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This might not be very popular, but Joel Embiid is currently leading the league in PPG at 31.9 ppg. He is having another really good season.

Rounding out the top 10:

  1. KD (31.4 ppg)

  2. Luka Doncic (30.5 ppg)

  3. SGA (30.4)

  4. Giannis (29.7)

  5. Steph (29.7)

  6. Jokic (28.2)

  7. Jayson Tatum (27.8)

  8. Anthony Edwards (26.7)

  9. Tyrese Maxey (26.3)

This list matches the eye test very well.

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[–] chickenripp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Booker averaging 29.6 next to KD. Just doesn’t have the games played to make the list yet. He has played 8 of our 16 games

[–] jonsnowKITN@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] jharbiid@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You can just come back here during the playoffs if you’re not interested in regular season discussion. We’ll get by without your thought provoking analysis

[–] JG951519@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He has been, having a down year with efficiency but that was expected without harden getting him easy looks

[–] Head-Kiwi-9601@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Jo’s assists are up significantly. He had 9 tonight. He will have triple doubles when Oubre is back in the lineup.

[–] Evilfart123@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I think players will start respecting Maxey more and sag off Embiid a bit more to give him more space to drive

[–] RVarki@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

No one really thinks of Embiid as an all-time great scorer (yet), but 3 straight scoring titles would place him in truly elite company

[–] schoolhater12@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

he is a great scorer, but I think for me the big thing is that he is not an all time great scorer in the playoffs

[–] kaceytronwhiteknight@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Embiid in the 2nd round averages 23.6 on 43/29/82 splits. Forget great, he isn't even a good scorer in the playoffs

[–] CP3HARDENKDKYRIESUCK@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] kaceytronwhiteknight@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

If Lebron, Durant, Curry, or Jokic averaged 23.6 on 43 from fg and 29 from 3 they'd be crucified by this sub

[–] MrThreebound@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He also has the 3rd highest career PPG in NBA history currently.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_per_g_career.html

[–] Cudi_buddy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Where is Fox? He is averaging like 30/game.

[–] SerialRapper@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Embiid is definitely one of the best regular season scorers of all time

[–] jacobythefirst@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Ngl thought Jokic was higher but then I remembered he got kicked out a game early and had foul trouble for another

[–] kaceytronwhiteknight@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Career playoff ppg

Embiid: 24

KD: 29.4

Luka: 32.5

SGA: 15.1

Giannis: 26.6

Curry: 27

Jokic: 27.5

Tatum: 23.8

Edwards: 28.1

Maxey: 15.7

[–] growsonwalls@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Not really fair to include SGA, since he hasn't had an actual playoff series, or Maxey since he wasn't a starter

[–] mrauzz@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Fox at 27.4. Obviously it was only 1 playoff series but still. If Sga and maxey are gonna be included so should Fox.

[–] Slim-Ticket@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I take for granted how much Ant elevates in the playoffs, as a 20 and 21 year old too. Can't wait to see him when he's 25+ like most of the guys on this list.

[–] Chinbie@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

free throw merchant 💪💪💪💪

[–] Dat_one_lad@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lamelo's first five games he averaged 14 and now he's the 12th leading scorer by ppg

[–] JustinFields9@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Today's injury tanked his averages :(

[–] Dat_one_lad@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

We rlly can't have shit

[–] afjecj@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Mad how sga is 4 when he had a sub 10 point game

[–] JesseJamesGames449@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

im surprised tatum is even here to be honest.. we have multiple games where he gets 1 or 2 shots in the first quarter.. i dont think anyone else on this list has that problem. In our offensive system it seems like tatum has been the one to sacrifice his stats so far. He wont shoot at all in his first rotation, then he is first subbed out and comes back for like a minute at the end of the first with the bench.

Really wish we would ride tatums scoring to start games, sub him out at his regular time then let the Brown/KP two man game go to work.

[–] Substantial_Pen_8409@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago