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221782.57 in reply to 221782.56
Date: 7/13/2012 11:16:11 AM
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I put Ibaka so high because i value defense. But yeah i definitely forgot scola, and nene should probably be in there too. i'm about to edit that.

And should we count Tim Duncan as international? He's from the virgin islands if i remember correctly

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221782.58 in reply to 221782.57
Date: 7/13/2012 12:53:03 PM
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Ya, he is, but its a US territory, Id just consider him American...

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221782.59 in reply to 221782.54
Date: 7/13/2012 2:15:24 PM
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Did you just say some of the best defensive players in the NBA are not top 30 Non-American? Ibaka can also play some offense, KD and Westrbrook get the ball most of the time though, he averaged what, over 3BPG last season? He's young, developing still.

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221782.60 in reply to 221782.59
Date: 7/13/2012 4:04:46 PM
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No, I dunno where u got that idea, I said he MAY not be top 15, its questionable... i love Ibaka, he had a great regular season, later in the POs he wasnt as good, but as u said, he is young, coming into the league, still gonna improve quite a bit...

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221782.61 in reply to 221782.60
Date: 7/13/2012 4:29:53 PM
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He should have been defensive player of the year, Chandler got it instead, but in a funny way, I laughed because Ibaka was 1st team All-Defense, Chandler was 2nd team. Hah

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221782.62 in reply to 221782.61
Date: 7/13/2012 10:45:26 PM
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Hehehe prolly cuz Chandler is older in the league and Ibaka just came in, but ur right Ibaka was awesome on def last season... He wasnt nearly as good on the POs, especially later in the POs, but he is still a great player nonetheless and he will improve even more, hope he stays in OKC

Last edited by Cometahalley at 7/13/2012 10:46:22 PM

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221782.63 in reply to 221782.62
Date: 7/14/2012 1:16:47 AM
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The fact that we even look at Chandler and Ibaka as being "all-defensive" is a joke in itself...
We've definitely seen a decline in Centers over the years.

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221782.64 in reply to 221782.63
Date: 7/14/2012 1:21:40 AM
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True, we've seen beter times but that doesnt affect the list...

Chandler is pretty good and Ibaka is a great defender and not bad offensivelly, but still has time to improve...

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221782.65 in reply to 221782.64
Date: 7/14/2012 1:25:08 AM
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True, we've seen beter times but that doesnt affect the list...

Chandler is pretty good and Ibaka is a great defender and not bad offensivelly, but still has time to improve...


Oh I think it very much effects the list.
I'm not going to put Centers up there, just because centers are under-reported, or over-value them. Just because their position is weaker than it has been historically.

Would you have put... an 07-08 Ben Wallace on that list in 07-08? Me neither.

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221782.66 in reply to 221782.65
Date: 7/14/2012 1:41:44 AM
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Its a list based on current skills, so the fact that we had great players and dont anyome should have nothing to do with the list...

D12 is a great player...

What r u gonna do, leave a team with no C just because the ones form other times were better?

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221782.67 in reply to 221782.66
Date: 7/14/2012 2:07:45 AM
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Dwight howard would be on mine... but as to the other Centers....

I'm not going to put a Center in my top 50, just because he's the 2nd best or 3rd best center, if there are 50 players that are better players than him, with better cases to be in it.

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