53 Best Franchise Players in the NBA

[jwalther]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-53-best-franchise-players-in-the-nba/

No surprise who is #1:

1. Anthony Davis (73.8)

The Brow combines Kevin Garnett’s ferociousness in rebounding and on defense with the stretch shooting ability of Chris Bosh. But even those names might understate his upside: There’s never been a player quite like him. (Garnett and Bosh, Davis’s top comparables, have just medium-high similarity scores when compared with him.) In other words, Davis will be terrorizing teams on both ends of the court for the foreseeable future: We’re just not quite sure how. The one thing to watch out for is injuries, which shorten big men’s careers more often than those of guards.

 

[Smashcat]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-53-best-franchise-players-in-the-nba/

No surprise who is #1:

1. Anthony Davis (73.8)

The Brow combines Kevin Garnett’s ferociousness in rebounding and on defense with the stretch shooting ability of Chris Bosh. But even those names might understate his upside: There’s never been a player quite like him. (Garnett and Bosh, Davis’s top comparables, have just medium-high similarity scores when compared with him.) In other words, Davis will be terrorizing teams on both ends of the court for the foreseeable future: We’re just not quite sure how. The one thing to watch out for is injuries, which shorten big men’s careers more often than those of guards.

 

[WACB]

1. Anthony Davis
9. DeMarcus Cousins
10. John Wall
24. Eric Bledsoe
26. Karl-Anthony Towns
38. Nerlens Noel
51. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

 

[wildcatsboston1984]

Man there are some rather suspect rankings on here. This is supposed to be projecting 6 years out, so they are theoretically saying these are the 53 best current NBA players in six years

13. Marcus Smart (This is All-NBA level, I'd love it as a Celtics fan but I don't get it)
25. D'Angelo Russel (he has looked positively ghastly thus far)
26. Karl Towns (how is he NOT the highest ranked rookie?? He's already the TWolves best player!)
27. Jusuf Nurkic
28. Andre Drummond (being behind Nurkic is LOL worthy)
32. Kris Middleton
33. Jrue Holiday
36. Danny Green
42. Kentavius Caldwell-Pope
43. Jared Sullinger (LOLz)
45. Paul George (how is he this low when he is only 25 by 2/1/2016?)
46. Andrew Wiggins (how is he this low after as good of a rookie year as he had?)

Telling me in six years Nurkic, Middleton, Holiday, Danny Green, Caldwell-Pope, and Sullinger are going to be better players than Paul George and Andrew Wiggins? This is pure comedy.

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

KAT will be higher on this list next year; maybe 2nd only to AD (among the UK guys)

 

[Deli owl]

Brandon Knight is underrated. They are killing it in that hot but dry state.

 

[Smashcat]

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Anthony Davis currently 1 of 3 players to be averaging 20 pts/10 rbs...Joins DeMarcus Cousins, Karl-Anthony Towns - all @KentuckyMBB alums