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Once again, 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 5th annual edition ends up.

Here are the Rules:
-Vote ONE player per poll. You'll be able to change your vote just like in previous years so you can self-implement rank choice voting.
-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. Filthadelphia wanted 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 last year's Top 10.
-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 Xavier Tillman added in the next poll just comment "Nominate: Xavier Tillman"
-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
There may be days when I am not able to quickly add the next poll. Just be patient!

THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING!!!!

Winner of Previous Poll: Damian Lillard (POR)
Added to Poll: Anthony Edwards (MIN)

RealGM Top 25 Players 2022-23:
1) Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) - 57%
2) Nikola Jokic (DEN) - 57%
3) Luka Doncic (DAL) - 43%
4) Steph Curry (GSW) - 49%
5) Joel Embiid (PHI) - 37%
6) Kevin Durant (BKN) - 40%
7) LeBron James (LAL) - 44%
8) Kawhi Leonard (LAC) - 46%
9) Jayson Tatum (BOS) - 51%
10) Jimmy Butler (MIA) - 53%
11) Ja Morant (MEM) - 23%
12) Anthony Davis (LAL) - 28%
13) Rudy Gobert (MIN) - 24%
14) Paul George (LAC) - 19% (Tiebreaker: 62%)
15) James Harden (PHI) - 23%
16) Devin Booker (PHX) - 27%
17) Damian Lillard (POR) - 34%

Yet To Be Added: (If someone is not here that you want here comment THAT and I will add them)
John Collins (ATL)
Dejounte Murray (ATL)
Ben Simmons (BKN)
Gordon Hayward (CHA)
LaMelo Ball (CHA)
Zach Lavine (CHI)
Jarrett Allen (CLE)
Darius Garland (CLE)
Evan Mobley (CLE)
Jamal Murray(DEN)
Cade Cunningham (DET)
Jaden Ivey (DET)
Draymond Green (GSW)
Klay Thompson (GSW)
Andrew Wiggins (GSW)
Jalen Green (HOU)
Jabari Smith (HOU)
Myles Turner (IND)
Tyrese Haliburton (IND)
John Wall (LAC)
Russell Westbrook (LAL)
Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM)
Desmond Bane (MEM)
Dillon Brooks (MEM)
Bam Adebayo (MIA)
Khris Middleton (MIL)
Jrue Holiday (MIL)
Brandon Ingram (NOP)
CJ McCollum (NOP)
R.J. Barrett (NYK)
Jalen Brunson (NYK)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC)
Paolo Banchero (ORL)
Franz Wagner (ORL)
Wendell Carter (ORL)
Tobias Harris (PHI)
Tyrese Maxey (PHI)
DeAndre Ayton (PHX)
Mikal Bridges (PHX)
Jusuf Nurkic (POR)
Jerami Grant (POR)
De'Aaron Fox (SAC)
Domantas Sabonis (SAC)
Keegan Murray (SAC)
Fred VanVleet (TOR)
Scottie Barnes (TOR)
Collin Sexton (UTA)
Bradley Beal (WAS)
Kristaps Porzingis (WAS)

Previous Results:

Voted KAT
Nominate LaVine

Vote: Pascal Siakam
Nominate: Brandon Ingram

Vote: Trae
Nominate: SGA (waffling between he and Bam)

Vote: KAT. He'll get you all the points and rebounds you can ask for. And that 3-point shooting is unfair.

Nominate: Draymond Green.

Vote: Siakam
Nominate: garland

Vote: Towns

Nominate: Holiday

If Irving gets voted in ahead of Siakam, KAT or Trae; i will have lost all faith in humanity.

Trae Young is this only one remaining who can create a top 10 offense on his own.

V: Trae
N: La Vine

V: Young
N: Beal

Chris Paul

Garland

Voted: Irving

Nominate: Adebayo

kanersen wrote:If Irving gets voted in ahead of Siakam, KAT or Trae; i will have lost all faith in humanity.

I'm completely with you. When is the last time Irving has had a top-30 player level positive impact on his team? Not with Brooklyn, not with Boston. Yet suddenly it's going to happen next year?

Kat

Bam

ElectricMayhem wrote:

kanersen wrote:If Irving gets voted in ahead of Siakam, KAT or Trae; i will have lost all faith in humanity.

I'm completely with you. When is the last time Irving has had a top-30 player level positive impact on his team? Not with Brooklyn, not with Boston. Yet suddenly it's going to happen next year?

2017’s probably the only year of his career that he did. Even 2016, he was mostly garbage until the Finals.

V: Towns
N: Ingram

Voted DeRozan
Nominate Sabonis

Vote: Trae
Nom: SGA

kanersen wrote:If Irving gets voted in ahead of Siakam, KAT or Trae; i will have lost all faith in humanity.

Especially if one is discriminating based on number of games played last year ... or looks at "total points" rather than "points per game".