Rule #4: If you make one of the 10 best rookie plays, odds are you’ll end up being a pretty good...

Rule #4: If you make one of the 10 best rookie plays, odds are you’ll end up being a pretty good player.

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Any word on,

If Javale McGee made the top ten rookie plays this year?

by Danyon Rome on Jun 20, 2009 10:41 AM EDT reply actions

Not sure

I’ve been looking for it on YouTube, but I don’t think the NBA has produced one yet.

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by Jake Whitacre on Jun 20, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Great Rookie class

I think this says more about that rookie class. Full of great players. Love how nothing changes for Lebron. The #1 play and he took like 4 steps to make the play. Wonder if that was a crab dribble.

by Knighthawk on Jun 20, 2009 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

You saw that too?

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by Rook6980 on Jun 20, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions

I suppose it’s become second nature for Wizards fans.

by Fundefined on Jun 20, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions

That is why he thinks it isn’t a travel. Ever since he has gotten into the league, he has been GIVEN everything. I hope we make the right moves starting this week. I would love for our team to be the “up from nothing” team that takes over the NBA. Gilbert and Caron both have different up from nothing stories. Sorry, rambling… I hate that Lebron ~~get away with~~ is applauded for traveling.

by Danyon Rome on Jun 21, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I was wrong about T.J. Ford

I didn’t think he could be an NBA caliber PG, but if it weren’t for the injuries I think he would be just a notch below elite at the position. It’s a real shame what’s happened to him.

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by George Templeton on Jun 20, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions

That was an incredible draft year

LeBron James, Carmello Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, and David West were all taken in the 1st round

and Josh Howard was taken in the 2nd round!

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by Rook6980 on Jun 20, 2009 11:59 AM EDT reply actions

and Josh Howard was taken in the 2nd round!

no he wasnt

by dt3 on Jun 20, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

He wasn't

but Maciej Lampe was!

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by Jon L on Jun 20, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions

You're right...

He was picked with the very last pick in the 1st round… My mistake…

but the sentiment is the same… In a draft where you can find a Josh Howard slipping to the last slot in the first round… Where teams picked up starting caliber players in the 2nd round (Steve Blake, Kyle Korver – he started 57 games his 2nd year) – and where the League picked up 4 bona fide Superstars… THAT’s a strong draft.

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by Rook6980 on Jun 20, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Did people think it would be as strong as it was?

Like, how much hype was there about the 2003 class compared to, say, the 2008 class? I wasn’t really following basketball back then.

by pantslessyoda1 on Jun 20, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Tons more hype in 2003 from what I remember-

You had Lebron who was already annointed the King and had been on SI, Carmelo just off a championship, Wade taking a surprise team to the final four.

by ooba on Jun 20, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Well the big story was Lebron vs. Carmelo that never went anywhere, then Wade had a huge rookie season and those 3 pretty much cemented the notion of 2003 one of the best drafts ever. I still think top to bottom 2008 was better.

by Fundefined on Jun 20, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Overall talent - top to bottom

You’re probably right… 2008 will be remembered as an excellent draft class… up and down the entire first round – plenty of Starters, and potential All-Stars. But besides possibly Derrick Rose, I can’t see any of those guys potentially going into the HoF.

But for pure star power, 2003 (LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Carmello Anthony, Chris Bosh) has to be considered the best draft since 1984 when Akeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton were drafted.

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by Rook6980 on Jun 20, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions