Top Five Players by position in the NBA

[capone0]

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Seriously guys, Baron has one good year without a multitude of injuries, gets past one round in the playoffs, and we are already crowning him better than Jason Kidd? Puh-leeze, give him 2-3 more years of consistent work and then we'll talk. Granted, he has had a sick year and has had some good years in his career but they have been interspersed with injuries/off years. And yes Kidd is not a good shooter but a point guard is mostly about running your team, and right now Kidd is second best to Nash in that particular aspect at most. Right now I rate it:

1. Nash
2. Chauncy Billups
3. Chris Paul
4. J Kidd
5. Tony Parker


This is their overall career + this year, NOT just this year although I weighted it towards that. For this year Baron would be in it but you can't just crown people from year to year, they need to back it up with some consistency.

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I think the problem stems from Baron looking much better than the MVP this season in the playoffs.

His current playoff stats are rediculous compared to his regular season stats. If he were to average 26 ppg, 5 rpg, 2 spg, 6 apg but shooing 54% from the field and 44% from the 3 point land and 78% from the line he might be the 2nd best pg.

Too bad he usually shoots 44% from the field and 30% from 3 point land. If he could stay injury free, he might be the most talented PG. He isn't a defensive liability at the point which is also a huge plus and is actually pretty solid.

[BobboFitos]

Nash
Kidd
Baron
Chauncey
Parker

then it would be somewhat like...
Paul
Deron
andre miller

[BobboFitos]

PF:
1. KG
2. Dirk
3. Boozer
4. Amare
5. Brand

*Obv I feel TD is a center etc.

[PITTM]

why is shaq being left off the center's list?

[capone0]

I have a real problem with putting a 1 year wonder so far in Boozer over the likes of Amare or Brand.

[barryc83]

Like Pudge said, assuming just for 1 season.

PG:
1) Nash
2) Chauncey
3) Kidd
4) Parker
5) Deron

SG:
1) Kobe
2) T-mac (thats right he plays the 2 for HOU)
3) Arenas
4) Wade
5) Joe Johnson

SF:
1) LeBron
2) Melo
3) Marion
4) Josh Howard
5) VC

PF:
1) Duncan
2) KG
3) Dirk
4) Amare
5) Bosh

C:
1) Yao
2) Howard
3) Camby
4) Okafor
5) random stiff off of the street (must be >6 ft tall)

[rakes.a.beach]

Nash
Kidd
Billups
Davis
Parker

I think people are rating davis too highly based on the six games he played against the Mavs.

Kidd's D is often underappreciated. He guards James, Kobe, Wade, or whoever the other team's best offensive player is. It does piss me off when he can't hit an open jumper, but I'd take him over Davis.

An important characteristic of pg is leadership. Nash, Kidd, and Billups are the leaders on their teams. I'm not sure if Davis has control over his team the same way the others do.

[Marwan]

Isn't Arenas listed as a PG? Healthy starting 5: Arenas, Stevenson, Butler, Jamison, Haywood... then when Arenas went down Daniels stepped into the PG role.

[Taraz]

I will never understand why everyone has Billups so high up on the list. Yes, he's a beast. I would love to have him on my team. He's definitely not top 3. We're talking about just this year, right? I feel the same way about Tony Parker. I would much rather have Chris Paul or Deron Williams than Parker.

1. Nash
2. Healthy, Motivated Baron Davis
2a. Kidd
3. Paul
4. Billups
5. Williams

[Hornacek]

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I will never understand why everyone has Billups so high up on the list. Yes, he's a beast. I would love to have him on my team. He's definitely not top 3. We're talking about just this year, right? I feel the same way about Tony Parker. I would much rather have Chris Paul or Deron Williams than Parker.

1. Nash
2. Healthy, Motivated Baron Davis
2a. Kidd
3. Paul
4. Billups
5. Williams

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because some people watch the games instead of look at the box scores