ESPN Player ranking - The Cavs players

[PdL59]

ESPN is doing their annual player ranking.

Two Cavs players were to be found in yesterdays ranking of spot 121 to 140.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11626017/2014-nba-player-rankings-121-140

Here is the list of the present Cavs players listed from 121 - 500

126 Tristan Thompson
136 Shawn Marion
178 Mike Miller
312 Matthew Dellavedova
336 Brandon Haywood
342 James Jones
390 Lou Amundson
454 Joe Harris
486 Alex Kirk

I hope I have not missed someone.

Cavs players that remains to receive their spot on the list

LeBron James
Kyrie Irving
Kevin Love
Dion Waiters
Anderson Varejo

These rankings may not be important, but I still hope that we will have LBJ, Kyrie and Love all above spot 20.

Find it very nice to have the depth of very sollid players like AV, Miller and Marion with a young and still developing big in TT high up in the ranking.

I have no idea what spot ESPN consider is right for Dion.

I also think that Delly would have been in a higher position if last seasons Cavs games could be seen more on the national TV.

 

[mds]

This board will explode when Beal is ranked higher than Waiters.

 

[davedugan43]

Guesses and What I think

LeBron James:
ESPN = 1
Me = 1

Kyrie Irving:
ESPN = 13
Me = 9

Kevin Love:
ESPN = 8
Me = 6

Anderson Varejao:
ESPN = 97
Me = 94

Dion Waiters:
ESPN = 81
Me = top fifty

 

[Josh Criiiiibbs]

For comparison, the remaining Cavs were ranked the following on SI's Top 100 List - http://www.si.com/nba/2014/top-100-nba-players-2015-list

Dion Waiters - Not Ranked, listed as a notable omission along with Marion (Beal was #76)
Anderson Varejo - #97
Kyrie Irving - #21
Kevin Love - #7
LeBron James - #1

 

[AuxiliaryPie]

For comparison, the remaining Cavs were ranked the following on SI's Top 100 List - http://www.si.com/nba/2014/top-100-nba-players-2015-list

Dion Waiters - Not Ranked, listed as a notable omission along with Marion (Beal was #76)
Anderson Varejo - #97
Kyrie Irving - #21
Kevin Love - #7
LeBron James - #1

that list was such bullshit.. time duncan #10 in a ranking system based off your ability to carry a team, when he would have retired if he were on any other team in the league

 

[Soda]

Iman Shumpert, IMO, is not better than TT. Not that it's a big deal. Just don't think Shumpert is any good.

 

[Captain S]

that list was such bullshit.. time duncan #10 in a ranking system based off your ability to carry a team, when he would have retired if he were on any other team in the league

He was actually #5

 

[bigfoot5415]

Iman Shumpert, IMO, is not better than TT. Not that it's a big deal. Just don't think Shumpert is any good.

When Shumpert leaves NY, watch him plummet in that list.

 

[col63onel]

CBSSPORTS.com

100 Marion
93 Dion
76 Andy
31 Kyrie
Love and Lebron are both top 10 which have yet to be revealed.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...e-on-basketball-elite-100-no-20-through-no-11

 

[gourimoko]

Kyrie at 31 is mind-boggling...

 

[Jack Brickman]

Beal being fifty spots higher than Waiters is equally mind-boggling.

 

[gourimoko]

Beal being fifty spots higher than Waiters is equally mind-boggling.

Exactly, as it has no basis in reality. How can anyone look at these two players and see that much variance? I dunno how some of these people sleep at night.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Exactly, as it has no basis in reality. How can anyone look at these two players and see that much variance? I dunno how some of these people sleep at night.

It reminds me a lot of the Harrison Barnes "playoff effect." Beal had a good series in the playoffs, and thus got wildly overrated. Waiters played for a shitty, dysfunctional team, so he's a bust and terrible.

 

[Lee]

One thing to note, with 30 teams, anyone top 150 is starter "quality" and any under 30 is top player on the team level. The Cavs will have 7 players worthy of starting, meaning 2 of our bench would be a solid starter for another team, and we should have 3 in the top 30 so 3 players who are worthy of being option number 1.

It will be interesting to see how this compares to SA and OKC. But it is crazy to think how stacked our roster is.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Also, Rose being ranked higher than Kyrie right now is an absolute joke. He hasn't even proven he can play basketball yet, and Kyrie embarrassed him in the FIBA World Cup.