OT: NBA Franchise Owner

by NYYLover1000 on Nov 29, 2007 9:56 PM EST

Alright, Alright, Alright

I understand this is a baseball site but can we do something different for once please.

Anyway, me and my friends in school were having an arguement about basketball and specifically who would pick to start your franchise with.

Here are the players

Dwight Howard
Greg Oden
Chris Bosh
Kevin Durant
Chris Paul

I picked Howard, because he's my personal favorite since I known him since HS and I think he can a Tim Duncan with more athleticism.

So what you guys think?

PS: As much As I love baseball (I like it more than football) basketball is my fav sport.

Poll

So Who would you Draft

Greg Oden

5 votes

Chris Bosh

2 votes

Kevin Durant

10 votes

Chris Paul

11 votes

Dwight Howard

39 votes

67 votes | Poll has closed

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i understand this

but it wud be nice if u put an ole-fashioned "OT" next to it...

i would start it w/ howard...hes the big-ass dominating big man

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by bobbymcnally on Nov 29, 2007 9:42 PM EST reply actions

There are so few really good 1s in the league, I think I would pick him over the other guys listed. Oden I think may end up having chronic injuries so I couldn't take him. I don't think Durant can do it himself in the NBA like he did in college.

I just think Paul makes everyone else better on the team.

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by Boxkutter on Nov 29, 2007 10:04 PM EST reply actions

Lebron

is the no doubt #1; never saw a basketball player with no ceiling before ... not since Shaq's rookie yr has there been such an obvious physical difference between one player and everyone else.

Bosh is a solid player but not the guy that can take a game over and make others better until he does. Oden could be, but we don't know. His ceiling is Howard so ...

since Howard already is Howard you go with him and you're set at C for the next decade. He has improved his shot, his range, and really his whole game every season he has played. But true centers are no longer a "requirement" to win a title. He's 3rd by a neck.

True PGs that think team first are maybe the rarest commodity in pro basketball these days, you can count them on one hand. After Steve Nash Paul is the best of them; hard to win a title if you don't have a floor general to keep everyone on the same page. The pro game is getting "smaller" each yr. But since the game is changing towards smaller players finding one will be easier. He's 2nd by a nose to ...

Durant is the player who could be to Lebron what Larry Bird was to Magic Johnson. He's player who does everything well, tries to involve and thus improve his teammates, and has no fear of failure; when the game is on the line he has no problem taking (or missing) the big shot. Some great players shrink from this (Barkley, Garnett) and it winds up costing them. Durant has shown in college and in his short NBA stint he has no such qualms about being "the man". If Seattle/O.C. can surround him with the right role players he will win a bunch of titles. If not he'll still grab a few. Out of this list he's my choice easy, and I live in (and root for) Orlando.

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by dew on Nov 29, 2007 10:29 PM EST reply actions

There are other players I'd start out with...

Frankly, I prefer Deron Williams to Paul in the long run as I think Paul will be more injury prone. Everything has to begin and end with LeBron. Wade should also be in the grouping somewhere as should Anthony, Bosh, and a few of the other young superstars in the league to a lesser extent...

"When Justin Upton faces Lincecum, I think Christ might appear in the heavens, and the world will end." -JakeFree

by JT12340 on Nov 30, 2007 2:12 AM EST reply actions