RealGM Top 100 List #89

[penbeast0]

Looks like 3 Carmelo votes and 1 each for Daniels, DeBusschere and Kemp . . . need one vote to either close it out or sent it to runoff.

[Quotatious]

Okay, I can change my vote to Melo. Considering that English is in since #54, Wilkins since #61 and King since #70, I think Melo easily deserves to get in, at this point. I'm not even sure if Nique was really a better player than him. Their numbers are extremely similar.

I'm not particularly high on Anthony - I think he was a top 10 player in the league maybe twice so far, and he's generally a low impact player - RAPM indicates that his boxscore numbers overrate him quite a bit, and even his boxscore numbers aren't that good anymore once he gets to the playoffs...That being said, he's still clearly one of the most versatile and explosive scorers of the last decade, on generally solid efficiency (career average TS% of 54.6%, scoring 25.2 ppg - for the sake of comparison, Dominique averaged 24.8 ppg on 53.6% TS for his career...). Good rebounder, too. Nothing special as a passer/playmaker, but takes good care of the ball, especially since 2013, when he's been under 10% TOV. Poor defender, just doesn't have the instincts to be a good team defender, but he's capable of being a fairly decent man defender when he wants to be (especially in the post, where his strength serves him well). Already solid longevity - averaged 20+ ppg in each of his 12 seasons, and already 8 or 9 years when he's been more or less in his prime.

I've never been a Melo fan, but I still think that he definitely is one of the top 100 players who ever played in the NBA. Scorers of his caliber don't come along very often.

[Clyde Frazier]

Through post #22:

Mel Daniels (1) - penbeast0

Carmelo Anthony (4) - trex_8063, ronnymac2, Clyde Frazier, Quotatious

Shawn Kemp - (1) SactoKingsFan

That'll do it.