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Top 10 come out tomorrow

11.Jayson Tatum
12.Jimmy Butler
13.Bam Adebayo
14.Joel Embiid
15.Chris Paul
16.Ben Simmons
17.Devin Booker
18.Donovan Mitchel
19.Zion Williamson
20.Paul George
21.Jamal Murray
22.Bradley
23.Karl-Anthony Towns
24.Pascal Siakam
25.Kyrie Irving
26.Rudy Gobert
27.CJ McCollum
28.Brandon Ingram
29.Trae Young
30.Kyle Lowry
31.Ja Morant
32.Jaylen Brown
33.Jrue Holiday
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35.Khris Middleton
36.Russell Westbrook
37.Marcus Smart
38.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
39.Malcom Brogdon
40.Fred VanVleet
41.Kristaps Porzingis
42.Nikola Vucevic
43.Jaren Jackson Jr.
44.Draymond Green
45.Gordon Hayward
46.Caris LeVert
47.Victor Oladipo
48.Kemba Walker
49.Spender Dinwiddie
50.Domantas Sabonis
51. Michael Porter Jr.
52. DeAndre Ayton
53. Jusuf Nurkic
54. Lonzo Ball
55. Christian Wood
56. Zach LaVine
57. Tobias Harris
58. Goran Dragic
59. Tyler Herro
60. Robert Covington
61.Davis Bertans
62.Bogdan Bogdanovic
63.TJ Warren
64.Kevin Love
65.Blake Griffin
66.Serge Ibaka
67.Eric Bledsoe
68.OG Anuoby
69.D'Angelo Russell
70.Steven Adams
71.Mike Conley
72.P.J. Tucker
73.Bojan Bogdanovic
74.Myles Turner
75.Duncan Robinson
76.Montrezl Harrell
77.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
78.Aaron Gordon
79.Dennis Schroder
80.Josh Richardson
81.John Wall
82.DeMar DeRozan
83.DeJonte Murray
84.John Collins
85.Danilo Gallinari
86.Brook Lopez
87.Buddy Hield
88.Jerami Grant
89.Joe Ingles
90.Patrick Beverly
91.Seth Curry
92.Mitchell Robinson
93.Ricky Rubio
94.Jarrett Allen
95.LaMarcus Aldridge
96.Marc Gasol
97.Derrick White
98.Otto Porter Jr.
99.Marcus Morris Sr.
100. Joe Harris

Didn't expect to see DeAaron Fox rise so fast. Liked him at Kentucky but figured him to be a tweener without a role.

Where are all the Wolves players?

Obviously, there will be problems on any such list. Obviously, this is more of an ESPN marketing ploy than any serious analytical basketball tool.

So we can quibble about many of the names on that "ranking," including the two Wolves "stars."

But it's still pretty sad on many levels nonetheless.

Wolves have 3 players in the top 100
23: KAT
69: DLO
93: Rubio

Some of my takeaways
- Obviously the goal for ESPN is to make crazy lists so it gets people talking, so obviously this list is going to be crazy

- I think it is crazy that Dlo is ranked behind Ball and Lavine personally. Think it is a joke that he is ranked behind Ball. I would have Dlo ranked above Lavine just because they are similar type players but at least Dlo has made an All Star and lead his team to the playoffs. Also think it is funny that Porter is above both Dlo and Lavine when they are all 3 negatives in the advance analytics but Porter hasn't put up the raw numbers that Dlo and Lavine have put up.

-Derozan has become so criminally underrated after he has been overrated for years.

-Sabonis is underrated also.


-Zion at 19 is a joke. I think Zion is going to be great but being ranked 19 right now off of 24 games is really bad. Over players like Kat who has made an all nba team, Westbrook who still a great player.

-Think Bam being ranked 13 is bad also just because I don't think he can be the best player on a playoff team. I do like Bam though just don't think he is better then Kat or Embiid.

-Overall the goal of ESPN is to create clicks

I think I got the biggest kick out of Kentavious Caldwell Pope.

It's amazing how much the narrative changes when you're suddenly supporting two of the league's top 5 players on a championship team...

AbeVigodaLive wrote:I think I got the biggest kick out of Kentavious Caldwell Pope.

It's amazing how much the narrative changes when you're suddenly supporting two of the league's top 5 players on a championship team...

That was also a good one also. Better then Derozan and Aldridge

These ESPN lists are routinely laughable. Zion Williamson at 19. Marcus Smart at 37. P.J. Tucker at 72. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope at 77. Those are just a few that I found absurd besides the obvious jabs at Karl-Anthony Towns and D'Angelo Russell. Both are better than where this ESPN list ranked them.

The Russel one was pretty bad. Towns is pretty close to where he has preformed. You could make the arguments for a few spots higher for Towns, but ultimately its pretty close as I see it. Russel you could make arguments that he is 20-30 spots off. If only these lists did really become bulletin board material that actually motivated Wolves' players.

Damn I guess we should have traded for Aaron Gordon!!!! Lol these lists are so great.

I can't wait to see which Wolf is in the top 10 tomorrow!