cpawfan

For the different "types" of players I would like to develop a grading scale (1-10 with 1 as low) along the lines of:

Tall, Athletic Shooting Guard
1: Deshawn Stevenson
2: Ron Mercer
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10: Michael Jordan

Uberathletic Power Forward
1: Kenyon
2:
3: Chris Wilcox
4: Stromile Swift
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10: Amare

High Potential Combo Forward
1:
2: Darius Miles
3: Tim Thomas
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10: KG

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KingofNewark

Micheal Jordan= 10

Ron mercer=2


Amare Stoudemire= 10

Kenyon Martin= 1


This scale seems a bit odd IMO.

cpawfan

Since I started this, I wanted to avoid any perception of bias and went ahead and put Kenyon as the lowest grade. Besides, we can all find an article that lists Kenyon as the most overrated player in the NBA, so lets just cut to the chase and admit he sucks.

Feel free to adjust the grades as you see fit. What I listed was just a straw man to get the ball rolling.

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KingofNewark

Screw that, Kenyon is not a 1. We know he was a beast when he was with the Nets. A 6 or 7 at LEAST. Wilcox and Swift are not fit to carry KMart's bags.

NetIncome

and the difference is not athleticism. the difference between KMart and the other two is basketball IQ and--at least in the case of Swift--drive.

KMart is a walking advertisement for advising great athletic forwards to stay in school.

Petey

Are you doing your kid's homework again?

-Petey

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cpawfan

Feel free to update the scales with your opinions. I will not touch Kenyon's placement with a 10 foot pole (insert bad joke about Chad Ford raving about 10 foot Polish basketball player)

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cpawfan

What got me thinking about this was people talking about the great potential of Marvin Williams in one breath and then comparing him to Marion in the other. To me, if Marion is the best that Marvin can become, then there is no way I would take him over Bogut.

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ThatNetGuy

Cpaw can I make a suggestion that you do this with available FAs????
Or are you doing it for the draft? Maybe I am just confused haha

cpawfan

I was envisioning a more general scale on which to judge players, especially when it comes to discussing their potential.

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KingofNewark

What would you expect Bogut to become? Maybe Brad Miller for me, is Brad Miller a better player than Shawn Marion?

cpawfan

I see Bogut surpassing Miller by the end of his second season. I'm not sure who to compare him to, so that is part of the reason for wanting to develop these scales.

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ThatNetGuy

SF
1 Big DOG
2 Viktor Khryap...had to get that name in
3 Narcioni
4 Kyle Kover...one dimensional
5 KVH...this year he is almost average SF stat wise
6 Caron Butler
7Tayshaun Prince...D Carmolo O
8 Peja Stojakovic-Rashard Lewis
9 RJ Homerism at its best.
10 LeBron James