Top 15 basketball Players in the NBA

In my opinion Kevin Garnett > Amare Stoudamire

Kevin Garnett’s overall production may be down a little from his younger days, but his defensive ability is still among the best among post players. I think Amare is too one dimensional, for his size and athletic ability he is a sub par rebounder and defender, KG still has the offensive game he did (just without the freak hops he used to ) just his team role doesn’t necessarily need him to use it like he used to.

I can pretty much agree with that list, but yea, Garnett is better than Stoudemire.

How are you gonna make a top 15 and rank 20 players? Dwyane Wade isn’t near Kobe Bryant. Calling Lebron James the best defensive player in the league is f@#cking retarded. He gets a lot of weakside blocks and plays the passing lanes but he can’t contain anyone one-on-one. Kobe Bryant is hands down the best player in the league.

Chill out whiteflash lol. It’s just his opinion. You don’t have to talk to everybody else like you talk to Quincey lol.

I think Kobe is still the best player in the NBA too though. Not hands down, but I still think he’s the best. I also don’t think LeBron is the best defender in the NBA either. He’s a great weakside defender and plays the passing lanes well, but he’s not a ball stopper.

TD probably watches a lot of sportscenter lol. They’ll have you thinking LeBron James is the Glove 2.0.

Only problems..

Durant too low, and paul is better than nash..

They did a whole piece on LeBron playing football and hockey today… Wow lol.

lol, Lebron would be a terrible hockey player, now Will Ferrell’s new figure skating partner….maybe

Hey paul might be better then nash but if were going by this season there no1 on this site who would agree with you, im the biggest nash hater ever and im a canadian hes tearing it up right now like 12 assists agame is no joke man

Well… Considering the squad Chris Paul is working with, he’s the best player in the NBA. Put Paul in the Suns’ system and he’s the MVP every year.

Exactly what I was going to say .

Couldnt we say that about everyplayer? If u put Deron Willams in the suns system wed think hes the best You have to work with what you got and the system ur in

He isn’t the fourth best player in the NBA. He doesn’t play defense and isn’t a premier scorer.

Paul’s numbers:

23.8 PPG, .594 FG%, .655 3P%, .845 FT%, 3.4 RPG, 9.2 APG, 1.7 SPG and only 2.1 turnovers per game.

Not taking anything away from Nash, but Paul is the best point guard and 4th best player in the league.

Chris Paul is by far the best PG in the league, then Deron WIlliams

3rd could either be Nash. BIllups. Parker.. etc
its just your opinion after that

I really feel nothing but pity for Chris Paul right now… 2 years ago, they were contenders in the West and then things went downslide after that… It’s a reminisce of what the 2001 Toronto Raptors had… They almost went to the Conference Finals, just inches short of a VC buzzer beating jumper and when people thought they are going high, they started to crumble slowly and VC asked for a trade… (sigh)… The Hornets are a joke without Paul… They clearly have no 2 and 3 at this point… Peja’s back is sore and Julian Wright is a flopper… Who are they going to rely at 2? Devin Brown???? Please…

The best Point Guard is Chris Paul no doubt. He puts up the numbers and the assists and its a shame his team isn’t good, Paul does everything for them. As for the best player in the league at this point is Kobe. What separates Kobe from Lebron is his skill. Lebron has no doubt better athleticism but Kobe’s skill at this point is on another level. Kobe is able to utilize his opponents weakness and use it against them. Kobe uses his mind to outplay people while Lebron relies on his freakish athleticism. Lebron has skill obviously but not as good as Kobe’s.

^^^ Well said about the Kobe/LeBron debate ^^^

James could set the world bobsled record without a bobsled. Just give him a headband and a fresh pair of shoes and watch the magic happen.

my biggest problem with LBJ (more with how much everyone is on his dick) is that he’s the only highlight they show… the wizards beat his ASS the other day and first of all the headline was like: LBJ loses to the wizards (oh, i forgot, it’s a team game, right?) and then they show 4 quick highlights, 3 of LBJ dunking (which were, I’ll admit, AWESOME) and then one of Jamison making a corner 3 after the game was already decided… WTF?! can i please see the wizards do something? and can we at least acknowledge that other people play on Cleveland?

also, IMO KG is still top 10… and 5 years ago, he was #1… he was CP3 on the wolves, but he managed to keep the wolves in every game without having the ball 90% of the time- downright impressive.

Wow, I don’t know how I overlooked this, but in my opinion Tim Duncan is still a top 20 player in the league, he is still averaging 17 points 12 rebounds and 2 blocks per game this season. Not to mention, his efficency as a post player, I’d put him over Manu, Amare, and probably Pau Gasol, but I think they are at about the same level at this stage in both of their careers.

There’s no way in heck Steve Nash is the fourth best player in the NBA. I doubt care what he does. He may not be the fourth best pg in the NBA….Tony Parker, Deron Williams and Chris Paul..

And forget about the style of play Nash has because it’s been tried and proven time and time again in the playoffs that he and the Suns are built for the regular season.

Dhamp2…the greatest basketball mind in the world. Next to Hubie Brown anyway.

Pau Gasol is not the 18th best player in the NBA… he’s around 10.

Dhamp2…the greatest basketball mind in the world. Next to Hubie Brown anyway.

How could u not have Duncan & Garnett in the top 10?..U could make an argue for them as player of the decade along with Shaq & Kobe..But Shaq would have to be player of the decade…League MVP, 5 trips to the finals..3 Finals MVP Awards, 3 AllStar game MVPs….Everyone who watches & know anything about NBA Basketball will agree that Lebron , Kobe & Wade are the 3 best players in the league..But after that …U could put in no particular order players like Duncan,Chris Paul ,Carmelo, Dwight Howard, Garnett, Nowitzski,Nash,Deron Williams, Durant, Bosh,Stoudemire (and T-mac if he was healthy) ..After that folks will be arguing for hours about who’s better Billups or Parker? Brandon Roy or Joe Johnson? Pierce or Pau Gasol?