ESPN Rankings 3-10 Are Surprisingly Not Horrible

RoxSteady · Post #1 » by **RoxSteady** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:54 pm

OK, so they put down the crack pipe for 8 picks. None of these are too offensive; although LeBron's probably ranked too high. Giannis (presumably #1) and Kawhi (#2) are left.

10. PG13
9. Dame
8. Embiid
7. Jokic
6. Steph
5. AD
4. Harden
3. LBJ

Dominator83 · Post #2 » by **Dominator83** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:56 pm

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

Asif16 · Post #3 » by **Asif16** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:56 pm

Dame at 9 and Mccolum at 13.

You would think they could have at least put some sort of a fight against the Warriors with such a loaded back court.

Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that Dame probably should be 13 while Mccolum shoudl've been way lower

getjeffrey · Post #4 » by **getjeffrey** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:01 pm

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Post #5 » by **GeorgeMarcus** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:04 pm

“Battling illness last spring and having illness questioned, Embiid saw his production on both ends of the court decrease in the playoffs”
:rofl:

Unreal display of ignorance. This trumps the Winslow PG debacle in my book

Rockice_24 · Post #6 » by **Rockice_24** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:04 pm

Asif16 wrote:Dame at 9 and Mccolum at 13.

You would think they could have at least put some sort of a fight against the Warriors with such a loaded back court.

Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that Dame probably should be 13 while Mccolum shoudl've been way lower

Dame seems about right but yeah McCollum is way high. I would expect a 2 to be the first number I see.

Funcrusher · Post #7 » by **Funcrusher** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:05 pm

Nah, it's still terrible. Curry being the 6th ranked player is almost as bad as McCollum at 13.

Post #8 » by **GeorgeMarcus** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:09 pm

Funcrusher wrote:Nah, it's still terrible. Curry being the 6th ranked player is almost as bad as McCollum at 13.

Jesus. I hadn’t made it that far yet. Absolute garbage

Post #9 » by **Duke4life831** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:11 pm

AD over Curry seems off to me

Lunartic · Post #10 » by **Lunartic** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:13 pm

Not a big Curry fan but he should be above Harden/AD

LeBron should be above Giannis at #2

kuclas · Post #11 » by **kuclas** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:15 pm

AD is the only one who’s probably a little too high at 5. The top 10 are pretty spot on. Can move a players 1-2 slots up and down based on reputation.

XxIronChainzxX · Post #12 » by **XxIronChainzxX** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:18 pm

RoxSteady wrote:OK, so they put down the crack pipe for 8 picks. None of these are too offensive; although LeBron's probably ranked too high. Giannis (presumably #1) and Kawhi (#2) are left.

10. PG13
9. Dame
8. Embiid
7. Jokic
6. Steph
5. AD
4. Harden
3. LBJ

I assume Kawhi is #1. But in any case, it's not that hard to name the 10 best players in the NBA out of order.

Hindenburg · Post #13 » by **Hindenburg** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:19 pm

Davis should be at the end of top 10. What exactly did he accomplish last year to move up a spot?

Curry should be in top 3-4.

LeBron should be in #5 spot or lower.

BNM · Post #14 » by **BNM** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:33 pm

Asif16 wrote:Dame at 9 and Mccolum at 13.

You would think they could have at least put some sort of a fight against the Warriors with such a loaded back court.

Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that Dame probably should be 13 while Mccolum shoudl've been way lower

All the ranking's I've seen, have Dame at 9 or 10. I agree C.J. is WAY too high (should be around 30, where they had him last year).

They did put up a fight against the Warriors. They had double digit 3rd quarter leads in 3 of the 4 games, and they did it with these other 3 starters:

An injured Enes "Can't Play" Kanter
Al-Farouq Aminu
Moe Harkless

The fact that Dame and C.J. were able to drag that mess to the WESTERN Conference Finals speaks well for how good they are. Yes, C.J. is rated WAY too high by ESPN, but overall Dame and C.J. aren't Portland's problem. It is the players they've been surrounded with that are.

OfficialRef · Post #15 » by **OfficialRef** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:37 pm

i'm not so sure lillard is a better player than PG...

Pennebaker · Post #16 » by **Pennebaker** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:39 pm

RoxSteady wrote:OK, so they put down the crack pipe for 8 picks. None of these are too offensive; although LeBron's probably ranked too high. Giannis (presumably #1) and Kawhi (#2) are left.

10. PG13
9. Dame
8. Embiid
7. Jokic
6. Steph
5. AD
4. Harden
3. LBJ

The biggest issue is that LeBron is better than both Giannis and Kawhi and Paul George is not a top 10 player.

IgorK · Post #17 » by **IgorK** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:47 pm

I was hoping they'd put LeBron even lower. The amount of crow to be eaten in the United States at the end of the season may land the corvus specimen on the Protected Species list.

WarriorGM · Post #18 » by **WarriorGM** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:51 pm

Only redeeming thing about this list is that it is proof if anyone ever needed it of how biased the media is against Curry.

TheNewEra · Post #19 » by **TheNewEra** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:58 pm

Anthony Davis my goodness you put that man over Curry?

TheNewEra · Post #20 » by **TheNewEra** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:00 pm

OfficialRef wrote:i'm not so sure lillard is a better player than PG...

Believe most teams would take PG over Dame. It’s close though