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2016 Annual JazzFanz All-Time NBA Draft

[MENTION=40]Siro[/MENTION] is up.

Then [MENTION=591]White Chocolate[/MENTION]

Then [MENTION=3213]Cunning Linguist[/MENTION]
 
Hekate said:
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili Maccari

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WnPHE2dKk

4× NBA champion (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014)
2× NBA All-Star (2005, 2011)
2× All-NBA Third Team (2008, 2011)
NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2008)
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2003)
FIBA Americas Championship MVP (2001)
Euroleague champion (2001)
Euroleague Finals MVP (2001)
All-Euroleague First Team (2002)
Italian Cup MVP (2002)
2× Italian League MVP (2001–2002)
2× Olimpia de Oro (2003–2004)
Diamond Konex Award (2010)
50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008)
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Great pick. Absolute steal at this point.
 
I think pg is the deepest position. Still many good ones left that I would consider steals. I guess it's probably because there is only one pg on the court but wings and bigs are kind of interchangeable so once a poster drafts a pg they don't need to again for quite a while.
 
fishonjazz said:
I think pg is the deepest position. Still many good ones left that I would consider steals. I guess it's probably because there is only one pg on the court but wings and bigs are kind of interchangeable so once a poster drafts a pg they don't need to again for quite a while.
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Why don't u ever join the draft? U should.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Why don't u ever join the draft? U should.
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I don't really have a good answer. I did it a while ago and just didn't really enjoy it much.
I'm glad you guys do it though. I like the voting and being a spectator.
 
Slow going today eh boys?
 
White Chocolate agrees to trade #67, #110 and #113 to Ellis269 for #81, #88 and #105.
 
[MENTION=2527]Ellis269[/MENTION] is on the clock and [MENTION=3213]Cunning Linguist[/MENTION] is on deck.
 
(Big shoutout to Addictionary. I essentially stole his write up about Sabonis because it's better than anything I could have come up with. I'll rep that post now that my pick is made.)

C: Arvydas Sabonis

Cold War is a theme of the past for some, bitter and thrilling, yet buckle pulling memories for others. If it wasn't for it, if there wasn't a full scale (hell even existantialistic) competition between USA and the USSR, America might have been able to watch more of one of the greatest centers ever to play basketball.

Sabonis is a legend, not only because of his size, but his relatively unmatchable BBIQ. He was a 7-3 long guy from Lithuania, and weighted 279 lbs. Because of political restraints, he couldn't come start playing in the NBA from the year he drafted 1986 to 1995. He made an NBA career in Blazers, but had some even more major one across the Atlantic. He was the center of the famous Olympics Final game between the two giant rival countries.

He joined Lithuanian junior team at the age of 15 and joined the USSR NT in 17!

This was the guy playing center you would need on your team with the combination of his giant size that he used effectively, great balance for his size and his great intelligence, quick thinking and acting for the team play.

9457696-standard.jpg


Career Achievements in a nutshell:

FIBA World Champion (1982)
6× Euroscar Player of the Year (1984–1985, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1999)
2× Mr. Europa Player of the Year (1985, 1997)
3× USSR League Champion (1985, 1986, 1987)
Club World Cup Champion: (1986)
4× Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year (1984, 1985, 1986, 1996)
3× FIBA All-Tournament Team (1983, 1985, 1995)
EuroBasket Champion (1985)
EuroBasket MVP (1985)
Spanish Basketball King's Cup (1993)
2× ACB Champion (1993, 1994)
2× Spanish League Finals MVP (1993, 1994)
Spanish League MVP (1994–1995)
Euroleague Champion (1995)
Euroleague Final Four MVP (1995)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1996)
Euroleague Regular Season MVP (2004)
Euroleague Top 16 MVP (2004)
All-Euroleague First Team (2004)
LKL Champion (2004)
FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008)
FIBA Hall of Fame (2010)

Led USSR to Gold Medal in Seoul 1988 Olympics, Colombia 1982 World Cup, 1985 West Germany Eurobasket; Silver in Spain 1986 World Cup, Bronze in France 1983 and 1989 Yugoslavia Eurobasket.
Led Lithuanian NT to Silver in 1995 Greece Eurobasket, Bronze in Barcelona 1992 Olympics and Atlanta 1996 Olympics.


NBA Stats: 12 points, 1.1 blocks, 2.7 fouls, 1.8 turnovers, 0.8 steals, 2.1 assists 7.3 rebounds, 50% field goal shooting and 33% 3 point shooting.

Added 354 points to Portland in his 1st 3 years solely from 3 point shooting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18tnToDLHV4

[video=youtube_share;LW9q-0x2gu8]https://youtu.be/LW9q-0x2gu8

[video=youtube_share;06usV6451ik]https://youtu.be/06usV6451ik

[video=youtube_share;VO3IundC-e4]https://youtu.be/VO3IundC-e4
 
Ellis269 said:
(Big shoutout to Addictionary. I essentially stole his write up about Sabonis because it's better than anything I could have come up with. I'll rep that post now that my pick is made.)

C: Arvydas Sabonis

Cold War is a theme of the past for some, bitter and thrilling, yet buckle pulling memories for others. If it wasn't for it, if there wasn't a full scale (hell even existantialistic) competition between USA and the USSR, America might have been able to watch more of one of the greatest centers ever to play basketball.

Sabonis is a legend, not only because of his size, but his relatively unmatchable BBIQ. He was a 7-3 long guy from Lithuania, and weighted 279 lbs. Because of political restraints, he couldn't come start playing in the NBA from the year he drafted 1986 to 1995. He made an NBA career in Blazers, but had some even more major one across the Atlantic. He was the center of the famous Olympics Final game between the two giant rival countries.

He joined Lithuanian junior team at the age of 15 and joined the USSR NT in 17!

This was the guy playing center you would need on your team with the combination of his giant size that he used effectively, great balance for his size and his great intelligence, quick thinking and acting for the team play.

9457696-standard.jpg


Career Achievements in a nutshell:

FIBA World Champion (1982)
6× Euroscar Player of the Year (1984–1985, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1999)
2× Mr. Europa Player of the Year (1985, 1997)
3× USSR League Champion (1985, 1986, 1987)
Club World Cup Champion: (1986)
4× Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year (1984, 1985, 1986, 1996)
3× FIBA All-Tournament Team (1983, 1985, 1995)
EuroBasket Champion (1985)
EuroBasket MVP (1985)
Spanish Basketball King's Cup (1993)
2× ACB Champion (1993, 1994)
2× Spanish League Finals MVP (1993, 1994)
Spanish League MVP (1994–1995)
Euroleague Champion (1995)
Euroleague Final Four MVP (1995)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1996)
Euroleague Regular Season MVP (2004)
Euroleague Top 16 MVP (2004)
All-Euroleague First Team (2004)
LKL Champion (2004)
FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008)
FIBA Hall of Fame (2010)

Led USSR to Gold Medal in Seoul 1988 Olympics, Colombia 1982 World Cup, 1985 West Germany Eurobasket; Silver in Spain 1986 World Cup, Bronze in France 1983 and 1989 Yugoslavia Eurobasket.
Led Lithuanian NT to Silver in 1995 Greece Eurobasket, Bronze in Barcelona 1992 Olympics and Atlanta 1996 Olympics.


NBA Stats: 12 points, 1.1 blocks, 2.7 fouls, 1.8 turnovers, 0.8 steals, 2.1 assists 7.3 rebounds, 50% field goal shooting and 33% 3 point shooting.

Added 354 points to Portland in his 1st 3 years solely from 3 point shooting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18tnToDLHV4

[video=youtube_share;LW9q-0x2gu8]https://youtu.be/LW9q-0x2gu8

[video=youtube_share;06usV6451ik]https://youtu.be/06usV6451ik

[video=youtube_share;VO3IundC-e4]https://youtu.be/VO3IundC-e4
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Thank you very much for this reference Ellis.

I gave my heart to that draft and really cared for who I picked, made my deep research and drafted a team that I wouldn't draft with my limited knowledge (limited compared to the history of basketball), and the Sabonis pick was a major part of that influential experience. But in the end my team was unfortunately looked to old for the voters, hell most of my players were probably unknown to many, so when they saw players they knew that were active after 2000's they just picked them instead of mine. Definitely was a down feeling for me to drop out so quickly, but seeing this here makes me feel like it was worth it because at least one certain fellow basketball adorer like yourself can dig it up to make me relive the moment.

Thank you.
 
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