ESPN Ranks The Top 50 NBA Players (ongoing...)

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Harden top 4 ?

 

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Interesting Tidbits:

Nikola Mirotic was voted best international prospect with 25%

Best point guard: Chris Paul 70%, Derrick Rose 20%

3% of GM's believe the Bulls can win the East

51% believe Indiana will win the central division

Mike Dunleavey received two votes for most underrated acquisition

No votes for Jimmy Butler in best perimeter defensive player

43% believe Chicago to be the best defensive team

58% believe Thibs is the best defensive coach, only 6.9% believe he's the best coach

Luol Deng recieved 2 votes for player who moves best without the ball
http://www.nba.com/news/2013-14-nba-gm-survey/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt3a

 

[THE K-MAN]

 

[Alexander The Great]

OKC could have had 3 of the top 5 players in the league at the same time

 

[Brozay]

OKC could have had 3 of the top 5 players in the league at the same time

except harden wouldnt be considered that high playing with russ & KD

but yeah, i get your point.

 

[Loose]

Might be the worst top ranking list i ever seen in history. I'm positive my 3 year old son can construct a better list.

 

[jaguar paw]

lets see....shytty assist #'s, not carrying the team to the playoffs in the east, not getting his teammates easy baskets or setting them up for easy scores. it's not like they have zero talent on that roster.

Did you watch the Cavs games consistently last year? He cut down dramatically on turnovers and he passes the ball to the open man. He created for his teammates they just struggled to finish.

Tristan struggled the first year and a 1/2 finishing at the rim and catching the ball. He would get his shyt tossed quickly. Casspi, Gee, Miles, Waiters, Zeller, and Gibson all struggled to finish as well.

Look at the opening day rosters for the previous 2 years he's been in the league....

If the Cavs are healthy this year (a huge if), he will no longer have this as an excuse because he has much better talent around him. He has at least 4 players on the team that can create their own shot, 2 players who can score in the post, and a couple of shooters.

If you're questioning his ranking I'd focus more on his defensive lack of effort. He just did not try hard on defense....that could be attributed to coaching as well. Byron really did not hold anyone accountable throughout the year.

 

[Jplaya2023]

Might be the worst top ranking list i ever seen in history. I'm positive my 3 year old son can construct a better list.

Based on the established criteria its fine.

 

[Alexander The Great]

Top 3 were easy, everything else

 

[T.he I.nformant]

OKC could have had 3 of the top 5 players in the league at the same time

Instead they kept Ibaka

 

[Youhadasparkwhenustarted]

Troll list

 

[TheNig]

I swear y'all act like Kobe Achilles injury is just so minor.

Like he just twisted his angle or somthing.

Dude has been in the NBA almost 20 years and had an injury that has ruined many a career.

Yet y'all expet dude to come back to being a top 5- 10 player instantly ??

Anybody using any numbers or anything from last season from him can get the

Some of y'all just don't live in reality.

Hoe ass nikka, you know you was when Kobe went down.

 

[Brozay]

i havent seen kyrie enough to comment on his playmaking

people killed rose his rookie year for being too passive. then they killed him for shooting too much

i could easily seeing kyrie having a rose like season three when he puts it all together. he just needs to stay healthy.

 

[really]

Lebron @ perfect 10, yet was 1 spurs collapse and Ray Allen 3 away from going home early (mainly due to his repeated choking through out the series)..... Suurrreeeee......


I guess clutch / heart doesn't factor into their equation.