This is a challenge for all of you arm-chair general mangers out there. You like playing GM? Well, it's time to play a little bit more by their rules.
It's a given that after every NBA draft, you have plenty of people playing the "I could have done it better" card. Maybe they don't like the player selected, or maybe they simply thought there were a multitude of better options, or maybe both.
While that's understandable to a point, at the end of the day, the man being criticized only has one chance and can only make one choice, and he has to live with it from then on.
I'm challenging you to do the same.
Between now and when the Pacers are officially on the clock on draft night (just after the 9th pick is announced [assuming we still have the 10th pick]), you need to make YOUR final call.
You only get one shot at this, though if you make your selection now, you have until the time we know who the 9th pick is to change your mind. If you don't revise your pick before the 10th pick is announced by David Stern, you are stuck with the last name I had you down for, even if you made that pick weeks earlier.
To enter yourself in the challenge, email me your draft choice, along with your PD username, to hickspacersdigest@gmail.com .
Actually, if you would, send me a contingency list of at least a few guys. That way, if your first choice ends up being taken 1-9, you will still have someone to take.
I am doing it this way for a few reasons:
1) I will be at the draft party that night, so I may not have immediate access to the forum at the time of the pick.
2) The forum often goes down or gets very slow on draft night, and this way the challenge won't be jeopardized by that possibility.
3) Added accountability in that you can't go back and edit your email once you've sent it like you theoretically could your PD post if we had entries made here.
Once you send me your selection, I will record it here in my original post so that everyone can see where you stand.
No hindsight, no alternative selections/scenarios, just you and the #10 pick, one chance, one player, and you have to have your name attached to said player from here on out when discussing how things pan out.
Are you up for it? Can you deal with the added accountability in future discussions? I hope you are.
Yes, this is imperfect in that your choice may be different than Bird's, and depending on where your rookie goes, his team/environment may very well cause him to have a different fate than the one he likely would have had in Indiana, but there's nothing we can do about that other than acknowledge it and try to reasonably speculate if possible.
Whenever there's a topic second-guessing the actual Bird pick, your name will be on record as to the guy you wanted at the time Bird had to make his call, and you will then be subject to the same scrutiny and second-guessing that he is as it relates to your rookie.
I think this will be fun and I think it will add a new level of accountability to all would-be GMs out there.
Do you dare put your name on the line?
*Update post-draft*
With the 10th pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.....
HeliumFear's Indiana Pacers select: Ed Davis
Speed's Indiana Pacers select: Patrick Patterson
Major Cold's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
Pig Nash's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
HeartlandFan's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
johndozark's Indiana Pacers select: Patrick Patterson
MyFavMartin's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
flox's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
docpaul's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
Hoop's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Really?'s Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
odeez's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Los Angeles's Indiana Pacers select: Ed Davis
pwee31's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Isaac's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
mellifluous's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
ESutt7's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
PacerGuy's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Hitman02's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
CableKC's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
Sookie's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
cdash's Indiana Pacers select: Eric Bledsoe
Kuq e Zi91's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Placebo's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Kegboy's Indiana Pacers select: Patrick Patterson
The Hustler's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Whtwudusay's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
FlavaDave's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Naptown_Seth's Indiana Pacers select: Patrick Patterson
It's a given that after every NBA draft, you have plenty of people playing the "I could have done it better" card. Maybe they don't like the player selected, or maybe they simply thought there were a multitude of better options, or maybe both.
While that's understandable to a point, at the end of the day, the man being criticized only has one chance and can only make one choice, and he has to live with it from then on.
I'm challenging you to do the same.
Between now and when the Pacers are officially on the clock on draft night (just after the 9th pick is announced [assuming we still have the 10th pick]), you need to make YOUR final call.
You only get one shot at this, though if you make your selection now, you have until the time we know who the 9th pick is to change your mind. If you don't revise your pick before the 10th pick is announced by David Stern, you are stuck with the last name I had you down for, even if you made that pick weeks earlier.
To enter yourself in the challenge, email me your draft choice, along with your PD username, to hickspacersdigest@gmail.com .
Actually, if you would, send me a contingency list of at least a few guys. That way, if your first choice ends up being taken 1-9, you will still have someone to take.
I am doing it this way for a few reasons:
1) I will be at the draft party that night, so I may not have immediate access to the forum at the time of the pick.
2) The forum often goes down or gets very slow on draft night, and this way the challenge won't be jeopardized by that possibility.
3) Added accountability in that you can't go back and edit your email once you've sent it like you theoretically could your PD post if we had entries made here.
Once you send me your selection, I will record it here in my original post so that everyone can see where you stand.
No hindsight, no alternative selections/scenarios, just you and the #10 pick, one chance, one player, and you have to have your name attached to said player from here on out when discussing how things pan out.
Are you up for it? Can you deal with the added accountability in future discussions? I hope you are.
Yes, this is imperfect in that your choice may be different than Bird's, and depending on where your rookie goes, his team/environment may very well cause him to have a different fate than the one he likely would have had in Indiana, but there's nothing we can do about that other than acknowledge it and try to reasonably speculate if possible.
Whenever there's a topic second-guessing the actual Bird pick, your name will be on record as to the guy you wanted at the time Bird had to make his call, and you will then be subject to the same scrutiny and second-guessing that he is as it relates to your rookie.
I think this will be fun and I think it will add a new level of accountability to all would-be GMs out there.
Do you dare put your name on the line?
*Update post-draft*
With the 10th pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.....
HeliumFear's Indiana Pacers select: Ed Davis
Speed's Indiana Pacers select: Patrick Patterson
Major Cold's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
Pig Nash's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
HeartlandFan's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
johndozark's Indiana Pacers select: Patrick Patterson
MyFavMartin's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
flox's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
docpaul's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
Hoop's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Really?'s Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
odeez's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Los Angeles's Indiana Pacers select: Ed Davis
pwee31's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Isaac's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
mellifluous's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
ESutt7's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
PacerGuy's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Hitman02's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
CableKC's Indiana Pacers select: Xavier Henry
Sookie's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
cdash's Indiana Pacers select: Eric Bledsoe
Kuq e Zi91's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Placebo's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Kegboy's Indiana Pacers select: Patrick Patterson
The Hustler's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Whtwudusay's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
FlavaDave's Indiana Pacers select: Paul George
Naptown_Seth's Indiana Pacers select: Patrick Patterson
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