fantasy basketball draft "WTF?!" picks

[spanky]

any of you guys have someone in your league that picks someone and the rest of the league just goes "WTF?!" i drafted last night and here are the results. see anything funny with round 1?

 

[Jack Ryan]

no

 

[PlatinumGold]

i would never pick ron artest in the first round. mb 3rd round. put he's a pacers fan as can be seen by his team name.

 

[iversonyin]

Even then I'll take J Oneil over Artest

 

[dethman]

some people are just fans of their own teams. i like to play with them because i can make money.

 

[SaltBoy]

Ron Artest is arguably the best defensive player in the league. Considering last year's debacle, I doubt he'll get in *as much* trouble this year.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Ron Artest is arguably the best defensive player in the league. Considering last year's debacle, I doubt he'll get in *as much* trouble this year.

defense is usually not a big factor in fantasy bball.

 

[BrokenVisage]

In my Football draft the #2 pick selected Steve McNair this year.. it was an accident but still, how do you fvck up your #2 pick?!?

 

[neovan]

Yeah...WTF...KG should be #1 not LBJ

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: neovan
Yeah...WTF...KG should be #1 not LBJ

i don't know, most of the top 10 could be argued as 1, but ron artest is just stupid.

 

[iamme]

"Pacer2006" picking Artest in the 1st round?

:laugh:

 

[iamme]

the "WTF" pick in our draft was Amare Stoudamire in with the 5th pick overall. it was because the guy preranked the players before Amare's injury and then went out of town........worked for me, because Dirk slipped to #6 (me!)

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: iamme
the "WTF" pick in our draft was Amare Stoudamire in with the 5th pick overall. it was because the guy preranked the players before Amare's injury and then went out of town........worked for me, because Dirk slipped to #6 (me!)

ya, but that could happen. in this case, this guy clearly targeted Artest as his #1 pick. not smart. it's one thing to target a premiere player and have that player go down with injury, it's another thing to target an above average player as your #1.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: iamme
the "WTF" pick in our draft was Amare Stoudamire in with the 5th pick overall. it was because the guy preranked the players before Amare's injury and then went out of town........worked for me, because Dirk slipped to #6 (me!)

ya, but that could happen. in this case, this guy clearly targeted Artest as his #1 pick. not smart. it's one thing to target a premiere player and have that player go down with injury, it's another thing to target an above average player as your #1.

true, true.

what i'm wondering is why Pacers2006 didnt' pick up Jermaine O'Neal with his 2nd round pick.....that would have given him the 1-2 homer combo...

 

[jman19]

Ron Artest... I can see him going round 2, but 4th overall... yuck. Personally, I think AK went a bit late

 

[Inspector Jihad]

bahahah you did pick brad miller with your second pick

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
bahahah you did pick brad miller with your second pick

Brad Miller is an excellent center. Decent points, excellent percentages, 9+ boards, a good number of assists from a C and over a block a game. Looks good to me :thumbsup:

 

[Kev]

I know a guy who has a FF league where someone picked Tony Gonzalez with the first round pick, because the year before he had problems with the TE position.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
bahahah you did pick brad miller with your second pick

Brad Miller is an excellent center. Decent points, excellent percentages, 9+ boards, a good number of assists from a C and over a block a game. Looks good to me :thumbsup:

ginobili with the 25th pick is ridiculous. if you wanted a foreigner take peja for christ's sake.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
bahahah you did pick brad miller with your second pick

what better center is there to draft for fantasy basketball? if u haven't noticed... there's slim pickin's for overall productive centers. i wanted starbury, then miller in the 3rd but someone else nabbed starbury. dam. i'm weak at pg

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
bahahah you did pick brad miller with your second pick

Brad Miller is an excellent center. Decent points, excellent percentages, 9+ boards, a good number of assists from a C and over a block a game. Looks good to me :thumbsup:

ginobili with the 25th pick is ridiculous. if you wanted a foreigner take peja for christ's sake.

it was close, as i did want peja. but i already have lebron at SF. i really wanted a "do-it-all" type of player, and manu fits the bill. playing alongside TD will def help his production too.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
bahahah you did pick brad miller with your second pick

Brad Miller is an excellent center. Decent points, excellent percentages, 9+ boards, a good number of assists from a C and over a block a game. Looks good to me :thumbsup:

agreed.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
bahahah you did pick brad miller with your second pick

Brad Miller is an excellent center. Decent points, excellent percentages, 9+ boards, a good number of assists from a C and over a block a game. Looks good to me :thumbsup:

ginobili with the 25th pick is ridiculous. if you wanted a foreigner take peja for christ's sake.

Yeah I agree that Ginobili at 25 is early... I would take Peja over him.

 

[Sparke]

How did Shaq slip to the 3rd round? The guy was #2 in MVP voting last season and he still has a lot of gas left in the tank. That's a steal.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: Sparke
How did Shaq slip to the 3rd round? The guy was #2 in MVP voting last season and he still has a lot of gas left in the tank. That's a steal.

while shaq in real life guarantees a deep run into the playoffs, he can kill a fantasy team because of his FT%