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Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:57 pm
by NyCeEvO
Who's #24?***Voting Deadline: Tuesday 9pm***Top 25 Players Pt.II1) LBJ
2) KD
3) CP3
4) D12
5) TD
6) Harden
7) Curry
8) Melo
9) Kobe
10) TP
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11) D-Wade
12) D-Will
13) Dirk
14) Westbrook
15) D-Rose
16) M.Gasol
17) Love
18) LMA
19) Noah
20) Lopez
21) Griffin
22) KG
23) Kyrie
24)
Bosh?
Hibbert?
Horford?
P. George?
Pierce?
Rondo?
Bosh -
Hibbert -
Horford -
P.George -
Pierce -
Rondo -
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:00 pm
by NyCeEvO
Courtesy of Chris Matthews:
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:19 pm
by jeff1624
Mehh
Bosh, I guess.
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:26 pm
by DrazenForThree
horford * infinity * infinity
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:50 pm
by vincecarter4pres
Vote: Paul George, no question.
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:21 am
by nykballa2k4
Rondo by a wide margin.
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:49 am
by exculpatory
Pierce by an enormous margin.
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:58 pm
by drza
Horford
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:29 pm
by Born_Ready
Gotta go with Paul George here.
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:37 pm
by therealbig3
Vote: Paul George
Pretty close between him and Pierce though.
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:43 pm
by DrazenForThree
Geroge over horford or bosh is flat out insanity.
never seen such a mediocure player get top 25 hype. insane
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:09 am
by PtruthP34
I'm going with Pierce as well (yes - based on my handle you could guess that I am probably biased). Had a career year in rebounding and assists last year at age 35, still scored 18.6ppg on 55.9% true shooting plus 3 trip dubs. His per 40 min numbers were 22.2/7.6/5.7 ... Clearly All Star numbers. Spent the majority of the year as the team's #1 option and only offensive playmaker being the primary focus of the opposing team's defense every night.
FWIW ESPN put out a list of the projected top SF's next year based on some advanced stats including WARP. It lists Pierce as the #2 SF in the league behind Durant (apparently the author is listing LeBron and Melo as PF's due to playing more minutes at that position last year). People are just going nuts in the comments.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/ ... rp-2013-14Ex, here is the writeup on PP for you buddy:
"Pierce is entering a contract year, and at 36 years old, he may not have many more of those. He's aged remarkably well, though you can see in the projections of Durant and Pierce the gap in value between a borderline All-Star and an MVP candidate. Pierce has hit double digits in WARP in each of the past three seasons, but it remains to be seen how he'll fit into the new hierarchy in Brooklyn. ATH sees Pierce retaining his efficiency and more, with an uptick in true shooting percentage from .559 to .592. However, the system sees a 4.4 percent drop in usage rate as he'll have less to do in the stacked Nets lineup."
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:51 am
by nykballa2k4
Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:31 am
by exculpatory
PtruthP34 wrote:I'm going with Pierce as well (yes - based on my handle you could guess that I am probably biased). Had a career year in rebounding and assists last year at age 35, still scored 18.6ppg on 55.9% true shooting plus 3 trip dubs. His per 40 min numbers were 22.2/7.6/5.7 ... Clearly All Star numbers. Spent the majority of the year as the team's #1 option and only offensive playmaker being the primary focus of the opposing team's defense every night.
FWIW ESPN put out a list of the projected top SF's next year based on some advanced stats including WARP. It lists Pierce as the #2 SF in the league behind Durant (apparently the author is listing LeBron and Melo as PF's due to playing more minutes at that position last year). People are just going nuts in the comments.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/ ... rp-2013-14Ex, here is the writeup on PP for you buddy:
"Pierce is entering a contract year, and at 36 years old, he may not have many more of those. He's aged remarkably well, though you can see in the projections of Durant and Pierce the gap in value between a borderline All-Star and a MVP candidate. Pierce has hit double digits in WARP in each of the past three seasons, but it remains to be seen how he'll fit into the new hierarchy in Brooklyn. ATH sees Pierce retaining his efficiency and more, with an uptick in true shooting percentage from .559 to .592. However, the system sees a 4.4 percent drop in usage rate as he'll have less to do in the stacked Nets lineup."
Great stuff, Ptruth34.
As usual, our first ballot HOFER is being underrated in spite of irrefutable/undeniable facts like the ones you posted. I will add that if you only look at his post-ASG/post-Rondo injury numbers, his stats rival those of freaking LeBron (except for PPG) = 18.8 - 48.5% - 42.5% - 6.2 RPG - 5.6 APG - THREE Trip Dubs = All Pro numbers.
Even turning age 36 next month, only Bron, KD & Melo in their primes rank ahead of him amongst SFs. His efficiency will be even more spectacular in 2013-2014 because 1) he is now playing on a stacked team; 2) he does not have to be a **** pseudo-point guard; & 3) hopefully his pinched cervical nerve (which he played through all last season & which flared during the POs) has mended.
He may not make Top 25 on this list which is freaking ridiculous. Amazingly, at age 35-36, he is EASILY STILL a Top 15-20 NBA baller. At least regarding SFs, only Bron, KD & Melo were ranked already. Paul George is definitely a young up and comer - but he still only carries the Truth's jock strap.
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:06 am
by daschysta
Vote paul george
Nom
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:28 pm
by drza
LOL! You're right, I should have said...
"Horford times one billion billion!!!"
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:49 pm
by NyCeEvO
Paul George wins.
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:41 pm
by Boarder Patrol
Vote: Pierce and it's not eve-
IT IS CLOSE. DEAL WITH IT.
Re: Top 25 Players Pt.III - Who's #24?
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:02 am
by jeff1624
Boarder Patrol wrote:Vote: Pierce and it's not eve-
IT IS CLOSE. DEAL WITH IT.
