Lots of choices although I see it only really coming down to two guys. But we'll see how it plays out.
Carlos Boozer
Baron Davis
Kevin Garnett
Robert Horry
Juwan Howard
Jason Kidd
Danny Manning
Jalen Rose
Josh Smith
Dick Van Arsdale
Tom Van Arsdale
Other (Please Specify)
00/0 - Robert Parish
1 - Tracy McGrady
2 - Moses Malone
3 - Dwyane Wade
4 - Chris Webber
Hardly a basketball historian, so I haven't heard of the Van Arsdales. I went with Kidd over Garnett for his transcendence and brilliance at his position. KG is one of the best PF's of all time, but I think Kidd brought something a bit more special.
Oh no! Are people really approaching this, and player career assessment overall, this way? Who cares about the accolades voted on by writers? If he had a great season, he had a great season. It doesn't need to be validated by an award.
So, hypothetically, if you believed a player had a better season than another player who won the MVP, would you still consider the MVP player to have had a better season because a group of writers voted him over the guy who you know had a better season? MVP's are nice, but they shouldn't be the difference maker between deciding which player is better.
2007-08 Garnett beats the hell out of Jason Kidd, at any point. Garnett's 08 PER is the highest ever posted by a Celtic not named Larry Bird, and he anchored the best defense in the league.
Im going to vote for KG when 21 comes up, as #5 he's just slightly better than Josh Smith or Billy 'The Whopper' Paultz (not listed) - meanwhile Jason Kidd was at his New Jersey peak wearing #5
Well, Garnett was the best player on a championship team in his first season wearing number 5, so he's way better than Smith and the like either way. However, he blew out his knee the next year and has been a different, but still very effective, player ever since.
Pierce had the best Finals performance (yes he did, Marcus) on that Celtics team, but start-to-finish, KG was clearly the best player on that squad. It's why he won the DPOY and was one of the top candidates for MVP.
Got you. We'll wait until that thread to continue that discussion.
The thing with voting for the players when they wore a certain number is kind of tough. Because then you have to evaluate players in different points of their careers.
Metta World Peace might be the best player to wear 4 different numbers?
Got you. We'll wait until that thread to continue that discussion.
The thing with voting for the players when they wore a certain number is kind of tough. Because then you have to evaluate players in different points of their careers.
Metta World Peace might be the best player to wear 4 different numbers?
this poll should be based on their whole career. otherwise, it's ridiculous because you're cancelling out a chunk of their career just for wearing another number at the time.
is this a question about a number or a player? if it's about a player why are we spending time worrying about a number? if it is about a player then the answer is 23 or perhaps 13 or maybe 33 - you see, young grasshopper it is the introduction of the number into the question that formalizes it and makes it worth considering - think again upon the question and return when you have found more wisdom
KG was #21 in his prime and Paul Pierce was the best player on that championship team. There's a difference between best player and most important player. KG was that team's most important player, but Pierce was its best player.
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