There are a lot of ways to judge a basketball player: points, shooting percentage, rebounds, three-point shooting, steals, assists, turnovers, various efficiency ratings... but these are all quantifiable areas of judgement.
When looking at college hoops’ top 25 today, ESPN took a shot at something a little less numbers-based, like which player is the most exciting on each preseason top 25 team (according to them).
For the Syracuse Orange, the choice was Tyus Battle, and that’s fine since there’s no rule about how to be “right” here. Since it’s such a subjective conversation, though, do we agree with the idea?