http://slamonline.com/online/categor...online-top-50/ Everyday, they're writing a profile on each player as they announce their rank. Here are the rankings so far: 1. Kobe Bryant 2. LeBron James 3. Tim Duncan 4. Kevin Garnett 5. Chris Paul 6. Steve Nash 7. Paul Pierce 8. Dwyane Wade 9. Amare Stoudemire 10. Dwight Howard 11. Deron Williams 12. Dirk Nowitzki 13. Carmelo Anthony 14. Manu Ginobili 15. Yao Ming 16. Baron Davis 17. Gilbert Arenas 18. Allen Iverson 19. Carlos Boozer 20. Tracy McGrady 21. Tony Parker 22. Chris Bosh 23. Shawn Marion 24. Caron Butler 25. Chauncey Billups 26. Joe Johnson 27. Elton Brand 28. Brandon Roy 29. Antawn Jamison 30. Jason Kidd 31. Pau Gasol 32. Andre Iguodala 33. Al Jefferson 34. Rasheed Wallace 35. Ray Allen 36. Vince Carter 37: Josh Howard 38. Shaquille O'Neal 39. Lamar Odom 40. Richard Hamilton 41. Ron Artest 42. Jermaine O'Neal 43. Michael Redd 44. David West 45. Tayshaun Prince 46. Monta Ellis 47. Josh Smith 48. Marcus Camby 49. Kevin Martin 50. Kevin Durant I'll update this as the list continues. Will Oden make it? Probably not but you never know.... Hey- at this point, does anyone want to start guessing who will make the Top 10? I'll start, in no particular order: LeBron James Chris Paul Kobe Bryant Kevin Garnett Tim Duncan Dirk Nowitzki Amare Stoudamire Dwight Howard Steve Nash Paul Pierce Anyone care to take a guess? I might be leaving Dwyane Wade out. Let me know what you think.
nice! ive been checkin out the old thread on bbf for the updates, but i always feel filthy going there now... and now i dont have too!
First 9 spots, In no order: LeBron James Chris Paul Kobe Bryant Kevin Garnett Tim Duncan Dirk Nowitzki Amare Stoudamire Dwight Howard Yao Ming last spot: not sure, Tracy McGrady, Steve Nash, Paul Pierce or a healthy D-Wade.
Top 10, no order: Chris Paul LeBron James Dwyane Wade Kobe Bryant Tim Duncan Kevin Garnett Tracy McGrady Amare Stoudemire Yao Ming Dirk Nowitzki Toughest to leave out was Dwight Howard. I think he's on the cusp and will definitely make it soon, probably this season.
meh, take amare outta there and put in nash if anything.... back to back league MVP honors c'mon now... kobe/bron/kg/wade/cp3/dirk/timmy/nash/dwight/yao
While I did include Nash, please remember that the list is about who is the best right NOW. Is Nash still the player he was when he was MVP?
I guess all those conference finals weren't by chance, huh? Also all four of them are outside of the top 24, which might indicate why they're less successful in big series, when the best players seem to drag their teams to victory... Ed O.
Not to be a broken record (all Bynum, all the time) but there's no way that Bynum is one of the best 50 players in the NBA right now IMO. Ed O.
If he is healthy, I'd consider him a top 5 center. I mean the guy was efficient shooting 64%, 13 ppg, 10 boards in 29 mpg, 2.1 bpg. Yao and Dwight are ahead of him right now, Others: Oden is a possibility. Maybe Kaman (because of mpg), maybe Tyson Chandler (but I would say Bynum > Chandler because Bynum is a better scorer down low)
Right now, I'd take Yao, Howard, Kaman, Bogut, Jefferson and Biedrins ahead of him. If you count Stoudemire, he's ahead also. I won't count Oden since he hasn't played yet. There's no way Bynum has already played like a top-50 player, IMO. In the future, he will be. For long-term value, I'd only place Oden, Yao and Howard ahead of him (and Stoudemire, if you count him).
1-3, Yao, Howard and Kaman. Fine I'll say that makes sense. 4-6: Here is their stats adjusted for per 35 minutes per game. Bynum: ---64% FG%, 15.9 ppg, 12.4 rpg, 2.6 bpg, 2.1 apg Jefferson: 50% FG%, 20.7 ppg, 10.9 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 1.4 apg Bogut: ----51% FG%, 14.3 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.7 bpg, 2.6 apg Biedrins:--63% FG%, 13.5 ppg,, 12.6 rpg,, 1.5 bpg, 1.3 apg I think statisically it can be seen that Bynum beats Biedrins in these 5 main categories category. Bynum beats Bogut statistically in everything but slightly in ppg, and 1 apg. However I would much rather have my center averaging 64% FG% over 51% FG% than 3.2 apg vs. 2.2 apg. I mean statistically Bogut isn`t that far off, however head to head matchup I`d take probably Bynum. Bynum is the biggest center of the 4, he is the best post defender of the 4, best shot blocker. If I had to choose one of these guys to play center on my team I'd take Bynum assuming his knee is healthy. If I could play Jefferson at PF, where I think he is better suited I would consider taking him over Bynum. 7 I don't consider Amare a center at all anymore, since he has always been a PF (as he has always said), and now that he has Shaq he will start at PF.
But I don't think you can simply extend Bogut's numbers out to 35 minutes. Part of his efficiency is likely fueled by the fact that he only played a limited number of minutes and took a limited number of shots. I think with more of both, he'd record fewer rebounds per minute (so, under the 13.1 RPG you project in 35 minutes) and shoot at a lower percentage. His counting stats would clearly go up with more minutes, but I'd be pretty surprised if it were a straight linear increase.
Did you mean Bynum's numbers btw? Well even with Bogut playing 35 mpg and Bynum playing 29. Bynum does average 13 ppg to Bogut's 14 ppg. However Bynum shot 64% compared to 51%, as well as having more rpg and bpg in less time.
