RoseorBust's Sweet Sixteen

Post #1 » by **penbeast0** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 3:55 am

You are putting together a team that will contend for the NBA title this year and, hopefully, into the future. Who is your centerpiece player?

Southern Bracket

Tim Duncan v. Paul Pierce
Chris Bosh v. Deron Williams

Northern Bracket

Kobe Bryant v. Elton Brand
Dwayne Wade v. Kevin Garnett

Eastern Bracket

LeBron James v. Chauncey Billups
Chris Paul v. Yao Ming

Western Bracket

Dwight Howard v. Carmelo Anthony
Dirk Nowitski v. Steve Nash

kandiking · Post #2 » by **kandiking** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 5:20 am

duncan
deron
kobe
garnett
lebron
paul
anthony
nowitski

carrottop12 · Post #3 » by **carrottop12** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 5:30 am

Duncan
Deron
Kobe
KG
LeBron
Paul
Dwight
Dirk

Post #4 » by **penbeast0** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 5:59 pm

Most of these are pretty one-sided.

Bosh v. Deron Williams is interesting, Big v. Small, but I agree that Utah's team success gives Deron the edge here.

Chris Paul v. Yao Ming is even tougher since Yao is a true center, the hardest thing to find. Paul has been amazing though and gets my vote.

Dirk v. Steve Nash is the last of the Big v. Small looks and I think Nash is more valuable now; but . . . Dirk is younger and has more future value so I'd agree with the Dirk supporters.

I didn't see Dwight Howard v. Carmelo Anthony as close at all but apparently kandiking disagrees and favores Anthony. I don't, Howard is clearly the better player for his defense and size.

LeQuitterNotMVP · Post #5 » by **LeQuitterNotMVP** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 8:25 pm

duncan
williams

kobe
kg

lebron
paul

howard
nash

a-rod · Post #6 » by **a-rod** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 12:02 am

Tim Duncan
Deron Williams
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Garnett
LeBron James
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Steve Nash

this competition is fun, i hope more posters will participate.

MaNs1 · Post #7 » by **MaNs1** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 12:17 am

Tim Duncan
Chris Bosh
Kobe
KG
Lebron
Paul
Dwight
Dirk

Post #8 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 12:18 am

Tim Duncan
Deron Williams
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Garnett
LeBron James
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Dirk Nowitski

Lot of em are really one-sided.

Post #9 » by **TMU** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 12:40 am

Tim Duncan
Deron Williams
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Garnet
LeBron James
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Steve Nash

Post #10 » by **penbeast0** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 2:46 am

Right now it is Nowitski 5, Nash 3 . . . that's the only close race; if it doesn't tighten up, I will call this round tomorrow.

TheSheriff · Post #11 » by **TheSheriff** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 6:03 am

Tim Duncan
Deron Williams
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Garnett
LeBron James
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Steve Nash

Edit: fixed error

Cammo101 · Post #12 » by **Cammo101** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 6:51 am

Duncan
Deron
Kobe
KG
LeBron
Paul
Dwight
Dirk

ponder276 · Post #13 » by **ponder276** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 7:01 am

Tim Duncan - greatest PF of all time

Deron Williams - sorry Bosh, you're my favourite player, but Deron is slightly better, and doesn't have the knee problems

Kobe Bryant - better player with fewer injury problems, no contest

Kevin Garnett - transformed Boston, and despite being older, probably has just as many games left in him as Wade. Wade is great when healthy, but I see him being constantly plagued by injuries, and ending up as one of the big "what ifs" of basketball

LeBron James - I will take LeBron over anyone

Chris Paul - I will take Paul over anyone but LeBron and maybe Dwight

Dwight Howard - dominant center or slightly selfish scorer? Hmmm . . .

Steve Nash - VERY close, more or less splitting hairs, but Nash is a Canadian, so he gets my vote

Post #14 » by **penbeast0** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 12:43 pm

Nowitski 6, Nash 5 . . . tightening up

Post #15 » by **BrooklynBulls** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 12:51 pm

Tim Duncan
Deron Williams
Kobe Bryant
Dwyane Wade- I'm absolutely shocked people are choosing KG. 5.5 year difference is just too large for me to ignore. I think Wade's injury worries are overblown at this point
LeBron James
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Dirk Nowitzki- I don't really like Dirk, but he's a comparable player who's younger.

Post #16 » by **tkb** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 4:37 pm

Tim Duncan
Deron Williams

Kobe Bryant
Kevin Garnett

LeBron James
Chris Paul

Dwight Howard
Dirk Nowtizki

kookie_819 · Post #17 » by **kookie_819** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 5:46 pm

Tim Duncan
Deron Williams
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Garnett
LeBron James
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Steve Nash

Post #18 » by **penbeast0** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 6:21 pm