Who doesn't like a "Re-Draft?" Always fun. 10 years ago was one of the NBA's greatest drafts. It was one that got the #1 pick just as right as they got the #2 pick wrong. Here is how it went (Top 10) followed by how it should have...
1. LeBron James - Cleveland Cavaliers
2. Darko Milicic - Detroit Pistons
3. Carmelo Anthony - Denver Nuggets
4. Chris Bosh - Toronto Raptors
5. Dwyane Wade - Miami Heat
6. Chris Kaman - Los Angeles Clippers
7. Kirk Hinrich - Chicago Bulls
8. T.J. Ford - Milwaukee Bucks
9. Michael Sweetney - New York Knicks
10. Jarvis Hayes - Washington Wizards
Really fall off a cliff there at the end. This great draft, like all drafts, had a bunch of duds. Troy Bell at 16? Dude played 6 NBA games.
HOW IT SHOULD HAVE GONE:
1. LeBron James
2. Dwyane Wade
3. Carmelo Anthony
4. Chris Bosh
5. David West
6. Chris Kaman
7. Mo Williams
8. Josh Howard
9. Kirk Hinrich
10. Kendrick Perkins
Really not a terrible job by the GMs in 2003. LeBron, Wade, Melo, Bosh, Kaman, Hinrich all in the Top 7, and all clearly in the Top 10. This draft has produced 8 All-Stars (the top 8 on my list). Other decent guys include Nick Collison, Boris Diaw, Jason Kapono, Kyle Korver, Steve Blake, Matt Bonner, but none Top 10 worthy.
Boom. Re-drafted.
1 comment:
I had a pretty similar series of posts using "win shares" to rank the players of each class. Here's my '03 piece: http://topshelflax.blogspot.com/2012/06/why-do-we-love-drafts.html if you want to check it out.
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