3. Formula For Picking The Best Player In The World

Formula For Picking The Best Player In The World

  • drgnslayr

    I decided to put this in a new thread, hoping others would post their own formulas for picking the best player in the world.

    Here is my formula. Players are given a grade between 1 and 20 in each category with 20 being the highest. Then add together all category grades to make a single number to compare with other greats. Player with the highest number is the best player in the world!

    1. Statistics: Statistics are valued relative to the position of the player and the role that player was asked to fulfill during their career.

    2. Championships: Total number of NBA Titles. Compare that total to all other greats. The player with the most championships receives a 20. The remaining players’ will receive a grade proportionate in comparison.

    3. Basketball IQ: Extremely subjective, but also partially objective when studying certain statistics, like TOs.

    4. Art Form: Very subjective grading on form. View highlight footage and enough general footage to come up with a grade.

    5. Competition: Compare players to the players from their time period. The player that stands out most positive from the rest of the league players at that time receives a perfect score of 20. Other players are proportionately reduced on the grade when comparison of their abilities to other players at that time are compared to the comparisons made on other great players being evaluated.

    6. Highlights: Judge players’ best highlights and compare greats to greats and give 20 points to the player with the best highlight (or highlights) and then reduce scores on the remaining greats proportionate to where their highlight(s) grade from the best.

    So if a player receives a perfect score, he has a score of 120.

    Here is my score on Wilt, Michael and LeBron:

    WILT

    1. Statistics - easily the top of the list in stats. 20 points

    2. Championships/Awards - 2x NBA Champion. Domination in many categories of awards. 18 points

    3. Basketball IQ - Very respectable, especially for a big man. Good court awareness and anticipation. Solid fundamentals. 16 points

    4. Art Form - Very good footwork for a big man. Liked to palm the ball and move with ballet motion to the rim. 18 points

    5. Competition - Wilt may have dominated the game more than any player from any time period. Very solid 20 points

    6. Highlights - May not have near the highlights of some of the more modern players, but then, Wilt was a phenom from his time and did everything in a unique fashion, often setting the standard for future players to template parts of their game from him. 20 points

    Wilt’s cumulative score: 112

    MICHAEL

    1. Statistics - high on the list in stats. 18 points

    2. Championships/Awards - 6x NBA Champion. Domination in many categories of awards. 20 points

    3. Basketball IQ - Very high with a high rate of execution. Good court awareness and anticipation. Solid fundamentals. 19 points

    4. Art Form - Best possible form. Few others have this level of form. 20 points

    5. Competition - Michael dominated the game in his time period. 19 points

    6. Highlights - Michael was at the top in highlights. Very helpful that filming technology had reached a better level so more of his highlights were recorded. 20 points

    Michael’s cumulative score: 116

    LEBRON

    1. Statistics - Reasonably high on the list in stats. 17 points

    2. Championships/Awards - 2x NBA Champion. Reasonably dominant in many categories of awards. 16 points

    3. Basketball IQ - High with a high rate of execution. Decent court awareness and anticipation. Solid fundamentals. 15 points

    4. Art Form - Decent form, especially for a player with his size. 17 points

    5. Competition - LeBron dominated the game in his time period. 19 points

    6. Highlights - LeBron has many great highlights… big in quantity a bit less on quality compared to both Wilt and Michael. Very helpful that filming technology had reached a better level so more of his highlights were recorded. 16 points

    LeBron’s cumulative score: 100

    So, in my book, I have Michael edging out Wilt and LeBron trailing both. But LeBron is still active and bound to lift his score through the remainder of his career, unless he is plagued with injuries.

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