Well, CBS is not the first one to rate Yao as a top 10 player. http://www.alleyoop.com/prates/prates04.htm http://www.hoopsanalyst.com/goodman22.htm
Looks like you understand me more than I myself do. T-mac chose Yao based on potential. He sees Yao as the most dominant post player in the league down the road. I totally agree and I see Yao at least crack the top 5 and hopefully the top 3 in two years. But as of now, I don't think he's in top ten yet. That's my point.
Didn't Divac say that Yao would be the MDP in two years? Not that I agree with that. Certainly some experts think very high of Yao.
I don't understand why AI is still so high. His body is breaking down, he's not as quick as he used to be, and he still can't shoot conistently. And becoming a PG is supposed to make him better? I thought they tried that experiment and concluded that he was better as a SG.
In most of those ranks, they scale players stats into the same playing time, say 38 minutes. Yao has a big advantage based on that since his weakness (less play time due to lack of stamina) becomes his strength, namely, all of his stats are scaled up (include TO ).
billups is a good role player on a championship team but way too many people have ranked in some kind of all-star/super-star level when he is most certainly not. he's nowher near the calibur of player as francis or marbury.
how can it be that KG dropped a place, he was the MVP, you do not drop a place if you are MVP there are more players on strange places.Lebron is way to low, Boozer so high??
I was just thinking, there is no one in the league I would take for LeBron if I were Cleveland. This includes long term, right now type of thinking. I would pause if KG were offered. That's about it. Maybe Carmelo if you added something to sweeten the deal. I can't believe anyone thinks of a sophmore 19 year old as a number 42. Unreal. Basically, I'm trying to say that I disagree with a lot of this poll. Surprise surprise...someone disagrees.
Hmm.m.m.m.....one problem with taking LeBron over anybody. There is no guarantee that he will sign with Cleveland - maybe a 60% chance - unless you are sure that the most hyped players in the league wants to stay in Ohio? He hasn't proved to me that he is as good as the hype yet. Physically, he's mature, so I don't see any improvement on that front. He shot the ball better than I expected, but if he is really all that, how does he not carry a team with a good point guard, a pretty good center, and a really good power forward to the playoffs in the Leastern conference? Here's some food for thought: Mystery player's first two years: 99-00 77 77 36.1 .445 .345 .786 2.00 3.30 5.30 6.6 1.53(ST) .38(BL) 3.97 3.00 18.0 00-01 80 79 39.9 .451 .396 .817 2.40 4.50 6.90 6.5 1.76(ST) .39(BL) 3.31 3.40 19.9 LeBron 03-04 79 79 39.5 .417 .290 .754 1.30 4.20 5.50 5.9 1.65(ST) .73(BL) 3.46 1.90 20.9 The first two stat lines belong to SF, as I'm sure some/most of you guessed. All I'm saying is that there is no guarantee that a player will improve in the league, especially if he does really well the first season and gets the ball and minutes that he wants. It's also interesting that some stats experts say that Dwayne Wade had a more beneficial effect on his team than LeBron or Carmello. That being said, I'd agree that it's a short list of players you would trade him for: TD, KG, Yao, TMac, Kobe.
Well I agree with you. Steve Francis was already 22 when he came into the league. Lebron being only 19 almost has to improve. And its not just the stats, its the way he plays the game. He was the best player on the Olympic team outside of Tim Duncan. A guy who just has natural instincts for the game. He almost always knows who to get the ball to. He's more physical than Kobe and T-Mac and he also seems to be more coachable. As far as the rest of the list, the most ridiculous ranking on there is Elton Brand moving up 7 spots despite not having any impact on winning. Winning should at least count for something.
Did you even watch Olympic games? Lebron James played terribly in most of the games. He seemed lost in those international games. AI was the best player on the US team.
Yes I watched the games. Lebron almost singlehandedly carried them against Australia. He started out slowly but by the end of the tournament he was their best guard.
He was mostly sticked to the bench in the medal round. Duncan, Odom, A.I., Marion were the better players.
So next season would you take Marion, A.I. and Odom in front of Lebron? Adn if he didn't play in the Medal round that much he should have, seeing how the team finished.
I think we are referring to the Olympics How many loses US had in the preliminary round against weaker opponents? In the medal round US lost to the championship only and won both Lieutvia and Spain. Lietuvia also beated US sound and square in the preliminary round. I thought it was easy to see US played much better in the medal round.
