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I am carrying the torch for Filthadelphia's annual Top 25 Player poll this offseason.

Your favorite offseason debate is back by popular demand!
Thanks to everyone who voted last go around I'm excited to see where the 3rd annual edition ends up.

Here are the Rules:
-Vote ONE player per poll. You'll be able to change your vote just like last year for those indecisive folks.
-The criteria of ranking the players is YOUR OWN. The whole point of bringing this to the GB is to attract the widest amount of votes/perspectives on the game as possible to form a true consensus. Some people value shooting over defense, team success over individual prowess etc. I want to bake all that into this poll set no matter how chaotic.
-Each poll a player will win and then be taken out of the field. There will be 25 polls in all.
-There are only 10 possible poll options so I will start with 7 of the 10 guys who were voted into the Top 10 last year (Kawhi, Giannis, LeBron, Curry, Harden, AD, and Jokic. Then I will make a slight adjustment by removing Embiid, Lillard, and PG and replacing them with Luka, Jimmy Butler, and KD, who I think have a higher chance of someone voting them #1. Of course, you can still nominate them to show up on the next poll.
-As each poll commences I ask you to COMMENT IN THE THREAD your vote for who should be added in the next poll. There will be a large list of players yet to be added to the field below that you can look over to make your vote. I will tally up the votes in the comments at the end of each poll and add the winner accordingly. For example, if you want Bryn Forbes added in the next poll just comment "Nominate: Bryn Forbes"
-If a poll is overwhelmingly skewed towards one guy I will try, time willing, to edit it early and move on to the next one.
-If there is a tie in the poll. There will be a run-off poll created with just the tying parties to determine a winner. The losers of the runoff will then be added back into the field of 10 for the next poll.
-Feel free to ask any questions via pm or comment
-Feel Free to comment on your reasoning for a pick and why

THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING!!!!

Winner of Poll #2: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) - 47% (As of creation of Poll #3)
Added to Poll: Joel Embiid (PHI)

RealGM Top 25 Players 2020-21:
1)LeBron James (LAL) - 53%
2)Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) - 47%

Yet To Be Added: (If someone is not here that you want here comment THAT and I will add them)
Trae Young (ATL)
John Collins (ATL)
Danilo Gallinari (OKC)
Kemba Walker (BOS)
Jayson Tatum (BOS)
Jaylen Brown (BOS)
Kyrie Irving (BKN)
Gordon Hayward (CHA)
Devonte' Graham (CHA)
Zach Lavine (CHI)
Kevin Love (CLE)
Andre Drummond (CLE)
Collin Sexton (CLE)
Kristaps Porzingis (DAL)
Jamal Murray(DEN)
Blake Griffin (DET)
Draymond Green (GSW)
Russell Westbrook (HOU)
Myles Turner (IND)
Victor Oladipo (IND)
Domantas Sabonis (IND)
Paul George (LAC)
Montrezl Harrell (LAL)
Ja Morant (MEM)
Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM)
Bam Adebayo (MIA)
Khris Middleton (MIL)
Jrue Holiday (MIL)
Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN)
D'Angelo Russell (MIN)
Anthony Edwards (MIN)
Zion Williamson (NOP)
Brandon Ingram (NOP)
R.J. Barrett (NYK)
Nikola Vucevic (ORL)
Ben Simmons (PHI)
Devin Booker (PHX)
Chris Paul (PHX)
DeAndre Ayton (PHX)
Jusuf Nurkic (POR)
CJ McCollum (POR)
De'Aaron Fox (SAC)
LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS)
Demar DeRozan (SAS)
Pascal Siakam (TOR)
Fred VanVleet (TOR)
Kyle Lowry (TOR)
Rudy Gobert (UTA)
Donovan Mitchell (UTA)
Bradley Beal (WAS)
John Wall (WAS)

Vote: Kawhi
Nominate: Tatum

Between curry and leonard but I voted for curry by a little edge. So my 4th will be kawhi.

Luka Doncic

Nominate CP3

Voted Luka
Nominate Paul George

Luka outplayed Kawhi in the playoffs and could have even won if Porzingis was healthy. Luka is just gonna continue to get better while Kawhi will stay the same imo.

Durant is questionable since no one knows how he'll be after the injury.
Most people are putting Curry 8th or missing the playoffs all together.

Why on Earth did you guys vote Giannis #2?
I can't believe people on this board really think Giannis is better than KD and Kawhi.

Do you guys not remember when Kawhi locked up Giannis and put on a show against him in the 2019 ECF?

Crazy.

The top 3 of the league is Lebron, Kawhi, & KD (not in order). Everyone else is a tier below.

Jordan1498 wrote:Why on Earth did you guys vote Giannis #2?
I can't believe people on this board really think Giannis is better than KD and Kawhi.

Do you guys not remember when Kawhi locked up Giannis and put on a show against him in the 2019 ECF?

Crazy.

The top 3 of the league is Lebron, Kawhi, & KD (not in order). Everyone else is a tier below.

I think AD should be put in that top 4, too.

Jordan1498 wrote:Why on Earth did you guys vote Giannis #2?
I can't believe people on this board really think Giannis is better than KD and Kawhi.

Do you guys not remember when Kawhi locked up Giannis and put on a show against him in the 2019 ECF?

Crazy.

The top 3 of the league is Lebron, Kawhi, & KD (not in order). Everyone else is a tier below.

Noted as on of many opinions.

Nominate: Jayson Tatum next
Yet To Be Added List: Add Tyler Herro please

Vote: Harden
Nominate: Booker

Vote: Luka
Nominate: Tatum

Voted Leonard(for the 3rd time)
Nominate Paul George

Kawhi. I still think with the improvements the Clips made he's in position to reclaim #1 from last year.

Jordan1498 wrote:Why on Earth did you guys vote Giannis #2?
I can't believe people on this board really think Giannis is better than KD and Kawhi.

Do you guys not remember when Kawhi locked up Giannis and put on a show against him in the 2019 ECF?

Crazy.

The top 3 of the league is Lebron, Kawhi, & KD (not in order). Everyone else is a tier below.

More than Giannis being #2 I don't understand how people are trying to put Luka in the top 3. Excellent player, but he's not efficient and a sub par defender.

V: Kawhi
N: Booker

Da ThRONe wrote:

Jordan1498 wrote:Why on Earth did you guys vote Giannis #2?
I can't believe people on this board really think Giannis is better than KD and Kawhi.

Do you guys not remember when Kawhi locked up Giannis and put on a show against him in the 2019 ECF?

Crazy.

The top 3 of the league is Lebron, Kawhi, & KD (not in order). Everyone else is a tier below.

More than Giannis being #2 I don't understand how people are trying to put Luka in the top 3. Excellent player, but he's not efficient and a sub par defender.

Statistically the best 21yo of all-time.
That's why...

Voted - Butler

Nominate - Lowry

Da ThRONe wrote:

Jordan1498 wrote:Why on Earth did you guys vote Giannis #2?
I can't believe people on this board really think Giannis is better than KD and Kawhi.

Do you guys not remember when Kawhi locked up Giannis and put on a show against him in the 2019 ECF?

Crazy.

The top 3 of the league is Lebron, Kawhi, & KD (not in order). Everyone else is a tier below.

More than Giannis being #2 I don't understand how people are trying to put Luka in the top 3. Excellent player, but he's not efficient and a sub par defender.

Kawhi's (the guy you voted for) TS% last regular season: 58.9
Kawhi's TS% in the playoffs: 59.3

Luka's TS% in the regular season: 58.5
Luka's TS% in the playoffs: 59.6

Vote: James Butler (adult in the room)
Nominate: Devin Booker

Jordan1498 wrote:Why on Earth did you guys vote Giannis #2?
I can't believe people on this board really think Giannis is better than KD and Kawhi.

Do you guys not remember when Kawhi locked up Giannis and put on a show against him in the 2019 ECF?

Crazy.

The top 3 of the league is Lebron, Kawhi, & KD (not in order). Everyone else is a tier below.

I’m a Kawhi stan but in no way did he shutdown Giannis himself. Gasol was a major factor, guys like Pascal and Ibaka played a part too along with Nurse’s scheme.

Giannis himself always mentions Gasol along with Kawhi when asked about that series. Giannis barely guarded Kawhi either, that’s on Bud’s coaching though