How do you rank em?

Storm Surge · Post #21 » by **Storm Surge** » Mon May 5, 2008 3:56 am

that list is pretty bad...

MEGASTARS
Kobe
LeBron
Duncan

These players are on another level than the rest.

BirdIsDaKing · Post #22 » by **BirdIsDaKing** » Mon May 5, 2008 5:05 am

HarlemHeat37 wrote:Kobe is only a "megastar" because he plays in LA..a guy with his reputation and sexual history would never be marketed as a "megastar", no matter how good he is..I'm not hating, it's the truth from a marketing standpoint..I wouldn't risk my product with an alleged felon..*please don't hate on this part of my post, I'm not trying to bring up a discussion about this..it has been a while, I'm just speaking from a marketing standpoint*..

since Duncan was in the OP's original post as a "megastar" and all those others were ranked as "superstars", I guess this is a list of tiers for best players in the NBA, and not popularity..

The King
Lebron James..the best player in the NBA/the biggest draw in the NBA..

megastar player that hasn't led a team to the finals
Kobe Bryant

all-time players but at the end of their primes
Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnett

young/injured superstars near the top
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Dwyane Wade
Yao Ming

superstars
Dirk Nowitzki
Carmelo Anthony
Elton Brand
Amare Stoudemire
Chris Bosh
Steve Nash
Paul Pierce
Deron Williams
Allen Iverson

near-superstars that look better because of a teammate
Boozer
Gasol
West

injured/on-off superstars(guys that can elevate to superstars at any time when focused or healthy)
Gilbert Arenas
Vince Carter
Manu Ginobili

superstar PGs
Billups
Parker
Baron

Kobe is the NBAs biggest draw, not Lebron. Lebron is the most marketed but he doesnt really draw that well at all.

MagicNolesFSU · Post #23 » by **MagicNolesFSU** » Mon May 5, 2008 5:30 am

BirdIsDaKing wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Kobe is the NBAs biggest draw, not Lebron. Lebron is the most marketed but he doesnt really draw that well at all.

QFT. Kobe is by far the biggest draw

1st. WAAAAY to many names in the OP.
2nd. Are you guys going by popularity or skill level?

Cevap · Post #24 » by **Cevap** » Mon May 5, 2008 6:12 am

BirdIsDaKing wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Kobe is the NBAs biggest draw, not Lebron. Lebron is the most marketed but he doesnt really draw that well at all.

maybe but how much of the draw is the laker brand itself and how much is kobe?

yearsago · Post #25 » by **yearsago** » Mon May 5, 2008 2:43 pm

Move Chris Paul into Megastars.