This are my current rankings. Kyrie is in 13th place, so just outside top 10.
Tier 1: James, Durant
Tier 2: Harden, Davis, Leonard, Westbrook, Curry, Antetokounmpo
Tier 3: George, Cousins, Wall, Butler, Irving
Tier 4: Paul, Embiid, Lillard, Griffin, DeRozan, Towns
Tier 5: Aldridge, Walker, Jokic, Gobert, Oladipo, D.Green, Drummond, Thompson
This post and the comments on it confirm once again that Chris Paul is the most-disrespected player in the history of the NBA.
As Germanized Croats would say: He is die Spanner!" (The Wrench, great player)
But when you have 10 years of playoff experience that is marked with:
1) Inability to remain healthy when it matters.
2) When healthy he makes franchise altering mistakes. - OKC
Purely by skill he is "the professor" to Wbrook, Wall, AD...no doubt about that.
But with him it is one of those:
"I have a great, fast car, but I'm keeping it in my garage."
I respond: What is the use of that car then?