50-31 50. Patrick Beverley | Los Angeles Clippers (160) 49. George Hill | Sacramento Kings (67) 48. Ricky Rubio | Utah Jazz (63) 47. Goran Dragic | Miami Heat (51) 46. Steven Adams | Oklahoma City Thunder (36) 45. LaMarcus Aldridge | San Antonio Spurs (23) 44. Jusuf Nurkic | Portland Trail Blazers (73) 43. Andre Iguodala | Golden State Warriors (55) 42. Otto Porter | Washington Wizards (116) 41. Hassan Whiteside | Miami Heat (32) 40. Al Horford | Boston Celtics (22) 39. DeMar DeRozan | Toronto Raptors (30) 38. Jae Crowder | Cleveland Cavaliers (56) 37. Eric Bledsoe | Phoenix Suns (43) 36. Myles Turner | Indiana Pacers (50) 35. Khris Middleton | Milwaukee Bucks (NA) 34. Kemba Walker | Charlotte Hornets (38) 33. Isaiah Thomas | Cleveland Cavaliers (29) 32. Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers (58) 31. C.J. McCollum | Portland Trail Blazers (26)
Definitely way more head scratchers than in previous years. Probably a result of ESPN letting all those people go earlier in the year, causing this year's "panel" to be way smaller. Their system only works when you have a huge sample size.
Go down that lineup of players and say to yourself, "Yep, so-and-so is 15-30 spots better than Melo." How many make you cringe?
I must be missing something when I watch Rubio play. I was thinking he would be closer to 150 than 50
Only 5 spots aheaed of his trade partner Crowder actually, from previous years, I think they do consider current injury situations to say the player will have a down year from previous. So, I suppose they have an arguable reason there.
Oh the irony that we are chasing really hard on Carmelo for our big 3 when we previously had a better player in Covington.
30-11 is out... http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/nbarank1130/nbarank-players-11-30 surprised Kyrie is so low.... Here's my stab at the top 10 10. Draymond 9. Steph Curry 8. CP3 7. The Greek Freak 6. Anthony Davis 5. Kawhi 4. Harden 3. Westbrook 2. Durant 1. LeBron