridge and a future second-round pick from Chicago for Viktor Khryapa and the Draft rights to Tyrus Thomas.

oh yeah crap, i get confused! so many deals!

wolvesjr34 · Jun 29, 2006

Damn that just doesn't make sense - wonder if we will regret that like the Ray Allen /Marbury draft day deal?

Trey · Jun 29, 2006

bryant reeves was pretty awesome, but he got hurt and it ended his career...he dropped 50 in a game once I think!

Billyhoyle · Jun 29, 2006

nah 41 @ Boston 1/15/98

for a player of his size he was a bit of a disappointment only averaging 6.9 rebs over his career with a career high of 8.1

Trey · Jun 29, 2006

yeah I later went and checked...

he moved slower then an iceberg, but he had 7 blocks in a game and 7 assists is his high as well

mickimouse24 · Jun 29, 2006

mattyj said:
Calbert Cheaney had a pretty reasonable career...

yeah in college......most ive seen of him was in a tarheel uniform (he was however in the final 4 in 2000)

Billyhoyle · Jun 29, 2006

mickimouse24 said:
yeah in college......most ive seen of him was in a tarheel uniform (he was however in the final 4 in 2000)

and he wasn't a tarheel either

IfIcouldbelikeChauncey · Jun 29, 2006

Never thought I'd see a mention of William Bedford on Ozcards. Great talent but took too many hits from the bong. Kids, stay off the drugs[-X

mickimouse24 · Jun 29, 2006

Billyhoyle said:
and he wasn't a tarheel either

oh yeah lol my bad i was thinking of joe forte for some reason.....i think the jersey # 40 put me off..my bad!

jimboiitmac · Jun 29, 2006

Billyhoyle said:
nah 41 @ Boston 1/15/98

for a player of his size he was a bit of a disappointment only averaging 6.9 rebs over his career with a career high of 8.1

Dirk is 7'0 and never averaged 10 boards per game.

Billyhoyle · Jun 29, 2006

neither did John Stockton

comparing dirk and bryant is apples and oranges

jimboiitmac · Jun 29, 2006

Billyhoyle said:
neither did John Stockton

comparing dirk and bryant is apples and oranges

i'm not comparing them. but you said due to his size he never got enough boards and that's why i'm saying that guys like Dirk and Amare don't get enough boards for their size either.

JZA · Jun 29, 2006

jimboiitmac said:
i'm not comparing them. but you said due to his size he never got enough boards and that's why i'm saying that guys like Dirk and Amare don't get enough boards for their size either.

whats wrong with amares career avg of 9 rpg? when you consider he has to contend with marion, who is pulling down about 12 per game, he doesnt have to crash the boards much does he?

jimboiitmac · Jun 30, 2006

JZA said:
whats wrong with amares career avg of 9 rpg? when you consider he has to contend with marion, who is pulling down about 12 per game, he doesnt have to crash the boards much does he?

hahaha don't get offended man! i'm just trying to make a point.

Billyhoyle · Jun 30, 2006

here's the actual article from the original post looking at all draft positions
http://82games.com/nbadraft2.htm

Funkadelic · Jun 30, 2006

Cool link. #4 picks are questionable also.

jimboiitmac · Jun 30, 2006

#1, #5 and #9 look pretty good!

Billyhoyle · Jun 30, 2006

jimboiitmac said:
i'm not comparing them. but you said due to his size he never got enough boards and that's why i'm saying that guys like Dirk and Amare don't get enough boards for their size either.

Neither Dirk or Amare were bought in to be shot blocking rebounders. Bryant Reeves was/is a massive man who was bought in to be the next Shaq/Hakeem/Longley a shot blocking rebounding centre. not a scoring rebounding power forward.

Well lets compare them

Amare Stoudemire
Position: F
Height: 6' 10'' Weight: 245
career rebs: 8.8
career pts:19.8
career blks:1.41
years: 4 (remember he only played 3 games last year as a 23 year old!)

Dirk Nowitzki
Position: F
Height: 6' 11'' Weight: 237
career rebs:8.5
career pts:22.0
career blks:1.1
years:8

Bryant Reeves (Big Country)
Position: C
Height: 7' 0'' Weight: 275
career rebs:6.9
career pts:12.5
career blks:0.77
years:6

Bryant reeves (Who i'm sure you've never seen play!) was both bigger in height and much bigger in weight than both players you compared him to. Reeves was an imposing physical presence on the court and was primed to become a dominant center in the NBA. After a strong collegiate career with Oklahoma State University, where he averaged 21.5 points per game in his senior year, Reeves became the Grizzlies' first ever draft choice, selected sixth overall in the 1995 NBA Draft.

Remembering that the 2 you compared him to potentially could become superstars - he averaged almost 2 less rebs per game, roughly 8 points per game and couldn't even manage 1 block per game, even Luc Longely could do that!

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