E-Balla wrote:eminence wrote:bondom34 wrote:I'm more toward Butler at 1st myself. After that I'm less clear, but I think Curry, Harden, Giannis, Westbrook feels about right. Not really sure where I am after the top 3 totally.
Also, OKC's SRS is up over 2 points which is a fair margin so not sure even there you'd say they weren't improved. Prior to Roberson going down they were 8-0 and leading the league in net rating over a stretch I believe, he's been good after a pretty poor start. Not recency bias at all.
I don't know what to do with Paul right now. He's definitely up there but who do I credit in Houston more recently is the question.
Those 6 (not Roberson) are the ones I'd tag as serious contenders right now. Order would probably be:
1. Curry
2. Harden
3. Butler
4. Giannis
5. Westbrook
6. CP3
An important asterisk for LeBron/KD/Draymond that they've still been alright and have basically nothing to prove in the regular season so I'll be weighting their playoffs far heavier than for most other players.
CP3 over Kemba? CP3 has been great don't get me wrong but he has a deep team full of great players (Harden, Capela, EG) and he's only played 33 games out of 50+.
We handle injuries a bit differently, if a player is healthy I usually project them forward as healthy for the rest of the season. In a "if the season ended tomorrow" type scenario CP3/Curry would both drop.