Top 10 Players of 1995, 2005, & 2015

[coolhandsteve]

Come up with your Top 10 player list (doesn't have to be in order) for these 3 seasons (1994-1995 season, 2004-2005 season, & 2014-2015 season) and then say which one is the best. Here goes mines (in NO particular order BTW):

1995:
Robinson
Olajuwon
Shaq
Ewing
Pippen
Malone
Barkley
Penny
Stockton
Drexler


2005:
Nash
Duncan
Kobe
Garnett
Shaq
LeBron
Wade
McGrady
Iverson
Nowitzki


2015:
Curry
LeBron
Harden
Davis
Westbrook
Paul
Griffin
Wall
Thompson
Aldridge

Didn't include MJ in '95 for the same reason no Durant in 2015; not enough games played but if you include them that's fine.

Give me 2005.

[Kobe_6/8]

2015:
Curry
LeBron
Harden
Davis
Westbrook
Paul
Griffin
Wall
Thompson
Aldridge
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Gasol
Lillard
Kawhi
Duncan

[J Shuttlesworth]

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Gasol
Lillard
Kawhi
Duncan
:roll: :roll:

[DMAVS41]

Dirk was a top 10 player in 05.

He was 7th in RAPM and averaged 26/10/3 58% TS.

LOL

[DirkNowitzki41]

Dirk was a top 10 player in 05.

He was 7th in RAPM and averaged 26/10/3 58% TS.

LOL

:applause: :applause:

[TripleA]

:applause: :applause:

I'd replace tmac with dirk

[3ball]

Give me 2005.


:biggums:

You want basically rookie Lebron?.. Going into the 2005 season, Lebron had averaged 20 PPG as a rookie on 41.7% FG.. 40-year old MJ did better just one year earlier (20 ppg on 44.5% FG).
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[nathanjizzle]

I dont see who dirk would replace on the 2005 list. tmac is arguable but tmac put up 28 points and 32 points in the 2 seasons prior to that compared to 21 and 25 with dirk. no one in 2005 would have said dirk was a top 10 player over tmac.

[nzahir]

Klay over Marc or cousins is a joke.

[3ball]

Give me 20005

:biggums:

The same era that couldn't beat Euroleague?.. Literally - the NBA's best lost to every international team imaginable (7 times) in the Olympics and World Games.

The USA's many losses to Euroleague-level competition proves that the 2000's era was the weakest era the NBA has ever had - there's no other way to interpret the NBA's best getting smashed by Euroleague..

The USA's brand of basketball was SO much worse, that it more than offset their massive talent advantage.

[coolhandsteve]

Dirk was a top 10 player in 05.

He was 7th in RAPM and averaged 26/10/3 58% TS.

LOL

Yeah you got me on that one forgot about Nowitzki, & he was 1st team All-NBA too :facepalm..I'm not replacing TMac for Dirk tho. I'll take off Kidd, as hard as that is for me. He didn't have great stats but he was so valuable to the Nets.

[coolhandsteve]

The NBA's best in that era didn't all play on the same Olympic team at the same time for whatever reasons. Y'all tell me, if Shaq, Kobe, Garnett, Kidd & McGrady decide to play on that '04 Olympic team would things have turned out better for the U.S.

Or if the likes of Duncan, Webber, Shaq & Kobe played for the 2000 team that seemed to squeak by for the gold, if that team's not much more dominant with those guys.

P.S: I figured I'd get some flack for these lists..but y'all do know you can make yours too, right? I can't be the only one getting roasted! LOL

[JZ600]

Curry over lebron lmfao
Klay lmfao

[DMAVS41]

I dont see who dirk would replace on the 2005 list. tmac is arguable but tmac put up 28 points and 32 points in the 2 seasons prior to that compared to 21 and 25 with dirk. no one in 2005 would have said dirk was a top 10 player over tmac.

Because you don't understand the game at all....that's why.

[coolhandsteve]

:biggums:

You want basically rookie Lebron?.. Going into the 2005 season, Lebron had averaged 20 PPG as a rookie on 41.7% FG.. 40-year old MJ did better just one year earlier (20 ppg on 44.5% FG).
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I'm just talking about the 2004-2005 season there. LeBron averaged 27/7/7 that year.

[ArbitraryWater]

Dirk gets in easy over Kidd/Iverson/TMac in 2005, and is in a group with the rest, in a year where a bunch of players could be argued as best.

[Odinn]

Robinson over Olajuwon?
Nash 1st? Kobe over Garnett and Shaq? Dirk at bottom?

The ratio between correct and wrong things is like 1:10.

[coolhandsteve]

My lists are not in order. Yours can be if that's how you want it.

[nathanjizzle]

Because you don't understand the game at all....that's why.

this is coming from you:roll: you are one of the most ignorant basketball fans i have witnessed on this forum and i guarantee you are terrible at basketball. i bet you are one of those guys that rarelyu play basketball and when you do you show up in a dirk jersey and wearing his signature knee sleeve. i bet you have never even experienced playing in a real basketball culture like the many places in chicago. Youre just beyond ignorant about the dynamics of basketball. you couldnt even do simple math to make a logical conclusion on a given stat. :roll:

go grind them tables boy.

[PHILA]

Iverson

Looking back at his numbers, Iverson actually was efficient against Detroit (-4.9 DRtg) in those playoffs. Perhaps a glimpse of how he would have fared under the new defensive rules (2005-present). This was his last playoff appearance with the Sixers, though only 5 games.

31.2 pts, 10.0 ast, 2.2 reb, 2.0 stl, 46.8% FG, 56.2% TS

[Nikola_]

says no particular order to duck criticism

puts them in order

[DMAVS41]

this is coming from you:roll: you are one of the most ignorant basketball fans i have witnessed on this forum and i guarantee you are terrible at basketball. i bet you are one of those guys that rarelyu play basketball and when you do you show up in a dirk jersey and wearing his signature knee sleeve. i bet you have never even experienced playing in a real basketball culture like the many places in chicago. Youre just beyond ignorant about the dynamics of basketball. you couldnt even do simple math to make a logical conclusion on a given stat. :roll:

go grind them tables boy.

Whether I suck or not at the game irrelevant.

Beyond ignorant? Okay...

And what is your obsession with poker? Why are you pm'ing me about poker? I forgot to respond....I don't play anymore much....but what is your interest in this? Are you looking for spots online to play or something? I can probably hook you up if so.

[Ne 1]

1995: Hakeem, Robinson, Shaq, Malone, Barkley, Ewing, Pippen, Stockton, Penny, Drexler

2005: Duncan, KG, Shaq, T-Mac, Nash, Wade, Iverson, Dirk, Kobe, Carter

Have to think more about this year, this isn't in any particular order btw

[SHAQisGOAT]

Probably 2005 followed by 1995, then 2015...

1985 though >