top 500 is back

[Mr.Z]

Man in 2k13, it was so easy to win with the Raptors. Lowry, Derozan, Gay, Primo, and JV. I used to use Gay and Barg pick and roll all the time, it was nearly unstoppable :P

Bench sucked though.

Bargnani had a 90 3 point rating I think


I think that Lowry is going to be given a rating around 86, while JV might get a high 70's rating.

Yeah but that was two games ago lol 2k14 was different.

[Raptorsnz]

Man in 2k13, it was so easy to win with the Raptors. Lowry, Derozan, Gay, Primo, and JV. I used to use Gay and Barg pick and roll all the time, it was nearly unstoppable :P

Bench sucked though.

Bargnani had a 90 3 point rating I think


I think that Lowry is going to be given a rating around 86, while JV might get a high 70's rating.

My favourite thing about that team is that Landry Fields still has ~75-80 on 3 point shooting.

[Mr.Z]

My favourite thing about that team is that Landry Fields still has ~75-80 on 3 point shooting.

Yeah that was great lol they figured it out in 2k14 though lol
I actually played a full 82 game season with that 2k13 team... And I lost in game 7 of the finals to the Thunder. I'll never forgive myself for wasting that much time of my life lol *sigh

[DanH]

Landry Fields breaking into the league-wide 10-player-rotation at 293. Seems there's more appreciation for him out there than I expected.

[Miekenstien]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11...nkings-281-300

yeah here is landry

[Miekenstien]

Seems there's more appreciation for him out there than I expected.

might be no one cares what has happened to him since he left new york. so he must still be that player. didn't you do a big analytics look at landry dan, that showed he was a plus player?

[DanH]

Oh yeah, Landry's great, I just don't find a lot of people that don't think he is terrible.

That said, the theory that ESPN has simply forgotten to keep tabs on him up here is probably a sound one.

[octothorp]

Chuck Hayes in at #278.

[DanH]

Going by average ranking for spots (assuming perfect distribution throughout the league) you'd expect a 15 man roster to rank out as follows. So far our roster looks like...

15
45
75
105
135
165
195
225
255
285
315: Hayes 278 (+37)
345: Fields 293 (+52)
375: Stiemsma 355 (+20) - I figure Stiemsma is less likely to be cut than Hamilton and Cherry
405: Nogueira 384 (+21)
435: Caboclo 455 (-20)

Pretty good so far. Not that it really means anything. But still fun to contextualize these rankings.

[Employee]

Yeah not bad. According the rank on average Hayes should be the 9th man on the rotation. He's more like 11. Shows the depth!

[iblastoff]

Landry Fields breaking into the league-wide 10-player-rotation at 293. Seems there's more appreciation for him out there than I expected.

293!? Pshhhh, what does @espn know about sports anyway...?

— Landry Fields (@landryfields) September 22, 2014

[e_wheazhy_]

Ahaha these espn rankings kill me. It reminds me of in high school when we had a list of the hottest girls in school on the wall of the guys bathroom.

All the girls were crazy to find out what they were ranked. Then when some of them saw and felt they should've been higher it's like "this list is degrading to women!"

"No shit, we're teenage boys"

[octothorp]

Going by average ranking for spots (assuming perfect distribution throughout the league) you'd expect a 15 man roster to rank out as follows. So far our roster looks like...

15
45
75
105
135
165
195
225
255
285
315: Hayes 278 (+37)
345: Fields 293 (+52)
375: Stiemsma 355 (+20) - I figure Stiemsma is less likely to be cut than Hamilton and Cherry
405: Nogueira 384 (+21)
435: Caboclo 455 (-20)

Pretty good so far. Not that it really means anything. But still fun to contextualize these rankings.

For comparison, last year (start of season)

15: Gay 55 (-40)
45: Lowry 78 (-33)
75: Valanciunas 82 (-7)
105: DeRozan 104 (+1)
135: Johnson 165 (-30)
165: Ross 203 (-38)
195: Hansbrough 208 (-13)
225: Augustin 227 (-2)
255: Fields 248 (+7)
285: Novak 251 (+34)
315: Daye 286 (+29)
345: Gray 345 (0)
375: Acy 373 (+2)
405: Buycks 435 (-30)
435: Stone 476 (-41)

And then post trades:
15: Lowry 78 (-63)
45: Valanciunas 82 (-37)
75: DeRozan 104 (-29)
105: Vasquez 124 (-19)
135: Johnson 165 (-30)
165: Patterson 167 (-2)
195: Ross 203 (-8)
225: Hansbrough 208 (+17)
255: Hayes 230 (+25)
285: Fields 248 (+37)
315: Novak 251 (+64)
345: Salmons 289 (+44)
375: de Colo 322 (+53)
405: Buycks 435 (-30)
435: Stone 476 (-41)

[DanH]

The bottom end of last year's team(s) supports the theory that the Raptors depth got infinitely better after the Gay trade.

[Employee]

For comparison, last year (start of season)

15: Gay 55 (-40)
45: Lowry 78 (-33)
75: Valanciunas 82 (-7)
105: DeRozan 104 (+1)
135: Johnson 165 (-30)
165: Ross 203 (-38)
195: Hansbrough 208 (-13)
225: Augustin 227 (-2)
255: Fields 248 (+7)
285: Novak 251 (+34)
315: Daye 286 (+29)
345: Gray 345 (0)
375: Acy 373 (+2)
405: Buycks 435 (-30)
435: Stone 476 (-41)

And then post trades:
15: Lowry 78 (-63)
45: Valanciunas 82 (-37)
75: DeRozan 104 (-29)
105: Vasquez 124 (-19)
135: Johnson 165 (-30)
165: Patterson 167 (-2)
195: Ross 203 (-8)
225: Hansbrough 208 (+17)
255: Hayes 230 (+25)
285: Fields 248 (+37)
315: Novak 251 (+64)
345: Salmons 289 (+44)
375: de Colo 322 (+53)
405: Buycks 435 (-30)
435: Stone 476 (-41)

Rudy Gay was 15 at one time?! Whoa.