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BadlyDrawnBoy
06-27-2005, 05:34 PM
Same thing applies as in the Scola thread.
Samr
06-27-2005, 05:38 PM
The issue is that Manu absolutely exploded this year. So if you take his NBA preformance, and not what he did in Argentina (as is the thread on Scola), I believe he'd be a consensus #1. You cannot win the Athens MVP, before you enter a draft, and not be the top pick.
timvp
06-27-2005, 05:38 PM
Uh.... Would he be coming off of an NBA championship?

:wtf
BadlyDrawnBoy
06-27-2005, 05:39 PM
No, but knowing how good he'd become. Where would he be drafted.

It's a hypo question.
timvp
06-27-2005, 05:41 PM
Well if I could have any player from that draft, I'd take Manu. Second place would be Elton Brand.
Gino2882
06-27-2005, 05:59 PM
DEFINITELY number one...
ObiwanGinobili
06-27-2005, 06:01 PM
I'd say #1. But I'm not a coach or GM. So I'll go with top5.
Jelly
06-27-2005, 06:03 PM
You cannot win the Athens MVP, before you enter a draft, and not be the top pick.

I don't know about that. The thing is the international leagues don't play nearly as tough and physical a game as they do in the NBA, so I don't think that an Olympic MVP would automatically make the #1 slot. He might not even be in the top ten.
GrandeDavid
06-27-2005, 06:07 PM
Coming off the Athens performance and assuming he was probably like a three time player of the year in Europe, someting like that, I'm guessing he'd be a first rounder. He wouldn't be a high lottery pick because I think teams would still overlook him.
Marcus Bryant
06-27-2005, 06:11 PM
Spurs got Manu in '99 which if he isn't the top talent out of that draft, he is #2. In 2001 the Spurs got Parker and he's top 5 in that draft. In 2004 the Spurs got Udrih and he's definitely top 10. If Scola pans out he should be top 10 or *knock on wood* top 5.

So much for having to trade for stars...
Boulevard1
06-27-2005, 06:36 PM
So much for having to trade for stars...

Ouch. :smokin
samikeyp
06-27-2005, 06:44 PM
If it were 1999, he would still be a relatively unknown player so I would say about the same. :lol
MissAllThat
06-27-2005, 08:02 PM
Who had the #1-5 picks that year?
ambchang
06-27-2005, 08:06 PM
I think BSPN wrote an article about it, but it's insider stuff. I would like to read that, from 95 to last year.
smeagol
06-27-2005, 08:07 PM
So much for having to trade for stars...
Man, this quote reminds me of one beloved poster . . .

Where the hell is rascal?