 What's the word y'all? Just when I thought every publication was done ranking NBA players, the Ringer came in out of nowhere to drop a top 100 players in the NBA list. You know what? I kinda like the timing man. Because for example, the ESPN list, they try to project the next season. And obviously it's a lot harder to project how good a player will be in three months versus watching a couple months in a play and then ranking them in. But no, I'm not doing this reaction slash reading to nitpick between the 86 best player and the 87th best player. That's kinda irrelevant here. I'm just very curious about the perception of certain players. That's all. Personally, if I were going to be ranking NBA players, I'd probably do it in tears. Cause like I mentioned, the 21st best players probably, you're pulling hairs between him in the 20th and the 22nd. You know what I'm saying? So again, don't take it too seriously. Shout out to the Ringer for the content. Cause we're gonna react. Again, at the end of the day, this is just the opinions of me and whoever was involved. Well, let's see. Welcome to the Ringer's top 100 players in the NBA. A year round, around the clock ranking of the players making the biggest impact in the league right now. Off the first sentence, I absolutely, absolutely love it. Cause they're saying if they're gonna be updating this very, very often. And I'm curious if like one bad slash not so great week can drop somebody 13 spots or something like that throughout the regular season into the off season are foursome of analysts. Rob Mahoney, J. Cal Mann, Kevin O'Connor and Michael Pena will update this list based on recent results. Check back regularly for revised rankings, fresh analysis, new features, fan letters from the Ringer friends and families and more. They also did a league pass rankings, which is something that I have wanted to do for so very long. But I hate when people use like I'm busy as an excuse to not do work, but legitimately it takes a lot of time. And I might react to this one eventually. Oh, they say in a Zion Williamson is must see TV and John Moran is number two. I love it. We might react to that one later this week or in some other time. So it starts off at the bottom with DeAndre Hunter, Derek White, Grant Williams and Kelly O'Linnick. Okay. So that this is very, very similar to their like draft mock draft thing with Kevin O'Connor does every single season. It got the accolades of the player where they were drafted and it tells you their skin skill set and stuff. This might be a really good tool for somebody that doesn't know the game of basketball but is looking to get into it. Am I gonna really react and disagree with players 100 through 79? Nah, it's not extremely important. So we got Tobias Harris, John Collisonas, Valandunas and then Kyle Lowry. I'm trying to figure out if I disagree with anything. I honestly think this might be kind of low for Tobias Harris. He's average at 17 points per game, 40% three point shooters rebound. Well, the defense is never gonna be elite, but he's a decent ish defender. And when Joe L&B was out or Tyrese Maxie slash James Harden, his points per game went up to like 20 ish, 22 ish points per game, something that we all know he has in a tank. One thing I said about Tobias Harris, again, he's just a cool player. So maybe it is good that he's right here cause he feel he is a cool player because of the length and the size of his contract. I don't know. I don't want to say he's underrated cause that feels disingenuous, but like people look at him and the money attached to him and say that he's bad and in reality he's just overpaid. I think you can be overpaid, but also be okay. You know what I'm saying? So Tobias Harris there, John Collins, who again feels like he's gonna get traded this season. Then we're gonna really see, he has the potential to be a lot higher than this, but this season bro, it's been weird and then he got injured, yada, yada. Jonas Valentinas is a pure bruiser of a big man, which makes sense. I mean, he's played a crucial part in New Orleans Pelicans and their identity right now being a team that's gonna beat your ass in the paint because Jonas Valentinas does that. And I only know if y'all remember last season, he was one of the league leaders in three point shooting through the first couple months. Here we have Kyle Lowry, who started off slow. And again, I still can't believe that this man is playing the amount of minutes that he is one of a kind problem solver. That's a okay description of Kyle Lowry. Oh wow, okay. So this feels weird. We got Cam Johnson, Julius Randall, and Benedict Matherin as the next three players. Ben becomes the first rookie to be acknowledged so far. And I'm gonna assume that Palo Banqueiro is also on this list and those might be the only two rookies that make the top 100 players. Benedict Matherin, if you look at his splits and his averages throughout the course of the season, they've dropped off every single month, not saying he has hit the rookie wall, but he's not going out and doing what he was doing through the first month of the season, which is fine. We're talking about a year one player at the age of 20. But he has cooled down a little bit alongside him and his Indiana Pacer brother. I'm recording this right after they won a game against a warrior, so I'm saying bad things about him off a dub. But him being hired in Julius Randall feels kind of weird. And I know Julius Randall's a very divisive player in the NBA, that's the word I was looking for. Because obviously at the all NBA season a few years ago, during the COVID season, then he came back and he stuck it up. Body language was all that bad and everything. Maybe I'm high on Julius Randall right now because the Knicks are in the midst of a win streak and he looked really, really good recently. But again, I'm pulling hairs to say, oh, Julius Randall deserves to be hired to be in the DeMathron, but it is what it is. Norman Powell, Nicola Vucevich makes the list. I didn't honestly, as somebody that watches Vucevich's play every single day, I am surprised that he's even on the list. But I guess I can't, has he been better than Ben, than Julius, than Kyle Lowry? Has he been better than Jonas Valenciunas this season? That is a genuine question. You let me know in the comment section. So we got Norman Powell, Vucevich, Zubac Alasker Russo. I feel good about Alasker Russo being hired on the list in Vucevich. Again, I don't know if Vucevich deserves to be here, but I know for sure Alasker Russo when it comes to impact, even if it means not scoring the ball, because I think at this point he's still shooting bad from three. Well, what are your overall averages? Five points per game, 35 per seven three, which is higher now than what it was early in the season. But the eye test tells you that this man is all over the place. He's getting steals. He just impacts winning, which is weird to say on the team and he's playing for a team that doesn't win a lot of games. But if he were to be playing on another championship caliber team like the LA Lakers from a few years ago, his impact would be way more overseen. But he's been amazing so far. I wonder what this badge mean, potential goat. What would that badge mean for Alasker Russo? I don't know. Jordan Clarkson, Jalen Green, Jordan Poole and Kyle Kuzma. That's kind of crazy. Because I would go out on the limb and say these four players are very similar in their archetypes. Maybe these three, because Kuzma's bigger and he also is a really, really good rebounder at his size. And he has showed throughout the course of his career, I guess you could say the same thing about Jordan Poole since he's also an NBA champion, that Kuzma can step aside and it'd be the third, fourth option this season. He's kind of like number two. I guess he's number three really. But I would say these guys are like elite level. I'ma get my shot off guys. Jordan Poole and Jalen Green, I think do it a little bit better than what Jordan Clarkson. But this season Jordan Clarkson has been amazing. I guess I'm projecting a little bit for Jalen Green. But based on year two players sophomore year, he's one of the best in his class right now. He's been amazing. I mean, I don't know if the shooting splits are gonna say that anything yet. 32% three, but 22 points per game. He's electric. I really liked that he's on his list because I wasn't completely sure if he'd get the love. And then Jordan Poole slightly above him. I could see an argument for you saying that Jalen Green is a better basketball player than Jordan Poole right now. But I'm, again, it's one spot different. So who cares? Mike Connelly, Wendell Carter, Malcolm Brogdon, interesting. Okay, let me see who's slightly below that. Okay, Mike Connelly, I mean, when the Utah Jazz start to lose a bunch of games, it was no coincidence that it was right after Mike Connelly went down this injury. He still is a really good floor general as they're talking about in here. He still plays some solid defense. I'm actually now surprised to look at these badges. Cools me got zero badges, bro. That's crazy. He's injury concerns for sure. Savvy vet, okay. Wendell Carter, shout out to my boy. 16 points per nine rebounds. Get well soon, my boy. Miss, watch you play. Malcolm Brogdon, I think is in the perfect position for where he needs to be in his career. Not expected to do anything, but come in and score a couple buckets, facilitate just a little bit, get four boards or so. You know what I'm saying? Perfect position. Again, like I said, I'm not here at a nitpick day list. I'm just curious to perception. Kevin Herter is not a guy that I expected to make a top 100 list before the season. But if you watched him play this year, absolutely he deserves to be here. He's cooled down a little bit because early in the season we shoot like 50 something percent from three, but still 41% is really, really good. And his contract is really, really good if he can continue this production. Spencer Denwood Christian Wood, Clay Thompson and Aaron Gordon. I'm actually surprised to see Aaron Gordon this low considering I believe he's having such an amazing season. Defensively dynamic weapon who doesn't need the ball in his hands. So he's averaging 16 and a half points per game. Six rebounds, I hate that he keep closing when I click. Six rebounds and he's shooting 38% from three and I mentioned in the video a little while ago that he started off the season without the ability to shoot. Like he the first two weeks, he couldn't hit a shot. So he's been absolutely on fire. Clay Thompson is cool to see him on his list because he's starting to put it together. I mean, the first couple of weeks he definitely wasn't even in the conversation but good to see him. And I'm sure he probably climb up the list as he continues to look better. Clint Scottie Barnes, Boyan Bogdanovich and Keldon Johnson. So I'm wondering how much of this is projection for the rest of the season or what? Because though Scottie Barnes has been all right, obviously his impact this season is not what it was his rookie year. I don't know if I want to say sophomore slump but it seems like he might have hit a soft wall right now that he got to just push through. So I can see you saying like, man, so far this season, strictly off this season, Aaron Gordon has been better than Scottie but this is two spots. So again, who cares? Boyan, Keldon and CJ McCollum. See, CJ hasn't had a good season. He just hasn't. 17 points per game, six assists. And I'm only comparing it to himself. You know what I'm saying? I'm not going to compare him to Dame or a all-star caliber player but from the CJ that we've seen over the last couple of seasons, this is not the same version of him. He's just, we know those shots will eventually fall and he's just extremely strickey in the moment. He's still after 17, so I guess that's better than I thought it was around the 15 range. About six assists, he is still the point guard of one of the best teams in basketball. Again, if it's based off this season, I can see the argument that some of the people beneath him have been better. Our whore for Denver sale, Harry Irvin at 66. 25 points per. Not having the greatest efficiency season from three but four and a half assists, one steal per. I think that's really low for Kairi season so far. And they said this is fluid, so I believe that when the Brooklyn Nets continue to win more games and he continues to pull out this production it'll go higher. But this feels pretty low for the season that Kairi Irvin just puts together. Obviously he's been suspended and missed some games here and there but the games Kairi has played, I think I can think of like two stinkers off the top of my head but every other game, he's been Kairi Irvin. So that feels pretty low. We got 65 with it being Tyler Hero. Myos Ternus having a really solid season with 17 points per game, great 3 point percentage. Now this changes the entire perspective of this video because Rob is at 63 without playing a single second. I was under the impression that they were taking into account only what we've seen so far this season. Okay, the changes things quite a bit. I don't know, I don't know. The changes things quite a bit. We're gonna continue to move on. Like Michael Porter Jr. this season, 16 points per, 43% from three, good season but he's been now, I don't know. We sit back man, we sit back and we just react. Franz Wagner, Kate Cunningham, Anthony Simons, Fred Van Vliet, a letter from a fan, what is this? Oh, so this is cool, this is cool. So they did mention earlier that fans will be able to write in and stuff. Freddie, in comparison to his previous seasons where he's an all-star and stuff, has not been on the same level as well. His shooting has fallen off a little bit. Today specifically, he had a really good game. So hopefully this is the moment where he turned it back a little bit and start to hit more shots. But I think they end up losing that game actually for the Kings, but he individually had a good shooting night. So based on this season, I can see the argument that a few people underneath him might have been better so far this season but whatever, Marcus Smart kind of seems low for Marcus Smart. DeAndre Aden, DeAndre Aden had like a two-week stretch where he looked really, really damn good and then he had another two-week stretch from like what the hell happened? Paulo Bencaro, I mentioned that there might have been two people, two rookies from this draft class to make the list. I have no qualms, qualms, qualms about Paulo Bencaro being on this list and being this high because he is a grown man in this league already. Terry's max has been up for so long. I forgot what even type of statu was putting up 23 points per on great three-point shooting. Makes sense to me. For Ziggas has been great. Jaren has been really, really good. I would argue Jaren deserves to be higher. Based on what I've seen this season about Jaren Jackson Jr. and his defense this year and then this offense catching up to an extent, I believe he deserves to be higher than 52. Maybe they're taking it to consideration. He missed a good chunk at the beginning of the season. Regardless, Jaren deserves to be better in my opinion. Jalen Brunson has been great. Just saw this man kill my bull, some nights sucked but I mean as a basketball enjoyer he had a lot of moments in his game. I was like, damn. See this right here. And remember, I want people to know, in case you don't Chris Paul is my favorite player of all time. He has not been better than a lot of the people beneath him this season alone. Again, strictly based off this season for me, he has not been better than poor Ziggas, Jaren, even Jalen Brunson right now. I can't say he has been better. The passing is still gonna be good. The scoring has fallen off a cliff. The efficiency has fallen off a cliff. He's slower obviously being 37 years old. Year 18 is something you admire that he's still at least solid at this point. He ain't been better than a couple guys beneath him but whatever. Jared Allen, Lamello Ball. Shout out to Mello for coming back to see this tonight. Tonight he came back and he looked pretty good for not being in basketball for a while. Jamal Murray started off slow but recently got better and I think tonight he struggled. But either way, I think they're taking consideration and reputation and stuff in their list which is fine. But again, off the first impression, I thought this was, since it is a fluid list, I thought it was strictly based on this season. Anthony Avers, 22 points per game. His defense as far as passing lanes go over the last two weeks or so have been amazing. I mean, he's averaged like three or four-ish block, steals per game recently. Jeremy Grent has been stellar, like to see him on his list. Mikhail Bridges has been one of the better two-way players and this is his shooting splits after yesterday. He shot like two for 22. So imagine what they were like before that. E-Mope has been amazing. So I can't be mad at him. I'm actually excited about him being this high on his list as the E-Mope's staying. Okay, Ogyon and Nobby and Brook Lopez back-to-back. It's fitting considering there are two of the front runners for defensive player of the year. Zach Levine hits the 40 rank. And you know what? I'll take it based on what he's been this season. I'll take that. Wiggs has been better, I would say. I mean, the numbers say that too. Two point per game difference. The shooting splits are great and then Wiggins also plays great defense. Yeah, I'll give you that, Wiggs. Lowry, Sabonis, Bradley, Dijontae, Rudy. Okay, Rigo Bear, say what you want about him. I mean, the stats speak for himself about Rigo Bear and his defense. The team in itself still has struggled defensively but when he's on, it's great. When he's off, it's not. So yeah, Dremy Green, again, the counter stats for Dremy won't be great but I would say on the offensive scoring to him, Dremy looks better this season than the last couple. I would say that. Bam at 32. Bane is at 31. Ah, shout out to him. Shout out to Desmond Bane. Kawhi Leonard, an all-time winner and two-way monster would easily crack the top 10 in his rankings if his body allowed him to. Okay, I mean, if you're gonna use that, then yeah. Again, this season, it's been a bit rough. Drew Holiday, I spent more time on the bottom half of the list than the top half because again, I think that when we get to this level, we're talking tears. So Drew Holiday, Deere Fox, Darius Garland, Chris Middleton, I could argue that they are on the same tier of player. Carthen Towns, on this season, I'm comparing it to the people around him. Yeah, I guess that's fitting. James Harden at 24. Brandon Ingram at 23. DeMartha Rosen at 22. Tari's Halliburne nearly cracks the top 20. 19 points per 11 assists, almost a 40% three-point shooter and that's with a really bad shooting game the other night. The new point guard, God, should I have been reading these excerpts? The new point God. Hey, those are some big shoes to feel, Tari's. I love it though. I love it, man. So we got Jaylen Brown at 20. Jaylen Brown at 20, Trey Young at 19. The rows are different. So again, I would be splitting hairs, trying to tell me, no, no, no, no, no. I could agree with Trey Young having that clutch gene. The man was shooting two for 15 against the Bulls the other night and then hit the second biggest shot the whole game. Like he wasn't like missing every shot before that. He got, he definitely got that clutch gene. So the rows are different. So I'm picking hairs obviously with Trey Young. He's the number one option, the focal point that the defense is working on with Jaylen Brown has a luxury of basically being the number two. He's a second guy that seems scout for behind Jason Tatum. So his, the stats, I mean, 26 points per for him to be the second option is really, really insane. Trey Young shooting just hasn't come around. He's still been good. Damian Lillard here, Donovan Mitchell, Jimmy Butler, whale rounded star, one of one bulldozer, 15 for Zion Williamson, 25 points per seven rebounds, four assists, about a steal in the half. Pascal Siakam, love to see him this high man. Coming into the season, I think he said he wanted to be top five. Would he say top three? What do you say top 10? Either way, I mean, 14 is close to that. I mean, he's been good. Paul George, Shea, Devin Booker, round out the 11th spot. Now we get to the top 10 players in basketball according to the ringer and their writers. Oh my God. I didn't realize we're going on for this long, but here we go. Jamarra, LeBron James, Anthony Davis. I can't be mad with Bronn being number nine, mostly because he's 37 years old and the fact that he is widely still considered a top 10 player in the league is ridiculous. I mean, the stats speak for themselves. It is a bit iffy that the Lakers have two top 10 players are still below 500. They've been playing a lot better recently than the beginning of the season, but two top five, that lets you know that. I mean, they didn't have anybody else listed. We didn't have no Russell Westbrook, Pat Baev, Austin Reeves listed. So their winning teams only had two people. And actually, the more I think about it, I wonder what team had the most. It's probably the Celtics. Grant Williams, Al Horford, Malcolm Brock, then did Derek White make the list? Jason Tatum. Yeah, it's 100% the Celtics that had the most people on this list. I'm sure somebody's already done their research. At number, I'm spoiling. At number seven, we have Joel Embiid. This season, he's been crazy. And sometimes I feel for Joel Embiid because from his perspective, I wonder, he probably wonders what he has to do more to be considered top five or legitimately the MVP. And I don't have to answer to that. It's probably winning more games and stuff like that because he has been clutched. He does play great defense. He's averaging 33 in about 10 with five-ish assists. The playmaking has been better every single season. He still gets a block per game. So it's like, from his perspective, what the hell do I have to do to get that? I don't know because the guy above him, Jason Tatum, is an MVP candidate this season. One of the foremost shot creators, clutched gene, on-ball defense, pull-up threat, his history is bad, just 30 points per game, eight rebounds, four assists, 36% from three. At the value of many shoots, that's pretty damn good, Jason Tatum. The fact that a lot of them are just straight-up pull-ups, pretty good. The fifth best player in basketball is Kevin Durant, according to The Ringer. Clutched gene as well, human highlight, but his highlights are different than some of the other people. He ain't gonna dunk on you. He ain't razzle-dazzle. He's just gonna pull up over you. And for me, that's a highlight. Shout out to Kevin. Next, we have Luca F4. I was okay thinking that. I've listened to The Ringer's podcast, ladies and gentlemen. I know they love him, some Luca. I thought for sure Luca would be top three. Ends up being number four. Not a big difference between it, but I felt very confident. So lastly, we have Giannis, Jokic and Steph, right? Those are the last three people that have not been listed. I would assume that this is going to be Jokic's three. Steph Curry and then Giannis. Okay, I mean, that's some cool stuff. Again, I can't say that I agree with everything or even half the things or a third of the things, but the fact that they took the time to do this and they're saying that it's gonna be updated regularly is some super cool stuff. I low key want to spend more time on the league past rankings, because that's more fun and more objective. It's just a matter of what you prioritize as a watcher of basketball. We gotta come back to it. I don't really want that video to be as long as it did, but we went through the top 100 players according to The Ringer. You let me know what you agree or disagree with. And I'll be down in that comment section.