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Originally posted by <b>Playmaker0017</b>!
That isn't the question asked though.
If that is what you are asking you need to change the name of the vote to "Most Valuable Players on the Blazer's Roster Last Year".
But, what you asked is "Who is the Best Player?" Which implies - who has the most talent.
You should probably clarify, because I too would have voted for either Randolph or Ratliff as the 2nd most valuable player and one of those two for the number one slot.
Instead I chose Reef for both number one and number two, because I think talent wise he is the number one player or possibly the number two.
Just my .02
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Well it is very close between SAR and Ratliff imo, but I just think Ratliff makes a bigger difference to the success of a team then SAR would. I don't think any team SAR has been on would have won that many fewer games if he didn't play. SAR gets nice stats but Ratliff contributes more to the success of a team. When Ratliff joined the blazers we went from having probably the worst defense in the NBA to a very respectable one overnight. It was a huge difference just from one man's work in the middle.
Lets say I was the bobcats as an expansion team and I had the choice between SAR and Ratliff at the same age with identical contracts when I had no other players. In this scenario I'd take Ratliff.
I think the impact a player has on the success of their team is what "best player" means to me. I don't mean necessarly what they did last year but on average the impact you'd expect of that player on any NBA team. It is somewhat subjective so everyone has to define it for themselves, just as some people would define "talent" differently.