These are the Top 10 NBA players today according to my expert panel. This does not include a player's overall career. Injuries (unless career-hampering) were ignored.
Included next to the accumulated Top 10 list is the position that each person selected that player. A players highest and lowest selections were eliminated when calculating the average. NR- means that person did not rate the player in the Top 10. da- David, j- Jon, i- Ian, s- Sherkhan, m-Mike, de- Dewain.
Top 10
1) Kobe Bryant : da- 1; j- 1; i- 3; s- 2; m- 3; de- 1.
2) LeBron James : da- 3; j- 4; i- 2; s- 1; m- 1; de- 2.
3) Steve Nash : da- 4; j- 2; i- 1; s- 5; m- 4; de- 5.
4) Dirk Nowitzki : da- 5; j- NR; i- 4; s- 3; m- 2; de- 6.
5) Tim Duncan : da- 2; j- 9; i- 5; s- 4; m- 9; de- 4.
6) Dwyane Wade : da- 6; j- 5; i- 6; s- 9; m- 10; de- 7.
7) Kevin Garnett : da- NR; j- NR; i- 9; s- 7; m- 6; de- 3.
8) Elton Brand : da- 9; j- 6; i- 8; s- NR; m- 8; de- NR.
9) Allen Iverson : da- NR; j- 3; i- NR; s- 6; m- NR; de - 9.
10) Jason Kidd : da- 8; j- 10; i- 7; s- NR; m- NR; de- NR.
Honorable mentions in order: Shawn Marion, Shaquille O'Neal, Gilbert Arenas, Chauncey Billups, Andrei Kirilenko, Paul Pierce, Tony Parker, Dwight Howard.
I'm sure any of us would be willing to answer any critique of our lists.
2 comments:
Why did u eliminate the highest and lowest when calculating the ranking?
--Dirk
Well Sherkhan, I did so in order to give a truer sense of what the bulk of the panel picked. For example, Jon picked Iverson 3rd, which is considerably higher than the rest of us and would have skewed the results. The same is true for Gilbert Arenas, who was chosen to be the 5th best player by Mike, 5 slots higher than anyone else thought appropriate.
Eliminating the lowest pick takes away anyone who may hold a grudge against a particular player or stupidity. Jon didn't put Dirk on his list for whatever reason. The rest of us have Dirk quite high, so using Jon's pick to calculate the average would also skew the results. It's pretty standard stuff.
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