Bleacher Report polled NBA fans on the top 25 players in the league [500K votes]

[Im Still Ballin]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10088368-br-nba-community-top-100-player-rankings-see-how-readers-disagree-with-our-experts

Here are the results:


Top 25 (parenthesis is where they were ranked by BR staff)

25) Trae Young (30th)

24) Paul George (18th)

23) Bam Adebayo (27th)

22) Kyrie Irving (25th)

21) Tyrese Haliburton (33rd)

20) Jamal Murray (16th)

19) Kawhi Leonard (13th)

18) Ja Morant (21st)

17) Jaylen Brown (19th)

16) De'Aaron Fox (17th)

15) Anthony Davis (10th)

14) Donovan Mitchell (20th)

13) Jimmy Butler (12th)

12) Damian Lillard (14th)

11) Devin Booker (9th)

10) Anthony Edwards (15th)

9) LeBron James (7th)

8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (11th)

7) Kevin Durant (8th)

6) Joel Embiid (4th)

5) Jayson Tatum (5th)

4) Nikola Jokić (1st)

3) Stephen Curry (6th)

2) Luka Dončić (3rd)

1) Giannis Antetokounmpo (2nd)

[FultzNationRISE]

Lebron at ninth.

Heh.

Funny.


Really, really funny.



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[Real Men Wear Green]

Jokic is of course underrated. Conversely Doncic is a little overrated.

[ShawkFactory]

All things considered, not a horrible list.

[plowking]

TBH - not a bad list.

Luka being so high proves that NBA fans are dumb as hell though.

Shocked to see Shai so high. Just from a casual fan perspective.

[Im Still Ballin]

All things considered, not a horrible list.

Agreed. I like the BR staff list in parentheses more.

[ArbitraryWater]

Tatum at 5 is crazy.


Surprised Giannis is 1.


Surprised Jokic is 4.

[Baller234]

Not a bad list? The undisputed best player in the league is placed at #4.

Kind of undermines the rest of the list.

[Xiao Yao You]

Mitchell and no Lauri :roll:

[Real Men Wear Green]

TBH - not a bad list.

Luka being so high proves that NBA fans are dumb as hell though.

Shocked to see Shai so high. Just from a casual fan perspective.

Doncic should get a high rating but he's a double-edged sword. We should respect the fact that the list of NBA players that could do everything he does is short but at the same time it may not work well with other stars. It got some wins in the past but Porzingis maybe didn't care for it... I'm not sure there but reportedly the relationship between him and Doncic was bad. Irving doesn't seem to have a problem but Irving may have just been happy to find a team that will still max him and the pairing couldn't even make the play in. I do believe that Doncic could work fine with other stars in a less ball dominant role but the overwhelming stats are the main reason why he's regarded as elite at a relatively young age. Had yet to show that he can get these monster numbers playing with other stars on a good team.

[Wally450]

The BR staff is the better list, even though I think Curry at 6 is too low.

[beasted]

Why is SGA in the top 10? "Cuz points"?

Otherwise swap Luka and Joker and I can live with the rest of the list.

[ArbitraryWater]

Why is SGA in the top 10? "Cuz points"?

Otherwise swap Giannis and Joker and I can live with the rest of the list.


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There's no planet where Curry or Luka is better than Giannis. They both only play one side of the floor.

[JohnMax]

I have Lebron winning regular season.MVP, championship, and finals MVP this upcoming season. So he's clearly the #1 player in NBA.

[WhiteKyrie]

1) Jokic
2) Luka
3) Curry
4) Giannis
5) Embiid

And then you can argue the rest. I think it’s hilarious two FOREIGN unathletic plumber, and a milkman are the best players in the league now


There's no planet where Curry or Luka is better than Giannis. They both only play one side of the floor.

False. Giannis is insanely flawed to this day offensively. Especially if the referees actually called all of his travels.

[hold this L]

Luka glazing continues


There's no planet where Curry or Luka is better than Giannis. They both only play one side of the floor.
Giannis is far and away the worst superstar offensively in a half court offense, which is what every tight playoff game turns into at the end of the game. And why he got carried on a legendary level by Mid-ton during his playoff year in 80% of the last 5 minutes of every single playoff game they won.