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The preview thread has gone the way of Grantland and is stunningly incomplete (i blame SoS personally) but the time for talk is over.
Today we open with the meeting of the superteams, New York and Cleveland, with Lebron finally raising that banner in Believeland. We then have the Jazz and Blazers and the Dubs and Spurs finish off a cracking first day.... well at least 2 of the 3 games should be decent anyway
Other decent matchups this week are the Blazers and Clips on Friday, Cavs and Raps on Saturday and Utah and the Clips on Monday
So how do BigFooty's wannabe GMS see the season unfolding?
2017 NBA Champs - 86% GSW, 14% Cleveland
Rank top 4 in East - Cleveland are the consensus #1, with most settling on a combination of Boston (11 votes, avg 2.6), Toronto (13 votes, avg 2.8) and Indiana (10 votes, avg 3.1) making up the top 4 (it's hard to make the maths work). Atlanta were the other team in the makeup for 4th with 5 votes at an avg of 3.6 and other votes for Milwaukee and Detroit
Rank top 4 in West - GSW are the consensus #1, with 93% of people having the Spurs and Clips in the top 4 with an average position of 2.6 (SAS) and 2.7 (LAC). Next up is Utah with an average of 3.4, Portland and Memphis with 21% of people having them top 4 at an average position of 3 and 4, 14% had Houston top 4.
2016/17 MVP - Westbrook 36%, Harden 21%, Lebron 14%, Paul George/Curry/Kawhi 7%
If you were starting a franchise today and could sign any player in the NBA, who would it be? Towns 43%, Lebron/Davis 14%
Which player forces opposing coaches to make the most adjustments? Curry 46%, Lebron38%
Which player is most likely to have a breakout season in 2016-17? Jabari 31%, Giannis 24%, Towns/Nurkic 15%, JaMychal Green/Adams 8%
Who is the best point guard in the NBA? Curry 77%
Who is the best shooting guard in the NBA? Harden 85%
Who is the best power forward in the NBA? Blake 38%, Lebron/Davis 23%, LMA 15%
Who is the best center in the NBA? Cousins 64%
Which team made the best overall moves this offseason? GSW 61%, Utah 23%
Which one-player acquisition will make the biggest impact? Durant 85%
Who was the most underrated player acquisition? Bogut/Lin 23%
What was the most surprising move of the offseason? KD 77%
Who will win the 2016-17 Rookie of the Year? Buddy Hield 36%, Dunn/Embiid 29%
Which rookie will be the best player in five years? Simmons 77%
Which rookie was the biggest steal at where he was selected in the Draft? Chriss 31%, Hield/Dunn 15%
Who is the best international player in the NBA? Marc Gasol 53%, Giannis 38%
Who is the best international player NOT in the NBA? Teodosic 80%
Who is the best defensive player in the NBA? Leonard 79%
Who is the best perimeter defender in the NBA? Leonard 79%
Who is the best interior defender in the NBA? DaAndre 46%, Rudy Gobert 23%
Which is the best defensive team in the NBA? Spurs 42%, Utah 21%, GSW/Boston 14%
Who is the best head coach in the NBA? Pop 79%
Which head coach is the best manager/motivator of people? Pop 75%
Which head coach makes the best in-game adjustments? Pop 58%, Carlisle 33%
Which head coach runs the best offense? Kerr 86%
Which head coach has the best defensive schemes? Pop 57%
Which new (or relocated) coach will make the biggest impact this season? Thibs 77%
Who is the best assistant coach in the NBA? Ron Adams 60% (5 votes tho)
Which active player will make the best head coach someday? Chris Paul 46%, extra points for Delonte West, Chris Anderson and JaVale McGee
Which team is the most fun to watch? GSW 43%, and 21% of you are sadists who enjoy watching the Bucks
Which team has the best home-court advantage? GSW 77%
Which player is the most athletic? Lebron 38%, Lavine/Giannis 23%
Which player is the best pure shooter? Curry 86%
Which player is the fastest with the ball? Westy 43%, Irving 21% and one sadist who thinks Ish Smith is a basketball player
Which player is best at moving without the ball? Klay 46%
Which player is the best passer? Rubio 57%, Paul 36%
What bench player makes the biggest impact when he enters the game? Jamal Crawford 31%, Iggy/Will Barton 21%
Who is the toughest player in the NBA? Delly23%, Steven Adams/Tony Allen 15%
Which player is the best leader? Lebron 71%
Who is the most versatile player in the NBA? Lebron 43%, Giannis 22%
Which player has the best basketball IQ? Lebron 46%, Chris Paul 38%
Which player would you want taking a shot with the game on the line? Curry 93%, which leaves only one Knicks fan who wants Melo (lel)
What rule (regarding play, Draft/Lottery, playoff format, etc.) most needs to change? Here we had a range of answers ranging from player movement, lottery, shorter season, flopping, the 14 second fiba reset, timeouts, with hacking being the most common thought.
At the request of fidstar
The preview thread has gone the way of Grantland and is stunningly incomplete (i blame SoS personally) but the time for talk is over.
Today we open with the meeting of the superteams, New York and Cleveland, with Lebron finally raising that banner in Believeland. We then have the Jazz and Blazers and the Dubs and Spurs finish off a cracking first day.... well at least 2 of the 3 games should be decent anyway
Other decent matchups this week are the Blazers and Clips on Friday, Cavs and Raps on Saturday and Utah and the Clips on Monday
So how do BigFooty's wannabe GMS see the season unfolding?
2017 NBA Champs - 86% GSW, 14% Cleveland
Rank top 4 in East - Cleveland are the consensus #1, with most settling on a combination of Boston (11 votes, avg 2.6), Toronto (13 votes, avg 2.8) and Indiana (10 votes, avg 3.1) making up the top 4 (it's hard to make the maths work). Atlanta were the other team in the makeup for 4th with 5 votes at an avg of 3.6 and other votes for Milwaukee and Detroit
Rank top 4 in West - GSW are the consensus #1, with 93% of people having the Spurs and Clips in the top 4 with an average position of 2.6 (SAS) and 2.7 (LAC). Next up is Utah with an average of 3.4, Portland and Memphis with 21% of people having them top 4 at an average position of 3 and 4, 14% had Houston top 4.
2016/17 MVP - Westbrook 36%, Harden 21%, Lebron 14%, Paul George/Curry/Kawhi 7%
If you were starting a franchise today and could sign any player in the NBA, who would it be? Towns 43%, Lebron/Davis 14%
Which player forces opposing coaches to make the most adjustments? Curry 46%, Lebron38%
Which player is most likely to have a breakout season in 2016-17? Jabari 31%, Giannis 24%, Towns/Nurkic 15%, JaMychal Green/Adams 8%
Who is the best point guard in the NBA? Curry 77%
Who is the best shooting guard in the NBA? Harden 85%
Who is the best power forward in the NBA? Blake 38%, Lebron/Davis 23%, LMA 15%
Who is the best center in the NBA? Cousins 64%
Which team made the best overall moves this offseason? GSW 61%, Utah 23%
Which one-player acquisition will make the biggest impact? Durant 85%
Who was the most underrated player acquisition? Bogut/Lin 23%
What was the most surprising move of the offseason? KD 77%
Who will win the 2016-17 Rookie of the Year? Buddy Hield 36%, Dunn/Embiid 29%
Which rookie will be the best player in five years? Simmons 77%
Which rookie was the biggest steal at where he was selected in the Draft? Chriss 31%, Hield/Dunn 15%
Who is the best international player in the NBA? Marc Gasol 53%, Giannis 38%
Who is the best international player NOT in the NBA? Teodosic 80%
Who is the best defensive player in the NBA? Leonard 79%
Who is the best perimeter defender in the NBA? Leonard 79%
Who is the best interior defender in the NBA? DaAndre 46%, Rudy Gobert 23%
Which is the best defensive team in the NBA? Spurs 42%, Utah 21%, GSW/Boston 14%
Who is the best head coach in the NBA? Pop 79%
Which head coach is the best manager/motivator of people? Pop 75%
Which head coach makes the best in-game adjustments? Pop 58%, Carlisle 33%
Which head coach runs the best offense? Kerr 86%
Which head coach has the best defensive schemes? Pop 57%
Which new (or relocated) coach will make the biggest impact this season? Thibs 77%
Who is the best assistant coach in the NBA? Ron Adams 60% (5 votes tho)
Which active player will make the best head coach someday? Chris Paul 46%, extra points for Delonte West, Chris Anderson and JaVale McGee
Which team is the most fun to watch? GSW 43%, and 21% of you are sadists who enjoy watching the Bucks
Which team has the best home-court advantage? GSW 77%
Which player is the most athletic? Lebron 38%, Lavine/Giannis 23%
Which player is the best pure shooter? Curry 86%
Which player is the fastest with the ball? Westy 43%, Irving 21% and one sadist who thinks Ish Smith is a basketball player
Which player is best at moving without the ball? Klay 46%
Which player is the best passer? Rubio 57%, Paul 36%
What bench player makes the biggest impact when he enters the game? Jamal Crawford 31%, Iggy/Will Barton 21%
Who is the toughest player in the NBA? Delly23%, Steven Adams/Tony Allen 15%
Which player is the best leader? Lebron 71%
Who is the most versatile player in the NBA? Lebron 43%, Giannis 22%
Which player has the best basketball IQ? Lebron 46%, Chris Paul 38%
Which player would you want taking a shot with the game on the line? Curry 93%, which leaves only one Knicks fan who wants Melo (lel)
What rule (regarding play, Draft/Lottery, playoff format, etc.) most needs to change? Here we had a range of answers ranging from player movement, lottery, shorter season, flopping, the 14 second fiba reset, timeouts, with hacking being the most common thought.
At the request of fidstar
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