The Top 10 Players in these Olympics.

[RuleBook]

Please list your opinion of who the top 10 players were in these Olympics according to performance (I understand this will be somewhat difficult and arguable, but that's what makes it fun!):

1. Dwyane Wade
2. Yao
3. Pau
4. Lebron
5. Luis Scola
6. Ginobli
7. Rudy Fernandez
8. Dirk
9. Antonios Fotsis (biggest surprise for me)
10 (tie..I know this is cheating ). Sarinus Jasikevicius/Kobe/Kirelinko

Honorable Mention: Holden, Spanoulis, Mills, Delfino, Planinic

Also, what would be your 1st team and 6th man from this tournament?

Mine would be

C-Yao
PF-Pau
SF-Lebron
SG- Wade
PG- Prigioni
6th Man - Manu

[Saskibaloia]

1. Pau Gasol
2. D-Wade
3. LeBron
4. Rudy Fernandez
5. Luis Scola
7. Ginobli
8. Sarunas Jasikevicius
9. Yao
10. Ricky Rubio (my gosh such a TALENTED PLAYER @ ONLY 17 )

Special mention for my main man PATTY MILLS!!! ... and btw I ain't too happy with Bogut's performance in the Olympics ... soooooooo inconsistent ... I'm sure he'll bounce back

My All Tournament Five:


Centre: Pau Gasol
Forward: LeBron James
Forward: Luis Scola
Guard: Dwayne Wade
Guard: Rudy Fernandez

[joesmoove059]

mine would be: (in no particular order )

1. Dwyane Wade
2. LeBron James
3. Pau Gasol
4. Luis Scola
5. Jasikevicius
6. Ricky Rubio
7. Rudy Fernandez
8. Spanoulis
9. Manu Ginobili
10.Yao Ming

Linas Kleiza BTW is the most disappointing player in this Beijing Olympics.

..Credit to USA coach, Mike Krzyzewski(is the spelling right??), great job in leading the US "redeem team"..

[Unimane]

I have to agree with Coach K. I despise him at Duke and I thought the US would play like his Duke teams, shoot way too many threes and no post presence. I was even cringing at the thought of players slapping the floor. But, he did a very nice job of pushing the right buttons and keeping the focus of the team.

As for the players;

1st Team
PG-Chris Paul
SG-Kobe Bryant (He gets the choice based on the Gold Medal game)
SF-Dwyane Wade
PF-LeBron James (MVP)
C-Pau Gasol

2nd Team
PG-Vasilius Spanoulis
SG-Rudy Fernandez
SF-Manu Ginobili
PF-Dirk Nowitski (He was all alone and still performed)
C-Dwight Howard

[RuleBook]

mine would be: (in no particular order )

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How are you gonna play us like that?


I'm surprised at the Rubio inclusions--I thought he really struggled.

I also had difficulty picking other players from Spain besides Pau because they were so well balanced.

[ricodgame]

MYTHICAL 5

C - Luis Scola
PF - Dirk Nowitzki
SF - Lebron James
SG - Dwayne Wade
PG - Sarinus Jasikeveckius

[igorotski]

My top ten:
1. Wade- MVP
2. Lebron
3. Fernandez
4. Gasol
5. Kobe
6. Rubio
7. Scola
8. Ginobili
9. Spanoulis
10. Fotsis

Others who did well: Mills, Delfino, Siskauskas, Yi, Plannic, Howard, Bosh

[bolabasket]

Here's mine:

1. Kobe Bryant
2. Lebron James
3. Pau Gasol
4. Manu Guinobili
5. Luis Scola
6. Sarunas Jasikevicius
7. Dwyane Wade
8. Yao Ming
9. Rudy Fernandez
10. Vasilius Spanoulis

--------------- I'll name the next 2:
11. Patrick Mills
12. Chris Paul

[Juan Carlos Nadal]

Please list your opinion of who the top 10 players were in these Olympics according to performance (I understand this will be somewhat difficult and arguable, but that's what makes it fun!):

1. Dwyane Wade
2. Yao
3. Pau
4. Lebron
5. Luis Scola
6. Ginobli
7. Rudy Fernandez
8. Dirk
9. Antonios Fotsis (biggest surprise for me)
10 (tie..I know this is cheating ). Sarinus Jasikeveckius/Kobe/Kirelinko

Honorable Mention: Holden, Spanoulis, Mills, Delfino, Planinic

Also, what would be your 1st team and 6th man from this tournament?

Mine would be

C-Yao
PF-Pau
SF-Lebron
SG- Wade
PG- Mills (probably the biggest reach)

6th Man - Manu

I love Dirk but no way was he in the top 10 (or even 20) in this tournament.

[joesmoove059]

How are you gonna play us like that?


I'm surprised at the Rubio inclusions--I thought he really struggled.

I also had difficulty picking other players from Spain besides Pau because they were so well balanced.

i had a hard time ranking them from 1-10 they all were impressive, that's why i decided to place them in a random order

[Turkish Airlines Euroleague]

Fotsis, along with Zisis, Diamantidis and Papaloukas, were the worst players of the Greek NT. I don't understand, why you're putting Fotsis up there. On the other hand, Spanoulis was the only one, playing 100% for his NT.

[kestas]

1. Dwyane Wade
2. Yao
3. Pau
4. Lebron
5. Luis Scola
6. Ginobli
7. Rudy Fernandez
8. Dirk
9. Antonios Fotsis (biggest surprise for me)
10 (tie..I know this is cheating ). Sarinus Jasikeveckius/Kobe/Kirelinko

what about Chriss Raul and Dwite Hogword?

seriously, just copy/paste LTU names next time...

[Genjuro]

I'm surprised at the Rubio inclusions--I thought he really struggled.

I think he might be a bit of a reach in the top-10, but I would never say that he struggled. He was the main factor in the Spanish victories over China (along Gasol) and Germany (he was THE MAN there). Considering that he was pretty solid in the other games, I do think his performance was quite notable.

[kestas]

I think he might be a bit of a reach in the top-10, but I would never say that he struggled. He was the main factor in the Spanish victories over China (along Gasol) and Germany (he was THE MAN there).

I'd add the semifinal as well.

[Anette]

D-Wade
Kobe
Jasikevicius
Lebron
Yao
Pau Gasol
Scola
Ginobilli
Nowitzki
Rudy Fernandez

[RuleBook]

I'd add the semifinal as well.

I don't buy this--I understand performing well in a game or two--but I was rating it based on their overall averaged performance so I used a decent bit of stats too in my evaluation. There's no doubt Rubio was a good pick pocket and also a suprisingly solid rebounder, but at pg he had an assist/to ratio of 1.5--which isn't that great.

More importantly, he shot 17% from three and less than 30% from the field overall . Certainly one can say his role is not one of a scorer..but those numbers are unacceptable for somebody who's supposed to be top 10 or who supposedly had a good tournament in my opinion.

As for Fotsis...he was an efficient scorer from 2 and 3..hit the boards hard and played solid defense. Spanoulis was a good scorer (though somewhat underwhelming from 3) but wasn't as good all around in my view.

I should have added Prigioni to HM's..in fact, I think I'd have him rather than Mills as my starting pg.

[mvblair]

Nobody has mentioned Holden yet!? Come on, he was great. He was fantastic. And how about some love for Brad Newley? Great player there.

Matt's Subjective Big 10 List in Order
1. Luis Scola
2. Yao Ming
3. Pau Gasol
4. JR Holden
5. LeBron James
6. Sarunas Jasikevicius
7. Hamed Ehadadi
8. Brad Newley
9. Kobe Bryant
10. Carlos Delfino

Matt's Subjective Mythic Team
C - Yao Ming
PF - Luis Scola
SF - LeBron James
SG - Sarunas Jasikevicius
PG - JR Holden

[Gyroscope]

(In random order)

Wade
Jasikevicius
P. Gasol
GInobilli
Kobe
LeBron
Paul
Fernandez
Rubio - considering his young age
Spanoulis - considering he was the only Greek who wasn't afraid to grab a hot ball

Biggest disappointments:
Yao - was let down by his teammates, although he seemed to struggle himself
Papaloukas - average decision-making; poor offensively
Nowitzki - same case with Yao;


MVP: Wade
LVP (Least Valuable Player): (too)-Big Sofo

Best coach: Coach K
Worst coach: Blatt

[elaj]

1. Dwayne Wade
2. Yao Ming
3. Pau Gasol
4. Šarunas Jasikevičius
5. Luis Scola
6. LeBron James
7. Rudy Fernandez
8. Emanuel Ginobili
9. Kobe Bryant
10. Dwight Howard

Mine would be:

PG: Šarunas Jasikevičius
SG: Dwayne Wade
SF: LeBron James
PF: Luis Scola
C: Yao Ming
6th Man: Rudy Fernandez

Biggest disappointments:
Theo Papaloukas
Dirk Nowitzki
Russia NT
Germany NT
Lithuania not reaching a medal

Biggest surprise:
Croatia NT
Argentina (I expected less from their limited roster, also didn't expect them to win against Lithuania in last game without Ginobili)

MVP: Dwayne Wade
LVP: Big Sofo

Best coach: Coach K
Worst coach: Blatt

[alermac]

PG Calderón and Paul
SG Wade and Delfino
SF James and Anthony
PF Scola
C Howard, Pau Gasol and Yao Ming