1<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama<\/p>\n
Too big to stop, “Fantasy God”<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
Nikola Jokic<\/p>\n
3-time MVP, elite shot and size<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/p>\n
NBA’s best guard; High-IQ\/Usage Rate<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
Luka Doncic<\/p>\n
Top NBA Usage Rate\/ Triple-Double Machine<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
Tyrese Haliburton<\/p>\n
Back from injury, among most efficient NBA players; high usage<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
Anthony Edwards<\/p>\n
Elite scorer; 40+ point upside any night<\/p>\n
7<\/p>\n
Jayson Tatum<\/p>\n
Top-5 NBA scorer when healthy<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n
“Greek Freak,” massive size and best driver to the rim<\/p>\n
9<\/p>\n
Cade Cunningham<\/p>\n
Elite usage, high-IQ, could be team in NBA<\/p>\n
10<\/p>\n
Trae Young<\/p>\n
Hot take, but supreme usage on bad Wizards offense<\/p>\n
11<\/p>\n
Donovan Mitchell<\/p>\n
Can score in any way with good complimentary role players<\/p>\n
12<\/p>\n
Kevin Durant<\/p>\n
Scores at will when healthy despite age<\/p>\n
13<\/p>\n
Jalen Brunson<\/p>\n
Could be the best guard in NBA if he takes another step forward<\/p>\n
14<\/p>\n
Devin Booker<\/p>\n
Smooth scorer, elite usage with 40+ point nightly upside<\/p>\n
15<\/p>\n
LaMelo Ball<\/p>\n
Volatile player with high ceiling in scoring\/assists<\/p>\n
16<\/p>\n
Anthony Davis<\/p>\n
Still among NBA best big-men, when healthy<\/p>\n
17<\/p>\n
Chet Holmgren<\/p>\n
Blocks, top NBA team’s No. 1 big man<\/p>\n
18<\/p>\n
Domantas Sabonis<\/p>\n
To be back healthy, triple-double caliber player<\/p>\n
19<\/p>\n
Karl-Anthony Towns<\/p>\n
Leveled up under Mike Brown; top-15 player on best night<\/p>\n
20<\/p>\n
Scottie Barnes<\/p>\n
Stat-machine, high usage on middling team<\/p>\n
21<\/p>\n
Tyrese Maxey<\/p>\n
Among highest volume NBA shooters; driving and 3-point shooting<\/p>\n
22<\/p>\n
Paolo Banchero<\/p>\n
Still awaits his best basketball; high usage<\/p>\n
23<\/p>\n
Jalen Williams<\/p>\n
Supreme wing shooter on top NBA team<\/p>\n
24<\/p>\n
Alperen Sengun<\/p>\n
“Mini-Jokic,” board-stuffer<\/p>\n
25<\/p>\n
Kawhi Leonard<\/p>\n
Among NBA best players but rarely healthy<\/p>\n
26<\/p>\n
Evan Mobley<\/p>\n
Vertasilte power foward, elite upside on pure skill<\/p>\n
27<\/p>\n
Cooper Flagg<\/p>\n
Due to become top-5 NBA player; still growing<\/p>\n
28<\/p>\n
Jaylen Brown<\/p>\n
Better than Tatum? Overpowers competition<\/p>\n
29<\/p>\n
Desmond Bane<\/p>\n
Strong, elite from three, high usage for non-number one team option<\/p>\n
30<\/p>\n
De’Aaron Fox<\/p>\n
Creator, great defense, Spurs’ starting SG<\/p>\n
31<\/p>\n
Ja Morant<\/p>\n
Risky but top-10 player when not injured or suspended. Will get traded?<\/p>\n
32<\/p>\n
James Harden<\/p>\n
Getting older but still elite footwork\/shooting<\/p>\n
33<\/p>\n
Jamal Murray<\/p>\n
Nuggets back to contention? Pure NBA guard in all facets; Pick and roll with Jokic<\/p>\n
34<\/p>\n
Kyrie Irving<\/p>\n
Can’t forget Kyrie’s return; NBA creator last 15 years<\/p>\n
35<\/p>\n
Fred VanVleet<\/p>\n
Complimentary, eite three-point shot with great defense<\/p>\n
36<\/p>\n
Bam Adebayo<\/p>\n
83-point game; rangey rim protector and athletic scorer<\/p>\n
37<\/p>\n
Lauri Markkanen<\/p>\n
Scoring, rebounding, awaits Jazz’ resurgence for peak form<\/p>\n
38<\/p>\n
Jaren Jackson Jr.<\/p>\n
Dominant frontcourt with Markkanen; very athletic<\/p>\n
39 <\/p>\n
Zion Williamson<\/p>\n
Big injury risk, high usage when on the court<\/p>\n
40<\/p>\n
Franz Wagner<\/p>\n
Can play wing and interior; could be Magic No. 1 scorer<\/p>\n
41<\/p>\n
Darius Garland<\/p>\n
Robin to Kawhi Leonard’s Batman status<\/p>\n
42<\/p>\n
Mikal Bridges<\/p>\n
High-IQ, can play high and low… Knicks NBA champs?<\/p>\n
43<\/p>\n
Amen Thompson<\/p>\n
Young, high potential with great size for position<\/p>\n
44<\/p>\n
Kristaps Porzingis<\/p>\n
Can become top Warriors player as Curry, Green age<\/p>\n
45<\/p>\n
Ausar Thompson<\/p>\n
Rebounding, defense, big upside as young player on elite team<\/p>\n
46<\/p>\n
Brandon Miller<\/p>\n
High shot rate, elite shooter at that<\/p>\n
47<\/p>\n
Josh Giddey<\/p>\n
Fast, sizeable for position; top Bulls players<\/p>\n
48<\/p>\n
Tyler Herro<\/p>\n
Needs to be healthy, volatile with high upside<\/p>\n
49<\/p>\n
Immanuel Quickley<\/p>\n
High usage shown on 2025 Raptors, getting better by the year<\/p>\n
50<\/p>\n
Jalen Johnson<\/p>\n
Tremendous usage rate but still very raw on bad team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 Victor Wembanyama Too big to stop, “Fantasy God” 2 Nikola Jokic 3-time MVP, elite shot and size…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-715254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}