who are the best players in the league (top 20)

[ambiglight]

1) Kobe
2) CP
3) Lebron
4) KG
5) Duncan
6) D Howard
7) D Williams
AI
9) Yao
10) Amare
11) Melo
12) Nash
13) Boozer
14) Chauncey Billups
15) Wade
16) Bosh
17) Gasol
18) VC
19) Pierce
20) Caron

[The_Believer]

Has BD become this underrated due to one bad month? Gasol is now overrated due to being on the big market team. Amare should be lower because he's just another one-way "superstar."

[KyleCleric]

Has BD become this underrated due to one bad month? Gasol is now overrated due to being on the big market team. Amare should be lower because he's just another one-way "superstar."

Yup

[HarlemHeat37]

1.Kobe Bryant
2.The King
3.Chris Paul
4.Tim Duncan
4.Kevin Garnett
6.Dwyane Wade
7.Yao Ming
8.Dwight Howard
9.Dirk Nowitzki
10.Deron Williams
11.Paul Pierce
12.Tracy McGrady
13.Steve Nash
13.Amare Stoudemire
15.Elton Brand
16.Carmelo Anthony
17.Chris Bosh
18.Allen Iverson
19.Carlos Boozer
20.David West

[GoBobcats]

1. Kobe
2. James
3. Paul
4. Howard
5. Duncan
6. KG
7. Nowitzki
8. Deron
9. Wade
10. Yao
11. tmac
12. Boozer
13. Nash
14. Stoudemire
15. Ginobili
16. Parker
17. Pierce
18. J. Johnson
19. D. West
20. Carmelo

Thats a pretty good list.
I would put in Iverson ahead of Yao

[Chosen01]

LOL

[Chris435]

LOL

why do you keep reviving old threads?

[Chosen01]

Cause its fun..problem?

[Chris435]

Cause its fun..problem?

it would be nice if you at least provided a reason for doing so

[Chosen01]

Basically it shows how times have changed..

[Chris435]

Basically it shows how times have changed..

yea, i guess i can see that. Wade has come a long way since his 07-08 campaign, but that was basically because he was injured.

I've got to be honest though... I knew Wade would come back strong, but I did not expect him to be this good (especially with no Shaq or Mourning).

His supporting cast is pretty decent this year... assuming JO stays healthy (he already has a broken nose ) and guys like Chalmers and Beasley continue to improve. IMO, the team still needs a PF along the lines of Chris Bosh or Amare and a veteran PG. Also, their bench is still pretty weak.

I think 50 wins is within reach for this team if all goes well. Hopefully, Miami will make some major moves over the summer and get another top 20 player along with a veteran bench.

[Optms]

I love it.

What I also love is how about 98% of the 2008 members here considered Kobe Bryant the best basketball player period, yet todays naysayers keep insisting he hasn't been the best since 2006, if not any year at all. Haha.

[bjax24]

1. Kevin Martin
2. Tyreke Evans
3. Desmond Mason
4. Kenny Thomas
5. Beno Udrih
6. Donte Greene
7. Jason Thompson
8. Spencer Hawes
9. Sean May
10. Omri Casspi
11. Francisco Garcia
12. Sergio Rodriguez
13. Jon Brockman
14. Hedo Turkoglu
15. Gerald Wallace
16. Peja Stojakovic
17. Jason Williams
18. Ron Artest
19. Mike Bibby
20. Brad Miller

[SoulJah]

best pg - paul
best sg - kobe
best sf - lebron
best pf - bosh
best c - howard

there you go... these are top five than next five are

deron, wade, parker, melo, duncan

[CB-Blazer]

I wish I would have looked at the time stamp on the beginning of the thread..........

[Triple M]

PG
Paul
Williams
Parker/Billups/Nash

SG
Kobe
Wade
Roy

SF
LeBron
Melo
Pierce
Durant
Granger

PF
Duncan
Garnett
Dirk
Bosh
Gasol

C
Howard
Jefferson

[WadeKnicks2010]

Is reverse evolution occuring?

[TheOGJabroni]

First off, what an awful, awful list.

Here's my top 20:

1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Chris Paul
5. Dwight Howard
6. Carmelo Anthony
7. Deron Williams
8. Tim Duncan
9. Brandon Roy
10. Paul Pierce
11. Kevin Garnett
12. Chris Bosh
13. Tony Parker
14. Dirk Nowitzki
15. Kevin Durant
16. Joe Johnson
17. Chauncey Billups
18. Amare Stoudemire
19. Pau Gasol
20. Danny Granger

Now, what I will say I did that list out by going through teams and rosters and put down who i thought even had a chance of making this list. Eliminated a few, then sorted by position and how i rank each by position. Then collaborated them into making this list. Then lastly, put the actual number like #1 LeBron.

Having said that, people that shocked me the most are Melo and Pierce. I think Melo is the second best SF in the game, but seeing him at #6, shocked me because normally I never see him that high on a list like this. With Pierce, I really tried to not be a homer and I almost put Durant, and even considered Granger, ahead of him. But Pierce has still got it and it shows this year. Granger is still scoring on a bad team and Durant still has some holes in his game (and he is by far my favorite non-Celtic).

[TheOGJabroni]

double post.

[EtchenBa]

I wish I would have looked at the time stamp on the beginning of the thread..........

Same here...I was going to rant about Brandon Roy not being on anyone's list...>_>