Define "First option" for me please.

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First option isn't a qualification, it's a designation.

01 Stackhouse doing 30 a game on horrible efficiency, first option in any sense of the word but not leading a team anywhere.

[QUOTE=Haymaker]I have no idea, but Al Jefferson used to be a First Option. Let that sink in.[/QUOTE]

This post makes a great point, any player can be a first option if you group him with a bunch of lesser options.

I'm just going to geek out here and say first option is not a title you can earn and have forever, it's a comparative measure to say player x is a better scoring option than the rest of his team mates, or other players.

It's heavily subject to the team makeup or the players you are comparing and the most basic way to say it is that a "first option" is the the player that has the highest chance of scoring on any given play.

IMO you can only say someone is a first option when compared to player X, or "player x was/is the first option" on the team(s) he was/is on. This also brings up the player x vs player y taking the last shot scenario, the player you pick would be the first option when compared to the other.