ISH Selects Top 10 Current Players Peaks (2013-14 edition): #3 Peak

[Out_In_Utah]

Rules:

48 hours to vote.
1 vote per poster.
Make it clear who you are casting your vote for.
Peak = 1 season + corresponding playoff (i.e., player A's peak lasting 2 years longer than player B's is irrelevant)
You do not need to specify which year (e.g., you can just say who the player is you are voting for)
I will post a new thread for each of the top 10.

Results for #2:
Tim Duncan
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/1999/0531_large.jpg

Voting for #2:
1. Duncan 16
2. Garnett 3
3. Kobe 1
4. Paul George 1
5. Dirk 1
6. Andre Miller 1
Original thread: http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=319384

Results so far:
1. LeBron James
2. Tim Duncan

My vote for #3 peak of current players:
Kevin Garnett

[talkingconch]

Lebron has a long peak, but Kobe, Garnett, Duncan were phenomenal at their peaks...interesting idea nonetheless. Its ISH so i dont expect it to much be accurate anyway

[Quickening]

Kevin Garnett

[TheMilkyBarKid]

KG

[Alan Ogg]

Rules:
Peak = 1 season + corresponding playoff (i.e., player A's peak lasting 2 years longer than player B's is irrelevant)


'05-'06 Wade, "single-handedly" willing his team to a championship.

Dwyane Wade 2006 FINALS
34.7 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.7 steals, 1 block per game 33.8 PER

It doesn't get much more peak than that.

A peak according to OP's criteria that doesn't culminate with a FINALS MVP shouldn't even be in the discussion at this point in the voting.

[Alan Ogg]

OP, how do you justify your vote given your own criteria?

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Kevin Garnett

[aj1987]

Dwyane Wade.

[D-Wade316]

Sometimes I would say 08-09 is Wade's peak, but this time I'll go with 05-06 Wade. Dat playoff run.

KG's regular season was more dominant, no doubt. His overall impact is greater both in offense and defense. But his playoff performance dwarfs compared to Wade. Each series he got better, and went god-mode the last 4 games.

[moe94]

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/kevin-garnett-reaction.gif

[K Xerxes]

Easily KG

[NumberSix]

KG.

[arifgokcen]

4. Paul George 1

6. Andre Miller 1

trolling much

that said this is very hard i think kobe deserves to be in the mix as well.That said i think wade 08-09 had a better peak than both KG and kobe even though he couldnt get out of 1st round.

[iamgine]

I think Dirk deserve the #3 spot with his godly playoff performance.

[FKAri]

Wade then Kobe then KG.

[MP.Trey]

I'm going with Kobe on this one.

[kurple]

Andre Miller

[CP3MVP]

We're putting LeBron, Duncan and possibly Garnett over Shaq?

[riseagainst]

We're putting LeBron, Duncan and possibly Garnett over Shaq?

current players.

[CP3MVP]

current players.

Ah, missed that in the title.

[zoom17]

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/kevin-garnett-reaction.gif

:oldlol:

[zoom17]

KG

[Black and White]

I will go with Kobe Bryant

[longhornfan1234]

It's between '04 KG and '09 Wade. It's hard to decide...but I'll pick KG.

[Myth]

Garnett

[TheCorporation]

1 season?

Dwyane Wade obviously

[KingBeasley08]

04 KG just barely over 06 Kobe

[TheCorporation]

04 KG just barely over 06 Kobe

It accounts for playoffs, too.

[Vienceslav]

KG

[pauk]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/1963102/kevin-garnett-o.gif

[Budadiiii]

Wade.

[GASOL IS GOAT]

Kobe- 81 points nuff said.