Top 5 Players of the Season

[SAGirl]

Spurs

STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
L. AldridgePF	38	9-23	0-1	5-6	4	9	13	2	0	0	3	0	+5	23
K. LeonardSF	16	6-12	1-4	0-0	1	5	6	1	1	1	0	0	+8	13
P. GasolC	22	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	8	9	2	0	0	1	2	-1	0
T. ParkerPG	24	3-9	0-2	0-1	0	5	5	3	1	0	1	1	+1	6
D. GreenSG	24	1-6	1-4	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	2	2	2	+1	3
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
D. BertansSF	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0
R. GaySF	27	8-11	2-2	3-4	2	3	5	1	1	2	0	1	-16	21
J. LauvergneC	6	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3	4
P. MillsPG	24	3-8	2-5	0-0	1	2	3	3	1	0	2	0	-7	8
D. MurrayPG	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	+3	0
M. GinobiliSG	27	1-5	0-4	3-4	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	-6	5
B. PaulSG	3	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0
B. ForbesSG	21	2-8	1-5	1-2	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	-11	6
TEAM		35-87	7-28	12-19	10	39	49	20	4	5	10	11		89
		40.2%	25.0%	63.2%

Mavericks

STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
D. NowitzkiPF	27	1-8	0-1	4-4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	+0	6
M. KleberPF	30	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	+1	5
H. BarnesSF	35	8-17	1-3	0-0	0	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	+1	17
Y. FerrellPG	35	7-14	2-3	0-0	0	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	+9	16
W. MatthewsSG	35	7-15	2-5	0-0	0	5	5	4	0	0	1	4	-3	16
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
D. PowellPF	17	5-7	0-0	2-4	4	8	12	0	1	0	1	5	+8	12
S. MejriC	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	+1	2
D. HarrisPG	19	1-9	1-3	2-2	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	3	+6	5
J.J. BareaPG	25	6-11	2-5	2-2	0	6	6	6	0	0	1	2	+8	16
A. ClevelandSG	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	-1	0

[SAGirl]

Team misses Kyle, he had been playing at a very good level, and had helped closed out several games. His impact defensively, his steals, etc. his bbiq. Team misses him.

[tholdren]

Team misses Kyle, he had been playing at a very good level, and had helped closed out several games. His impact defensively, his steals, etc. his bbiq. Team misses him.

Not really. Team misses ball movement through gasol.

[Spurtacular]

Team misses Kyle, he had been playing at a very good level, and had helped closed out several games. His impact defensively, his steals, etc. his bbiq. Team misses him.

He'll have to show he can do it at 15-25 mpg. He ain't gonna get 27-35 mpg with Kawhi back.

[dabom]

Kawhi
LMA
Gay
Mills
Green

[tholdren]

Kawhi
LMA
Gay
Mills
Green

0-1 usg33%

Ball movement make spurs great again... no more kawhiso...

[dabom]

0-1 usg33%

Ball movement make spurs great again... no more kawhiso...

[tholdren]

Great emoji, i changed my mind

[BillMc]

Reviewing this ranking as we are now more than half way through the season. It's admittedly tough as no one has been consistently good except LMA. Pau veers from great to horrible. Kyle has been good but missed some time. Same with Rudy. Kawhi isnt yet Kawhi and has missed so much time. It's really LMA and to with everyone else. But, I've a ranking to do so....

1. LMA
(gap about 2 AU's in diameter.)
2. Pau (though he retains his #2 slot only because nobody else has stepped up at all)
3. Kyle
4. Kawhi (probably too high given his lack of actual playing time, but whatever. If he played more he'd be 1 or 2, so this is my crappy middle of the fence ranking).
5. Manu (though you could put Forbes here, I guess. Jesus no one is playing well)

[BillMc]

As we are at the All Star break time for the Top 5 of the season list...

1. LMA (No contest, really, or better said, sadly).

2. Kyle (Gap is huge down from LMA, and Kyle has been consistent on defense and sometimes good on o. Gets the nod since no one else deserves it)

3. Pau (Has many games where he is the best or second best player on the team, and others where he looks old and/or disengaged)

4. Danny (Underappreciated on this site. Still, doesn't mean he's been stellar this year. Just better than most the rest.)

5. Manu (Stats aren't good, but when he's on, we usually win. Rudy and Kawhi have missed too much time for this slot. DJ, Forbes, Tony, Davis, Patty too inconsistent. Paul and the deep-scrub bench nonfactors).

Really very few have exceeded expectations except LMA, Kyle and Rudy (when healthy). I suppose Tony exceeded them by coming back from a career-threatening injury so well, but can't quite put him ahead of Manu.

[weeks]

As we are at the All Star break time for the Top 5 of the season list...

1. LMA (No contest, really, or better said, sadly).

2. Kyle (Gap is huge down from LMA, and Kyle has been consistent on defense and sometimes good on o. Gets the nod since no one else deserves it)

3. Pau (Has many games where he is the best or second best player on the team, and others where he looks old and/or disengaged)

4. Danny (Underappreciated on this site. Still, doesn't mean he's been stellar this year. Just better than most the rest.)

5. Manu (Stats aren't good, but when he's on, we usually win. Rudy and Kawhi have missed too much time for this slot. DJ, Forbes, Tony, Davis, Patty too inconsistent. Paul and the deep-scrub bench nonfactors).

Really very few have exceeded expectations except LMA, Kyle and Rudy (when healthy). I suppose Tony exceeded them by coming back from a career-threatening injury so well, but can't quite put him ahead of Manu.

I agree with this list, although I definitely think Murray is worth consideration.
Danny has been trending up lately IMO, which is a great sign...but now I'm worried about the agency change

[BillMc]

I agree with this list, although I definitely think Murray is worth consideration.
Danny has been trending up lately IMO, which is a great sign...but now I'm worried about the agency change

Me too. May be looking for a bigger pay day. Perhaps, elsewhere.

Murray has his moments. Would love to see him blossom. It wouldn't take much to go as high as #2 on the list. Everyone outside of LMA is sort of meh...