I’m a big list person. The top 5 this, the top 20 all time that, I’m all about it. I love a good argument and can usually listen to anyone’s opinion. When we start numerically ranking one thing over the next we seem to treat it as though it’s actually etched in stone by God himself. We’re all list people. For some reason we all get that feeling of accomplishment, that sense of entitlement when we’re in one way or another emotionally attached to that item that comes in the #1 spot. And I mean who really are these people who make the lists in the first place? At the core of it all, we all are just fans. It’s just that some fans incorrectly are labeled as “experts” and therefore their words hold a little more weight. Others have a bigger platform to voice their opinion and also has the same effect on their words. I get suckered into it every time.
More recently an example of this is the newly released and discussed list of the top ten players in the NBA today. Now they pulled this stunt last year and Lebron James failed to make some people’s list, and I understood why they felt that way. This time, its a new monster all its own. They’ve got 10- Derron Williams 9- Russell Westbrook 8- D.Wade 7- Kevin Love 6- Kobe 5- D. Rose 4- Chris Paul 3- Dwight Howard 2- Kevin Durant 1- Lebron James.
Now I don’t have enough characters in this post or cartilage in my fingers to fully express and type my feelings behind their compilation of who they feel is elite. I won’t bore you with my reasons to disagree but I will say that I grew up watching an NBA where my big men actually were all-around threats. You new guys don’t appreciate that. It’s cool it’s not your fault you just started watching basketball. Second, I don’t think it’s fair to say anyone’s better than Kobe while Kobe is still in the league. I know what you’re thinking, but it just doesn’t feel right. I’ll also say that Rajon Rondo, Dirk, Andrew Bynum and Melo MAY have a reason to be upset here. With the right amount of skill, a logical person might be able to express why that list is perfect as is, but I doubt it..not impossible though.
Rules were made to be broken some say. I say lists were made to divide households and start arguments to end friendships, and I love them for it. Do you think ESPN got it right this time? Reply and tell who you’d like to replace and why?
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