1 LeBron
2 Duncan
3 Shaq
4 Jokic
I am happy with that top 4 and in that order.
5 KG
6 Kobe
7 Dirk
8 Steph
9 Wade
10 Giannis
11 Kawhi
I don't know what order to put these guys in but I rate them on the same tier. I am happy with Kawhi in last place due to his injury-shortened career.
I am keeping the same 25 players for simplicity's sake.
12 Durant (best of the rest)
13 Kidd
14 Nash
15 Harden
16 CP3
17 Dwight (short peak)
I am not sure how I would rank these 5 players but I have them in the same tier. I lean towards Dwight at the back end of the tier due to a shorter peak. I am not comfortable with CP3 - regular season warrior playoff pretender throughout his prime years. I lean towards him being behind both Nash and Kidd.
18 SGA (needs more years)
19 Luka (needs more years)
20 Tatum
21 Iverson
Iverson has an MVP and led his team to the Finals. That is more than the guys below him have done. Luka has a Finals and a WCF appearance but no MVP. Tatum has a Championship, Finals appearance and numerous long playoff runs.
SGA has an MVP and a title in the same season. That is why I have SGA top of this tier. The only players that can match that sort of resume are in the top 10. Perhaps SGA should be put alongside them. I don't know. I feel his resume is still a bit light to be put up there. Then again, how different is his resume to Kawhi's resume? Should SGA at least be ahead of Kidd, Nash, CP3, Dwight, Harden?
22 Westbrook
23 AD
24 McGrady
25 Lillard
None of these guys led their teams to much success. Westbrook and AD have good team success as a #2 option.
Update: Yeah, I am putting SGA up to the 2nd tier. I will put him at the bottom of the group behind Kawhi due to his small number of elite seasons thus far. An MVP and a title as best player is too much success to have him that low. So SGA up to 12th.