@@yuriyoungblood3102 no he's not top 12 if he had his own team. People really let finals mvp cloud their judgement. The Highest Brown would be with his "own team" is 15 if kawhi continues to be cooked. Alsp Tatum is too high as well . Funny, if he was Top 15 then him and tatum should have more rings.. LeBron & A.D got 1. Joker got one without another top 15 player.. if Boston has 2 then why are they just now winning 1 ?
It's a projection. It's not blasphemous to think there will be 25 better players after the 25-26 season... Is what I would say before I heard Zach Lavine at #25!
This is like the 4th or 5th ranking video I’ve watched where they didn’t even have him top 20-25. Like I’m not even advocating him to be super high but being below some of those first few names is genuinely disrespectful asf.
@@Heemkeem_9 kyrie definitely is top 20 I don’t really see the players he got in the top 20 really being better than Kyrie that’s like we really believe Zach Lavine, & no offense Ja Morant better than Kyrie but they top 20
Kyrie might be the most disrespected star in the league. He averaged 25.6/5/5 on 49/41/90 splits on 60.8% true shooting and had a solid playoff run besides the finals and he was 5th in percentage in the midrange among high volume players who took more than 150. He had a efg% of 57% and shot 54% from 2 as a guard. He wasn’t even a honorable mention😂, he’s better than some of the players ranked above him😂.
Nobody gives af about them stats bitch did u make your team win or not and he helped but it wasn't good enough and let's be honest kyrie is a number 2 always been always will be he is no number 1 option
@@Dambruh11._ he’s better offensively but overall I’ll probably say no, but he’s better than paolo, maxey, dame, Paul George and lavine for sure though.
@@abtocool6350 I understand wat u saying cause of Ant defense but u could say dat for anyone like Steph is better than ant offensively but ant better defensively so he’s overall better Kyrie is a better scorer 3pt shooter mid range shooter finisher playmaker passer more efficient both averaged 26/5/5 last year but Kyrie did it on 50/40/90 as a 2nd option
@@Dambruh11._ yup, I agree. Ant still has deficiencies in his game, he’s somewhat flawed as a passer not being able to make skip passes out of the pick and roll, statistically below average as a midrange shooter, a little below average as a pull up shooter from three and his true shooting percentage has been below the league average every season. I still think book and Mitchell are better than him for those reasons.
Watching this video you wouldn’t believe Jaylen brown is a 25/6/4 guy with elite defense while just coming off a fmvp last year somehow kawhi is ranked 16 but Jaylen brown isn’t ok😀
He don’t watch ball I swear Idk what has happened these last few months I used to agree with most of his takes but lately he been spewing bs In another video I seen him say that Jimmy has been carried by Bam and Spo throughout these last few seasons which is crazy to say Then he says bam is better than him now? Yea alright
an elite defender that somehow is missing all the defensive accolades. no all defense teams, no votes for dpoy... at some point this "elite defense" should get its place into the delusion department.
@@skinnytimmy1 nigga acting like he didn’t have Steph curry on his fucking team stop it mind you they guarded Steph like the number one option you because it was his fucking team. Also shocker the greatest team of all time plus Kd beat the 2018 Cavs
Looking at that clip at 1:32. Look at the way Zion lands. The guy gives his legs no cushion. In only FOUR FRAMES: his feet touch the ground on frame 1, he stops all downward momentum by frame 4, and he even begins to rise on the 5th frame. He's practically airborne again by frame 8. I'm no scientist type man but that's a big guy putting a big instantaneous snap of tension into his legs. My non-sciency intuition says that doing alot of those snap landing would lead to recurring leg issues, and I'll tell you, he snaps his landings like that alot.
@ skill style IQ clutch G what are we talking about Lil dude? Oh, and actual shooting percentages matter to me, mpho be taking shots for no reason just cause they demand it on their team that’s not good basketball …
Honestly this was a pretty good list bro. Order aside, I would only sub Kyrie for Trae Young and Jaylen FMVP Brown for Paolo Banchero. Other than that, good 25 players.
Top 1 Tier 1) Luka 2) Jokic 3) SGA 4) Embiid Any given night Tier 5) Giannis 6) AD Superstar Tier 7) Lebron 8) Curry 9) Vic 10) Ant 11) D Book 12) Tatum 13) KD Elite number 1 Tier 14) J Brunson 15) D Mitch 16) Ja 17) Kawhi All-Star 18) Bam 19) Zion 20) Maxey 21) Hali 22) J Brown 23) Fox 24) Kyrie 25) Harden
@@williamkuranchie6960 AD is the best defender in the league & when he’s on his A game is probably the best player in the league he just is inconsistent with his play offensively… but JJ Reddick said his man goal this season is to unlock AD & he’ll be the focus of this offense
1-4: Embid (banking on legendary playoff run/hot take), Shai, Luka, Jokic(I dont see him getting better) 5-7 (I can see these guys being in the number one tier but I doubt it): Tatum(most all time greats breakout at age 25/26, hot take he'll be top 3 in mvp voting), Greek(I see him getting worse, ever sense his ring he hasn't really been different compared to Embid arguably worse), AD( hes bridge to this and the next tier). 8 and 9 (You can put them in the tier below, I see them clearly separating themselves) Victor, ANT 10-15 (My ranking for this is who will improve the most/fall of the least, honestly this was hardest part of the list) Jalen, Dmitch, Dbook, curry, KD, Bron. 16-25 (I prefer defense, and who can be a number one on a title team, but honestly you can change however you want and i wont budge.) Jimmy (heat fan), Kawhi (as a talent i rank him this high, but his availability takes him out the list), Ja (Grizz will be top 5-3 team in the west, Ja will get mvp votes). Zion(same take for the pels and zion), Bam, JB, Hali, Trae, Dame (I don't see getting better), Palo (I haven't watched him a lot but he does seem promising he might be the next Karl Malone but in a good way, i just don't know when especially with Wagner being on team also developing.) Maxey PG and kyrie are up there I just prefer the guys above.
@anubis4032 he operates in the mid range but can shot 3s, good and underrated defender a cable playmaker very athletic and big for size. I feel like they're very comparable it's just Pablo is more modern so we compare him to Melo or Tatum alot
And curry number 10 without even making it to the playoffs? Or you play it blind. Tell. Me you are a hater without telling me you are a hater. Wemby 8 and he was on the one of the worst teams in west. Ad play with the same team. Doncic didn't make it to the playoffs the year before. Steph doncic jokic they play also 0 defence. Doncic was a liability in the finals. Poeple exploit him as a weakness in his mid 20 but you don't care about defence then. I am not saying lebron is better than doncic or jokic at this point of their careers but talking about some random sh*t while other poeple have the same things in their prime show that you are a hater more than a reasonable opinion. All the mfers behind lebron no one has a strong argument to be better than lebron. The only one is ant and I think that ant is so overrated untile now. Poeple argue that he is better than tatum etc. Yes he is young he has potential that he can be the best player in the league but right now he is not better than a top 10 guys.
If we are talking strictly top 25 prediction for the upcoming season, I might have some hot takes. 25. Sengun 24. KD 23. Chet Holmgren 22. Paul George 21. Lauri Markkanen 20. Banchero 19. Mitchell 18. Bam 17. Booker 16. Cade 15. Haliburton 14. LeBron James 13. Wemby 12. Steph Curry 11. Dame Lillard 10. Ant Edwards 9. Anthony Davis 8. Ja Morrant 7. Embiid 6. Tatum 5. Brunson 4. Giannis 3. SGA 2. Jokic 1. Luka Explanation to the more contentious picks: - I am high on NYK and expect Brunson to be what holds the team together. Like Curry-2017-lite - I feel Embiid is going to be great when he plays but not as impactful. I feel he will not stay healthy for the entire season. Paul George will need to pick up a lot of slack and he will look better than he might be otherwise - I cannot see Kawhi, Zion or LaMelo Ball be healthy enough to be considered top 25 in the upcoming season - I too am higher on Bam than Butler but am super low on the Heat overall - I think Ja Morrant will come back swinging - I feel Bucks will have a great season, possibly №1 seed and this will be both because of Giannis and Dame being great. - Curry will have his final carry job but it would not be as 5 years ago - Phoenix will not do well and both their superstars will look bad in the process. I feel the team will implode by the end of the year. Booker will look better than KD who will have a down year but they will barely make the play-in if at all - Cade will have an amazing season and will make Detroit not look like complete shit in the process. I cannot see them making the playoffs but I feel he will take it upon himself to make himself look good (instead of the more team-first approach he had) in order to bump his value up for potential trade - Banchero will have a very good season but won't super good as people expected - I feel Chet and Sengun will have great season and some of themplaill be very good but I am not that high on his decision making yet. I feel he will make the All NBA third team or even second team (depending on the availability of Embiid) but I don't think he will be a top 10 player just yet
Man got AD at 6…. Yea you’re TOO BIAS, I swear u weren’t like this 2-3 years ago. Crazy to see you turned into this the media and RU-vidrs you always get on 🤦🏽♂️
@@chosen7934 AD will be 32 in a few months, with an injury HISTORY.. I find it hard to believe that he will be better than Shai, Ant, Brunson, Luka, Giannis, Jokic, Bam, Ja, Haliburton, Wemby, Tatum, D. Mitchell… all 12 are in their prime or will be soon. Embiid you can add to the list for how DOMINANT he’s been. Jaylen Brown and Devin Booker are two players I’m not a big fan of , but they both got hella disrespected in this video. Curry, Kd & Bron can all POSSIBLY still be better than AD as well…. The point is, AD is WAY and I mean WAY too high at #6
Ong I really think dbook is the best player on the team kd just got the name but I don’t think the gap between them is crazy and I really think ant is not better than book or Mitch
as a Celtics fan (and therefore Lakers hater), respect for having AD over Tatum. Something about being injury prone plus playing with LeBron has people underrating AD as one of the every-tool players that can singlehandedly power a team. Also, respect for having Jokic, Giannis, Luka as your 123. Although it is fluid, I think that's the right order. This is a good list all around
1. Luka Doncic 2. Nikola Jokic 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo 4. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 5. Joel Embiid 6. Stephen Curry 7. Lebron James 8. Kevin Durant 9. Jayson Tatum 10. Anthony Edwards🔄 11. Devin Booker🔄 12. Anthony Davis 13. Jalen Brunson 14. Kawhi Leonard 15. Victor Wembanyama 16. Trae Young🔄 17. Tyrese Haliburton🔄 18. Ja Morant 🔄 19. D’aaron Fox 20. Donavan Mitchell 21. Paolo Banchero 22. Jaylen Brown 23. Tyrese Maxey 24. Damian Lillard 25. Domantas Sabonis 26. Kyrie Irving 27. Karl-Anthony Towns 28. Bam Adebayo 29. Paul George 30. Jimmy butler
Aye bro you were one of my favorite NBA youtubers 🙏🏿💯 u lost me dawg, you mean to tell me the Finals MVP of the League you are covering didnt make your top TWENTY FIVE best players? And you was deadass? Ya ight bro ✌🏿
I think this list is mostly bang on. Kawhi healthy last season was top 5 for sure imo but I understand it's hard to put him there right now. I feel like people are a little quick to put Ant over D Book. Ant had an amazing playoffs but remember what D Book did in 2023? I think Book is still clearly the better offensive player and im not entirely convinced Ant's defense quite makes up the gap. It's not a crazy take though at all.
I think Ant will prove he is a Top 5 player in the league and a legit MVP candidate. I believe he can make 1st team all-nba and a 2nd team all-defense.
low. The Kyrie snub is crazy. He better than mad players on this list. Real crazy esp since you admitted that some of them on the low end of the list were also regressing
I usually agree with Low but Jaylen Brown not even an honorable mention is crazy and Lavine over brown, Fox, and Zion is a little crazy especially considering injuries
wowwwwwww im impressed with how controversial your number 25 was. I was thinking Paolo, Maxey, Scottie, Chet, maybe Mobley, but Zach LaVine wasn't even on my radar as a possible top 30 or 40 player. I definitely disagree but I respect the temperature of that take
Not even mentioning Jaylen Brown is wild to me, yet you include Kawhi Leonard and Zach fucking LaVine, who has been underwhelming for the past few seasons-it's frankly absurd.
Entitled to your opinion... but Zach Lavine AND Paolo over Scottie Barnes feels insane. Let's revisit this in a year. Good on you for being early on the Wemby train. I put him 6th on my list.
There is always going to be controversy in making a list like that, but no Jaylon Brown is kind of crazy, i am not his biggest fan, but he should be somewhere in the 20s. I also cant understand how Kyrie does not make this list, considering who else made it, he should also be around 20. Victor and AD are Way too high for my liking too, i would have victor around 20 and AD 12-15.
Haliburton at only 20 is bordering on ydkb territory but ill let it slide since his teammates need to reasonably execute in order for him to produce near his potential
I didn’t even watch the full video, and this is my first time watching this channel. What I’m taking from the comments I’m reading is the guy named 28 players but did not mention JB and is also a laker fan…. I expect nothing more you can’t blame a man for hating on his biggest rivals who happen to be on top of the world. A good friend of mine is a Laker fan and I clown him and that WEAK ass team and remind him who the champs are everyday😂
I thought the comment section was trolling, but LOW really left off Jaylen Brown and Kyrie Irving and didn't even have them as honorable mentions. I should've known what this list was the moment he had Lavine at 25, but wow just wow.
@@melorileytv3408 how do you calculate that exactly if both players are bad defenders; even tho I’d argue LeBron is a better defender at 40 than Luka is at 25
@@melorileytv3408 no that’s not how it works cause Luka missed the playoffs in 2023 and lebron made the WCF the same season so by that logic LeBron had more impact on winning than Luka that season
Legend of Losing has Zach Lavine over.... Jaylen Brown, De'Aaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis, Kyrie Irving, just to name a few. Worst take I've heard in NBA history.
@@BwGamekilla14 Ant been 22-23 and 4 the last 3 years SGA been 24/6 the last 3 years with defense and moderate playoff success jb only has 1 crazy season and that was this last year
Look, we gotta stop putting AD and LeBron BOTH in the top 10 when these dudes are either being knocked out in the first round or getting motorboated in the WCF in a sweep.
Curry won it last year? He was not even in the playoffs. The Lakers are a bad team if you have reaves at your third option while he is worst than derrick white show you that the team is bad. Swipe ad and Bron with jt and jp with the Celtics you think they couldn't win the title last year)? At the Olympics you saw that ad and Bron one of the best. Bron was the best and the mvp and you could argue him with steph because of steph last 2 games performances but overall lebron was the best passer and second scorer and a good rebounder. While ad was the best 2 way player on the team.
It’s more so 3-15 on their roster isn’t as good as other teams. If you put D Lo or Reaves on majority of the top teams they are 4-7th best players on these teams.
@@MasenkOG this what I was saying reaves is good but he is bad on D so I rather take derrick white than him. And derrick white is the 5th best player after JT JB jrue and porzingis
@@MasenkOG and we saw it at the Olympics lebron was the best player on the US team(you can put steph also for his 2 games performance) and AD was the best defender and wlhe was top 5 player on that team beside the US team you had jokic doncic Giannis Shai that it so if Bron and AD was top 5 on the US and you add 4 foreigner plus regular season embiid you got your top 10
