Hilarious. https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/5/4/22416337/top-25-nba-player-ranking-lebron-james-nikola-jokic 1. Nikola Jokic 2. Lebron James 3. Joel Embiid 4. Steph Curry 5. Kevin Durant 6. Kawhi Leonard 7. Giannis Antetokounmpo 8. James Harden 9. Anthony Davis 10. Luka Doncic 11. Damian Lillard 12. Chris Paul 13. Zion Williamson 14. Paul George 15. Jimmy Butler 16. Kyrie Irving 17. Jayson Tatum 18. Rudy Gobert 19. Bradley Beal 20. Devin Booker 21. Julius Randle 22. Donovan Mitchell 23. Bam Adebayo 24. Jrue Holiday 25. Karl Anthony Towns
Well I wouldn’t have Jokic over LeBron and I wouldn’t have Giannis at 7th. Top 10 is something like this: LeBron Giannis AD Kawhi Curry Dame Harden Jokic Embiid Doncic KD
Hmm. As much as I hate jokic him being #1 seems right. Harden should be lower because he never plays and he quit on his team. Giannis is fun to watch but I also think he's overrated. Pretty much if you've been injured you should be lower in the list. Ad and LeBron were out so they should be lower. We are talking about right now.
I know his game gets a lot of hate but Russell Westbrook is still a Top 25 player right now. Zion being 13 is a joke, right? Also, replace Jrue Holiday with Khris Middleton. Holiday is only a Top 25 player when he plays Lillard.
I'd move Dane to 9th dropping Doncic and AD a spot Zion and Kyrie are too high. Neither are better than PG13, Butler, Tatum or Beal. I'd even put Booker and Mitchell above them
What?? Only Embiid, Jokic, and Giannis have a better PER than Zion. Kyrie is crazy good when he plays.
Above Durant? Oh, OK. I like Top 15 players who make the playoffs. Zion is also one of the worst defenders of any “star” player. His game is based on explosion and that doesn’t hold up for long at his weight and injury history.
Hassan Whiteside was 10th in PER last season. Jokic was 11th. Obviously Hassan was a Top 10 NBA player last year. That’s why he’s doing so well on the Kings.
I wanted to be mad at the list but then I looked at it and there's a good argument for everyone of those guys in the top 10 being better than our guy. Now, if our team made the wide open shots Dame sets them up for or if Dame had a second option that made teams pay for blitzing him, he'd probably end up higher on the list. Hell, if he had a coach that got on him every time he half assed it on D, he'd be damn near the top of the list.
Dame’s second option is a Top 30 scorer in the NBA,with over 23ppg. Offensively, CJ is not a problem as the second scoring option.
Pels lost 13 straight without him last season. They would be worst team in league without him. I don’t like Top 15 players who have to join 73-9 team to win championship.
He most definitely is, in my opinion. He's too similar to Dame. The two of them tend to take turns and rarely run any kind of two man game. They aren't complimentary to each other. You can blame that on Stotts if you want and you can point to CJ's productivity but they take each other out of plays. Also for whatever reason, CJ never takes advantage of the 4 on 3 situations when Dame gets the ball out on time against the trap.
