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My list is below. I considered putting Harden on there and considered Marc Gasol. Probably could have put Blake Griffin or Kevin Love, Dirk or Duncan. It's not easy to make this list. What's your take? Do you have a top 10?
1. LeBron
2. Durant
3. Davis
4. Paul
5. Kobe
6. Melo
7. Howard
8. Lillard
9. Curry
10. Leonard
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i'd put love over kobe, lillard
id also put lamarcus aldridge over them
Kobe? Dude is 36..
Lebron
Durant
Davis
Paul
Love
Griffin
Westbrook
Melo
Dwight
Curry
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davis
westbrook
paul
durant
Lebron
Davis
Westbrook
Durant
Leonard
Parker
Howard
Paul
Anthony
Stevenson
I'm a grinder
I thought I liked Westbrook more than anyone else until I started seeing him over Durant on these lists.
considering career in full, no particular order
Lebron
Kevin Durant
Kevin Love
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Garnett
Tim Duncan
Dirk Nowitzki
Tony Parker
"These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it."—Charles Barkley
While I don't think it's the craziest thing to think that Davis will be the third best player in the league this upcoming season, I don't think he is, if I'm being objective. I think he is very very good and maybe if he takes another leap he'll be there but has he even been undoubtedly the best player on team USA? I think that putting Westbrook ahead of Durant is even crazier than that though and I feel like I defend Westbrook a lot. And even crazier than either of those are people thinking Kobe is still a top ten player in the league. I've been able to appreciate how Kobe has adapted his game over time and just how tough and competitive he is but he is coming off of two very serious injuries long after his prime. If there's a ever a guy to prove the doubters wrong it's him but wow, it makes me wonder if anyone's been paying any attention the last couple years. It's also difficult to take a list seriously if it's asking for a top ten, you fill out five and misspell "LeBron".
For me, I can't rank in order because I think that there's too many variables that turn it into a game of comparing apples to oranges but I would separate by tiers.
Tier one:
Lebron and Durant
Tier two:
Curry, Howard, Aldridge, Nowitsky, Melo, Rose (maybe...hopefully), Paul, Griffin, Westbrook, Irving, Davis, Love, Gasol, Lillard, Parker, Duncan, Leonard, Wall
Tier three:
Horford, Lopez, Millsap, Wade, Bosh, Randolph, Noah, DeRozan, Holiday, Rondo, Ginobli, Teague, Thompson
There are probably one or two I missed on Tier two and plenty more you could throw into the three. The further you get down the more nebulous it becomes.
.......if healthyOriginally Posted by zakzak
@Jabberwalker
why durant over duncan?
I think the thing for kobe says more about his position than anything else. The 2 and 3 are so thin now that apart from the top 2 or 3, there isn't a huge lot of talent. That's how Wade Kobe Pierce etc, still rank as top 10 at their position because the alternatives aren't that great. Granted Kobe was still playing at a decent level before injuries so we'll see
chris bosh will surprise many this year..
OK. I recognize Kobe was listed way too high. I am so used to him being superior and I guess I'm not thinking clearly about him. He'll still do well but, it's true, we will see 14-16ppg and less athleticism.
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1. LeBron
2. Durant
3. Griffin
4. Paul
5. Westbrook
6. Leonard
7. Howard
8. Curry
9. Harden
10. Aldridge
11. Bosh
12. Love
13. Anthony
14. Rose
15. Cousins
16. Ibaka
17. Nowitzki
18. Drummond
19. Parker
20. Wade
21. Bryant
22. Davis
23. Noah
24. Duncan
25. M. Gasol
Leonard is way too high on this list and for whatever reason, people understate how good Melo and Love really are.
The most overused words on Pelicansreport.com. Wrongly, I might add.
ELITE - (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
GREAT - notable; remarkable; exceptionally outstanding
These words should not be used lightly
LOL @ Lillard being a top 10 player
For me I factored in production. Love IMO will see a huge "Bosh-like" dipped in production as he drops to perhaps the third option on offense and joins a team with other great rebounders. As for Anthony I struggled to rank him. Great offense still, but wavers on defense and he couldn't get the Knicks to the playoffs in an all time down year for the Eastern conference.
As far as Leonard as I've said before I'm sold. I think the Spurs will lean on him a lot more. By years end I think he's the best player on the a top 3 team in the West. May have too much faith too soon, but the guy was the best player at the highest level just 3 months ago.
Yeah as you can see he doesn't make my top 25 list. Good offense is offset by bad defense. You have to be elite offensively like Harden and Love to get by on offense alone.
I stopped at three lmao
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By top PER from last season.
1. Durant
2. James
3. Love
4. Davis
5. Cousins
6. Paul
7. Brook Lopez (shouldn't count; always injured)
8. Carmelo
9. Westbrook
10. Curry
If we are "hopeful" then Rose goes in Tier 1.
^ This guy knows.
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Please elaborate on "other great rebounders".
This list is a complete joke. Too far past reasonable to even argue with.
You mean the guy that was 3rd in MVP voting???
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