Surprised by how low Kemba is on the list given what a clutch player he is. There are a whole bunch of players on that list ahead of Kemba that shouldn't be. It's probably due to his lack of appearances in the playoffs, but I would take Walker somewhere closer to top 10-12 than I would top 23-25.
Thought something similar, but just got done listening to the podcast, and there's a discrepancy between the poll/thread title and the actual list topic.
Bill Simmons made a list of his ''top 25 players right now for the next 4 months if I'm trying to win a title''. He was discussing the list with Zach Lowe.
Lowe tried to re-word/clarify the question, "you mean 4Q, Game 7, who do I want?" and Simmons said something like, "no for a whole series, 4 straight rounds, all of it, I'm trying to win a title." And Simmons was very skeptical/concerned about Walker's knee. That's why he's so low. He just doesn't know if you can count on him for the next 4 months.