Top 10 of the 21st century

[SA37]

Off the top of my head:

1. LeBron
2. Jokic
3. Curry
4. Duncan
5. Kobe
6. Giannis
7. Durant
8. Nash
9. Dirk
10. Harden

I am leaving Shaq off because I think the majority of his dominant years came pre-2000. I also left Garnett and Wade off because I don't think they were as dominant/transformative as Nash/Harden.

It's a bit weird to see this comment from a Heat fan.
In my opnion peak Wade is the best player of this group (him, KG,Nash, Harden).
He was a retentless slasher and elite two-way player.

Wade was amazing, but I think teaming up with LeBron cut off his individual trajectory, which is why I picked Dirk over Wade.

There is def an argument for Wade > the guys you mentioned, but Nash changed the way basketball was played and almost won 3 straight MVPs -- and probably would have if the media decided they couldn't live with Nash having a 3-straight MVP legacy.

I think Harden's peak > Wade's peak. Harden was top-3 in MVP voting 5 years and was one of the most unguardable guys the NBA has ever seen. It isn't often you see a guy capable of both leading the league in scoring and assists. Of course, Wade was a MUCH better defender.

[wegotthabeet]

Was listening to the BS Pod and he incorrectly said “Kevin Durant is a top 5 guy of the 21st century” and it got me thinking, purely off this century, what are the top 10 guys?

Imo, locks are (in no particular order)

1. LeBron
2. Steph Curry
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Tim Duncan
5. Shaq

All 5 are 4-5x champions and are undeniable in their legacy as well as locked into the top 15 all time list. You can’t really argue for any other guy to be above those 5.

Now is the interesting part, who are the bottom 5? Difficult decisions here, including a collection of guys in the 2020s.

Imo it goes something like (slightly ordered)

6. Giannis
7. Jokic
8. Kevin Durant
9. SGA
10. Dirk

HM: Kawhi, Kevin Garnett

Putting Curry + Kobe > Duncan is criminal.

the only criminal thing here is your reading skills

Your writing skills aren’t great either.

In no particular order (proceeds to order them exactly).

[Lakers824]

I don't see how he's top 5.

Lebron
Shaq
Kobe
Duncan
Curry
Jokic

In any order are easily better. You could argue Giannis, Dirk, Garnett