#TimeMachineDraft: Voting Results

What happens when 30 NBA aficionados are tasked with building full rosters (along with a coach to lead the charge) and have the entire wealth of the league’s history at their disposal? You’ll find out as we dive into the #TimeMachine Draft, as presented by NBA Math.

After each of our 30 general managers, who you can find listed at the bottom, signed up for one of the real-life franchises, a random-number generator determined the order of the first-round selections. From there, the draft would proceed in snake fashion until each owner had 15 players and a coach.

Teams can go small. They can refuse to draft a traditional point guard. They can focus on offense, defense or physicality. Anything goes, so long as they take NBA players (yes, that means no one from the ABA) and specify the seasons from which they’re culling their contributors, bringing them into 2018 via our imaginary time machine and asking them to operate under the league’s current rules. After a player has come off the board once, all of his other seasons are then deemed ineligible.

You can check out the full round-by-round selections here. The depth charts and (optional) pick explanations live here. Now, follow along as we run through the awards and standings, as voted on by the league’s general managers.

Best Pick

  1. Three votes: Tony Parker (No. 200 to Frank Urbina’s Miami Heat)
  2. Two votes: Nate Thurmond (No. 336 to Josh Eberley’s San Antonio Spurs)
  3. One vote apiece: Chauncey Billups (No. 62 to Andy Bailey’s Utah Jazz), Carlos Boozer (No. 345 to Ben Leibowitz’s Memphis Grizzlies), DeMarre Carroll (No. 401 to Frank Urbina’s Miami Heat), Mark Jackson (No. 429 to Tony East’s Indiana Pacers), Michael Jordan (No. 1 to Bryant Knox’s Portland Trail Blazers), Yao Ming (No. 118 to Sean Highkin’s Phoenix Suns), Dikembe Mutombo (No. 147 to Tim Stubbs’ Brooklyn Nets), Master P (No. 478 to Sean Highkin’s Phoenix Suns), Dennis Rodman (No. 89 to Adam Mares’ Minnesota Timberwolves), Bill Russell (No. 16 to Ben Leibowitz’s Memphis Grizzlies), Jack Sikma (No. 356 to Adi Joseph’s Los Angeles Lakers), Isiah Thomas (No. 83 to Adam Fromal’s Denver Nuggets), David Thompson (No. 126 to T.J. McBride’s Sacramento Kings), Chris Webber (No. 85 to Josh Eberley’s San Antonio Spurs)

Worst Pick

  1. Eight votes: Jeff Bzdelik (No. 317 to Patrick Oxford’s Oklahoma City Thunder)
  2. Two votes: Shawn Marion (No. 37 to Ryan Blackburn’s Dallas Mavericks)
  3. One vote apiece: Giannis Antetokounmpo (No. 22 to Nekias Duncan’s Houston Rockets), Bob Cousy (No. 114 to Adam Spinella’s Boston Celtics), Dale Ellis (No. 96 to Josh Eberley’s San Antonio Spurs), Allen Iverson (No. 50 to Tyler Conway’s Philadelphia 76ers), Fat Lever (No. 55 to T.J. McBride’s Sacramento Kings), Khris Middleton (No. 115 to T.J. McBride’s Sacramento Kings), Joakim Noah (No. 103 to Marvin Barge’s Atlanta Hawks), Ben Wallace (No. 44 to Patrick Oxford’s Oklahoma City Thunder), Every Autopick

Best Offense

  1. Three votes: Dan Favale’s New York Knicks
  2. Two votes apiece: Arjun Baradwaj’s Chicago Bulls, Adam Mares’ Minnesota Timberwolves, Tyler Conway’s Philadelphia 76ers, Andy Bailey’s Utah Jazz
  3. One vote apiece: Alex West’s Charlotte Hornets, Jacob Bourne’s Golden State Warriors, Tony East’s Indiana Pacers, Whitney Medworth’s Los Angeles Clippers, Adi Joseph’s Los Angeles Lakers, Bryan Kalbrosky’s Milwaukee Bucks, Alex Kennedy’s Orlando Magic, Christopher Walder’s Toronto Raptors

Worst Offense

  1. Eight votes: Ben Leibowitz’s Memphis Grizzlies
  2. Three votes: Patrick Oxford’s Oklahoma City Thunder
  3. Two votes apiece: Ryan Blackburn’s Dallas Mavericks, Tom Rende’s New Orleans Pelicans
  4. One vote apiece: Alex West’s Charlotte Hornets, Nekias Duncan’s Houston Rockets, Bryant Knox’s Portland Trail Blazers, Andy Bailey’s Utah Jazz

Note: Yes, the Hornets and Jazz received votes for both best and worst offense. 

Best Defense

  1. Nine votes: Alex West’s Charlotte Hornets
  2. Three votes: Adam Fromal’s Denver Nuggets
  3. Two votes: Marvin Barge’s Atlanta Hawks
  4. One vote apiece: Ben Leibowitz’s Memphis Grizzlies, Dan Favale’s New York Knicks, Patrick Oxford’s Oklahoma City Thunder, Tyler Conway’s Philadelphia 76ers, Justin Carter’s Washington Wizards

Worst Defense

  1. Three votes apiece: Adam Spinella’s Boston Celtics, Arjun Baradwaj’s Chicago Bulls
  2. Two votes: Whitney Medworth’s Los Angeles Clippers, Christopher Walder’s Toronto Raptors
  3. One vote apiece: Adam Fromal’s Denver Nuggets, Tony East’s Indiana Pacers, Ben Leibowitz’s Memphis Grizzlies, Bryan Kalbrosky’s Milwaukee Bucks, Adam Mares’ Minnesota Timberwolves, Tyler Conway’s Philadelphia 76ers, T.J. McBride’s Sacramento Kings, Josh Eberley’s San Antonio Spurs, Andy Bailey’s Utah Jazz

Note: Yes, the Nuggets, Grizzlies and 76ers received votes for both best and worst defense.

Most Fun

  1. Two votes apiece: Bryan Kalbrosky’s Milwaukee Bucks, Adam Mares’ Minnesota Timberwolves, Tyler Conway’s Philadelphia 76ers, Bryant Knox’s Portland Trail Blazers, Andy Bailey’s Utah Jazz
  2. One vote apiece: Adam Spinella’s Boston Celtics, Arjun Baradwaj’s Chicago Bulls, Ryan Blackburn’s Dallas Mavericks, Tony East’s Indiana Pacers, Frank Urbina’s Miami Heat, Josh Eberley’s San Antonio Spurs, Christopher Walder’s Toronto Raptors

Least Fun

  1. Six votes: Patrick Oxford’s Oklahoma City Thunder
  2. Two votes apiece: Adam Spinella’s Boston Celtics, Nekias Duncan’s Houston Rockets
  3. One vote apiece: Marvin Barge’s Atlanta Hawks, Krishna Narsu’s Cleveland Cavaliers, Alex West’s Charlotte Hornets, Ryan Blackburn’s Dallas Mavericks, Jacob Bourne’s Golden State Warriors, Andy Bailey’s Utah Jazz, Justin Carter’s Washington Wizards

Note: Yes, the Celtics, Mavericks and Jazz received votes for both most and least fun.

Final Standings

Upon completion of the draft, the participants were asked to submit their power rankings of the 30 teams, ranked from No. 1 through No. 30. A first-place vote received one point, a second-place vote received two points and so on. The total points were added up and converted into the proportional win-loss records you can see below.

Where necessary, tiebreakers for teams with the same records were based upon total voting points and then highest votes received, such that those with more first-, second-, then third-place votes were rewarded. Also, conferences are dumb.

  1. Tyler Conway’s Philadelphia 76ers: 61-21
  2. Frank Urbina’s Miami Heat: 60-22
  3. Andy Bailey’s Utah Jazz: 60-22
  4. Adam Fromal’s Denver Nuggets: 59-23
  5. Adam Mares’ Minnesota Timberwolves: 58-24
  6. Bryant Knox’s Portland Trail Blazers: 55-27
  7. Bryan Kalbrosky’s Milwaukee Bucks: 52-30
  8. Alex Kennedy’s Orlando Magic: 50-32
  9. Christopher Walder’s Toronto Raptors: 48-34
  10. Adi Joseph’s Los Angeles Lakers: 48-34
  11. Alex West’s Charlotte Hornets: 47-35
  12. Jacob Bourne’s Golden State Warriors: 47-35
  13. Whitney Medworth’s Los Angeles Clippers: 43-39
  14. Dan Favale’s New York Knicks: 43-39
  15. Tim Stubbs’ Brooklyn Nets: 41-41
  16. Josh Eberley’s San Antonio Spurs: 41-41
  17. Ryan Blackburn’s Dallas Mavericks: 38-44
  18. Adam Spinella’s Boston Celtics: 34-48
  19. Arjun Baradwaj’s Chicago Bulls: 34-48
  20. Sean Highkin’s Phoenix Suns: 33-49
  21. Tony East’s Indiana Pacers: 33-49
  22. T.J. McBride’s Sacramento Kings: 32-50
  23. Krishna Narsu’s Cleveland Cavaliers: 28-54
  24. Marvin Barge’s Atlanta Hawks: 28-54
  25. Justin Carter’s Washington Wizards: 26-56
  26. Tom Rende’s New Orleans Pelicans: 24-58
  27. Matt Way’s Detroit Pistons: 22-60
  28. Ben Leibowitz’s Memphis Grizzlies: 20-62
  29. Patrick Oxford’s Oklahoma City Thunder: 16-66
  30. Nekias Duncan’s Houston Rockets: 7-75