The Rules are Simple!
- If you want to participate, just reply to this thread with the player you think should be ranked next on the draft list
- Rank the NBA players based on a Single-Season, Traditional 9-catagory Fantasy League (either H2H or Roto)
- Each player needs 5 votes to be ranked (1-36), 4 votes to be ranked (37-84), and 3 votes to be ranked (84+)
- If you are the final deciding voter for a particular player, it's your duty to start the next thread, name it "#2" or "#18" or whichever # the NEXT pick is. in the body of the thread, copy/paste these directions along with an updated rankings list!
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1. Chris Paul
2. Lebron James
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Amare Stoudemire
5. Dirk Nowitzki
6. Shawn Marion
7. Dwyane Wade
8. Kevin Garnett
9. Elton Brand
10. Caron Butler
11. Allen Iverson
12. Josh Smith
13. Gilbert Arenas (Updated Sept. 18 - Expected to miss 6 weeks, perhaps much longer, drop 3-4 rounds for now, maybe more)
14. Chris Bosh
15. Deron Williams
16. Danny Granger
17. Steve Nash
18. Baron Davis
19. Kevin Martin
20. Yao Ming
21. Rashard Lewis
22. Al Jefferson
23. Marcus Camby
24. Chauncey Billups
25. Carlos Boozer
26. Vince Carter
27. Joe Johnson
28. Dwight Howard
29. Paul Pierce
30. Rudy Gay
31. Andre Iguodala
32. Jose Calderon
33. Tim Duncan
34. Pau Gasol
35. Jason Richardson
36. Antawn Jamison
37. Carmelo Anthony
38. David West
39. Jason Kidd
40. Mike Dunleavy, Jr.
41. Brandon Roy
42. Tracy McGrady
43. Hedo Turkoglu
44. Kevin Durant
45. Ron Artest
46. Rasheed Wallace
47. Michael Redd
48. Manu Ginobili
49. Gerald Wallace
50. Andrew Bynum
51. Lamar Odom
52. Stephen Jackson
53. Andrei Kirilenko
54. Ray Allen
55. LaMarcus Aldridge
56. Devin Harris
57. Josh Howard
58. Andres Biedrins
59. Jamal Crawford
60. Samuel Dalembert
61. Mehmet Okur
62. Mike Miller
63. Andre Miller
64. Mo Williams
65. ???

Michael Beasley-1
Oden - 1
Rip Hamilton - 1
Barbosa - 3
Maggette - 2
Kaman - 2

I'm going to stay with oden but I'll put bogut or magette over the top.

And I repeat I think it is way too early for barbosa. His value in h2h is too low.

At what point do we start considering Monta Ellis? It's gotta be pretty soon, right?

At any rate, I'll go with the unspectacular but very solid

Jason Terry.

The Caveman gets my vote...

Jason Terry

Emeka Okafor

oden

you guys know that terry will likely come off the bench.

I don't think it matters, he was good last year before the Kidd trade, and he was good after the Kidd trade. He's good when he starts, and good off the bench.

But the most important thing to me is that Jason Kidd is a total zero on offense. Assuming they play Diop quite a bit this year (that's why they gave him the full MLE, right?), another zero, they're going to need some players on the floor who can score. Terry is a very good scorer.

I know Camby is in town now, so his value will decline a bit, but Kaman has turned himself into a very solid player - both in reality and fantasy. Sure, if you draft Kaman at #20, he would not live up to the spot, but at this point in the draft, he looks like a solid pick. So, I will give Kaman vote #4.

Maggette has 2 votes, plus my vote, plus Teamshameless's vote to put him over the top, so that makes 4. He will appear as #66. I will start the thread for #67.

I've heard varied reports on this that Terry will start or Stackhouse is going to start. I just don't see stack starting over Jason Terry though because Carlisle loves the 3 ball and that is Jason's specialty. Of course that doesn't mean he will start but I just can't envision stack over Terry. I don't recall, but what was there starting lineup before Kidd got there last year? I thought it was devin harris and terry... and markdash makes a good point on point production.

bogut