So being that it's the OFFseason, I've been doing some idle basketball speculation. Most recently, I've been trying to come up with a list of the Top 20 most valuable players (as in current + potential future value) in the NBA. I've found that it's pretty much ridiculously difficult. I mean, to me, it seems that there are 11 players that would be on almost everyone's list even if they're not necessarily the top 11. They are (in no particular order):
- Kobe
- Lebron
- Chris Paul
- Dwight Howard
- Kevin Garnett
- Tim Duncan
- Kevin Durant
- Brandon Roy
- Chris Bosh
- Dwyane Wade
- Derrick Rose
After these eleven though, I get pretty lost. I mean, there's a number of candidates but that's why it's so hard to choose. They're not really that distinct. So I guess my question is if you had to choose the 10 most valuable players excluding the above eleven players, which players would you pick? Warning: it's much harder than picking the top 11.
My list looks like (once again in no particular order):
- Danny Granger
- Tony Parker
- Blake Griffin
- Manu Ginobili
- Amare
- Pau Gasol
- Andre Iguodala
- Rajon Rondo
- Al Horford
- Gerald Wallace
I know you can certainly disagree with some of those picks or the exclusion of others, and I'm not even sure that I agree with myself. But it's hard, you know?
Anyone else want to try? It's a great way to kill time and make you look up stats for no reason.