Saturday, August 20, 2011

FDH Top 30 players in the NBA

By Rick Morris

NOTE: In the summer of 2010, to examine the impact of the vaunted NBA free agent class, FDH ranked the top 30 players in the league (averaging one per team) to determine the true strength of the class. We decided this summer to reprise the concept with each of the “Big Four” sports in North America, with all of these serving as non-fantasy rankings. We’re wrapping this up by revisiting our NBA rankings and we have in parentheses the rankings from last summer.

TOP TIER

1 Dwyane Wade (4)

2 Kobe Bryant (2)

3 Dirk Nowitzki (9)

4 LeBron James (1)

5 Kevin Durant (3)

6 Derrick Rose (14)

SECOND TIER

7 Chris Paul (5)

8 Amar’e Stoudemire (12)

9 Carmelo Anthony (11)

10 Dwight Howard (7)

11 Deron Williams (8)

12 Steve Nash (6)

13 Blake Griffin (NA)

14 Kevin Love (NA)

15 Chris Bosh (10)

16 Rudy Gay (21)

17 Russell Westbrook (NA)

18 LaMarcus Aldridge (27)

19 Monta Ellis (20)

20 Kevin Martin (NA)

21 Zach Randolph (22)

22 Danny Granger (18)

23 Joe Johnson (15)

THIRD TIER

24 Rajon Rondo (17)

25 Pau Gasol (24)

26 Brandon Roy (13)

27 Brook Lopez (NA)

28 Chauncey Billups (25)

29 Michael Beasley (NA)

30 Al Jefferson (NA)

Players ranked in 2010

Carlos Boozer (16)

Tim Duncan (19)

Paul Pierce (23)

David Lee (26)

Andre Iguodala (28)

OJ Mayo (29)

Antawn Jamison (30)


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