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I was bored, so here goes...

Point Guard
1) Nicklaus English
2) Chauncey Billups
3) Earl Boykins
4) Kirk Hinrich
5) Ben Gordon
6) Mike Bibby
7) Jason Williams
8) Shaun Livingston
9) Mason Mercer
10) Devin Harris

Honorable Mentions: Troy Havlicek, Sebastian Telfair, Toby Bolinger, Barton O'Connell, Jamaal Tinsley

Shooting Guard
1) Shawn Marion
2) Garrett Pettit
3) Tracy McGrady
4) LeBron James
5) Larry Hughes
6) Kobe Bryant
7) Patrick Gatling
8) Ray Allen
9) Allen Iverson
10) Trevor Wells

Honorable Mentions: Dean Drew, Michael Redd, Gilbert Arenas, Corey Maggette, Dwayne Wade

Small Forward
1) Andrei Kirilenko
2) Antonio Lenard
3) Vince Carter
4) Carmelo Anthony
5) Lamar Odom
6) Ron Artest
7) Quentin Richardson
8) Rashard Lewis
9) Luol Deng
10) Donta Smith

Honorable Mentions: Josh Childress, Paul Pierce, Predrag Stojakovic, Luke Jackson, Roberto Dickau

Power Forward
1) Tim Duncan
2) Kevin Garnett
3) Dirk Nowitzki
4) Jermaine O'Neal
5) Amare Stoudemire
6) Dwight Howard
7) Elton Brand
8) Stromile Swift
9) Zach Randolph
10) Kenyon Martin

Honorable Mentions: Pau Gasol, Carlos Boozer, Antone Berkowitz, Chris Mihm, Samuel Dalembert

Centers
1) Yao Ming
2) Emeka Okafor
3) Rafael Araujo
4) Jamaal Magloire
5) Tyson Chandler
6) Etan Thomas
7) Mehmet Okur
8) Zydrunas Ilgauskas
9) Shaquille O'Neal
10) Andris Biedrins

Honorable Mentions: Tanner Houbregs, Dan Gadzuric, Emmanuel Griffin, Brendan Haywood, Kwame Brown

I put a good 30-45 minutes into this. It's not like I just randomly put down names. And also, it was pretty tough not putting down Chamberlain or Keogan. Didn't want to seem biased. But there was no way that Vince wasn't going to be on there... :)

I've got a top 3 player at 3 positions :)

I agree with your ratings, very good work, I would have put Chamberlain on there though, he's a A/TO master

I agree on almost all of it, tough i would prefer from my team instead of Telfair as honorable mention to be Bertam Shultz in SG section, he's the best young SG out there, an All-star in his first season previous season...i don't know if any rookies made it so far as i've been only in the league for 3 seasons, but he was first, and big things are coming from that german monster. :D

BH is there also havent noticed, nice work anyways  8)

very good work... i think tanner should be a top 10 C other than that i agree.
i like my 4 guys in the top 10.. :D

That's gotta kill the hawks.

With him he was a 13-16 ppg.  Since then he's an 18-19 ppg on 47% shooting.

Can't blame him.  He was bad as a hawk that last year.

Great rankings, and a wondeful job, CavsGM.

I have no idea how the former Nets backup PG slipped all the way to #2 but i sure like having 4 guys (with Stro) in the top 10 too.
 :lol:

One player i'd like to see geting more attention is Ginobili, an automatic 10/6/4 defensive wiz with nearly 2 steals and less giveaways. Like Battier with the Nets he's a big part of my success, and neither Lenard nor Chauncey would be ranked that high without him.


btw, i'd like to see that post moved to articles later on (and generally the whole Articles section moved further up - to "League Information" - so it gets more attention. It's poor for such an active league that we had a grand total of three articles written all of last season ...

This was a great analysis, Cavs, good job.

Love the fact I have 2 top 5 players, and another top 10 player.
Had 4 top 10 players last year, but I traded up for Nowtitzki :)

Great work

Are the honorable mentions in order?

Kings have #7 pg in Mike Bibby (although i think he's a top 3 IMO), #3 sg Tracy Mcgrady and #3 c in Rafael Araujo.

So, what's wrong with my record?! :P

you :?:

 :?

I would not call him terrible that last year.
His percentages, besides his first year have been pretty consisitent, as have his blocks and rebounds.  He is just taking more shots now.

Me? No, players don't know i drink.

But I believe the Hawks had him as a #1 or #2 option most of that time.

He had Shane Battier disease for some of his time there (i.e. not taking enough shots)

yea Tanner was #2 option most of his time here.   His rookie season, when I had him as #1 option he'd throw up 25+ shots/game.  Now he's much more efficient and he's a very solid center.  It definitely isn't something I like, I just wish I would have been patient and stayed put when I had Stro, Melo and Tanner, that would have eventually worked out if I ever got a guard. Oh well what can you do, but yes I agree Tanner is a top 10 center candidate, he has his defense still there but has improved his offense.

I think you pulled the trigger too early on some players, but I can't blame you for trading Tanner.  The man had gotten worse three straight seasons.  He didn't show anything to indicate this would happen.

Raptors have 1 top 10 player, but since he of course is number 1 overall, I'm not too worried about it.

It won't be long before Max is well up on that top 10 list. Book it.

The honorable mentions aren't in any specific order.

I think Livingston may be a bit underrated, but I won't complain too much.
He lead the league in APG (9.9), was 3rd in SPG (2.4), was 6th in MPG (39), scored 16 PPG (on 48% shooting), and was all-league 3rd team and all-defensive 2nd team. His only knock is that he was 6th in TOPG (3.4).