FOR THE RECORD WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD STEVE NASH WAS A ROOKIE AND I ASKED HIM WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THE NEXT JOHN STOCKTON? Steve laughed and said I dont know about that....Well Steve I was about as close to right as a person can be about a player, so I would like someone to pass on to Steve Nash that I told you so. I watch the NBA as if I am a scout, not a fan, I don't watch games rooting for a team I watch the games to see good competitive basketball, although I always want my hometown Suns to win, I don't watch the games with the mindset that the suns are going to win every game, in fact I am willing to make bets against the suns while wearing a suns jersey in the middle of a game as long as i think the suns are going to lose ( f.e.-at the NO game last season double overtime+ I bet the suns would loose+peja buzzer beater=money for me). I don't think LeBron is the best player in the world just because he is the most fun to watch. I think he is the best player in the world because it is completely obvious, he took a lottery team to the finals that should have been the first clue (unless your a thick minded I can't deal with change type of dude, then you still think Kobe is the top dog/\sorry your wrong) I don't think Kobe Bryant is a tad overrated just because he is a Laker, I think he is overrated because his individual accomplishments have not transitioned into success, I am aware that Kobe is top 10 SG's of all time, but I do not believe popular perception that he is #2 on that list. In fact I do not even think Kobe can lead his current Laker squad to a title. I am not saying its impossible or anything like that, but as last year showed Kobe is not the one man scoring machine he used to be, he still has the "ability" but he does not tap into it enough to just take over an entire series. Unless Andrew Bynum can do what Pau and Lamar can't (deliver in the playoffs) then I do not think Kobe can get them over the top, I do however think LeBron can win any series against any team as long as he has 2 shooters and 2 rebounders doesn't matter who.
I don't think Derrick Rose is the best PG prospect in 20 years just because some scouts say so, I think he is going to be better then every PG we have seen since John Stockton because, he is humble, focused on winning, and he understands what it is he is supposed to do to be the best, oh and the fact that he has limitless potential (think pg version of LeBron). I think Derrick Rose vs. Chris Paul are going to b the greatest pg battles since KJ vs the Glove cept Rose and Paul wont have a Charles Barkley or Shawn Kemp type player catching their passes.
I also do not believe in players who have success in only one situation. Every player in the NBA was the man on a team at some point in their life so therefore every player in the NBA knows how to dominate. There are a couple players that I will not except as good until I see them succeed in some other system or with some different players
David West- Has done absolutely nothing without Chris Paul, the fact that he can knock down an open or semi-open midrange jump shot should be accepted as being a player in the NBA. His 8 RPG are respectable but he is by no means dominating anybody down low. He had one good outting where he seemed like he was better then Tim Duncan in the playoffs last year but that one good outting does not merit top 5 pf in the NBA consideration. I mean seriously I have beat Mike Bibby in a 5 on 5 pick up game, I have outscored Nigel Knight in a pick up game but I am not stupid enough to think I am on anywhere near the same level as those guys.
Chris Duhon- Until you do something away from Mike D'Antoni you will always be a product of his system to me. Granted you had a 22 asst game, and a few of 10 or more in the first month but if I was consistenly looking for 3 pt shooters and others in fast break situations i think i could rack up 5 assists on a consistent basis so an average of 8 is not that impressive.
Steve Nash- I am not saying he is not a great player, I am saying he should not be a 2 time MVP and first ballot HOFer, if he never played for Mike D'Antoni the chances he never would have even gotten back to the all star game are pretty high. If in 2001 I said what are the chances steve nash has the best years of his career after he leaves dallas? every knowledgable basktball mind would have said slim to none.
Shawn Marion- Good player stat stuffer and all but really he is showing what kind of player he has always been with the heat.
Lastly I would like to apologize to the people of Charlotte, recently you acquired Boris Diaw I am sorry.