The Top 10 Players in these Olympics.

[RuleBook]

I'd add the semifinal as well.

I don't buy this--I understand performing well in a game or two--but I was rating it based on their overall averaged performance so I used a decent bit of stats too in my evaluation. There's no doubt Rubio was a good pick pocket and also a suprisingly solid rebounder, but at pg he had an assist/to ratio of 1.5--which isn't that great.

More importantly, he shot 17% from three and less than 30% from the field overall . Certainly one can say his role is not one of a scorer..but those numbers are unacceptable for somebody who's supposed to be top 10 or who supposedly had a good tournament in my opinion.

As for Fotsis...he was an efficient scorer from 2 and 3..hit the boards hard and played solid defense. Spanoulis was a good scorer (though somewhat underwhelming from 3) but wasn't as good all around in my view.

I should have added Prigioni to HM's..in fact, I think I'd have him rather than Mills as my starting pg.

[mvblair]

Nobody has mentioned Holden yet!? Come on, he was great. He was fantastic. And how about some love for Brad Newley? Great player there.

Matt's Subjective Big 10 List in Order
1. Luis Scola
2. Yao Ming
3. Pau Gasol
4. JR Holden
5. LeBron James
6. Sarunas Jasikevicius
7. Hamed Ehadadi
8. Brad Newley
9. Kobe Bryant
10. Carlos Delfino

Matt's Subjective Mythic Team
C - Yao Ming
PF - Luis Scola
SF - LeBron James
SG - Sarunas Jasikevicius
PG - JR Holden

[Gyroscope]

(In random order)

Wade
Jasikevicius
P. Gasol
GInobilli
Kobe
LeBron
Paul
Fernandez
Rubio - considering his young age
Spanoulis - considering he was the only Greek who wasn't afraid to grab a hot ball

Biggest disappointments:
Yao - was let down by his teammates, although he seemed to struggle himself
Papaloukas - average decision-making; poor offensively
Nowitzki - same case with Yao;


MVP: Wade
LVP (Least Valuable Player): (too)-Big Sofo

Best coach: Coach K
Worst coach: Blatt

[elaj]

1. Dwayne Wade
2. Yao Ming
3. Pau Gasol
4. Šarunas Jasikevičius
5. Luis Scola
6. LeBron James
7. Rudy Fernandez
8. Emanuel Ginobili
9. Kobe Bryant
10. Dwight Howard

Mine would be:

PG: Šarunas Jasikevičius
SG: Dwayne Wade
SF: LeBron James
PF: Luis Scola
C: Yao Ming
6th Man: Rudy Fernandez

Biggest disappointments:
Theo Papaloukas
Dirk Nowitzki
Russia NT
Germany NT
Lithuania not reaching a medal

Biggest surprise:
Croatia NT
Argentina (I expected less from their limited roster, also didn't expect them to win against Lithuania in last game without Ginobili)

MVP: Dwayne Wade
LVP: Big Sofo

Best coach: Coach K
Worst coach: Blatt

[alermac]

PG Calderón and Paul
SG Wade and Delfino
SF James and Anthony
PF Scola
C Howard, Pau Gasol and Yao Ming

[Terps54321]

what about Chriss Raul and Dwite Hogword?

seriously, just copy/paste LTU names next time...

Don't forget Myke Chichichefsski as coach!


edit: Here's a humorous article from John Hollinger reviewing the performances of "international"(this is from an American perspective) NBA players at the Olympics. It's a good read and it's pretty funny.

[Joško Poljak Fan]

I thought by now everybody here knew that lists generaly sucks.

you can't evaluate an effect of one random player on court at a time and than compare it with another player in another team and game, surrounded with different players...
...it's like Duncan vs. Garnett debates for god's sake...

[zyy]

TOP 5:

Scola
Wade
Gasol
Jasikevicius
Spanoulis

[mvblair]

Guys and guys, why aren't you listing JR Holden!? OK, I understand that his team did not play very well, but come on, he was great. He was a statistics machine and Russia's best player. I know we're all upset about Georgia, but you've got to give this guy credit.

17.6 points per game (4th), 49% shooting, 4.8 assists (second), 1.4 steals, 3 turnovers (OK, that's bad, but it's less than Jasikevicius, same as Nowitzki)

I thought by now everybody here knew that lists generaly sucks.

We communicate on the internet through lists.

[Shin_Dong_Pa]

Personal Opinion

Wade
James
Bryant
Scola
Bosh

[dreaded]

The Best

Ranking them from 1 to 10 would be an understatement..All of this guys deserves to be no.1 on their respective individuality.One compliments the other..besides thats what basketball is all about--TEAMWORK!





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