With the all star game coming and the talk of some deserving players possibly not making the teams, I was curious, who everyone thought the top 5 players by position, would be. Do not take into account contracts, age or past accomplishments, but rather only their performance, games played and impact this season. PG (An extremely stacked position, with arguments for any of the top 5 to be number 1) 1a. Chris Paul 1b. Derrick Rose 3. R. Westbrook 4. D. Williams 5. Rondo SG (Wade or Kobe IMO are interchangeable as #1. Monte Ellis edges out Eric Gordon(6) and Kevin Martin(7) on my list.) 1a Wade 1b kobe 3. Ginobli 4. J.Johnson 5. M.Ellis SF (Pretty straight forward (no pun intended) though i probably prefer Carmelo to Durant in the playoffs. 1. Lebron James 2. K.Durant 3. Carmelo Anthony 4. Paul Pierce 5. Danny Granger PF Like PG, this position is absolutely stacked, with arguments for up to 9 players to be considered in the top 5. Barely missing my list was Lamarcus Aldridge (6) with his improved post game and inside presence and Kevin Love (7) who has been a rebounding machine and statistical monster. Other notables include, Chris Bosh, Zach Randolph, David West, Lamar Odom and Scola. 1a Paul Gasol 1b Amare Stoudamire 3. DirkNowitzki 4. Blake Griffin 5. Kevin Garnett Center (the 5th spot is a matter of preference between Chandler, Okafor, Bogut, Lopez and Al Jefferson... basically a battle between bad offense with good defense or bad defense with good offense and bogut, who is mediocre at both. I picked Chandler narrowly over Jefferson and Okafor, due to his defensive and rebounding impact.) 1. Dwight Howard 2. Tim Duncan 3. Al Horford 4. Nene 5. Tyson Chandler
how can you not have bogut in top 5 centers but nene and chandler? before his injury last year he was 2nd in blocked shots, was carrying a bucks team to the playoffs, averaging 20 and 10. the guy can ball.
I agree with everything except the Dirk ranking. Pau and Amare are really good but I don't think they are MVP caliber players like Dirk.
Bogut is actually one of the top centers in my book only behind Dwight. He plays great defense while his numbers were slightly below dwight last season before his injury. Tim Duncan on the other hand, is still a PF in my book, looking at his career as a whole.
PG 1. Russell Westbrook 2. Deron Williams 3. Chris Paul 4. Steve Nash 5. Derrick Rose SG 1. Dwyane Wade 2. Kobe Bryant 3. Monta Ellis 4. Joe Johnson 5. Eric Gordon SF 1. Lebron James 2. Kevin Durant 3. Carmelo Anthony 4. Danny Granger 5. Paul Pierce PF 1. Kevin Love 2. Blake Griffin 3. Dirk Nowitzki 4. Zach Randolph 5. Carlos Boozer C 1. Amare Stoudemire 2. Pau Gasol 3. Dwight Howard 4. Al Horford 5. Andrea Bargnani
PG 1. Tracy Mcgrady 2 Derrick Rose 3. Paul 4. D. Will 5. Rondo SG. 1. Tracy Mcgrady 2. Kobe Bryant 3. Wade 4. J.Johnson 5. Ellis SF. 1. Tracy Mcgrady 2. Lebron 3. Durant 4. Melo 5. Pierce PF. (Point Forward) 1. Tracy Mcgrady 2. Lebron 3. Pierce 4. Melo 5. Brian Cook PF. (Power Forward) 1. Amare 2. Pau 3. Dirk 4. KG 5. Blake C. 1. Hakeem 2. Dwight 3. Bynum 4. Shaq 5. Nene
PG 1. Deron 2. CP3 3. Rondo 4. Rose 5. Nash SG 1. D-wade 2. Kobe 3. Manu 4. Joe-Joe 5. Monta SF 1. LeBron 2. Durant 3. Carmelo 4. Pierce 5. Granger PF 1. Dirk 2. Gasol 3. Amare 4. Garnett 5. Griffin C 1. Howard 2. Horford 3. Lopez 4. Bogut 5. Healthy Kaman
Deron Rose CP3 Rondo Westbrook Kobe Wade Monta Manu Martin LBJ Durant Melo Pierce Granger Gasol Dirk Amare Blake Garnett Not going to do the center, D12 is heads above everyone else.
Pretty good list. The reason the Rockets are below .500 and struggling is because we don't have a top 5 player at any position.