2014 NBA draft/off-season thread

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Wonder which team in the Chinese league he'll end up playing for.

 

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A lot of bad decisions to come out this year.

 

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Any more than, say, 10 such decisions means there are probably going to be some bad ones.

I can't say I follow this too closely, so maybe someone can tell me how many underclassmen come out in a typical year.

 

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I'd have to check, but it seems like more than in recent years.

 

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The 1996 NBA draft was incredible, too.

1. Allen Iverson
2. Marcus Camby
3. Shareef Abdur-Rahim
4. Stephon Marbury
5. Ray Allen
6. Antoine Walker
10. Erick Dampier
13. Kobe Bryant
14. Peja Stojaković
15. Steve Nash
17. Jermaine O'Neal
24. Derek Fisher

 

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That's a really good point. That's four HOF locks in the first round. A couple others are probably borderline.

 

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If you to pick a better pure shooter do you take Stojaovic or Allen?

 

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Even as a Kings fan, I'd take Allen.

 

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Locks are Iverson, Allen, Nash and Kobe.

Who is borderline?

 

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Borderline might be overstating it, but Peja and Marbury were the two I was thinking of. It's a lot easier to get into the Basketball HOF than it is into Canton or Cooperstown.

 

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Marbury? Not even close. You have to do it for more than four seasons.

 

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Well, he did average 19.3 points and 7.6 assists over a 15-year career.

I agree he's probably not getting in, but he's not like some of these guys who are great for 4-5 years and then completely fall off the map.