Its practically a three-way tie between Turkoglu, Crawford, and Mike Miller. Crawford could still end up #1 if he plays a couple more seasons. In any case, neither Crawford or Turkoglu ever made a single all-star game.
Curry is definitely a better player than Harden. But this about win shares, and not opinions. Harden has played ~90 more games than Curry, and has been on playoff teams (OKC and Houston) every year of his entire career.
Cassell is shocking considering that class had Chris Webber, Allan Houston, Penny Hardaway and Nick Van Excel. I guess longevity is a pretty big factor.
Looked up the draft class on basketball reference and Webber is significantly ahead on the valuation metrics that account for value over a replacement player.
I suspected that Buck Williams having an edge on Isaiah Thomas was purely longevity, but nope. Buck grabbed a win share every 10.8 games played, and Isaiah only was every 12+. Some combination of rebounding and defense mattering more than ball-handling/playmaking/distributing, quality of teammates actually diluting win share even while increasing gross wins, and/or Buck Williams being underrated/Isaiah being overrated is at play here.
It's really close. Obviously Kawhi's had the better career but he misses a lot of playtime due to injury. Can't earn Win Shares when you're sitting on the bench due to "load management".
Clarke over Zion and Ja? I mean I get Zion has been injured and has missed more games then he played, but Ja is more meaningful to the Grizzlies then Clarke smh
there are some really bad answers here lol, cassell over chris webber? Haliburton instead of edwards/ball?? Clark over morant? cmon man you gotta be kidding me
i think the top player of the 2009 draft class is stephen curry not james harden...
curry had a better legacy than harden
It's about win shares. That's an official stat, calculated by some professional nerd out there. It's very good but it's also not perfect.