Re: BetVictor Gibraltar Open!!
LethalWeapon193 wrote:I personally think winning the triple crown events should carry more emphasis on whether a player is a top player or not. I used the term tournaments referencing that.
Bottom line is I don't see Kyren as a top player. If he's a "top player" then what are Ronnie, Judd, Selby, Neil, Williams?!
Ronnie is obviously in the category of the greatest of all time, but players like Judd, Selby, Neil I would say are top players. That's coming from someone who doesn't even really enjoy watching Selby play by the way so it isn't a personal dig at Kyren. I can recognise Selby is a top player whereas I see Kyren as being average a lot of the time.
Okay, this definitely seems like an issue of terminology and its interpretation.
To me, those players you listed are Greats - i.e.I’d expect them to be included in at least a top 20ish players of all time.
Whereas a top player is much more fluid, and requires far fewer achievements - Kyren has spent several seasons in the top 16/top 8 and regularly reaches the latter stages of tournaments. If you see his name in a semi final line-up, you’re not going to think “wtf, that’s crazy that he’s got that far.” Several players have had periods where they’ve been in this category. To be a “top player” to me is to be among the best in the world in, say, the last few seasons. Which Kyren based on his results definitely has.
You can spend time as a top player, and then stop being a top player (hi Matthew Stevens) whereas if you’re a Great, you’ll always be a Great.
And in a similar vein, I should make clear that I do not enjoy watching Kyren play.
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