End of the Season ESPN NBA Player Rankings

Post #1 » by **mkwest** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:23 am

Prior to the season started, ESPN ranked 500 NBA players with Blake coming in at 14 and Chris Paul at #3. If you want to check the rest of the team, hit up the link.

#NBArank player ratings: 11-15

How did we rank the players?

We asked 111 experts to rate each player on a 0-to-10 scale, in terms of "the current quality of each player."

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13.) Blake Griffin | @blakegriffin | 8.19
Los Angeles Clippers | PF | Age: 24 | 2012 rank: #14

When Blake Griffin develops a killer mentality + improves his jumpshot some more, he'll crack the top #10. Until then, he's #13 on #NBArank.

The Traveling Crab

Having Blake outside of the top 10 is probably right. He has plenty of room to improve, we'll see if he earns his way back up #NBArank

Shehan Jeyarajah

ESPN

Post #2 » by **og15** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:46 am

I don't agree with Kyrie Irving ahead of Steph Curry. Blake at #13 is fine to me, he's a Top 20 player in the NBA, but his impact has not yet reached upper echelon levels.

Rose is a hard one to rank because he got injured. A healthy Rose is obviously in the Top 10.

Post #3 » by **mkwest** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:57 am

3.) Chris Paul | @CP3 | 9.48
Los Angeles Clippers | PG | Age: 27 | 2012 rank: #4

@CP3 is the best floor general in the game today could be #1 were in not for @KingJames be does it all as a PG #NBArank

Logic'd

CP3 at #3, best floor general in the game, if he wins a ring or two he'll be in the convo for best pg all-time with magic/stockton #NBArank

Ricky Su

ast/to ratio and overall mastery are key here. CP3 the point god deserves his lofty #NBArank

Matty Nice

ESPN

Post #4 » by **mkwest** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:05 am

og15 wrote:I don't agree with Kyrie Irving ahead of Steph Curry. Blake at #13 is fine to me, he's a Top 20 player in the NBA, but his impact has not yet reached upper echelon levels.

Rose is a hard one to rank because he got injured. A healthy Rose is obviously in the Top 10.

Next year will be season #3 for Irving. They'll get another high pick and expectations should begin to rise for him. Right now, people are questioning whether or not he's injury prone. Supposedly Scott is on the hot seat in Cleveland, so there may be another coach in the mix. They'll need to start winning games and he'll have to show that he can stay on the court. Blake was ranked high (10th) after his first season, but has been questioned since then due to the high expectations placed on him.