Not in order Lebron KD Giannis Curry Kawhi Anthony Davis Harden Chris Paul Draymond Lillard I’d put Butler, Embiid, and Paul George in the 11-12 range though.
Was Horford some kind of typo? He averaged 13 points per game last season... and for an elite big (if that's what he's supposed to be) averaging 7 rebounds per game is shitty and wrap it up with 1.1 block per game. Nurk averaged 14, 9 and 1.4 and don't get me wrong the Bosnian Beast is nowhere close to my top ten. I will say that 4.7 assists per game is impressive for a big but not enough to overshadow his mediocrity everywhere else.
But the stats give you an idea of the ways he doesn't impact the game. Horford is good but he's not in my top 20 players in the league.
So basically what you're saying is scoring is all there matters in basketball? C'mon man He's elite in every area for big men except scoring. Even then, he can post up, hit 3s, and take guys off the dribble, all while never taking a bad shot and being efficient. He's borderline top 15.
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I'll be releasing a top 100 players video series daily For my YT channel, starting with 100-86 tomorrow. Would y'all want me to make one big thread for that or individual threads for each installment?
Do it @KingSpeed style - one thread per player. That way you're always guaranteed to have at least one thread near the top of the first page. BNM
Like I said not top 20 to me. I already said that he's a great passing big man but that's about it. Mediocre scorer, rim defender and rebounder. I'd stick with Nurk if given a chance for a strait up trade.
Mediocre, lol??? Horford?? Stats don't tell the story for Al Horford. Pay no attention to raw points and rebounds. He is an excellent basketball player and does so many great things that don't show up in a boxscore. He's the main reason Boston went to ECF last year. The guy is a winner. Put him on any team and they get way way way better. He's definitely Top 10 as far as I'm concerned. It was pretty obvious during the playoffs. He's so underrated.
I'd say he's elite in scoring too. You just backed it up. He can score from wherever he wants whenever he wants. He it game winner against us. He made game winning layup blowing past Embiid in second round.
Tell me something Al Horford can't do. Just cuz he's not a stat stuffer doesn't mean he's not elite at every aspect of the game.
I think Brown, Tatum and Irving were all more important to Boston's success last season than Al. Horford is a serviceable big who does the little things, he's a glue guy but to me that's nowhere close to meriting a top ten mention. That being said I think this is just a case of two differing opinions. You obviously see a lot more in Horford than I do.
I don't think stats tell the whole story but they definitely tell part of it and if he were an "elite" scorer, rebouner, or shot blocker/rim protector his stats would tell some of that story. Really though, like I already said, you see Horford differently than I do, which surprises me but is fine.
