<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NBA policy change kept Draymond Green off All-NBA first team, Paul Millsap off third team <a href="https://t.co/dqXCsdnpqe">https://t.co/dqXCsdnpqe</a></p>— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/735961999884980226">May 26, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
A lot of NBA coaches equate Deandre Jordan to the Ray Lewis of the NBA. He is the top rim protector in the league the last two years and really changes how offenses approach the Clippers. Additionally, he has shot over 70% from the field the last two years which is what Wilt did vs a bunch of slow short white guys. To do that against the modern NBA is actually pretty impressive. Of course the sad 40% FT percentage reverses all of this.
Wilt did more than catch lob passes from Chris Paul. I'd love to see what Jordan's FG% would be if he actually had to create his own shots.
Jordan is for the most part a defensive specialist but he is very athletic for his size and gets a lot of points on the break outs. His athleticism allows him to get so open for the break out dunks. But that said, there's something to be said about his ability to play within his swim lane. I mean, if he decided that he wanted the ball in the low post like Dwight Howard does, he would be a liability on offense like Dwight Howard is.
I say all of them. In fact, with the exception of Deandre Jordan, I'd say all are top 5. 1. Lebron 2. Curry 3. K. Leonard 4. Westbrook 5. Durant 6. CP3 7. Draymond Green 8. Anthony Davis 9. Blake Griffin 10. Klay Thompson 11. Damien Lillard 12. DeMarcus Cousins 13. Deandre Jordan 14. Paul George 15. James Harden
LMAO, AD was behind Harden in MVP and All-NBA votes and suddenly he's better? at least be consistent in your bias. Two of the most 'official' ranking I can think of : MVP ranking http://www.basketball-reference.com/..._2016.html#mvp 1. Stephen Curry 2. Kawhi Leonard 3. LeBron James 4. Russell Westbrook 5. Kevin Durant 6. Chris Paul 7. Draymond Green 8. Damian Lillard 9. James Harden 10. Kyle Lowry ESPN player ranking http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15...power-rankings 1. Stephen Curry 2. LeBron James 3. Russell Westbrook 4. Kawhi Leonard 5. Kevin Durant 6. Chris Paul 7. Draymond Green 8. LaMarcus Aldridge 9. Damian Lillard 10. James Harden Of course, if you go by objective metrics that are much less influenced by the media narrative, such as PER or Win Shares, Harden ranks even higher, somewhere around Top 6~8.
Some of us were way ahead of the curve on DeAndre Jordan: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=246057 Congratulations to DJ for making the All-NBA 1st Team and the All-NBA 1st Team for defense as well.
He had a solid season, but the first month of the year he was exceptional, maybe the 3rd or 4th best player start of the year. Too bad he couldn't keep that form up. Would like to see him take that next leap.
first defensive team, yes ofc. first team nba? he's so limited on the other side of the ball. but again, we are living in an era where there are no or very few true conventional centers.
Question: Don't the voters have to vote for 2 forwards, 2 guards and 1 center? If so, then why is there one vote missing for 1st Team guards?
the derrick rose rule is so stupid. basing bonuses on arbitrary votes seems really dumb to me. damian lillard gets more money because people like how he shoots a lot? NO saves on its cap because they shut davis down early enough that he missed enough games that people would give him less votes, which might be a conflict of interest? seems like a poorly designed incentive when it's just up to outside interpretation.
