1. James Harden
2 .LeBron James
3. Russell Westbrook
4. Steph Curry
5. Kevin Durant
6. Anthony Davis
7.Kawhi Leonard
AD has to rise up and take his place on the upper echelon.
Chose Kawhi because he's probably the best 2 way player in the league right now.
Harden is probably too high but if we had him I don't think there's any player I'd trade him for. Best scorer though I would like to see him actually make more shots than living off whistles.
Curry is probably too low but he also was shut down for long stretches in the playoffs last year. G S survived and eventually he started taring up again. If their shot isn't falling I think the 3 I have ranked above him make more of an impact.
Kawhi is one step below Griffin imo (just my perspective).
I think Kawhi is in the Jimmy Butler/prime Kevin Love/Aldridge spectrum.
I think Chris Paul has dropped into this second tier as well.
I think Cousins sneaks into the top 8 ahead of guys in this 2nd tier too.
I do agree that Harden could be number one. I think he's close. I wanna see Harden take them to the finals. With a healthy Dwight it's possible.
I think the guys in the top 8 could all be NBA mvp and they could be the clear number one option on a championship team. Aldridge could be a number one option on the Spurs bit his help is incredible with all those champions and that coach.