Top 10 Players 2000-2009

[Andrew]

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1. Tim Duncan
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. LeBron James
6. Shaquille O'Neal
7. Jason Kidd
8. Dwyane Wade
9. Tracy McGrady
10. Allen Iverson

I'm surprised, I figured number three would be number one. Kind of a toss-up as far as those top three are concerned, but I'd probably go with them as my top three in some order and the order that's been chosen isn't all that unreasonable.

[benji]

Same questionable method as before:

Rank	Player	P/36	R/36	A/36	PER	ORtg	WS
1.	Tim Duncan	21.1	11.6	3.2	25.5	110	127.3
2.	Kevin Garnett	20.4	11.4	4.4	25.5	112	130.5
3.	Dirk Nowitzki	22.6	8.5	2.7	24.2	118	137.6
4.	Kobe Bryant	25.7	5.4	4.8	24.6	113	125.2
5.	Shaquille O'Neal	24.0	11.0	2.8	26.5	113	101.6
6.	LeBron James	24.4	6.2	5.9	26.2	113	83.4
7.	Paul Pierce	22.2	6.0	3.8	21.1	109	100.3
8.	Shawn Marion	17.0	9.5	1.9	20.4	112	102.3
9.	Steve Nash	17.3	3.4	9.8	21.0	120	98.9
10.	Tracy McGrady	23.4	6.0	5.0	23.5	108	88.2
11.	Ray Allen	21.0	4.2	3.7	20.7	116	95.3
12.	Elton Brand	18.9	9.6	2.5	22.4	111	82.2
13.	Vince Carter	22.7	5.2	4.1	21.5	109	85.2
14.	Chauncey Billups	17.2	3.4	6.5	19.7	119	92.4
15.	Jason Kidd	13.5	6.8	8.9	19.1	106	86.5
16.	Allen Iverson	24.2	3.5	5.3	21.4	105	79.4
17.	Pau Gasol	19.0	8.8	3.2	21.8	113	72.7
18.	Yao Ming	21.1	10.2	1.8	23.0	112	64.2
19.	Dwyane Wade	23.9	4.6	6.3	25.2	111	56.2
20.	Chris Paul	18.8	4.6	9.6	25.8	121	53.7

Honorable Mentions: Amare Stoudemire, Pedja Stojakovic, Rashard Lewis, Rasheed/Ben Wallace, Andre Miller.

[Lamrock]

Why is Duncan first despite KG having higher offensive rating and win shares? (Yes, they are extremely close in both cases, but I'm curious as to why TD got the edge)

[jettdaking!]

TD? WTF?!

[Modifly]

I was a bit surprised when I saw Iverson below McGrady. Anyway, that's good.

[benji]

Why is Duncan first despite KG having higher offensive rating and win shares? (Yes, they are extremely close in both cases, but I'm curious as to why TD got the edge)

Defense, by a hair, KG took longer to turn into a defensive monster. Consider them tied if you want. I don't care. I flipped Kidd and Iverson for the same reason.

[deihatein]

Surprised that Dirk is above Kobe, Shaq, and Lebron. Nice list.

[Martti.]

Iverson so low? I pretty much agree with the players on top, but not the order. It'll be :

1) Kobe
2) KG
3) TD

for me. Also, Shaq should be above Dirk. And Paul Pierce is missing from the list.

[FiZzO]

I'd say Nash is also missing, considering he won back to back MVPs during the past decade. But I'm glad that he's not included.

[Kenny]

I'm not surprised with the number one, but I dunno, I think 2 and 3 should have been switched

[NovU]

Why would anyone want to argue about Timmy being on top. He pretty much was the top player throughout whole decade both during seasons and playoffs. Not to discredit teammates Tim Duncan had, but without him, they wouldn't have been anywhere near what they achieved. Besides, he's always been rock solid on a team that was always contending year after year. For that alone, I think he deserves it more than KG.

[Kenny]

Why would anyone want to argue about Timmy being on top. He pretty much was the top player throughout whole decade both during seasons and playoffs. Not to discredit teammates Tim Duncan had, but without him, they wouldn't have been anywhere near what they achieved. Besides, he's always been rock solid on a team that was always contending year after year. For that alone, I think he deserves it more than KG.

I couldn't agree more, for me TD is the pinacle. He had good support around him for the spurs title runs this decade, but he was (and still is) the focal point for that team.