ESPN top 100 athletes since 2000

[durantbird]

The NBA players rated:
1. LeBron James (4 overall)
2. Kobe Bryant (10 overall)
3. Steph Curry (14 overall)
4. Tim Duncan (16 overall)
5. Shaquille O'Neal (17 overall)
6. Kevin Garnett (23 overall)
7. Nikola Jokic (28 overall)
8. Dwyane Wade (35 overall)
9. Kevin Durant (39 overall)
10. Dirk Nowitzki (41 overall)
11. Giannis Antetounkumpo (42 overall)
12. Steve Nash (51 overall)
13. James Harden (67 overall)
14. Jason Kidd (69 overall)
15. Chris Paul (83 overall)
16. Kawhi Leonard (85 overall)

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/40446224/top-100-athletes-21st-century

The list is probably too USA centric with all the basketball, football and baseball players, but that makes sense being formed by ESPN.

With that matter aside, would you change anything in the order of the NBA players listed? Would you include anyone else before some of these guys?

[jalengreen]

I'm definitely taking CP3 over Kidd even before you take the pre-2000 years off of Kidd's resume

[Cavsfansince84]

You just had to go and bring that evil over to this board??(I kid though espn is the last place I'd look for a decent list about anything to do with sports). I'll respond to what's asked in the op

1. LeBron James (4 overall) seems about right
2. Kobe Bryant (10 overall) Should be more like 4th/5th among nba players and prob around 30 overall
3. Steph Curry (14 overall) 14 seems a tad high for all athletes. 25-30 is more realistic imo
4. Tim Duncan (16 overall) Should be around 20-25
5. Shaquille O'Neal (17 overall) 40-50 given his 90's seasons don't count
6. Kevin Garnett (23 overall) Probably around 40-45
7. Nikola Jokic (28 overall) 45-50
8. Dwyane Wade (35 overall) 55-60
9. Kevin Durant (39 overall) Should be above Wade at around 50-55
10. Dirk Nowitzki (41 overall) Should be above Wade and KD at about 50
11. Giannis Antetounkumpo (42 overall) 50-60
12. Steve Nash (51 overall) 65-70
13. James Harden (67 overall) 70-75
14. Jason Kidd (69 overall) shouldn't be here
15. Chris Paul (83 overall) 65-75
16. Kawhi Leonard (85 overall) maybe about right just due to the 2 fmvps and 2 dpoys

I looked at the overall list very briefly and I think a lot of sports got overlooked almost completely. Which is strange because if Phelps is going to be #1 overall you'd think other Olympic sports would get a little more representation as would ones like Hockey. Typical espn list though.