2003 NBA Draft Remix

If Hinrich were not drafted by the Bulls, he would look much better, because the Bulls never had a quality SG for the past 5 yrs. That said, I have no sympathy for Hinrich anymore, because he allows the stupid GMs and coaches and a selfish teammate take advantage of him and ruin his career for years, and he never strives to put himself in a better situation for success. Now he lets people pushed him to be a backup PG forever. Do you think B Davis would settle to be CP3 backup? Absolutely Not; he would get himself traded ASAP. Hinrich has the physical talent to be an elite PG, but doesn’t have the brain to do so. He always worries to try to please everyone (that’s why he is a underachiever). I have no respect for a person who doesn’t care to be the best he can be, and will stop waste my time to defend him.

this was a great post Jeff.
in my mind, i really dont think chris bosh is a H.o.f. he shouldnt even be the face of your franchise, at best a side kick.
and i believe if hinrich went to.. like say the blazers, he would be a great fit.
he is a victim of the bulls.
hinrich is way way better than mo. mo is only an all star cause he is with lebron, in the same fact that mike brown is coach of the year.. cause of lebron.
in that cause kirk is better than mo.
and i also agree with whoever said Darko will flourish in D’antoni’s offence.

Wade should be number one pick on this list. All LBJ has done so far is fall short of winning it all. When did Jordan make the finals and not win it all? NEVER! That is why LeBron will never be anywhere near the player Jordan was.
Oh yeah, when you lose, you shake the hand of the man that beat you! This is not high school you punk! All that did was show how immature you really are

Had to get it off my chest… maybe one of his boys reads this site. Who knows! hehe

LeCrybaby James (and Kobe) will never be better than MJ but this draft class is deeper than ’84 and ’96. Yeah, Captain Kirk plays point better at both ends than MoUTH Willams. D Wade should be number 1 in the remix with the championship run in ’05 (Jordanesque, I must say) and this year’s playoff push (with 2 rooks and J.Old). Come to think of it, he should’ve won the MVP this year.

There’s no way Wade should be number 1. I mean, not even close. C’mon now. You think if Lebron had the talent Wade did in 2006, they would have obliterated the Mavericks?
(although, in fairness, I guess that’s debatable, since Dallas was the better team but Wade summoned the spirit of Baylor and West and just went balls to the wall crazy for four games).

Yes Jukai, dynasty

Jukai: You know D Wade wins ball games by sheer force of will. LeBron, for all the hype that he commands (and the NBA’s constant boost) could not even win a single finals game. I play ball and I could not discount James’ game but character counts most hoopin’ especially if you are the franchise player. With Dunkgate and the ‘sportsmanship show’ at Orlando, you can’t say much about LeCrybaby now can you? Get this, put on the same team, D Wade’s star even shone brighter than your “King” at Beijing. I meant the championship run in 06 though. On your other point, a lot of factors to be considered but Billups-Wade-Hamilton would have gone down as the greatest backcourt in League history because all three play excellent defense, create and execute plays. One question though: Who gets the ball in crunch time?

Jj good take on the Spurs and the Jazz. Scola and Manu both have rings. Russell and Anderson (Stockton and Malone too, I must add)? Zip. That’s because of the greatness of the real 23, LBJ can never surmount.

Basketball is about championships.

COLT6: First off, get your history right. Wade was the reason we lost to Spain in the 2006 Worlds. He missed so many open dunks it wasn’t even funny. Was it Wade’s fault? Not really– he had hurt his wrist. Still, he demanded to be there, and as Lebron and Carmello began making a huge comeback, he missed two straight dunks.
And what’s up with “willing your team” to victory crap? Your holding it against Lebron that, after WILLING HIS TEAM TO EVEN BE IN THE FINALS AGAINST A SUPERIOR SUPERIOR SUPERIOR DETROIT TEAM that the Spurs defensive scheme of “three men on Lebron” created a situation where Lebron couldn’t? Like in the Magic situation (albeit the Cavaliers had a good team and just had matchup problems during the Magic situation), Lebron James would pass out of double teams to open teammates, only to see them hesitate and miss open shots. It’s upsetting, but you can’t win like that.
D-Wade had a supreme cast of talent: Jason Williams, uninjured and at his height, O’Neal right before his falloff in stats, Antoine Walker in the one year he finally ‘got it,’ Haslem, Posey, Kappono, Anderson, and even the ghosts of Gary Payton and Alanzo Mourning. I give all the credit in the world on Wade who carried his team to those championships, but if it wasn’t for Mourning blocking five shots in a quarter and Payton hitting two game-sealing clutch shots in two separate games, the Heat would have gone home.
Now, let me ask you, do you remember Lebrons teammates, outside of Damon Jones, having any great moments in the playoffs? I can think of all those roster guys having insane games in the Heat’s 2006 title run, but for the life of me, I can’t think of any great playoff games that the Cavaliers have had in their entirety with Lebron.
So just use your bonehead about this– maybe it’s really not about “willing your team” but having your team compliment you enough that your star can shine?

lets not forget that Wade AND the refs willed Miami to the title. Wade shattered the free throw record in a 6 game NBA Finals with 97 attempts. He averaged over 16 free throw attempts a game. Even LBJ would have a hard time pulling that off over the course of 6 games. The phantom call by senior Salvatore at the end of game 5 was one of the worst calls ever, considering the circumstances, the fact that Salvatore wasn’t even in position to make the call, and oh yes, lest we forget, NOBODY FOULED HIM!

Yup, i’ll never be able to forgive Dumars for this one.

Chris Bosh is not a Hall of Fame talent.

what a bunch of godawful suits…

Saying D-Wade is a HOF lock is a little premature isn’t it? Not saying anything bad about him, but he has missed 97 games already in his 6 seasons in the NBA. He turns 28 in January so he is a little older than most in this draft class. I am just wondering is he going to be healthy enough to have a long HOF career. He is in his prime right now and relies on his athleticism to be effective. He has a track record of injuries and we have all seen what happens to guys that rely on their athleticism lose it.(Steve Francis) Wade is a better player than Francis, but look where Francis is out of the league and he is only 31.

That line about the decline of the Euro would have been funny if it was true about the actual currency. Now it’s just funny because the DOLLAR is the one that has fallen like a suicidal dude off a tall building.

Jukai: WTF? You are telling me that D-Wade had a better team than Dallas in ’06? Yes, willing your team to victory. With a bunch of oldies at that. Didn’t the Heat beat in Detroit in the rematch of the ’05 ECF on their way to the ’06 championship? You know Lebron and the Cavs got swept by the Spurs in ’07 right? Not one single win.
Greece were a SUPERIOR team than the rebuilding U.S. squad at the ’06 worlds but you are missing the point here mor.. (I won’t call names because I am better than you). D-Wade played better ball than Lebron at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The former led (read, LED) an aging team to win 4 games en route to the Larry O’Brien trophy against a more talented team. The latter hides video tapes of him getting dunked on, wears narcissistic prints on his t-shirts to cover up his losses. Now tell me, WHO DO YOU THINK DESERVES TO BE PICKED NUMBER ONE SHOULD THE 2003 NBA DRAFT BE REDONE?

Dwayne: 16.0/4.0/1.9/1.6/0.1 73% shooting and 47% threes
Lebron: 15.5/5.3/3.8/2.3/1.0 67$ shooting and 47% threes
Looks pretty even to me. Oh, and if you asked anyone who was the best player outside the stats, all 12 would say Lebron was the unanimous leader of the team.
And, to reiterate my statement, Lebron James had a FAR WORSE TEAM than the Heat and took that team to the Finals and played against a better team than the Dallas Mavericks. That’s the truth. Just cause you clearly don’t like James, doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
I mean, honestly, James all-in-all has had SUPERIOR success in the playoffs than Wade. It’s the truth, once again.

seriously jukai-, lebron is ONLY the leader of his cavs teams. He can act like he’s leading team usa, but he’s obviously not. Just because he’s the face of the nba, does not mean he’s a “leader” LOL.

ALso, james was given every foul in the orlando series, and lost. that sir, is pathetic.

Jukai: (1) LEBRON CAN’T LEAD SH$T! Great players demand excellence from everyone on their team making them overachieve need be. More importantly, real ballers WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS (read: Jordan, Magic, Big O).

(2) YOU DON’T KNOW SMACK ABOUT THE TRUTH! Wade played better defense than Lebron in Beijing. Watch the games again if you must. D-Wade caused too many steals that enabled the Redeem Team’s dreaded fastbreak and he came off the bench too.

(3) lEADERSHIP? KID, YOU HAVE PLENTY MORE TO LEARN. BUT ENOUGH BITCHIN’, WHAT IS DONE IS DONE. F#CKOUTTAHERE WIT THAT B*LLSH!T.

Enjoyable article…I still think that the 1996 is the second best draft, behind, of course, the 1984 draft and all of its majesty. But we will have to wait and see; the 2003 draft could turn out to be arguably the best draft ever…only time will tell.

Colt6: Some of the greatest players to ever play this game havn’t won championships. since there is a huge number of variables that apply to a team trying to win championships, a players greatness should not be measured by championship rings, (AI, Barkley, Ewing etc). If you are going to measure it, how about MVP’s? or more games played? DWade played with the most dominant player ever on his team and had an easier team to beat. we all know the Spurs rep. I’m sorry i’m a big Wade fan but Lebron is ahead for now.

They would certainly win a championship with Wade (if they even had a brain to pick him)

James may be the best player but for a championship team I would take Wade.

1. Wade
2. James
3. Anthony
4. Bosh