Top 10 NBA players right now, after all star break (2019–2020 Season)
1. LeBron James
You may well be freaking out about LeBron’s ranking, but just know there is very little separating players one through four on this list.
One of Giannis/Kawhi/Harden/LeBron had to fall out of the top three, and it couldn’t be the guy coming off the worst season of his otherwise spectacular career while still averaging 27 7 7, and who has maintained his level of play with great efficiency, and he also currently leads the NBA in assists, but is also the 3rd greatest scorer in professional Basketball history.
LeBron may fall of these rankings with a disappointing NBA post season, and title less bounce back season for the newly revamped Los Angeles Lakers.
These rankings aren’t about rewarding lifetime achievements, they represent what these plays have done lately and how good they are right now.
2. Kawhi Leonard
No defender incites more terror than Kawhi aka “The Claw’ Leonard, a man who effortlessly ransacks the best offensive players in the business on a nightly basis.
He doesn’t always have the best health due to the fragility in his Knees and Joints, and he mental toughness pain tolerance.
Load management Aka “calling in sick for work” is only due to his body and health maintenance, for the more important NBA post season, and there are very few players who are deadly with the ball in high pressure situations. He has the clutch gene.
He has a lot of self awareness and natural calm aura about him, for hes a unique Athlete with a unique personality.
Other than missing out on the joys of love, laughter and human connection, being an actual robot and public introvert has worked out incredibly well for Leonard.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was the MVP of the regular season just a passed, but Kawhi was the most dominant force when the postseason arrived.
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo
An outrageously gifted athletic FREAK, almighty colossus of a man, Antetokounmpo is a real-life Monstar.
The Greek Freak went to yet another level last season, putting up career-highs in points (27.7), rebounds (12.5) and assists (5.9), while also dominating at the other end of the court.
All he has left to prove now (other than the ability to hit threes consistently) is that he can overcome the very best defenses in the postseason, especially after the Raptors gave him plenty to think about in the Eastern Conference finals last season.
4. James Harden
The Bearded One Aka Harden gets the nod over Anthony Davis primarily because he’s coming off his most spectacular regular season ever, as opposed to his other contemporaries who never consistently deliver.
Harden won MVP two years ago and only upped his game further last season.
As for why Harden isn’t ranked higher… well, he isn’t moving above Kawhi and Giannis until he at least plays half the defense they do.
It’s been said a million times, but defense wins championships (something LeBron completely let slide last season too) is half of the game.
5. Anthony Davis
Davis’ earth-shattering impact extends to both ends of the floor, something which helped him edge past Jokic in these rankings.
He is in the absolute prime of his life, has looked especially dangerous in the early going this year, and is clearly ready to unleash fresh hell upon the rest of the league.
The main criticism of Davis at this point in his career is his lack of postseason success.
AD has made the playoffs just twice in seven years, losing in the first and second rounds respectively.
It’s not as though various combinations of Jrue Holiday, DeMarcus Cousins, Julius Randle and Nikola Mirotic were bad company over the past couple of seasons.
6. Steph Curry
Curry is the only player in history whose shooting percentages seem almost unaffected by extreme volume and distance.
That should be a lethal combination for any shooter, and yet Curry gleefully drinks from the poison chalice.
Here’s a perfect example which really paints the picture: midway through last season, he was shooting almost 54 percent on threes between 30 and 35 feet, despite the rest of the NBA making just 35 percent of threes overall (via Kirk Goldsberry).
That just shouldn’t be possible.
Curry is an offensive weapon unlike anything we’ve ever seen, and without much help currently surrounding him, expect him to re assume his MVP mentality and make a push up this list.
The best ability is availability, and when healthy the “Human Shooting Torch” is indeed very unguadable.
7. Joel Embiid
Embiid, a man who to this day significantly boosting his averages to 27.5 points and 13.6 rebounds.
Of course, the catch with Embiid has always been his health.
Since being drafted in 2014, he has played just 38 percent of all available regular season games (65 percent if you exclude the two lost years at the start of his career).
His talent, however, is off the charts.
Embiid finished last season fourth in points per game, second in rebounds, sixth in blocks, and second in free throws made.
He can turn the game on its head at either end of the floor.
And somehow, he has only been in the league for three years, with so much improvement still to come.
8. Damian Lillard
Laheem Aka The Modern Day Renaissance Man, for his very decent and accomplished recording artist.
“Damian Lillard is also a hip-hop artist and rapper and goes by the name of Dame D.O.L.L.A., which stands for Different On Levels the Lord Allows. His debuted his first studio album The Letter O in October 2016, under his moniker. He soon released his second album Confirmed which came out on the very next year on October 6, 2017. Damian has also released a few singles as lead artist and has only been featured once in Brookfield Duece’s 2015 song ‘I Wish I Could Tell You’. He also released a third album Big D.O.L.L.A last year.”
Damian Lillard was having the best season of his career with the Blazers. He is averaging a career-high 29.5 points per game to go along with 7.9 assists and 4.4 rebounds, all while shooting 46.0 percent from the field and 39.3 from beyond the arc.
Lillard has rarely been labelled a defensive ace, but he’s as savage on the court as he is behind the mic.
The Oklahoma City Thunder learnt that the hard way.
Expect Lillard to play with more fire than ever this year after eventually flaming out in the playoffs with 37 percent field goal shooting in a sweep at the hands of the Warriors.
9. Nikola Jokic
Nikola “The Joker” Jokic’s passing wizardry is so absurdly good that it can unravel even the best defences in an instant.
Much like the psychics you see all over cable TV, Jokic sees things the rest of us cannot.
And unlike those psychics, this towering Serbian baller is for real.
Last season Jokic averaged a lazy 20 and 10 while also finishing in the top 10 in assist percentage.
10. Paul George
If not for injuries and load management he would be ranked much higher on this list, because he was absolutely exceptional last year and finished third in MVP voting.
George averaged career-highs across the board, putting up 28 points (second), 8.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.2 steals (first), and was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team
Having arguably the two best perimeter defenders in the NBA on the floor at the same time will make things harder for LeBron James and Anthony Davis in a seven-game series come late May 2020.
PG13 is expecting to deliver a“Rated R” NBA postseason.
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