I would say Dirk's the best overall. Z-Bo is a close second though. (That is truly insane.) Blake Griffin is probably in the discussion, or will be soon. And then there are a ton of guys that are all really good filling out the next tier, as you already said.

I like the Zach Randolph redemption story quite a bit.

WallyWorld wrote:
Same! I also like the Tony Allen and OJ Mayo redemption stories. And the Conley redemption story (everyone thought he was a bust, then he was way overpaid, etc.) Their entire team is a redemption story.

I really like Memphis. Not as much as OKC, but close. That's why I'm cool with either team advancing.

I'm more rooting for Memphis at this point. Westbrook is kind of killing my OKC buzz.

Concur. I still like Westbrook some, but nowhere near as much as guys like Durant, Harden, IBAKA, Perkins, etc.

You forgot the Marc Gasol Traded in the supposed worst deal ever for my brother, and attempted to be replaced with Thabeet redemption story.

Players Randolph has been traded for in his career:

1. Channing Frye (think pre-Phoenix, non 3 point shooting Frye) and Steve Francis (bought out)
2. Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley (bought out)
3. Quentin Richardson (who was then traded to the Wolves, who traded him to Miami for Mark Blount redux. I could have sworn it was a Randolph/Darko swap that brought him to Memphis, and I guess to some degree it was...)

I'm definitely rooting for Memphis. The only players I really like on OKC are Ibaka and Perkins. Durant is awesome of course but meh I'm just neutral on him. Westbrook is a major buzz kill as Wally pointed out.

In a perfect world I'd like to see the Mavs or Grizz vs. the Celtics in the Finals. Obviously that's not going to happen. So I think it would be awesome to see a Mavs - Heat rematch. Mavs fans truly hate everything about the Heat before it was cool to hate the heat. As long as the Mavs win of course. I'll be fcking pissed if the Heat win.