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Burke's Rise to Become the Greatest PG in Today's NBA!

framer

framer

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OK, here is how this is going to work. In order to track Burke's rise to greatness, we are going to have to accurately rank every point guard in the NBA, and by Point Guard I am currently counting anyone who has logged a nontrivial amount of time as Point Guard (we can argue as we go.). We will start at the bottom and work our way to the top, eventually getting to Burke and the people still tenuously clinging to a lead in front of him. We will then update the list as we go. Your job is to jump in and chronicle the next player up on the rankings, why they suck or have promise, and possibly why they will probably always be inferior to Burke. Also keep in mind that this is a "what have you done for me lately" event. Don't come in here ranking Steve Nash top 10, because he hasn't been that this season. As far as the rankings are concerned NBA started this year going forward.
So once you make your entry for the next best player, you will need to find a "sponsor" to back you up. Or someone can claim that you are full of it and offer another choice. At that point the board will argue and will come to a consensus. Five likes on a candidate post locks it in for the time being.
Here is a stub ranking provided by CBS Sports to get us started. It can start as a rough guide and we can mold it from there:

1. Stephen Curry, GS
2. Chris Paul, LAC
3. John Wall, WAS
4. Damian Lillard, POR
5. Russell Westbrook, OKC
6. Kyrie Irving, CLE
7. Tony Parker, SA
8. Goran Dragic, PHO
9. Brandon Jennings, DET
10. Kemba Walker, CHA
11. Jrue Holiday, NO
12. Ty Lawson, DEN
13. Isaiah Thomas, SAC
14. Mike Conley, MEM
15. Eric Bledsoe, PHO
16. Kyle Lowry, TOR
17. Michael Carter-Williams, PHI (Rookie)
18. Jeff Teague, ATL
20. Ricky Rubio, MIN
21. Jose Calderon, DAL
22. Jameer Nelson, ORL
23. Avery Bradley, BOS
24. Reggie Jackson, OKC
25. George Hill, IND

27. Steve Blake, LAL
28. Patrick Beverley, HOU
29. Rodney Stuckey, DET
30. Jarrett Jack, CLE
31. Trey Burke, UTA (Rookie)
32. Jeremy Lin, HOU
33. Tyreke Evans, NO
34. Mario Chalmers, MIA
35. Brandon Knight, MIL
36. Mo Williams, POR
37. Greivis Vasquez,
38. Deron Williams, BKN
39. Kirk Hinrich, CHI
40. Norris Cole, MIA
41. Nate Robinson, DEN
42. Ramon Sessions, CHA
43. Randy Foye, DEN
44. Raymond Felton, NY
45. Shaun Livingston, BKN
46. Andre Miller, DEN

48. Patty Mills, SA
49. E'Twaun Moore, ORL
50. Darren Collison, LAC
51. J.J. Barea, MIN
52. Nate Wolters, MIL (Rookie)
53. Pablo Prigioni, NY
54. C.J. Watson, IND
55. Jerryd Bayless, MEM
56. Jordan Farmar, LAL
57. Shelvin Mack, ATL
58. Aaron Brooks,
59. Beno Udrih, NY
60. John Lucas, UTA
61. Brian Roberts, NO
62. Derek Fisher, OKC
63. Diante Garrett, UTA
64. Will Bynum, DET
65. Luke Ridnour, MIL
66. D.J. Augustin, CHI
67. Cory Joseph, SA
68. Gal Mekel, DAL (Rookie)
69. Chauncey Billups, DET
70. Steve Nash, LAL
71. Phil Pressey, BOS (Rookie)
72. Jimmer Fredette, SAC
73. Tyshawn Taylor, BKN
74. Toney Douglas, GS
75. Alexey Shved, MIN
76. Eric Maynor, WAS
77. Ish Smith, PHO
78. Shane Larkin, DAL (Rookie)
79. Marquis Teague, CHI
80. Dwight Buycks, TOR (Rookie)
81. Ronnie Price, ORL
82. Lorenzo Brown, PHI (Rookie)
83. Donald Sloan, IND
84. Dennis Schroder, ATL
85. Nemanja Nedovic, GS (Rookie)
86. Kendall Marshall, LAL
87. Nando De Colo, SA
88. A.J. Price, MIN
89. Jannero Pargo, CHA
90. Peyton Siva, DET (Rookie)
91. Earl Watson, POR
92. Ray Jr. McCallum, SAC (Rookie)
93. Maalik Wayns, LAC
93. Chris Smith, NY (Rookie)
93. Rajon Rondo, BOS
93. Isaiah Canaan, HOU
93. Devin Harris, DAL
Once a player is locked into his ranking, they will get a *CONFIRMED* status next to his name on the ladder. I will keep the completed list on the next post.
 
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Player #97
Devin Harris
Because, how could it not be? Seriously I had to check to make sure he was still on a roster. Sure enough he is in the Hawk's media guide. Apparently he broke his toe, almost came back then has somehow hurt his other toe. Now there may be some players that are ultimately worse than him that will be out of the League next year, but few of them just signed a three year 9 million dollar contract. And because that type of suck is on the books for two additional years, I nominate Harris for the #97 spot.
 
framer said:
Player #97
Devin Harris
Because, how could it not be? Seriously I had to check to make sure he was still on a roster. Sure enough he is in the Hawk's media guide. Apparently he broke his toe, almost came back then has somehow hurt his other toe. Now there may be some players that are ultimately worse than him that will be out of the League next year, but few of them just signed a three year 9 million dollar contract. And because that type of suck is on the books for two additional years, I nominate Harris for the #97 spot.
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YOur list is totally bulls hit, and now you even can't find out that the verbal pre-contract agreement that would have given Harris a 3 yr $9M contract in Dallas was agreed to get voided by Harris' agent after it was known that Harris broke his foot. He received a 1 yr minimum deal though and is expected to return in january. So there's nothing here with 2 more years. Please stop that ****. You're horrible. Merry Christmas
 
90 something point guards on your list seems like a big waste of your time...you're talking about some 3rd string backups here. You should just compare starting PGs. I mean really...who the F is Nando De Colo?

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"Burke's Rise to Become the Greatest PG in Today's NBA!"

...you got to be on crack cocaine, the best/strongest marijuana ever grown....or you down quarts of Wild Turkey 101 on a regular basis!
 
Hey, I didn't create that list! Don't blame me for it. It was pulled off the CBS sports link I referenced. I did find it amusing that they placed Harris dead last. The point of this exercise is to CORRECT CBS's list. Or we can just have another discussion about how Ty Corbin doesn't play rookies, because we haven't done that in the last 30 minutes. We are doing all 90 or so because it is interesting and different! Seriously Francis, lighten up!
 
Also, I think that CBS factors defense into their rankings, but they don't specifically say how.
 
Great idea, framer. Reppin appropriately. I agree with others about chopping the list. Trey is top 30 right now, how about starting there?
 
I submit deleting Monta from discussion (burks too), moving Parker and Dragic into top ten, and putting a bullet in Jenning's head.
 
framer said:
Hey, I didn't create that list! Don't blame me for it. It was pulled off the CBS sports link I referenced. Seriously Francis, lighten up!
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...we would have cut you some slack but the title of the thread seemed like you were serious about Burke!
 
OK, but the problem is that we have to have a list of people BELOW Trey to make it fun (Dennis Schroder comes to mind.) So for starters I guess we can decide which of the 97 or so should be thrown off the list and not considered. There are people that only rarely play point that could be pared down (Burks is on this list.) We could probably start there. I'm just not ready to deny Nando De Colo his moment in the sun quite yet!
 
I like the idea of the thread. Repped.

Wall is a little high for my liking doe. I would take the next four before him.
 
So like this:
1. Stephen Curry, GS
2. Chris Paul, LAC
3. Damian Lillard, POR
4. Russell Westbrook, OKC
5. Kyrie Irving, CLE
6. Tony Parker, SA
7. John Wall, WAS
8. Goran Dragic, PHO
9. Brandon Jennings, DET
10. Kemba Walker, CHA
Are we rolling with Damian Lillard as the third best point guard in the league?
 
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