OT: Favorite players

Dexmor · Post #1 » by **Dexmor** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:10 pm

So who is your favorite players who are not Bobcats (for me not Bobcats or Lakers)
Who is your favorite including Bobcats after that allnba team favorite meaning

Non Lak/Cat

C.Aldridge
PF.Josh Smith
SF.RJ
SG.Granger
PG.Rose

Favorites including everybody currently playing

C.Bynum
PF.Gasol
SF.Wallace/RJ tie
SG.Kobe
PG.Felton

Favorite players of yesteryear

Ewing
Hakeem
Barkley
Derek Harper-I know he is a pg but can't think of a 2
Isiah Thomas

List of favorites in order of now players

1.Kobe
2.Gasol
2.Felton
4.Rose
5.RJ
6.Wallace
7.DJ
8.Bynum
9.Diaw
10.Ariza

boshjonesford · Post #2 » by **boshjonesford** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:53 pm

PG - Daron Williams
SG - Rudy Fernandez/ Brandon Roy
SF - Lebron James
PF - Tim Duncan
C - Dwight Howard

personality wise (not skills related)

PG - Jose Caldaron
SG - Anthony Parker
SF - Shane Battier
PF - TIm Duncan
C - Pau Gasol

ccbballin · Post #3 » by **ccbballin** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:02 pm

1. Ammo
2. Kobe
3. Melo
4. CP3
5. Durant
6. Yao

Most hated:
1. Wade
2. Duncan
3. Carter
4. Roy
5. Alston
6. Pau

Post #4 » by **fatlever** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:32 pm

ammo still number one. thats the way to stick with it. steve would be proud.

Post #5 » by **fatlever** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:45 pm

my faves (in no particular order)

current (non bobcats)

durant*
manu
arenas
herrmann
ammo
kirilenko*
nowitzki
okur*
rudy fernandez*
horford#
love*
nash
barbosa
monta ellis
rip hamilton
parker*
francisco garcia#
salmons*
baron davis
peja*
calderon*
bargnani#
harpring
bogut
jamison
battier
terry
brad miller
ming
scola

*currently a member of team "allied biscuit" - the greatest dynasty fantasy bball team ever!!!
# former member of team "allied biscuit" - the greatest dynasty fantasy bball team ever!!!

retired

fat lever
bird
mchale
worthy
barkley
english
randolph childress
pepe sanchez
frankie king
wesley
larry johnson
divac
kukoc
sabonis
stockton
bernard king
richmond
mullin
dumars
sarunas jazzy cabbages
drexler
darrell walker
tarpley
"hot plate" williams
larry nance
curry
sura
mcdaniels
chuck person
chapman

Post #6 » by **Paydro70** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:13 am

All-Favorite:
PG - Chris Paul, Devin Harris, DJ Augustin
SG - Allen Iverson, Manu Ginobili, Ronnie Brewer
SF - LeBron, Kevin Durant, Caron Butler, Gerald Wallace, Stephen Jackson, Ron Artest
PF - Dirk, JSmoove, Amare
C - Yao, D.Howard, Shaq

All-Hate:
PG - Deron, Billups, Kidd
SG - Wade, Kobe, Hughes, Crawford
SF - Pierce, Deng, Mike Miller
PF - Tim Thomas, Antoine Walker (well I guess it's too late for that one)
C -Varejao, Blatche, Dalembert, Noah

In general I try to just appreciate players for what they can and cannot do... some of these guys are on here just because I always seem to either be defending them or attacking them relative to how others on RealGM consider them (Iverson, Dirk, Yao, Kobe, Pierce, Kidd, Billups). Others I really liked in college, like Brewer, CP3, Augustin, Durant, and Smoov (wait, what?), or like their style of play (Amare, Howard, Smoov, Harris, Wallace, Shaq). Jackson and Butler I have attachments to for fantasy reasons, Artest and Jackson because of insanity.

Wade I hate because of that awful Finals, Miller and Hughes because they ruined my fantasy teams at some point, Deng and Blatche because of failed potential, Crawford, Thomas and Walker because they suck, Dalembert for his earlier years where he was just a hack machine, and Varejao and Noah because of a combination of hair and what I perceive as lack of skill.

Takuya Kimura · Post #7 » by **Takuya Kimura** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:01 am

Fab Five:
Kidd
Carter
Anthony
Dirk
Shaq

kwohlge · Post #8 » by **kwohlge** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:01 am

A lot of this has nothing to do with talent but rather personality:

Current players:

Chris Andersen
Kevin Martin (god what an ugly shot)
John Salmons
Courtney Lee
Jason Richardson
Gerald Wallace
Marvin Williams
Paul Milsap
Joe Johnson

I have a thing for liking the underrated/unremarkable players.

All time?

Kurt Rambis
Jerry West
Charles Oakley
Dennis Rodman
David Thompson
Charles Barkley

Dexmor · Post #9 » by **Dexmor** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:28 pm

We got alot in commen. Randolph Childress I don't know why but seeing him in college was like watching Reggie Miller on steroids or so I thought. I thought that guy would be great in the pro's. James Forrest is a guy who never made it who I thought would be awesome in collge watching him.
There actually the reason why I studied so hard as a kid to figure out who would be good in the pro's because I was wrong about them 2.

I also really like

Kidd and Kmart.

Players I hate

Ammo-dont know what there is to like about him. he looks like an idiot with the stach to.
Duncan
Shaq
Carter-I hate guys who don't live up to potential
Sheed-Look above
Zack
Marbury-Only because I loved him so much as a young player. What a waste.
Reggie Miller-Was a Knicks fan as a child
Walker
Tim Thomas
Noah-His suit on draft day
Wade-His clothes, that style will be made fun of on vh1 sooner then later
Howard-He is on my favorites list also but my hates because he smiles way to much.

Post #10 » by **fatlever** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:19 pm

yeah, everyone thought james forrest would be a beast in the pros... he had the nba body with a jumper. but he stayed in school that extra year and it killed him. so strange.

childress was a monster. man i loved his game. i think randolph came along at a bad time. in the mid 90s, combo guards were out of style. everyone wanted big, strong defensive sgs... MJ stoppers. nobody was going small in the backcourt with guys like randolph. also, he got hurt his rookie year and it really killed any chances he had of staying around. such a shame. if he came out today, he'd be a 10-20 range pick and would make it as a combo guard for many years.

-Ian- · Post #11 » by **-Ian-** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:06 am

Favorites:
Michael Jordan
Allen Iverson
DJ Augustin
Gerald Wallace
Gilbert Arenas
Tracy McGrady
Vince Carter
Dikembe Mutombo
Grant Hill
Anfernee Hardaway

Hates:
Kobe Bryant
LeCrab James
Shaquille O'Neal

Post #12 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:58 pm

Dex's inclusions of Noah and Wade because of their fashion choices made me laugh

Walt Cronkite's favorites to watch:

MJ-you got me hooked on NBA style basketball as a child

Yao/Duncan- I didn't appreciate the talented big guys when I was a kid, so I make sure to not make that mistake again now.

Penny-You seemed like you'd be a legend when I was growing up.

Gil-fingers crossed, you were in the running for my favorite player of all time before the knee problems that have robbed all of us of your prime.

Nash/Kidd/Paul-love PGs with the ability to make their teammates better than they should be.

Rodman-All our rebounds were belong to you.

Reggie Miller- always found myself rooting for his teams. I'd be a better shooter if I idolized you more as a developing player and Kidd less

Iverson-soft spot in my heart for the little guy that's a challenge to build a team around.

I'll add guys as they come to me, but I've put a good amount of thought into those selections. I watched a lot of Bulls games as a kid, so I should probably add Kukoc and Pippen. Related: What's the best place to watch old games or highlights? I'm guessing NBAtv, but if anyone knew anywhere else I'd appreciate it.

spectre_ · Post #13 » by **spectre_** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:37 am

Walt Cronkite wrote:Related: What's the best place to watch old games or highlights? I'm guessing NBAtv, but if anyone knew anywhere else I'd appreciate it.

Does TWC Raleigh carry ESPN Classic? I caught an old Lakers playoff game a few weeks ago...the team that had the 3 rings.

Dr. J was my first fav as a kid, and of course Magic/Worthy/Jabaar/Perkins...that's always the group I hold the highest so far as best team. MJ from then on.

nugentrk · Post #14 » by **nugentrk** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:51 pm

my Favorite players of all time

PG: Gary payton/Terrell Brandon/Devin Harris
SG: Eddie Jones/Kirk Hinrich
SF: Scottie Pippen/Trenton Hassell
PF: Kevin Garnett
C: Emeka Okafor/Dwight Howard

Post #15 » by **fatlever** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:08 pm

trenton hassell? really? wow. you must be the only hassell fan on the planet, besides his parents of course, but even they realize he is just a boring defensive guard. haha. j/k.

nugentrk · Post #16 » by **nugentrk** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:25 pm

I used to be a T-wolves fan until they traded KG. As for Trenton Hassell, he is two years older than me. The wolves had this scrub name anthony peeler and also the fans favorite but extremely overrated Wally Szczerbiak playing SG and SF until the wolves got Hassell and Sprewell. Trenton guarded the other team's best wing player every game and he never cry about not getting enough shots or being freezeout.

Dexmor · Post #17 » by **Dexmor** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:09 pm

I like Kirk alot to. I love pg's that make there teams better as well. I love Kidd and Rose is my new guy. Man I love that guy. I seriously want to get nba tv to watch every game he plays. That guy is gonna be a top 5 player by 2011. I probably said that already so sorry.

Liking Hassell isn't that weird. I was an Aaron Williams and Lucias Harris fan when I was watching Nets games. I actually had a Charles Smith jersey. You might not even know who that is but he was a Knick.

James Forrest was projected to get to the nba? After he didn't make it I read nobody thought he would be drafted.

What about making a list of blunders, guys you thought would be good but werent

Ed Obannon
Calbert Cheaney
James Forrest
Randolph Childress
Marcus Camby-He is good but I thought he was gonna be the best big in the league coming out
Marbury-I thought he would be a hall of famer
Donyell Marshall-Again he is decent but I thought he was gonna be a 22 points guy yearly
Felipe Lopez
Eric Barkley

My list of guys who I knew would be good is much much deeper and longer. I am a hell of a good judge of talent. These are my blunders though but in my defense there the reason I got so good at it and I was a kid for half of them.

Post #18 » by **fatlever** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:16 pm

donyell marshall, theres another guy i love. sure, he never really lived up to his draft spot, but he's been severely underrated for much of his career. guy was a great defender and was deadly from 3... and in his prime, he could board. too bad he spent much of his career playing on bad teams.

Post #19 » by **fatlever** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:50 pm

guys i was wrong about as NBA players:

starting at 1990
bo kimble - such a shame
lionel simmons - i thought he was gonna be a stud sf. complete package.
kenny anderson - i still dont understand. i guess he was just too dumb. sure, he couldnt shoot, but he was so great w/ the ball.
walt williams - i thought he was gonna be a stud tall pg or point sf. he morphed into a 3pt speccialist. what happened?
harold minor - yeah, i bought into the hype
malik sealy - i had a buddy who was a st johns fan. he had me convinced sealy was the next big thing
chris mills - didnt think he'd be a star, but thought he should have been picked a lot higher.
sharone wright - he had the body and skills.
khalid reeves - shocking, i feel in love w/ another combo guard
cliff rozier - man he has some of the nastiest post moves on the planet.
shawn respert - at least he had an excuse
bob sura - showed glimpses of his talent in the nba, just couldnt stay healthy
randolph childress - see other post
frankie king - still one of the best college players ive seen live. he was freaking sick at western carolina.
lorenzen wright - figured he'd be a rebounding machine
john wallace - classic tweener, but thought his offense would find a role
adonal foyle - at worst i figured his shot blocked would be enough to keep him on the floor for 40 mins
demarco johnson - one of many uncc players i was wrong about. i thought he had a chance to be a role player
dion glover - seemed to have all the tools, maybe came out too early.
galen young - see demarco johnson
darius miles - i bought into the hype, thought he was the next kg
courtney alexander - man he had so much offensive talent
chris porter - wtf?
rodney white - see galen young
melvin ely - he was really impressive in college. had great low post game for a kid that young.
juan dixon - i guess he did ok. i was expecting more.
stopping at 2002 - there's still time.

Dexmor · Post #20 » by **Dexmor** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:22 pm

I like him to. He is a good player. I love that he is still playing.

You know i am just gonna do my top 5 favorites again but this time without any bias meaning if the players were not on my favorite teams. Pretend they were to start over and no team has players and they were doing a wwe type redu draft my list would probably go like this

Kobe
Rose
Gasol
Felton-I do think if I didn't watch him in college I wouldn't be a fan
Jefferson-I will always love this guy but he has disapointed me a little bit.
Jason Kidd
Dwight Howard-I know he is on my hate list to but game wise I love him
Wallace
Kirk

Sessions-He is not on my top 10 but I like him and I am drawing a total blank right now.

Players I hate don't know if I mentioned them but every single one of the Celtics.