The status of Best in the league is up for stake this year...do you agree?

**Tenchi Ryu** · 03-26-2012, 02:41 AM

With the Rise of stars on a path to greatness (Durant, Rose) and older players who are known to turn it up in the post season (Dirk, Kobe), is it safe to say whoever wins a ring and gets the Finals MVP, they are the new top dog of the league? After Dirk's godly performance last year, people were easily calling him the best before he dropped at the beginning of the year.

This is the first time in a while where the cream of the crop has been close enough where a few people could claim it instead of just 1 or 2.

**All Net** · 03-26-2012, 02:49 AM

Originally Posted by Tenchi Ryu

With the Rise of stars on a path to greatness (Durant, Rose) and older players who are known to turn it up in the post season (Dirk, Kobe), is it safe to say whoever wins a ring and gets the Finals MVP, they are the new top dog of the league? After Dirk's godly performance last year, people were easily calling him the best before he dropped at the beginning of the year.

This is the first time in a while where the cream of the crop has been close enough where a few people could claim it instead of just 1 or 2.

I think it's safe to say if Lebron doesn't win it all again this year not many will have him as the best. Guess it depends how well Thunder do....Durant could be the new king.

**Tenchi Ryu** · 03-26-2012, 02:52 AM

Originally Posted by All Net

I think it's safe to say if Lebron doesn't win it all again this year not many will have him as the best. Guess it depends how well Thunder do....Durant could be the new king.

I got Durant and Rose as the main two. Both of them getting rings before lebron would be huge, and diminish the little things people use against them. Especially if either of them display the same ridiculous clutchness they've shown through the season.

For Rose to Lebron, it reminds me of the A.I to Shaq comparison.....Shaq clearly the bigger, better defender, who put up better stats. Compared to A.I, who had the winning mentality, and did the impossible at times. If A.I won the ring that year, I could easily have seen him being called best in the league.

**CardiacKemba** · 03-26-2012, 03:50 AM

Originally Posted by Tenchi Ryu

I got Durant and Rose as the main two. Both of them getting rings before lebron would be huge, and diminish the little things people use against them. Especially if either of them display the same ridiculous clutchness they've shown through the season.

For Rose to Lebron, it reminds me of the A.I to Shaq comparison.....Shaq clearly the bigger, better defender, who put up better stats. Compared to A.I, who had the winning mentality, and did the impossible at times. If A.I won the ring that year, I could easily have seen him being called best in the league.

Bad comparison because there is no way AI would have been the better player over Shaq that year even if he won.

**demons2005** · 03-26-2012, 11:04 AM

It is indeed I think Durant and Rose have already taken it from Lebron. IMO if Rose were healthy though it would be his, but since he's missed games a two-way tie. Kobe is still nearby which is amazing for someone with as much mileage as him

**28renyoy** · 03-26-2012, 11:15 AM

Rose isn't even top 5.

LeBron and Durant are CLEARLY the best two players in the game with a gap after them followed by Howard & Wade.

If LeBron or Durant win the FMVP, they will be the unanimous best player in the game.

**blablabla** · 03-26-2012, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by 28renyoy

Rose isn't even top 5.

LeBron and Durant are CLEARLY the best two players in the game with a gap after them followed by Howard & Wade.

If LeBron or Durant win the FMVP, they will be the unanimous best player in the game.