R.I.P. Community Draft Board; Long Live Community Draft Board

by Tom Ziller on May 25, 2010 5:40 AM PDT in NBA Draft

A sign that we have gotten too big for our britches, the community draft board is dead. Some jerkwad apparently upset at us set about throwing the results of the No. 2 pick by doing the whole vote-clear cache-vote trick, resulting in a Cole Aldrich victory over Evan Turner, Derrick Favors and DeMarcus Cousins. Well done, sport! We don't have a way of setting polls to take vote from registered members only yet, so there's no reason to make a thoughtful draft board using polls.

But I do have another idea ...

A bunch of us are going to write our own draft boards, and I invite you to participate.

Whip up a FanPost (that's Post, Dave) with your personal draft board. Go up to No. 15. This won't be a mock draft, just a draft board for the Kings. John Wall will lead 75% of these, even though John Wall won't be there at No. 5 for the Kings. The top 15 players on your version of the Kings' draft board in order. (You can go past 15, but 15 is the minimum requirement for this project.)

The most valuable part: explain your draft board! Explain the picks! If you have Cousins over Greg Monroe, explain why. If you have Monroe over Ekpe Udoh, explain why. You don't have to go into deep analysis, but we're all ravenous for draft opinions, so no one will slam you for being too detailed or too excited about a certain player. (Well, some people will still slam you. But you knew that.) Please make an effort on grammar, punctuation and spelling. Make it shine.

Do this in a FanPost between now and June 14. This part is important: make sure you add 2010 STR Draft Board as a tag so we can find all of these later on. That part is really important. Again: make sure you add 2010 STR Draft Board in the tag box.

After June 14, we'll tally the totals for each slot and later present the official StR Consensus Draft Board (no votes needed edition). (That's why you've gotta add that tag.) We'll also each pick our favorite non-staff draft board and promote it to the front page the week of the draft. (That's why you need to make it shine. One "Epke" disqualifies you from winning my pick. Yes, I'm a jerk.)

Does this sound like more fun than clicking a series of radio buttons? It does to me.

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One bad apple

I hope that you can determine the asshat ruining the poll for us all and give them das boot.

That being said I like this idea quite a bit so everything happens for a reason I suppose.

by Mityt on May 25, 2010 7:34 AM PDT via mobile reply actions

maybe it was one of those badgers people keep talking about

or the snake

Could some of you maybe use a condom once in a while?

by wallywagon11 on May 25, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions

No one will slam ?

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(never mind :-)

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by lietothegirls on May 25, 2010 7:50 AM PDT reply actions

Wow that's cold blooded

And that's wassup.

by Sacramento_Strong on May 25, 2010 8:02 AM PDT reply actions

Ahhhh.

So THAT is what happened to the draft board.

Thanks for clarifying Ziller!

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by lifestyleforthesellout on May 25, 2010 8:10 AM PDT reply actions

Time well spent, jerkwad.

Thanks for ruining everyone else’s good time.

by BPaoliano on May 25, 2010 8:18 AM PDT reply actions

To be expected - there's always a knucklehead

I think this needs to be on SBN’s list of future fixes.

I've got squirrels in my pants!

by otis29 on May 25, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions

I knew something had happened to that poll and I was wondering how you were going to deal with it.

The 2010 STR Draft Board Fanposts might work better, since you won’t have outsiders voting on a draft board for the Kings.

To be the best, you have to do your best. Otherwise, you are only second-rate.

by Slam_Dunk on May 25, 2010 8:21 AM PDT reply actions

Whatever, Ziller

You just can’t wrap your head around the awesomeness that is Cole Aldrich.

"Sometimes the capriciousness of youth anesthetizes common sense." -Let Geoff's words guide our patience this season.

by AnotherStupidSN on May 25, 2010 8:49 AM PDT reply actions

Cole Aldrich did it!

by ZenBaller on May 25, 2010 8:51 AM PDT reply actions

I bet I know who it was ......

by Dub_TC on May 25, 2010 9:00 AM PDT reply actions

Kinda explains the Gilbert Arenas poll, too.

But, on the bright side, it means that StR is well known and probably respected if small-minded bully types are trying to mess with it.

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by LeaguePassAddict on May 25, 2010 9:04 AM PDT reply actions

We've made it baby! WE'VE REALLY MADE IT!

"Thou must give props" - Ice_9ine

by tomroadrunner on May 25, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions

We've made it baby! WE'VE REALLY MADE IT!

"Thou must give props" - Ice_9ine

by tomroadrunner on May 25, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Ugh...

I liked the Community Draft Board. It was more than just who came out 1-15. It was nice to see how the votes shifted day-to-day as players went off the board.

Bummer.

by henryclemente on May 25, 2010 11:57 AM PDT reply actions

Minor League Ball has an alternative

SBNation’s Minor League Ball [baseball prospects] apparently had a similar problem with poll stacking several months ago. Their solution was to ask people to post their votes in the comments.

Tallying up how many people voted for Wall, Turner, etc. would still be a little extra work, but ctrl-F + Enter would make it easier. Bonus: spelling counts.

by Bateson on May 25, 2010 12:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Yeah

That might be a better solution than a ton of fanposts.

I've got squirrels in my pants!

by otis29 on May 25, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I'd do the vote in the comments thing.

I don’t see myself doing the fanpost/mock thing

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by Kfan in Korea on May 25, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions

That's a good idea.

To be the best, you have to do your best. Otherwise, you are only second-rate.

by Slam_Dunk on May 25, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I vote for this

Seeing hundreds of fanposts with everyone’s pick is not going to work, IMO. If people really want to vote, they can drop a line with their vote.

Thos who actually care about their vote will post and we’ll know truly is getting the most votes.

"Children want what they want when they want it." ... Andy Sims

by edm7 on May 25, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah already starting to see it and this is just gonna screw my whole right side up.I think it will be too much

Judgment day is coming!

by Widowwolf on May 25, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes

and to add to the idea, still keep the poll. If we sense there’s something fishy going on we oculd just look at the thread and see if the ‘post votes’ reflect the ‘poll votes’

"Children want what they want when they want it." ... Andy Sims

by edm7 on May 25, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions

No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on May 25, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I didnt even realize you could edit how many you see. Thanks Pookey..Wes things i have to go through to catch up on all the new comments

Judgment day is coming!

by Widowwolf on May 26, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Yup that's the idea.

EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985......

No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on May 26, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions

No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on May 25, 2010 8:44 PM PDT reply actions