Jazz Player Rankings according to ESPN
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Lakers_Slapper
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Wow, Burks is ranked higher that Kufous?? Oh wow that makes me feel a lot better! Especially that Kufous was absolutely horrible!!! Thanks for relieving the tension.
Be interesting to compare this ranking with a newly compiled list a couple years from now.
orangello
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Here is an interesting side note. SI.com did a ranking 1-100 and DWill was #7 ahead of players like Kevin Durant, Pau Gasol, Amare Stoudemire, Derrick Rose and Carmelo Anthony. Overall Dwill was ranked #7. I know that there was another thread for the SI.com ranking but I just wanted to add this to it so that when ESPN is done then was can compare the two. Milsap was the highest ranked Jazz player @ 46.
Joe Bagadonuts
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Maybe I am, wanna participate?
Joe Bagadonuts
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Sign me up. Here's my list for future comparison:
The ten top reasons that expert lists are stupid:
1) Usually they are written on a tight deadline rather than thoroughly researched.
2) Writers often make placements on their list to payback favors or to gain favors.
3) It's extremely rare for this sort of a list to identify breakout stars.
4) These types of lists almost always overrate the athletes who are hyped.
5) Many times placement on the list is motivated by gaining publicity for the list.
6) Placement on the list has no relationship to future performances.
7) It's virtually impossible to forecast the future opportunities and reactions of anybody.
8) Life is nothing if not uncertain.
9) The speed of the news cycle has an inverse relationship with the number of these types of lists that appear.
10) I like cheese.
As my only serious note of this post (as I dislike most all commentators, writers, *journalists*, columns, articles, etc), was this particular list intended to forecast anything, or simply rank players, as-is?
11) Most of these writers misspell names, get stats wrong, etc. That's why I prefer forums to reading, i.e., ESPN. The average passionate fan knows more about their team than most of the writers of the written-to-get-hits pieces that endlessly flow from the keyboards of the shock-journalists. No doubt, there are some good articles, nice analysis, from time to time, but it's far too rare for me to feel, in my gut, that overall, these guys actually give two ***** about ACTUAL sports ...
/endrant
11) Most of these writers misspell names, get stats wrong, etc. That's why I prefer forums to reading, i.e., ESPN. The average passionate fan knows more about their team than most of the writers of the written-to-get-hits pieces that endlessly flow from the keyboards of the shock-journalists. No doubt, there are some good articles, nice analysis, from time to time, but it's far too rare for me to feel, in my gut, that overall, these guys actually give two ***** about ACTUAL sports ...
/endrant
Joe Bagadonuts
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Joe Bagadonuts
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Shoot, this place ain't good for nothin'.