...so far this season.

I should like, change my title to the Top 5 Guy.

Anyway, here is ze list. <For those of you that hates the NBA, stfu>

In no particular order...

Tim Duncan - The super glue that holds the titanic together.

Kevin Garnett - There's a reason he goes #1 on many fantasy basketball lists...he does everything for his team.

Rip Hamilton - He's stepped up this year as the offensive star. Very consistent.

Dirk Nowitski - He's played like an MVP so far, and Dallas' record has been somewhat surprising.

Steve Nash - No Joe Johnson, no Amare Stoudamire, no Q Richardson, and they've had a couple of injuries (Barbosa, for example) and they're still tearing teams up left and right.


Outside looking in..

Pau Gasol - Shaggy is playing great. Too bad he may never seen an all star game with all the power forward talent ahead of him.

Kobe - He's my boy, but even I can't put him up in the Top 5 because of his horrendous shooting percentage. If he shot closer to 50%, he'd definitely be up there (Heck, if he shot 50%, I'm sure the Lakers would be a couple games over .500)

LeBron - He doesn't have to work as hard with the improved talent around him.

D Wade - Has had to put nearly everything on his shoulders with Shaq out. Lucky for him Zo Mourning is a more than competent backup.

AI - Scoring leader always gets an "A" for effort (unless it's practice). Who knows where the Sixers would be without him.

12/7/2005 11:26:25 PM

Julius Hodge HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

12/7/2005 11:29:42 PM

obviously you have failed to mention Richard Jefferson for what reason?

12/7/2005 11:34:32 PM

DYLAN
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12/7/2005 11:40:16 PM

^^

Because I don't think he's one of the top 5-10 players in the league.

I do admit that having J Kidd and Vinsanity as teammates don't help much (Kinda like the whole Matt Leinart/Reggie Bush thing).


^ ITS BECAUSE HE SPITS HOT FIRE

[Edited on December 7, 2005 at 11:41 PM. Reason : .]

12/7/2005 11:40:44 PM

Tracy McGrady???

12/7/2005 11:54:36 PM

marcus camby is playing like a top 10 player

elton brand has 30+ points in his last 5 games

steve nash and shawn marion are also top notch players

12/7/2005 11:59:52 PM

Quote :

"Tracy McGrady???"

[Edited on December 8, 2005 at 8:29 AM. Reason : ]

12/8/2005 8:29:27 AM

AI is avg 33 pts, 7.5 assts, 3 boards, 2 stls and only 2.5 TO's while shooting almost .500

if thats not top 5...

12/8/2005 8:44:34 AM

sorry to steal your thread but, why is Shaq out / for how long?

12/8/2005 9:19:05 AM

He sprained his ankle the first game of the season.

He should be playing again sometime in the next week (he's finally practicing now)

And kudos to Jerry Buss for getting rid of him, knowing that he wouldn't be able to last a whole season (he oughtta be with the kind of money he's getting paid..)

12/8/2005 10:50:54 AM

Rip Hamilton????


Garnett, Duncan, Iverson, Lebron, Kobe


Dirk doesnt play d, nash barely misses cause he cant guard anyone, gasol is having a good year but eh, wade is struggling a little thus far but he is nasty, mcgrady is hurt he doesnt count

12/8/2005 11:10:10 AM

Quote :

"obviously you have failed to mention Richard Jefferson for what reason?"

maybe because he's definitely not the best player on his TEAM, and probably not the 2nd best player

btw i saw NJ @ CHA live and in person last night so i'm going off recent data

12/8/2005 11:16:29 AM

Kobe, Tmac, AI, Duncan, Garnett

Shaq(if healthy), Dirk, Wade, James, Pierce

12/8/2005 11:18:06 AM

This year?

Duncan, KG, AI, Kobe, Lebron.

Marion, Nash, Arenas, Wade, Richardson, Pierce, Gasol, and Brand are all having really good years. I would usually put T-mac in there, but he's hurt. Marcus Camby is having a huge year...top 10-15 for the year.

12/8/2005 11:23:20 AM

Quote :

" Rip Hamilton??? "

I can still remember two different occasions when he dropped 37 and 40 already this season. He's shooting over 50% from the field and leads the league in 3 pt percentage (he hasn't taken that many though).

It's just pretty watching him play.

Okay, now on second thought, I'd take him out of the top 5 and put Gasol in, instead.


I want to give more credit to AI, but his team's record is hurting his stock. And his team is too good to not be over .500 (especially in the eastern conference..)

12/8/2005 2:09:29 PM

ELTON BRAND

12/8/2005 2:22:41 PM

best analogy i ever hear was that kevin garnett was a "lunchbox" player

like a blue collar lunch box type kinda guy, shows up everygame and plays as hard as he can day in and day out

i got mad respek for the guy

12/8/2005 2:35:24 PM

^^ He's #12-13 on my list.

Didn't forget about him though. He's somehow got the Clip Clips to be the better team in Los Angeles over my beloved Lakers.

12/8/2005 3:11:22 PM

you never said top 5 most valuable players

you said top 5 players

AI makes that cut every time

12/8/2005 4:05:36 PM

Artest.

12/8/2005 4:11:26 PM

artest is a great player

but he isnt elite like those that belong in the top 5

12/8/2005 4:12:44 PM

i'd still throw shit at him.

then become rich

12/8/2005 4:14:16 PM

^^^^

Well I did say "so far this season". In my eyes, I'm implying that team success has something to do with the best players.

12/8/2005 5:01:08 PM

if team success has something to do with it then there is no reason that Elton Brand is not in the top 5 ... he's having MVP type numbers and the Clippers are having their best start since the 70's

12/8/2005 9:40:48 PM

Because Brand came from Duke, I'm naturally biased

12/8/2005 10:27:54 PM

Elton Brand.......
















..........the rest.

12/9/2005 12:03:23 AM

Iverson?

12/10/2005 11:32:30 PM

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics?&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnba%2fhollinger%2fstatistics

all you elton brand fans get some help from this 'efficiency ranking'

Hollinger Stats: Player Efficiency Rating
RNK	Player	                  GP	Min	FG%	FT%	TS%	Ast	TO	Usg	ORR	DRR	Reb	PER
1	Elton Brand, LAC	22	39.8	54.1	77.3	59.7	9.6	7.6	23.9	10.8	18.8	15.1	28.79
2	LeBron James, CLE	20	41.3	49.0	78.6	58.9	14.4	9.9	30.1	2.0	16.1	8.8	28.46
3	Allen Iverson, PHI	23	44.1	45.0	79.3	54.3	18.4	7.4	32.6	2.1	7.0	4.6	28.07
4	Tim Duncan, SAS  	21	35.8	51.8	68.4	55.9	13.6	10.1	25.0	9.8	28.7	19.7	27.75
5	Dwyane Wade, MIA	23	39.4	45.7	77.0	53.7	19.6	9.7	31.0	5.4	13.8	9.7	27.61

12/15/2005 1:59:25 PM

Brand is averaging 25pts, 10.6 reb (4 of them offensive), 2.75 blocks, 3 fouls and only 2 turnovers a game ... wow!

not only is he producing big numbers, but he's not turning the ball over 5 times a game like a lot of big names and he's staying out of foul trouble playing smart basketball

12/15/2005 6:37:04 PM

if you read that article, Iverson has been downright amazing this year.


Man, I bet the Bulls are glad they traded Elton Brand for Tyson Chandler

12/15/2005 10:19:54 PM

The Bulls thought they had the next best thing in Chandler and Eddy Curry (The Next Shaq) LOL. Now they don't have either one.

12/16/2005 12:37:45 AM

T-Mac and Iverson should be on that list.

12/16/2005 1:33:19 AM

Quote :

"you never said top 5 most valuable players you said top 5 players AI makes that cut every time "

regardless, if its was most valuable, AI would be #1 every time in my opinion

the Sixers would be about as good as the Hawks or Charlotte w/ out him

12/16/2005 7:21:02 AM

LeBron
Duncan
Artest
Amare Stodomire
Garnett
Iverson
Kobe
Nowitzki
Wade

and the always forgotten because he plays for the Clippers- ELTON BRAND!
(In no particular order)

[Edited on December 16, 2005 at 9:58 AM. Reason : .]

12/16/2005 9:55:21 AM

Smush Parker

12/16/2005 10:00:27 AM

Anthony?

12/16/2005 11:12:56 AM