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Once again, It is time for Filthadelphia's annual Top 25 Player poll this offseason.

(Filthadelphia, if you want to take over again, go for it. I just wanted to get it finished before preseason. In any case, this will probably be the last year I can do it for a while).

Your favorite offseason debate is back by popular demand!
Thanks to everyone who voted last go around I'm excited to see where the 6th 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!!!!

Added to Poll: Devin Booker (PHX)

RealGM Top 25 Players 2023-24:
1) Nikola Jokic (DEN) - 72%
2) Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) - 61%
3) Luka Doncic (DAL) - 42%

Yet To Be Added: (If someone is not here that you want here comment THAT and I will add them)
Dejounte Murray (ATL)
Trae Young (ATL)
Jaylen Brown (BOS)
Mikal Bridges (BKN)
LaMelo Ball (CHA)
DeMar DeRozan (CHI)
Zach LaVine (CHI)
Darius Garland (CLE)
Donovan Mitchell (CLE)
Evan Mobley (CLE)
Kyrie Irving (DAL)
Aaron Gordon (DEN)
Jamal Murray (DEN)
Cade Cunningham (DET)
Draymond Green (GSW)
Chris Paul (GSW)
Klay Thompson (GSW)
Andrew Wiggins (GSW)
Fred VanVleet (HOU)
Tyrese Haliburton (IND)
Paul George (LAC)
Austin Reaves (LAL)
Desmond Bane (MEM)
Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM)
Ja Morant (MEM)
Bam Adebayo (MIA)
Jrue Holiday (MIL)
Brook Lopez (MIL)
Khris Middleton (MIL)
Anthony Edwards (MIN)
Rudy Gobert (MIN)
Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN)
Brandon Ingram (NOP)
Zion Williamson (NOP)
Jalen Brunson (NYK)
Julius Randle (NYK)
Paolo Banchero (ORL)
Jerami Grant (POR)
Damian Lillard (POR)
James Harden (PHI)
Tyrese Maxey (PHI)
Bradley Beal (PHX)
De'Aaron Fox (SAC)
Domantas Sabonis (SAC)
Victor Wembanyama (SAS)
Scottie Barnes (TOR)
Pascal Siakam (TOR)
Lauri Markkanen (UTA)
Kyle Kuzma (WAS)


Previous Results:

Vote: Jimmy Butler. I will probably shift my vote to Curry later on, but I think Butler deserves to be this high. Lots of players have a valid argument for this spot. The biggest worry about Curry is if he can keep it up at 35/36 years old.

Nominate: Anthony Edwards

This is Embiid.

Voted Embiid.
Nominate: lillard.

It should be Embiid, but will he remain healthy? He's never been consistently healthy in his 20s so why should we expect him to be healthy in his 30s?

I think this is Tatum.

Vote Jimmy Butler

Nominate Donovan Mitchell

Vote: Embiid

Nom: Lillard

Voted Embiid, skeptical he plays like top 4 in the playoffs tho.

Nominate Anthony Edwards

V Embiid
N Lillard

V: Curry
N: Lillard

Vote: Curry
Nominate: Lillard

V curry
N dame

V Embiid
N Lillard

Voted for Curry at #3, so I will stick with him here. Embiid ist the strongest candidate and I'll vote for him at #5 if Curry wins this round. I consider Lillard, Mitchell and Edwards for nomination. Would go with Lillard in a normal situation, but there's too much uncertainty about his situation right now.

Vote: Curry
Nominate: Mitchell

V: SGA
N: ja

Voted Embiid

Nominate Morant

Here, in this chat, 7 say Embiid, 4 say Curry. Yet Curry leads comfortably. I suspect many are blindly voting against Embiid because they want to push him further and further down.

Vote Embiid, nominate Sabonis

LordCovington33 wrote:Here, in this chat, 7 say Embiid, 4 say Curry. Yet Curry leads comfortably. I suspect many are blindly voting against Embiid because they want to push him further and further down.

I’ve always felt that these would be better if only the posts counted.

Vote Curry
Nominate Lillard