The 2014-15 NBA Season is set to kick off tonight. ESPN conducted their annual NBA Player Rankings, crowning LeBron James #1, as expected. The list, however, came with much controversy. This year most notable is the back and forth between Kobe Bryant and ESPN experts who ranked the Black Mamba #40 overall. A few other surprises include Kevin Durant’s steep drop, Anthony Davis’ impressive leap in the rankings and Carmelo Anthony’s exclusion from top-10 consideration. Check out the list below, did they get it right?
1 LeBron James
2 Chris Paul
3 Anthony Davis
4 Russell Westbrook
5 Blake Griffin
6 Steph Curry
7 Kevin Love
8 Kevin Durant
9 James Harden
10 Dwight Howard
#NBArank 11: Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony). http://t.co/aLXcuJZOyy pic.twitter.com/Mf4S2fD1Va
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 23, 2014
#NBArank 12: Joakim Noah (@JoakimNoah). http://t.co/aLXcuJZOyy pic.twitter.com/4tr75ofBOg
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 23, 2014
#NBArank 13: LaMarcus Aldridge (@aldridge_12). http://t.co/aLXcuJZOyy pic.twitter.com/IyMu4FnuBV
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 23, 2014
#NBArank 14: Marc Gasol (@MarcGasol). http://t.co/aLXcuJZOyy pic.twitter.com/taFUvludM3
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 23, 2014
#NBArank 15: Tony Parker (@tonyparker). http://t.co/aLXcuJZOyy pic.twitter.com/ML4FUkS6Xy
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 23, 2014
Notables:
28. Derrick Rose
36. Dwayne Wade
40. Kobe Bryant
