RealGM Top 25 Player Poll-#13 2019-20

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RealGM Top 25 Player Poll-#13 2019-20

Poll ended at Sat Aug 3, 2019 5:39 pm

Kevin Durant (BKN)
21
10%
Rudy Gobert (UTA)
48
23%
Kyrie Irving (BKN)
26
13%
Draymond Green (GSW)
14
7%
Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN)
42
20%
Bradley Beal (WAS)
8
4%
Kemba Walker (BOS)
7
3%
Blake Griffin (DET)
17
8%
Ben Simmons (PHI)
8
4%
Luka Doncic (DAL)
15
7%
 
Total votes: 206

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Re: RealGM Top 25 Player Poll-#13 2019-20 

Post#81 » by EArl » Sat Aug 3, 2019 2:40 am

I wonder if Durant makes the Top 25.
I dont think he should if he's not playing.
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Post#82 » by mdonnelly1989 » Sat Aug 3, 2019 2:57 am

EArl wrote:I wonder if Durant makes the Top 25.
I dont think he should if he's not playing.


There is seriously no point in including him in the poll.
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Post#83 » by gh123 » Sat Aug 3, 2019 3:05 am

Gonna be fun reading AD appologists how he couldn't make PO with a top20 player on his roster.
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Post#84 » by iggymcfrack » Sat Aug 3, 2019 4:22 am

gh123 wrote:Gonna be fun reading AD appologists how he couldn't make PO with a top20 player on his roster.


It’s not like he swept the Blazers 2 seasons ago or anything.
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Post#85 » by ProcessDoctor » Sat Aug 3, 2019 4:37 am

Voted Draymond.

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Post#86 » by picc » Sat Aug 3, 2019 5:27 am

Is the whole state of Utah voting on this poll? What in the blue hell?
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Post#87 » by spicy6 » Sat Aug 3, 2019 5:57 am

picc wrote:Is the whole state of Utah voting on this poll? What in the blue hell?


The second OP added Gobert to this poll he had 7 or 8 votes votes for the 3rd or 4rth (forgot which rank it was) best player in the world thats where how you know this is messed up lol. Its the same utah fans voting him in this poll is a popularity contest at this point with guys like gobert of all players getting this many votes.
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Post#88 » by iggymcfrack » Sat Aug 3, 2019 8:54 am

spicy6 wrote:
picc wrote:Is the whole state of Utah voting on this poll? What in the blue hell?


The second OP added Gobert to this poll he had 7 or 8 votes votes for the 3rd or 4rth (forgot which rank it was) best player in the world thats where how you know this is messed up lol. Its the same utah fans voting him in this poll is a popularity contest at this point with guys like gobert of all players getting this many votes.


Yeah, it’s tough when big markets like Salt Lake City take over a thread like this with their huge fanbase. :roll:

Honestly, I think it’s people who wanna pay lip service to defense without actually trying to evaluate its impact for different players so they’ll be like “well Gobert’s the best defensive player, I better give him lots of credit to show I’m not just biased toward offense”. But really Gobert’s only even best at defense during the regular season. I’d much prefer Draymond in the playoffs.
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Post#89 » by Gooner » Sat Aug 3, 2019 9:12 am

iggymcfrack wrote:
gh123 wrote:Gonna be fun reading AD appologists how he couldn't make PO with a top20 player on his roster.


It’s not like he swept the Blazers 2 seasons ago or anything.


jrue Holiday was their best player, and Rondo was so important. Portland had Evan Turner in the startign lineup and it didn't work.
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Post#90 » by Metallikid » Sat Aug 3, 2019 9:19 am

spicy6 wrote:
picc wrote:Is the whole state of Utah voting on this poll? What in the blue hell?


The second OP added Gobert to this poll he had 7 or 8 votes votes for the 3rd or 4rth (forgot which rank it was) best player in the world thats where how you know this is messed up lol. Its the same utah fans voting him in this poll is a popularity contest at this point with guys like gobert of all players getting this many votes.


Yeah somehow a guy who will never be an all star is a top 20 player in the league.
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Post#91 » by picc » Sat Aug 3, 2019 9:38 am

Those votes shouldn't count. They should be George W. Bush'd. This is a joke.
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Post#92 » by leolozon » Sat Aug 3, 2019 1:14 pm

Metallikid wrote:
spicy6 wrote:
picc wrote:Is the whole state of Utah voting on this poll? What in the blue hell?


The second OP added Gobert to this poll he had 7 or 8 votes votes for the 3rd or 4rth (forgot which rank it was) best player in the world thats where how you know this is messed up lol. Its the same utah fans voting him in this poll is a popularity contest at this point with guys like gobert of all players getting this many votes.


Yeah somehow a guy who will never be an all star is a top 20 player in the league.


He was all-nba. Only 15 guys make this and it means more than all-star.

I wouldn’t have voted him in so soon, but top 20 makes sense.
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Post#93 » by iggymcfrack » Sat Aug 3, 2019 1:30 pm

Gooner wrote:
iggymcfrack wrote:
gh123 wrote:Gonna be fun reading AD appologists how he couldn't make PO with a top20 player on his roster.


It’s not like he swept the Blazers 2 seasons ago or anything.


jrue Holiday was their best player, and Rondo was so important. Portland had Evan Turner in the startign lineup and it didn't work.


Are you really trying to diminish Davis averaging 33 and 12 with 3 BPG on .649 TS% vs. Portland because “Jrue and Rondo played good too”? Davis’s 123 ORth and 100 DRtg were much better than either player put up too. Remember, Davis is #5 all-time in postseason PER with at least 500 minutes played. He’s been fantastic when it matters most.
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Post#94 » by total1096 » Sat Aug 3, 2019 2:02 pm

Nominate Mitchell
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Post#95 » by Gooner » Sat Aug 3, 2019 2:03 pm

iggymcfrack wrote:
Gooner wrote:
iggymcfrack wrote:
It’s not like he swept the Blazers 2 seasons ago or anything.


jrue Holiday was their best player, and Rondo was so important. Portland had Evan Turner in the startign lineup and it didn't work.


Are you really trying to diminish Davis averaging 33 and 12 with 3 BPG on .649 TS% vs. Portland because “Jrue and Rondo played good too”? Davis’s 123 ORth and 100 DRtg were much better than either player put up too. Remember, Davis is #5 all-time in postseason PER with at least 500 minutes played. He’s been fantastic when it matters most.


He got spoon-fed by Jrue and Rondo for most of those baskets.
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Post#96 » by Grubie024 » Sat Aug 3, 2019 2:07 pm

spicy6 wrote:
iggymcfrack wrote:
Metallikid wrote:Can anyone out there who voted for KAT or Gobert please give me their rationale I would really appreciate it.


KAT was 23 years old last year and is coming off back-to-back seasons where he was:

2018: 16th in RPM and 10th in PER
2019: 23rd in RPM and 4th in PER

Doesn’t take a lot of improvement from there (at an age where bigs often make a major leap) for him to be a top 12 guy. I feel like he and Draymond both have very strong cases and you could choose either one and be fine. Gobert I have no idea where the love’s coming from.


He doesnt make real top 15 playerish impact regardless. In the postseason in 2018 he similarly to gobert (worse than towns) was outplayed by capela and you would think with a pretty decent team around him they would have made a run towards the playoffs last season with teague, covington, rose, saric, wiggins, jones, etc... even when they had jimmy at the beginning of the year they got off to a slow start yet they finished below the 10th seed. He didnt even get better this season as opposed to a guy like blake who had his best season at the age of 29-30 and carried the pistons to the playoffs. Thats the definition of reinventing your game like blake.

I could see towns as a top 16-20 player this upcoming season though but so far he seems like a guy who just puts up stats with no real impact in terms of winning, atleast would be nice if he could get his team to the postseason this year.

Wolves were decimated by injuries last year. After the Butler trade, before the injuries, we were playing the best ball I've seen from Wolves since 2004 KG. Not exaggerating.

All signs point to a monster year from KAT so I voted for him. His defensive issues are there but overblown.
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Post#97 » by iggymcfrack » Sat Aug 3, 2019 4:43 pm

Don’t suppose we’re finding another 6 Towns votes in the next 56 minutes?
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Post#98 » by zimpy27 » Sat Aug 3, 2019 6:22 pm

Dray tracking to be a top 20 players and signed for 25m a year. Such a good deal for the warriors.
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Post#99 » by Sixerscan » Sat Aug 3, 2019 8:29 pm

Kyrie is getting pretty underrated at this point.

This is several spots too high for Gobert.
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Post#100 » by THE J0KER » Sat Aug 3, 2019 9:20 pm

Sixerscan wrote:Kyrie is getting pretty underrated at this point.

This is several spots too high for Gobert.

Gobert was TOP15 impact player last season (including Durant), but with the addition of Conley and Bogdanovic, and expected Mitchell improvement, his role in Utah will not be so significant like in past two seasons, unlike Towns and Irving expected increasing roles. For me #12KAT, #13Russ, #14Kyle, #15Gobert...

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