Who were the 6th to 9th best players in the past 25 years?

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Who would you build around? (Top 4 candidates)

Luka
31
9%
Giannis
51
15%
KD
45
14%
KG
46
14%
Dirk
42
13%
Wade
24
7%
Wemby
25
8%
Kobe
55
17%
Other (Embiid, Kawhi, Nash, Ant, CP3, etc)
13
4%
 
Total votes: 332

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Re: Who were the 6th to 9th best players in the past 25 years? 

Post#21 » by CBS7 » Thu Jul 4, 2024 4:59 pm

KG / KD / Giannis / Kobe
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Post#22 » by One_and_Done » Thu Jul 4, 2024 8:26 pm

scrabbarista wrote:Kobe, Dirk, Giannis, Wemby.

I do feel silly leaving out KG, though. A top five would've been a lot easier.

4 is a good number because it's tougher to decide. It's led to a very good contest, which is pretty evenly distributed.
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Post#23 » by Wolves21 » Thu Jul 4, 2024 8:39 pm

I think its easy Kobe,KG,Dirk and then for a wild card as he's only has a season under his belt Wemby.
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Post#24 » by One_and_Done » Fri Jul 5, 2024 9:52 am

Wolves21 wrote:I think its easy Kobe,KG,Dirk and then for a wild card as he's only has a season under his belt Wemby.

Not sure what on earth Kobe's case over Giannis would be, given Giannis is better on both ends. The stats aren't even close. Giannis is a more valuable player type too.
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Re: Who were the 6th to 9th best players in the past 25 years? 

Post#25 » by Mavrelous » Fri Jul 5, 2024 10:32 am

KG, Dirk, Kobe and KD
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Post#26 » by One_and_Done » Fri Jul 5, 2024 10:30 pm

Mavrelous wrote:KG, Dirk, Kobe and KD

Even Dirk thinks Luka is better than him.
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Post#27 » by Lockdown504090 » Sat Jul 6, 2024 6:17 pm

Myth wrote:A pet peeve of mine is when the title and the poll ask separate questions as if one answers the other. I voted Wemby as one of the players I would build around, but he has not proven himself to be a top 9 player of the past 25 years as the title question asks.

I think he has. He avoided major injury at that size, showed he can defensive rebound enough to play the 5. Showed iq to play in different roles on offense and defense. The only thing I need to see to be sold on him is some go to moves and individual shot creation. He’s already very good- elite at everything else
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Re: Who were the 6th to 9th best players in the past 25 years? 

Post#28 » by Myth » Sat Jul 6, 2024 9:58 pm

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Myth wrote:A pet peeve of mine is when the title and the poll ask separate questions as if one answers the other. I voted Wemby as one of the players I would build around, but he has not proven himself to be a top 9 player of the past 25 years as the title question asks.

I think he has. He avoided major injury at that size, showed he can defensive rebound enough to play the 5. Showed iq to play in different roles on offense and defense. The only thing I need to see to be sold on him is some go to moves and individual shot creation. He’s already very good- elite at everything else

So which of the players in the poll do you have him as already better than?
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Re: Who were the 6th to 9th best players in the past 25 years? 

Post#29 » by wegotthabeet » Sat Jul 6, 2024 10:21 pm

Wemby, Wemby, Wemby & Wemby.

There isn’t another player in the NBA I’d trade Wemby for.
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Post#30 » by One_and_Done » Sat Jul 6, 2024 11:24 pm

wegotthabeet wrote:Wemby, Wemby, Wemby & Wemby.

There isn’t another player in the NBA I’d trade Wemby for.

You get 4 votes though lol.
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Post#31 » by One_and_Done » Thu Jul 11, 2024 2:16 am

CBS7 wrote:KG / KD / Giannis / Kobe

Well I agree with you on the first 3.
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