I think Haliās assists are inflated but him and trae are really in the same tier i think
Kingsole111
Team performance. Chemistry around them. Market.
Trae is really good, but his value and performance has been a bit lowered because of the surrounding cast.
LilGingii
Dame too, wtf did he do last year??
Atl-Fan_FTS
Efficiency, less turnovers, team success, more aesthetic / team orientated playstyle. Downvote me all you want but they have every right to be ahead of him right now.
The real problem is Ja and Dame being ahead of him
_mdz
Better teams and better team performance.
WertomThree
Recency bias. Hali had half a year where he looked ridiculous. And brunson was dropping big numbers in the playoffs. Meanwhile, Trae was out for a big part of the year, came back injured during the play in, and didn’t look great.
meco162
All I know is that that all 3 players won’t pull off a stinker like Trae did in that Play-In game against the Bulls
youngmo755
tyrese better at passing, not as good scoring tho brunson same scoring level but lacks in passing and maxey is a natural SG letās be honest
Breakthecyclist
There really is a pretty shite narrative going on with Trae. Donāt blame him for switching representation and guessing there will be some long from articles that will come out as we get closer to the season to the effect of ābeing a father has changed meā, not making the national team was a āblessing in disguiseā and so on.
Donāt get me wrong, watching him sometimes can be maddening, but when he is on he is truly special. Getting constantly disrespected to this extent has gotta be some fuel. For instance, for a player who led his team to the ECF that young to be teamed with Jalen and now the number 1 pick of the last draft and only be forecast to win 35 games by Vegasā¦
DoctaChillin
This is a wicked list. Who taking Brunson or Haliburton over Steph? Kyrie outside the top 10? Wild.
WildBananna
All the hate/disrespect just makes it so much more enjoyable watching Trae drag his nuts over other teams when heās in his groove
SignificantHawk3163
Results.
Waste-Oil-279
They have heart, and they play hard.
Live_Region_8232
thatās pretty fair. i have no problem with brunson being ahead because he was 6th in all nba voting. hali had a better record, and is a better passer than trae. also a slightly better defender. maxey is right on the same level as trae and you can argue either one is better
SirJoeffer
Brunson, Hali, and Maxey were all in the playoffs this year. Trae has had a better postseason run than all of them, but it happened longer ago so nobody cares.
Also people donāt like Trae. Donāt ever underestimate how peopleās feelings on whether they like a player or not impacts how good they say that player is.
Both_Funny4896
Trae was considered a top 10-15 player after his ecf run. Itās all about winning
dynamite-ready
At this stage, even as a Trae fanboy, dude has to show and prove this year. In flashes, he’s one of the best players in the league, but he needs to lead the team through a strong campaign.
He managed it once, and reckon he can do better.
Bobgoulet
I’ve really stopped caring about rankings and personal accolades. We haven’t been a winning basketball team since 2021, and I want to win basketball games. The rankings and accolades will take care of themselves when we are winning.
I’m actually quite happy with our off-season. Excited about Dyson and Risacher. I still think our Center position is going to hold us back a bit, like it has been for the last two seasons in my opinion.
Confirm_ova_Affirm
Having Trae over Irving is disrespectful
falconhawk2158
Shai is a shooting guard Maxey is really a shooting guard as well and not really as good as Trae. Ja has done nothing to say that heās better and Fox can score but heās nowhere near the facilitator that Trae is. Brunson is a really good player and with him I think itās about success heās had in the last few years and heās a really efficient player but I donāt think overall heās better than Trae. Haliburton is a great facilitator and he can shoot the ball efficiently but his scoring ability is not as diverse as Traeās and his defense is just as bad or possibly worse than Traeās. The main reason they are ranked higher is because of recent playoff success. Honestly Ja being higher is the baffling one because he barely played last year and his stupid off court decisions make you wonder if he has the intelligence to not screw up his career. Also the only thing that heās better than Trae at is athleticism heās not a better shooter heās not a better passer but finishing around the basket and dunking heās better.
Different-Horror-581
You have to focus your entire defense on making up for Traeš
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Maxey and Brunson have no real argument ngl
I think Haliās assists are inflated but him and trae are really in the same tier i think
Team performance. Chemistry around them. Market.
Trae is really good, but his value and performance has been a bit lowered because of the surrounding cast.
Dame too, wtf did he do last year??
Efficiency, less turnovers, team success, more aesthetic / team orientated playstyle. Downvote me all you want but they have every right to be ahead of him right now.
The real problem is Ja and Dame being ahead of him
Better teams and better team performance.
Recency bias. Hali had half a year where he looked ridiculous. And brunson was dropping big numbers in the playoffs. Meanwhile, Trae was out for a big part of the year, came back injured during the play in, and didn’t look great.
All I know is that that all 3 players won’t pull off a stinker like Trae did in that Play-In game against the Bulls
tyrese better at passing, not as good scoring tho
brunson same scoring level but lacks in passing
and maxey is a natural SG letās be honest
There really is a pretty shite narrative going on with Trae. Donāt blame him for switching representation and guessing there will be some long from articles that will come out as we get closer to the season to the effect of ābeing a father has changed meā, not making the national team was a āblessing in disguiseā and so on.
Donāt get me wrong, watching him sometimes can be maddening, but when he is on he is truly special. Getting constantly disrespected to this extent has gotta be some fuel. For instance, for a player who led his team to the ECF that young to be teamed with Jalen and now the number 1 pick of the last draft and only be forecast to win 35 games by Vegasā¦
This is a wicked list. Who taking Brunson or Haliburton over Steph? Kyrie outside the top 10? Wild.
All the hate/disrespect just makes it so much more enjoyable watching Trae drag his nuts over other teams when heās in his groove
Results.
They have heart, and they play hard.
thatās pretty fair. i have no problem with brunson being ahead because he was 6th in all nba voting. hali had a better record, and is a better passer than trae. also a slightly better defender. maxey is right on the same level as trae and you can argue either one is better
Brunson, Hali, and Maxey were all in the playoffs this year. Trae has had a better postseason run than all of them, but it happened longer ago so nobody cares.
Also people donāt like Trae. Donāt ever underestimate how peopleās feelings on whether they like a player or not impacts how good they say that player is.
Trae was considered a top 10-15 player after his ecf run. Itās all about winning
At this stage, even as a Trae fanboy, dude has to show and prove this year.
In flashes, he’s one of the best players in the league, but he needs to lead the team through a strong campaign.
He managed it once, and reckon he can do better.
I’ve really stopped caring about rankings and personal accolades. We haven’t been a winning basketball team since 2021, and I want to win basketball games. The rankings and accolades will take care of themselves when we are winning.
I’m actually quite happy with our off-season. Excited about Dyson and Risacher. I still think our Center position is going to hold us back a bit, like it has been for the last two seasons in my opinion.
Having Trae over Irving is disrespectful
Shai is a shooting guard Maxey is really a shooting guard as well and not really as good as Trae. Ja has done nothing to say that heās better and Fox can score but heās nowhere near the facilitator that Trae is. Brunson is a really good player and with him I think itās about success heās had in the last few years and heās a really efficient player but I donāt think overall heās better than Trae. Haliburton is a great facilitator and he can shoot the ball efficiently but his scoring ability is not as diverse as Traeās and his defense is just as bad or possibly worse than Traeās. The main reason they are ranked higher is because of recent playoff success. Honestly Ja being higher is the baffling one because he barely played last year and his stupid off court decisions make you wonder if he has the intelligence to not screw up his career. Also the only thing that heās better than Trae at is athleticism heās not a better shooter heās not a better passer but finishing around the basket and dunking heās better.
You have to focus your entire defense on making up for Traeš
Fox and Dame lol