From first to worst. No IR definitely hurt me badly. Also need to rework the stats for next year. I'm still of the opinion that points = FGM+FTM+3PTM. Everyone played under the same stats, so it's really just a point for next year. I think having a decent shooting percentage is a valid measure of the quality of a player. Sure, Kobe's 81 points are cool to watch, but taking 50+ shots is something lots of guys could do, but don't.
Diary of a draft gone horribly wrong:
1. Dwayne Wade - good pick where I got him, but should have put aside personal issues and taken Kobe again this year. Must learn to pay attention to league settings
before draft occurs. Kobe with %'s = not so good, Kobe without %'s = surreal.
2. Rashard Lewis - decent pick and a good small forward selection at that point in the draft. That's about as far as I made it without screwing up. We'll just ignore the drunk driving charge during the season that cost me a couple of games
3. Stephon Marbury - let it be noted I left Chauncey Billups standing at this point, even though I had Billups the previous year. I applied "Kobe" theory to Marbury - even though he and the Knicks would suck, I thought he'd hog the ball enough to get his numbers. Wrong.
4. Carlos Boozer - an awesome finish, no doubt and what I was expecting. He was listed as day to day when we drafted. He returned in February
He missed 50 games, not something you want to happen out of your top five picks.
5. Amare Stoudemire - damn the electronic draft and my foolish optimism. Stoudemire was coming up in the rankings and one of the guys who wasn't online would have ended up with him. I should have left him alone, but opted to take him and hope he'd come back early, or at worst come back around the all star game and play out for two months. I got one game instead.
6. Andrew Bogut - not a bad choice really, but had I not taken Stoudemire above, I'd not have selected Bogut either. I expected more out of this rookie but gave up too easily as well, so my bad. I probably would have selected Paul at this point instead
7. Josh Howard - one of my best picks of the draft, especially where I got this utility guy. Too bad we didn't have any D stats as well, or he'd have been even more helpful. Too many injuries means I had to drop him (I believe when I dropped him I didn't have enough healthy guys to put up a full roster).
8. Raja Bell - great pick in the eighth round. Note to self: take people playing with Steve Nash, not people that used to play with Steve Nash.
9. Quentin Richardson - see note above. Still, three point numbers were ok, but stay away from anyone playing with Marbury.
The rest of the draft was trash anyway, so no big deal there. I did pick up some guys that came on later, but too little, too late by a long, long shot. Wilcox, David West and Kenny Thomas were very nice pickups later. Should have just kept Delonte West the first time I picked him up as well.
Congrats to the guys who had good seasons and hopefully I can return to at least the top half of the league next year.
