Retro Player of the Year Project

Post #1301 » by **Optimism Prime** » Thu Apr 7, 2011 7:53 pm

Oops--sorry, forgot who all did what.

Tim_Hardawayy · Post #1302 » by **Tim_Hardawayy** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:00 pm

Any thoughts before the playoffs on what your 2010-11 POY ballot might look like, as of right now?

You've got Derrick Rose with a nice combination of statistical output and team success, LeBron once again the most dominant player statistically with Dwight trailing close behind, and guys like Wade, Durant, Dirk and Kobe all on that next tier.

Post #1303 » by **Optimism Prime** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:00 pm

Just like we waited until after the playoffs last year, I assume we'll be doing the same this year. Too soon to judge things.

drza · Post #1304 » by **drza** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:37 pm

I'd agree that it's too soon to judge things. I did some purely stats-based comparisons of players at different positions (PG, wing, and big man) over the course of the season, then came up with a top-20 across all positions that I compared against each other. I'd say that anyone in that top-20 (as a rough benchmark) could play themselves into the top-5 with a strong enough playoff run. There weren't any run-away leaders this year, as far as I could tell.

ronnymac2 · Post #1305 » by **ronnymac2** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:27 am

I think James has been a better player this year than ever before. We'll see what happens in the playoffs.

Dwight has a great argument for number two.

Rose is my MVP, but he's at the lower end of my top five (if in the top five at all). Kind of like Steve Nash in his MVP years.

Too early to give a real list though.

Gongxi · Post #1306 » by **Gongxi** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:00 pm

My metric was always playoff games counted roughly double. So using that, I still have like a third of the season to go. Way too early.

Post #1307 » by **Doctor MJ** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:26 am

Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Any thoughts before the playoffs on what your 2010-11 POY ballot might look like, as of right now?

You've got Derrick Rose with a nice combination of statistical output and team success, LeBron once again the most dominant player statistically with Dwight trailing close behind, and guys like Wade, Durant, Dirk and Kobe all on that next tier.

Well, I've got my end of regular season POY rankings on my blog going. That's how I see it now.

As far as when to start discussion on here. I was thinking of starting a thread after the first round, though I'm open to the opinions of others. I personally don't see a problem with starting a thread well before our final opinions are ready, so long as people are interested in the discussion.

Silver Bullet · Post #1308 » by **Silver Bullet** » Wed May 18, 2011 12:12 am

wholly crap - this project is still going on ?

Gongxi · Post #1309 » by **Gongxi** » Wed May 18, 2011 12:28 am

Contrary to popular belief, it didn't end when we got to the pre-Kobe years.

Silver Bullet · Post #1310 » by **Silver Bullet** » Wed May 18, 2011 12:40 am

Gongxi wrote:Contrary to popular belief, it didn't end when we got to the pre-Kobe years.

lol - I'm sorry.

I haven't been around. It's not like I've been posting elsewhere on the board and not participating.

Gongxi · Post #1311 » by **Gongxi** » Wed May 18, 2011 12:43 am

I had to go to one of the 'Stans around the 79 season, I feel your pain.

Post #1312 » by **Optimism Prime** » Wed May 18, 2011 4:45 am

Gongxi wrote:I had to go to one of the 'Stans around the 79 season, I feel your pain.

Durkadurkastan?

nonemus · Post #1313 » by **nonemus** » Fri May 27, 2011 8:55 pm

The website which had past votings isn't working

Post #1314 » by **Doctor MJ** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:48 pm

nonemus wrote:The website which had past votings isn't working

Hopefully sentient gets it back up, as it rocks. Here's a Google doc though:

http://bit.ly/igTLuu

Let me know if you have problems accessing it, or if there's other information you want.

SaveOurBullets · Post #1315 » by **SaveOurBullets** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:34 pm

I read through this a while back and I have to say, awesome work. It actually inspired me to do my own 'retro player' project on a different site for the NFL, which is slowly but surely in the process of being done right now.

Influence, you has it.

Post #1316 » by **mopper8** » Sun May 29, 2011 7:28 pm

With the retro POY project set to expire in a couple weeks after the Finals are over, any interest in re-doing the top-100? It's pretty out of date IMO.

Post #1317 » by **penbeast0** » Sun May 29, 2011 10:05 pm

We will be redoing the top 100 list after the finals are over. Lot of interest from many people, hope you are on board for it too.

Post #1318 » by **mopper8** » Sun May 29, 2011 11:41 pm

penbeast0 wrote:We will be redoing the top 100 list after the finals are over. Lot of interest from many people, hope you are on board for it too.

I am most definitely in. Thanks Pen.

You still down in Hollywood? i'm flying in tomorrow to go to game 1. Heh.

ThaRegul8r · Post #1319 » by **ThaRegul8r** » Mon May 30, 2011 2:41 am

I'll probably try to get in on that since I missed the last one. The Retro Player of the Year Project is the only board project I've participated in.

JordansBulls · Post #1320 » by **JordansBulls** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:46 pm

penbeast0 wrote:We will be redoing the top 100 list after the finals are over. Lot of interest from many people, hope you are on board for it too.

Most definitely.