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Mike A. S.
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If you were starting an NBA franchise and you could draft anyone to start your franchise with, who would you take?
Yep, gotta go young. Otherwise I'm sure most would easily say LeBron. But because of age and there still being so many ultra-talented youngsters then ya gotta choose a young one.This is tough. Probably need to go young so Giannis.
Damn, Giannis, Porzingis.
I waddle between which guy day to day.
One guy is stupid athletic.
But, can't shoot.
The other is not nearly the athlete and looks super malnourished. But, long as Fuck and can stick a needle in your eye from anywhere on the court.
Excellent thread by the way.....
I think in a season or two, my answer could change to Simmons.
No, I'm meaning right now with their current ages.I assume you are talking about the beginning of their careers? Lebron without a second of pause.
If you are saying current age players then either Giannis or KD or, if you are being very optimistic, Simmons.
Should put their ages up there.
I went 'Other' and would take Embiid.
Should put their ages up there.
I went 'Other' and would take Embiid.
Embiid over AD? Embiid is just a year younger than AD.
I love Embiid and Davis is great -- but I wouldn't build around a center.
No question, but if you had to choose a player right now to start a franchise with, would it be AD or Embiid? Your opinion isn't wrong of course whichever way you choose, just curious to know what your thoughts are.
Even though I acknowledge Kawhi as the 3rd best player in the NBA, I don't know if I could really peg him as a guy to build a franchise around. I think he does everything really well, but nothing exceptional aside from defense. I would choose a guy to build around who had a specific skillset that was exceptional and then cater the team around it. At least that's my logic.
Embiid over AD? Embiid is just a year younger than AD.
.388 for his career from 3, he can score from anywhere on the court. You can basically combine him with any other player in the NBA and they'll be a formidable duo. Not the case with Giannis and Simmons. In fact, Leonard/Giannis or Leonard/Simmons would be nice duos. Giannis/Simmons would not.
In some ways, that makes him the perfect player to build around. His playing style can mesh with anyone.
I guess I look at it more from a role player perspective, than meshing with another superstar. Again if I could build the franchise, then I would feel like I would have some control over who else is on the team. If you say took the best player off each franchise and I had to pick a player to fit the most with any team, hands down it would be Kawhi. But if I'm building a team from scratch, I can cater an offense towards a player instead of just finding guys to mesh. Don't know if that made enough sense in writing, just having an off day I think conveying my thoughts.
Totally agree with your assessment on the players though. The reason I would elect to go with Giannis is because of the mismatches he creates. I can play him at pretty much any one of the 5 positions on the court and have a significant edge somewhere.