Top Ten Players - 2023

[StrongLurk]

Now the season is over, let's see who the best are. Kind of a hard year to rank with so much parody and injuries to the usual superstars.

Tier 1 - Jokic, Giannis, Embiid (easy list here)

The rest of the top ten is hard to put in any order for me. I'll just list the names.

Tier 2 - Luka, AD, Jimmy Butler, Curry, KD, Damian Lillard, SGA.

Guess that leaves Kawhi, Lebron, Tatum out of the top ten? I know people probably don't like the SGA pick, but just based on this regular season alone, he's top ten. Damian Lillard probably had his career best season, but his teammates are total trash.

[RRR3]

What points to AD being better than LeBron? Record and +/- favor LeBron clearly.

[Axe]

Lillard wasted himself enough in oregon. Maybe it's better if he flocks somewhere in east now.

[Full Court]

Now the season is over, let's see who the best are. Kind of a hard year to rank with so much parody and injuries to the usual superstars.

Tier 1 - Jokic, Giannis, Embiid (easy list here)

The rest of the top ten is hard to put in any order for me. I'll just list the names.

Tier 2 - Luka, AD, Jimmy Butler, Curry, KD, Damian Lillard, SGA.

Guess that leaves Kawhi, Lebron, Tatum out of the top ten? I know people probably don't like the SGA pick, but just based on this regular season alone, he's top ten. Damian Lillard probably had his career best season, but his teammates are total trash.

Pretty good list. The only one I kind of disagree with, is I think Tatum has to be on the list. I'd probably swap him out for Curry. Curry's still an elite player, but I'm not sure he did enough to crack top ten this year.\

And yes, SGA belongs there.

[SouBeachTalents]

Giannis
Jokic
Embiid
Luka
Steph
KD
Tatum
AD
LeBron
Kawhi

[Full Court]

What points to AD being better than LeBron? Record and +/- favor LeBron clearly.

There we go with the +/- again. That's all you Bronie fluffers have.

How about AD being an elite defender, while LeShrivel sits there and watches the other team score?

[kawhileonard2]

What points to AD being better than LeBron? Record and +/- favor LeBron clearly.

Higher PER, WS, WS/PER 48 minutes, VORP, Box Plus/Minus

[HoopologyPhD]

LeBron might as well be at the top bc of $ but we won't know who is the most valuable in terms of rangz until june

[Manny98]

Tier 1

1. Giannis
2. Embiid
3. Jokic

Tier 2

4. Luka
5. LeBron
6. KD
7. Curry
8. AD
9. Butler
10.Kawhi
11. Tatum

Tier 3

12. Lillard
13. Morant
14. Booker
15. SGA
16. PG
17. Mitchell
18. Harden
19. Kyrie
20. Holiday
21. Brown

[SaltyMeatballs]

1. Giannis
2. Embiid
3. Jokic
4. Curry
5. Luka
6. KD
7. Tatum
8. Kawhi
9. AD
10. SGA

[fourkicks44]

The insidehoops community overrates Luka and serverly underrates Tatum.

Did anyone else just see Luka's team miss the god damn play in in the season the West has been weakest in 20 years?

I know he is a great player, but come on. Let us be realistic about the season we have just witnessed.

[Manny98]

The insidehoops community overrates Luka and serverly underrates Tatum.

Did anyone else just see Luka's team miss the god damn play in in the season the West has been weakest in 20 years?

I know he is a great player, but come on. Let us be realistic about the season we have just witnessed.

Tatum has a way better team around him

[fourkicks44]

Tatum has a way better team around him

The 4th best player in the league should be able to make the f'ckin play in, come on now.

[StrongLurk]

Tier 1

1. Giannis
2. Embiid
3. Jokic

Tier 2

4. Luka
5. LeBron
6. KD
7. Curry
8. AD
9. Butler
10.Kawhi
11. Tatum

Tier 3

12. Lillard
13. Morant
14. Booker
15. SGA
16. PG
17. Mitchell
18. Harden
19. Kyrie
20. Holiday
21. Brown

How exactly was Lebron better than Lilliard and SGA?

Lebron just had his worst season in a while to be honest. He was barely top ten last year and that was with a good three-point shot last year. This year he might be the worst volume three point shooter in the league, plus he can't play defense in this uptempo regular season.

[Manny98]

How exactly was Lebron better than Lilliard and SGA?

Lebron just had his worst season in a while to be honest. He was barely top ten last year and that was with a good three-point shot last year. This year he might be the worst volume three point shooter in the league, plus he can't play defense in this uptempo regular season.

Regular season wise no he's not better

But in a playoff series I'd still rather have LeBron than damm near every player in the NBA just off his superior basketball IQ and big game experience