Top 15 Current NBA Players

[HurricaneDij39]

A sneak peak at my annual top 50 players list, which should be done in about a week's time...

1. Giannis Antetokounmpo
2. Kawhi Leonard
3. James Harden
4. LeBron James
5. Kevin Durant
6. Stephen Curry
7. Damian Lillard
8. Anthony Davis
9. Paul George
10. Russell Westbrook
11. Nikola Jokic
12. Joel Embiid
13. Karl-Anthony Towns
14. Kyrie Irving
15. Ben Simmons

 

[flyerhawk]

No Brad Beal?

 

[bksballer89]

Simmons is too high

Would probably swap Russ and Embiid

 

[broncosmitty]

Harden scores lots of points in the regular season.


That's doesn't earn a top 5 spot imo.


Giannis can't be ahead of Bron or Kawhi imo either. I gotta know you can carry a team before you jump guys that can and will.


I'd also be okay with excluding Durant, but can't see him being lower than three if involved.

 

[bksballer89]

Harden scores lots of points in the regular season.


That's doesn't earn a top 5 spot imo.


Giannis can't be ahead of Bron or Kawhi imo either. I gotta know you can carry a team before you jump guys that can and will.


I'd also be okay with excluding Durant, but can't see him being lower than three if involved.

Yeah Lebron and KD IMO should both be ahead of Giannis and Harden

 

[Sparhawk]

Other than the order, I agree with your list.......

 

[Mebert]

List seems good to me, almost any change I would make would just minor. The biggest change I would make would be take Simmons out of top 15, probably add Gobert to it.

 

[tlance]

Yeah Lebron and KD IMO should both be ahead of Giannis and Harden

KD and LeBron are the hardest players to rank.

Kawhi has to be #1 right now.

KD could be anywhere from 2 to 7 or 8 depending on how much you punish him for having a ruptured Achilles.

You could make a case for LeBron as early as 2 or as low as 6 or 7 based on how last year went for him.

Giannis should be between 2 and 4 depending on what you do with KD and LeBron, then comes Steph, Harden, Davis and Lillard in some order after that.

Klay Thompson injured or not has to be ranked ahead of Simmons. 15 feels about right for him.

 

[lebron23james]

1) Kawhi
2) Durant
3) Lebron
4) Atekumbo
5) Jr Smith

 

[Shanemansj13]

1. Kawhi Leonard (he owns the top spot for now)
2. LeBron James
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo
   
4. Kevin Durant (even with the injury I can't put Harden ahead of KD)
5. Stephen Curry
   
6. James Harden
7. Damian Lillard
   
8. Anthony Davis
9. Paul George
10. Nikola Jokic
11. Joel Embiid
12. Russell Westbrook
    
13. Kyrie Irving
14. Klay Thompson
    
15. Bradley Beal

Just missed: Rudy Gobert, Jimmy Butler

 

[CitySushi]

Harden above Curry is comedy. Like in what universe should Harden ever be considered better than Curry?

 

[CitySushi]

1. Kawhi Leonard (he owns the top spot for now)
2. LeBron James
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo
   
4. Kevin Durant (even with the injury I can't put Harden ahead of KD)
5. Stephen Curry
   
6. James Harden
7. Damian Lillard
   
8. Anthony Davis
9. Paul George
10. Nikola Jokic
11. Joel Embiid
12. Russell Westbrook
    
13. Kyrie Irving
14. Klay Thompson
    
15. Bradley Beal

Just missed: Rudy Gobert, Jimmy Butler

Pretty much my same players list. I think I may jump AD up a few spots to 6. I'd probably also bump PG down to 11 and slide Jokic and Embiid ahead of him. Might also consider moving Beal up ahead of Kyrie and Klay, but dont' see anything wrong with your order.

 

[CitySushi]

Also I think Blake Griffin should probably be in consideration for a top 15 spot, if not just outside of it. He had an incredible year last year. If he could get that rebounding number up a bit, I'd consider him for a top 15 spot.

Fun fact: He shot 36% from 3 last year on 7 attempts per game. SEVEN.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Pretty much my same players list. I think I may jump AD up a few spots to 6. I'd probably also bump PG down to 11 and slide Jokic and Embiid ahead of him. Might also consider moving Beal up ahead of Kyrie and Klay, but dont' see anything wrong with your order.

Actually I had AD at 7 but I had to put Lillard ahead of him for now just bc of how far he took his team in the playoffs. Still think AD could easily be at 6.

PG had him up so high bc he had an unbelievable year, he will most likely slide.

Beal-Klay was tough for me. Had Klay bc of his all-around game and defense but Beal could easily be at 12 or 13, he had a great year and just an all-around great player

 

[broncosmitty]

Yeah Lebron and KD IMO should both be ahead of Giannis and Harden

LeBron
KD
Kawhi


You can rearrange those, but it's not a legit list imo if those aren't the top three guys. It's a projection.

 

[broncosmitty]

Also I think Blake Griffin should probably be in consideration for a top 15 spot, if not just outside of it. He had an incredible year last year. If he could get that rebounding number up a bit, I'd consider him for a top 15 spot.

Fun fact: He shot 36% from 3 last year on 7 attempts per game. SEVEN.

Could not have been more impressed with Griffin last year.


Hard spot to increase your boards when it's all Drummond does.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

First and foremost, my rankings aren't lifetime achievement awards. It is strictly based on how players stand right now. If that were the case, LeBron, Durant, Steph, and Kawhi would be the undisputed top four.

Giannis can't be ahead of Bron or Kawhi imo either. I gotta know you can carry a team before you jump guys that can and will.

As I'm going to acknowledge once the list comes out, Kawhi needs to play in 70 regular season games if he wants to be #1.

If this were the LeBron of just two years ago, it wouldn't be a debate between he and Giannis. That said, with the added mileage and the fact that he's in the wrong conference, he's going to show his age this year.

Harden above Curry is comedy. Like in what universe should Harden ever be considered better than Curry?

This is a homer post that I'm not going to comment any further than that on.

 

[broncosmitty]

First and foremost, my rankings aren't lifetime achievement awards. It is strictly based on how players stand right now. If that were the case, LeBron, Durant, Steph, and Kawhi would be the undisputed top four.



As I'm going to acknowledge once the list comes out, Kawhi needs to play in 70 regular season games if he wants to be #1.

If this were the LeBron of just two years ago, it wouldn't be a debate between he and Giannis. That said, with the added mileage and the fact that he's in the wrong conference, he's going to show his age this year.



This is a homer post that I'm not going to comment any further than that on.

He might show his age. Giannis might take the next step.





We both know Kawhi ain't playing that much.


Hard for me to think of viewing JH over Steph by the end of the upcoming season. He and Russ have had their shots at him before.

 

[handicappers]

Can't believe Luka Doncic didn't make the top 15. List is rigged.

 

[shopson67]

AD will prove many lists laughable next season.