1995 NBA Draft Remix

Man. This draft sucks. I never realized that.

Before I read anything, I just have to say that picture of KG looks really lame.

Also, Mighty Mouse was dope back then. But amazingly, his only good (and best) seasons were in Toronto. Should’ve just stayed and waited for T-mac and VC.

@Pic, ‘Sheed would prolly just take to the podium and glare at the presenter until he was asked to leave

A note on Shawn Respert, which some may know:
He didn’t live up to his potential, but look at the fact that towards the end of a poor rookie season, he found out he had stomach cancer. That he played through. Which caused rapid weight loss, from intensive radiation therapy. Most guys would’ve retired, but he didn’t even tell anyone!!! That’s HEART!
That’ll seriously derail your career, especially in one that relies upon peak physical performance.
Jeff, how could you put him as the biggest bust in light of that fact, especially with Ed O’Bannon in the draft?! Even without Respert’s health troubles I would’ve put O’Bannon in that slot!

Damn, I never heard that about Respert.

I sick of these prima donna athletes using stomach cancer as an excuse.

“Rasheed Wallace in the Hall of Fame? Probably not”
No, Jeff…the answer to that question is a resounding Hell Naw. To my memory, Rasheed Wallace is THE most consistently overrated player of all time.
His career averages are 15/6.9
His playoff numbers are even lower.
He has never, not once, grabbed more than 8.2 rebs a game.
I guess the 1000/1000 stat is an amusing stat to hold onto, but there’s a reason why you don’t see any great players, any HOFers, get that.

Rasheed busts Tim Duncan’s @$$ all the time, since their college days matter of fact. Respert used to shoot the lights out with that big elbow pad on at Mich St. I remember Calbert Cheaney balled in college like hell, and so did Lou Roe, but I would have to say Ed O’Bannon probably was the biggest “bust”. In college he was VERY good, like JaRon Rush’s game on steroids x 30.

J-Ro – I’d put KG right behind Kobe in the 96 remix, ahead of Iverson.

The Ratliff stat, I love things like that – 85 games. I believe that Finley played in 83 games once. Of course I understand how it happened, but since it doesn’t happen quite often, it’s funny to me.

This was the draft where my Bulls could’ve take Michael Finley with the 20th pick. He was still on the board, all the Bulls fans wanted him, he was a hometown-dude. But Jerry Krause instead chose Jason Caffey because he felt Finley would be too distracted playing in his hometown. Way to go, Crumbs. Thank God you weren’t the GM for the 2008 draft.

Oh HELL NAW. KG could NEVER carry a team to the finals by himself. There’s no way he’s ahead of AI, and I like KG. The problem with KG is that TD played in the same era as he did and is better than him in absolutely every facet of the game. He’s still HOF and transcendant and all that, though / If Sheed gets in the HOF, than the HOF is a joke. He has Juwan Howard’s numbers for god’s sake! And I don’t ever remember saying “wow, sheed stepped up in the clutch”, even when they won it all. I actually remember him more for messing things up and disappearing in the clutch vs LA when he was in POR. And last year’s efforts vs the Cavs? 6 and 6. That’s your HOF? Word.

@Jukai: is thit the reason that KG never went further than the first round until 03/04? seriously, i’d take kg over iverson also. but it’s close

Wayno – is that points per hour?

Jeff – any comment on Sports Illustrated’s review of the 2004 draft, complete with ‘how would they be picked now’ remixing?

And I agree that O’Bannon was a bigger bust. Those brothers had so much hype before hitting the league and I can’t recall either of them sticking around for more than one or two seasons.

and co-sign Jukai @ 3:08.

@Enigmatic – I’m pretty sure I saw a clip of Air and Finley going one-on-one when Finley was in HS, after he won some kind of competition for an afternoon with Jordan. I remember them playing a ridiculous game of horse, popping shots off the top of the backboard and the like. At the end of the clip they shake and Jordan says “Maybe see you in the NBA one day.” The idea the Bulls could have picked him at #20 made me think of that.
Still, him seeing daylight behind Harper and Jordan was slim.

If AI had that Sixers team in the West he wouldn’t have gotten out of the first round either Z…hell, they’d be lucky to be a playoff team in the West, that’s how much better the west was during that time.

KG is my idol. Guy works hard and shows his passion… In my opinion it’s a good thing he lets others take clutch shots, cause he knows that it gives the team a better ‘shot’(pun.. haha..) at winning. It shows his confidence in team play. He’s the reason the Celt’s play good D. Dude is top 4 best PF ever. You can’t really say Iverson is one of the 4 best SG ever.

I really think this is why I bash Iverson so much. I listed the dude as the fourth/fifth best shooting guard of all time… and yet the dude is STILL overrated. Yes, getting to the NBA Finals with that god awful team is an amazing accomplishment, but it’s not Jordanesque. Look at who he had to go through!!!
Phili beat out the Indian Pacers, lead by “super-star” Jalen Rose, and co-led by a 35-year-old immobile Reggie Miller and Jermaine O’Neal pre any type of offensive moves. The next best players were Travis Best and Austin Croshere.
Then, they beat the massively overrated Toronto Raptors in a SEVEN GAME SERIES (!!!). The ONLY PLAYER THAT TEAM HAD WAS VINCE CARTER! Really! That series was Vince vs Iverson! The next best players on Toronto were ALVIN WILLIAMS AND ANTONIO DAVIS (the latter whom was having a blowout season with 13 points a game!). The team also featured the zombie bones of Charles Oakley and Morris “I made Kobe have a bad shooting night once in my life” Peterson. The only reason that the Raptors went anywhere as far as they did was because they were such an amazing rebounding team… so when they missed all their shots, they’d grab the rebound and get a second chance to miss all their shots. Fantastic, very talented.
The final team Iverson had to go through to get to the Finals was the Bucks, whom ALSO took seven games (!!!). Who was on that team? Ray Allen. Yeah, that’s really it, much like Vince and AI, he was leading his team doing everything. Sam-I-Am provided SOME support for that team, and there was Glenn “Shoot first ask questions later” Robinson, who only scored (at times, he could also give you turnovers). If memory serves me, the only other notable members were Tim Thomas, Jason Caffrey, and “the other” Ervin Johnson. The Bucks also had Alston, Pryzbilla, and Redd, and together I think they averaged slightly over 700 minutes. For the entire reason and playoffs.
So yes, it’s a miracle that Iverson got to the Finals by himself. But the teams he beat would not have made the PLAYOFFS in the West. He beat terrible teams.
So let that accomplishment be buried.
I’m still taking KG.

Z, I agree. I,d say eastern conference finals. I’ll also say that if Iverson played for the Celts, they’d win nothing

Tealish: who would you rather build a team around?

you really cant compare iverson and kg im sure kg is more consistent and averaged 20 13.5 6.5 1 1 during his prime but iverson was the player that was more in control and took on more of the scoring load, both great players but very different styles

Also, it really depends when you ask who you would rather build a team around. Both guys need completely different styles of teammates around them. If I were making one of them the designated MAN on the team, then I’d choose Iverson. You’ve seen how bad the Timberwolves were with just Kevin Garnett carrying them. They had a few good runs with Spree and Hudson but that quickly faded.
I’m sure if Iverson had Ray Allen and Paul Pierce on his team, he would have sacrificed his shots (not that he didn’t sacrifice in Detroit). I mean seriously, Hamilton and Stuckey?