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As I’ve done the past few seasons I’ve compiled all the Top 100 player lists into one. This year there were a lot more lists to add which, IMO, only helps with the rankings.

For the 4th year in a row we have a new #1 and for the 4th year in a row we have a (almost - thanks, ESPN…) consensus: Nikola Jokic

Some highlights:

- Warriors with 6 players in the Top 100 (Celtics just missed). Celtics, Bucks, and …Blazers(!) each with 5 players ranked. Hornets with 1

- Bucks and Suns tied for the best duo ranking, Suns win the best trio ranking, and the Celtics have the best 4 and 5 player rankings average

- Highest ranked player that was not ranked on one of the lists: Deandre Ayton (#64)

- Lowest ranked player that was ranked on all the lists: Tobias Harris (#78)

- Highest risers since last year: Lauri Markkanen (+66), Paolo Banchero (+55/Rookie), Austin Reaves (+40)

- Biggest droppers since last year: Chris Paul (-50), John Collins (-35), Rudy Gobert (-34)

- LeMelo Ball stands out for being ranked all over the place (high of #27, low of #84) while on the opposite end of the spectrum everyone agrees that Zach Zavine is a Top ~40 player (high of #32, low of #44). I always find the range differences interesting

Note that Rookies are usually not included in most of these lists but sometimes they are and the group this year is obviously better than usual. So I’ve added them at the bottom, but not included them in the overall rankings, with Wemby landing around #57 if he was included

Hope you enjoy!

  • Kingcanute99@fediverser.communick.devBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Amazing thank you!

    If you look at the ones with high ranges, it’s pretty clear that availability/recent injury is the main driver of variation at least at the top (Zion, Ja, Harden, Kat, Beal, LaMelo).

  • Joetheshow1@fediverser.communick.devBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Man I know he had another disappointing postseason but Julius Randle is so low to me in these rankings

    I think he’s on the same tier as guys like Sabonis and Siakam but both of them are about 20 spots higher than he is, even Lauri markanen is higher than him, just doesn’t seem right to me, but I guess I’m biased

    • trevortins@fediverser.communick.devBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Sabonnis and Siakam haven’t had horrible playoffs drops in their last 2 playoffs. Randle goes from all nba player in the regular season to liability in the playoffs. Literally like a completely different player.

      • Joetheshow1@fediverser.communick.devBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I get it, he really shouldn’t have even played last postseason tbh, he was playing on one ankle and it really affected him. The first postseason was another clusterfuck because there was literally no one else on the team to take pressure off him but yeah last year his ankle really fucked him up

  • wjbc@fediverser.communick.devBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thanks! I’m curious, do the Bulls have the worst four player ranking? They have four players in the top 100, yet most people expect them to have a losing record.

    • Skippy1813@fediverser.communick.devOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      They only have 3 - Caruso was on some lists but just missed the Top 100

      There are 22 teams with 3 or more players ranked and the Bulls landed at 15 out of those 22. Hope that helps!

      One thing to keep in mind is that there are only 150 starters in the NBA so a Top 100 list is 2/3 of all the starters in the league. In other words, having multiple players ranked doesn’t mean a whole lot but having multiple players ranked high certainly does. As an example, the Bulls have 3 but the highest is only 39, while the Celtics have THREE players ranked higher than that on their roster - it speaks to just how much higher quality their roster really is, comparatively.