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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: Anthony Edwards (MIN)

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%
6) Jayson Tatum (BOS) - 45%

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)
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:

Come on, still No JA?

Vote SGA.
Nominate JA.

So far I mostly agree with the ranking, the only outlier to me is Curry, he would have been my #6, everything else checks out, but I love democracy.

V: SGA
N: Ja

UcanUwill wrote:Come on, still No JA?

Vote SGA.
Nominate JA.

So far I mostly agree with the ranking, the only outlier to me is Curry, he would have been my #6, everything else checks out, but I love democracy.

Yeah I personally would’ve gone Curry in 6th, moving Embiid up to 3 with Luka at 4.


Vote: Himmy Butler

Nom: Morant

V: Durant
N: Trae Young

Vote: SGA
Nominate: Haliburton

Vote: Butler

Nom: Siakam

Vote: SGA

Nom: Ja

Vote: Durant
Nom: Haliburton

Nominate Haloburton

Vote SGA
Nominate Siakam

Vote: SGA
Nominate: Haliburton

Going a bit conservative here with Butler over SGA, although I totally understand why SGA leads the poll.

Nominate: Morant

V Durant
N Sabonis

Wow, SGA is getting a lot of love on here! I’m not quite there, ranking him this high would have to project more improvement that may or may not come after blowing up last year - but cool to see him get his due

Vote: SGA
Nominate: Ja Morant

Vote James

Nominate Morant

Vote Kevin Durant

Nominate Ja Morant

UcanUwill wrote:Come on, still No JA?

Vote SGA.
Nominate JA.

So far I mostly agree with the ranking, the only outlier to me is Curry, he would have been my #6, everything else checks out, but I love democracy.

How good will Ja be next year though, considering we know he's missing a minimum of 25 games already and he's a medium level injury prone player.

I still think Ja could have a great season next year, but to me it's more a question of how great? Will he be a top 17 player in the league next year?

If it weren't for the suspension, I might have already nominated him.

Vote: SGA
Nominate: Tyrese Hailiburton

cupcakesnake wrote:

UcanUwill wrote:Come on, still No JA?

Vote SGA.
Nominate JA.

So far I mostly agree with the ranking, the only outlier to me is Curry, he would have been my #6, everything else checks out, but I love democracy.

How good will Ja be next year though, considering we know he's missing a minimum of 25 games already and he's a medium level injury prone player.

I still think Ja could have a great season next year, but to me it's more a question of how great? Will he be a top 17 player in the league next year?

If it weren't for the suspension, I might have already nominated him.

If hes as good as can be, people will forget Autumn absence, its about how you finish. I understand your point, but out of what is left, I just think its his time to be added, guy was incredible when he played.