Interestingly, as I looked over the other RIHC drafts, I outlined a rough strategy of what positions to take through 5 picks, and taking a PG in round 5 really made sense, barring something wacky happening earlier in the draft. As a matter of fact, Bibby was the one I targeted early.

BUT, with a couple of picks to go, I actually wanted Andre Miller here and was mildly shocked when s R took him in front of me with guys like Bibby and Parker available. With my stable of strong scorers it made me covet Miller's higher projected assists, rebounds and FG%. Oh well.

Round 6 was probably my worst round, queue-wise. With 6 picks to go, my queue consisted of (in order) Andris Biedrins, David West, TJ Ford, Rasheed Wallace, Maggette and Danny Granger. I needed Biedrins' REB and BLK but Dave stole him (just like he has in EVERY even round up to this point, except for when I guilted him out of taking Richardson in Round 4! lol) right in front of me. I loved David West but he was gone. Then I had TJ Ford as one of the higher assist men available....POOF! Rasheed for some blocks, REB and 3's? Nope!

In hindsight I probably should have nabbed Granger because I needed a big man/PF type, but in between SoCal activities I did not have a great deal of time to run my spreadsheet to see where I stood - so I was partially flying by the seat of my pants and working off of my projections sheet as a guide.

That being said, I think Maggette is a very strong pick here. I believe he will be called upon to be the leader on offense on a team with injuries and some aging pieces. He brings a very well rounded game and is another 5-6 REB per game guy from a non power position. Between Kobe, Lewis, Richardson and now Maggette, I have 4 SF/SF guys who all average in excess of 5 RPG, which to me is a great way to spread the responsibility around and not count on big time big men for all of my boards. I also loved his sweet 85% FT percentage.

With all of the solid PG's gone, I am going to have to make up my assists little by little, kind of like my rebounds. I felt Ellis to be a strong value here, as again I add a 16+ppg scorer to Team Species. Strangely Ellis did not hit a lot of 3's last year, but that could be due to deferring to Boom Dizzle and J-Rich. With J-Rich gone maybe he will get more looks - but on my team I don't need them as much. What I do need are his 1.7-ish steals and 4 assists per game....which should go up with even more playing time this year. I think I would be in heaven if he matched his 47.5% FG%.

My short list at this juncture included Roy, Bargnani, Granger and Foye. All snared before I could blink. I also considered Rondo, who I think has tremendous upside.

I settled for the " self- proclaimed " best point guard in the NBA. We all know better. What I do know is that Marbury is a marvelously gifted player, but one whose head and mouth sometimes get him in trouble.

Stephon had a nice second half of the season before missing some games with a toe injury, averaging 16 points and 6 assists. He apparently is excited to have Randolph join the team, playing along side of Curry, and his assists totals seemingly should increase.

Francis is gone, so Marbury and Crawford should man the guard spots and you would think his assist totals will improve. Marbury always has been a capable scorer, sometimes to the detriment of his playmaking.

Drafting in 12th place meant that I missed out on Ming, Stoudemire and Gasol. These were the only centers that I would have picked in the first three rounds. So I decided to wait on centers to the middle rounds. I had hoped that Harrington would fall to me but I am reasonably happy with Diaw and Miller.