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Offline KG Living Legend

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 Way back in 2002 if we would have drafted these three studs instead if Kedrick Brown and How Forte, How many wins would we have been headed for.

 Zach Randolph
 Anoine Walker
 Paul Pierce
 Joe Johnson
 Tony Parker

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 Kenny Anderson, Tony Battle, Potapenko, Walter, Milt Palacio, Eric Williams

 Other easy draft selections were Richard Jefferson and Troy Murphy. I loved Randolph coming out that year he went #18 and we passedon him twice.

 Everyone was talking about Parker to the Celtics we passes three times and he went #28. We supposedly have old Red Auerbach the last first round selection and he wanted Forte.

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Offline crimson_stallion

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All I know is that we would have had the worst defensive team in NBA history!

Lots of scoring though :)

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Offline KG Living Legend

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 Throw a wins total number out there. I'd say in two years that team is winning 50 plus games easy.

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Offline celticsclay

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This is really tough to say. Obviously the Tony Parker one would be the toughest to swallow (as was our subsequent trade of johnson). However, Randolph was a complete knucklehead when he came into the league and really could have been had for free at various times before he figured it out. Yes he always put up good numbers but he had tons of issues. That team badly needed a defensive center, but maybe Battie could have been serviceable int hat role.

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Offline Big333223

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These questions are tought because there are so many questions.

What would Tony Parker have looked like outside of the Spurs' system with Duncan in the paint?

Zach Randolph had kind of a rocky start to his career, would his personality have meshed with everyone else?

Do Joe Johnson and Paul Pierce have games that overlap with one another too much for either to be as effective as they wound up being apart?

That said, the team certainly would've been better but I don't know that it's a championship squad.
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49 wins.

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Offline mr. dee

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That's a horrible starting 5. All needs to have the ball to be effective.

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That team would be so crazy to party with

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Offline KG Living Legend

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That's a horrible starting 5. All needs to have the ball to be effective.



 Talent wins in the NBA. It's not horrible. It's much, much. Better than what we had. Kedrick Brown and Forte, you must be joking