ESPN Top 40 [2011]

[trelos6]

Found this old photo in my archives, it was just before the 2011-12 season.

1. Lebron James
2. Dwight Howard
3. Dwayne Wade
4. Chis Paul
5. Dirk Nowitzki
6. Kevin Durant
7. Kobe Byrant
8. Derrick Rose
9. Deron Williams
10. Blake Griffin
11.Pau Gasol
12. Carmelo Anthony
13. Amare Stoudamire
14. Steve Nash
15. Russell Westbrook
16. Kevin Love
17. Rajon Rondo
18. Manu Ginobili
19. Tim Duncan
20. Zach Randolph
21. Paul Pierce
22. Kevin Garnett
23. Lamarcus Aldridge
24. Chris Bosh
25. Al Horford
26. Marc Gasol
27. Rudy Gay
28. Tony Parker
29. Joakim Noah
30. Andrew Bynum
31. Nene
32. Joe Johnson
33. Andrew Bogut
34. Andre Iguodala
35. Ray Allen
36. Danny Granger
37. Tyson Chandler
38. Stephen Curry
39. Eric Gordon
40. John Wall

I thought it was quite interesting to look back on.

Rose was MVP the year before, and peaks at 8 here, Dallas won the title and Dirk peaks at 5. Great to show how good Chris Paul and Dwight Howard were during their peaks.

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[falcolombardi]

Honestly not a bad projection for the time

[trelos6]

Blake at 10 seems high, seeing how he was coming off a rookie year, but he did average 22 / 12 / 3 as a rookie.

[PistolPeteJR]

Nene at 31 back then?? Wow.

[Jaivl]

Seems pretty alright to me, I'd go lower on Griffin/Melo/Stat and higher on the old guard Nash/KG/TD.

[Ron Swanson]

This is a......surprisingly solid and accurate list? Even the guys I think are a bit too high (Williams, Nene, Gay) were pretty defensible at the time.

[PistolPeteJR]

This is a......surprisingly solid and accurate list? Even the guys I think are a bit too high (Williams, Nene, Gay) were pretty defensible at the time.

There was just about no case for Nene over Joe Johnson, Tyson Chandler, or Ray Allen in 2011.

[Ron Swanson]

This is a......surprisingly solid and accurate list? Even the guys I think are a bit too high (Williams, Nene, Gay) were pretty defensible at the time.

There was just about no case for Nene over Joe Johnson, Tyson Chandler, or Ray Allen in 2011.

Not over Chandler IMO, but over Joe and Ray? Of course it's defensible. Joe's scoring and efficiency took a nosedive that prior season (18 PPG on 51% TS) and Ray was 36 and had clearly regressed to nothing but a solid starter-level player.