« Reply #57 on: September 13, 2017, 01:09:29 PM »
This would place Marcus as an elite third man on a roster, if teams were distributed evenly. It seems quite high to me.
What's particularly weird to me is, if we assume that the rankings take an average of various panelists, that means that some probably ranked Marcus significantly higher than 65th. I'd love to hear how people came to that conclusion.
There are enough teams where he would be the 3rd guy, and some even maybe 2 on the really bad teams like the Nets, Kings etc.
These rankings do seem a little wacky though.
I'm not sure he's even #3 on the Kings
DeArron Fox, Skal Labisierre, Willy Cauley Stein, Buddy Hield
If Smart was traded for any of them straight up I don't think I'd be too worried or nervous, money issues aside.
The list is based off how good these guys are right now though, not in the future. If the league ended after this year and we traded Smart for any of them, I’d be pretty p---ed.
that isn't exactly right.
We asked, "Which player will be better in 2017-18?" To decide, voters had to consider both the quality and the quantity of each player's contributions to his team's ability to win games.
So I’m exactly right...
They’re only rating guys on how they will do this upcoming year. Would you be happy if we traded 1 year of Smart for 1 year of Fox, WCS, Buddy Hield, Lab, or Justin Jackson?? I know I wouldn’t.
it is more how they will perform not how good they are if you look at how they define better. "quality and the quantity of each player's contributions to his team's ability to win games".
Smart should be pretty highly ranked based on that criteria as he is pretty valuable to wins and losses and will have plenty of minutes and opportunity. It doesn't mean Smart is better than some of the players he is ahead of though.
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