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'98 draft - Paul or Dirk?
« on: June 14, 2011, 10:07:41 PM »

Offline mc34

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In hindsight, if you had the #1 pick in the 1998 draft, would you pick Paul or Dirk?

I would say it depends on the team. A team looking for a #1 scorer, a franchise centerpiece, I would pick Dirk. A team with an established player or other solid pieces, I'd take Paul for his better passing and defense.
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2011, 10:09:41 PM »

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What no Kandi man?

Tough choice.  Hard to imagine life with no Pierce.  I guess I'd stick with Paul, but that's probably a homer answer.

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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2011, 10:21:35 PM »

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The C's have Antoine Walker playing Forward so I'd rather take Paul Pierce.

I would've traded that pick + Ron Mercer for the rights of Vince Carter. Imagine how much excitement would that bring. It might not win us a championship 10 years after but hey, it's 1998, nobody knows it yet.

But if it's the #1 overall were talking about, I probably would've taken Kandi and be ashamed of myself in the next years. Hey, I wouldn't know, he had so much buzz.
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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2011, 10:27:46 PM »

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Pierce/Dirk + Mercer for Vince? Why would anybody want that, especially in hindsight?

Now, Antoine for the rights to Dirk would have been amazing.  Dirk + Pierce would have been a fun combo
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2011, 10:45:17 PM »

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Quote from: Roy H. on June 14, 2011, 10:27:46 PM
Pierce/Dirk + Mercer for Vince? Why would anybody want that, especially in hindsight?

Now, Antoine for the rights to Dirk would have been amazing.  Dirk + Pierce would have been a fun combo

But then we'd never get Raef
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2011, 10:55:39 PM »

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My first thought was Dirk. Then it occurred to me that Pierce survived Pitino.  I'm not sure a 19 year old Dirk would have done that.  I'd like to think he would have, but Rick might have really messed him up.
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2011, 11:00:06 PM »

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Mike Bibby. Duh.
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2011, 11:07:12 PM »

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The Truth.  Not to mention the risk it would've involved taking the "phenom" European considering the busts that continent has produced.
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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2011, 11:08:17 PM »

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Quote from: bballdog384 on June 14, 2011, 11:00:06 PM
Mike Bibby. Duh.

Ahh yes, he of the 3.6 PER in the playoffs this year, the immortal Mike Bibby
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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2011, 11:16:08 PM »

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I'm gonna stick with Paul.  Drafting Paul led eventually to a championship.  There's no guarantee drafting Dirk would have done the same.
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« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2011, 11:29:31 PM »

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i dont know if mgmt wouldn't have just traded away dirk if he got drafted by us. so in the end, we'd end up with no pierce and no dirk. that'd suck.
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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2011, 11:31:24 PM »

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paul over dirk any day any way~
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« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2011, 12:00:05 AM »

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In hindsight the answer has to be Dirk.  At the time, Pierce was the more safe bet.
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« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2011, 12:08:00 AM »

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If nobody knew what was going to happen at the time, and we could only choose between the 2, It would most likely be Dirk. Paul Pierce blossomed coming into the league, while we already had Walker, and were in need for another big. 
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« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2011, 12:09:06 AM »

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No guarantee Dirk would have ever gotten us a ring.  Paul did.

I'll never forget 08 so Im stickin with the pick
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