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My First Hoops Draft in Three Years

I had become an easy mark in my home league, so much that I finished 11th and 12th in my home 12-team league the last two years I had played, barely making any transactions the latter year. This was a league that I had started with friends from college and law school and had geeked out enough to write a weekly newsletter called "Snide Remarks" with my co-commish. Our league was called the Snide Rotisserie League. Yeah, I had no girlfriend at the time, obviously. Now I have a wife and two kids, in addition to all of my other leagues. But once Ron Artest went into the stands (I'm nominally a Pacers fan), destroying a good team, it started to unravel my fandom.

But Charlie Zegers talked me into joining a quick one composed mostly of staff writers last night, using ESPN's draft room. Since we occasionally talk hoops on the RotoWire Fantasy Sports Hour, I figured playing in one league might make me sound less ignorant when we cover that.

So, keeping that all in mind, here are the results from our 10-team, 8-category draft. I pretty much relied exclusively on our draft software. There are no such animals as "my sleepers."

ROUND 1
1LeBron James, Cle SFTeam Payne
2Chris Paul, Nor PGTeam Longshot
3Kevin Durant, OKC SGTeam K.
4Dwyane Wade, Mia SGThe 7th Cabrera
5Kobe Bryant, LAL SGErections, AR Awesome
6Deron Williams, Uta PGTeam Erickson
7Danny Granger, Ind SFBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
8Dirk Nowitzki, Dal PFGarden Yetis
9Dwight Howard, Orl CWichita Carr Family
10Chris Bosh, Tor PFTeam Zegers
ROUND 2
11Andre Iguodala, Phi SGTeam Zegers
12Brandon Roy, Por SGWichita Carr Family
13Steve Nash, Pho PGGarden Yetis
14Pau Gasol|STAR|, LAL PFBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
15Joe Johnson, Atl SGTeam Erickson
16Amare Stoudemire, Pho CErections, AR Awesome
17Al Jefferson, Min CThe 7th Cabrera
18Chauncey Billups, Den PGTeam K.
19Carmelo Anthony, Den SFTeam Longshot
20Gilbert Arenas, Was PGTeam Payne
ROUND 3
21Rajon Rondo, Bos PGTeam Payne
22Troy Murphy, Ind PFTeam Longshot
23Tim Duncan, SA CTeam K.
24Vince Carter, Orl SGThe 7th Cabrera
25Kevin Garnett, Bos PFErections, AR Awesome
26Jason Kidd, Dal PGTeam Erickson
27David West, Nor PFBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
28Gerald Wallace, Cha SFGarden Yetis
29Jose Calderon, Tor PGWichita Carr Family
30Kevin Martin, Sac SGTeam Zegers
ROUND 4
31Brook Lopez, NJ CTeam Zegers
32Caron Butler, Was SFWichita Carr Family
33Paul Pierce, Bos SFGarden Yetis
34Elton Brand, Phi PFBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
35Shawn Marion, Dal SFTeam Erickson
36Devin Harris, NJ PGErections, AR Awesome
37Jameer Nelson, Orl PGThe 7th Cabrera
38Baron Davis, LAC PGTeam K.
39Josh Smith, Atl PFTeam Longshot
40Derrick Rose, Chi PGTeam Payne
ROUND 5
41Russell Westbrook, OKC PGTeam Payne
42Carlos Boozer, Uta PFTeam Longshot
43Monta Ellis, GS PGTeam K.
44David Lee, NY PFThe 7th Cabrera
45Rashard Lewis|STAR|, Orl SFErections, AR Awesome
46Anthony Randolph, GS PFTeam Erickson
47Antawn Jamison|STAR|, Was PFBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
48Nene, Den CGarden Yetis
49Stephen Jackson, GS SGWichita Carr Family
50Tony Parker, SA PGTeam Zegers
ROUND 6
51Al Harrington, NY PFTeam Zegers
52Andris Biedrins, GS CWichita Carr Family
53Marcus Camby, LAC CGarden Yetis
54Mehmet Okur, Uta CBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
55Zach Randolph, Mem PFTeam Erickson
56LaMarcus Aldridge, Por PFErections, AR Awesome
57Andrea Bargnani, Tor PFThe 7th Cabrera
58Tyrus Thomas, Chi PFTeam K.
59Ben Gordon, Det SGTeam Longshot
60Jason Richardson, Pho SGTeam Payne
ROUND 7
61Paul Millsap, Uta PFTeam Payne
62Ray Allen, Bos SGTeam Longshot
63Thaddeus Young, Phi SFTeam K.
64Charlie Villanueva, Det PFThe 7th Cabrera
65Rudy Gay, Mem SFErections, AR Awesome
66Emeka Okafor, Nor CTeam Erickson
67Mo Williams, Cle PGBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
68Eric Gordon, LAC SGGarden Yetis
69O.J. Mayo, Mem SGWichita Carr Family
70John Salmons, Chi SGTeam Zegers
ROUND 8
71Mario Chalmers, Mia PGTeam Zegers
72Michael Redd, Mil SGWichita Carr Family
73Jeff Green, OKC SFGarden Yetis
74Andre Miller, Por PGBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
75Trevor Ariza, Hou SFTeam Erickson
76Anthony Parker, Cle SGErections, AR Awesome
77Boris Diaw, Cha PFThe 7th Cabrera
78Andrei Kirilenko, Uta SFTeam K.
79Andrew Bynum, LAL CTeam Longshot
80Spencer Hawes, Sac CTeam Payne
ROUND 9
81Luis Scola, Hou PFTeam Payne
82Jason Terry, Dal SGTeam Longshot
83Ron Artest, LAL SFTeam K.
84Wilson Chandler, NY SFThe 7th Cabrera
85Hedo Turkoglu, Tor SFErections, AR Awesome
86J.R. Smith|STAR|, Den SGTeam Erickson
87Allen Iverson, Mem SGBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
88T.J. Ford, Ind PGGarden Yetis
89Al Horford, Atl CWichita Carr Family
90Manu Ginobili|STAR|, SA SGTeam Zegers
ROUND 10
91Lou Williams, Phi PGTeam Zegers
92Josh Howard|STAR|, Dal SGWichita Carr Family
93Mike Bibby, Atl PGGarden Yetis
94Mike Conley, Mem PGBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
95Leandro Barbosa, Pho SGTeam Erickson
96Rasheed Wallace, Bos CErections, AR Awesome
97Rodney Stuckey, Det PGThe 7th Cabrera
98Chris Kaman, LAC CTeam K.
99Richard Hamilton, Det SGTeam Longshot
100Michael Beasley, Mia PFTeam Payne
ROUND 11
101Greg Oden, Por CTeam Payne
102D.J. Augustin, Cha PGTeam Longshot
103Nate Robinson, NY PGTeam K.
104Jermaine O'Neal, Mia CThe 7th Cabrera
105Kevin Love|STAR|, Min PFErections, AR Awesome
106Andrew Bogut, Mil CTeam Erickson
107Raymond Felton, Cha PGBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
108Richard Jefferson, SA SFGarden Yetis
109Ramon Sessions, Min PGWichita Carr Family
110Luol Deng, Chi SFTeam Zegers
ROUND 12
111Jonny Flynn, Min PGTeam Zegers
112Joakim Noah, Chi CWichita Carr Family
113Tracy McGrady|STAR|, Hou SGGarden Yetis
114Jamal Crawford, Atl SGBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
115Lamar Odom, LAL PFTeam Erickson
116Blake Griffin|STAR|, LAC PFErections, AR Awesome
117Stephen Curry, GS PGThe 7th Cabrera
118Jason Thompson, Sac PFTeam K.
119Tyson Chandler, Cha CTeam Longshot
120Tyreke Evans, Sac PGTeam Payne
ROUND 13
121Corey Maggette, GS SFTeam Payne
122Mike Dunleavy|STAR|, Ind SGTeam Longshot
123Courtney Lee, NJ SGTeam K.
124Danilo Gallinari, NY SFThe 7th Cabrera
125Samuel Dalembert, Phi CErections, AR Awesome
126Al Thornton, LAC SFTeam Erickson
127Brad Miller, Chi CBLOOMFIELD NO MORE BEN
128Andres Nocioni, Sac SFGarden Yetis
129Mike Miller, Was SGWichita Carr Family
130Marc Gasol, Mem CTeam Zegers

So, how did I do? Am I mostly dead, or completely dead money?