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Tatum, Mitchell and Simmons are neck and neck in the exciting race for this seasons ROY. Who do project will have the best NBA career?

Tatum and Mitchell should both be extremely good players, perennial All-Stars if healthy.

Simmons on the other hand is a generational talent, he could be the best player the league has seen since LeBron.

Yeah Tatum is the best player now, Mitchell is surging and has a bright future ahead of him, but Simmons is the clear answer here.

Simmons could be this generation’s Magic Johnson. His ceiling is that high. With the body he has and the vision he’s displayed, he could legitimately end up the best player in the league one day. The other two just don’t have that upside.

Simmons --> Mitchell --> Tatum

Probably go with Simmons too, but the talk about the others having more limited upside seems incredibly premature. Jazz fan so I obviously am a bit of a Mitchell fan, but he compares decently well with any rookie scoring/combo guard we've seen since Jordan. Tatum has the somewhat strange role of being a secondary player on a contender as a great rookie, so there aren't many comparison points, but he's been incredible as well.

All three have looked outstanding. Simmons, barring injury should have the best career. Then I’d go with Tatum. He’s still 19 years old, while the other two are 21 so his projection is a little more difficult to get a handle on in a sense, but still he’s putting up 14/6 on 65%TS — and he’s just super polished.

eminence wrote:Probably go with Simmons too, but the talk about the others having more limited upside seems incredibly premature. Jazz fan so I obviously am a bit of a Mitchell fan, but he compares decently well with any rookie scoring/combo guard we've seen since Jordan. Tatum has the somewhat strange role of being a secondary player on a contender as a great rookie, so there aren't many comparison points, but he's been incredible as well.

Jordan was a rookie a long time ago, Ron Harper definitely looked better as a rook

That said, this statement is more correct than I thought at first glance. He’s up there with what we saw from Lillard, Wade, Vince et al. Harper was the only one I remembered off the top of my head, although I didn’t check a ton, but yeah this is really impressive.

nurseryc wrote:Tatum, Mitchell and Simmons are neck and neck in the exciting race for this seasons ROY. Who do project will have the best NBA career?

I don't see any argument for those two over Simmons for ROY.

I'd say Simmons then Mitchell, it's somewhat close there.

MisterHibachi wrote:

nurseryc wrote:Tatum, Mitchell and Simmons are neck and neck in the exciting race for this seasons ROY. Who do project will have the best NBA career?

I don't see any argument for those two over Simmons for ROY.

Because there isn’t one. The voting will reflect that as well, ROY is already over and Simmons has won by a landslide.

BasketballFan7 wrote:Simmons --> Mitchell --> Tatum

LeBron Wade Melo LITE in terms of careers.

Dr Spaceman wrote:Yeah Tatum is the best player now, Mitchell is surging and has a bright future ahead of him, but Simmons is the clear answer here.

Simmons could be this generation’s Magic Johnson. His ceiling is that high. With the body he has and the vision he’s displayed, he could legitimately end up the best player in the league one day. The other two just don’t have that upside.

Wait u think Tatum is better than Simmons right now? As much as i like him i dont see it

Mitchell will win ROY, Simmons or Tatum runner up

Dupp wrote:

MisterHibachi wrote:

nurseryc wrote:Tatum, Mitchell and Simmons are neck and neck in the exciting race for this seasons ROY. Who do project will have the best NBA career?

I don't see any argument for those two over Simmons for ROY.

Because there isn’t one. The voting will reflect that as well, ROY is already over and Simmons has won by a landslide.

I don't agree. Simmons is a landslide right now, but Mitchell is developing at a rapid pace and the narrative could change by the end of the year. Still project Simmons to have the best career of all three, though.

Sign5 wrote:

BasketballFan7 wrote:Simmons --> Mitchell --> Tatum

LeBron Wade Melo LITE in terms of careers.

yep

Simmons will probably average a triple double for a season in his career. He probably will be better than Magic and Bird if healthy because of defense.

Simmons is a beast. He really has Lebron-like potential. But damn that j really is ugly.... uglier than Rubio's, wall's ever was coming into the league. But we've seen players make the transition.

Good time to bump this. Original results: Simmons 35 Tatum 5 Mitchell 4

durantbird wrote:Good time to bump this. Original results: Simmons 35 Tatum 5 Mitchell 4

To be fair, most posts were talking about potential - which was there. No one believed back then that he can actually develop backwards.

Doug_12 wrote:

durantbird wrote:Good time to bump this. Original results: Simmons 35 Tatum 5 Mitchell 4

To be fair, most posts were talking about potential - which was there. No one believed back then that he can actually develop backwards.

Still interesting to reevaluate the thread, especially given both Boston and Cleveland started the year great