Who is the best player in current NBA?

[LikeABosh]

I lean towards one of Jokic, Giannis, or Durant

[picko]

It changes from night-to-night.

One night Jokic looks the best - then oh wait Embiid drops 50 - and then Giannis goes to town on the Lakers - but then LeBron had his incredible scoring run - and we cannot forget about Durant.

There are periods in NBA history where there is clear player who is the best in the league. Today isn't one of those periods.

[Johnny Tomala]

In Regular season: Jokić, Giannis, Durant
Come playoffs time: Durant, Giannis, Jokić

I don't rate Embiid that highly, I'd put him clearly below big three.

[BK_2020]

Apparently Tyrese Haliburton based on some fan reactions.

[DutchManDanFan]

It changes from night-to-night.

One night Jokic looks the best - then oh wait Embiid drops 50 - and then Giannis goes to town on the Lakers - but then LeBron had his incredible scoring run - and we cannot forget about Durant.

There are periods in NBA history where there is clear player who is the best in the league. Today isn't one of those periods.

I think Giannis is the only one who will always be in the top 3. It's hard to ignore KD when healthy and some will have Steph in the top 3. If playoff succes is an important factor, as someone claimed, Giannis can't be counted out any more.
If KD or Steph is in the top 3 a choise has to be made between Jokic and Embiid. Both elite, but different.
It's not likely, but Jokic can fall outside the top 3. Giannis can't.

Pick one and there's a case for Jokic, as the poll shows. But it's a matter of taste. I don't think Jokic can do what Giannis did in the Finals on both sides of the court though, with the block on Ayton (game 4), the alley-oop (game 5) and the 50 piece (game 6) as special highlights.

[SpreeS]

Giannis

He has offence, defence, durability and career peak. He is total package.

Embiid - minus durability
KD - minus durability, defence and peak
Jokic - minus defence
Curry - minus defence and peak
Lebron - defence, durability and peak

[jokeboy86]

Biggie, Jay-Z, or Nas.

[Peregrine01]

It's between Jokic and Giannis.

[KGtabake]

Whoever doesn't include KD on this, needs to remember that the guy was up there with Steph, Giannis, Jokic for the MVP before the injury.
With KD the Nets would have never fell 8th.

[TravisScott55]

Clearly KD, Nets look like bums without him

[Grubie024]

It's between Steph Curry and KD
Both are transcendent
I chose Curry.

[Tony15]

Everyone healthy? KD......followed by Giannis.

[OfficialRef]

KD, Giannis, Jokic.

In that order

[PierceFan4ever]

Unless you factor in being healthy this is clearly KD…how can you not say it’s not him after what he did to the bucks in the playoffs and was arguably the leading mvp candidate this year up until his injury. The Nets are ass without him even with Kyrie and harden playing

[KGtabake]

Unless you factor in being healthy this is clearly KD…how can you not say it’s not him after what he did to ithe bucks in the playoffs and was arguably the leading mvp candidate this year up until his injury. The Nets are ass without him even with Kyrie and harden playing

I don't necessarily disagree but this shows much more about Harden and Kyrie than what it shows about KD.

[LoveMyRaps]

Excluding LeBron but including Kawhi?

Troll harder OP.

[LoveMyRaps]

Giannis
Jokic
LeBron
Durant
Curry

[BobbyPortisEyes]

It's either Jokic or Giannis.. I would pick Jokic. I think most people would pick Giannis because of the narrative that Jokic is a bad defender.. but every advanced metric shows him to be a top-level one.

[aboveAverage]

There’s only one player that makes a big enough impact on both sides of the ball, and that’s Giannis.

[Freighttrain]

There’s only one player that makes a big enough impact on both sides of the ball, and that’s Giannis.

So what is Embiid? A one-trick offensive pony??