Today is Selection Sunday. Tuesday the opening four games start. Thursday the whole sha-bang begins. We decided to get you ready for the tournament by creating four brackets deciding who the best players are in our standards, culminating in a final four. That is, swagger, skills, ESPN under hype and greatness. We selected the 16 best players from each of the four major sports and put them into a bracket and determined them by these four attributes. Each will be graded on a ten point scale.
Swagger:
The way in which the individual holds themselves, dresses, acts in public, celebrates and simply swags it up. 10 being the owner of the swagger supermarket, 1 being the bag boy.
Skills:
How damn good they are. 10 being god of skills and 1 means I don't understand why he's a professional athlete.
ESPN Underhype:
How much air time this individual DOESN'T get on ESPN even though they clearly deserve it. A 10, means you are still sorely underrated(I corrected it for hockey, cause we all know no one talks about hockey), even if you are considered a "superstar." 1 means you're probably somewhere between Brett Favre, Danica Patrick and Freddy Adu.
Greatness Factor:
The killer instinct. How this player translate their skills into greatness. 10 is MJ, 1 is Ryan Leaf.
Matchup Breakdown:
1.Henrik Lundqvist vs. 16. John-Pierre Paul
Swagger: 8-6
Skills: 10-8
ESPN Underhype: 8-5
Greatness Factor: 7-8
2. Steven Stamkos vs. 15. LeSean McCoy
Swagger: 7-8
Skills: 9-7
ESPN Underhype: 8-5
Greatness Factor: 4-4
3. Evgeni Malkin vs. 14. Terrell Suggs
Swagger: 2-10
Skills: 9-9
ESPN Underhype: 8-4
Greatness Factor: 7-5
4. Alex Ovechkin vs. 13. Jared Allen
Swagger: 10-9
Skills: 10-8
ESPN Underhype: 1-3
Greatness Factor: 2-2
5. Jacoby Ellsbury vs. Rajon Rondo
Swagger: 4-7
Skills: 8-8
ESPN Underhype: 8-6
Greatness Factor: 3-3
7. Matt Kemp vs. 11. Russell Westbrook
Swagger: 9-10
Skills: 7-7
ESPN Underhype: 7-4
Greatness Factor: 3-3
8. Josh Hamilton vs. Deron Williams
Swagger: 8-7
Skills: 8-9
ESPN Underhype: 6-9
Greatness Factor: 7-8
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