LeBron Trivia....
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winkyduck
TYVM Morgan William!!!
I had to look up who was drafted that year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_NBA_draft
I'll go with
Amare Stoudemire
Caron Butler
Feel pretty confident about Amare. Not so much about Butler
kane
EOG master
LeBron was drafted in 2003, not 2002. I'll go with Melo and Bosh, if either of them are wrong, maybe Wade
Patrick McIrish
OCCams raZOR
Magic Johnson and Wilt Chamberlain.
The Stilt on record for over 10k babes, I'd guess Magic eclipsed that easily.....
Both surely scored more than Brick..
The Stilt on record for over 10k babes, I'd guess Magic eclipsed that easily.....
Both surely scored more than Brick..
GameBred
I Trade Therefore I Am
Melo isn't wrong but the other two are, I just can't think of who the other one would be?
GameBred
I Trade Therefore I Am
Is this a trick question? I'm looking at 67 names in that draft and I don't think there are two who scored more; I know Melo did and I'm sure Bosh didn't and pretty sure Wade didn't but those guys are the most likely suspects.
jimmythegreek
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Wade averaged a shade over 16 in his rookie season. Melo edged Lebron by a tenth of a point but there is not a second player to be found on the leading scorer stat sheet.
I always felt when LeBron and Carmelo played one another that neither one was interested in defending one another.
Maybe a secret pact to not embarrass one another.
Hmmm...
Maybe a secret pact to not embarrass one another.
Hmmm...
kane
EOG master
John, if there was a secret pact, I can promise you it was Melo that pushed for it. Here's the thing, when LeBron was in his prime and really wanted to, he could shut down Melo, on the other hand, Melo would embarrass himself trying to guard LeBron, Lebron would make him look silly,
Agree.
I remember when the two were working out together before the 2003 NBA Draft.
Carmelo was spotted asking LeBron, "How old are you really?"
Never liked Carmelo's one-way game.
All offense, defense was an afterthought.
Wade was too wild with his body early in his career.
Flying all over the place for loose balls.
Today's athletes are more measured and for good reason.
Why risk hundreds of millions of dollars for one possession in a meaningless regular-season game?
Ray Luca
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jimmythegreek
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Arguably the worst draft pick ever. Sam Bowie honorable mention.
So was the question an oversight?
kane
EOG master
He really had no choice, he was a young guy trying to make his way in the league and establish himself, and remember, the early part of his career he didn't have a jump shot, he couldn't stay on the perimeter and shoot jumpers, for him to be effective he had to take it to the rim, and he got knocked down a lot, always picking himself off the floor after getting fouled, but that's the way he had to play, as his career went on he worked hard on his outside shot and eventually established a reliable jump shot, so the latter part of his career he was able to rely on his jumper rather than taking everything hard to the rim. Wade could have easily played another season or two, even players around the league were urging him to stick around, but he wanted to go out knowing he still had something left in his gas tank, everyone remembers Willie Mays at the end of his career, it was great Wade was able to leave the game on his own terms.
kane
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The Pistons won the championship the year they drafted Darko, just think how they would have been set up for the future had they taken Melo, Wade, or even Bosh
boston massacre
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jimmythegreek
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Yeah but at least Oden's playing Big3 ball now. Was watching yesterday. Glen Davis looks like Warren Sapp.
GameBred
I Trade Therefore I Am
Still waiting for the answer.
Heim
EOG Master
This was a trivia question on the NBA TV summer league broadcast a few nights ago. Their answer from
the 2002 draft was Amare and Carlos Boozer. But looking at Boozer's ppg his rookie year he didn't have
more total points than LBJ rookie season.
GameBred
I Trade Therefore I Am
Gotcha. I started going through the 03 class yesterday and got through about 30 guys cause I was curious to know the answer and gave up becuase most of the remaining guys I had never heard of. Confirmed that Melo did score more and Wade and Bosh didn't. I think they fucked up the question, no big deal but as a world renowned LBJ expert
, I felt this newsworthy.
This bungled trivia question reminds me of a time at the old Las Vegas Hilton when I was working a Scramble puzzle in the newspaper.
I could not decode one of the four words.
Most of the words are simple but this particular word had me stumped.
I don't remember the six-letter word now but I showed it to Richard Witt of the New York Post, who was visiting Las Vegas at the time.
Witt is one of the smartest guys around and he knows it.
He also failed to unscramble the six letters.
To which Witt looked at me and said, "They make mistakes too."
That was 25 years ago and the quote sticks with me today.
I could not decode one of the four words.
Most of the words are simple but this particular word had me stumped.
I don't remember the six-letter word now but I showed it to Richard Witt of the New York Post, who was visiting Las Vegas at the time.
Witt is one of the smartest guys around and he knows it.
He also failed to unscramble the six letters.
To which Witt looked at me and said, "They make mistakes too."
That was 25 years ago and the quote sticks with me today.
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