Who Will Be The Top 5 Players In Five Years?

[jonathanlambert33]

Who will be the top 5 players in the league in five seasons?

LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving

 

[elcheato]

Who will be the top 5 players in the league in five seasons?

LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving

 
If his back injury isn't reoccurring that diminishes his career, I'd throw in Dwight somewhere in there. Probably above Kyrie.

 

[buzzy]

How the fuck should I know?

 

[jonathanlambert33]

 
If his back injury isn't reoccurring that diminishes his career, I'd throw in Dwight somewhere in there. Probably above Kyrie.

Dwight has fallen off, and maybe it has to do with the back but I don't think he'll return to form.

He's not the Dwight he was in Orlando, and honestly he doesn't really worry me.

 

[buzzy]

How good is are Wiggins and Parker, etc. gonna be? We don't know.
 
Durant just finished his 6th season, so it's not impossbile for them be top 5 after five seasons.

 

[bosoxlover12]

Lebron, KD, Kyrie, Wiggins, Randle

I'm going to put it at a 0% chance Davis is the 4th best player in the league

 

[BwareDWare94]

I want to try and make one bold pick. What if Paul George continues to get better? I know it's a long shot that he's ever a top 5 player, but his ascendance in just one year was pretty damn remarkable.
 
Lebron, Durant, PG, Rose, Dwight
 
I withheld players such as Harden and Kyrie because they don't play defense. Also, I need to see more AD before I absolutely consider him (it's not that I don't think we've seen enough potential, it's that I haven't seen enough of his games).

 

[buzzy]

I'm not even so sure about LeBron. On one hand it looks like, yeah, of course the guy is gonna be dominating for a few years more. 
 
But after 15 seasons? Damn. Pretty crazy.

 

[BwareDWare94]

Dwight has fallen off, and maybe it has to do with the back but I don't think he'll return to form.

He's not the Dwight he was in Orlando, and honestly he doesn't really worry me.

 
If McHale can make Asik at least serviceable on offense, I'm really intrigued by what he could do with Dwight. I don't expect miracles, but McHale might be able to help Dwight refine his game.

 

[bosoxlover12]

I'm not even so sure about LeBron. On one hand it looks like, yeah, of course the guy is gonna be dominating for a few years more. 
 
But after 15 seasons? Damn. Pretty crazy.

kobe is top 5 right now still

 

[buzzy]

kobe is top 5 right now still

 
But how long since he's been overtaken as the #1 guy? Probably somewhere in between 2007 and 2009. LeBron's 4th, 5th and 6th seasons. I'm just saying, same could happen to him.
 
 
Although if there's anybody that could keep it going that long, it's him.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Lebron, KD, Kyrie, Wiggins, Randle

I'm going to put it at a 0% chance Davis is the 4th best player in the league

It's not in order. But he will definitely be better than two of the guys you got listed.

 

[Pugz]

andre drummond B)

 

[BwareDWare94]

Also, if Kevin Love remains healthy and returns to form, he definitely has a shot. 

 

[bosoxlover12]

It's not in order. But he will definitely be better than two of the guys you got listed.

you're acting as if Davis is like Shaquille O'Neal smh


He's a good defender. That's it. He's underbulked, and is extremely raw offensively. I'm saying it again, he's WAYYY overhyped. Can I see him getting 18pts/11reb/3blk? Yea, probably. But that is NOWHERE near Top 5 numbers.


Wiggins is surely to be a top 10 scorer in the league by then, and Randle, who I believe is the best bigman in the draft since Kevin Love, will probably be averaging 22/10 then too, which I will also take over Davis

 

[Hurricane Season]

you're acting as if Davis is like Shaquille O'Neal smh


He's a good defender. That's it. He's underbulked, and is extremely raw offensively. I'm saying it again, he's WAYYY overhyped. Can I see him getting 18pts/11reb/3blk? Yea, probably. But that is NOWHERE near Top 5 numbers.


Wiggins is surely to be a top 10 scorer in the league by then, and Randle, who I believe is the best bigman in the draft since Kevin Love, will probably be averaging 22/10 then too, which I will also take over Davis

 
Those were essentially KG's numbers in 08, and he was a top 3 player at the time.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

you're acting as if Davis is like Shaquille O'Neal smh


He's a good defender. That's it. He's underbulked, and is extremely raw offensively. I'm saying it again, he's WAYYY overhyped. Can I see him getting 18pts/11reb/3blk? Yea, probably. But that is NOWHERE near Top 5 numbers.


Wiggins is surely to be a top 10 scorer in the league by then, and Randle, who I believe is the best bigman in the draft since Kevin Love, will probably be averaging 22/10 then too, which I will also take over Davis

I'm not overrating him, you're underrating him. "He's a good defender. That's it" Seriously? You're smarter than that. In his prime he will be an elite offensive big man and elite defensive big man. Top 5 player.

He had one of the best seasons a big man has ever had as a rookie. Over the last few months he averaged 16/10/2 in only 32 minutes. But yet you can only see him barely improving upon those numbers in his prime? Come on. You said yourself that he's raw offensively (though your wrong about him being "extremely" raw), you don't think he'll get better?

You clearly didn't watch him at all last year. He had one of the best seasons a rookie big man has ever had. And that was at just 19 years old and a few years as a big. His ceiling is unreal, and he's not even close to it yet.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

BTW, fwiw Anthony Davis was a better recruit out of high school than Randle.

 

[bosoxlover12]

I'm not going to argue AD with a Saints fan, it's like Brady v Peyton with a Colts fan

You can quote me in 3-4 years if AD is any good, but I will fully stand that I don't think Davis will be that good

 

[jonathanlambert33]

And why don't you think he'll be that good? Don't run away, I'm looking for a debate, not an argument.

I'm interested in hearing your thoughts.