2015 Annual JazzFanz All-Time NBA Draft

[Elizah Huge]

Wow do you guys even remember what happened last year in this much detail????

I know I beat Jeffrey by almost 20 votes, then ended up losing a close one to Spy in the next round.

 

[The Midnight]

But do you remember our semi-final battle in current players draft? Man was that epic. I think you won by 1 vote or something.

Wow you guys have GREAT memory.

 

[Jazz and Utes]

Wow you guys have GREAT memory.

Probably not chiefers ha

 

[The Midnight]

I know I beat Jeffrey by almost 20 votes, then ended up losing a close one to Spy in the next round.

Wow.. I don't remember 1 single match in either the All Time or the Current draft... I guess I am getting old.. lol

 

[Elizah Huge]

Wow.. I don't remember 1 single match in either the All Time or the Current draft... I guess I am getting old.. lol

Not even the championship? I don't remember the current draft at all.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Only about three and a half hours more until Log picks.

 

[Elizah Huge]

White Chocolate agrees to trade picks #56 and #86 to Hack for picks #53 and #101.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Round 1

1. Ellis269 - Michael Jordan
2. Spycam1 - Hakeem Olajuwon
3. LogGrad98 - LeBron James
4. Hack - Shaquille O'Neal
5. One Love - Tim Duncan
6. Jeffrey32 - Magic Johnson
7. Tfivas - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
8. Spycam1 - Larry Bird
9. Eminence - David Robinson
10. Thee jazz fan - Wilt Chamberlain
11. Siro - Kobe Bryant
12. Hekate - Bill Russell

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Round 2

13. Hekate - Oscar Robertson
14. Siro - Karl Malone
15. White Chocolate - John Stockton
16. Eminence - Kevin Garnett
17. Thee jazz fan - Kevin Durant
18. Tfivas - Kevin McHale
19. Jeffrey32 - Charles Barkley
20. White Chocolate - Julius Erving
21. Hack - Stephen Curry
22. LogGrad98 - Isiah Thomas
23. Siro - Allen Iverson
24. Ellis269 - Scottie Pippen

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Round 3

25. Ellis269 - Patrick Ewing
26. One Love - Dirk Nowitzki
27. LogGrad98 - Dwyane Wade
28. One Love - Dominique Wilkins
29. Hack - Ray Allen
30. Jeffrey32 - Reggie Miller
31. Tfivas - Jason Kidd
32. Thee jazz fan - Jerry West
33. Eminence - Chris Paul
34. One Love - Clyde Drexler
35. Siro - Steve Nash
36. Hekate - Elvin Hayes

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Round 4

37. Hekate - John Havlicek
38. Siro - Moses Malone
39. Thee jazz fan - James Worthy
40. Eminence - Grant Hill
41. Ellis269 - Gary Payton
42. Tfivas - Paul Pierce
43. Jeffrey32 - Alonzo Mourning
44. Hack - Anthony Davis
45. White Chocolate - George Gervin
46. LogGrad98 - Shawn Kemp
47. Spycam1 - Elgin Baylor
48. Ellis269 - Chris Webber

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Round 5

49. One Love - Carmelo Anthony
50. Spycam1 - Vince Carter
51. LogGrad98
52. White Chocolate
53. White Chocolate
54. Jeffrey32
55. Tfivas
56. Hack
57. Eminence
58. Thee jazz fan
59. Siro
60. Hekate

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[The Midnight]

Might not participate in the Current Draft this year... want to be able to discuss teams & picks without repercussions for once

 

[Elizah Huge]

Might not participate in the Current Draft this year... want to be able to discuss teams & picks without repercussions for once

Lol, dude you can do that even if you play. All I said was don't discuss players who haven't been picked yet, etc.

 

[LogGrad98]

Artis "The A-Train" Gilmore

Artis Gilmore's low-key personality and unpretentious playing style certainly didn't generate the hype that illuminated many other star centers of his day. But when he went up for a rebound or to block a shot, everybody knew who he was.

Gilmore was perceived as a gentle giant but was fierce in the post.

Regarded as one of the strongest men ever to play professional basketball, Gilmore was one of the league's most intimidating centers during the 1970s and 1980s. Most players knew better than to bring the ball to the hoop when the 7-2 Gilmore was in the middle.

During his long career that spanned 12 seasons in the NBA and five in the American Basketball Association, Gilmore was known as a workhorse, playing 670 consecutive games at one stretch. He barely spoke above a whisper and rarely got in fights or argued with referees. Instead of lashing out verbally, the media-shy Gilmore responded to critics who called him lazy and uninspired by staging comeback after comeback and by remaining a potent force until the end of his career.

Gilmore was an All-Star in 11 of his 17 years as a pro, his last selection coming at age 36. Scoring most of his more than 15,000 NBA points with dunks, finger-rolls and baby hook shots, the lefthanded Gilmore posted a career .599 field-goal percentage, the highest ever in the league. He shot .600 or better in six different seasons, and he led the NBA in field-goal percentage four times. His 1,747 NBA blocked shots rank him near the top in that category as well. Gilmore also earned All-ABA First Team honors in each of his five seasons with the Kentucky Colonels, and he was the league's Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year in 1971-72.

Plus he had the single best 'fro in the game.

* 11X All-star (5 ABA, 6 NBA)
* ABA Career Leader in blocked shots (750), and blocked shots in a season (422)
* ABA Most Valuable Player; ABA Championship
* Lead NBA in FG% 4 Consecutive Seasons
* NBA career leader in FG% - 59.9%

 

[Elizah Huge]

^^^ Good pick and thank you for actually being up at 6 AM to make your pick, I appreciate it.

 

[The Midnight]

Lol, dude you can do that even if you play. All I said was don't discuss players who haven't been picked yet, etc.

Nah that's not what I meant, it's just hard to fully discuss lineups, picks, etc when you're in the tournament cos people will think you have a hidden agenda for putting their team/players down, etc.


It's just more honest to be a bystander like what fish did last year.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Nah that's not what I meant, it's just hard to fully discuss lineups, picks, etc when you're in the tournament cos people will think you have a hidden agenda for putting their team/players down, etc.


It's just more honest to be a bystander like what fish did last year.

I definitely think the all-time draft is much more fun anyways. Everybody generally has a good team. Mainly because there are so many great players to choose from.

Whereas in the current draft, if you get a top-5 pick you are already have an advantage on the other teams because you will have a LeBron, Durant, Curry, or Davis, etc.

 

[Siro]

I hope I get Loggrad's team in the first round. Just collapse in the paint, and watch them struggle to hit 50 points.

 

[LogGrad98]

My Starting 5 is complete!

I give you:

STARTING PG, NBA ALL-STAR AND CHAMPION, INCLUDING NBA FINALS RECORD 25 PTS IN ONE QUARTER

ISIAH "ZEKE" THOMAS

AT SHOOTING GUARD, NBA ALL-STAR AND FINALS MVP,

DWYANE WADE

AT SMALL FORWARD, 2X NBA CHAMPION, 2X FINALS MVP, 4X NBA MVP, 11X ALL STAR

LEBRON "KING JAMES" JAMES

AT PF, 6X ALL STAR, 3X ALL NBA 2ND TEAM SELECTION, SONIC CAREER LEADER IN BLOCKED SHOT,

SHAWN "REIGNMAN" KEMP

AND AT CENTER, 11X ALL-STAR, ALL DEFENSIVE TEAM, HALL OF FAMER

ARTIS "THE A-TRAIN" GILMORE

PG - Isiah Thomas
Best Season: 21.2 PPG, 13.9 APG, 4.5 RPB, 2.3 SPG, 46% FG, 80% FT

SG - Dwyane Wade
Best Season: 30 PPG, 7.5 APG, 5.0 RPG, 2.2 SPG, 49% FG, 32% 3 PT, 77% FT

SF - LeBron James
Best Season: 30 PPG, 8.6 APG, 7.3 RPG, 1.6 SPG, 1.0 BPG, 50% FG, 33% 3 PT, 77% FT

PF - Shawn Kemp
Best Season: 18 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.8 SPG, 2.1 BPG, 54% FG 74% FT

C - Artis Gilmore
Best Season: 18 PPG, 12 RPG, 1.5 APG, 2.3 BPG, 63% FG, 74% FT

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

I definitely think the all-time draft is much more fun anyways. Everybody generally has a good team. Mainly because there are so many great players to choose from.

Whereas in the current draft, if you get a top-5 pick you are already have an advantage on the other teams because you will have a LeBron, Durant, Curry, or Davis, etc.

Disagree. I had the last pick and ended up one game away from the championship game.

 

[The Midnight]

Disagree. I had the last pick and ended up one game away from the championship game.

Might be a different story if you do a Jazz All time draft with 12 players though... with the 12th pick who do you get?!?!?!

 

[Elizah Huge]

Disagree. I had the last pick and ended up one game away from the championship game.

Never said you couldn't win, just said you are at a disadvantage.

 

[Elizah Huge]

With the 52nd pick in the 2015 Annual JazzFanz All-Time NBA Draft, White Chocolate selects..

Bill "Big Red" Walton

Career highlights and awards

- 2 × NBA champion (1977, 1986)
- NBA Finals MVP (1977)
- NBA Most Valuable Player (1978)
- 2 × NBA All-Star (1977–1978)
- All-NBA First Team (1978)
- All-NBA Second Team (1977)
- 2 × NBA All-Defensive First Team (1977–1978)
- NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1986)
- NBA rebounding leader (1977)
- NBA blocks leader (1977)
- No. 32 retired by Portland Trail Blazers
- NBA 50th Anniversary Team
- 2 × NCAA champion (1972–1973)
- 2 × NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1972–1973)
- 3 × National college player of the year (1972–1974)
- 3 × Consensus first-team All-American (1972–1974)
- No. 32 retired by UCLA

Career statistics

Points 6,215 (13.3 ppg)
Rebounds 4,923 (10.5 rpg)
Blocks 1,034 (2.2 bpg)

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With the 53rd pick in the 2015 Annual JazzFanz All-Time NBA Draft, White Chocolate selects..

Pete "Pistol Pete" Maravich

Career highlights and awards

- 5 × NBA All-Star (1973–1974, 1977–1979)
- 2 × All-NBA First Team (1976–1977)
- 2 × All-NBA Second Team (1973, 1978)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1971)
- NBA scoring champion (1977)
- No. 7 retired by Utah Jazz
- No. 7 retired by New Orleans Pelicans
- NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
- 2 × College national player of the year (1969–1970)
- 3 × Consensus first-team All-American (1968–1970)
- 3 x NCAA Division I scoring leader (1968–1970)
- 3 × SEC Player of the Year (1968–1970)
- NCAA All-Time Points Leader
- No. 23 retired by LSU

Career statistics

Points 15,948 (24.2 ppg)
Rebounds 2,747 (4.2 rpg)
Assists 3,563 (5.4 apg)