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| I'm just happy to see a Laker rookie appear on the cover of anything. |
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| I like how Julius Randle is holding the ball like Kobe, and how he's the only one wearing a home jersey in the picture. |
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| They did a good cover |
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| driver wrote: | | I'm just happy to see a Laker rookie appear on the cover of anything. |
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| Those covers are awesome. |
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KobeBryantCliffordBrown
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That '96 class was just crazy. Top 5 player of all time in Kobe, 2X MVP in Nash, MVP and crazy ass scorer HOF'er in AI, Perhaps best shooter of all time in Jesus Shuttlesworth and 7 other all stars. Wow.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:30 am Post subject: Re: Slam 1996 Draft Redux |
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That '96 class was just crazy. Top 5 player of all time in Kobe, 2X MVP in Nash, MVP and crazy ass scorer HOF'er in AI, Perhaps best shooter of all time in Jesus Shuttlesworth and 7 other all stars. Wow. |
3 top draft classes are MJ/Hakeem's, 1996 and 2003. Would be a great debate about which is the best one.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:46 am Post subject: Re: Slam 1996 Draft Redux |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | KobeBryantCliffordBrown wrote: |
That '96 class was just crazy. Top 5 player of all time in Kobe, 2X MVP in Nash, MVP and crazy ass scorer HOF'er in AI, Perhaps best shooter of all time in Jesus Shuttlesworth and 7 other all stars. Wow. |
3 top draft classes are MJ/Hakeem's, 1996 and 2003. Would be a great debate about which is the best one. |
'84's tough to beat. Arguably 2 top 5 players ever in MJ/Hakeem, and another 2 top 20 in Barkley/Stockton. Incredible. |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | driver wrote: | | I'm just happy to see a Laker rookie appear on the cover of anything. |
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KobeBryantCliffordBrown
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| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: Slam 1996 Draft Redux |
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| AY2043 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | KobeBryantCliffordBrown wrote: |
That '96 class was just crazy. Top 5 player of all time in Kobe, 2X MVP in Nash, MVP and crazy ass scorer HOF'er in AI, Perhaps best shooter of all time in Jesus Shuttlesworth and 7 other all stars. Wow. |
3 top draft classes are MJ/Hakeem's, 1996 and 2003. Would be a great debate about which is the best one. |
'84's tough to beat. Arguably 2 top 5 players ever in MJ/Hakeem, and another 2 top 20 in Barkley/Stockton. Incredible. |
it's tough. Talent up top v. depth.
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4 HOF, 7 all stars. 1 Top 5 type player, 1 top 10 type player in Hakeem, 1 top 20 type player in Charles.
1996
4 likely HOF, 11 all stars. 1 top 5 type player , 1 top 20 type player in Iverson,
2003
4 likely HOF, 8 all stars, 1 top 5 type player, 2 top 20 type players in Wade and 'Melo
I'm going to give the slight edge to 1996 because of number of all stars but to be honest, you could fit the difference between the classes under a small blanket.
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L.A.M.B
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| wait...who's a top 5 player in the 2003 draft? |
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KobeBryantCliffordBrown
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| L.A.M.B wrote: | | wait...who's a top 5 player in the 2003 draft? |
I said top 5 type. And LBJ is that for sure. I think there are about 7 or 8 top 5 type players
Wilt
KAJ
Bird
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Kobe
MJ
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| lebron james is not a top tier great...he's in the 2nd tier with dominique wilkins and isiah thomas...still great, but not top 10 great. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: Slam 1996 Draft Redux |
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| KobeBryantCliffordBrown wrote: | | AY2043 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | KobeBryantCliffordBrown wrote: |
That '96 class was just crazy. Top 5 player of all time in Kobe, 2X MVP in Nash, MVP and crazy ass scorer HOF'er in AI, Perhaps best shooter of all time in Jesus Shuttlesworth and 7 other all stars. Wow. |
3 top draft classes are MJ/Hakeem's, 1996 and 2003. Would be a great debate about which is the best one. |
'84's tough to beat. Arguably 2 top 5 players ever in MJ/Hakeem, and another 2 top 20 in Barkley/Stockton. Incredible. |
it's tough. Talent up top v. depth.
1984
4 HOF, 7 all stars. 1 Top 5 type player, 1 top 10 type player in Hakeem, 1 top 20 type player in Charles.
1996
4 likely HOF, 11 all stars. 1 top 5 type player , 1 top 20 type player in Iverson,
2003
4 likely HOF, 8 all stars, 1 top 5 type player, 2 top 20 type players in Wade and 'Melo
I'm going to give the slight edge to 1996 because of number of all stars but to be honest, you could fit the difference between the classes under a small blanket. |
I think if Melo/Wade/Iverson are considered top 20 "type" players, it's fair to put Nash in that category too. |
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The Joker
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| L.A.M.B wrote: | | lebron james is not a top tier great...he's in the 2nd tier with dominique wilkins and isiah thomas...still great, but not top 10 great. |
Can agree with this. 2-5 in Finals. One beating the inexperienced Thunder in a lockout year and the other off a Ray Allen miracle. Would expect more teaming up with two other top 20 players in a extremely weak conference, where you're playing the forsaken Bucks or Gastly Sixers in the first second rounds. Yeesh.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Slam 1996 Draft Redux |
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| jonnybravo wrote: | | KobeBryantCliffordBrown wrote: | | AY2043 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | KobeBryantCliffordBrown wrote: |
That '96 class was just crazy. Top 5 player of all time in Kobe, 2X MVP in Nash, MVP and crazy ass scorer HOF'er in AI, Perhaps best shooter of all time in Jesus Shuttlesworth and 7 other all stars. Wow. |
3 top draft classes are MJ/Hakeem's, 1996 and 2003. Would be a great debate about which is the best one. |
'84's tough to beat. Arguably 2 top 5 players ever in MJ/Hakeem, and another 2 top 20 in Barkley/Stockton. Incredible. |
it's tough. Talent up top v. depth.
1984
4 HOF, 7 all stars. 1 Top 5 type player, 1 top 10 type player in Hakeem, 1 top 20 type player in Charles.
1996
4 likely HOF, 11 all stars. 1 top 5 type player , 1 top 20 type player in Iverson,
2003
4 likely HOF, 8 all stars, 1 top 5 type player, 2 top 20 type players in Wade and 'Melo
I'm going to give the slight edge to 1996 because of number of all stars but to be honest, you could fit the difference between the classes under a small blanket. |
I think if Melo/Wade/Iverson are considered top 20 "type" players, it's fair to put Nash in that category too. |
And Stockton for sure |
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