Best player in the NBA

[scm5]

Let's assume Durant comes back 100% healthy. Even not fully recovered he put up some beast stats.

Is Lebron still the best player in the world?

Would it be Durant? Westbrook? AD? Curry?

[LoneyROY7]

The Slim Reaper.

[VengefulAngel]

Can we stop being obsessed with this question. I see this thread at least 5 times a week.

[JerrySeinfeld]

It's Kevin Durant.

[inclinerator]

ask after the playoffs, lebron has been looking pretty bad

[scm5]

Can we stop being obsessed with this question. I see this thread at least 5 times a week.

Can you link me? I looked for it for a couple pages before I posted this.

[dubeta]

Easily bran

[kennethgriffin]

#1 anthony davis
#2 james harden
#3 russell westbrook
#4 kevin durant (when healthy)
#5 lebron james

[BuffaloBill]

KD

[SourSamCassell]

1A. Lebron
1B. Slim Reaper
2. Curry
3. Harden
5. Westbrook
6. Davis
7. Chris Paul
8. Blake Griffin
9. Demarcus Cousins
10. Kyrie Irving

[Yoshi]

Was LeBron even the best this season?

[scm5]

Was LeBron even the best this season?

Depends on who you ask.

I could see valid arguments for:

Lebron, Davis, Curry, Harden, and Westbrook for this season, and Durant would be in the conversation if he didn't need to go back for surgery. On a bum foot, he was still beasting.

People will look at Davis and say that he's too young, not as good defensively as his stats say, bird fed. They're just hating.

People look at Curry and think he's still weak defensively, just a shooter. Look at advanced stats, game logs, whatever. Curry has been playing remarkable defense this season and is right up there with the best defenders at the position.

Harden and Westbrook are more like one man shows but they're effective. I don't think either are as good as Lebron, Davis, or Curry but that's just my opinion.

[scm5]

1A. Lebron
1B. Slim Reaper
2. Curry
3. Harden
5. Westbrook
6. Davis
7. Chris Paul
8. Blake Griffin
9. Demarcus Cousins
10. Kyrie Irving

My rankings, with Durant back 100%:

Durant
Lebron
Curry
Davis
Westbrook
Harden
CP3
Griffin
Cousins
Jimmy Butler

[SourSamCassell]

My rankings, with Durant back 100%:

Durant
Lebron
Curry
Davis
Westbrook
Harden
CP3
Griffin
Cousins
Wall (over Kyrie, hard decision. Wall's worlds better defensively and in playmaking while Kyrie is the better pure scorer. Wall isn't a slouch offensively, but Kyrie is a rotating door on defense)
Good list

I feel like Durant Curry and Lebron are in their own league

Then Davis, Westbrook and Harden are pretty much interchangeable in that 2nd tier

Then CP3 and Blake are everslightly behind... If Blake wasn't injured and Clips were more focused early on in the season they might have won 60+ games and both those guys would be up in the mix with Davis/Westbrook/Harden... I'm thinking if Clippers make it to the WCF, Blake and CP3 are going to bump up on my list.

Wall Cousins Kyrie and Lamarcus are sort of in the same ballpark

[NumberSix]

Bosh.

[scm5]

Good list

I feel like Durant Curry and Lebron are in their own league

Then Davis, Westbrook and Harden are pretty much interchangeable in that 2nd tier

Then CP3 and Blake are everslightly behind... If Blake wasn't injured and Clips were more focused early on in the season they might have won 60+ games and both those guys would be up in the mix with Davis/Westbrook/Harden... I'm thinking if Clippers make it to the WCF, Blake and CP3 are going to bump up on my list.

Wall Cousins Kyrie and Lamarcus are sort of in the same ballpark

Great breakdown, and I would just like to revise my list. I forgot about Jimmy Butler.

[SourSamCassell]

Great breakdown, and I would just like to revise my list. I forgot about Jimmy Butler.
Oh yeah him aswell...

It is crazy how much depth we are getting in the league at the moment

Still have Paul George, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, both Gasols, Klay Thompson, Derozan, etc

Shit goes on and on, whole lot of point guards too

Oh and I forgot Melo too... and Kawhi