1980 NBA Draft Championship

[Nosferatu]

POST WHICH TEAM YOU FEEL IS BEST...


TEAM A

Starters

PG Paul Westphal 5X AS, Career Season 25.2 ppg
SG Doug Collins 4X AS, Career shortened by injury, CS 20.8 ppg
SF Larry Bird 12X AS, 3X MVP, He's Larry Fucking Bird
PF Spencer Haywood 4X AS, CS 30.0 ppg 19.5 rpg
C Bob McAdoo 5X AS CS 34.5 ppg 14.1 rpg

Bench

PG Norm Nixon 2X AS, CS 17.0/11.1
PG Brad Davis #retired by Mavs, CS 11.6/7.2
SG Jim Paxson 2X AS, CS 21.7/2.1
SF Bernard King 4X AS, CS 32.9/5.8
PF Rick Mahorn 2nd team All NBA Defense,CS 12.2/8.8
C Swen Nater NBA Rebounding Champ, CS 13.4/15.0
C Alvan Adams AS, CS 19.0/9.1

VS


TEAM B

Starters

PG - Gus Williams - Avg'd 17.1 ppg and 5.6 apg for his career. Went to two NBA Finals and won one.
SG - Adrian Dantley - He shot 55 FG% for career, 30+ ppg for 4 straight seasons, and 5.7 apg.
SF - Julius Erving - Avg'd 22 ppg. One-time MVP winner and NBA champion, and 11-time All-Star.
PF - Kevin McHale - Avg'd 17.9 ppg, 3-time NBA Champ, All-NBA and All-Defensive Team member.
C - Artis Gilmore - 4-time All-Aba and All-Defensive team member, 17.1 ppg and 10.1 rpg.

Bench

PG - Kevin Porter - Avg'd 8.1 assists for career and led the league 4 times.
SG - World B. Free - His best season he averaged 30.2 ppg. Avg'd 20.3 ppg for career. 1-time All-NBA selection.
SG/SF - Mike Newlin - Averaged 18.3 ppg, career FT percentage of 87%, 4.0 apg.
SF - Mike Mitchell - Avg'd 19.8 ppg and 5.6 rpg for career. Led the league in fewest TO margin 3 times.
SF/PF - John Drew - Avg'd 20.7 ppg and 6.9 rpg for career. Led the league in offensive rebounds one year.
PF - Larry Smith - Avg'd 9.2 rpg for career. Led the league in offensive rp pct 3 times.
C - Dave Robisch - career 11.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, and 80% FT%.

VS


TEAM C

STARTERS
PG ~ Mo Cheeks: 4X NBA 1st Team Defense : 4X All Star : 5th All Time in Steals
SG ~ Sidney Moncrief: 2X Defensive Player of the Year : 5X All Star : .502 Career FG%
SF ~ Alex English: 21.5 PPG : 8X All Star : 50% From the Floor
PF ~ Dan Issel: 9th All Time in Points : 7X All Star : Career High 30.6 PPG 1971-72
C ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Most Points in NBA History : 6X NBA MVP : 3rd ALL Time in Rebounds

BENCH
PG ~ Calvin Murphy: 17.9 PPG : 7th All Time FT% : 1X All Star
SG/SF ~ Purvis Short: 17.3 PPG : Career High 28.0 PPG 1984-85 : .824 Career FT%
SG/SF ~ Junior Bridgeman: 13.6 PPG : .846 Career FT% : 8th Pick 1975 Draft
SF ~ Bob Dandridge: 18.5 PPG : 4X All Star : 1X NBA 1st Team Defense
PF ~ Larry Kenon: 17.2 PPG : 5X All Star : 9.5+ Rebounds First Seven Years of Career
PF ~ Sidney Wicks: 1971-72 Rookie of the Year : 4X All Star : 16.8 PPG
C ~ Bill Cartwright: 3X NBA Champion : 1X All Star : .525 Career FG%

Thank you for voting!!!

 

[Nosferatu]

I am gonna have to vote for TEAM C, unbelievable defense and great scoring and probably the strongest bench if you look at all seven of them. The one thing that separates team C is the passing, every player on this team passes the ball very well including the all time leading scorer, 19 time All Star and 6 time MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...

 

[UK Cowboy]

Team A. They would be impossible to defend. The offense would run through Larry Bird, who is was maybe the best shooter AND passer who ever lived. Two other excellent shooters in Westphal and Collins, and two great low post scorers and rebounders in McAdoo and Haywood, who were both 30+/14+ in their prime. Add in the best bench....a 30+ ppg scoring champion Bernard King, who was unstoppable, A 7 foot rebound champ who averaged 15 boards a game in his best season in Nater, another great shooting center in Adams, another stud shooter in Paxson, an all star pg in Nixon and bad boy Rick Mahorn to boot. Too deep, too diverse, too many weapons

 

[Nosferatu]

I will happily agree Mr. Bird is probably the best shooter of all time and he is maybe the most clutch player of all time not named Jordan and team A could easily be the best team and as much as I love Bernard King, the bench for C is too good and the back court for C would dominate A...

 

[Ritzarmy]

Team C. It's a tough call for me I think Team A and C are very good and Team B is just a bit behind them. I am voting for Team C because I love me some Kareem. McAdoo was a good player but Kareem was one of my all time favorites and 1 of the best centers of all time.

 

[Ritzarmy]

Hopefully we can get the rest of the people who participated in this draft to cast their vote

 

[UK Cowboy]

I had all three teams in the final four, I think they are all very good. There want much difference between team 2 and team 9 this draft. Team A has Bird and some dominant scorers, Team B has a great starting 5, and team C has Kareem, who was the best player on either team. Close

 

[Nosferatu]

So we have 3 votes, that leaves 6 people in the league yet to vote.


C = 2
A = 1
B = 0


I should just make B = 1 ... because obviously Team B will vote for himself.

 

[Nosferatu]

Ritz did you PM everyone to vote?

 

[trojanfan12]

Team C

 

[Nosferatu]

Thank you Trojan, that makes 4 votes...

 

[HammerDown]

Team A

C is a close second and I'd love to see that 7-game series.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Team B.

For whatever it is worth

 

[Nosferatu]

Thank you Hammer...


I PM'd 500, Wamu and WLK to come vote in the Championship Game...


C = 3
A = 2
B = 1

 

[Nosferatu]

Team B.

For whatever it is worth

It might be worth 1000 vCash...

 

[Shanemansj13]

It might be worth 1000 vCash...

They lost to Team C the first time. So I don't see it happening

 

[Nosferatu]

So, for the MLB draft that we will be doing following the conclusion of the NBA draft we still have yet to decide what we wanna do...


1990 MLB Draft
1955 MLB Draft
Current MLB Draft with a salary cap


Open to other suggestions...

 

[Nosferatu]

MLB Draft
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2. Ritz
3. UK
4. Shane
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[DJ]

Team C is my vote if you need a tie-breaker or standby vote.

 

[Nosferatu]

Thank you DJ, you in on the baseball draft?