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All-Time NBA Draft Review - Dice

Posted on December 26, 2011 at 06:22 PM.

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c - tim duncan, robert parish
pf - kevin mchale, buck williams, rick mahorn
sf - paul pierce, david thompson, grant hill
sg - joe dumars, dale ellis
pg - oscar robertson, mark price

Offense - You have the greatest PF ever. You have the 2nd greatest PF ever. (seriously, how did we let that happen?!). Your small forward position is loaded with Pierce: one of the top 10 scorers of the past decade. Thompson: one of the best scorers in NBA history. and Grant Hill: Scottie Pippen 2.0...unbelievable. Joe D was a very underrated offensive player. Oscar could score in several ways and could pass the ball as well as anyone. Mark Price was like Steve Nash before Steve Nash. I love your starting offense. McHale & Duncan can score in every conceivable way. Pierce can score in every way you could want a perimeter player to score. I don't recall who you said you'd start, but I'd have to start Dumars ahead of Thompson, if I were you. Thompson can come off of the bench and get you 15 points in 15 minutes. Robertson could shoot from 15 feet, post up, and also get to the basket. Not to mention, he could pass...I don't like your back up big men (from an offensive standpoint). Buck Williams was solid, but coming in for McHale & Duncan..you lose way too much offense. Mark Price is a great replacement for Oscar. Dale Ellis can come in and hit some threes to help spread the floor for your big guys. I can't penalize you for having 1 player who lacks an offensive game (Mahorn). 10/10

Defense - Your interior defense is very solid, though you are lacking a true center to guard the likes of Shaq, Hakeem, Kareem, Wilt, etc. Duncan, McHale, & Mahorn can defend guys their guys very well, but I don't see them stopping great centers. Parish was a solid inside defender, but again..not enough to stop great centers. Paul Pierce is a solid defender, when committed. David Thompson - not so much. Grant Hill was average in his prime. He's since become a very good defender. Oscar wasn't known for defense. Neither was Price. Dale Ellis?...no comment. I do like your best defensive line up - Duncan, McHale, Hill, Pierce, Dumars. That being said, a good guard (Jordan, Bryant, Wade, Gervin, etc.) will hurt Pierce, and a good center (Shaq, Wilt, Kareem, Hakeem, Robinson) will give Duncan a lot of trouble inside. and your depth on defense isn't very impressive (Thompson, Ellis, Price, Buck) and Parish was solid, but nothing special. Still, your best defensive line up is very good. 8/10

Chemistry - no HUGE egos on this team. Thompson & Parish had drug problems, and I don't know how that would fly with guys like Duncan, Hill, Dumars, & Price. Pierce, when younger, was known to have a pretty big ego, but nothing huge. Oscar is my biggest concern. He had very few friends on any of his teams (until he got to Milwaukee). He also had a sizable ego and often set out to prove himself, even if it meant hurting his team. He was very hard on teammates, and I can't even imagine how that would rub off on guys like Duncan (laid back), McHale (laid back), Dumars (quiet), Price (laid back). I could see Mahorn and Robertson getting into it in practice because Robertson would get pissed off about Mahorn fouling him. Between the drug issues, the diversity of characters, Pierce's ego, & Robertson's bitterness, I can't give you higher than an 8/10

Durability - Parish never missed games. Hill was pretty healthy for his first several seasons, but had 2 or 3 years of horrible injuries. Pierce hasn't missed many games, with the exception of one season. Dumars didn't miss many games until the second half of his career, then his missed several. Buck Williams never missed games. Mahorn only played 5 seasons of 80 or more games, and only topped 70 nine times in 19 seasons. Oscar stayed pretty healthy throughout his career, though he only played a full season once. Mark Price missed a lot of games in his career. Thompson played almost every game during his first 4 seasons, but after that, drugs & injuries made him miss A LOT of games. McHale never missed too many games, but often played injured. Dale Ellis missed a lot of games.8/10

Depth - Your small forward position is stacked. If you slide Thompson to shooting guard, you're deep there. Your power forward position is VERY deep. Your center position is your weakest, as you only have one true center. Point guard is pretty solid, as Price brings a different dimension from Oscar. Still, you lose a lot of offense when you sub in Buck & Mahorn. But, if you have Thompson, Ellis, & Price in, you'll have plenty of scoring. I just can't look past you only having one center, though. 9/10

Total - 43/50

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