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LaxT Star Player
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:16 pm Post subject: Lakers in ESPN player ranking (Kobe #25) |
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http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/nbarank-lal-2013/2013-nba-player-rankings-los-angeles-lakers
Except for Kobe, all have been ranked, and ranked lower than last year.
Gasol 29
Nash 88
Kaman 176
Young 228
Hill 237
Blake 253
Meeks 276
Farmar 305
Johnson 336
Sacre 432, the only one ranked higher
Henry 451
Harris 460
DJO 469
Kelly 477
Williams not ranked
You can see why MDA wants an expanded rotaton to blend the old and the young. We need a break out season from one or two of the under 30 group, and it's the veterans job to help them. Making them better is the only way to make the team better because the vets can no longer carry the load by themselves. |
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KeepItRealOrElse Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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wow Gasol still top 30
id like to see Nick Young average 17ppg and get in my top 100 players.. |
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lakertang Star Player
Joined: 12 Apr 2001 Posts: 2175 Location: Staples Center Boiler Room
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Seems About right, none of those guys are leaps and bounds above average. |
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Lakers95 Franchise Player
Joined: 19 Dec 2011 Posts: 20880 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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Nash and Pau were both in the top 20 last year, IIRC. Pau fell a few spots, but Nash fell more than 50 |
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mastersworddude Star Player
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Damn, I think Nash is a little underrated there. |
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mhan00 Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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mastersworddude wrote: | Damn, I think Nash is a little underrated there. |
Hard to disagree with his ranking until he proves he can be healthy again. |
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paulsung123 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Kaman at 176? N.Young and J.Hil at 200+? Jordan Farmar at 300+?
#retards
#thesepollsareworthless _________________ ... I don't think that's Jack in those pictures ... |
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Arbitrary Star Player
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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What were their previous ranks? |
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golaker Star Player
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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So far this preseason Nash has looked like the same Nash as last year, the Nash that looked done. _________________ Maybe you think it's completely innocent. Maybe you don't. But there's no denying that what the rule book says means a lot less than what the NBA wants at any given moment. -Tim Donaghy |
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LaxT Star Player
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Chronicle Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:52 am Post subject: |
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Sacre beast _________________ Kobe |
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gumby Star Player
Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 2500 Location: Inland Empire
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:05 am Post subject: |
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Nash unfortunately is a spot starting PG these days.
If MDA has an idea about managing Nash, he'll let him start the first quarter, finish the 2nd quarter, start the 3rd quarter, close the 4th quarter. Kind of like how Fish, Ron Harper, or any other really old player we've had.
The rest of the inbetween areas it will be Farmar/Blake time.
Nash's durability is really questionable these days and he's above average these days at best skill wise versus the young guns out there.
I'm an optomist, but there's also a lot of room for the neysayers.
Bye. _________________ "This trophy removes the most odious sentence in the English Language. It can never be said again that 'the Lakers have never beaten the Celtics.'" -Dr. Jerry Buss (1985) R.I.P., 33 x M.V.O. |
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70sdude Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:49 am Post subject: |
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Nash' rating change reflects his recent his age/injury experience and seems reasonable, if not generous. Uncertainty about his value, durability and impact is up. |
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bc24 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:11 am Post subject: |
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They ranked Kobe at 25! |
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Smoothness101 Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:26 am Post subject: |
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oh snap |
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Aeneas Hunter Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:35 am Post subject: |
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bc24 wrote: | They ranked Kobe at 25! |
For what it's worth, here's a 5-on-5 discussion of the topic (plus Kobe's all-time standing):
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/5-on-5-131016-kobe/kobe-bryant-#nbarank-fair
I tend to agree with Shelburne's comments about the #25 ranking. Even with the injury, I would struggle to come up with 24 players who even arguably rank above him going into the season. |
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Telleris Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:38 am Post subject: |
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espn is gonna get a lot of hits...lol |
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cinek92 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:39 am Post subject: |
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Now, I'm waiting for some epic Kobe game (maybe >50 pts) and his interview: "Not bad for the 25th best player in the league".
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Fruscas Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:40 am Post subject: |
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So...our roster in nba 2k14 will suck? ok, then |
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K0BEE 2.0 Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:44 am Post subject: |
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How is Young ranked so low? he should be in the top 100... ESPN at it again with there old tricks. |
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The Joker Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Nice! More motivation for Bryant! _________________ twitter.com/MasteredJedi |
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Telleris Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:57 am Post subject: |
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I'm kinda laughing at Stephen A Smith going on about "the experts", it kind of reminds me of Fox News since he's one of them....lol
He of course knows he's one of the guys (bet he gave Kobe a 7, lol), but that's not what ESPN is about |
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KeepItRealOrElse Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:16 am Post subject: |
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he'll struggle to be a top 25 player this year. true. sorry.
btw from the age of 4-11 i dressed up EVERY SINGLE GAME,didnt miss one, in the appropriate home or away KOBE jersey w/the appropriate color arm band WITH his shoes(had them all), downloaded his stats every week, solely controlled Kobe in every video game not even the whole Laker team. lol
Kobe is obvi my fav player of all time, i dont even have a #2. im one of the greatest Kobe fans ever. but realistically, he's going to have a very bad year. |
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Raijin Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:36 am Post subject: |
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KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | he'll struggle to be a top 25 player this year. true. sorry.
btw from the age of 4-11 i dressed up EVERY SINGLE GAME,didnt miss one, in the appropriate home or away KOBE jersey w/the appropriate color arm band WITH his shoes(had them all), downloaded his stats every week, solely controlled Kobe in every video game not even the whole Laker team. lol
Kobe is obvi my fav player of all time, i dont even have a #2. im one of the greatest Kobe fans ever. but realistically, he's going to have a very bad year. |
Sorry for what. Your opinion does not carry any more weight than any of the other fans here even with your dubious Kobefan4life claims. I don't think he'll struggle to be in the top 25. There's only about 6 or 7 players close to him(impact) even after the injury.
LBJ
KD
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Carmelo
Derrick Rose
Russell Westbrook _________________ "It was tough," Kobe Bryant said. "But when it got really tough for me, I just checked myself in."
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ForrestHump Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:37 am Post subject: |
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lol... _________________
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