Personally I think Melo should be like upper teens-20 range. He's just too much of a black hole and doesn't make anyone better. George I think is too low, he was definitely top 15 before he broke his leg. And Noah was so overrated a year ago I think it just carried over. Not only was he like 12 or 13 on NBARank but also made first team all NBA and was named DPOY!
Probably they havent' watched any matches last year to see how bad Noah was. He was awful. I would legit take Capella over him 10 out of 10 times. Both George and Carmelo are too low. Lillard and Klay Thompson should be bellow either of them. And Al Horford I really like but he's worse than them too.
21-25: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13927614/nbarank-21-25 25. DeAndre Jordan 24. Al Horford 23. Tim Duncan 22. Chris Bosh 21. Kevin Love Love dropped a lot, and seemed like everyone was taking Jordan over Howard last year so kinda surprised to see Jordan ranked below Howard (not that I disagree). Current Rockets: 277. Sam Dekker 265. Clint Capela 264. Jason Terry 235. Marcus Thornton 232. K.J. McDaniels 165. Corey Brewer 135. Patrick Beverley 112. Terrence Jones 104. Donatas Motiejunas 94. Trevor Ariza 67. Ty Lawson
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Money23Green">@Money23Green</a> offseason: * sign 5-yr, $82m contract * donate $3.1m to <a href="https://twitter.com/michiganstateu">@michiganstateu</a> * finish 19th in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBArank?src=hash">#NBArank</a> <a href="https://t.co/xWRloUc337">pic.twitter.com/xWRloUc337</a></p>— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/657240028582649856">October 22, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
He's a guy that puts a good team to contender status, much more valuable than Bosh and Horford. Put Green on last year's Rockets, Cavs, Spurs, Clippers and they'd all much more likely have been champions. His defense and versatility is unmatched in this league, except for LeBron.
Lol Green...What a joke this listing is. Hopefully Dmo is 100% by the time the playoffs start so he can destroy Green all around the court.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13934291/nbarank-16-20 20. Mike Conley 19. Draymond Green 18. Kyrie Irving 17. Jimmy Butler 16. Klay Thompson Howard survives again lol. Didn't think he'd still be top 15 after last season, everyone seemed so down on him. Obviously if he stays healthy he's top 15 for sure, but it doesn't seem likely he will at this point. Current Rockets: 277. Sam Dekker 265. Clint Capela 264. Jason Terry 235. Marcus Thornton 232. K.J. McDaniels 165. Corey Brewer 135. Patrick Beverley 112. Terrence Jones 104. Donatas Motiejunas 94. Trevor Ariza 67. Ty Lawson Dude, Green is annoying as **** but I highly doubt DMo would "destroy" him "all around" the court.
He would treat him as he treated Faried last season. All around domination on the offensive end. D12 may get into the top 10. What players are left outside of Dwight and Harden?
Draymond is infinitely better on defense than Faried is. Honestly, I have full confidence that the Rockets would've won the WCF series if Draymond wasn't on that team.
I don't think you watched the game where Dmo played the Warriors last year. Draymond completely neutralized Dmo
DMo did okay against the Warriors last year, averaging 13pts/6rbs. I certainly wouldn't call that "domination", but alright.
I know this list is based on statistical production through an entire NBA season. But, there's no way I would take Draymond Green, Joahkim Noah, DeAndre Jordan, Mike Conley over Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, or Kyle Lowry. Melo maybe a bit of ball hog, but he is no lower than top 10-15. Nor is a healthy George. Most Houston players (ex-players) never get the respect they deserve...because of most sportwriters and analyst don't watch their games. Not suprised Lowry is ranked low.
This isn't about most talent/who can fill the boscore most. Guys like Draymond, Conley, Noah/Jordan are incredibly valuable to their team and add much more to a good team than high-volume guys like Melo, George or Lowry.
Draymond Green was clearly the 2nd most important player on the Warrior's team that series (and throughout most of the playoffs). We had no problem dealing with Klay Thompson. Ultimately, he's a bit 1-dimensional.
Noah is after Melo and George but I see your point. The Knicks were just so bad even when Melo was healthy last year people don't see him as contributing positively anymore.
