Slam Online ranks Detroit Pistons' forward Tayshaun Prince number 45 of it's top 50

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Tay getting some love!

Re: Slam Online ranks Detroit Pistons' forward Tayshaun Prince number 45 of it's top

Coming off a gold metal that's the least they can do.

Re: Slam Online ranks Detroit Pistons' forward Tayshaun Prince number 45 of it's top

i read this as 45 out of 50 forwards in the league. I am a ****.

Re: Slam Online ranks Detroit Pistons' forward Tayshaun Prince number 45 of it's top

When you are talking average, you don't need to exclude the invalid starters. Those guys need to be kept in there for perspective. Also, I would include the non-starters as well.

#45 would mean that on average, each team would have 1.5 players better than him on their entire roster. That means Tay is 90th percentile according to them.

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He'd be about the second best player on any team league wide. Is he 3rd best here ?

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I like Tay alot but I'm not sure I agree that he'd be the 2nd best guy on most teams. - Especially playoff teams.

Lets take a look from the top down and see if each team has 2 dudes that we'd pick in front of Prince:
Celts: Yes - K.G., Pierce
Lakers.: Yes - Kobe, Pau
Spurs: Yes - Timmy, Parker (Manu)
Hornets: Yes - CP3, West(?)
Magic: No - D-Howard, (I'll take Tay over Turkeyglue & maybe Lewis)
Jazz: Yes - Boozer, Williams
Cavs: Nah - "the"Bron, (maybe if Ben or Big Z were younger)
Nuggets: Hmmm, yes? - Mello (even though I HATE Him), A.I.?, Kleiza?
Hawks: Yes - Smith, Johnson
Mavs: ummmm, Yes? - Dirk, Howard?, Kidd?
Suns: Yes - Nash, Amare
Raps: Hmmm, no? - Bosh, Calderon?
Rockets: Yes - T-Mac (even though I HATE Him), Yao
Wiz: Yes - Arenas, Butler
76ers: No - Elton Brand?, not Iggy

That's just '08 playoff teams. I'm sure the list gets more convoluted as the scrub teams are added to the mix. I think Tay is an outstanding complimentary player and probably better than his numbers indicate.

...but he ain't the "2nd best player on most teams".

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If you name one guy who is better and another who is maybe better, then that is a good example of how he fits in, b/c that means that there are 1.5 better players on that team better than him.

CP3, West (?) is a perfect example.

And when you combine the bottom 15 teams in the league, he'll probably be the 2nd best player the majority of the time, which averages out with all of the examples you listed where he is the 3rd or 4th best.

It all makes sense.

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I'm not sure about that. A lot of the bottom feeder teams have rookies and young players with upside that is hard to quantify. For example: Would you rather have Greg Oden or Tayshaun Prince? Another factor might be position. Is an "average" Center more valuable than a "pretty good" Small Forward?

I think that Tay would/could be the #2 guy on "many" teams but not "most" teams.

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In order to get the average though, you have to factor in that he might be the best player on several other teams: SEA, SAC, NYK, MIN, MEM, LAC, IND, etc.

I think you are doing more of a median analysis.

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Tayshaun definitely has more Gold Medals than many NBA forwards. But by that comparison, Micheal Phelps would be the best basketball player on the planet. With Dan Jansen playing the role of Scottie Pippen.

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Tayshaun's a very good player, but I question whether he can physically handle being the best player on any team.

Grant Hill comes to mind. Grant was clearly our best player and #1 option, but he never seemed to have that "edge" late in the season and during the playoffs. Maybe he was physically tired; maybe it was mental.

On the Knicks, for example, Tayshaun would probably score more, but his defense wouldn't be as consistent. He'd also likely "hit the wall" sooner in the season or more often during the season.

On the team formerly known as the Sonics, Tayshaun might be much better defensively than Durant, but would that make him truly the best player on that team?

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You made your point but if you take out the 4 teams he's better on, then you only have 11 teams thus 19 teams he might be 2sd best, thus yes !
Most teams

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#45 out of 50 sucks in my eyes. Tayshaun should be rated higher than that. I mean his numbers might not be eye popping but he is the X-Factor of our team and he causes crazy mix matches for other teams due to his length and basketball IQ. I feel that Slam is too stuck on the "glamorized" part of basketball and not on true, raw, and great talent!

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i think you have to take into account the fact that tay plays for the pistons. on other teams he would get more shots and probably won't have to check the other teams best player everynight. tayshaun also probably would be more consistent if he was getting a regular amount of shots every night. the pistons offense wasn't exactly setup for the small forward to score. i think tay is underrated in fact because he's one of the only defensive stopper type guys that can also score from everywhere on the court and even run a little point guard if you need him to. pretty much whatever you need on your team you can ask tay to do it and he will do it well. we just have to give him some rest this year.

Re: Slam Online ranks Detroit Pistons' forward Tayshaun Prince number 45 of it's top

A great "glue guy".
Maybe the most "valuable" Piston player on the current roster (excluding Trent Plaisted).

...but I still cant get with the idea that he's the 2nd best dude on "most" teams.