Comments on: Layups: Semih Erden’s Chances of Becoming the Best Last Pick Ever

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:15:12 +0000

A more interesting question is who was the lowest-picked good-great player of all time? That takes into account the extra rounds of the old school NBA.

By: P Middy

P Middy — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:59:13 +0000

I wonder if I would trade my life for Jermaine's. On the one hand, he's rich. On the other, he's got that giant Charlie Brown looking potato head on his neck. And by the time he's fifty, the arthritis will probably be unbearable.

By: Pageup

Pageup — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:13:01 +0000

now come on, Jermaine's been living the NBA dream life we all wish we were, that'd be to the tune of 160 mil plus without any stress

By: P Middy

P Middy — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:43:18 +0000

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Jason J

Jason J — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:27:39 +0000

Middy, don't you see how having enough very old bandaids is the same as having one kinda old bandaid (like Marcus Camby for instance)? Danny Ainge is the basketball Fonzy.

By: P Middy

P Middy — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:07:53 +0000

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:09:21 +0000

Excuse me, we're averaging 13.6 responses per post this week.

(Now, 13.7.)

By: P Middy

P Middy — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:50:24 +0000

Anytime Joel! If there's anything I enjoy, it's annoying people like you. (What do I mean, you people?!?? HM?)

Can I bring up how the Celtics decided to replace their INJURED center with the O'Neal brothers? Were Ming and Oden not available?

Or is this all WAY too off topic for a message board that averages 5 response per post?

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:59:21 +0000

Thanks for that illuminating analysis, Middy.

Best "last" draft pick is going to be heavily weighted towards the years following 1989, when the NBA cut the number of draft rounds to 2.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:46:27 +0000

Definitely Ben Wallace off the top, only one I can think of with a realistic chance at the Hall. It was probably the fact that Virginia Union isn't Division I, I thought it was when I went to add Charles Oakley to the list of players to reach 2000 points and 1000 rebounds, then realized that he didn't do it against D-I competition. Charles Oakley is the only other NBA player to come out of Virginia Union.