Best in Show, 2023
Flip a Coin
1A. Jokic
1B. Giannis
Essentially in a Category of His Own at This Point
03. Curry
“You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby…”
04. Luka
05. Tatum
Twilight of the Idols: Some nights Late Bulls MJ, other nights Late Wizards MJ
06. KD
07. LeBron
“Load-Management” a Must; All-World When Healthy
08. Embiid
09. AD
10. Kawhi
Better Bets?
11. Butler
12. Dame
13. Mitchell
Canadian Content
14. Murray
15. SGA
Intercontinental
16. Siakam
17. Sabonis
Sounds Foreign But Is Actually Just from New Jersey
18. Bam
Players We’re Kinda Bored of Talking About, Yet Remain Great Often Enough to Slip in at or Near the Bottom of the Top 20
19. Booker
20. PG
21. Trae
22. Beal
Rounding out the Top 25; Full Names (Tellingly) Necessary
23. De’Aaron Fox
24. Anthony Edwards
25. Jalen Brunson
CAVEAT EMPTOR: Elite Talent-wise and/or Athletically But Unreliable, Repugnant, and/or Just Plain Boneheaded
–Ja
–Kyrie
–Harden
–Zion 😂
Honourable Mention: CP3; KAT; Ayton; Jrue Holiday; FVV; Jaylen Brown; DeMar DeRozan; Andrew Wiggins; Scottie Barnes; Evan Mobley; Paolo Banchero; Cade Cunningham; Austin Reaves; LaMelo Ball
Probably Will Be Better Than Most of the Players Named Above OR Will Be the Next Greg Oden and Headed Back to Europe in 4-5 Years (Both Scenarios Seem More or Less Equally in Play for Now…): Victor Wembanyama
