Who is the best player in the NBA right now?

[BigBoss]

:confusedshrug:

[KingPush]

Curry

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

so far this season its between Marc, Steph and Cousins

[plowking]

Anthony Davis or Lebron.

[Mr. Jabbar]

http://baronvongoodness.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/kobe_bryant_logo.jpg

[sammichoffate]

Davis-Stats
Gasol or Curry-Team success

[MMM]

Davis-Stats
Gasol or Curry-Team success

By team success are you talking about their respective impacts

[Droid101]

Davis-Stats
Gasol or Curry-Team success
Please. Swap Davis for either of those players and the Davis team does better.

[tamaraw08]

Davis-Stats
Gasol or Curry-Team success

yeah as in great teammates, great system, great coaching.
So Anthony Davis

[Noyze]

Gasol
Davis
Curry

[T_L_P]

Davis or Curry

[Angel Face]

Davis, but Kevin Durant will reclaim it once he comes back.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

how is davis better than cousins?

cousins is capable of initiating his teams offense, not the one finishing plays off alleys/transition/putbacks and as only the roll man. hes a much better passer and rebounder, actually makes his teammates better and is a good defender now

besides looking at the boxscore how is davis a better player?

[RoundMoundOfReb]

lebron james

[kennethgriffin]

kobe


scoring champ

dominating with a ymca senior citizen body/athleticism

imagine if his brain was transplanted into anthony davis's body

[masonanddixon]

Marc Gasol probably.

[Fire Colangelo]

how is davis better than cousins?

cousins is capable of initiating his teams offense, not the one finishing plays off alleys/transition/putbacks and as only the roll man. hes a much better passer and rebounder, actually makes his teammates better and is a good defender now

besides looking at the boxscore how is davis a better player?

Two points is two points, why does it matter whether it came from the post or from alleyoop/transition/putbacks? If anything, that's a plus for Davis since he doesn't need the ball to put up a lot of points. Not to mention Davis puts up more points with better percentages.

How is Cousins a better passer and better rebounder? Cousins averages more rebounds because the next best rebounder he plays with is Rudy Gay, who averages 6 rebounds. While Davis is playing with Asik, who averages like 10 at the centre position. They both grab around 3 offensive rebounds a game, so that's a wash.

As for passing, Davis averages roughly the same amount of assists as Cousins while averaging like two less turnovers.

Not to mention Davis' superior shot blocking, inside defense, and perimeter defense.

Before you mention that Davis plays more minutes than Cousins, thats because Davis is smart enough to stay out of foul trouble. Which is a negative on Cousins' part btw. You can be the best player in the game playing just 31 minutes per game averaging 5 fouls per.

[kells333]

Marc Gasol probably.

You guys are not about to tell me if you could pick any player in the league, you would pick marc gasol. Stop it. Shits not funny anymore

[masonanddixon]

You guys are not about to tell me if you could pick any player in the league, you would pick marc gasol. Stop it. Shits not funny anymore

This is probably the weakest season I have seen in a long time.

It will likely be Durant if he returns this season but for now Marc is putting in serious work on both ends of the floor.

[T_L_P]

kobe


scoring champ

dominating with a ymca senior citizen body/athleticism

imagine if his brain was transplanted into anthony davis's body

:facepalm

[Heavincent]

1. Anthony Davis
2. Steph Curry
3. Demarcus Cousins

[pauk]

lol, same thread every year..... really hard to accept huh?

[HOoopCityJones]

AD

[KyrieTheFuture]

Two points is two points, why does it matter whether it came from the post or from alleyoop/transition/putbacks? If anything, that's a plus for Davis since he doesn't need the ball to put up a lot of points. Not to mention Davis puts up more points with better percentages.

How is Cousins a better passer and better rebounder? Cousins averages more rebounds because the next best rebounder he plays with is Rudy Gay, who averages 6 rebounds. While Davis is playing with Asik, who averages like 10 at the centre position. They both grab around 3 offensive rebounds a game, so that's a wash.

As for passing, Davis averages roughly the same amount of assists as Cousins while averaging like two less turnovers.

Not to mention Davis' superior shot blocking, inside defense, and perimeter defense.

Before you mention that Davis plays more minutes than Cousins, thats because Davis is smart enough to stay out of foul trouble. Which is a negative on Cousins' part btw. You can be the best player in the game playing just 31 minutes per game averaging 5 fouls per.
It's not even arguable that Davis is a better passer just stop. If you knew anything about DMC you'd know his TOs are from dribbling not passing.





Pauk, shut the **** up LeBron is not top 3 so far this season.

[T_L_P]

lol, same thread every year..... really hard to accept huh?

Durant last year...now he's injured.

Thread seems worthy.

[Heavincent]

lol, same thread every year..... really hard to accept huh?

Sorry, but if the Cavs had the best player in the league, they probably wouldn't be under .500 in a historically weak conference.

[coin24]

DMC
Davis
Steph
Gasol
Kobe



lol Pauk what a retard:lol Bran looks like shit out there and his team isnt even .500 in historically bad conference:facepalm

[pauk]

lolololo kobetards.... ok, sure... :)

[Fire Colangelo]

It's not even arguable that Davis is a better passer just stop. If you knew anything about DMC you'd know his TOs are from dribbling not passing.





Pauk, shut the **** up LeBron is not top 3 so far this season.

Which means he shouldn't be dribbling that much. Davis has much less iso opportunities, so he has less opportunity to showcase his passing skills as well. It's not like DMC's passing skills are on the level of Noah or Gasol to make it a huge difference in the DMC vs AD argument.

[pauk]

It's not even arguable that Davis is a better passer just stop. If you knew anything about DMC you'd know his TOs are from dribbling not passing.





Pauk, shut the **** up LeBron is not top 3 so far this season.

Threads name is "Who is the best player in the NBA right now?".

Lebron is the best player in the NBA "right now", his ability to play basketball is overall better than anybodies.... "RIGHT NOW"........ "RIGHT THEN"..... "RIGHT NEXT TIME".... "RIGHT PREVIOUS YEAR" and "RIGHT NEXT YEAR"....

How his current 11 game stretch with the completely new process of teammates/coach/strategy/role looks like compared to others doesnt change that..... unless we changed the thread title to something like: "Who had the best stretch so far?" or the OP made it clear that is the criteria we have to go after...... but that is not the case.... even if that is the criteria, it will still be Lebron at the end of the season..... why? Because again, he is the best player "RIGHT NOW".....

This thread is made every year, always by a Kobetard and the responses are made like you see above, even when its CLEAR who is the best...... they cant wait, they wish for it so bad, so somebody can be better than Lebron, just anybody.... pleasssseeee..... but it never happens, you never learn....

[bdreason]

If we're talking currently performing at the highest level?

Marc Gasol

[T_L_P]

Threads name is "Who is the best player in the NBA right now?".

Lebron is the best player in the NBA "right now", his ability to play basketball is overall better than anybodies.... "RIGHT NOW"........ "RIGHT THEN"..... "RIGHT NEXT TIME".... "RIGHT PREVIOUS YEAR" and "RIGHT NEXT YEAR"....

How his current 11 game stretch with the completely new process of teammates/coach/strategy/role looks like compared to others doesnt change that..... unless we changed the thread title to something like: "Who had the best stretch so far?" or the OP made it clear that is the criteria we have to go after...... but that is not the case.... even if that is the criteria, it will still be Lebron at the end of the season..... why? Because again, he is the best player "RIGHT NOW".....

This thread is made every year, always by a Kobetard and the responses are made like you see above, even when its CLEAR who is the best...... they cant wait, they wish for it so bad, so somebody can be better than Lebron, just anybody.... pleasssseeee..... but it never happens, you never learn....

Eh, you said he should be DPOY basically every year he's in the league. That alone says everything.

[Heavincent]

Threads name is "Who is the best player in the NBA right now?".

Lebron is the best player in the NBA "right now", his ability to play basketball is overall better than anybodies.... "RIGHT NOW"........ "RIGHT THEN"..... "RIGHT NEXT TIME".... "RIGHT PREVIOUS YEAR" and "RIGHT NEXT YEAR"....

How his current 11 game stretch with the completely new process of teammates/coach/strategy/role looks like compared to others doesnt change that..... unless we changed the thread title to something like: "Who had the best stretch so far?" or the OP made it clear that is the criteria we have to go after...... but that is not the case.... even if that is the criteria, it will still be Lebron at the end of the season..... why? Because again, he is the best player "RIGHT NOW".....

This thread is made every year, always by a Kobetard and the responses are made like you see above, even when its CLEAR who is the best...... they cant wait, they wish for it so bad, so somebody can be better than Lebron, just anybody.... pleasssseeee..... but it never happens, you never learn....

5-7 in a historically weak conference.

[coin24]

Threads name is "Who is the best player in the NBA right now?".

Lebron is the best player in the NBA "right now", his ability to play basketball is overall better than anybodies.... "RIGHT NOW"........ "RIGHT THEN"..... "RIGHT NEXT TIME".... "RIGHT PREVIOUS YEAR" and "RIGHT NEXT YEAR"....

How his current 11 game stretch with the completely new process of teammates/coach/strategy/role looks like compared to others doesnt change that..... unless we changed the thread title to something like: "Who had the best stretch so far?" or the OP made it clear that is the criteria we have to go after...... but that is not the case.... even if that is the criteria, it will still be Lebron at the end of the season..... why? Because again, he is the best player "RIGHT NOW".....

This thread is made every year, always by a Kobetard and the responses are made like you see above, even when its CLEAR who is the best...... they cant wait, they wish for it so bad, so somebody can be better than Lebron, just anybody.... pleasssseeee..... but it never happens, you never learn....

This is the best player?? Retard cant even dribble the ball:lol

http://giant.gfycat.com/BitesizedHardAmericanwigeon.gif

[PickernRoller]

The Black Mamba at age 36 is still the best player in the game. :applause:

Just amazing to watch really...:bowdown:

[kamil]

http://baronvongoodness.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/kobe_bryant_logo.jpg

Is that a uterus?

[Droid101]

LeBran has done nothing to prove his worth this year. Plenty of other players can claim best player.

Pauk, don't kill yourself. Please.

[PickernRoller]

Is that a uterus?

That's the Black Mamba's dick going up your butt.

[Joyner82reload]

lol, same thread every year..... really hard to accept huh?

Where's the 30/5/5 thread for this year Pauk? Waiting for Durant to return so you will actually have something to update it with?

To answer OP, Kevin Durant is clearly the best player in the NBA right now. Despite being injured, he is still very much in the NBA and is still very much its best player.

[T_L_P]

The Black Mamba at age 36 is still the best player in the game. :applause:

Just amazing to watch really...:bowdown:

:roll:

Lakers were better with Pau Gasol at the helm last year than they are with Kobe now.

[SpanishACB]

kobe


scoring champ

dominating with a ymca senior citizen body/athleticism

imagine if his brain was transplanted into anthony davis's body

imagine if Marc Gasol took 25 shots a game

[plowking]

5-7 in a historically weak conference.

Two things wrong with your post.

They are 6-7...

And, how is it historically weak? People on here, mainly Western Conference team fans, and in particular Kobe fans like yourself have constantly spouted this, yet people on here have constantly proven this isn't close to being the biggest discrepancy between the top teams and the others. As of tomorrow there will be 7 teams at .500 or above. How is this historically weak if I can find you over 10 examples of either conferences being in more dire need of competition?

[andremiller07]

Right now after 15 or so games I got Curry, plus his defense from both the stat and eye test perspective have been really good.

[JohnFreeman]

Cousins is winning games, unlike AD.

[G0ATbe]

Kobe by far.

[Milbuck]

Honestly, can't decide between DMC and AD. Davis has the stats, but I'm not sure 100% of those stats manifests itself into impact on the court, whereas watching Cousins, this dude is incredible in terms of what he does for his team. I know people like throwing out the narratives of "oh he's not a good defender, just another one-dimensional player"...when he's been a huge part of that team's resurgence defensively..98 DRTG (to a 111 ORTG), he makes his team's defense 13.8 points better when he's on the floor, and right in between Davis and Dwight in DWS.. Criminally underrated defensive anchor, incredible offensive player. And people are slowly realizing that his "head case" label is off base, he's just passionate as ****. If only he could foul less and play actual superstar minutes...his per 36 stats are insane, 26/14/2/2/2 on 58% TS..

But all in all Lebron still deserves the distinction of best here. Obviously he's not playing to his usual standards but I think he's earned the benefit of the doubt, that he should get it together as the season progresses. If he's still underwhelming in January, February, etc? Then yeah someone else could earn that right.

[Im Still Ballin]

Cousins is winning games, unlike AD.
:applause:
People just don't realize how big of an impact DMC has on the team. Everytime we have blown leads or lost games it has been due to Cuz foul trouble. When you watch him on the court you can just see how the offense flows through him and on defense he is progressively getting better as that paint protector. He will only get better with experience.

[Dave3]

Cousins is winning games, unlike AD.
Agreed. That 1.5 game difference with obviously different supporting casts is all I need as well to declare one player over the other.

[andremiller07]

Agreed. That 1.5 game difference with obviously different supporting casts is all I need as well to declare one player over the other.
#Average win percentage of Kings' opponents so far in the season .585, highest in the NBA.

[Dave3]

#Average win percentage of Kings' opponents so far in the season .585, highest in the NBA.
And I agree that the Kings are a better team than the Pelicans :confusedshrug:

[andremiller07]

And I agree that the Kings are a better team than the Pelicans :confusedshrug:
There is no way coming into the season you could convince me the Pelicans supporting cast is worse than the Kings. They are playing better for a reason and I think we know who/what that is.

[Dave3]

There is no way coming into the season you could convince me the Pelicans supporting cast is worse than the Kings. They are playing better for a reason and I think we know who/what that is.
And I wouldn't have been convinced either that the Raptors were going to come into the season playing better than the Cavs, but I'm not going to attribute it to Lowry playing better than LeBron. I'm saying there's many different factors going into play of a team's record than just their best player.

[beastee]

Jimmy (Jordan) Butler baby! Seriously, dude is on fire right now.

But it is AD and it really isn't close imo.

[Eric Cartman]

Even though it's not popular opinion, I gotta go with Chris Paul.

Then Davis, Curry and Cousins.

[turret]

so far this season its between Marc, Steph and Cousins


that

[Jlamb47]

Anthony Davis is the best player

Steph and Gasol of course are choices as well

Lebron is up there as well

[jayfan]

Perhaps the thread should be retitled as:

Who is playing the best ball in the league right now?

That would take care of the Bran and Durant stans.





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[penny4president]

A.D no question about it

[kennethgriffin]

durant when healthy

for active players right now i'd say chris paul or kobe bryant

steph curry/anthony davis and others are having better seasons somewhat. but level of talent/status isnt that easly attained. it takes years to get that nod as leagues best player

[kurple]

How many times have Cuz made the playoffs?

[ArbitraryWater]

Every year... :oldlol:

People cling on a 4 week stretch or something "ONLY THE GAMES SO FAR!!"

.. Yes, a couple have outproduced LeBron so far...

But as a PLAYER, ABILITIES? Who would take me the furthest in a series with equal casts? It's LeBron.... Just chill. He will soon be overtaken. But not yet.

[Top Gun]

Lebron is the best player.

AD is playing the best basketball right now.

Durant is the one who can surpass Lebron in the next season or so.

[Milbuck]

Every year... :oldlol:

People cling on a 4 week stretch or something "ONLY THE GAMES SO FAR!!"

.. Yes, a couple have outproduced LeBron so far...

But as a PLAYER, ABILITIES? Who would take me the furthest in a series with equal casts? It's LeBron.... Just chill. He will soon be overtaken. But not yet.
"Every year"...Durant last year wasn't just outplaying Lebron over a few weeks...the dude was flat out dominating the league at a visibly and statistically higher level than Lebron for the majority of the season.

I'm not saying KD > Lebron just yet, but for the second time, this is serious revisionist history on your part.

[noob cake]

If you care about records, it is Curry or Harden.

If you care about stats, its Davis.

Eventually it will be Bron.

[PsychoBe]

if durant wasn't injured it would be him easily.

as is right now the best player(s) in the league is cousins and davis as well. they own this league right now every other article is written about their individual performances and match-ups.

[stalkerforlife]

Gotta be Kobe.

Leading a D-League team to a respectable 3 wins in the NBA.

[Deuce Bigalow]

kobe


scoring champ

dominating with a ymca senior citizen body/athleticism

imagine if his brain was transplanted into anthony davis's body
26.7 ppg on 24.0 fga

Dominating the league effortlessly

[nathanjizzle]

d rose

[G0ATbe]

d rose
:kobe:

[konex]

Steph Curry