So, how well did the Mavs do against the league's best???
Zach Lowe, who writes for the blog “The Point Forward” over at SI.com, recently posted his Top 100 players in the NBA. These lists are completely subjective, but I found two things really interesting about the list.
First, there is only one Dallas Maverick in the Top 30 (Dirk is #4). This fact isn’t very surprising. No one would say that the strength of the Mavericks is its collection of superstars. Dirk is far and away the best player in the team’s history and the current roster doesn’t have any other current elite players. What is a little surprising, though, is just how far down the list the rest of the players are. We are talking about the defending world champions, right? Here’s where other Mavs rank on the list: #35 Chander; #55 Terry; #58 Kidd; #62 Marion; and #63 Butler. That’s pretty far down there.
Second, it’s interesting that of the top 12 players on the list, the Dallas Mavericks defeated 7 of those players’ teams on its way to the title. When you take Dirk out of that list, the Mavs beat 63% of the top 12 players’ teams this past post-season. You can’s say that the Mavericks had an easy path to the title. They took down some of the best players and teams and are very deserving of the title “World Champions.”
Those are just a couple thoughts I have during this NBA Lockout desert we are in. What are your impressions of the list?
My opinion of the top 100. Obviously not going to be 100% correct but what do you think?
1. Lebron James
2. Dwight Howard
3. Dwayne Wade
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Dirk Nowitzki
6. Derrick Rose
7. Chris Paul
8. Kevin Durant
9. Carmelo Anthony
10. Deron Williams
11. Pau Gasol
12. Amar’e Stoudemire
13. Blake Griffin
14. Zach Randolph
15. Russell Westbrook
16. LaMarcus Aldridge
17. Steve Nash
18. Tim Duncan
19. Rajon Rondo
20. Joe Johnson
21. Paul Pierce
22. Kevin Garnett
23. Manu Ginobli
24. Chris Bosh
25. Kevin Love
26. Gerald Wallace
27. Rudy Gay
28. Nene
29. Al Horford
30. Tony Parker
31. Josh Smith
32. Andre Iguodala
33. Marc Gasol
34. Carlos Boozer
35. Danny Granger
36. James Harden
37. Chauncey Billups
38. Jason Kidd
39. Ray Allen
40. Andrew Bogut
41. John Wall
42. David West
43. Eric Gordon
44. Tyreke Evans
45. Andrew Bynum
46. Kevin Martin
47. Joakim Noah
48. Brook Lopez
49. Lamar Odom
50. Tyson Chandler
51. Monta Ellis
52. Al Jefferson
53. Luol Deng
54. Paul Millsap
55. Luis Scola
56. Devin Harris
57. Tayshaun Prince
58. Brandon Roy
59. Jamal Crawford
60. Rip Hamilton
61. Jameer Nelson
62. Caron Butler
63. Serge Ibaka
64. Emeka Okafor
65. Andrea Bargnani
66. Jason Terry
67. Elton Brand
68. Jrue Holiday
69. Andre Miller
70. Stephen Jackson
71. Rodney Stuckey
72. Chris Kaman
73. Ron Artest
74. Roy Hibbert
75. Raymond Felton
76. O.J. Mayo
77. Jason Richardson
78. Wilson Chandler
79. Jeff Green
80. Deandre Jordan
81. Thaddeus Young
82. Danilo Gallinari
83. Grant Hill
84. Marcin Gortat
85. George Hill
86. Hedo Turkoglu
87. Ty Lawson
88. Baron Davis
89. Michael Beasley
90. Carl Landry
91. Aaron Brooks
92. Trevor Ariza
93. Darren Collison
94. Kendrick Perkins
95. JaVale McGee
96. Wesley Mathews
97. DeMarcus Cousins
98. Tony Allen
99. Marcus Camby
100. Mike Conley
Don’t tell me you forgot Steph Curry!
I don’t agree RUDY GAY should be higher an o.j mayo should be higher an u should try again u forgot Steph Curry
Rudy Gay should be at least 15 ahead of Rondo and Russell!
it sucks that i think how can you put lebron on top 1 he is nothing have you look at his games ? he only traveles every damn run and he can only run and dunk wtF? 0% clutch..until kobe is something different even MJ said that kobe is the best in the nba right now…just look it that way lebron will be never at the same skill level as kobe yes he can dunk but nothing else.
switch kobe and lebron and you should bring kevin love to the top ten, kevin durant 2 and everyoelse moves up 1 from there
WTF are you smoking? Are you telling me that Antawn Jamison isn’t on this list? And KD should be #2 or 1.
why is monta ellis #51. thats crazy
What the crap, how is Kevin Durant at #8 and behind Chris Paul???
IK KD SHOULD BE 1 OR 2
kd is much better than dwight
Lebron Sucks why is he #1 I would rather bathe myself in crap then have him on my team.
Monta Ellis is way to low and im a proud boston fan and our our big 4 is way to high and lebron is not #1 get that through your tiny brain. How many rings does he have?
Oh that’s right he doesnt have any. How many does Kobe
have oh that’s right 5.
These are the top ten players in terms of Shooting,
Clutch, and overall awesomeness.
1.Kobe Bryant
2.Dwight Howard
3.Kevin Durant
4.Dwayne Wade.
5.Chris Paul
6.Derrick Rose
7.Deron Williams
8.Russell Westbrook
9.Dirk Nowitzki
10.LeBron James
WTF lebron is not a good shooter I can name 10 players bettter shooter then him
1 Paul pierce
2 Ray Allen
3 Joe johnson
4 Danny Granger
5 James Harden
6 Carmelo Anthony
7 Steve Nash
8 Rudy Gay
9 Kevin Garnett
10 Tony Parker
Yep
Lamarcus doesnt do shit
HOw is kobe Number 5 nd dwight 2 nd lebron 1 nd KD * this is wrong kobe 1 lebron 2 KD 3 Dwade 4 Drose 5 DWight
melo 7 Cp3 8 Dirk 9 . Amar’e 10
this list must have been made last year or 2 yrs ago beacause Kevin Durant should be number 2
Where’s Mario Chalmers?
lebron cant be #1, in order to be there you have to be clutch. and why is kevin durant at #8?! were you completely out of your mind when u made this, he should be your #1 or at the very ( and i do mean very) least #2
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