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Who is the best player

Tatum
15 (31.9%)
Horford
11 (23.4%)
Hayward
2 (4.3%)
Irving
19 (40.4%)
Brown
0 (0%)

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Poll: Who is the Best player on the team
« on: October 25, 2018, 09:54:06 PM »

Offline KG Living Legend

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 I think one of the biggest problems of this team is that we don't know who the best player is. The team doesn't know who the best player is. The coach doesn't know who's the best player, everybody's trying to figure it out because there's no true alpha on this team.
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2018, 09:56:17 PM »

Offline jambr380

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Since this just came up in another thread, I will reiterate that I think it is Tatum...now and in the future. He can get whatever shot he wants and is long enough on defense to make a difference.

At the very least, this choice should age well  ;)
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Re: Poll: Who is the Best player on the team
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2018, 10:00:06 PM »

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At the moment, Irving. Hayward could challenge when he regains form.

Long term definitely JT
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2018, 10:54:01 PM »

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I'm still going Irving.

Maybe by the end of the year it's Tatum but right now it's still Irving.
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Re: Poll: Who is the Best player on the team
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2018, 10:54:51 PM »

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I thought about making this thread but never did. By the end of season Tatum will be the guy. Gonna cut Kyrie slack coming off surgery but eventually it has to happen.
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2018, 01:51:14 AM »

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If “Best Player” means “contributes the most to winning basketball games”, then it’s Al Horford.
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2018, 02:23:18 AM »

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Quote from: Hoopvortex on October 26, 2018, 01:51:14 AM
If “Best Player” means “contributes the most to winning basketball games”, then it’s Al Horford.

Bingo.

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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2018, 06:19:38 AM »

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Quote from: Chris22 on October 26, 2018, 02:23:18 AM
Quote from: Hoopvortex on October 26, 2018, 01:51:14 AM
If “Best Player” means “contributes the most to winning basketball games”, then it’s Al Horford.

Bingo.
So far this year, the regular rotation player with largest On/Off discrepancy is Marcus Smart.  He is also 2nd overall of the regular rotation in straight up +- behind only Baynes (who obviously has missed some games).  Tatum is the only starter in the positives for both of those stats.  Thus, in the 5 games so far Horford is definitely not the guy contributing most to winning basketball games (for the record, last year Brown led the team in both categories).
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Re: Poll: Who is the Best player on the team
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2018, 07:18:34 AM »

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1 - Horford
2 - Hayward
3 - Kyrie

Tatum still needs to prove himself. As does Jaylen. I expect both of them to move ahead of Kyrie in the next year or two.

This team is freakishly talented. Top 5 players league wide at each position.
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2018, 07:48:13 AM »

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Right now its Tatum & Morris
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2018, 07:59:27 AM »

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Tatum has been our best player on the court this year, period.
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2018, 08:29:43 AM »

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Irving is more consistent, but Tatum is the overall better player.  The gap will become very noticeable with a little more time. 

It's a good question -- the Celtics will only win a championship when Tatum is unanimously the best player on the team.
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2018, 08:34:27 AM »

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Hayward not top 7 on this team right now..it will take awhile to get his body into NBA shape..plus with that injury, will he ever be the player he once was?
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2018, 08:42:03 AM »

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Quote from: Hoopvortex on October 26, 2018, 01:51:14 AM
If “Best Player” means “contributes the most to winning basketball games”, then it’s Al Horford.

Absolutely correct.  Al would also be the single most difficult player to replace if we lost one of the starting 5 due to injury.  The flip side is that this team's ceiling is limited if someone else doesn't emerge as the most impact player when the playoffs arrive.

Irving and Tatum are obviously the most important when it comes to generating offense in tight games against elite competition.

It's fair to argue that Hayward would be the best player if his game recovers completely by the end of the season.  Similar to Horford, he's the only player who can consistently provide positive contributions in every aspect of the game.   

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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2018, 10:36:12 AM »

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It is Kyrie, but he hasn't been playing like it. He can get to any spot on the floor and should be taking 20 shots a game but he's playing passive for some reason.
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