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Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
So how does this work?
If you want to participate, send me a list of your 20 favorite active NBA players. This means that whoever you have on your ballot must have played in at least one game during the 2014-2015 season, or be expected to do so. You can take the selection process as seriously as you want, this is all in good fun (please note how the thread title says "favorite" instead of "best". This will probably be important later on).

You can either pm me your list or send it to wheelchairmosh@gmail.com

Here's a template for your list, please send it to me in this format so I don't have to count whether everyone really put 20 guys on their ballot.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

The list will be tabulated as follows: The top player on your list gets 20 points, the second one gets 19, all the way down to #20, who gets 1 point. If you send in an incomplete list it will damage your top choices. For example, the top guy on a list only counting 15 guys gets 15 points instead of 20.

Can I stuff my ballot with all my favorite role players and human victory cigars?
Sure! Like I said, you can take this as seriously as you want to.

What about guys who are injured or playing in China or whatever?
We'll count them as long as they're expected to make it back onto an NBA court reasonably soon. These will be judged on a case by case basis.

Can I be an extra special snowflake and vote for WNBA players?
Please don't. I don't care how much you like Lauren Jackson, I won't count any part of your ballot this year if she's on it.

What's the deadline?
Next Tuesday, noon. Extended to Thursday night after Spurs / Clippers ends.

Speaking of, who won last time?
Here's last year's Top 50.

code:
Steph Curry 	434
Dirk Nowitzki	  354
Russell Westbrook	296
Anthony Davis	277
LeBron James	269
Giannis Antetokounmpo	232
DeMarcus Cousins	225
Kevin Durant	191
Tim Duncan	177
Marc Gasol	167
Boris Diaw	166
Nick Young	166
John Wall 	165
Kobe Bryant	162
Jimmy Butler	150
Blake Griffin	150
Kyle Korver	150
Joakim Noah	146
Monta Ellis	142
Pau Gasol	140
Klay Thompson	130
Andrew Wiggins 	129
Damian Lillard	128
Ricky Rubio	118
Chris Bosh	111
Tyson Chandler	106
Manu Ginobili 	106
James Harden	105
Deandre Jordan	102
JR Smith	100
Larry Sanders	96
Nate Robinson	92
Rajon Rondo	90
Javale McGee	87
Kawhi Leonard	86
Chris Paul	79
Patty Mills	75
LaMarcus Aldridge	73
Zach Randolph	71
Yusuf Nurkic	68
Vince Carter 	67
Eric Bledsoe	62
Andre Drummond	62
Carmelo Anthony	57
Derrick Rose	56
Draymond Green	55
Demar Derozan	53
Kyle Lowry	52
Nicola Vucevic	51
Jamal Crawford	51
Will Draymond Green and Paul George crack the top 30 this time? Can Giannis and Anthony Davis hold on to their Top 10 spots without making the playoffs? AND WHAT ABOUT BOBAN?

Please don't post your ballots in this thread until the countdown is over, it makes it more fun for everyone. Instead, use this thread to campaign for people you think might get overlooked. Use all the gifs, articles, stats and silly pictures at your disposal (or send them to me along with your ballot ).

Illinois Smith fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Feb 16, 2016

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Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
goddamnit, someone edit the year in the title please

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

Metapod posted:

Can I change my ballot because Aaron Gordon is definitely top 5 now?
sure

xbilkis posted:

Does "reasonably soon" rule Embiid out
nah, I believe

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
Has Steven Adams actually been good this year or is the reason some Thunder fan weirdo just put him above Durant purely moustache-based?

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
Yeah, I'm sorry for this whole tangent. I think I forgot the premise for my own dumb thread.

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
Quick update: As of right now I only have 9 ballots (compared to 43 total last year), do you guys need more time or something? Should we go back to only doing this every other year?

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

NickRoweFillea posted:

I emailed mine. Did you get it?
Sure.

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
Turner owns, I'm glad the Pacers have a big man to get excited about again.

We're up to 19 ballots now. I'm extending the deadline to the end of the Spurs / Clippers game on Thursday.

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Kyle Korver #1 forever
Maybe you should send in a ballot because I don't think anyone else remembered about NBA All-Star Kyle Korver this year

Also we're up to 26 ballots now, keep them coming.

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
Sure, I guess he counts since he played two preseason games with the Warriors. Has he even been playing anywhere internationally since he got waived? As much as I've come to like Clark I was super bummed when Gordon lost his bench spot to him, really hoping this isn't gonna turn into a quiet retirement.

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
We still got to a very respectable 33 ballots at the end, thanks for voting!

I'll be adding all of it up today probably, stay tuned.

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
:siren:IT BEGINS:siren:

Participation was down to 34 ballots (I forgot to put my own in the spreadsheet) from the 43 we had last year. Nonetheless, a player managed to set a new record for most points this year. More on that later though.


# 50 Steven Adams (40 points)
last time we did this: #66
Made 4 out of 34 lists, highest voted #2

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
:siren: FIRST BIG FALL OF THIS YEAR'S LIST:siren:


# 49 Boris Diaw (41 points)
last time we did this: #11
Made 3 out of 34 lists, highest voted #3

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#48 Dame Lillard (42 points)
last time we did this: #23
Made 7 out of 34 lists, highest voted #8

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#47 Tony Allen (42 points)
last time we did this: #176?! what the poo poo guys?
Made 4 out of 34 lists, highest voted #4

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

Props Department posted:

That seems really low for Dame, I guess all the Portland fans forgot to vote.
He's the only guy until like #32 to appear on 7 ballots, it's just that most of his votes were on the lower end.



#46 Zach LaVine (43 points)
last time we did this: - (I think I put the deadline before the dunk contest last time? that was dumb)
Made 3 out of 34 lists, highest voted #3

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#45 Nerlens Noel (43 points)
last time we did this: #102
Made 3 out of 34 lists, highest voted #1

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#44 Andrew Wiggins (45 points)
last time we did this: #22
Made 4 out of 34 lists, highest voted #4

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
:dance:oh hay look who made it this year!:dance:


#43 Andre Iguodala (48 points)
last time we did this: #128
Made 4 out of 34 lists, highest voted #5 (twice)


R.D. Mangles posted:

holy moly, is that a photoshop or is his hand the size of a small child
I think the perspective is slightly skewed by him holding the hand towards the camera but they're loving huge without that too.

Illinois Smith fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Feb 20, 2016

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#42 Gordon Hayward (49 points)
last time we did this: #165
Made 4 out of 34 lists, highest voted #2 (twice)

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#41 Kevin Garnett (50 points)
last time we did this: #62
Made 4 out of 34 lists, highest voted #2

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#40 Devin Booker (51 points)
last time we did this: -
Made 3 out of 34 lists, highest voted #3

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
:siren: next up, the winner of the presitigious Most Justifications Given award:siren:


quote:

Derrick Rose (Still)

quote:

Rose (when he is back)

quote:

Derrick Rose but only because his son is cool.

#39 Derrick Rose (52 points)
last time we did this: #45
Made 5 out of 34 lists, highest voted #3

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?


#38 Carmelo Anthony (52 points)
last time we did this: #44
Made 5 out of 34 lists, highest voted #2

Illinois Smith fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Feb 20, 2016

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#37 Manu Ginobili (55 points)
last time we did this: #27
Made 6 out of 34 lists, highest voted #7 (twice)

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#36 Paul Millsap (58 points)
last time we did this: #79
Made 5 out of 34 lists, highest voted #4

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#35 Rudy Gobert (58 points)
last time we did this: #75
Made 6 out of 34 lists, highest voted #1

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#34 DeAndre Jordan (59 points)
last time we did this: #29
Made 5 out of 34 lists, highest voted #3

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
:siren: first winner of our The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same award this year :siren:


#33 Rajon Rondo (61 points)
last time we did this: #33
Made 5 out of 34 lists, highest voted #4

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
Finally a newish face and our first entry this year who made double-digit lists!


#32 Isiah Thomas (66 points)
last time we did this: #91
Made 10 out of 34 lists, highest voted #6

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#31 James Harden (66 points)
last time we did this: #28
Made 6 out of 34 lists, highest voted #2

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#30 Vince Carter (67 points)
last time we did this: #41
Made 7 out of 34 lists, highest voted #5



the double flop is spreading, nobody is safe of this strange magnetic phenomenon

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#29 Joakim Noah (68 points)
last time we did this: #18
Made 5 out of 34 lists, highest voted #2 (twice)

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#28 Andre Drummond (71 points)
last time we did this: #43
Made 10 out of 34 lists, highest voted #8

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#27 Chris Paul (72 points)
last time we did this: #36
Made 7 out of 34 lists, highest voted #5

Illinois Smith fucked around with this message at 11:56 on Feb 21, 2016

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?
I know you're probably all asleep, just wanted to knock out the first half of the list before I leave.


#26 Shaun Livingston (72 points)
last time we did this: #54
Made 5 out of 34 lists, highest voted #2

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#25 Kobe Bryant (76 points)
last time we did this: #14
Made 8 out of 34 lists, highest voted #1

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#24 Marc Gasol (77 points)
last time we did this: #10
Made 8 out of 34 lists, highest voted #3

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

R.D. Mangles posted:

holy moly, is that a photoshop or is his hand the size of a small child


#23 Boban Marjanović (79 points)
last time we did this: -
Made 9 out of 34 lists, highest voted #5

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Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

#22 Kyle Lowry (80 points)
last time we did this: #48
Made 7 out of 34 lists, highest voted #1

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