No one can objectively, with a straight face, say Giannis is the best player in the league. Lebron? Sure. Harden? Ok. Steph? Let's hear it. Kawhi? Ehh...a stretch but alright. Durant? Conceivable. Giannis? How tho.
5 is perfectly fair. No problem with that. However...I fail to understand how Giannis got crowned #1, while Harden routinely gets ridiculed because he can't beat the GOAT team in the playoffs. What playoff success has Giannis had? Also...we will soon see just how good Curry is when he is not surrounded by the perfect situation. Will he get the same criticism Harden gets if he can't win in the playoffs? I am going to go ahead and say no. Lastly...LOL @ Davis at #6. Dude quits on his team and barely makes playoffs. Spare me.
5 isn't fair if KD isn't on the list. The only players that are I'm comfortable labeling over Harden are KD, LeBron and Curry. Kawhi is routinely the most overated player in the league and Gainnis on this specific list is massively overated.
Looking back at the history of their list for Harden 2014 Harden ranked 11th Finished 5th in MVP 2015 Harden ranked 13. BEHIND DWIGHT(9)LOL!!!! Harden finishes 2nd in MVP 2016 Harden ranked 5th. Finishes 9th in MVP and is comically left off ANY all NBA team 2017 Harden ranked 7th Finishes 2nd in MVP 2018 Harden ranked 5th Wins MVP 2019 Harden ranked 4th Finishes 2nd in MVP You would think they would learn by now.
Keep in mind, that list really places Harden at #6. 2015 - #13 2016 - #5 2017 - #7 2018 - #5 2019 - #5 (voted #4, but only because Kawhi got dropped for not playing in 2018) 2020 - #6 (voted #5, because Durant won't play) So, since his bust-out season of 2015, Harden hasn't done anything to advance. AD just gets replaced with Giannis.
They have to rank Giannis #1 to justify that BS MVP vote from last year. It doesn't matter. Most of these lists are total crap anyway.
I'm just here to say that 2k rates Gordon too low at 77 overall. Am I biased or doesn't he at least deserve a solid 80??
Even Rockets fans forget about EG's impact; EG has saved the Rockets multiple times with his scoring and surprisingly solid defense. I don't blame 2k for forgetting about EG too.
He will never be higher than 5 lol But will end up being at least the 3rd or 4th best shooting guard all time. Makes a ton of sense.
It looks like most people in this thread are ignoring that it’s a ranking of who the best players are projected to be next season. It seems pretty sensible to me to think Giannis has the best chance at being the top player next year.
I think most people realize that since that’s what all these summertime rankings do Giannis got a jumper over the summer that I’m not aware of?