Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically?

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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#21 » by ceoofkobefans » Tue May 24, 2022 8:34 pm

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Bruh this is heinous lol



I misread it as all time


You didn’t misread it

This is still heinous lol

There is no possible criteria that could have giannis at 35 and Jokic at 75 lol


How? Giannis has much better longevity and arguably peaked higher than Jokic did.
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#22 » by Jaivl » Tue May 24, 2022 8:56 pm

Steph Curry #9
Nikola Jokic #15
Giannis Antetokounmpo #18
Anthony Davis #23

Luka Doncic 40ish
Joel Embiid 40ish (health)
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#23 » by TheGOATRises007 » Tue May 24, 2022 9:10 pm

Curry - top 10-15
Jokic - top 15-20
Giannis - top 15-20
AD - top 25
Luka - top 30-35
Embiid - top 35

Around there. If Curry's 2016 playoffs matched his RS impact, I think I'd put him top 5.
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#24 » by dygaction » Tue May 24, 2022 9:48 pm

Steph Curry 5-8
Anthony Davis 30-35
Nikola Jokic 15-20
Giannis Antetokounmpo 10-15
Luka Doncic 25-30
Joel Embiid 25-30
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#25 » by falcolombardi » Tue May 24, 2022 10:02 pm

dygaction wrote:Steph Curry 5-8
Anthony Davis 30-35
Nikola Jokic 15-20
Giannis Antetokounmpo 10-15
Luka Doncic 25-30
Joel Embiid 25-30


that is the highest curry ranking i have seen, even higher than ben taylor one of him

who do you have above curry in this case?
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#26 » by dygaction » Wed May 25, 2022 1:02 am

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dygaction wrote:Steph Curry 5-8
Anthony Davis 30-35
Nikola Jokic 15-20
Giannis Antetokounmpo 10-15
Luka Doncic 25-30
Joel Embiid 25-30


that is the highest curry ranking i have seen, even higher than ben taylor one of him

who do you have above curry in this case?


I have a hard time ranking anyone's regular season above Curry's 16. Also I am particularly high on Curry and debating whether Curry should replace Magic Johnson on my ATG PG ranking as the GOAT.
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#27 » by falcolombardi » Wed May 25, 2022 1:05 am

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dygaction wrote:Steph Curry 5-8
Anthony Davis 30-35
Nikola Jokic 15-20
Giannis Antetokounmpo 10-15
Luka Doncic 25-30
Joel Embiid 25-30


that is the highest curry ranking i have seen, even higher than ben taylor one of him

who do you have above curry in this case?


I have a hard time ranking anyone's regular season above Curry's 16. Also I am particularly high on Curry and debating whether Curry should replace Magic Johnson on my ATG PG ranking as the GOAT.


if your peak list is regular seasom heavy then curry has arguably a #1 case for 2016, so i can see that

what is your top 10 btw? i wouldnt have either magic or curry in a top 5 personally speaking
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#28 » by dygaction » Wed May 25, 2022 1:17 am

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that is the highest curry ranking i have seen, even higher than ben taylor one of him

who do you have above curry in this case?


I have a hard time ranking anyone's regular season above Curry's 16. Also I am particularly high on Curry and debating whether Curry should replace Magic Johnson on my ATG PG ranking as the GOAT.


if your peak list is regular seasom heavy then curry has arguably a #1 case for 2016, so i can see that

what is your top 10 btw? i wouldnt have either magic or curry in a top 5 personally speaking


I have been debating a lot myself this year, currently I have: MJ/LeBron/Kareem/Chamberlain/Duncan/Shaq/Magic/Kobe/Russell/Bird
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#29 » by falcolombardi » Wed May 25, 2022 1:21 am

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I have a hard time ranking anyone's regular season above Curry's 16. Also I am particularly high on Curry and debating whether Curry should replace Magic Johnson on my ATG PG ranking as the GOAT.


if your peak list is regular seasom heavy then curry has arguably a #1 case for 2016, so i can see that

what is your top 10 btw? i wouldnt have either magic or curry in a top 5 personally speaking


I have been debating a lot myself this year, currently I have: MJ/LeBron/Kareem/Chamberlain/Duncan/Shaq/Magic/Kobe/Russell/Bird


cool list, what about a peak one? to see where you rank peak curry compares to others

my peak list probably would be some top 3 of lebron, jordan, kareem followed by some combo of wilt/shaq/hakeem/duncan/russel
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#30 » by dygaction » Wed May 25, 2022 1:24 am

falcolombardi wrote:
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if your peak list is regular seasom heavy then curry has arguably a #1 case for 2016, so i can see that

what is your top 10 btw? i wouldnt have either magic or curry in a top 5 personally speaking


I have been debating a lot myself this year, currently I have: MJ/LeBron/Kareem/Chamberlain/Duncan/Shaq/Magic/Kobe/Russell/Bird


cool list, what about a peak one? to see where you rank peak curry compares to others

my peak list probably would be some top 3 of lebron, jordan, kareem followed by some combo of wilt/shaq/hakeem/duncan/russel


Are you looking at single year or 3-year? It's a pity Curry does not have a great playoff run to go with his 16 regular season
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#31 » by falcolombardi » Wed May 25, 2022 1:29 am

dygaction wrote:
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I have been debating a lot myself this year, currently I have: MJ/LeBron/Kareem/Chamberlain/Duncan/Shaq/Magic/Kobe/Russell/Bird


cool list, what about a peak one? to see where you rank peak curry compares to others

my peak list probably would be some top 3 of lebron, jordan, kareem followed by some combo of wilt/shaq/hakeem/duncan/russel


Are you looking at single year or 3-year? It's a pity Curry does not have a great playoff run to go with his 16 regular season


i honestly was thinking in 1 year term senses

all these guys were either massive 2 way players and were historically great in one end of the court and really strong kn the other

russel is the exception but he is the ultimate outlier in one way impact for his own era, his peak defensive impact for the 60's is probably higher than magic or curry peak offensive impact for their eras
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#32 » by SickMother » Wed May 25, 2022 4:30 am

dygaction wrote:Steph Curry 5-8
Anthony Davis 30-35
Nikola Jokic 15-20
Giannis Antetokounmpo 10-15
Luka Doncic 25-30
Joel Embiid 25-30


I've got pretty much the same ranges for the first four.

Curry helmed the best RS team of all time & more or less forced the rest of the league the change the way they play if they wanted any chance of keeping up. By peak he's got as good a case as anybody for #5 after the MJ, LBJ, KAJ & WILT tier.

Giannis & Nikola close, but edge to GA for being a more versatile defender & scoring 50 to secure a chip.

AD in the bubble was one of the best Robins ever so 30-35 feels right.

I'd probably have Luka & Embiid in the 35-45 range since neither has won an MVP or even made a finals yet, but obviously still plenty of time to move up as I don't think either (Luka especially) have had their peak season yet.
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Re: Where do you ballpark rank these players' peaks historically? 

Post#33 » by jalengreen » Wed May 25, 2022 5:25 am

SickMother wrote:
dygaction wrote:Steph Curry 5-8
Anthony Davis 30-35
Nikola Jokic 15-20
Giannis Antetokounmpo 10-15
Luka Doncic 25-30
Joel Embiid 25-30


I've got pretty much the same ranges for the first four.

Curry helmed the best RS team of all time & more or less forced the rest of the league the change the way they play if they wanted any chance of keeping up. By peak he's got as good a case as anybody for #5 after the MJ, LBJ, KAJ & WILT tier.

Giannis & Nikola close, but edge to GA for being a more versatile defender & scoring 50 to secure a chip.

AD in the bubble was one of the best Robins ever so 30-35 feels right.

I'd probably have Luka & Embiid in the 35-45 range since neither has won an MVP or even made a finals yet, but obviously still plenty of time to move up as I don't think either (Luka especially) have had their peak season yet.


i'm not convinced steph's case is as strong as shaq's. shaq led a 67-15 team, averaged 31/15 in the POs, and 38/17 in a finals W.

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