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  • NBA Season Preview: Best Power Forwards

    NBA Season Preview: Best Power Forwards

    It’s getting harder to define what is a power forward and what is a center these days in the NBA, but it’s still possible. In any case, after eliminating the hybrids and weeded out the not good enough, we’re left with six players that make us feel confident about attacking best to their name: Anthony Davis, Blake Griffin, Dirk Nowitzki, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Love and David West.

  • Best Centre Backs in the World

    The best centre backs in the world become more and more attacking as time goes by. Most of them, like David Luiz, Javi Martinez and Mats Hummels, are just as adept as playing as defensive midfielders. Others, like Sergio Ramos and Giorgio Chiellini, can play just as well as full backs. Nonetheless, along with Thiago Silva and Vincent Kompany, they are the best Central defenders in the world heading into 2013.

  • Top Five Centers in the NBA, Going into 2011-2012

    Dwight Howard might be the best Center in the NBA for a few years, but unlike certain uneducated opinions, he isn’t the only more than decent Center in the league. Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Andrew Bogut and Andrew Bynum join him to make the best five centers in the league heading into 2011-2012.

  • Top Five Power Forwards in the NBA, Going Into 2011-2012

    Dirk Nowitzki won the NBA Finals MVP award last season, making him a deserving #1 among the elite power forwards of the NBA. He’s joined by LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin, Zach Randolph and Amar’e Stoudemire as our prediction to be the 5 best power forwards in the 2011-2012 season.

  • Top Five Small Forwards in the NBA, Going Into 2011-2012

    LeBron James didn’t win the MVP last season, but he should have. He’s the most talented player in his position, and the league, joined by Kevin Durant, the favorite to win the MVP and maybe even the NBA title this season, and Granger, Rudy Gay and Carmelo Anthony as the five best Small Forwards to play in the NBA in 2011-2012.

  • Top Five Shooting Guards in the NBA, Going Into 2011-2012

    Dwyane Wade, the 2006 NBA Finals MVP, at 29, is the best in a position that isn’t as deep as it used to be, with the best players among the shooting guards getting a little older. Wade leads our pre-season pick of Ginobili, Monta Ellis, frustrated Eric Gordon and of course and just as frustrated Kobe Bryant, here are the five best shooting guards in the league.

  • Top Five Point Guards in the NBA, Going Into 2011-2012

    Derrick Rose became the first point guard to win the MVP since Steve Nash in 2005-2006. In general, it’s a rarity for point guards not named Magic Johnson to be named MVPs. We kick off our best by position for the third year in a row, as a preview to the 2011-2012 NBA season, with the five best point guard in the league.

  • Is Aaron Rodgers the Best Quarterback in the NFL?

    Tom Brady and Drew Brees may have thrown more touchdowns than him this season, but Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, reigning Super Bowl Champions and undefeated after 3 games, are the best in the NFL right now, as quarterback and team.

  • The Best Strikers in the World – 2011 Edition

    Part VI, our final chapter in our best-by-position in soccer posts – The top 6 strikers in the world.

  • The Best Wingers/Supporting Strikers in the World – 2011 Edition

    Part V of our best by position posts regarding 2011 in the soccer world – the best supporting strikers and wingers in the game.