AussieCeltic wrote:1. Patty Mills
2. Evan Fournier
3. Luis Scola
4. Ricky Rubio
5a. Luka Doncic
5b. Carmelo Anthony
1. LUKA
2a. KD
2b. Patty Mills
3. Fournier
Etc
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AussieCeltic wrote:1. Patty Mills
2. Evan Fournier
3. Luis Scola
4. Ricky Rubio
5a. Luka Doncic
5b. Carmelo Anthony
Johnny Firpo wrote:Luka probably jumps from being Nr. 5-6 in the world currently, to Nr.1, right? Or am I wrong?
Masai4PM wrote:Melo
muzzhawk wrote:Lillard - less value
EscapoTHB wrote:I think the 92 dream team would get beat by a lot of the top international teams today.
Lockdown504090 wrote:Johnny Firpo wrote:Luka probably jumps from being Nr. 5-6 in the world currently, to Nr.1, right? Or am I wrong?
Probably curry. Luka, jokic because it’s harder to abuse him on defense,kd for the versatility amd then kawhi because with the added physicality he would become the best defender in the world again. Curry would be one, but the rest is in no order. Lebron giannis wouldn’t have the space. Embiid harden would get a lot of offensive fouls. Dame would struggle to finish. Tatum is too weak physically.
AussieBuck wrote:FIBA rules means they call more fouls for post players and you guys think Giannis would be worse. All kinds of special.
Currygoat wrote:dockingsched wrote:The way you worded that it’s as if you think someone outside the NBA would be a top 5 player if not for the current rule set. Surely I must be misreading that.
You are correct
AdriLaker wrote:Players that can score from everywhere...with FIBA rules this is the most important thing and they need to be unselfish and have a good IQ. FIBA = skill, skill and more skill, physique is totally secondary.
1 Luka Doncic
2 Kevin Durant
3 Nikola Jokic
4 Stephen Curry
5 Kawhi Leonard
You can add players like Anthony Davis, Chris Paul, Kyrie Irving and of course LeBron James.
muzzhawk wrote:In FIBA,
Skills/traits with more currency:
-physical (boxing out, setting screens)
-moving without the ball
-will and capable passer
-quick release, efficient 'catch and shooter'
-finishing through contact
-three-pt range
Skills with less currency:
-isolation scoring (less space)
-foul drawing
-transition (less opportunity)
-shot blocking (guard and wing defenders can more effectively stop driving)
Essentially there is less space, so players who can create space through movement, passing, shooting are more important.
Players like Mills, Fournier etc are successful because they're rarely still. Curry potentially becomes more valuable because of this. It's why guys like Bogdan Bogdanovic do well.
If these are the current top tier players, then I'd think:
Durant - equal or more value
Lebron - less value
Kawhi - equal value
Curry - more value
Jokic - equal or more value
Embiid - equal or less value (has the skills but would need to heavily adjust)
Lillard - less value
AD - equal or more value
Luka - equal or more value
Giannis - less value
Harden - less value