RealGM Top 25 Player Poll-#17 2018-19

[Filthadelphia]

We have debates all the time in various threads over who is better so I thought what better time than summer to see where the General Board lies in its view of the top 25 best players.

I'll update each new poll with the rankings of the last and the percentages of who won.
There's only 10 options per poll so new options will be added as we get lower and lower.

Lets come to a consensus. Feel free to comment who you voted for and why.

If you think someone else should be in the poll who is not there please comment and i'll adjust accordingly.

alessandrux wrote:
I would appreciate it if you can state clearly the procedure.

We vote daily(?) the best player among those who are remaining (and in the poll)?
And after each day, you remove said best voted player, list him as the next best player on our bestlist and start a new poll with the remaining players?

From your players I would replace Irving with Embiid

These are the procedures, yes. Every winner will be removed and then a new entrant will be included on the next poll.

Winner of Poll #16: Kyrie Irving (BOS)-37%

RealGM Top 25 Players 2018-19:
1) LeBron James (LAL)-72%
2) Kevin Durant (GSW)-39%
3) Stephen Curry (GSW)-53%
4) Anthony Davis (NOP)-39%
5) James Harden (HOU)-45%
6) Kawhi Leonard (TOR)-50%
7) Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL)-56%
8) Russell Westbrook (OKC)-47%
9) Chris Paul (HOU)-43%
10) Jimmy Butler (MIN)-33%
11) Joel Embiid (PHI)-37%
12) Nikola Jokic (DEN)-32%
13) Victor Oladipo (IND)-31%
14) Rudy Gobert (UTA)-62%-TIEBREAKER w Kyrie Irving (BOS)
15) Damian Lillard (POR)-32%
16) Kyrie Irving (BOS)-37%

Added to Poll: LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS)

New System Alert: Vote for who you want in the poll but in order to add new people COMMENT IN THE THREAD.
For example, if you want Marc Gasol added next just comment "Marc Gasol" or "Gasol" and i'll tally up the votes and add whoever is the most popular.
ONLY VOTE ONE NAME PER THREAD

Feel free to leave other comments as usual.
Thanks for your participation so far everyone!

This is the yet-to-be-added field: (If someone is not here that you want here comment THAT and I will add them)
-Al Horford (BOS)
-Gordon Hayward (BOS)
-Jayson Tatum (BOS)
-Kristaps Porzingis (NYK)
-Kevin Love (CLE)
-Blake Griffin (DET)
-Andre Drummond (DET)
-Khris Middleton (MIL)
-Kemba Walker (CHA)
-Bradley Beal (WAS)
-CJ McCollum (POR)
-Donovan Mitchell (UTA)
-Clint Capela (HOU)
-Steven Adams (OKC)
-Marc Gasol (MEM)
-Jrue Holiday (NOP)
-Devin Booker (PHX)
-Brandon Ingram (LAL)
-Isaiah Thomas (DEN)

Link to last poll: https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1744430

[brackdan70]

Vote Towns add Horford.

[ZemGOAT]

Bit surprised with the kyrie pick but its a mix of opinions and you get weird results

I got Draymond for 17

[Luigi]

Is this best or most important?

Klay is better than Green. But Green might be more important to the Warriors. Klay could be more important to another team if he left, too. So it's hard to measure importance outside of the team they are actually on.

[illuminati666]

Demarcus Cousins for me, we can't assume he's gonna be worse with his injury. Gotta vote based on how much I know about the greatness of these players and what we've seen, and DMC is a superstar above the rest of those guys

[iggymcfrack]

Dray gonna win this one by a million.

[Asif16]

Went with Dray last time, gotta stick with him.

[deneem4]

John wall...let’s be real...he was injured all of last year (even had the least distance traveled on the court)
But the year before he was considered a top 3 player in the east...
He’s coming in healthy this year...let’s make this realistic

[ElectricMayhem]

I went with the venerable Dr. Aymond Green again.

Next, please add the venerable Dr. Ummond. Err, Andre Drummond.

Of the five bigs remaining on the pre-list (Drummond, Horford, Griffin, Capela, Adams), Drummond is:

1st in VORP
1st in BPM
1st in Win Shares
1st in Defensive Rating
1st in Rebounding
2nd in WS/48
2nd Youngest (Less than a year older than Capela)

[iggymcfrack]

John wall...let’s be real...he was injured all of last year (even had the least distance traveled on the court)
But the year before he was considered a top 3 player in the east...
He’s coming in healthy this year...let’s make this realistic

By who? His immediate family?

[clyde21]

Cousins.

[Luigi]

Do you all think Draymond Green is better than Klay Thompson?

[bondom34]

Do you all think Draymond Green is better than Klay Thompson?

Yep, pretty easily.

[ProcessDoctor]

KAT getting underrated big time. People are too caught up in the narrative that he's horrible on defense, yet we've voted Jokic, Dame, and Kyrie above him.

Add Horford to poll.

[Luigi]

Do you all think Draymond Green is better than Klay Thompson?

Yep, pretty easily.

I think I'd take Thompson over Green on most NBA rosters.

Thompson would be effective next to virtually anyone. Green's dependence on the Warriors is overestimated, but its hard to deny that his skills fit in so well there. Much like Rodman next to Pippen and Jordan.

[dipodenis]

All 5 Warriors are gonna make the top 20, aren't they?

[stilldropin20]

We have debates all the time in various threads over who is better so I thought what better time than summer to see where the General Board lies in its view of the top 25 best players.

I'll update each new poll with the rankings of the last and the percentages of who won.
There's only 10 options per poll so new options will be added as we get lower and lower.

Lets come to a consensus. Feel free to comment who you voted for and why.

If you think someone else should be in the poll who is not there please comment and i'll adjust accordingly.

alessandrux wrote:
I would appreciate it if you can state clearly the procedure.

We vote daily(?) the best player among those who are remaining (and in the poll)?
And after each day, you remove said best voted player, list him as the next best player on our bestlist and start a new poll with the remaining players?

From your players I would replace Irving with Embiid

These are the procedures, yes. Every winner will be removed and then a new entrant will be included on the next poll.

Winner of Poll #16: Kyrie Irving (BOS)-37%

RealGM Top 25 Players 2018-19:
1) LeBron James (LAL)-72%
2) Kevin Durant (GSW)-39%
3) Stephen Curry (GSW)-53%
4) Anthony Davis (NOP)-39%
5) James Harden (HOU)-45%
6) Kawhi Leonard (TOR)-50%
7) Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL)-56%
8) Russell Westbrook (OKC)-47%
9) Chris Paul (HOU)-43%
10) Jimmy Butler (MIN)-33%
11) Joel Embiid (PHI)-37%
12) Nikola Jokic (DEN)-32%
13) Victor Oladipo (IND)-31%
14) Rudy Gobert (UTA)-62%-TIEBREAKER w Kyrie Irving (BOS)
15) Damian Lillard (POR)-32%
16) Kyrie Irving (BOS)-37%

Added to Poll: LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS)

New System Alert: Vote for who you want in the poll but in order to add new people COMMENT IN THE THREAD.
For example, if you want Marc Gasol added next just comment "Marc Gasol" or "Gasol" and i'll tally up the votes and add whoever is the most popular.
ONLY VOTE ONE NAME PER THREAD

Feel free to leave other comments as usual.
Thanks for your participation so far everyone!

This is the yet-to-be-added field: (If someone is not here that you want here comment THAT and I will add them)
-Al Horford (BOS)
-Gordon Hayward (BOS)
-Jayson Tatum (BOS)
-Kristaps Porzingis (NYK)
-Kevin Love (CLE)
-Blake Griffin (DET)
-Andre Drummond (DET)
-Khris Middleton (MIL)
-Kemba Walker (CHA)
-Bradley Beal (WAS)
-CJ McCollum (POR)
-Donovan Mitchell (UTA)
-Clint Capela (HOU)
-Steven Adams (OKC)
-Marc Gasol (MEM)
-Jrue Holiday (NOP)
-Devin Booker (PHX)
-Brandon Ingram (LAL)
-Isaiah Thomas (DEN)

Link to last poll: https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1744430

you cant lose a tie breaker at 14 to end up 16th. you must end up 15th.

[VanWest82]

If you put Draymond and Ben Simmons on separate, equally terrible teams which guy's team wins more games?

Also, add Horford.

[Luigi]

If you put Draymond and Ben Simmons on separate, equally terrible teams which guy's team wins more games?

Depends a lot on the composition of the team.

Thompson, on the other hand, doesn't depend so much on the composition of the team. He's probably the most portable player in the league behind Lebron.

[bondom34]

Do you all think Draymond Green is better than Klay Thompson?

Yep, pretty easily.

I think I'd take Thompson over Green on most NBA rosters.

Thompson would be effective next to virtually anyone. Green's dependence on the Warriors is overestimated, but its hard to deny that his skills fit in so well there. Much like Rodman next to Pippen and Jordan.

I'd say the opposite. Any team could use a playmaking 4 who can defend 4 positions at a high level and be DPOY. It's similar to Gobert vs Danny Green, but a lesser extent. One's a shooter who can defend pretty well, one's an elite defender. Dray's better than Rudy offensively though, but Klay's better than Green on that end.