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Old 06-03-2004, 12:58 AM   #16
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B]Dwayne Wade[/B]
Fair enough the guy made it to the second round, I'll give you that.

Carmelo Anthony
With the talent that team had it should have been better then number 8 seed.
They had a 20+ win turnaround.

Chris Bosh
Didn't make the playoffs in the crappy Eastern Conference.
VC and Jalen Rose were out most of the year, between the two.

LeBron James
Didn't make the playoffs in the crappy Eastern Conference
No argument, except that they also had a huge turnaround wins wise and would've made the playoffs if their PG JeffMcinnis hadn't been injured.

Tim Duncan
Won the NBA Championship.
The only reaosn the Spurs were in the position to draft Duncan is because Robinson had been injured the entire year before. TD joined a veteran team that already had an MVP as its center. He didn't take them to a title; he was the last piece to a puzzle.

Every single guy I named is likely to be an All-Star for the next decade or so. It's not about their age, it's their talent. I agree that less college bal means they have less fundamentals, but you can't seriosuly say any of the seniors coming out this year are better than Melo, Wade, Bosh, or James. If it was really that important, than why was it that the only senior who made any kind of impact last year was Josh Howard?
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