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ESPN is ranking all the NBA players from 1 -500.  Here's where the players who finished their college career in an MU uniform ended up

8 - Dwyane Wade
109 - Wesley Matthews
176 - Steve Novak
339 - Jae Crowder
371 - Jimmy Butler
383 - Lazar Hayward
456 - Darius Johnson-Odom

Quote from: CTWarrior on September 26, 2012, 04:30:58 PM
ESPN is ranking all the NBA players from 1 -500.  Here's where the players who finished their college career in an MU uniform ended up

8 - Dwyane Wade
109 - Wesley Matthews
176 - Steve Novak
339 - Jae Crowder
371 - Jimmy Butler
383 - Lazar Hayward
456 - Darius Johnson-Odom

Novak jumped up big time. Jimmy should be 100+ spots higher next year.

Surprised they have Jae over Jimmy. JFB may not have set the court ablaze, but he was respectable in his limited playing time. ESPN seems to think highly of Crowder already, though, which is definitely a good thing. 

Who are the 7 guys ahead of Wade?

Quote from: muwarrior69 on September 26, 2012, 05:26:10 PM
Who are the 7 guys ahead of Wade?

#7 - Kevin Love
#6 - Kobe

Top 5 hasnt been revealed yet but here's my guess, as these are the players who are left

#5 - D. Rose
#4 - Chris Paul
#3 - D. Howard
#2 - Durant
#1 - LeBron

Quote from: muwarrior69 on September 26, 2012, 05:26:10 PM
Who are the 7 guys ahead of Wade?

Off the top of my head:Lebron, Kobe, Durant, Dirk, CP3, D Rose. #7 might be Melo, Nash or Duncan (0ops, forgot Dwight Howard and Kevin Love beat out Dirk)

Quote from: Lennys Tap on September 26, 2012, 06:23:35 PM
Off the top of my head:Lebron, Kobe, Durant, Dirk, CP3, D Rose. #7 might be Melo, Nash or Duncan

I have been following these rankings, LeBron, Rose, CP3, Durant, and Howard are the final 5. Dirk dropped to #11, Nash is #19 I think, Duncan has fallen to the 20-25 range I believe, and surpisingly they put Melo at #17.

Quote from: MUFanatic4Life on September 26, 2012, 06:15:23 PM
#7 - Kevin Love
#6 - Kobe

Top 5 hasnt been revealed yet but here's my guess, as these are the players who are left

#5 - D. Rose
#4 - Chris Paul
#3 - D. Howard
#2 - Durant
#1 - LeBron

Kobe and D Rose (b/c he's coming off an injury) should not be ahead of him. The rest seem right and I don't think there is really anybody else that should be ahead of him that isn't.

no love for Jerel?

Crean must be proud.

Quote from: jmayer1 on September 26, 2012, 06:34:37 PM
Kobe and D Rose (b/c he's coming off an injury) should not be ahead of him. The rest seem right and I don't think there is really anybody else that should be ahead of him that isn't.

How do you figure that Kobe shouldn't be ahead of Wade?  You kidding me?

Quote from: Hards_Alumni on September 27, 2012, 06:43:10 AM
How do you figure that Kobe shouldn't be ahead of Wade?  You kidding me?

Really? Because it's 2012 not 2002. Kobe is for the most part a high-volume gunner at this stage of his career.

Wade
Much better FG% (nearly 7 percentage points!!)
More rebounds (barely) per minute
More assists per minute
Much more steals per minute
Much more blocks per minute
Less turnovers per minute
Much better PER (26.3 to 21.9)
More win shares on the year (7.7 to 6.2)
Much better WS/48 (0.227 to 0.132)
Better defender

Kobe
Better FT %
More points (2.1 per 36 min)

I guess you could make somewhat of an arguement in regards to durability (Kobe played in 9 more games and played over 5 minutes more per game), but I don't think that makes up for the domination Wade has over Kobe statistically.

Slightly off topic, but Steve Novak's championship belt is in the intro for nba 2k13

go to 0:37 in video to see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcxYm4vwJxA