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http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/s ... ef:nbahpt1

Point guard: Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns
Shooting guard: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
Small forward: Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets
Power forward: LeBron James, Miami Heat
Center: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks

Sixth Man: Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat



I don't know about LeBron being PF and Dirk being C.

Dirk? No way. Not even on his own team is he the most clutch. Jason Terry is clutch as hell.

Kobe
Wade
Nash
Pierce
Terry*
DWill

*Terry's just a nut up clutch shooter I realize he's not at the level of the others, but he's a baller.

rajon rondo
kobe bryant
vince carter
tim duncan
andrew bogut

off the bench- derek fisher, trevor ariza, pau gasol

vintage--

sam cassell
michael jordan
reggie miller
larry bird
vlade divac

I'd go

Nash
Kobe
Ray Ray
Pierce
Duncan

Bench:
Jay Craw
B Roy

PG: Fisher
SG: Wade
SF: Kobe
PF: Nowitzki
C: Yao

no horry mention?

I'm guessing it's active players, otherwise that list truly sucks. Actually it sucks anyway since they moved players out of position.

PG: I can see the Nash pick. Fisher, while clutch as a shot maker, doesn't tend to do much else. Nash tends to make excellent decisions down the stretch and has a knack for hitting big shots as well.

SG: Kobe's a good selection. I can't think of anyone else in the ball-park outside of Wade, and while he's a great late-game performer, Kobe's done it for much longer.

SF: I've seen him hit a ton of game-winning shots, which have been really great looks created by his teammates. I can't think of anyone better though. He makes the shots he gets, so assisted or not, there's no one better at his position.

PF: I don't know who I'd go with here. Duncan isn't all that clutch, to be perfectly honest. He's had some huge performances, but I did a project a while ago where I looked at players numbers in the last 5 minutes (playoffs only) and his weren't too hot (Ginobili's were stellar though). I don't consider Dirk particularly clutch either. I guess it probably goes to Duncan by default because who else is there?

C: Well, not Dirk since he's not a center. Definitely not D12. Yao might be clutch if he weren't injured by the 4th. Ilgauskas?

BTW, I don't like how they define "clutch" as 24 seconds left. Those are game-winning opportunities and without proper context don't really tell you much.

I think it's better to see what a player does in the final 5 minutes of close games, preferably in the post-season where the stakes are the highest. So yeah, I did some research on that subject a while ago, and here are the results when comparing Kobe, LeBron, Wade, and Ginobili: viewtopic.php?f=64&t=943463

It doesn't include this year, but at a guess, Kobe's numbers probably get slightly worse. This wasn't a good "clutch" year for Kobe, IMO.

It'd be interesting to do the same for some of the bigs in the league, but that's a lot of damn work.

My problem with adding Duncan in there is that he's a terrible FT shooter.

Yao edges him in all clutch categories except for mobility and rebounding when healthy. Yao goes for the boards flat footed and has a tendency to let little guys hustle him out of the ball.

Otherwise he's an excellent FT shooter and his post game is amazing.

this isnt a joke, but andrea bargnani is pretty clutch. defensively and offensively.

iki4life wrote:vintage--

sam cassell
michael jordan
reggie miller
larry bird
vlade divac

That's your vintage?
I'll go
Magic
Jordan/Kobe
Bird/Worthy
Duncan
Kareem