Top 5 in the league going into next year

[red1]

1. Lebron
2. Durant
3. Westbrook
4. Paul
5. Rose

Your prediction?

[JohnFreeman]

LeBron

Westbrook
Durant
CP3
Griffin

[Fudge]

1. Durant
2. LeBron
3. Westbrook
4. Davis
5. CP3

[Legends66NBA7]

LeBron James
Kevin Durant
Chris Paul
Russell Westbrook
Stephen Curry

[masonanddixon]

Dirk is still top 5.

[Warfan]

Dirk is still top 5.

Power Forward? Maybe :confusedshrug:

[chazzy]

You could argue the top 6 players are 3 pairs of teammates

[qrich]

1] LeBron
2] Durant
3] Spanouilis
4] Paul
5] Davis

[Legends66NBA7]

You could argue the top 6 players are 3 pairs of teammates

James/Love, Durant/Westbrook, and Paul/Griffin ?

[masonanddixon]

Power Forward? Maybe :confusedshrug:

49 wins out West with starting lineup of
dalembert
marion
calderon
ellis

all despite missing several games

Who the hell else can get you that?

And nearly orchestrated an upset win over the Spurs.

[DaSeba5]

1. Lebron
2. Durant
3. Westbrook
4. Paul
5. Rose

Your prediction?

Basically the same for me. I'd put CP3 at #3, but it's close enough that I don't have a problem with Westbrook there. Rose is top 5 if he stays healthy.

[Smook A.]

1. Kevin Durant
2. LeBron James
3. Chris Paul
4. Russell Westbrook
5. Anthony Davis

6. Blake Griffin
7. Stephen Curry
8. Kevin Love
9. Carmelo Anthony
10. James Harden

[Eric Cartman]

1. Durant
2. Lebron
3. Westbrook
4. Anthony Davis
5. Rajon Rondo

[JT123]

1. Durant
2. LeBron
3. Westbrook
4. Davis
5. CP3
So you admit you have 2 of the game's top 3 players?
#noexcuses

[Inferno]

Bran
KD
Griffin
Paul
Westbrook/Davis/Melo?

[Fudge]

So you admit you have 2 of the game's top 3 players?
#noexcuses
We have tons actually. Scott Brooks, Kendrick Perkins, reliable 3rd option, etc.

[JT123]

We have tons actually. Scott Brooks, Kendrick Perkins, reliable 3rd option, etc.
I should have known. :rolleyes:
Ibaka gives you guys the same production that Bosh gave the Heat during their title runs. Perkins meanwhile is still the best post defender in the NBA, as well as an enforcer/intimidator. Your excuses are weak.

[Inferno]

We have tons actually. Scott Brooks, Kendrick Perkins, reliable 3rd option, etc.

Come on breh. No excuses unless a key player gets injured.

On a sidenote, if Andrew Bogut gets injured again I'll gladly accept any negs

[Fudge]

I should have known. :rolleyes:
Ibaka gives you guys the same production that Bosh gave the Heat during their title runs. Perkins meanwhile is still the best post defender in the NBA, as well as an enforcer/intimidator. Your excuses are weak.
Nope.

Legit excuses. The Cavs on the other hand, should have no excuses.

[bigt]

Lebron
Durant
CP3
Davis
And then it's an each way bet between Griffin and Westbrook

[RRR3]

1. LeBron James if he starts playing defense again
2. Kevin Durant (he's definitely gaining and was number one in RS last year)


3. Chris Paul






4. Russell Westbrook
5. Stephen Curry? Anthony Davis? Carmelo Anthony?

[Heavincent]

Kobe

[Heavincent]

1. LeBron James if he starts playing defense again
2. Kevin Durant (he's definitely gaining and was number one in RS last year)


3. Chris Paul






4. Russell Westbrook
5. Stephen Curry? Anthony Davis? Carmelo Anthony?

lol at pretending like there's a significant gap between CP3 and Curry/Westbrook. Come on man. Hell, I don't even think Paul is the best player on his team anymore.

In all seriousness

1. Lebron
2. Durant
3. Davis
4. Curry
5. Westbrook/Griffin

Kobe and Rose are wild cards.

[Graviton]

lol at pretending like there's a significant gap between CP3 and Curry/Westbrook. Come on man.

In all seriousness

1. Lebron
2. Durant
3. Davis
4. Curry
5. Westbrook

Kobe and Rose are wild cards.

Maybe after another choke and 2nd round exit he will change his mind. :oldlol:

Anyway my list would be...


1) Lebron


2) Durant
3) Paul/Westbrook
4)Westbrook/Paul
5) Davis/Howard

[qrich]

lol at pretending like there's a significant gap between CP3 and Curry/Westbrook. Come on man. Hell, I don't even think Paul is the best player on his team anymore.

In all seriousness

1. Lebron
2. Durant
3. Davis
4. Curry
5. Westbrook/Griffin

Kobe and Rose are wild cards.


:roll:

I already knew you lacked a good amount of NBA knowledge, but this confirms its EuroLeague level.

[RRR3]

Maybe after another choke and 2nd round exit he will change his mind. :oldlol:

Anyway my list would be...


1) Lebron


2) Durant
3) Paul/Westbrook
4)Westbrook/Paul
5) Davis/Howard
This isn't 2012 there isn't much of a gap between LBJ and Durant. If LeBron plays poopy defense again...

[Heavincent]

:roll:

I already knew you lacked a good amount of NBA knowledge, but this confirms its EuroLeague level.

Butthurt Clippers fan alert...even though I complimented your boy Blake.

[RRR3]

Speaking of Euroleague, he PM'ed me his list

1 Vassilis Spanoulis (would be number one if he felt like playing in NBA. 28/10 for sure)
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. Pero Antić
4. Manu Gin

[Graviton]

This isn't 2012 there isn't much of a gap between LBJ and Durant. If LeBron plays poopy defense again...
If you honesty believe that then you don't know much about Lebron. I could write essays on why there is still a gap but it's pointless, especially if you think there is a huge gap between CP3 and Westbrook/Curry but not James/Durant. :oldlol:

[russwest0]

1. Durant
2. LeBron
3. Westbrook
4. Davis
5. Griffin

Eastern Conference :lol

[L.A. Jazz]

Going into 2014/15:
KD
Lebron
Paul/Griffin
Curry
Howard

At the end of 2014/15:
KD
Lebron
Paul
Rose
Davis

[RRR3]

If you honesty believe that then you don't know much about Lebron. I could write essays on why there is still a gap but it's pointless, especially if you think there is a huge gap between CP3 and Westbrook/Curry but not James/Durant. :oldlol:
I exaggerated there with CP3 :D
He gets underrated here!


I know LeBron's effort pissed me off last year when I watched him. If he plays his hardest consistently, I don't doubt that he's the clear cut best, but he was lazy on defense last year according to many people and the handful of games (havent had tv or computer much this past year) I saw didn't make me think otherwise.

[russwest0]

I exaggerated there with CP3 :D
He gets underrated here!


I know LeBron's effort pissed me off last year when I watched him. If he plays his hardest consistently, I don't doubt that he's the clear cut best, but he was lazy on defense last year according to many people and the handful of games (havent had tv or computer much this past year) I saw didn't make me think otherwise.

Lol @ LeBron "not playing his hardest"

He got outplayed by Durant all year last year and in the finals cramped up, gassed out, and got outplayed by Kawhi Leonard. If you want to attribute that all to lack of effort, go ahead then lol

Durant ain't slowing down either. He's the clear cut #1 headed into next year.

[Graviton]

I exaggerated there with CP3 :D
He gets underrated here!


I know LeBron's effort pissed me off last year when I watched him. If he plays his hardest consistently, I don't doubt that he's the clear cut best, but he was lazy on defense last year according to many people and the handful of games (havent had tv or computer much this past year) I saw didn't make me think otherwise.
He is underrated here but overrated in the media, so it balances out. His blatant flopping and bitch made attitude annoys people afterall. At least he admits his mistakes though, in interviews he is always humble and pure class.

As for Lebron, he is still better than Durant at everything, even scoring. And unlike Durant, he can still make an impact if his shot isn't falling. Watching Kevin in the playoffs was pathetic at times, just chucking retarded jumpers, turning the ball over out of nowhere by losing balance and falling on his ass, getting raped by Tony Allen. He still has lot of weaknesses.

[RRR3]

LeBron played hard on offense no ones denying that. Defense was shit compared to usual I think although that could be confirmation bias on my part

[Young X]

If OKC has 2 top 3 players why do so many fans complain about the team? They don't have great role players but what other team has 2 players capable of dominating like that?

[russwest0]

If OKC has 2 top 3 players why do so many fans complain about the team? They don't have great role players but what other team has 2 players capable of dominating like that?

Those 2 players do dominate. It just takes more than that and when you have injuries paired with one of the worst coaches in the league, paired with two offensive black holes starting, it all kind of balances out.

If OKC starts Morrow and Adams this year, and stays healthy?

It's over.

OKC had the 2nd best record in the NBA last year with Westbrook missing half the year and two other starters missing a bunch of games. And even with an injured Ibaka they took the Spurs to the overtime of a 6th game.

[Graviton]

If OKC has 2 top 3 players why do so many fans complain about the team? They don't have great role players but what other team has 2 players capable of dominating like that? Shouldn't that be enough?
Have you seen OKC's offense lol? It's literally NBA 2K type ISO shit over and over, that's ridiculously easy to stop in the playoffs. We almost lost to Memphis and Clippers, we didn't dominate any series. If Westbrook didn't make some ridiculous defensive plays late in games we would be eliminated way sooner.

Let me do the math...

(Durant+Westbrook+Ibaka)-(Scott Brooks+Perkins+shitty bench) = not a championship team


Clippers arguably have two Top 5 players, Top 5 coach and Top 5 bench/shooters. On paper they are more stacked than OKC, I said that in the playoffs and picked them to win vs OKC and lot of Clipper fans agreed. Fact is unless the whole team plays like a cohesive unit championships are hard to win, look at the Spurs they don't even have a Top 10 player but their TEAM just destroyed everyone this year.

[RRR3]

^do you know what black hole means in basketball terms?

[Carter_17]

1.Kobe
2.Durant
3.LeBron
4.Davis
5.Monta Ellis

[poido123]

lebron
durant
westbrook
Anthony Davis
carmelo



I don't think Rose will reach top 5 this year, but i don't care as long as he is effective for the team..

[KBaller33]

1.LeBron(I don't know if last season was the start of a decline or if he coasted. Last year wasn't horrible, but it wasn't the same as 2012 or 2013. He had to carry a lot of the load since Wade missed 1/3 of the RS. I expect him to get back to form this year.

2.Durant(He really struggled in the playoffs. If he has a similar RS to last year and ups his game in the playoffs he's pushing LeBron as the best. He'll be number one pretty soon)

It's pretty tough after three but I'll try.

3.CP3(Still the best PG in the league)

4.Westbrook(He still makes dumb decisions and shoots a little too much considering KD is on his team, but you can't deny his talent.)

5.Blake Griffin(Really improved in 2013-2014. There's a lot of guys you can put at this spot though)

[TheMilkyBarKid]

Lebron
Durant
CP3
Davis
And then it's an each way bet between Griffin and Westbrook
This, if Rose is in pre-injury form he slips in ahead of Griffin and Westbrook.