09-05-2023, 12:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-05-2023, 12:53 PM by SleepingHero.)
(09-05-2023, 12:16 PM)omahen Wrote: Interesting analysis. They ranked starters of each team on each position. Here is where Mavs are according to this:
PG: Luka, #2 (behind Curry)
SG: Irving, #5
SF: THJ, #27
PF: GW, #26
C: Powell, #29 (only Hayes ranked lower)
https://theathletic.com/4811677/2023/09/...ings-2023/
Athletic keeps up their habit at making poorly made rankings.
The writer makes a statement that injuries are taken into account but proceeds to put the most injury prone SG at 3rd (PG). Is Paul George really better than Booker and Kyrie? He also justifies it by saying that the Clips have Norman Powell to back him up so it makes sense.
THJ is not the 27th best starting SF in the league behind guys like Dillon Brooks (24th) and Harrison Barnes (14th) and Gordan Hayward (19th). Although I wouldn't rank him that much higher. Probably 20-24th.
Grant Williams at 26 is also a bit laughable..? Saddiq Bey, Patrick Williams, Kevin Love, Isaiah Stewart, Deni Avdija are all objectively not better than Grant Williams. They also put 6'6 Jalen Williams for OKC who played a whopping total 1% of his minutes at PF as the 15th best PF...
I don't think Grant Williams is a top 10 guy at his position, but bottom 4th is kind of insulting.
Its fun to dog on Powell and say that he's the 2nd worst starting center in the league (and there are legitimate arguments for that), but to rank him behind guys like Zach Collins, James Wiseman, and Mark Williams is a bit of a stretch.
Overall the Mavs aren't nearly as weighed down as these horribly made charts (seriously, 12 year olds could make easier to read charts) make them appear to be.
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