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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 #3: Luka Doncic (DAL) - 37% (As of creation of Poll #4)
Added to Poll: Jayson Tatum (BOS)

RealGM Top 25 Players 2020-21:
1)LeBron James (LAL) - 53%
2)Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) - 47%
3)Luka Doncic (DAL) - 37%

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)
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)
Tyler Herro (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)

I think this is the Klaws spot.

Kawhi (obviously)
Nominate: Booker

Vote: Kawhi
Nominate: Towns

Voted Davis

Nominate Mitchell

I switched over to Kawhi last time because I like ranked choice voting and I'll probably do it again this time, but honestly, I had Jimmy Butler then and now. They can both me monsters on both sides of the court. Kawhi has more range but Jimmy Buckets gets buckets. Also, I think about who I'd rather have on a team I'm building for the 2020-1 year. Both seem to have some issues with their personality. Butler clashed with the T'Wolves because they weren't intense enough for him. Kawhi sat out when he could've played in San Antonio, could rub teammates the wrong way in Toronto, and also contributed to the divided locker room in LA. I go with the guy who is too intense. Looking at Minnesota before, during, and after Butler, you can see that even in that disaster situation, he elevated the Timberwolves. He most definitely elevated the Bulls and Heat as well.

I can definitely understand AD. He has the tools, I just think Butler or Kawhi would've done better at leading the level of talent he had around him on the Pelicans. At this stage of the rankings, you want people who can be leaders. I can understand Curry. However, I think two-way players at the level of Jimmy/Kawhi are more valuable, despite Steph's offensive magic. I can understand KD. I just have questions with how he'll bounce back. So Jimmy's my pick, but I'll probably slide it over to Kawhi later.

Nominate: Chris Paul

Vote: Harden
Nominate: Towns

Vote - Kawhi Leonard

Nominate - Paul George

Vote: Kawhi
Nominate: Gobert

Vote Anthony Davis
Nominate Morant.

LoveMyRaps wrote:

Metallikid wrote:Vote - Kawhi Leonard

Nominate - Paul George

Last year I voted Chris Paul the 15th best player in the NBA. The rest of y'all on RealGM didn't think so until #24-25 I believe.

I feel confident that the recency bias on here is well beyond reason and that PG will have a fantastic comeback season and get back to his previous form from when he finished 3rd in MVP voting only two years ago. He is still a fringe top ten player.

Vote: Harden
Nominate: Towns

I don't think you can call AD a top-5 player if he doesn't carry his team.

Voted Davis.
Nominate KAT

Voted Kawhi for the 4th time(and should be last time)

Nominate PG13

Vote: Kawhi
Nominate: KAT

Vote Leonard
Nominate Towns

Butler
Booker

Kawhi
Bam