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Sorry! I haven't been timely the last couple days.

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: Donovan Mitchell (CLE)

RealGM Top 25 Players 2023-24:
1) Nikola Jokic (DEN) - 72%
2) Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) - 61%
3) Luka Doncic (DAL) - 42%
4) Steph Curry (GSW) - 42%
5) Joel Embiid (PHI) - 43%

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)
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)
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've been voting Butler for a while, but I did expect Doncic, Curry, and Embiid to go ahead of him. I think Kawhi is probably better when healthy, Durant and James will have short bursts of being better, Tatum is better on offense, but I don't think any of them will consistently control the game on both sides of the court like Jimmy.

Nominate: Anthony Edwards

Vote LeBron
Nominate Ja

Booker
Haliburton

Vote: SGA
Nominate: Tyrese Haliburton

Vote: Tatum
Nominate: Edwards

Edit:
Interesting that we have five voters in the comments so far and five different player votes.

Vote SGA
Nominate Edwards

Vote Tatum
Nominate Bam

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Vote: Booker

Tatum's close but Booker's a little bit better.

Nom: Siakam's still probably the best player left.

V: Durant
N: Trae Young

V: Tatum
N: Haliburton

I have to admit I am a bit surprised to see LeBron getting votes and AD not given we just saw AD be the best player on the Lakers this past season and LeBron is not getting any better at his age.

Vote: LeBron

Nominate: Morant

I am supremely interested to see if anyone has the balls to vote for R Gobert in the top-25....

I think we’ve dropped a tier now and you could do a number of ways. I wouldn’t blame anyone for going Tatum here.

Vote SGA I know it’s a lot of pressure but I think he can take it. I will also keep reminding people that this isn’t just an offense poll and SGA is a very good defender unlike some other options here.

Nominate Ant

Tatum should be next

after that there will be a big drop off

Vote : KD

Nominate : LeBron

V: Tatum (should have been higher than Embiid)
N: Anthony Edwards

Voted: SGA
Nominate: Anthony Edwards

V: Dame
N: Markannen

Vote: Jayson Tatum
Nominate: Tyese Hailiburton

The SGA hype is out of control really.