Post by jayrish on Nov 1, 2010 18:57:15 GMT -5
This article focuses on players who's impact in TMBSL has far exceeded their value in the NBA. After initially considering all TMBSL players, I decided to focus solely on those who have been drafted as rookies during our time in TMBSL. Some honorable mentions of players who were in the league during the creation draft are listed after the team is laid out. I should also add that guys like Jay Williams and the NFL players weren't included because there isn't really anything to compare them to
Center- Darko Milicic, Milwaukee Bucks
NBA By the Numbers: 7+ years, 5.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 45.5% FG, 0 3PM
TMBSL By the Numbers: 2 years, 19.2 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 43.6% FG, 115 3PM
Welp, talk about your all time backfires. As the GM who traded away Darko for Chuck Villanueva, I can say it pains me to write this section. The Bucks are now reaping the benefits of my faulty judgment two years ago, as Darko now stands as one of the best young big men TMBSL has to offer.
One of that other league’s most famous draft busts of all time, Milicic has been quite the opposite for TMBSL’s Milwaukee Bucks, putting up nearly 19 points and over 11 boards a game in his first two seasons. He also appears to be developing into a much better defender than most thought he’d be coming into the league from Europe, and with his A scouted potential remaining, there’s no telling how good Darko will end up being. Darko has also shown that he’s growing more and more confident stepping out and knocking down the long range 3 (72 3s made on 44% shooting), which makes him one of the most complete big men in the entire league at only 21 years old.
Paired with one of the league’s most dominating defensive big men in Eddie Griffin, the Bucks have one of the best frontcourt duos in the league. With sim-Darko averaging over 22 points a game and his ongoing development of his outside shot, Griffin couldn’t ask for a better frontcourt mate, as he is able to keep his primary focus on the defensive side of the ball while Darko fills up the offensive stat sheet. In that other league, Darko was supposed to do the same thing, giving Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace a great offensive complement to go along with their already dominant squad in the mid-2000s. Instead, as mentioned, Darko ended up the laughing stock of the 2003 draft. Thus far in his pathetic 7 year real life career, Darko has never averaged over 8 points a game. However, he has appeared to revamp his career, as he’s taken over the starting job at center for the real life Minnesota Fighting Kahns. Lolwrongnumber.
PF- Ryan Humphrey, Los Angeles Lakers
NBA By the Numbers: 3 years, 2.3 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 0.2 BPG, 34.4% FG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 5 years, 15.3 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 3.5 BPG, 46.3% FG
In one of the most brilliant front office moves TMBSL has ever seen, the Lakers selected Notre Dame Fighting Irish great Ryan Humphrey with the 18th pick of the inaugural rookie draft. At only 6’8’’. several other GMs decided that Humphrey didn’t have the size to be a legit pro big man, but the Laker’s GM knew Humphrey had the heart of a champion. Humphrey has been an absolute force since entering the league, and has fallen in even more favor with his adoring GM, who has been quoted as calling Humphrey the “greatest Laker of all time.”
In TMBSL, Humphrey has averaged an incredible 15 points and nearly 10 boards a game throughout his career. He’s continued to get better, and over the past two years has seen his averages increase to nearly 18 points and 10.5 boards a game. What’s even more incredible is that Humphrey, who has played a lot of minutes at center this year for LA and defends guys 4-5 inches taller than him on a nightly basis, has averaged 4, yes 4, blocks per game the past two years. The icing on the cake for the Lakers came when Humphrey decided to re-up for the best contract this league has ever seen, as he is booked for 3 more years in LA and will never make over 4 million a year.
In that other league, Humphrey was a major bust, never averaging more than 2.2 points or 2 rebounds a game in any season, although his character and heart remained intact. Regardless, put together Humphrey’s unbelievable production, contract, and dedication to the Lakers and you’re left with one of the largest discrepancies between sim-life and real-life there is.
SF- Julius Hodge, Los Angeles Clippers
NBA By the Numbers: 2 years, 1.2 PPG, 0.7 RPG, 0.3 SPG, 0 3PM, 44.0% FG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 2 years, 22.6 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 322 3PM, 46.8% FG
From day 1, Julius Hodge has been an absolute force on the wing for the Clippers. The last lottery pick of the 2005 draft, Hodge exploded onto the scene, averaging over 20 points a game, while also chiming in nearly 6 rebounds and over a steal and a half per contest. While Hodge’s 46.5% from the field was certainly respectable amongst rookies, what really jumped out of the stat sheet was his sizzling 43% from deep and 82% mark from the charity stripe. Indeed, Hodge proved to be the biggest steal of the ’05 draft and if it weren’t for Deron Williams having one of the best rookie campaigns ever, Hodge would have likely taken the award.
Now in his second year, Hodge shows no signs of slowing down as he still sports his original B scouted potential, and has increased his production in nearly all facets of the game. His scoring spiked to nearly 25 points a game while also moderately improving in FG%, which suggests that Hodge, at only 22 years old, is already one of TMBSL’s most elite scorers. Hodge also was amongst the league leaders steals (1.9 per game) and 3 point shots made (192). In essence, Hodge is developing into a monster, and alongside teammate Baron Davis, should give the Clippers one of the most lethal backcourts in the entire league for the foreseeable future.
What does sim-Julius make that other league’s Julius look like? Well, taking into account that Hodge never played more than 14 games in any season in that other league, answers such as dog shit, pile of newly aborted fetuses, and a Nebraska MNC would all suffice. Therefore, the Clips’ GM should fly high knowing that the appalling real life counterpart pales greatly in comparison to his sim-superstar SG. In fact, the comparison is so radical that sim-Hodge scored nearly as many points per game this season (24.5) as he did total in his entire 2 year career in that other league (28). Yikes.
SG- Fred Jones, Charlotte Eastern Conference Powerhouse Hornets
NBA By the Numbers: 7 years, 7.5 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 41.1% FG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 5 years, 11.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 45.7% FG
A part of the first TMBSL draft, Fred Jones was speculated to be a sleeper candidate based on his status as a former Oregon player in a league whose upper management was very Duck-heavy at the beginning. It turns out that was certainly the case, as Fred Jones has developed into a very nice player for the Charlotte Eastern Conference Powerhouse Hornets, and remains a Hornet even after their GM decided to clean house.
It took Jones awhile to adapt to the pro game, averaging a subpar 6.3 points in his first 3 years. However, in his 3rd training camp in Charlotte, the light bulb finally illuminated for Jones, who saw his ratings, as well as his on court production, skyrocket. Now a borderline all-star, Jones looks forward to the Eastern Conference Powerhouse Hornets adding one of either CP3 or Kevin GOAT sim league player Durant to be his Batman in the upcoming draft, and will be a great backcourt complement for whomever the Eastern Conference Powerhouse Hornets decide to draft.
Like the rest of the Sim Life>Real Life squad, Jones’ production in TMBSL destroys what he was ever able to do in that other league. He actually managed to have a decent year in the real life ’04-’05 season, but that occurred during the same season as the famous Malice at the Palace, and if it weren’t for numerous suspensions handed out to several real life Pacers players, Jones likely wouldn’t have seen nearly as many minutes as he was able to chalk up in their absence. As it stands, Jones was still at best a mediocre player in that other league, only averaging 7.5 points a game for his illustrious 7 year career. Therefore, despite at the moment only averaging a mediocre 11.0 points a game for his sim league career, he should end up more towards 20 a game for his sim career, which is funny because his GM’s name has 4 20s in it.
PG- Dwyane Wade, Boston Celtics
NBA By the Numbers: 7+ years, 25.4 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 6.6 APG, 1.8 SPG, 48.2% FG, 251 3PM, 3.7 TOPG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 4 years, 26.5 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 9.8 APG, 2.0 SPG, 48.8% FG, 594 3PM, 2.1 TOPG
When Dwyane Wade came into TMBSL four seasons ago, he was overshadowed by the arrival of high school phenom LeBron James, whom former commissioner and Suns GM Matt called “easily a top 10 player of all time, if not top 5.” Despite facing the possible burden of being compared to his more hyped draft classmate, after a monster NCAA tourney in which he led Marquette to the final four, sim-D Wade felt he was ready for TMBSL.
The Warriors, holding the 3rd and 4th picks after initially holding the best two odds in the lottery, decided if they weren’t going to land the King, hanging onto the picks was not in the best interest of their franchise. After fielding numerous offers for the picks, the Warriors’ GM was set on acquiring Pau Gasol from the Celtics. In a move that would forever shake TMBSL, the final deal sent both picks to the Celtics in exchange for Gasol, some shitty players, some shitty picks, more shitty picks, and the rights to the Celtics’ next lotto. Fast forward four years later and D Wade reigns over TMBSL as a two-time champion and three-time league MVP, and meanwhile the Warriors are hoping the Celtics’ next lotto will happen sometime before Larry Bird retires.
Now, don’t get me wrong, putting Wade here in a sim-to-real life comparison might be cause for debate, seeing as the other league’s D Wade has been an all star several times over. The fact of the matter remains, though, that every sim-child in sim-Murica isn’t wishing they could “be like LeBron,” as they might have had things worked out as expected. Although the phrase might not work the same as it did for MJ in the 90s, there’s little doubt that every young boy or girl that turns on a sim-TV to tune into a TMBSL game desires to be like Flash.
Yes, D Wade is a top 5 player in that other league right now. Yes, he’s won a trophy and has been Finals MVP in that other league before. Yes, barring injury, he’ll probably go down as one of that other league’s 50 greatest players ever when that other career is all said and done. However, real life D Wade appears to be merely human in that other league. A great, great player, but merely human. In TMBSL? D Wade is an immortal force of nature, a superstar of superstars, a man who makes opposing GMs nauseous when they glance at their schedules and see they must face the mighty Celtics.
As a rookie, Wade exploded on the scene, leaving the supposed crown jewel of the ’03 draft class, LeBron James, in the dust, averaging 21 points and 8 dimes a game en route to winning Rookie of the Year, his first all star game appearance, and, wait for it, Playoffs MVP as the Celtics won their first TMBSL Title. Much to the disgust of other TMBSL GMs, subsequent years saw sim-D Wade (here on called SDW) improve steadily. Now in year 4, Wade has become the league’s best player, averaging nearly 30 points a game and over 10 assists in each of the past 3 years.
In the other league, Wade had a respectable rookie season, averaging 16 points and 4.5 dimes a game, but, frankly, his numbers weren’t nearly on the same level as his sim counter part. Wade managed to increase his scoring in each of the next 3 years up to 27.4 points a game, but over his first 4 years in that other league, Wade missed a combined 64 games, earning him an injury prone label. SDW, however, has been able to be a workhorse for the Celtics, and has rarely missed a game in his first four seasons (just knocked on wood for you poe). Regardless of being hurt quite frequently in that other league, Wade has definitely become one of the league’s best players, regardless of position. Unfortunately for that other league’s D Wade, though, relatively speaking, we’re comparing a mere blow job to penetrating the insides of a warm, moist, taut vagina. And as 96.55172414% of TMBSL owners know, there’s really no comparison.
In that other league’s 2008-2009 season, D Wade had the best year of his career, averaging 30 points, 5 boards, 7.5 assists, and 2.2 steals a game as a 27 year old in his 6th season. However, he also had a 2.2:1 assist to TO ratio. In SDW’s 4th year, he averaged 29 points, 6 boards, 10.4 assists, and 2.3 steals a game... with a ridiculous 4.73:1 assist to TO ratio. Miraculously, that ratio is down from last year, when it was 5.3:1. It’s truly scary to think about what SDW’s ceiling will end up being. as he continues to sport a B scouted potential.
In summary, while the other league’s D Wade is without a doubt a great player and a surefire hall of famer, there’s a good chance that SDW would have been the best player to ever walk the Earth… that is, if he was, you know, real.
Honorable Mentions:
C- Rafael Arujo, Dallas Mavericks
NBA By the Numbers: 3 years, 2.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 0.1 BPG, 40.5 FG%
TMBSL By the Numbers: 3 years, 13.0 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 1.7 BPG, 45.3% FG
SF- Matt Barnes, New Jersey Nets
NBA By the Numbers: 7+ years, 7.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 0.7 SPG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 5 years, 11.1 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 1.3 SPG
PG- Sebastian Telfair, Utah Jazz
NBA By the Numbers: 7+ years, 7.9 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 3.9 APG, 0.8 SPG, 39% FG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 3 years, 12.3 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 7.8 APG, 1.8 SPG, 43.5% FG
Pre-TMBSL Rookie Draft Honorable Mentions:
Shawn Marion- SF, Boston Celtics
Raef LaFrentz- PF, Miami Heat
Eddy Curry- C, Phoenix Suns
Shane Battier- SF, Chicago Bulls
Eddie Griffin- PF, Milwaukee Bucks
Jermaine O'Neal- C, Utah Jazz
Chauncey Billups- PG, Los Angeles Lakers
Erick Barkley- PG, Seattle Supersonics
I know I missed some, and there will be many who disagree with my selections, so let the debate begin.
Center- Darko Milicic, Milwaukee Bucks
NBA By the Numbers: 7+ years, 5.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 45.5% FG, 0 3PM
TMBSL By the Numbers: 2 years, 19.2 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 43.6% FG, 115 3PM
Welp, talk about your all time backfires. As the GM who traded away Darko for Chuck Villanueva, I can say it pains me to write this section. The Bucks are now reaping the benefits of my faulty judgment two years ago, as Darko now stands as one of the best young big men TMBSL has to offer.
One of that other league’s most famous draft busts of all time, Milicic has been quite the opposite for TMBSL’s Milwaukee Bucks, putting up nearly 19 points and over 11 boards a game in his first two seasons. He also appears to be developing into a much better defender than most thought he’d be coming into the league from Europe, and with his A scouted potential remaining, there’s no telling how good Darko will end up being. Darko has also shown that he’s growing more and more confident stepping out and knocking down the long range 3 (72 3s made on 44% shooting), which makes him one of the most complete big men in the entire league at only 21 years old.
Paired with one of the league’s most dominating defensive big men in Eddie Griffin, the Bucks have one of the best frontcourt duos in the league. With sim-Darko averaging over 22 points a game and his ongoing development of his outside shot, Griffin couldn’t ask for a better frontcourt mate, as he is able to keep his primary focus on the defensive side of the ball while Darko fills up the offensive stat sheet. In that other league, Darko was supposed to do the same thing, giving Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace a great offensive complement to go along with their already dominant squad in the mid-2000s. Instead, as mentioned, Darko ended up the laughing stock of the 2003 draft. Thus far in his pathetic 7 year real life career, Darko has never averaged over 8 points a game. However, he has appeared to revamp his career, as he’s taken over the starting job at center for the real life Minnesota Fighting Kahns. Lolwrongnumber.
PF- Ryan Humphrey, Los Angeles Lakers
NBA By the Numbers: 3 years, 2.3 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 0.2 BPG, 34.4% FG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 5 years, 15.3 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 3.5 BPG, 46.3% FG
In one of the most brilliant front office moves TMBSL has ever seen, the Lakers selected Notre Dame Fighting Irish great Ryan Humphrey with the 18th pick of the inaugural rookie draft. At only 6’8’’. several other GMs decided that Humphrey didn’t have the size to be a legit pro big man, but the Laker’s GM knew Humphrey had the heart of a champion. Humphrey has been an absolute force since entering the league, and has fallen in even more favor with his adoring GM, who has been quoted as calling Humphrey the “greatest Laker of all time.”
In TMBSL, Humphrey has averaged an incredible 15 points and nearly 10 boards a game throughout his career. He’s continued to get better, and over the past two years has seen his averages increase to nearly 18 points and 10.5 boards a game. What’s even more incredible is that Humphrey, who has played a lot of minutes at center this year for LA and defends guys 4-5 inches taller than him on a nightly basis, has averaged 4, yes 4, blocks per game the past two years. The icing on the cake for the Lakers came when Humphrey decided to re-up for the best contract this league has ever seen, as he is booked for 3 more years in LA and will never make over 4 million a year.
In that other league, Humphrey was a major bust, never averaging more than 2.2 points or 2 rebounds a game in any season, although his character and heart remained intact. Regardless, put together Humphrey’s unbelievable production, contract, and dedication to the Lakers and you’re left with one of the largest discrepancies between sim-life and real-life there is.
SF- Julius Hodge, Los Angeles Clippers
NBA By the Numbers: 2 years, 1.2 PPG, 0.7 RPG, 0.3 SPG, 0 3PM, 44.0% FG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 2 years, 22.6 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 322 3PM, 46.8% FG
From day 1, Julius Hodge has been an absolute force on the wing for the Clippers. The last lottery pick of the 2005 draft, Hodge exploded onto the scene, averaging over 20 points a game, while also chiming in nearly 6 rebounds and over a steal and a half per contest. While Hodge’s 46.5% from the field was certainly respectable amongst rookies, what really jumped out of the stat sheet was his sizzling 43% from deep and 82% mark from the charity stripe. Indeed, Hodge proved to be the biggest steal of the ’05 draft and if it weren’t for Deron Williams having one of the best rookie campaigns ever, Hodge would have likely taken the award.
Now in his second year, Hodge shows no signs of slowing down as he still sports his original B scouted potential, and has increased his production in nearly all facets of the game. His scoring spiked to nearly 25 points a game while also moderately improving in FG%, which suggests that Hodge, at only 22 years old, is already one of TMBSL’s most elite scorers. Hodge also was amongst the league leaders steals (1.9 per game) and 3 point shots made (192). In essence, Hodge is developing into a monster, and alongside teammate Baron Davis, should give the Clippers one of the most lethal backcourts in the entire league for the foreseeable future.
What does sim-Julius make that other league’s Julius look like? Well, taking into account that Hodge never played more than 14 games in any season in that other league, answers such as dog shit, pile of newly aborted fetuses, and a Nebraska MNC would all suffice. Therefore, the Clips’ GM should fly high knowing that the appalling real life counterpart pales greatly in comparison to his sim-superstar SG. In fact, the comparison is so radical that sim-Hodge scored nearly as many points per game this season (24.5) as he did total in his entire 2 year career in that other league (28). Yikes.
SG- Fred Jones, Charlotte Eastern Conference Powerhouse Hornets
NBA By the Numbers: 7 years, 7.5 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 41.1% FG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 5 years, 11.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 45.7% FG
A part of the first TMBSL draft, Fred Jones was speculated to be a sleeper candidate based on his status as a former Oregon player in a league whose upper management was very Duck-heavy at the beginning. It turns out that was certainly the case, as Fred Jones has developed into a very nice player for the Charlotte Eastern Conference Powerhouse Hornets, and remains a Hornet even after their GM decided to clean house.
It took Jones awhile to adapt to the pro game, averaging a subpar 6.3 points in his first 3 years. However, in his 3rd training camp in Charlotte, the light bulb finally illuminated for Jones, who saw his ratings, as well as his on court production, skyrocket. Now a borderline all-star, Jones looks forward to the Eastern Conference Powerhouse Hornets adding one of either CP3 or Kevin GOAT sim league player Durant to be his Batman in the upcoming draft, and will be a great backcourt complement for whomever the Eastern Conference Powerhouse Hornets decide to draft.
Like the rest of the Sim Life>Real Life squad, Jones’ production in TMBSL destroys what he was ever able to do in that other league. He actually managed to have a decent year in the real life ’04-’05 season, but that occurred during the same season as the famous Malice at the Palace, and if it weren’t for numerous suspensions handed out to several real life Pacers players, Jones likely wouldn’t have seen nearly as many minutes as he was able to chalk up in their absence. As it stands, Jones was still at best a mediocre player in that other league, only averaging 7.5 points a game for his illustrious 7 year career. Therefore, despite at the moment only averaging a mediocre 11.0 points a game for his sim league career, he should end up more towards 20 a game for his sim career, which is funny because his GM’s name has 4 20s in it.
PG- Dwyane Wade, Boston Celtics
NBA By the Numbers: 7+ years, 25.4 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 6.6 APG, 1.8 SPG, 48.2% FG, 251 3PM, 3.7 TOPG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 4 years, 26.5 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 9.8 APG, 2.0 SPG, 48.8% FG, 594 3PM, 2.1 TOPG
When Dwyane Wade came into TMBSL four seasons ago, he was overshadowed by the arrival of high school phenom LeBron James, whom former commissioner and Suns GM Matt called “easily a top 10 player of all time, if not top 5.” Despite facing the possible burden of being compared to his more hyped draft classmate, after a monster NCAA tourney in which he led Marquette to the final four, sim-D Wade felt he was ready for TMBSL.
The Warriors, holding the 3rd and 4th picks after initially holding the best two odds in the lottery, decided if they weren’t going to land the King, hanging onto the picks was not in the best interest of their franchise. After fielding numerous offers for the picks, the Warriors’ GM was set on acquiring Pau Gasol from the Celtics. In a move that would forever shake TMBSL, the final deal sent both picks to the Celtics in exchange for Gasol, some shitty players, some shitty picks, more shitty picks, and the rights to the Celtics’ next lotto. Fast forward four years later and D Wade reigns over TMBSL as a two-time champion and three-time league MVP, and meanwhile the Warriors are hoping the Celtics’ next lotto will happen sometime before Larry Bird retires.
Now, don’t get me wrong, putting Wade here in a sim-to-real life comparison might be cause for debate, seeing as the other league’s D Wade has been an all star several times over. The fact of the matter remains, though, that every sim-child in sim-Murica isn’t wishing they could “be like LeBron,” as they might have had things worked out as expected. Although the phrase might not work the same as it did for MJ in the 90s, there’s little doubt that every young boy or girl that turns on a sim-TV to tune into a TMBSL game desires to be like Flash.
Yes, D Wade is a top 5 player in that other league right now. Yes, he’s won a trophy and has been Finals MVP in that other league before. Yes, barring injury, he’ll probably go down as one of that other league’s 50 greatest players ever when that other career is all said and done. However, real life D Wade appears to be merely human in that other league. A great, great player, but merely human. In TMBSL? D Wade is an immortal force of nature, a superstar of superstars, a man who makes opposing GMs nauseous when they glance at their schedules and see they must face the mighty Celtics.
As a rookie, Wade exploded on the scene, leaving the supposed crown jewel of the ’03 draft class, LeBron James, in the dust, averaging 21 points and 8 dimes a game en route to winning Rookie of the Year, his first all star game appearance, and, wait for it, Playoffs MVP as the Celtics won their first TMBSL Title. Much to the disgust of other TMBSL GMs, subsequent years saw sim-D Wade (here on called SDW) improve steadily. Now in year 4, Wade has become the league’s best player, averaging nearly 30 points a game and over 10 assists in each of the past 3 years.
In the other league, Wade had a respectable rookie season, averaging 16 points and 4.5 dimes a game, but, frankly, his numbers weren’t nearly on the same level as his sim counter part. Wade managed to increase his scoring in each of the next 3 years up to 27.4 points a game, but over his first 4 years in that other league, Wade missed a combined 64 games, earning him an injury prone label. SDW, however, has been able to be a workhorse for the Celtics, and has rarely missed a game in his first four seasons (just knocked on wood for you poe). Regardless of being hurt quite frequently in that other league, Wade has definitely become one of the league’s best players, regardless of position. Unfortunately for that other league’s D Wade, though, relatively speaking, we’re comparing a mere blow job to penetrating the insides of a warm, moist, taut vagina. And as 96.55172414% of TMBSL owners know, there’s really no comparison.
In that other league’s 2008-2009 season, D Wade had the best year of his career, averaging 30 points, 5 boards, 7.5 assists, and 2.2 steals a game as a 27 year old in his 6th season. However, he also had a 2.2:1 assist to TO ratio. In SDW’s 4th year, he averaged 29 points, 6 boards, 10.4 assists, and 2.3 steals a game... with a ridiculous 4.73:1 assist to TO ratio. Miraculously, that ratio is down from last year, when it was 5.3:1. It’s truly scary to think about what SDW’s ceiling will end up being. as he continues to sport a B scouted potential.
In summary, while the other league’s D Wade is without a doubt a great player and a surefire hall of famer, there’s a good chance that SDW would have been the best player to ever walk the Earth… that is, if he was, you know, real.
Honorable Mentions:
C- Rafael Arujo, Dallas Mavericks
NBA By the Numbers: 3 years, 2.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 0.1 BPG, 40.5 FG%
TMBSL By the Numbers: 3 years, 13.0 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 1.7 BPG, 45.3% FG
SF- Matt Barnes, New Jersey Nets
NBA By the Numbers: 7+ years, 7.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 0.7 SPG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 5 years, 11.1 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 1.3 SPG
PG- Sebastian Telfair, Utah Jazz
NBA By the Numbers: 7+ years, 7.9 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 3.9 APG, 0.8 SPG, 39% FG
TMBSL By the Numbers: 3 years, 12.3 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 7.8 APG, 1.8 SPG, 43.5% FG
Pre-TMBSL Rookie Draft Honorable Mentions:
Shawn Marion- SF, Boston Celtics
Raef LaFrentz- PF, Miami Heat
Eddy Curry- C, Phoenix Suns
Shane Battier- SF, Chicago Bulls
Eddie Griffin- PF, Milwaukee Bucks
Jermaine O'Neal- C, Utah Jazz
Chauncey Billups- PG, Los Angeles Lakers
Erick Barkley- PG, Seattle Supersonics
I know I missed some, and there will be many who disagree with my selections, so let the debate begin.
