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It is funny that Aldridge and DeRozan were top 10 players according to the all nba teams last year, but not top 20 in preseason predictions.
https://www.si.com/nba/2018/09/10/to...ce=twitter.com
Before inevitably glossing over most of the reasoning and complaining about bias and underrating certain volume perimeter scorers, keep in mind these are projections for the coming season, so suspected age related improvement/decline is factored in, as well as recent injury history, among other things.
Spurs rankings . . .
Gasol: 98
Murray: 89
DeRozan: 30
Aldridge: 21
DeRozan and Aldridge are right in line with where I had them, as top 30ish and 20ish players . . .
https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/sho...15#post9485015
It is funny that Aldridge and DeRozan were top 10 players according to the all nba teams last year, but not top 20 in preseason predictions.
Given some of the names on that list i'm kinda surprised that Rudy didn't make it.
We stacked!!
No Manu = ty list
Manu is no longer an NBA player...
What a horrible list. Lots of screw ups in there. DeMar should be a little higher 26ish. I knew it was the s as soon as I saw Lonzo Ball at 100.
Irrelevant imo
The big 3 and Popovich effect. Rankings mean nothing anyway.
Cir stances led to that. The Raptors were the 2nd best regular season team in the league, thanks mostly to their league best bench and Lowry, but DeRozan was their leading scorer (often wrongly referred to as their best player) and is a nice guy, so he probably got a lot of votes from archaic types.
Even with injury hurting the candidacy of the likes of Curry, Paul, Irving, Wall, he came back down to earth in the 2nd half (granted, his dad was hospitalized and he was often flying to L.A. on off days) and shouldn't have made the All-NBA team period.
In Aldridge's case, I knew he'd have a bounce back, if not career season, but his counting stats and narrative (after the obvious names, these unfortunately continue to primarily determine the remainder of spots) would have been lesser had Leonard played and there would have been one less forward spot available.
Aldridge is better than Hayward, Love, Griffin (unless he regains previous form) and Porzingis, but they all would have created more compe ion had they been healthier.
If people actually thought Aldridge and DeRozan were top 10 players, the trade wouldn't have received so much criticism and this team would be thought of as a championship contender.
Draymond at 13
Did Patty make the top 400 at least?
One of the most overrated scrubs in NBA history. Gawd, I forgot how much I ing hate the warriors.Draymond at 13
Putting Al Horford over KAT is problematic.
I can see him playing his whole entire career in Golden State. He knows deep down in his heart that if he goes anywhere else he will get exposed which is why he will take pay cuts.Draymond at 13
Yea, I thought Horford top 15 was questionable.
KAT lead his team to the 8th seed. He needs to earn it.
Al is a role player and afraid of a rebound.
I'm outraged! I need a safe space.
You could arrange 14-22 in any order. You could argue LMA is better than KAT & Jokic because of the disparity in defense & that he's a much more dominant scorer than Horford.
You should listen to Brad Steven's talk about Horford's importance and the fact he is untouchable on an already loaded roster. Hes had way more playoff success and regular season success than KAT but I guess stats play a part for sure but when I see KAT I see a guy who doesn't know how to win yet. He is a tweener. He is pretty fit and somewhat athletic and skilled but not big enough or quick enough to be dominant. Maybe if he became better at the pick n roll and a better passer like Hordford he would be a more complete player and could help his team win more games. He has potential though.
I have Gay over Gasol tbh
list. Al Horford and Draymond Green specially.
It depends which Aldridge we get next season.
Out of shape, and fat Aldridge for the first half the season ( like the previous two seasons), or motivated, in shape, pissed off Aldridge ( the one we saw last year).
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