« Reply #657 on: August 26, 2019, 01:16:23 PM »
With the 6th pick of round 3, the Portland Trailblazers will select Charles Barkley.
While the Blazers would have preferred a more defensive oriented player, they couldn't pass up the last remaining top 20 player on ESPN's all time list (he was 18th), who just so happened to be a teammate of Moses in Philly and played with Magic on the Dream Team. The Blazers are just going to have to outscore everyone and clean up the glass (good thing I have 3 top ten rebounders from their position all time).
Yeah I figured you'd go gung ho on offense lol. Great frontline, teams are going to have their hands full against the Round Mound of the Rebound and the Chairman of the Boards.
Pippen was the top guy on my list. I had Barkley at #2, but in a vacuum Barkley is better than Pippen. Frankly, Barkley is in my mind the best player that will be taken in this round overall so getting him at 6 is tremendous value even if the fit isn't necessarily perfect given I have no elite defenders through 3 rounds. That said, it isn't that hard to find elite defenders that you can call on when you need a stop and I still have the 2 wing slots left to start picking some of those guys up. I have a couple of guys in mind that I think would be perfect, but I'm not sure they will be there for round 4 and 5.
I think the possibility is there that one other player could be picked that is, IMO, better than Barkley.
maybe, especially in the 1 season model, but Barkley was the highest ranked player left on ESPN's All Time list (as I said he was 18, Stockton was 19). I know that isn't the gospel, but I do think it is a pretty solid list overall at least for career value. Now in the one season model, there might be some players that will eclipse Barkley's peak.
Logged
2023 Historical Draft - Brooklyn Nets - 9th pick
Bigs - Pau, Amar'e, Issel, McGinnis, Roundfield
Wings - Dantley, Bowen, J. Jackson
Guards - Cheeks, Petrovic, Buse, Rip