RealGM Top 25 Player Poll 2021-22-#20

[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 #19:Kyrie Irving (BKN) - 29%
Added to Poll:Domantas Sabonis (IND)

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%
11) Anthony Davis (LAL) - 60%
12) Jayson Tatum (BOS) - 32%
13) Jimmy Butler (MIA) - 34%
14) Paul George (LAC) - 33%
15) Trae Young (ATL) - 30%
16) Rudy Gobert (UTA) - 22%
17) Zion Williamson (NOP) - 27%
18) Chris Paul (PHX) - 26%
19) Kyrie Irving (BKN) - 29%

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)
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)
Myles Turner (IND)
Bam Adebayo (MIA)
Kyle Lowry (MIA)
D'Angelo Russell (MIN)
Anthony Edwards (MIN)
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)
Tobias Harris (PHI)
CJ McCollum (POR)
De'Aaron Fox (SAC)
Tyrese Haliburton (SAC)
Dejounte Murray (SAS)
Pascal Siakam (TOR)
Fred VanVleet (TOR)
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%

[Harry Garris]

Either Mitchell or Devin Booker. They're 1a and 1b to me.

[Johnny Tomala]

V: Towns
N: Thompson

[babyjax13]

I don't think there is an argument for anyone but Towns, unless you think he is a perpetual injury risk, which ... I just don't think is the case. He has been very durable throughout the years. Mitchell and Booker have issues defensively just like Towns (none of them are horrid, but none are great) and Towns is - by far - the best offensive option.

[GeorgeMarcus]

Vote: KAT
Nominate: Siakam

[LeftHandThriller]

Booker
Nom. Bam

[MrGoat]

Vote: Booker
Nominate: LaVine

[ThatClockWork]

Vote to redo the last polling. Little Kyrie fanboys are still lost in the nostalgia.

Vote: Booker

[SA37]

Voted KAT

Nominate Adebayo

[zimpy27]

Nominate Bam

[JimmyPlopper]

Vote: Simmons
Nominate: Jaylen Brown

[Effigy]

Voted Booker

Nominate Julius Randle

[Dutchball97]

People sleeping on KAT big time. Just because he got injured people forget he was giving Embiid the business everytime they faced each other.

I could see why people might prefer Donovan Mitchell for his insane play-off performances the last two seasons but what business does Devin Booker have even getting considered here? Booker is a guy who pretty much only shoots the ball and he isn't even elite at that aspect of the game. Sounds like some people are either biased by the Suns making the finals and not wanting to give CP3 credit or they just look at PPG.

[shza]

Voted KAT
The last three spots after will be filled by people already on the board, so no point nominating

[Pistol_Pete10]

Voted: Beal
Add: Siakam

[FinnTheHuman]

Voted KAT
Nominate Bam

[Jazz Dog]

voted Mitchell

[bwgood77]

Weird that Towns who finished pretty low last time leads this one. Also I found it a little weird last time and this time that Booker leads Beal by so much. Was Beal not better last year?

Book came on down the stretch on the defensive side and looks like he is vastly improving there though, and of course had some big playoff games.

Middleton has seemed underrated too.

I have a hard time voting on this one...can't decide and don't want to let bias impact it, so have refrained.

Guards probably splitting votes with only one true C there..Towns was 24 last year. Did he improve a lot this year?

[Jadoogar]

Weird that Towns who finished pretty low last time leads this one. Also I found it a little weird last time and this time that Booker leads Beal by so much. Was Beal not better last year?

Book came on down the stretch on the defensive side and looks like he is vastly improving there though, and of course had some big playoff games.

Middleton has seemed underrated too.

I have a hard time voting on this one...can't decide and don't want to let bias impact it, so have refrained.

Guards probably splitting votes with only one true C there..Towns was 24 last year. Did he improve a lot this year?

Really? i would take booker, beal, mitchell and KAT over middleton quite easily. I like Middleton but he's clearly a #2

[FinnTheHuman]

Weird that Towns who finished pretty low last time leads this one. Also I found it a little weird last time and this time that Booker leads Beal by so much. Was Beal not better last year?

Book came on down the stretch on the defensive side and looks like he is vastly improving there though, and of course had some big playoff games.

Middleton has seemed underrated too.

I have a hard time voting on this one...can't decide and don't want to let bias impact it, so have refrained.

Guards probably splitting votes with only one true C there..Towns was 24 last year. Did he improve a lot this year?

Towns doesn't actually have to improve to be a top 20 player. He's suffering from the same thing Booker was suffering from before: being underrated because the rest of the roster isn't good enough. If you look at the numbers and the advanced stats, Towns simply has to be in the top 20.