bobholly39
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You get a chance to draft either 18yr old Connor McDavid to your favorite hockey team or 18yr old Lebron James to your favorite basketball team. Who do you pick, and why?
In my opinion - Lebron James >> Connor McDavid in their respective sports. Lebron is more in the Gretzky/Lemieux hockey tier equivalent - and McDavid is clearly behind them. I'm not the biggest of basketball experts, and so maybe others will disagree with that assessment and think it's closer.
But this is a hockey forum, where many of us might be bigger hockey fans than basketball fans. Flipside is - hockey is more of a team sport, whereas in basketball a single player can have more influence on team success. And - further flipside - Lebron did win a championship with Cleveland eventually - but he didn't stay very long, leaving as a UFA - whereas McDavid may be easier to keep for longer in a hockey world.
So what option do you pick, and why? Do you add McDavid at 18 years old to your favorite hockey team, or Lebron at 18 years old to your favorite basketball team? Feel free to comment if your answer is solely based on "I'm not much of a basketball fan", or rather if you're a fan of both how you rationalize the choice.
In my opinion - Lebron James >> Connor McDavid in their respective sports. Lebron is more in the Gretzky/Lemieux hockey tier equivalent - and McDavid is clearly behind them. I'm not the biggest of basketball experts, and so maybe others will disagree with that assessment and think it's closer.
But this is a hockey forum, where many of us might be bigger hockey fans than basketball fans. Flipside is - hockey is more of a team sport, whereas in basketball a single player can have more influence on team success. And - further flipside - Lebron did win a championship with Cleveland eventually - but he didn't stay very long, leaving as a UFA - whereas McDavid may be easier to keep for longer in a hockey world.
So what option do you pick, and why? Do you add McDavid at 18 years old to your favorite hockey team, or Lebron at 18 years old to your favorite basketball team? Feel free to comment if your answer is solely based on "I'm not much of a basketball fan", or rather if you're a fan of both how you rationalize the choice.