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2017 NBA Draft thread - JC drafted 19th to Atlanta, OUR... Hawks?

Hmmm. Amare was a 20/10 player consistently until his microsurgery. Your comparison only confirms a #1 or #2 pick. You keep picking the wrong guys for comparison purposes.

And he played 0 defense and his teams never won anything despite having a top 10 all time PG. I don't particularly rate Amare that high, he put up a bunch of 0 calorie stats in the highest paced system of his time with a top 10 all time PG making his life easy. And then he got annihilated every post season by actual bigs who could defend.

I really, really, really dislike bigs who cannot defend. That has been my stance for years (go see my take on Okafor when he came out and guys like 2&2 were going crazy about him for his offensive polish). Bigs who do not defend have an absolutely awful track record of winning in the NBA.
 
like Dirk?

Dirk is a bit tricky because he is such a unique player - he never played as a 5 (at least when the Mavs were good) and often played as functionally as a 3. Someone else (Dampier, Diop, Chandler, etc) anchored the defense down low. Larry Bird is a bit in the same boat - a PF with a very unique game who never anchored his defense either.
 
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