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Philly-- www.sportsnoise.com said 06/28, 03:51 PM
Good Luck Dudeman.

As already stated my pick is Mario Chalmers who ended up with the Miami Heat. This is another great player that the Heat landed after getting Beasley in the first round.

Chalmers does fit what the Heat need and he is a true PG. He played PG for Kansas and when he was being recruited he was considered the best PG in his recruiting class. So your qualms about him not knowing the position are false. He will be a good PG and does not have to learn to play a new position.

While they did meet in the NCAA tourny championship and CDR scored more points it was Chalmers who left his imprint on the game. Securing himself a spot in history with his dramatic game tying 3pt. shot to push the game into overtime.

Chalmers too was expected to be taken in the first round and slid into the early part of the second round.

CDR leads in points FG% by a little bit but that is expected considering he plays the Shooting Guard position. The rebound stats are good for both.

Chalmers fits the Heat and Pat Riley perfectly he plays very good defense(Big 12 All defensive team), he can shoot and pass efficiently, and has proven to be a winner.

Philly-- www.sportsnoise.com said 06/29, 05:44 PM
He was recruited as a PG, not just as a guard. For college 4.3apg is not the bad. Last year the leader in all of college averaged 8apg. That isn't that much either.

Why does the Heat's Championship stats matter? That was 2 seasons ago. With Wade, Marion, Beasley, and Haslem there will be no problem putting points on the board. And they will be no slouch on D with Marion, Haslem, Wade, and now Chalmers who is a very good defensive player.

Asking CDR, the 40th overall pick, to come in and put a lot of points on the board is quite a bit. He may have been able to score very well in college but it is different in the NBA, there are better players, better defenders. It will take time to learn the different types of defenses NBA teams will throw at him.

Chalmers may be the starting PG from the beginning of the year, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some players learn from playing, in my opinion what is a better way to learn other than doing it.

Saying that because he won't be effective in 5 years as CDR because he was put into the starting lineup as a rookie seems like a backwards way of thinking. He would have more experience, and more effective.

Philly-- www.sportsnoise.com said 06/30, 04:56 PM
I understand but like I said that was 2 years ago and this team is a lot different. Take away Shaq and a bunch of their role players and add in Marion, Beasley along with others.

CDR is known mostly for his scoring while Chalmers can affect the game in many different ways. Defensively, passing, and his good leadership skills all help him and give him more ways to effect a game.

Just because some players need other players to mentor them doesn't mean all of them do. Who's to say that just because Chalmers doesn't have a great PG in front of him he will struggle?

The Miami Heat have a GREAT SG and SF. They have a very underrated PF/C in Haslem and Michael Beasley has the potential to be very dominate. That leaves the Heat without a good PG and Chalmers will fill that void for many years.

You said that the Chalmers won't fill the scoring need for the Heat, they don't need him too. He just needs to be a good PG which he is very capable of doing. This Heat team has plenty of scoring options.

CDR may be a good option for the Nets in a few years, not right now. As for Chalmers, he can and will start at PG for them for many years. That makes him the best second round pick.