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What's the difference between Player Rater and, for example, Brian McKitish value ranking (ESPN, 'Weekly Dish')? If someone breaks it down for me, I'll be grateful.

I'm wondering why Rajon Rondo ranks 32nd in the latter, but occupies 124th position in Player Rater (counting whole season)...

Do you consider any of the two as a reliable source of information?

I don't use ESPN at all. I find they're pretty bad. The deeply dish is just his personal rankings. The player rater is the player's actual ranking based on his stats. Rondo is so low because he's missed a bunch of games.

From a pure rankings stand point, basketballmonster is the best site.

Bank Shot wrote:
From a pure rankings stand point, basketballmonster is the best site.

why?

brian mckitish is a fish. i know this from personal experience.

imo you'd do best to never take any person/analyst/expert's individual rankings to heart. why? because they're just numbers. if their reasoning is sound, sure, add 'em to your blog roll and see how you feel about 'em over time. if someone is much higher or much lower than you had them in your mind, though, you need reasoning. preferably your own.

i got my feel for the game through personal experience and i would never suggest anything else. Keep It Simple Stupid rarely fails.

to be honest the best comprehensive bball analysis you're going to find is john hollinger. his pre-season sojourn through the NBA where he projects every player and analyzes their past season[s] is by far the most enlightening thing i read about wrt the nba. worth the cost of insider alone.

Well I just find their rankings the most straight forward/easiest to use and sort. Can't comment on their projections, since I don't have the season's pass or whatever its called.

i was just curious cuz i've never heard of em before. i'll check it out

Ya they're good. Easy to customize based on your settings, and you can get the rankings for any period you want vs. only last month, last 2 weeks, etc you see on most sites.