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Before I get to talking about the GMTR Monster League (which will be soon), where I somehow went 3-4-2 last week despite playing both Marcus Camby and Baron Davis, here is one more draft recap from the Readers League. The following is reprinted with permission from reader Terrance, who left the following impressive comment after my post about the walking injury list I drafted in the Readers league.
Terrance, I’ll hit you up with that 1,000 Shrute bucks I owe you next time I see you around the office.
ok fellas, I don’t blog. I just read them. Here’s my draft breakdown. Maybe I drafted a player some reader has and they want a breakdown of that player. So here goes.
1. (12) Chris Bosh
I was crossing my fingers that Chris Paul would fall to me at #12, but he went at one. With CP3 gone, I decided to go big, I did this in most of my drafts this season. After Bosh, Jefferson, Brand, Boozer, Duncan, and Camby there’s a small drop off to Dwight Howard and then a huge drop to the next tier of Centers. Fact is, I wouldn’t have got any top C’s if I didn’t draft them now.
2. (13) Al Jefferson
I did think about Deron Williams here, but not for long. I think people are too high on him. I think TJ ford may offer similar (but still significantly less) value and provide more steals. So I went with Al Jefferson, I think he’s a rock solid pick to pair with bosh
3. (36) Carmelo Anthony
I don’t know why I draft him, but I always seem to. Maybe it’s the solid %s, or the solid rebs. I don’t do it for points, I don’t care about points much. I just think his game is finally rounding out. Anthony should provide better numbers than last season. With this said, Iguodala is who I wanted and went at #35.
4. (37) Vince Carter
I like the value for this pick. Carter seems to be overlooked and underrated. Will have another good year, but we know how he gets when he’s stuck on a losing team. That’s my only worry, the phantom injuries. Would have taken Iguodala and Carter here if I had my way.
5. (60) Stephen Jackson
Really didn’t want another SF, there’s too many swingmen late in the draft who have value to draft them early. With that said, I have Vince Carter and Stephen Jackson who both should get me 5+ assists/game and provide other great #s. When I saw Jackson starting to fall, I was hoping he’d make it to me, I have him #46 on my spreadsheet.
6. (61) Manu Ginobli
Ok, I could’ve went in a couple directions here. I was in the GMTR league last season and they do weekly updates, so having an injured player on your roster for this H2H league isn’t as killer as it would normally be. I was eyeing Jamal Crawford here, but I think Crawford’s value tops out in the mid 30s, and Manu tops out is the early to mid 20s. This was a value pick and I felt that Ginobli’s FG% was a little more suited for my team.
7. (84) Randy Foye
Like clockwork, I started drafting my PGs where I see the best bang for the buck. I wanted TJ Ford here, but he went 2-3 picks before mine. Rounds 7-9 are the sweetspots to grab some pretty good guards in my opinion. You get starters who get minutes and will run their teams well.
8. (85) Kirk Hinrich
See above. I will add that I don’t see much of a drop off from Devin Harris and Mo Williams to these two guards in Foye in Hinrich, but they go about 20 picks higher and I was able to land Manu and Jackson with those two picks 2 rounds ago. If that makes sense.
9. (108) Jameer Nelson
Not really a favorite or anything, I wanted Conley or JR Smith, both were taken about 5 picks before mine. So this was IMO the last acceptable guard available since Beno Udrih was already taken.
10. (109) Drew Gooden
This is my sleeper and has been in every draft. Out of my 4 leagues, I got him in 3. His game is ok and should provide better value than where he is being picked. But there are a ton of minutes in Chicago’s frontcourt to produce.
11. (132) Kyle Korver
Eh, whatever, right? A bench player who will get 25 min a game and drop 1.5 threes and keep my FT ok with his 2 FTA/game at 90%. Not much to like unless brewer goes down with an injury. But this is where championships are won, late in the draft.
12. (133) Tyrus Thomas
I like him, but I hope he’s not the new Stromile Swift. The minutes are there in Chicago as I mentioned before. Can he produce with a new coach pushing for the up tempo pace that the suns had? Worth a flier at least.
13. (156) Boris Diaw
Really just waiting for an injury or I’m in for the classic Diaw line of 9-4-4. Those #s are like clockwork, sadly.
Favorite picks:
Vince Carter
Stephen Jackson
Drew Gooden
Least Favorite:
Korver
maybe, Anthony?
