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Top 25 Current NBA Players

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Mplsfonz wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:06 pm
j2j wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:05 pm
Mplsfonz wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:51 am
Are you kidding me? That fight was his 4th game of the year.

Playoff contention? Pretty sure we were about 500. at the time. And nobody knows exactly when he got hurt, so he was collecting L's until he finally decided to rest. Not all his fault, but he shares some of the blame.
I agree he should be in the top 25, but lets not put him too high on that list until he starts putting up wins to go along with his stats. Right now, it seems as he's a better version of KLove.
And if that fight took his "soul," then Butler may be right about him being soft.
No, not kidding.

Wolves were 3-0 at the time of the fight.

And you didnt read my post, you went straight to spaz mode.
Moses Scurry wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:29 am

99% sure j2j was using sarcasm. Thus the "/s", sarcasm switch.
1%

Seriously, go back and watch his demeanor before the fight. He was having fun, smiling, air grinding, and playing insane basketball. After the fight, he went back to being the same whiny turd he was under Thibs.
Yeah, losing will do that to you. So, whatever.
Sarcasm goes so well over the enter-net.

Spaz mode? I think you think too highly of me.
No one was using sarcasm.
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Moses Scurry wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:15 pm
flexbuffchest wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:48 pm
j2j wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:38 pm

Apologize and say 3 Hail Gerssons, then you'll be forgiven.
Worse then David Kahn!
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j2j wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:03 pm
No one was using sarcasm.
Then your post is really troubling.

KAT's soul got taken by Embiid...... :lol:
Playoff contention after 4...4 games..... :lol:

Oh....and WTF is "air grinding?" :shock:
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Mplsfonz wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:27 pm
j2j wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:03 pm
No one was using sarcasm.
Then your post is really troubling.

KAT's soul got taken by Embiid...... :lol:
Playoff contention after 4...4 games..... :lol:

Oh....and WTF is "air grinding?" :shock:
Like I said, you didnt read my post. No worries.

Serious question, have you watched even one game this year?
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j2j wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:33 pm
Mplsfonz wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:27 pm
j2j wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:03 pm
No one was using sarcasm.
Then your post is really troubling.

KAT's soul got taken by Embiid...... :lol:
Playoff contention after 4...4 games..... :lol:

Oh....and WTF is "air grinding?" :shock:
Like I said, you didnt read my post. No worries.

Serious question, have you watched even one game this year?
You mean the same soulless guy who put up 26/11/4.5 and 1.2 blocks per for the year?
Maybe he wasn't having the fun you imagine him because of the team he was saddled with. (Wiggins)
Oh and yes, I did read your post, and stomached my way thru most Wolves games this year. You said he was "soulless" after the fight 4 games into the season, IMO he turned it up a notch. I even went to a couple of games, and saw him laughing and having so much fun during and after a loss, that it made me sick. So not sure which retched soul you saw.

Just because you see things a certain way, doesn't mean it's true. And with all the little childish antics like calling his "BFF" "Jill" made it look like sarcasm after it was pointed out. But then you said it's not, and you accuse me of spazzing on you? Geez dude, did YOU even read your post?
I always respected your post, but you seemed to overreach on this topic.
Lighten up Francis.
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Mplsfonz wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:57 pm
j2j wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:33 pm
Mplsfonz wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:27 pm

Then your post is really troubling.

KAT's soul got taken by Embiid...... :lol:
Playoff contention after 4...4 games..... :lol:

Oh....and WTF is "air grinding?" :shock:
Like I said, you didnt read my post. No worries.

Serious question, have you watched even one game this year?
You mean the same soulless guy who put up 26/11/4.5 and 1.2 blocks per for the year?
Maybe he wasn't having the fun you imagine him because of the team he was saddled with. (Wiggins)
Oh and yes, I did read your post, and stomached my way thru most Wolves games this year. You said he was "soulless" after the fight 4 games into the season, IMO he turned it up a notch. I even went to a couple of games, and saw him laughing and having so much fun during and after a loss, that it made me sick. So not sure which retched soul you saw.

Just because you see things a certain way, doesn't mean it's true. And with all the little childish antics like calling his "BFF" "Jill" made it look like sarcasm after it was pointed out. But then you said it's not, and you accuse me of spazzing on you? Geez dude, did YOU even read your post?
I always respected your post, but you seemed to overreach on this topic.
Lighten up Francis.
I just dont think you have a clue what you're talking about.

How can you not know what "air grinding" references?



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Childish antics? Should have just stuck with you don't understand jokes or Wolves references. Again, no worries.
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Most of the list is okay, Kawhi misses too many games to be #1, #1 is clearly Giannis maybe LeBron depending on what you think he'll do in the playoffs. Jimmy Butler is FAR FAR too low, he's a top 15 player for sure.

Also, Zion should absolutely be in the top 25 easily. He's borderline a superstar already and there's not much reason to think he'll get worse. First 18 games coming back from an injury where he is not in peak physical shape and he is a freakish offensive player averaging 28.7 ppg per 36 .623 TS% 3.6, 10.6 ORB%.
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j2j wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:22 pm
Mplsfonz wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:57 pm
j2j wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:33 pm

Like I said, you didnt read my post. No worries.

Serious question, have you watched even one game this year?
You mean the same soulless guy who put up 26/11/4.5 and 1.2 blocks per for the year?
Maybe he wasn't having the fun you imagine him because of the team he was saddled with. (Wiggins)
Oh and yes, I did read your post, and stomached my way thru most Wolves games this year. You said he was "soulless" after the fight 4 games into the season, IMO he turned it up a notch. I even went to a couple of games, and saw him laughing and having so much fun during and after a loss, that it made me sick. So not sure which retched soul you saw.

Just because you see things a certain way, doesn't mean it's true. And with all the little childish antics like calling his "BFF" "Jill" made it look like sarcasm after it was pointed out. But then you said it's not, and you accuse me of spazzing on you? Geez dude, did YOU even read your post?
I always respected your post, but you seemed to overreach on this topic.
Lighten up Francis.
I just dont think you have a clue what you're talking about.

How can you not know what "air grinding" references?



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Childish antics? Should have just stuck with you don't understand jokes or Wolves references. Again, no worries.
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1. Kevin Love
2. Giannis
3. Kawhi
4. Lebron
5. Curry
6. Harden
7. Durant
8. Doncic
9. Jokic
10. Butler
11. Tatum
12. Paul
13. Lillard
14. Davis
15. Embiid
16. Towns
17. Young
18. Walker
19. Beal
20. Westbrook
21. Siakam
22. Gobert
23. Fox
24. Simmons
25. Zion/Morant
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Moses Scurry wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:11 am 1. Kevin Love
2. Giannis
3. Kawhi
4. Lebron
5. Curry
6. Harden
7. Durant
8. Doncic
9. Jokic
10. Butler
11. Tatum
12. Paul
13. Lillard
14. Davis
15. Embiid
16. Towns
17. Young
18. Walker
19. Beal
20. Westbrook
21. Siakam
22. Gobert
23. Fox
24. Simmons
25. Zion/Morant
fine list

Mine:
Kawhi
Giannis (He is still improving...)
Lebron
Curry
Doncic
Harden
Tatum
Anthony Davis
Durant (post injury)
Beal
Siakam (the next Shawn Kemp...)
Jokic (a bit more consistent than Embiid)
Kyrie (assuming he knows he is second fiddle in Brooklyn when Durant comes back)
Lillard
Embiid
Trae Young
Butler
Zion (new generation's pre-knee injury Larry Johnson)
Morant (reminds me of Gary Payton with better hops)
KAT
Kemba Walker
Westbrook (pains me to put him this low, but his low efficiency ratings merit this slot)
Gobert
Adebayo (he will be first or second best player on a couple of championship teams within the next 6 years)
Olidipo (post-injury)
Simmons
CPIIIl
Porzingis
Booker

I've got DLo slotted with about 10 other players in the 35 - 45 range.
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1. LeBron
2. Durant
3. Kawhi
4. Giannis
5. Curry
6. Harden
7. Butler
8. AD
9. Doncic
10. Embiid
11. Lillard
12. Siakam
13. CP3
14. KAT
15. Tatum
16. Gobert
17. Jokic
18. Kyrie
19. Westbrook
20. Mitchell
21. Fox
22. Simmons
23. Kemba
24. Middleton
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Moses Scurry wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:11 am 1. Kevin Love
2. Giannis
3. Kawhi
4. Lebron
5. Curry
6. Harden
7. Durant
8. Doncic
9. Jokic
10. Butler
11. Tatum
12. Paul
13. Lillard
14. Davis
15. Embiid
16. Towns
17. Young
18. Walker
19. Beal
20. Westbrook
21. Siakam
22. Gobert
23. Fox
24. Simmons
25. Zion/Morant
Davis and Lillard are too low, otherwise this is quite solid.
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Kevin Love #1 obviously. Who else would you choose??
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I whipped that list together fairly quick, some things I'd change. No PG13 would have to be adjusted. Probably right about Davis and Lillard but they wouldn't go much higher regardless, maybe swap around those two for paul and butler.
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I will say one thing, I am excited to see Durant basically on his own. Lets see him carry a lot more load as I don't think personally he could have led the Raptors to a title last year, or have won a title with the Kevin "Curry Stopper" Love led Cavs, or kept Houston as a top seed like Harden. My hate probably makes me biased but now we get to see it, hopefully at 100%.
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YBBR wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:13 pm Kevin Love #1 obviously. Who else would you choose??
Isn't it obvious?....Ricky fucking Rubio.
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digitalwolf wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:23 pm
YBBR wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:13 pm Kevin Love #1 obviously. Who else would you choose??
Isn't it obvious?....Ricky fucking Rubio.
Jordan Bell is pretty good too.
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Moses Scurry wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:41 pm I will say one thing, I am excited to see Durant basically on his own. Lets see him carry a lot more load as I don't think personally he could have led the Raptors to a title last year, or have won a title with the Kevin "Curry Stopper" Love led Cavs, or kept Houston as a top seed like Harden. My hate probably makes me biased but now we get to see it, hopefully at 100%.
No, you are right. Durant couldn't get OKC over when he was much younger. Durant is a loser and coming back from major injury and not young anymore. Plus he's playing with another loser in Kyrie. They already ran the HC out of town :lol:

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YBBR wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:13 pm Kevin Love #1 obviously. Who else would you choose??
Darko.


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UnFadeable21 wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:04 pm Kawhi
Lebron
Giannis
KD
Harden
Curry
AD
Pg13
Embiid
Jokic

Luka
Dame
Towns
Russ
Gobert
Klay
Kyrie
CP3
Simmons
Porzingas

Siakim
Beal
Butler
Kemba/Tatum
Dlo

Agree or disagree? Let’s see your list
You can probably move Towns down. He's a low energy, low endurance player who struggles to play defense.
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Every single year is failure until we win one. 4 teams, 32 years. That's roughly 128 consecutive failed seasons.
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We can move Gobert down the list. He'll never get another pass thrown to him while he is in a Utah uniform.
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qrocks wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:22 am We can move Gobert down the list. He'll never get another pass thrown to him while he is in a Utah uniform.
And no one will ever accept a pass from him either.
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