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Kevin O'Connor's top 15 players in the NBA: Tier 1: Jokic, Tier 2: Steph/Embiid, Tier 3: Luka/Giannis/Tatum, Tier 4: Booker/SGA/LeBron/KD, Tier 5: Ant/Hali/AD/Maxey/Butler (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by MajorSlimes@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Tier 1: Jokic

Tier 2: Steph/Embiid

Tier 3: Luka/Giannis/Tatum

Tier 4: Booker/SGA/LeBron/KD

Tier 5: Ant/Hali/AD/Maxey/Butler

The full top 50 is here

What do ya'll think? Personally I think Maxey in the top 15 is a huuuge overreaction to a 10 games stretch. Most didn't even have him top 40 in the offseason.

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[–] Moe-Blacks-Brother@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is so reactive to the first couple weeks of the season lol. If we’re ranking players, shouldn’t we prioritize how they play in games that matter the most (I.e. the playoffs)? That’s where you find out who the true best players are.

In these last playoffs, we literally witnessed Embiid choke (yet again) and get outplayed by Tatum when it mattered.

We also witnessed Butler outplay Tatum AND Giannis in the playoffs. And not like it was the first time he crushed it in the playoffs either. He’s done this a handful of times in the past several years. How is he only tier 5? I get it that he doesn’t do it as consistently during the regular season as those other guys, but when it matters he’s at least as good as those guys.

Crazy we see this happen over and over again. People apparently value regular season stats over winning games with actual stakes on the line.

[–] potatomanflan@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Tatum definitively outplayed Butler, the Heat just outplayed the rest of the Celtics and Tatum sprained his ankle in G7