1. Lebron James
2. Carmelo Anthony
3. Kevin Durant
4. Paul Pierce
5. Luol Deng
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1. Lebron James
2. Carmelo Anthony
3. Kevin Durant
4. Paul Pierce
5. Luol Deng
Gerald Wallace should be in there instead of Deng.
1. LeBron James
2. Kevin Durant
3. Carmelo Anthony
4. Paul Pierce
5. Danny Granger
1. LeBron James - Finals doesnt change this
2. Carmelo Anthony - Put him over Durant due to clutch factor
3. Kevin Durant - Gets overrated somewhat, but will be the best soon
4. Paul Pierce - Still gives you numbers + clutch factor & defense
5. Andre Iguodala - Good all around player + good defense
1.) Lebron-duh
2.) Carmelo-top 3 scorer in the NBA, could make a case for best
3.) Durant-I won't put him above Carmelo until someone explains to me why he's better at basketball without resorting to looking solely at statistics
4.) Pierce
5.) Gay/Wallace/Igoudala
1.Lebron
2.Durant
3.Carmelo
4.Pierce
5.Wallace? Can't think of anyone else.
Carmelo should be above Durant based on talent, but I question his mentality a lot. I'd like to see more consistency out of Melo.
1. Breezy
2. Durant
3. Melo
4. Rudy Gay
5. Pierce
Skip Bayless and kaiuu haven't made an appearance yet, so I'll post on their behalf.
1. Durant
2. Melo
3. Pierce
4. Gay
5. LeBron
Justification: all of those players are clutch and make jumpers, but LeBron just bricks/quits whenever his team needs him.
[QUOTE=Dave3]Skip Bayless and kaiuu haven't made an appearance yet, so I'll post on their behalf.
1. Durant
2. Melo
3. Pierce
4. Gay
5. LeBron
Justification: all of those players are clutch and make jumpers, but LeBron just bricks/quits whenever his team needs him.[/QUOTE]
Bad Skip Bayless impression, his list is
1.) Melo
2.) who cares
. . .
337.) Lebron
which even I can admit is ridiculous
[QUOTE=ABfor3]1. LeBron James
2. Kevin Durant
3. Carmelo Anthony
4. Paul Pierce
5. Danny Granger[/QUOTE]
good enough
LeBron James
Kevin Durant
Carmelo Anthony
Paul Pierce
Rudy Gay
1 Durant
2 James
3 Anthony
4 Pierce
5 Iguodala
[QUOTE=Jasi]1 Durant
2 James
3 Anthony
4 Pierce
5 Iguodala[/QUOTE]
Second this.
[QUOTE=Soothing Layup]Second this.[/QUOTE]
Durant is not better than LeBron. Stop trying to convince yourself that.:oldlol:
james
melo
durant
iggy
wallace
gay
pierce
granger
deng
butler
Uh it became top 10?
Then...
1 Durant
2 James
3 Anthony
4 Pierce
5 Iguodala
6 Granger
7 Wallace
8 Marion
9 Prince
10 Gay
1.LeBrick
2.Melo
3.Durant
4.Pierce
5.Tough to decide
1.Durant
2.Anthony
3.Pierce
4.Marion
5.Gay
6.James
7.Iguodala
8.Granger
9.Wallace
10.Deng
Next year:
1. LeBron
2. Durant
3. Pierce
4. Melo
5. G Wallace
6. Gay
7. Granger
8. Deng
9. Marion
10. Kirilenko
Tiers
Lebron - no one in the league can share a tier with him, so just shut up
Durant, Pierce, Melo - durant and melo contribute very little other than points while pierce visibly makes his teammates better to allow him up into this tier
Wallace, Gay, Granger, Deng - guys you can happily go to war with as long as theyre not your best player
Marion, Kirilenko, Chandler, and a bunch of other guys equally unworthy of a top 10 list
Next 5 years:
1. LeBron
2. Durant
3. Melo
4. Gay
5. Wallace
6. Gallinari
7. Granger
8. Deng
9. Pierce
10. P George
1. LeBron
2. Melo
3. Durant
4. Pierce (for now, next year I see a decline)
5. Really tough, between Gay/Iguodala/Deng/Granger/Wallace. I'd take Gay, but I could see the argument for any of them.
honorable mentions: Gallo, Marion, and Kirilenko
1.James
2. Durant/Melo
4. Pierce
5. Iggy
6. Deng/Crash
8. Gay
9. Granger
10. Dunno :confusedshrug:
For next year...
1. LeBron James
2. Kevin Durant
3. Carmelo Anthony
4. Paul Pierce
5. Rudy Gay
6. Danny Granger
7. Gerald Wallace
8. Luol Deng
9. Andre Iguodala
10. Shawn Marion
1. Durant
2. James
3. Anthony
4. Granger
5. Iguodala
6. Gay
7. Pierce
8. Wallace
9. Deng
10. Gallinari
Melo
Durant
Pierce
Rudy Gay
Gerald Wallace
Danny Granger
Beasley
Iggy
Deng
Marion
The top 3 in order are clearly
James
Durant
Anthony
anyone with any other order than that is a homer/hater, including those ranking Durant ahead of LeBron
[QUOTE=kaiiu]Melo
Durant
Pierce
Rudy Gay
Gerald Wallace
Danny Granger
Beasley
Iggy
Deng
Marion[/QUOTE]
What's up Skip ? :oldlol:
[QUOTE=Clutch]What's up Skip ? :oldlol:[/QUOTE]
All of those players with the exception of Beasley has owned Lebrick badly. Meh.. I guess Ill stick him in Beasleys spot.
LeBron
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Carmelo
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Durant
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Pierce
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Gay\Iguodala\ etc.
The Knick/Melo homers are out of control
Durant has more accolades, better career stats, better single season stats, better playoff stats, better career playoff stats, better playoff record, yet they still rank Melo ahead. What a joke.
1. Lebron
2. Durant
3. Melo
4. Pierce
5. Wallace
6. Gay
7. Iggy
8. Deng
9. Granger
10. Kirilenko
[QUOTE=28renyoy]The Knick/Melo homers are out of control
Durant has more accolades, better career stats, better single season stats, better playoff stats, better career playoff stats, better playoff record, yet they still rank Melo ahead. What a joke.[/QUOTE]
I am not a Melo homer. Anyway, I never seen how Durant could be ranked atop of Anthony. Though Durant's scoring numbers may seem much more impressive, you have to admit that Anthony is the better player in terms of his offensive skillset. I see Durant as a near seven foot Ray Allen who catches and shoots half the time. Sure, Durant is an elite shooter and so is Anthony (maybe a tad less elite than Durant), but Anthony is better one-on-one and is much more versatile-turnarounds, fadeaways, runners, footwork. Most importantly, Anthony is obviously much more clutch than Durant. Statistics aren't always what they seem.
[QUOTE=no pun intended]I am not a Melo homer. Anyway, I never seen how Durant could be ranked atop of Anthony. Though Durant's scoring numbers may seem much more impressive, you have to admit that Anthony is the better player in terms of his offensive skillset. I see Durant as a near seven foot Ray Allen who catches and shoots half the time. Sure, Durant is an elite shooter and so is Anthony (maybe a tad less elite than Durant), but Anthony is better one-on-one and is much more versatile-turnarounds, fadeaways, runners, footwork. Most importantly, Anthony is obviously much more clutch than Durant. Statistics aren't always what they seem.[/QUOTE]
This.
Melo is the better player right now, but its not like we're claiming that Durant wont officially surpass Melo this upcoming season or the following season.
Melo has pretty much stopped improving, his offensive skillset is complete and now hes trying to dedicate himself to improving his defense.
Who knows how good Durant will be when hes 26 like Melo? Thats why I mentioned he'll probably become the best SF if not best player in the NBA by then.
[QUOTE=no pun intended]I am not a Melo homer. Anyway, I never seen how Durant could be ranked atop of Anthony. Though Durant's scoring numbers may seem much more impressive, you have to admit that Anthony is the better player in terms of his offensive skillset. I see Durant as a near seven foot Ray Allen who catches and shoots half the time. Sure, Durant is an elite shooter and so is Anthony (maybe a tad less elite than Durant), but Anthony is better one-on-one and is much more versatile-turnarounds, fadeaways, runners, footwork. Most importantly, Anthony is obviously much more clutch than Durant. Statistics aren't always what they seem.[/QUOTE]
So you would take 26 ppg on 45 FG% over 30 ppg on 48 FG%?
My list:
1) Anthony
2) Lebron
3) Durant
4) Pierce
5) Gay
*Anthony is the most skilled SF, and the second most skilled player in the league, only behind Kobe.
*Lebron is not as good as his numbers suggest.
*Durant is above Pierce only because of his age, otherwise I think he's a bit overrated.
* Gay is Gay.
I'm still waiting to hear why Melo>Durant other than, he's more skilled. LOL @ that absurd logic. I guess Odom>Amare since he's "more skilled"
[QUOTE=28renyoy]I'm still waiting to hear why Melo>Durant other than, he's more skilled. LOL @ that absurd logic. I guess Odom>Amare since he's "more skilled"[/QUOTE]
What does Durant do on the court better than Carmelo? Im curious to know.
[QUOTE=Rowe]What does Durant do on the court better than Carmelo? Im curious to know.[/QUOTE]
Score, play defense, play off the ball, better intangibles. They're equal passers/rebounders and Melo has better ball security.
Durant is clearly the better player.
Anyone actually trying to argue Melo>Durant as a scorer is an idiot. Melo put up far inferior numbers on a run-n-gun offensive team.
[QUOTE=28renyoy]So you would take 26 ppg on 45 FG% over 30 ppg on 48 FG%?[/QUOTE]
Yes, considering Melo carries a team on his back in the 4th quarter and is clutch in the final 2 minutes.
& this past season Durant went for 27 on 46%. Melo went for 26 on 46%.
I'll take the guy who scores 1 point less but will bury the game winner.
[QUOTE=28renyoy]Score, play defense, play off the ball, [B]better intangibles[/B]. They're equal passers/rebounders and Melo has better ball security.
Durant is clearly the better player.
Anyone actually trying to argue Melo>Durant as a scorer is an idiot. Melo put up far inferior numbers on a run-n-gun offensive team.[/QUOTE]
Elaborate.
[QUOTE=Rowe]Yes, considering Melo carries a team on his back in the 4th quarter and is clutch in the final 2 minutes.
[B]& this past season Durant went for 27 on 46%. Melo went for 26 on 46%.
[/B]
I'll take the guy who scores 1 point less but will bury the game winner.[/QUOTE]
LOL @ this garbage
Apparently 27.7 on 46.2 FG% while taking 5.3 3's a game=25.6 on 45.5 FG% while taking 3.3 3's per game.
Durant is EASILY more efficient, while scoring 2 more ppg. God you're such a joke.
As for clutch scoring, I believe that is a part of total game stats kid. Not that it matters because Durant still scored more points in the final 5 minutes of 5 or fewer point games.
Melo these past 2 seasons-26.8/7/3 on 48.25 eFG% 55.25 TS%
Durant these past 2 seasons 29.1/7.2/2.8 51.2 eFG% 59.8 TS%
/thread