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We have debates all the time in various threads over who is better so I thought what better time than summer to see where the General Board lies in its view of the top 25 best players.

I'll update each new poll with the rankings of the last and the percentages of who won.
There's only 10 options per poll so new options will be added as we get lower and lower.

Lets come to a consensus. Feel free to comment who you voted for and why.

If you think someone else should be in the poll who is not there please comment and i'll adjust accordingly.

alessandrux wrote:
I would appreciate it if you can state clearly the procedure.

We vote daily(?) the best player among those who are remaining (and in the poll)?
And after each day, you remove said best voted player, list him as the next best player on our bestlist and start a new poll with the remaining players?

From your players I would replace Irving with Embiid

These are the procedures, yes. Every winner will be removed and then a new entrant will be included on the next poll.

Winner of Poll #14: Rudy Gobert (UTA)-62% (As of creation of Poll #15) (TIEBREAKER w Kyrie Irving (BOS))

RealGM Top 25 Players 2018-19:
1) LeBron James (LAL)-72%
2) Kevin Durant (GSW)-39%
3) Stephen Curry (GSW)-53%
4) Anthony Davis (NOP)-39%
5) James Harden (HOU)-45%
6) Kawhi Leonard (TOR)-50%
7) Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL)-56%
8) Russell Westbrook (OKC)-47%
9) Chris Paul (HOU)-43%
10) Jimmy Butler (MIN)-33%
11) Joel Embiid (PHI)-37%
12) Nikola Jokic (DEN)-32%
13) Victor Oladipo (IND)-31%
14) Rudy Gobert (UTA)-62%-TIEBREAKER w Kyrie Irving (BOS)

Added to Poll: Klay Thompson (GSW)

New System Alert: Vote for who you want in the poll but in order to add new people COMMENT IN THE THREAD.
For example, if you want Marc Gasol added next just comment "Marc Gasol" or "Gasol" and i'll tally up the votes and add whoever is the most popular.
ONLY VOTE ONE NAME PER THREAD

Feel free to leave other comments as usual.
Thanks for your participation so far everyone!

This is the yet-to-be-added field: (If someone is not here that you want here comment THAT and I will add them)
-Al Horford (BOS)
-Gordon Hayward (BOS)
-Jayson Tatum (BOS)
-Kristaps Porzingis (NYK)
-Kevin Love (CLE)
-Blake Griffin (DET)
-Andre Drummond (DET)
-Khris Middleton (MIL)
-Kemba Walker (CHA)
-Bradley Beal (WAS)
-CJ McCollum (POR)
-Donovan Mitchell (UTA)
-DeMarcus Cousins (GSW)
-Clint Capela (HOU)
-Steven Adams (OKC)
-Marc Gasol (MEM)
-LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS)
-Jrue Holiday (NOP)
-Devin Booker (PHX)
-Brandon Ingram (LAL)
-Isaiah Thomas (DEN)

Link to last poll: https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1743704
Link to Tiebreaker: https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1744004&start=20

Voted Draymond.

Vote to add Cousins to poll.

Went with Draymond once again.

Voted Towns. Add Horford.

nah man. no way oladipo and gobert are better than kyrie

Karl-Anthony Towns. A 22/12 Center than drops 42% from 3, has a +20 Net Rating, 25 PER, 65 TS%, +13.5 On/Off and a 4.25 RPM.

Augusto61 wrote:nah man. no way oladipo and gobert are better than kyrie

They are.

clyde21 wrote:

Augusto61 wrote:nah man. no way oladipo and gobert are better than kyrie

They are.

He also thinks Kobe is better than Lebron, so perhaps not the best judge , lol

Dame here.

Add Horford.

Add Mitchell.

clyde21 wrote:Karl-Anthony Towns. A 22/12 Center than drops 42% from 3, has a +20 Net Rating, 25 PER, 65 TS%, +13.5 On/Off and a 4.25 RPM.

Has quickly become one of the more underrated stars in the league.

I dont even like Kyrie and would never have him lower than Oladipo and Gobert.. heck even Embiid and Jokic are below him as well.

I just don't see it between Kyrie, Lillard, and Towns. They're all a similar type of player - offense first, not a defender, not exactly an ideal creator (for their position). I think, despite the efficiency %s, that Kyrie is the most talented scorer of the three, and that puts him ahead.

As for Kyrie vs. Dray, I get the value that Dray adds to the Dubs, but we've never seen him as the centerpiece of the team or being outside that system. It's just hard to judge a super roleplayer in comparison to a more traditional star player.

RealGM thinks there are 13 players better than Dame... interesting

Either Dame or Dray

ZUDAMAGIC wrote:I dont even like Kyrie and would never have him lower than Oladipo and Gobert.. heck even Embiid and Jokic are below him as well.

The stupid thing is Kyrie has been the runner up in 4 or 5 consecutive polls now, which makes zero logical sense. If he was the runner up at #11 it seems reasonable to say people thought he was the 12th best player in that poll, but he still hasn't been picked at #15. Only explanation I can think of is there's a group of people here who just aren't going to let him ever win until all 400 other NBA players have been chosen. Which, whatever floats people's boats, I guess lol.

bisme37 wrote:

ZUDAMAGIC wrote:I dont even like Kyrie and would never have him lower than Oladipo and Gobert.. heck even Embiid and Jokic are below him as well.

The stupid thing is Kyrie has been the runner up in 4 or 5 consecutive polls now, which makes zero logical sense. If he was the runner up at #11 it seems reasonable to say people thought he was the 12th best player in that poll, but he still hasn't been picked at #15. Only explanation I can think of is there's a group of people here who just aren't going to let him ever win until all 400 other NBA players have been chosen. Which, whatever floats people's boats, I guess lol.

That's not the only explanation. The other is that Kyrie has a core group of fans who hold him in much higher esteem than the majority on this forum. Strange your mind went to the hate explanation.

XxIronChainzxX wrote:

bisme37 wrote:

ZUDAMAGIC wrote:I dont even like Kyrie and would never have him lower than Oladipo and Gobert.. heck even Embiid and Jokic are below him as well.

The stupid thing is Kyrie has been the runner up in 4 or 5 consecutive polls now, which makes zero logical sense. If he was the runner up at #11 it seems reasonable to say people thought he was the 12th best player in that poll, but he still hasn't been picked at #15. Only explanation I can think of is there's a group of people here who just aren't going to let him ever win until all 400 other NBA players have been chosen. Which, whatever floats people's boats, I guess lol.

That's not the only explanation. The other is that Kyrie has a core group of fans who hold him in much higher esteem than the majority on this forum. Strange your mind went to the hate explanation.

Huh? I didn't say anything about hate. I'm talking about basic logic. If he was the runner up at #10, and #11, and #12, and #13, how is he not picked yet? How can you be the runner up to the 10th best player but not even be the 14th best player? The results make no sense regardless of who is voting for whom.

bisme37 wrote:

XxIronChainzxX wrote:

bisme37 wrote:
The stupid thing is Kyrie has been the runner up in 4 or 5 consecutive polls now, which makes zero logical sense. If he was the runner up at #11 it seems reasonable to say people thought he was the 12th best player in that poll, but he still hasn't been picked at #15. Only explanation I can think of is there's a group of people here who just aren't going to let him ever win until all 400 other NBA players have been chosen. Which, whatever floats people's boats, I guess lol.

That's not the only explanation. The other is that Kyrie has a core group of fans who hold him in much higher esteem than the majority on this forum. Strange your mind went to the hate explanation.

Huh? I didn't say anything about hate. I'm talking about basic logic. If he was the runner up at #10, and #11, and #12, and #13, how is he not picked yet? How can you be the runner up to the 10th best player but not even be the 14th best player? The results make no sense regardless of who is voting for whom.

So basically you don't understand how voting works?