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Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2011, 03:03:21 PM »

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Well....no one had 7-10 correct though a bunch of us had 3 of those 4 players in the right spots.

Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2011, 03:17:37 PM »

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This is my guess of how ESPN will rank them, not my own opinion.

LeBron
Howard
Wade
Kobe
Paul
Durant
Dirk
Rose
Deron
Blake (he should be more in the 15-20 range imo)

Switch Dirk & Kobe and I might have the other 8 right.  #7 is right around where I'd rank Kobe but I didn't expect ESPN to have the stones to put him out of the top 5.

Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2011, 03:38:50 PM »

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Overrate Chris Paul much??

I guess ESPN values defense more than I thought.
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Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2011, 04:19:37 PM »

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Shocked that Derrick Rose finished so low after winning the MVP last year.

Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #19 on: October 18, 2011, 01:41:23 AM »

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Shocked that Derrick Rose finished so low after winning the MVP last year.

Yeah, it almost made me want to take a look at the rest of their list.  Having Rose at #8 and Kobe at #7 gives the list more credibility.

Still, Blake @ #10 and Amare / Melo at 11 / 12 is pretty ridiculous.
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Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #20 on: October 18, 2011, 02:45:49 AM »

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Keep in mind there is no ESPN mandate here or bias. It's a whole lotta people voting on this. Results are aggregated.

Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #21 on: October 18, 2011, 02:49:22 AM »

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Overrate Chris Paul much??

I guess ESPN values defense more than I thought.

I guess CP3 was a better defender than i thought.

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« Reply #22 on: October 18, 2011, 11:20:29 AM »

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ESPN's Top 5:

5) LeBron
4) Kobe
3) LeBron
2) Brett Favre
1) LeBron

...sadly, I'm only sorta kidding.

Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #23 on: October 18, 2011, 02:32:10 PM »

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Well if I had switched Kobe and Chris Paul I would have had the list correct. 8 for 10 in the right spots...not too shabby.

Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #24 on: October 18, 2011, 08:18:24 PM »

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Overrate Chris Paul much??

I guess ESPN values defense more than I thought.

I guess CP3 was a better defender than i thought.
I wasn't saying he's anything special, but any list that has Dirk and Durant below him has some messed up criteria, especially after last season.  What else could they think justifies that?

I definitely don't think he's THAT much better than Williams and Rose.  A better defender, yes, but nothing that really separates him 5-6 spots.
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David West    Kenyon Martin    Brad Miller
Andre Iguodala    Josh Childress    Marquis Daniels
Dwyane Wade    Leandro Barbosa
Kirk Hinrich    Toney Douglas   + the legendary Kevin McHale

Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #25 on: October 18, 2011, 09:06:28 PM »

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Dwight Howard is great, but his team got ousted in the 1st round this year because he was effectively hampered by Jason Collins.


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« Reply #26 on: October 18, 2011, 10:38:49 PM »

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Re: Guess the order of ESPN's top ten.
« Reply #27 on: October 20, 2011, 06:56:45 PM »

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