Hello all,
The talent in the NBA right now is unparalleled and it was tough to include everyone. These are all the players ranked in reverse order.
Per usual, usage and minutes are important as Boban Marjanovic would not put up the same stats if he got the same usage/minutes as Kart-Anthony Towns
This is also not based on future upside and is just the current best players as of the end of the 2016-17 season.
I used a combination of (Shoutout to Ryan Blackburn for the idea to use some of these sites)
- Win shares from Basketball Reference
- Real Plus-Minus from ESPN
- Box Plus-Minus from Basketball Reference
- TPA from NBA Math/Adam Fromal
- Net Rating from NBA.com
- NBA Wowwy
70) Marcin Gortat
69) Trevor Ariza
68) Robin Lopez
67) Ricky Rubio
66) Derrick Favors -much higher if not for injury.
65) Lou Williams
64) Devin Booker -overrated. Some have him in their top 25
63) Eric Gordon
62) Steven Adams
61) Tobias Harris
60) Kristaps Porzingis
59) Victor Oladipo
58) Myles Turner
57) Gary Harris - underrated
56) Serge Ibaka - Top 25 a few years ago
55) Jeff Teague -Never liked him but love that free throw rate
54) Aaron Gordon
53) Brook Lopez
52) Jabari Parker -ouch
51) Carmelo Anthony -meh
50) Jae Crowder
49) Goran Dragic
48) Harrison Barnes
47) Danilo Gallinari
46) Joel Embiid -Top 25 when healthy
45) Nicolas Batum
44) Otto Porter Jr
43) Andrew Wiggins
42) Al Horford
41) LaMarcus Aldridge
40) Jrue Holiday
39) George Hill
38) Eric Bledsoe
37) Dwight Howard -solid season. Anchored the #4 defense in the league
36) Mike Conley
35) Hassan Whiteside
34) Kemba Walker
33) Bradley Beal
32) Gordon Hayward -handsome and bball
31) Blake Griffin
30) Kyrie Irving
29) Andre Drummond -may go down as the best rebounder of all time
28) CJ McCollum
27) DeMar DeRozan
26) DeAndre Jordan
25) Khris Middleton
24) Damian Lillard
23) Paul George
22) Kevin Love
21) Paul Millsap
20) Klay Thompson
19) Karl-Anthony Towns
18) DeMarcus Cousins
17) Nikola Jokic
16) Marc Gasol
15) Draymond Green
14) Isaiah Thomas
13) John Wall
12) Kyle Lowry
11) Rudy Gobert
10) Chris Paul
9) Anthony Davis
8) Jimmy Butler
7) Giannis
6) Russell Westbrook
5) Kawhi Leonard
4) Stephen Curry
3) Kevin Durant
2) James Harden
And.... 1) LeBron James (Did you think it would be anyone else?)
If you have any disagreements or anything else please comment
