Vingianx
11-18-2005, 07:56 AM
From Article on msnbc.com
No. 1 is easy. Any way you rank the NBA's top 50 players, Tim Duncan comes out on top.
Winning. He's the best player on the best team. Because "winning championships is the reason we're doing this," as one executive put it, you now know what our top consideration was when choosing players for the list.
Individual honors. Finals MVP. All-NBA first team (in each of his eight seasons), All-Defensive first team.
Stats. Duncan ranked No. 1 in the ratings deemed most important by the statistically inclined website 82games.com. If his plus-16.6 rating (based on the Spurs' point discrepancy when he's on vs. off the court) doesn't impress you, his 2004-05 numbers should: 20.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, 49.6 percent shooting, 2.6 blocks.
Polls. In the league's general managers' preseason survey, Duncan was an overwhelming pick to win his third MVP award and lead the Spurs to their second consecutive title. Of the six G.M.s and scouts who helped pick our top 50, five chose Duncan as their No. 1.
So there. A slam dunk for Duncan. But ranking Nos. 2-50 wasn't so easy. Prepare to disagree
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10075557/
No. 1 is easy. Any way you rank the NBA's top 50 players, Tim Duncan comes out on top.
Winning. He's the best player on the best team. Because "winning championships is the reason we're doing this," as one executive put it, you now know what our top consideration was when choosing players for the list.
Individual honors. Finals MVP. All-NBA first team (in each of his eight seasons), All-Defensive first team.
Stats. Duncan ranked No. 1 in the ratings deemed most important by the statistically inclined website 82games.com. If his plus-16.6 rating (based on the Spurs' point discrepancy when he's on vs. off the court) doesn't impress you, his 2004-05 numbers should: 20.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, 49.6 percent shooting, 2.6 blocks.
Polls. In the league's general managers' preseason survey, Duncan was an overwhelming pick to win his third MVP award and lead the Spurs to their second consecutive title. Of the six G.M.s and scouts who helped pick our top 50, five chose Duncan as their No. 1.
So there. A slam dunk for Duncan. But ranking Nos. 2-50 wasn't so easy. Prepare to disagree
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10075557/