Top 100 NFL Players of 2013 #70-61.

80-71 is here.

NFL Net List
70. C.Greenway OLB Minnesota (not on my list)
69. T.Jennings CB Chicago (not on my list)
68. D.Thomas WR Denver (on my list, higher)
67. D.Revis CB Tampa (on my list, look below)
66. E.Thomas S Seattle (on my list, higher)
65. D.Bowe WR KC (nope)
64. A.Morris RB Wash (nope)
63. S.Tulloch ILB Detroit (that's really high)
62. C. Johnson RB Tenn (not on the list)
61. B.Roethlisberger QB Pit (higher on my list)

My List
70. N.Mangold C NYJ
69. C.Kaepernick QB San Francisco
68. R.Griffin QB Wash
67. J.Flacco QB Balt
66. D.Revis CB Tampa
65. E.Weddle S San Diego
64. C.Tillman CB Chicago
63. J.Graham TE NO
62. M.Wilkerson DE NYJ
61. A.Smith OLB San Francisco

The 100 Best Players in Basketball History, Part 7

Part 6 is here.

Previous installment is

60.   Jack Sikma 120.36 C 1209 .100

The best basketball player I ever met comes in ahead of Laimbeer…ahead of Howard…gets all the way below Nance.

 

59.   Rasheed Wallace 120.36 PF 1286 .094

 Squeezes in between Howard and Laimbeer. 

 

58. Zelmo Beaty 120.6 C 1004 .120

-Right at Baylor, he goes just below. 

57. Dominique Wilkins 121.07 SF 1130 .107

-Right below Beaty, the career value starts to push down Johnston/Macauley

56.   Terry Porter 121.99 PG 1398 .087

Goes in ahead of another point guard, Cheeks.

 

55. Bailey Howell 122.02 PF 1036 .118

Sure looks like a guy going in right above Beaty

 

54.   Wes Unseld 122.79 C 1103 .111

And right between Beaty and ‘Nique is all man Unseld. 

 

53. Jeff Hornacek 123.31 SG 1217 .101

Jeff Hornacek was a better basketball player than Isiah Thomas.  This is a minority opinion.  It’s also supported by the weight of the evidence.  He’s just ahead of Nance. 

 

52. Pau Gasol 123.59 F 950 .130

Easy to slot – he’s right above Elgin Baylor. 

 

51.   George Mikan 125.63 C 509 .247

We are 100 players in and we have a clear cut, no debate, number one – Mikan’s wins/game the first to top .2 and he nears .25.  We’ll need a pretty healthy career value to top his per game advantage. 

 

The top 50 players for career value of all time are coming.  That means after the list you’re about to see, the bottom fifty will drop off; we’ll end up the list of the 100 greatest players ever. 

 

1.       George Mikan

2.       Chris Paul

3.       Dwyane Wade

4.       Paul Arizin

5.       Pau Gasol

6.       Elgin Baylor

7.       Bailey Howell

8.       Zelmo Beaty

9.       Wes Unseld

10.   Dominique Wilkins

11.   Ed Macauley

12.   Neil Johnston

13.   Jeff Hornacek

14.   Larry Nance

15.   Jack Sikma

16.   Vince Carter

17.   Dwight Howard

18.   Rasheed Wallace

19.   Bill Laimbeer

20.   Terry Porter

21.   Maurice Cheeks

22.   Detlef Schrempf

23.   Elton Brand

24.   Manu Ginobli

25.   Kevin Johnson

26.   Eddie Jones

27.   Sam Jones

28.   Allen Iverson

29.   Jerry Lucas

30.   Sam Perkins

31.   Bobby Jones

32.   Otis Thorpe

33.   Sidney Moncrief

34.   Chris Bosh

35.   Hal Greer

36.   Ben Wallace

37.   Tracy McGrady

38.   Alex English

39.   Grant Hill

40.   Tony Parker

41.   Bob Cousy

42.   Dave Cowens

43.   Amare Stoudemire

44.   Alonzo Mourning

45.   Vern Mikkelson

46.   Bill Sharman

47.   Dennis Rodman

48.   Vlade Divac

49.   Hersey Hawkins

50.   Bob McAdoo

 

This is the last we’ll utilize this portion of the list.  Since I stopped the tabulation with 83 career win shares, I’m not warranting that I can calculate the top 150 ever, it could be that a player like Durant with just a tick, as of this writing, under 80 win shares, belongs pretty high up a list of the below fifty.  But that wasn’t the goal here – just to get a top 100, based on battling out the top 150 for overall value.  These players did not make the top 100. Active, and therefore with a shot in the future, in bold. 

 

51.   AC Green

52.   Lenny Wilkens

53.   Shawn Kemp

54.   Jimmy Jones

55.   Jason Terry

56.   Cliff Hagan

57.   Anthony Mason

58.   Chris Mullin

59.   James Worthy

60.   Rashard Lewis

61.   Andre Miller

62.   Marques Johnson

63.   Bobby Dandridge

64.   Chris Webber

65.   Harry Gallatin

66.   Peja Stojakovic

67.   Joe Dumars

68.   Dale Davis

69.   PJ Brown

70.   Mark Jackson

71.   Charles Oakley

72.   Terry Cummings

73.   Sam Cassell

74.   Isiah Thomas

75.   Steve Smith

76.   Glen Rice

77.   Tim Hardaway

78.   Tiny Archibald

79.   Dennis Johnson

80.   Antawn Jamison

81.   Lou Hudson

82.   Dan Majerle

83.   Cedric Maxwell

84.   Michael Finley

85.   Derek Harper

86.   Calvin Murphy

87.   Marcus Camby

88.   George McGinnis

89.   Rod Strickland

90.   Lamar Odom

91.   Earl Monroe

92.   Nate Thurmond

93.   Cliff Robinson

94.   Byron Scott

95.   Dale Ellis

96.   Don Nelson

97.   Gail Goodrich

98.   Paul Silas

99.   Tom Chambers

100.                        Kevin Willis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 100 Best Players in Basketball History, Part 6

The previous installment is here.

70.   Otis Thorpe 111.89 PF 1335 .084

-Very similar to Alex English, with additional career value.  He goes all the way ahead of Greer given the career value.  The career value gets him by Bosh.  He’s going in right after Bobby Jones.

69. Sam Perkins 115.89 PF 1453 .080

-We start to get some daylight in career value now.  That’s going to pop Perkins above Jones and just below Lucas.

68. Paul Arizin 116.2 SF 762 .152

New number two, right after CP3.

67.   Detlef Schrempf 116.22 SF 1250 .093

The career value gets him above Ginobli, all the way behind Howard.

66. Bill Laimbeer 116.26 C 1181 .098

Laimbeer, the best player from the Bad Boys Pistons, right above Detlef.

65. Maurice Cheeks 116.58 PG 1234 .094

And right in between the previous two is Cheeks.

64.   Larry Nance 116.97 PF 988 .118

Look at some Larry Nance. Just nips Howard. 

63.   Vince Carter 117.54 SG 1127 .104

Right behind Nance.

62. Dwyane Wade 118.5 SG 797 .149

That’s going into the last game of the Bulls series – Wade’s behind Paul. 

61. Elgin Baylor 119.51 SF 980 .122

Right below Arizin. 

90 Down.  60 left.  Looking for the 100 greatest basketball players ever.

1.       Chris Paul

2.       Dwyane Wade

3.       Paul Arizin

4.       Elgin Baylor

5.       Ed Macauley

6.       Neil Johnston

7.       Larry Nance

8.       Vince Carter

9.       Dwight Howard

10.   Bill Laimbeer

11.   Maurice Cheeks

12.   Detlef Schrempf

13.   Elton Brand

14.   Manu Ginobli

15.   Kevin Johnson

16.   Eddie Jones

17.   Sam Jones

18.   Allen Iverson

19.   Jerry Lucas

20.   Sam Perkins

21.   Bobby Jones

22.   Otis Thorpe

23.   Sidney Moncrief

24.   Chris Bosh

25.   Hal Greer

26.   Ben Wallace

27.   Tracy McGrady

28.   Alex English

29.   Grant Hill

30.   Tony Parker

31.   Bob Cousy

32.   Dave Cowens

33.   Amare Stoudemire

34.   Alonzo Mourning

35.   Vern Mikkelson

36.   Bill Sharman

37.   Dennis Rodman

38.   Vlade Divac

39.   Hersey Hawkins

40.   Bob McAdoo

41.   AC Green

42.   Lenny Wilkens

43.   Shawn Kemp

44.   Jimmy Jones

45.   Jason Terry

46.   Cliff Hagan

47.   Anthony Mason

48.   Chris Mullin

49.   James Worthy

50.   Rashard Lewis

51.   Andre Miller

52.   Marques Johnson

53.   Bobby Dandridge

54.   Chris Webber

55.   Harry Gallatin

56.   Peja Stojakovic

57.   Joe Dumars

58.   Dale Davis

59.   PJ Brown

60.   Mark Jackson

61.   Charles Oakley

62.   Terry Cummings

63.   Sam Cassell

64.   Isiah Thomas

65.   Steve Smith

66.   Glen Rice

67.   Tim Hardaway

68.   Tiny Archibald

69.   Dennis Johnson

70.   Antawn Jamison

71.   Lou Hudson

72.   Dan Majerle

73.   Cedric Maxwell

74.   Michael Finley

75.   Derek Harper

76.   Calvin Murphy

77.   Marcus Camby

78.   George McGinnis

79.   Rod Strickland

80.   Lamar Odom

81.   Earl Monroe

82.   Nate Thurmond

83.   Cliff Robinson

84.   Byron Scott

85.   Dale Ellis

86.   Don Nelson

87.   Gail Goodrich

88.   Paul Silas

89.   Tom Chambers

90.   Kevin Willis

10 Days from Arrested Development

All the AD talk is freaking me out a little bit.