PaulieWal wrote:Top 15? That's a little hyperbolic. I see him getting voted in at 10 or 11.
He's going to lose every run-off, book it. I'm calling Oscar, then Karl, and possibly Dr J or even The Logo to make it in before he does.
There are many reasonable posters who may view him in lower regard which is fine, but there's a select number of posters (Baller2014, Magicmerl, Moonbeam, RayBan-Sematra, Chuck Texas) who will probably never vote for him at any point. He is the least favourite player of Chuck Texas, Moonbeam, as they've both gone on the record and declared that. Just look at Chuck Texas' candidate list for the 12th spot...and he can correct me if I'm wrong but he had in the 11th slot candidates he'd be voting as KG/Oscar/West/Erving/Dirk/Barkley?/Admiral. Take that for what it's worth. For the record, I believe him to be one of the better posters overall but even he is not imune to bias as he's openly admitted to that possibility.
Unless he wins in an overwhelming majority, you can bank on the other candidate getting the majority of the run off votes, he's just not very popular here. When you have an epic post by a new poster that goes almost completely ignored by everyone...then see Semi-sentiment and even Shaqattack provide incredible rebuttal to the nonsense and agenda that has (and continues) to be displayed by Baller2014... let's just say there's room for improvement if the mods really want to keep it civil and not have their threads derailed, while maintaining relative objectivity.. objectivity and realgm? I've lost faith over some of this hypocrisy being preached in this project.
It's a joke. I'm just laughing at the number of pages being wasted by Baller2014. How he's still a part of the project... is simply ridiculous. He's an undercover but blatantly obvious troll with an agenda, and that is the definition of the type of poster that SHOULD NOT be granted voting eligibility.
I've seen baiting by mods (I myself am guilty of taking this bait), yet I'm singled out for causing a ruckus by being perhaps a bit too brutally honest? Others may sugar coat it, but I'm calling a spade a spade. There's just a lot of what appears to be open-mind discussion, but in reality some posters are simply looking for a narrative that suits them and they'll use it as they see fit depending on how much they like a certain candidate, it's that simple.
I hear argument of how he's selfish and won't let Pau shoot, yet Pau as a great a player as he's been for the Lakers...he's never been a volume guy, hence the efficiency. He simply won't take a shot if it's not there, but then someone has to jack up a shot and Kobe's never been shy about that. You couple the rise in the number of posters who preach advanced metrics, and how he's seemingly everyone's least likable player with a lot of negative media narrative to boot, and it becomes plainfully obvious if it hasn't already.