Top 40 Players for the 2019 NBA Season

[WiggyRuss]

This is my new, revised, updated, refurbished list for the 2019 season. This list will NOT include Kevin Durant since he will not be playing. This list will NOT be including Klay Thompson since he will be missing the vast majority of the season and will not be 100% upon his return----Oladipo- dropped. This is not ENTIRELY a "right now" list since I have built in some expected growth for young studs like Donovan Mitchell---- but it is definitely about 2019 performance--- not the next 5 years--- just this upcoming year.

1. Kawhi Leonard
2. Giannis Antetokuompo
3. LeBron James
4. Joel Embiid
5. James Harden
6. Damian Lillard
7. Steph Curry
8. Anthony Davis
9. Paul George
10. Karl-Anthony Towns
11. Nikola Jokic
12. Kyrie Irving
13. Russell Westbrook
14. Donovan Mitchell
15. Bradley Beal
16. Kemba Walker
17. Rudi Gobert
18. Khris Middleton
19. Jrue Holliday
20. Jimmy Butler
21. Blake Griffin
22. Chris Paul
23. Jamal Murray
24. Mike Conley
25. CJ McCollum
26. Tobias Harris
27. Trae Young
28. DeAron Fox
29. Kevin Love
30. DeMar DeRozan
31. LaMarcus Aldridge
32. Pascal Siakam
33. Andre Drummond
34. Devin Booker
35. Clint Capela
36. Nikola Vucevic
37. Zion Williamson
38. Deangelo Russell
39. Kristaps Porzingis
40. Ben Simmons

 

[bksballer89]

First impressions

• Embiid is too high
• Same for Gobert and Chris Paul
• Simmons is too low

 

[Bart]

Top 40?

That's too many.

 

[Bart]

Curry is too low. Should at least be above Lillard.

 

[DJ Fieri]

2 top 10 players and some really good role players......nice.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Porzy 39th? Once he's healthy, he'll be top 20-25 easily.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Oof.

I want to say Booker is too low.

But, there isn't a single name ahead of him that I can definitively say he's better than.

However, isn't he a taller version of Murray, who you have way to high?

Simmons is too low.

Zion would not make my list until he actually plays a few games.

 

[MHSL82]

Top 40?

That's too many.

Ignore the last 10 or 20 then, right?

 

[Bart]

Ignore the last 10 or 20 then, right?

Why should I do all the work?

 

[trojanfan12]

Nice ranking. Mostly looks good.

Agree with others that Simmons is too low.

Agree with Mecca that I wouldn't put Zion there until he actually plays some games.

 

[tlance]

Nice ranking. Mostly looks good.

Agree with others that Simmons is too low.

Agree with Mecca that I wouldn't put Zion there until he actually plays some games.

But he looked really good in his 12 minutes of summer league.

Except that he was fat and couldn’t shoot.

 

[trojanfan12]

But he looked really good in his 12 minutes of summer league.

Except that he was fat and couldn’t shoot.

Lonzo was MVP of the summer league.

Lonzo > Zion

 

[tlance]

Also,

How is Draymond Green not on the list ahead of guys like Clint Capella?

Sensing a theme of butt hurt here.

 

[msgkings322]

Also,

How is Draymond Green not on the list ahead of guys like Clint Capella?

Sensing a theme of butt hurt here.

Also known as "Wiggy's Theme"

 

[tducey]

Curry should be top 5 IMO, top 3 even.

 

[thunderc]

Tristan Thompson has to be on that list.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Curry should be top 5 IMO, top 3 even.

If he’s top 3 then he’s better than either Kawhi, Giannis or Lebron.

And he’s not.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

This is my new, revised, updated, refurbished list for the 2019 season. This list will NOT include Kevin Durant since he will not be playing. This list will NOT be including Klay Thompson since he will be missing the vast majority of the season and will not be 100% upon his return----Oladipo- dropped. This is not ENTIRELY a "right now" list since I have built in some expected growth for young studs like Donovan Mitchell---- but it is definitely about 2019 performance--- not the next 5 years--- just this upcoming year.

1. Kawhi Leonard
2. Giannis Antetokuompo
3. LeBron James
4. Joel Embiid
5. James Harden
6. Damian Lillard
7. Steph Curry
8. Anthony Davis
9. Paul George
10. Karl-Anthony Towns
11. Nikola Jokic
12. Kyrie Irving
13. Russell Westbrook
14. Donovan Mitchell
15. Bradley Beal
16. Kemba Walker
17. Rudi Gobert
18. Khris Middleton
19. Jrue Holliday
20. Jimmy Butler
21. Blake Griffin
22. Chris Paul
23. Jamal Murray
24. Mike Conley
25. CJ McCollum
26. Tobias Harris
27. Trae Young
28. DeAron Fox
29. Kevin Love
30. DeMar DeRozan
31. LaMarcus Aldridge
32. Pascal Siakam
33. Andre Drummond
34. Devin Booker
35. Clint Capela
36. Nikola Vucevic
37. Zion Williamson
38. Deangelo Russell
39. Kristaps Porzingis
40. Ben Simmons

• Luka is missing.
• Vuc too low.
• Steph too low.
• Jrue and Khris too high.
• Too much love for the Jazz in general.
• Kawhi is not #1 until he plays in 70 regular season games, IMO.
• Embiid too high, but ya'll know I'm biased on that one.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Nice ranking. Mostly looks good.

Agree with others that Simmons is too low.

Agree with Mecca that I wouldn't put Zion there until he actually plays some games.

My list will be better. It's tough and time-consuming to rank players 25-50 and that is what the delay is about.

 

[tlance]

• Luka is missing.
• Vuc too low.
• Steph too low.
• Jrue and Khris too high.
• Too much love for the Jazz in general.
• Kawhi is not #1 until he plays in 70 regular season games, IMO.
• Embiid too high, but ya'll know I'm biased on that one.

Or until he wins 2 Finals MVPs with 2 different teams.

Oh wait.

He did that.

Who cares how many regular season games he plays? He carried the Raptors to a title because he was the best player in the league last year.