Fan Duel ranks the top 10 pro athletes in NY

[jlgarsh]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

Bills have 2 of the top 10, Sabres 0

Surprised not to see Panarin either

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

1 hour ago, KDIGGZ said:

Judge way too low and Diggs too low. No offense to Mets fans but Yankees > Mets just like Giants > Jets who both surprisingly have nobody on this list lol. Durant is a fraud similar to Eichel. Big name that can't lead, can't win on their own. Good player but way overrated

Yankees may be better than the Mets but degrom and scherzer are two of the best pitchers in the league 

[78thealltimegreat]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

Judge maybe too low?

Judge is looked at strictly as a home run hitter that might be why 

[K D]

33 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

guy just compared Durant to Eichel

Yup both big cry babies who are vastly overrated and who can never lead a team because they are selfish and only care about themselves. They will never be on the level of the greats because the greats get everyone around them to play better. Making a comparison that resonates with the readers, not saying they are the same level of talent but similar in that they are frauds

[BillsPride12]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

Many in the comments said Josh is too high because no titles. It says best athlete though not best team 

Ok that's fair we can move Josh up to Number 1 after next season

[Mr. WEO]

18 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

Yup both big cry babies who are vastly overrated and who can never lead a team because they are selfish and only care about themselves. They will never be on the level of the greats because the greats get everyone around them to play better. Making a comparison that resonates with the readers, not saying they are the same level of talent but similar in that they are frauds

resonates with readers??

anyway…Durant came back from a ruptured Achilles into the crazy shoe that the Nets became with chronic malcontent Hardin, chronic drama queen Kyrie (great leader of men right there…) and now hopeless softee Ben Simmons.  Durant has been the constant.  Yes he’s had some issues with his social media stuff and he’s injured more in his 15th year.  But fraud? Eichel for sure, Durant no.

 

but by all means, keep your “readers” resonating with this pure gold take machine!

 

 

[K D]

16 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

resonates with readers??

anyway…Durant came back from a ruptured Achilles into the crazy shoe that the Nets became with chronic malcontent Hardin, chronic drama queen Kyrie (great leader of men right there…) and now hopeless softee Ben Simmons.  Durant has been the constant.  Yes he’s had some issues with his social media stuff and he’s injured more in his 15th year.  But fraud? Eichel for sure, Durant no.

 

but by all means, keep your “readers” resonating with this pure gold take machine!

 

 

The Nets are a dumpster fire because Durant isn't a leader. Thanks for proving my point. Do you think guys would act like that on MJ's team? Magic? Bird? Durant had to join the best team in the league and a top 5 team in history to win. He will never win again because he's just a guy on his own. He could never say this is my town and I'm bringing them a championship. He's not that kind of player and never will be. He needs to join a super team to win and I have no respect for guys like that. Especially big babies like him who get butt hurt over every little thing said about them. I bet he will reply to this post because he's so fragile

Edited April 10, 2022 by KDIGGZ

[buffalo2218]

I agree that pitchers have no business being on a list based on athletic players. WIth the NL now having a DH, DeGrom is basically in a county club

[Mr. WEO]

16 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

The Nets are a dumpster fire because Durant isn't a leader. Thanks for proving my point. Do you think guys would act like that on MJ's team? Magic? Bird? Durant had to join the best team in the league and a top 5 team in history to win. He will never win again because he's just a guy on his own. He could never say this is my town and I'm bringing them a championship. He's not that kind of player and never will be. He needs to join a super team to win and I have no respect for guys like that. Especially big babies like him who get butt hurt over every little thing said about them. I bet he will reply to this post because he's so fragile

 

Oh yeah...he's of of your readers!

 

But excellent point: because he's not MJ, Magic or Larry (forget the fact that the latter 2 played on teams loaded with stars), Durant is Eichel.

 

Wait til he reads that...

[Malazan]

I don't know much about basketball or baseball players, but I guess it depends on how you define "Athlete". Are you talking just physical prowess? Importance to team? Status in their respective sport? 

[BADOLBILZ]

3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

Bills have 2 of the top 10, Sabres 0

 

 

1. Allen

2. deGrom

3. Cole

4. Judge

5. Scherzer

6. Stanton

7. Durant

8. Diggs

9. Von Miller

10. Irving

 

NHL is a very regional interest only in US and a minor league revenue sport compared to the other 3 so I wouldn't put any hockey players on the list.

 

Durant and Irving are of probably the two best athletes on the list but their antics and the generally not-fan-friendly,  play when we feel like nature of the NBA hurts them in a fan poll, IMO.

[K D]

20 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

Oh yeah...he's of of your readers!

 

But excellent point: because he's not MJ, Magic or Larry (forget the fact that the latter 2 played on teams loaded with stars), Durant is Eichel.

 

Wait til he reads that...

My readers? I said the readers as in people who read the forum posts. You sound like someone who reads something and then twists it up in your head to make yourself right so no use in continuing here as it will be misconstrued in some weird way. And PS Durant is still an overrated cry baby 👍

[ExWNYer]

1 hour ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Yankees may be better than the Mets but degrom and scherzer are two of the best pitchers in the league 

 

The Skanks are not better than the Mets. And NYC has always been and always will be a National League town.

[Rigotz]

3 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

He doesn't even belong on the list.  Neither does deGrom.

 

If you don't think DeGrom belongs on the list, you haven't watched baseball the past 4 years.

The CY Young award is given to the best pitcher in the league. It is extremely difficult to win.

 

2021: Injured after 15 games. At the time he was the best pitcher in the league: 1.08 ERA, 0.554 WHIP, 7-2 Record, 14.3 K/9.

2020: 3rd in Cy Young voting.... 2.38 ERA, 0.956 WHIP, 104 strikeouts (more than any pitcher in the NL).

2019: Cy Young award winner

2018: Cy Young award winner

 

If not the best pitcher in the league, he's easily top 3.

I'm not a Mets fan and don't watch much baseball, but I know enough to not embarrass myself with statement like "DeGrom isn't a top 10 NY athlete."

 

[Gugny]

2 minutes ago, Rigotz said:

 

If you don't think DeGrom belongs on the list, you haven't watched baseball the past 4 years.

The CY Young award is given to the best pitcher in the league. It is extremely difficult to win.

 

2021: Injured after 15 games. At the time he was the best pitcher in the league: 1.08 ERA, 0.554 WHIP, 7-2 Record, 14.3 K/9.

2020: 3rd in Cy Young voting.... 2.38 ERA, 0.956 WHIP, 104 strikeouts (more than any pitcher in the NL).

2019: Cy Young award winner

2018: Cy Young award winner

 

If not the best pitcher in the league, he's easily top 3.

I'm not a Mets fan and don't watch much baseball, but I know enough to not embarrass myself with statement like "DeGrom isn't a top 10 NY athlete."

 

 

I am a Mets fan and I watch every game and have been (when able) since 1983.  I know exactly how awesome Jake deGrom is, believe me.

 

I made the assumption that this list was for this year.  So far this year, deGrom has thrown exactly zero meaningless pitches and hasn't done so since July 2021.

 

That's why I said he doesn't belong on the list.

 

[CSBill]

Pretty subjective, but I would not include Kyrie Irving on there; what has he done in Brooklyn?

[RaoulDuke79]

DeGrom has all thr talent in the world, but need Ms to stay healthy for a full season or two.

[4merper4mer]

4 hours ago, Trekking said:

Dahlin disrespect

Everybody better yuck it up now because there isn’t much more time to complain about Dahlin.

[buffaloboyinATL]

No Von Miller?

[thenorthremembers]

4 hours ago, Solomon Grundy said:

Aren’t they currently ranked 7th?

Yeah.  Pretty sure NBA has a play in tournament.   7th vs 8th, 9th vs 10th.   Winner of 7th and 8th is the 7th seed.  Loser of 7th and 8th plays the winner of the 9th and 10th to determine the 8th seed.