RealGM Top 25 Player Poll 2021-22-#11

[Filthadelphia]

Thanks to the mods for the sticky! The links to each poll will be listed as we go along like past years.
WE BACK. Shoutout to the wonderful @ElectricMayhem for holding it down last year. Yes, I was lazy.

Your favorite offseason debate is back by popular demand!
Thanks to everyone who voted last go around Im excited to see where the 2nd annual edition ends up.

Here's 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 indivdual prowess etc. I want to bake all that in to 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 the 10 guys who I personally believe will round out the top 10 in most people's eyes.
-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 #10:Damian Lillard (POR) - 39%
Added to Poll:Donovan Mitchell (UTA)

RealGM Top 25 Players 2021-22:
1) Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) - 41%
2) Kevin Durant (BKN) - 38%
3) LeBron James (LAL) - 36%
4) Luka Doncic (DAL) - 39%
5) Stephen Curry (GSW) - 42%
6) Nikola Jokic (DEN) - 61%
7) Joel Embiid (PHI) - 32%
8) James Harden (BKN) - 47%
9) Kawhi Leonard (LAC) - 35%
10) Damian Lillard (POR) - 39%

Yet To Be Added: (If someone is not here that you want here comment THAT and I will add them)
John Collins (ATL)
Bogdan Bogdanovic (ATL)
Jaylen Brown (BOS)
Dennis Schroder (BOS)
Kyrie Irving (BKN)
Zach Lavine (CHI)
Nikola Vucevic (CHI)
Lonzo Ball (CHI)
LaMelo Ball (CHA)
Gordon Hayward (CHA)
Collin Sexton (CLE)
Darius Garland (CLE)
Evan Mobley (CLE)
Kristaps Porzingis (DAL)
Jamal Murray (DEN)
Michael Porter Jr. (DEN)
Cade Cunningham (DET)
Jerami Grant (DET)
Klay Thompson (GSW)
Draymond Green (GSW)
Jalen Green (HOU)
Kevin Porter Jr. (HOU)
John Wall (HOU)
Christian Wood (HOU)
Caris Levert (IND)
Domantas Sabonis (IND)
Myles Turner (IND)
Russell Westbrook (LAL)
Ja Morant (MEM)
Bam Adebayo (MIA)
Kyle Lowry (MIA)
Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN)
D'Angelo Russell (MIN)
Anthony Edwards (MIN)
Khris Middleton (MIL)
Jrue Holiday (MIL)
Brandon Ingram (NOP)
Julius Randle (NYK)
RJ Barrett (NYK)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC)
Jalen Suggs (ORL)
Jonathan Isaac (ORL)
Deandre Ayton (PHX)
Mikal Bridges (PHX)
Ben Simmons (PHI)
Tobias Harris (PHI)
CJ McCollum (POR)
De'Aaron Fox (SAC)
Tyrese Haliburton (SAC)
Dejounte Murray (SAS)
Pascal Siakam (TOR)
Fred VanVleet (TOR)
Bradley Beal (WAS)
Spencer Dinwiddie (WAS)

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)
15) Damian Lillard (POR)-32%
16) Kyrie Irving (BOS)-37%
17) Draymond Green (GSW)-31%
18) Paul George (OKC)-27%
19) Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN)-23%
20) Kyle Lowry (TOR)-31%
21) Klay Thompson (GSW)-30%
22) Ben Simmons (PHI)-35%
23) John Wall (WAS)-27%
24) Al Horford (BOS)-33%
25) LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS)-30%

RealGM Top 25 Players 2019-20:
1)Kawhi Leonard (LAC)-39%
2)Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL)-42%
3)LeBron James (LAL)-42%
4)Stephen Curry (GSW)-48%
5)James Harden (HOU)-40%
6)Anthony Davis (LAL)-39%
7)Nikola Jokic (DEN)-33%
8)Joel Embiid (PHI)-35%
9)Paul George (LAC)-46%
10)Damian Lillard (POR)-54%
11)Jimmy Butler (MIA)-30%
12)Russell Westbrook (HOU)-26%
13)Rudy Gobert (UTA)-23%
14)Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN)-28%
15)Draymond Green (GSW)-30%
16)Kyrie Irving (BKN)-37%
17)Blake Griffin (DET)-31%
18)Bradley Beal (WAS)-24%
19)Kemba Walker (BOS)-29%
20)Luka Doncic (DAL)-37%
21)Jrue Holiday (NOP)-22%
22)Ben Simmons (PHI)-30%
23)Pascal Siakam (TOR)-41%
24)Kyle Lowry (TOR)-46%
25)Chris Paul (OKC)-32%

RealGM Top 25 Players 2020-21:
1)LeBron James (LAL) - 53%
2)Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) - 47%
3)Luka Doncic (DAL) - 37%
4)Kawhi Leonard (LAC) - 34%
5)Anthony Davis (LAL) - 35%
6)James Harden (HOU) - 39%
7)Steph Curry (GSW) - 33%
8)Nikola Jokic (DEN) - 42%
9)Kevin Durant (BKN) - 46%
10)Damian Lillard (POR) - 38%
11)Jimmy Butler (MIA) - 57%
12)Jayson Tatum (BOS) - 41%
13)Joel Embiid (PHI) - 59%
14)Devin Booker (PHX) - 22%
15)Chris Paul (PHX) - 24%
16)Paul George (LAC) - 21%
17)Bradley Beal (WAS) - 22%
18)Donovan Mitchell (UTA) - 22%
19)Ben Simmons (PHI) - 26%
20)Kyle Lowry (TOR) - 28%
21)Rudy Gobert (UTA) - 26%
22)Bam Adebayo (MIA) - 24%
23)Jamal Murray (DEN) - 29%
24)Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) - 32%
25)Kyrie Irving (BKN) - 33%

[Duffman100]

I mean. Has to be AD at this point.

[Saints14]

Vote AD
Nominate Kyrie

[MelTurpin]

Lillard over Davis was an error -- it's hard to understand what people were thinking there, as if defense doesn't matter. Maybe just injury-proneness.

[Alonzo_Morning]

Lillard over Davis was an error -- it's hard to understand what people were thinking there, as if defense doesn't matter. Maybe just injury-proneness.

And AD is a big ole bish

[JimmyPlopper]

Vote: Trae Young
Nominate: Ben Simmons

[babyjax13]

Lillard over Davis was an error -- it's hard to understand what people were thinking there, as if defense doesn't matter. Maybe just injury-proneness.

AD is injured all the time, and he doesn't have nearly the offensive impact that Lillard does. Yes, there are two sides of the court, but it's a completely reasonable thing to value Lillard over AD.

[ElectricMayhem]

I have AD, Lillard, and Tatum all close together. I feel like AD doesn't have the durability and drive of the other two. When he's healthy, focused, and motivated, he's a beast.

Nominate: Kyrie Irving

[Dutchball97]

Vote: Anthony Davis
Nominate: Karl-Anthony Towns

[zimpy27]

Nominate KAT

[DutchManDanFan]

AD
Move on to #12
Add KAT

[styczen]

The current vote is already decided, but it's worth mentioning a player who should have already been chosen, and from what I can see is very underrated.

Jimmy Butler - only 5 players selected so far (Giannis, Durant, LeBron, Curry and injured Kawhi) have been able to get their team to the NBA Finals like him. Where he also played an outstanding series

Top 10 or better regular season impact in the last few years. One disastrous series after returning from injury, in a season where last year's finalists (Lakers, Heat) were exhausted combined with a disastrous shooting slump and tough matchups works too hard on the voters here.

[Johnny Tomala]

V: AD
N: KAT

[Floody100]

Vote Tatum
Nominate Alex Len

[cupcakesnake]

Vote: AD
Nominate: KAT

Pretty clear voters here value the scoring guard.
- Lillard getting in over AD
- Mitchell, Trae, Booker all getting nominated to the list pretty quickly against comparable players. Part of that is probably that these guys all just had pretty nice playoff performances though.
My nominate list at this point is: KAT, Middleton, Kyrie

[Funcrusher]

I don't understand how people value Tatum over Zion at this point in time. Zion had a better season last year ffs

[Funcrusher]

Nominate: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. My guy going super under the radar, hate to see it

[Effigy]

Voted AD
Nominate: Lavine

After This is when it's going to get super interesting. I don't think there's a clear cut 12. Will be interested to see where people go. Are the Tatum votes just from the Boston homers? I'd love to see like a 5 player race with tons of people getting significant votes.

[rcc8884]

Nominate Middleton

[Funcrusher]

Voted AD
Nominate: Lavine

After This is when it's going to get super interesting. I don't think there's a clear cut 12. Will be interested to see where people go. Are the Tatum votes just from the Boston homers? I'd love to see like a 5 player race with tons of people getting significant votes.

Jimmy Butler's gotta start getting some serious consideration as well